Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18229, Judah Waters, Mass.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Mass.
CONTENTS
sees
---
Waters, Judah
Olive
NUMBER
W. 18229
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4644.
New York Albany
Olive Waters
widow of Judah Water
who served in the Revolutionary
Mass
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
73 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
22 day of April 1849.
and sent to
H Scott
Cooperstown
N. Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 242 Vol. 4
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New York 20399
Judah Waters
of Otsego in the State of N. Y.
who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Daggs of the Regt commanded by Col Larned in the State Troops
line for 22 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 73 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of Sept
1833 and sent to A. Cook Junr Cooperstown N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 3. '33 - 183.32
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 34 36.66
$219.98.
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by TT Franciose Clerk,
Book E Vol. 4 Page 39.
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4302
In the matter of the
application of
Olive Waters
for a Pension
[illegible] Agt.
Cooperstown
Otsego Co.
N. Y.
Admitted 
Private 22 months
Hon J. H. Prentiss
Cooperstown
N.Y.
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State of New York
Otsego County ss: 
Amos Waters being duly sworn
deposeth and says that he is aged fifty seven years that he is the Eldest Son and child of Judah Waters and Olive Waters that he has resided in this Town (Milford) thirty five years, that he came from Massachusetts with his father Judah Waters. that for ten years previous to the Death of the said Judah Waters he lived with and in the family this deponant, that the said Judah Water was a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death, that he died on the twenty third day of February
(1838) Eighteen Hundred and thirty Eight, that he left his widow Olive Waters who now resides with this deponant and still remains the widow of the said Judah Waters and unmarried, and that the said Olive Waters
is a person of good character for truth and veracity and her statement is entitled to credit
and further saith not.
Sworn & subscribed before me
January 2nd 1839
Elisha Foote Judge
of Otsego County Court
I Elisha Foote the officer before whom the above affidavit was taken do certify that I am well acquainted with the said Amos Waters that he is a person of good character for truth and veracity and his statement
is entitled to credit. dated January 2nd 1839
Elisha Foote
Judge of Otsego County
Court
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State of New York
Otsego County SS
I Jesse Rose Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Elisha Foote Esqr before whom the annexed affidavits purport to have been
Sworn was on the day of the date of the same a Judge in and for Otsego County duly Commissioned & Sworn. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge said verily believe his name Subscribed on each of the annexed foregoing affidavits
and the annexed Certificate to be his genuine handwriting and Signatures
Witness my hand and seal of office
this 3d day of January AD 1839
Jesse Rose Clk
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No 16002
Judah Waters N.Y.
Admitted
Private 22 months
A. Cook Junior, Agent
Cooperstown
New York
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
A Statement, shewing the service of Judah Waters of Otsego County New York

[the following is a table]
Period when the service was rendered | Duration of the claimant's service. | Rank of the claimant. | Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. | Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. | Battles in which the applicant was engaged. |  Country through which he marched. | Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. | Evidence by which the declaration is supported.

Enlisted 1775 | 0 years, 8 months, 0 days| private| Captain Arthur Dogget | Col [illegible] | Genl Thomas | To Rocksbury to City of New York [illegible] Harlem Heights White Plains to South Kingston | Oxford in Massachusetts Aged 74| Evidentiary [illegible] witness to the service of 8 months

Enlisted 1776 | 5 months | private | Capt Jonathan Woodbury | Col Holman |White Plains |illegible] | | 

Volunteered 1777 | 4 months | | Capt Burbank | |  | To Brownington in Vermont to Batten Kill & Fort Edward Stillwater | | |

Volun 1777 | a little over 3 months | |  Capt Howard| Col Woodbury under Gnl Putnam at Rhode Island| Surrender of Burgoyne|To the Island of Rhode Island | |

Volun 1778 | a few days more | | | | |
Volun 1778 | 2 months | | | Col Woodbury | to Homeland Ferry in Rhode Island | |

Vol 14. P 78

I am respectfully, your obedient servant, J.L. Edwards

after the papers in this can
were forwarded there were a
number of apps sent to the Department
Commissioner of Pensions.
in a separate envelope which proved almost the entire service 
these appts have probably not been seen as yet however the papers are now in a State which renders them sufficient [illegible]
without the other appfits- A. Cook
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Regulations under the act of June 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of 
County of
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c)
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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with [blank] and served in the
(e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [blank]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I [blank] of the Court of [blank]
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of [blank] & c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I.
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commisbut
if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
a sure and what has become of it?
To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a ]The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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 amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reasons of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less then the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For -- year --- months, and ---days, 
 I served as a ----. For ____month, and  ___ days, I served as a ____ ; and for such service I claim a pension"
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law 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 that they served two years 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 objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly 
shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no 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.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in [j] note applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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[illegible]
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the seventh (7) of July 1838 entitled An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows
State of New York
Otsego County
on this second day of January Eighteen hundred and thirty Nine personally appeared
before Elisha Foot Esquire a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County (It being a Court of Record) and state aforesaid Olive Waters aged Seventy four years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions
made by the act of Congress passed July Seventh (7) Eighteen hundred and thirty Eight (1838) Entitled An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows, that she is the widow of Judah Waters who was a soldier in the army of the Revolution that he was a united States pensioner under the
act of Congress of June Seventh (7) Eighteen hundred and thirty two (1832) and was a pensioner of the United States
at the time of his death.
She further declares that she was married to the said Judah Waters March fifteenth (15) in the year Seventeen hundred Eighty one (1781) In Sutton Worcester County Massachusetts by Nathan Putnam Esquire that her husband Judah Waters died on the twenty third (23) day of February Eighteen hundred thirty eight (1838) that she was not married 
to him prior to his leaving the service but
the Mainage took place previous to the first
of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four
[illegible] at the time above stated.
And for proof of service of the said Judah Waters
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referance may be had of records on file in the
pension office and further saith not.
Sworn & subscribed before
me January 2nd 1839
Elisha Foote} Judge of the Otsego County Court
Olive Waters

I Elisha Foote the officer before whom the above declaration was
made do certify that I am well acquainted with the said
Olive waters that she is a person of Good character for truth
and veracity and her statement is entitled to credit.
and that from old age and bodily infirmity she was
unable to attend court, dated Jany 2nd 1839
Elisha Foote} Judge of Otsego County Court
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Judah Waters and Olive Fuller both of Sutton
were joined togather [misspelled] in Marriage [illegible] Nathan Putnam
Justice of the Peace
A true copy of record with the exception of the date
which is expressed on the on the [crossed out] on the record in fair Legible figures
as follows March 15th 1781 - March fifteenth seventeen hundred
Eighty one
Attest Danl Tenney Clerk of the Town of Sutton in the
County of Worcester
Sutton Sept 24 1834
Danl Tenney above named depose and say that
I hold the office of Clerk in the Town County & State
aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the
Records of said Sutton with the exception above named as
certified by me
Danl Tenney Clerk of the Town of Sutton
Sworn to before me
Sutton Sept 24th 1838
Edw Clarke Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester, ss
I, Charles C. Prentiss. Register of
the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester,
do certify that Edward Clarke is a Justice of
the Peace, within and for said County, duly
Commissioned and qualified and that the fore
going Signature of his name is his an genuine
signature
In testimony whereof I do hereunto
set my hand and the seal of said
Court this twenty fifth day of
September, one thousand, eight
hundred and thirty-eight
Chas. G. Prentice Register
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Judah Waters
A. Cook [illegible] Atty
Cooperstown N.Y.
16002
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State of New
Otsego County ss [illegible] this 25th day of May
1833 personally appeared
before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in
and for the said County Judah Waters of Milford in said County. Who being duly sworn
Saith that he cannot by reason of old age and
consequent loss of memory swear [illegible] 
as to the [estate parts and]length of his he said or state the facts and circumstances 
any more fully than he has
down in his declaration which is hereto
attached. But according to his present but
attestation and belief in did serve as a soldier as is stated in his declaration under Capt
Howard in the year 1777 for the Term of three
months & he thinks a few days more, that his
service at this time command in the forefront
of the month of August & terminated in the
month of November there after and that all
of his services are as duly stated in his said
declaration as it is in his power to state
them, and further that he never did at
any him receive a written discharge from
service.  Judah Waters

Otsego County SS.
I certify that on this 25th day of May
1833 personally appeared before me Judah Waters to me
known & made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed and I further certify
that he is a man of truth veracity & that his declaration is 
entitled to credit
Allen Baker Justice of the Peace
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State of New York}
Otsego County ⎬ ss: I Horace Lathrop Clerk of
the said County do hereby certify, that
Allen Baker Esquire before whom the
within Affidavit purports to have been
sworn, was at the date of the same one of the Justices
of the Peace in and for the said County of Otsego, and
that I am acquainted with his hand writing and
verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit
to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness
my hand and seal of Office this 28th day of May
1833,-
Horace Lathrop Clerk

Judah Waters
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State of New York}
Otsego County ss.}
John Campbell of Westford in
said County being duly sworn deponth
and saith that he is well acquainted with Judah
Waters of Milford in said County and that he enlisted
as a Soldier in April 1775 into a company of state troops commended
by Capt Arthur Dagget a Regiment commanded
by Col Larnard at Oxford in Massachusetts and
was stationed at Rocksbury and continued
to serve in said Corps for eight months this time for which he enlisted and that he this deponent was a soldier & served during the said
time in the same Regiment that said corps belonged
to the Army of the Revolution & further saith
[illegible]

Sworn & Subscribed  John Campbell
this 3rd day of August 1832
before me
Levi Stewart Justice of the Peace
I certify that on this 3rd day August 1832
personally came before me John Campbell to me
Known to be the person who signed the above
affidavit & who is described therein & made oath
to the truth of the facts therein stated & that he
is a man of respectibility & truth-
Levi Stewart Justice of the peace
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Otsego County
Clerks office ss}
I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the Court.
of Common Pleas of Otsego Co - Do certify
that Levi Stewart Esq before whom the
within affidavit purports to have him
made was on the day the same was
Sworn a Justice of the peace in & for the County
of Otsego Co - duly commissioned & sworn as such
and duly authorized to administer oaths - and further
that his signatur officially set to the same
as genuine

Given under my hand & seal of office
this 19th day of October 1832
Horace Lathrop Clerk

Judah Waters
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State of New York
Otsego County ss ⎬ On this 16th day of September [crossed out]
October in the year of our Lord one thousand
Eight hundred & thirty two. Personally
affianed in open Court before the court of common Pleas now sitting at the 
now sitting at the court house in the
Village of Cooperstown within & for the County
aforesaid. Judah Waters a resident of the Town of Milford in the County of Otsego & State of New York
aged 74 years on the 12th day of April 1832 who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the limit of the provision made
by the act of Congress [illegible] Jan 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the Revolution in the
year 1775 and served for the times & in the manner herein after stated time.
That he entlisted as a soldier at Oxford in Massachusetts
in the latter part of April 1775 for the term of Eight months & in a few days went to Rocksbury mar
Boston & join a compay [ misspelled] of [crossed out] commanded by
Capt Arthur Dagget in a Regiment of Massachusetts
State militia troops commanded by Col Larnard
Genl Thomas had command at that place that
time, and continued to serve in said corps & at
that place for the whole term of eight months and was then discharged & went home in the latter part of Dec. 1775-
That in July 1776, he again enlisted as a private at
Sutton in Massachusetts in a compay [misspelled] of State troops
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commanded by Capt Jonathan Woodbury, for the term of five months, and in a few days marched with said Corps he the city of New York. Said Corps was in a regiment of Massachusetts State troops commanded by 
Col. Holeman[misspelled] 

Woodbury [crossed out] a [illegible] of the [illegible] [crossed out]
was stationed at New York about 2 weeks and then marched with the corps
(an account of sickness in the Camp) to
Greenwich & was stationed there about 5 or 6 weeks
was then stationed a few weeks at Harlem Heights & from thence marched to White Plains and was there till the Battle at that place on the 29th of Oct 1776.
and was engaged in that Battle - and remained
[illegible] the Battle ground till in Dec when he was discharged & returned home. that he faithfully served [illegible] said term of five months-
That in the first part of January 1777 he volunteered
at Sutton in Massachusetts as a Soldier & join a company commanded by Capt Burbank & went with the corps to Providence in Rhode Island & in a few days went to Newtown remained there about a week and then marched to South Kingston in R. I. and staid there on duty till the first of May when he was discharged & went home
Served while out this tour four months. The said corps was not during this four months attached any Regiment, but was an independant [misspelled] corps
That on the first of August in the year 1777 he again volunteered
entered at Sutton in Massachusetts & join a company of Militia commanded by Capt Howard
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and went to Bennington in Vermont and
arrived there a few days after the Battle at that
place. Then Marched to a place called Batten
Kill & remand there with said Corps for a few
weeks. When the corps was ordered to Fort Edward during this time he remained with the Baggage which
was left under his charge and when he again
found said Corps they went to Stillwater was then
at the Battle in the month of Oct 1777. when
Burgoin [misspelled] Surrendered. was in a few days after
that Battle discharged & return home.  Reached his home in Sutton on the first day of Novr and
was out of duty during this Tour a little over three Months.
That he again volunteered at Sutton in Massachusetts
and he believes on the last of July in the year 1778 and
joined a Regiment of Militia commanded by Col
Woodbury. at this time the Militia turned out 
generally, and went to the Island of Rhode Island
and was thereto engaged in the Battle fought
under Gen. Sullivan in the month of August
1778, and return often the Battle and went
at this time one month or a few days more.

That he again volunteered in the month of Sept
1778 at Sutton in Massachusetts in a company of Militia under Col. Woodbury and went to Howland's Ferry in Rhode Island and was station there on duty about two months and was discharged
at Tiver town near that place in Novr 1778.
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and return home was unto an duty this time
all of two months & some thing more is going
& return an included.
That the above declaration is made from his
present best recollection and belief. That he
has no documentary evidence of his service
nor does he at this time know any person
who was out & served with him living by
whom he can make proof of his service
and that he hereby [illegible] his every claim
whatever to a pension or annuity except
the present, and declares that his name is
not on the Roll of the agency of any State

Sworn & Subscribed the
day & year aforesaid in open Court

That he was born in Sittan [misspelled] in Massachusetts on the 12th of April 1757. Then in as a Record
of his age in the Town Clerks office of Sitton
lived there till 1795, and then moved to Ward
the same State & him then 8 years and
then moved to Milford Otsego N.Y. in
1803. where he has since resided. he
refers for a recomendation of his character
to Judge Marell & Judge Foote [illegible] & the Justice Varrs

Judah Waters

Sworn & subscribed in open Court the day & year first above mentioned
Horace Lathrop Clerk
---
We Joseph Varrs residing in the town of
Milford in the County of Otsego & State of
New York and Augustus Varrs residing in 
in said County & State hereby certify that we
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are acquainted with Judah Waters who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration
that we believe him to be 74 years of age
that he is reputed and believed in the
neighbourhood where he resides to have been a
Soldier of the revolution & that we concur
in that opinion-
Sworn & subscribed  the day and year aforesaid
Joseph Vars
Augustus Vars

Horace Lathrop Clerk

[Crossed out]:
And the said court do hereby declare the [illegible] that the above [illegible] applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he
states
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Judah Waters

and the Court do hereby declare their opinion
after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a
soldier of the Revolution and served as he states
and the Court further certify that it appears
to them that Joseph Varrs and Augustus Varrs are residents of the Town of Milford
in the County of Otoga & State of N.Y. and
are credible persons and entitled to full
Credit
J. C. Moore
E. Foote
Seth Chase
Judges
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I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas in & for the County
of Otsego Do Certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings
in the matter of the application of
Judah Waters for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my
Seal of office this 19th day of
October in the year 1832
Horace Lathrop, Clerk,
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December 7, 1931
BA-J/ALB

Mrs. Howard L. Cook
Rockport
Missouri
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter of November 16, 1931,
relative to Judah Waters, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 18229, based upon his military service in that war.

Judah Waters was born April 12, 1757, in Sutton, WorcesterCounty, Massachusetts, where he lived until 1795.

He enlisted in April, 1775, at Oxford, Massachusetts [crossed out], and
served eight months as private in Captain Arthur Doggett's company, Colonel Learned's Massachusetts regiment. He enlisted
in July, 1776, at Sutton Massachusetts [crossed out], served five months
as a private in Captain Jonathan Woodbury's company, Colonel Holman's Massachusetts regiment, and was in the battle of White
Plains. He enlisted early in January, 1777, and served four months in Captain Burbank's company. He enlisted August 1,
1777, served over three months in Captain Howard's company, and was in the battle of Stillwater. He enlisted the latter part of
July, 1778, served over one month under Colonel Woodbury
and was in the battle of Rhode Island. He enlisted in September, 1778, and served about two months under Colonel Woodbury.

[After the war he lived in Sutton, Massachusetts, until] [crossed out] Until 1795 he moved to Ward, Massachusetts, where he lived eight years and in 1803 moved to Milford, Otsego County, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 16, 1832, at which time he was living in Milford, New York.
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Judah Waters died February 23, 1838.

He married March 15, 1781, in Sutton, Massachusetts, Olive Fuller; they were both of said Sutton.
Soldier's widow, olive, was allowed pension on her application executed January 2, 1839, at which time she was seventy-four
years of age and a resident of Milford [crossed out], Otsego Co, New York, where [crossed out] in 1849 she was living in 1849 [crossed out] Milford, N.Y.

Amos Waters, the oldest son of Judah and Olive Waters, was fifty-seven years old in 1839 and living in Milford, New York.

There is no further reference to children.

Very truly yours
----
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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In reply to your request of
received
---
for a statement of the military history of Judah Waters
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
W. F.  18229
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT

Apr. 1775
July 1776
Jany 1777
Aug. 1, 1777
July 1778
Sept. 1778

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.

8 mos
5 mos
4 mos
over 3 mos
over 1 mo
2 mos

RANK.
Pvt

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.

CAPTAIN.
Arthur Doggett
Jonathan Woodbury
Burbank
Howard

COLONEL.
Learned
Holman

Woodbury
Woodbury

STATE.
Mass

Battles engaged in, White Plains, Stillwater, Rhode Island
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Sutton, Worcester Co Mass
Date of application for pension, Oct 16, 1832 [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Milford, Otsego Co NY

Age at date of application,{born Apr 12, 1757 at Sutton, Mass
{died Feby* 23, 1838

Remarks:
He mar Mch 15 1781 at Sutton Worcester Co Mass Olive Fuller. She was at pension an appli. executed Jany 2, 1839 while a resident Of Otsego Co NY aged 74 years. Their eldest son Amos was 57 years old in 1839. No other names are stated and there is no other family data.

Respectfully,
Commissioner

*office accepted  23 Feby as date of death & not 25th
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Jan 10, 1839
NY
7 July 1838
Olive Waters

Hon J.L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions
Washington
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Nancy Howe
J L Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Chester Jarvis Esqr
Cooperstown
N. York
Page 32

4526
H. Scott
Cooperstown
N.Y.
Page 33

State of New York
Otsego County
On this 13th day of March in the year
one thousand eight hundred and forty nine personally appeared before the
subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Otsego, in the State of
New York, Olive Waters a resident of the town of Milford in the
said County of Otsego aged Eighty three years, who being first duly
sworn according to law doth on her oath, make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefits of the pension made by the act of Congress pased [misspelled]
on the 2d February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the
Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Judah Waters who was a
private in the army of the Revolution, and was at the time of his decease a
pensioner of the United States under the act of June 7th 1832, and on account
of whose services she was pensioned under the act of 7th July 1838, 3rd March
1843 and 17th June 1844, and the annual amount of the pension which
the received under the act of 17th June 1844 was Seventy three dollars
and then these cents. She further declares that she is still a widow
and that from age and infirmity she is unable to write.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day
and year above written before me

Olive her X mark Waters
Daniel Platt Justice of the peace

Witness Amos Waters
I certify that the above declarant is personally known to me
Daniel Platt
Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF NEW YORK
Otsego County, ss.
I Charles McLean, Clerk of said county do hereby certify that Daniel Platt
the person subscribing the foregoing affidavit
and before whom the same was taken, wass on the 13th day of March 1849 therein
mentioned, a Justice of the Peace
in and for said County of Otsego, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Daniel Platt and verily believe that the name subscribed to the affidavit is his proper and genuine signature. 
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the seal of the said County to be hereunto
affixed this 16 day of March A. D. 1849.
Char. McLean Clerk
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Hon J.L. Edwards
Com. of Pension
Washington
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Cooperstown Jany 4th 1839
Hon J.L. Edwards}
Com. of Pensions}
Dear Sir Enclosed I forward you ┃
the papers in the case of the application of
Mrs Olive Waters Widow of Judah Waters
Deceased for a pension Your early attention
to the subject will much oblige her
respectfully yours &c
Chester Jarvis
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n the Matter of the
application of Olive Waters
for Arrears of Pension
---
Chester Jarvis agt.
Butternuts
Otsego Co
N. Y.
Arrears
$73.33 from
4 March 36 to 23 Feby
38
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To James L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
The subscriber a resident of the town of
Milford, in the County of Otsego
and State of New York, respectfully
declares and represents that she is
the Widdow [misspelled] of Judah Waters who
was a soldier in the war of the
the Revolution: That he departed
this life on the 25th day of Febuary
1838, that she as his widdow, received
a pension of Seventy three dollars and
thirty three cents per annum under the
act of Congress passed July 7th 1838
from the Twenty fifth day of February
1838. When her said husband died
untill [misspelled] the fourth day of March 1841
and she now makes application for
the arrears of pay due her under said
act from the fourth day of March 1836
to the 25th day of Febuary [misspelled] 1838 aforesaid
Witness
Eunice Waters
William Kirby
Olive her X Mark Waters

State of New York}
County of Otsego} on this 26th day of
July 1843 before me the subscriber a Justice
the peace in and for the said County personally appeared Olive Waters above named and
to me known and made oath that the facts
set forth in the above declaration are true and
correct, also that by reason of age and
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infirmity she could not write her name
and therefore made her mark
William Kirby Justice of the peace
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STATE OF NEW YORK,
Otsego County Clerk's Office, SS} I Samuel Russell Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that William Kirby Esquire, whose name
is subscribed to the annexed Jurat certificate &c
was on the date of the same a Justice of the
peace in and for said County, and duly authorised by law to take the same. And
further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and verily believe
his signature to the said Jurat Certificate as genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County, the 31 day of
July  A. D. 1843

Samuel Russell
Clerk.
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Decem 15 1843

Butternuts
Dec 11
NY

NY
Returned
Olive Waters
3 March 1843

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions-
Washington
D. C
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Butternuts N.Y. Dec. 11th 1843
Hon. J. L. Edwards

Dr Sir. agreeable to your instruction in
Your favor of the 29th lett, I herewith
return, Mrs Olive Waters Pension Papers
duly certified by the Clerk as directed
Respectfully Yours
Chester Jarvis
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Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com. of Pension
Washington
D.C.
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[illegible] Otsego Co NY Aug 1, 1843
Hon J.L. Edwards}
Comm of Pensions}
Dear Sir Enclosed item with transmit
to your Department the application
of Mrs Olive Waters for arrear of
Pension and pension for your
Early consideration
Chester Jarvis
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1914 Nov. 10 Hist to Mrs. Lizzie
V. Barber, V.L.M.
1920 May 25 Hist to Janette Burlingham
1931 Dec. 7 Hist to Mrs. Howard L Cook
MB
-

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18229
Olive Waters
Widow ofJudah Waters
Pri Rev War
-
Act : Feb 2d 48
Index: - Vol. M, Page 310
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Miss
Wilson

U.S. Pension Office
Nov 7 1914

FINANCE DIVISION
NOV 9 1914
OF PENSIONS
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FINANCE DIVISION
NOV 5 1914
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Painesville Ohio
Nov. 5th 1914
To the Hon. Commissioner of
pensions Washington D.C.
Can you inform
me if the name of Judah
Waters, Sutton Mass
appears on the pension roll
of the war of the Revolution.
An early reply
would
greatly oblige
Lizzie V. Barber
Tinker ave
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Revo
Shullsburg, Wis, May 3, 1920.
Will you kindly send me the Pension
application of the Revolutionary soldier,
JUDAH WATERS who at the time of making
his claim was living in Otsego Co. N. Y.
His wife was Olive Fuller. He was born in
Sutton, Mass, and had a son, Amos.

Very truly
( Miss ) JANNETTE BURLINGHAM
Regent D. A. R.

Pension Office
MAY
5
1920
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Rock Port, Mo.
Nov. 16. 1931
Pension Bureau:
Washington D.C.
I am writing
you, to see if you
would please send me the
record of the enlistment
and discharge of
Judah Waters
Revolutionary War
soldier. In 1789 he was
appointed 1st Lieut. of a
troop of Cavalry in the 7th
division of Malitia [misspelled]
of the County of Worcester
Mass
I am elgible [misspelled] to belong
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to the D.A.R. and
would like to have
this information, if
I could please
Yours truly
Mrs Howard L. Cook
Rock Port
Missouri

Received
Nov 20 1931
Receipt section
Pension files [illegible]
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New York 2168
Olive Waters
widow of Judah Waters
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 23d February 1838,
of Otsego Co in the State of New York
who was a private in the compy
commanded by Captain Dagg
of the
Regt. commanded by Col Larned in
the Massts-- line for 22 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 73 Dollars
33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. and ending 23d February 1838
Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd
day of
December 1843 and sent to Chester Jarvis
Butternuts, New York
Whole amount due
$128.65
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by WM Stewart Clerk
Clerk.
Book A Vol. 2 Page 109
Page 52

[illegible] of 3 March 43 ref? to Chester Jarvis 29 Nov 43

Albany 2168
Olive Waters
widow of Judah Waters
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832.
and who died on the 23. February 1838
of Otsego Co. in the State of N. York
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Dagg of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Larned in the Mass.
line for 22 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 73 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831 [crossed out]
23. February 1838
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of March 1839 and sent to Hon J H
Prentiss, Cooperstown, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March '39 75.13
Semi-annual allowance ending 4. Sep.
36.66

$111.79
1838.

Act July 7,
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 2 Page 109
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Reported
4526
New York Albany

Olive Waters
widow of Judah Waters
who was a Private
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
73 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the
20th day of Jany 1844
and sent to Chester Davis

Butternuts
Otsego Co. N. York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 258
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3299 3299
In the matter of the
application of
Olive Waters for a
Pension

$73.33

Chester James Agt
Butternet
Otsego Co
N. Y.
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State of New York ⎬
County of Otsego ⎬ On this 26th day of July
in the year one thousand Eight hundred
and forty three, Before the Subscriber a
Justice of the peace in and for the County
aforesaid personally appeared Oliver Waters
a resident of the town of Milford in said
County aged Seventy Eight Years who being
first duly sworn according to law, doth
on her oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the provision
made by the act of Congress passed on the
3 of March 1843 Granting pensions to widows
of pensioners who service during the Revolutionary War. That she is the Widdow [misspelled] of Judah Waters who was a soldier
in the war of the Revolution and a pensioner
under the act of Congress of June 7th 1832
at the rate of $73.33 per annum, but she
is unable to state the names of the Regiments
in which he served and the officers he served
under, and refers for proof of such
service to the papers sent on by him when
He applied for a pension under said act.
She further declares that she was a pensioner
of the United States under the act of Congress
passed July 7th 1838 and that annual amount
of pension which she received under the said
act was seventy three dollars and thirty
three cents. She further declares that
she is a Widdow [misspelled]
Olive her X mark Waters
Sworn to and and subscribed on the day
and year above written William Rigby Justice of the Peace

Witness Eunice Waters
William Rigby
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I certify that the within declarant is
personally known to me and that by
reason of age and infirmity she could
not write her name and therefore made
her mark
William Kirby Justice of the peace
State of New York
County of Otsego
I Samuel Russell clerk of said County do hereby certify that William Riley Esq. whose name is subscribed, to the above certificate
and before whom the within affidavit purports to have been Sworn was on the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly Elected and Sworn and further
that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and verily believe his signatures on the [illegible] jurat and the above certificate to be genuine
Witness my hand and official seal
this 7th day of December AD 1843
Saml Russell Clk