Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,815, Jesse Utter, Conn. New York
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SERVICE
Connecticut
New York 

Utter, Jesse R.10.815
Sarah

NUMBER
R.10.815

CONTENTS
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20.208
New York
Jesse Utter
Of Otsego in the State of New York who was a Fifer in the Company commanded by 
Captain Mead of the Regiment commanded Colonel Hobbie in the N.York line for 8 mos. 21 ds

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 31 Dollars 60 Cents per annum
To commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Recorded by

Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of August 1833 and sent to L Crippen, Worcester

Arrears to the 4th of March - $62..20
Semi-annual. allowance ending 4 September -
15.80
$79.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by
George Cole Stiles, Clerk
Book E Volume 3 Page 33
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In the Matter of Jesse Utter a Revolutionary soldier 
S. Crippen 
Worcester Otsego County
New York 25895
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State of New York
Otsego County ss
On this 18th day of June A.D. 1832
personally appeared in open Court before
the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County
of Otsego now sitting, Jesse Utter a resident of the
Town of Maryland in the County of Otsego and State of New York
aged seventy six years, who being first duly sworn according to
Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress
passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service
of the United States under the following named
officers and served as herein stated
In the spring of the year 1775 he enlisted as a minute man into a company of Militia commanded by Captain French of Duanesburgh in the County of Schenectady New York and Lieutenant McMaster, for the period of nine months; that he enlisted as a fifer in said Company and that during the summer and fall of the year 1775 he was three times called into actual
service, and each time marched up the Mohawk River under
Captain French in pursuit of Sir John Johnson, and the Indians
and Tories under his command; he well recollects of
marching up the Mohawk as far as fort Plain, and was
in the service at each time at least one week, making in
all three weeks actual service performed in said company-that
during the time of the service above mentioned he resided at
a place called Warrensbush on the Mohawk River, twelve
miles west of Schenectady-
And the said Jesse Utter further declares and states that
in the month of May 1776 he resided at Horse Neck
Fairfield County Connecticut, and that he some time in the
month of May of that year he volunteered for the period of
six months into a company of State Troops or Militia
commanded by Captain Abraham Mead of Horse Neck, and
Ensign Hobbie of the same place, in a Regiment
commanded by Colonel Thomas Hobbie. that he enlisted at ┃
Horse neck, and marched from that place in said
Company to the City of New York and joined the troops under
command of General Sullivan, was stationed at New York
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and remained there until the day previous to the Battle better
the Americans and British, when captain Meads company
marched up the River within about three miles of Kings
Bridge and immediately after the surrender of New York
Colonel Hobbie’s Regiment marched across Kings
Bridge to a fort about one mile from said Bridge
where said Regiment was stationed, and at which place
he remained in actual service in said Company and
regiment until the full expiration of said six months
service, when he was discharged and returned home
to Horse neck, where he then resided. He saw General
Washington and General Putnam while in the service at New York

And he further declares and states that the next winter 
after the said six months service above stated, he went
from House Neck to reside at Chatham in the County
of Columbia and State of New York - that in the month
of September 1777 he volunteered into
a company of Militia commanded by Captain Cody of
Chatham, in Colonel Whitings Regiment, in which Regiment
Asa Waterman was Lieutenant Colonel. he marched
with said company from Chatham to Albany and
from thence to Stillwater and there joined the Army
under command of General Gates- was stationed at a
place called Ploughed Hill; and he further declares
that he was in the Battle at the taking of Burgoyne
in the month of October, and that he was discharged
from the service within a few days after the surrender
of General Burgoyne when he returned home to
Chatham where he then resided. And he further
declares that he was in actual service in Captain
Cadys Company as above stated at least one
Month
And he further declares that in the year 1778
he volunteered for the Term of one month into a
company of Militia commanded by Captain Salisbury
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of Spencertown in the County of Columbia and Lieutenants
Calender and Phelps of the same County -that some time the
latter part of the summer or forepart of the fall of the
year 1778 he marched in said Company from Chatham to
Schenectady, and from thence up the Mohawk to Canajoharie
and from that place to Cherry Valley where he was stationed
and remained in service until the expiration of one month. From 
the time he entered the service in Captain Salisbury’s Company
As above mentioned, and was then discharged from the service
and returned home to Chatham where he then resided-- while
he was stationed at Cherry Valley Colonel Alden had command at that place, and will recollects a Surgeon
stationed at that place by the name of Younglove-
and he the said Jesse Utter further declares that
by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory
he cannot swear positively as to the precise time he
entered the service, or the precise length of service
which he rendered at each respective time, but according to
the best of his recollection he served not less than the
periods above mentioned.
And he further declares that he was born at Albany in
the State of New York in the year 1757, that he now has in his
possession a Record of his age which he has kept in his family
Bible for a great number of years and which he has no
doubt is correct. That since the Revolution he has
resided in the Town of Cacymans in the County of Albany
also in the Town of Jefferson, Schoharie County- also in
the Town of Davenport in the County of Delaware and also
in the Town of Maryland in the County of Otsego
where he now resides. The time and manner of being
called into the service at each respective time is as
above set forth, and the names of the officers who
were with the troops where he served are above set ┃
forth as far as he can now recollect the same-and
he further declares that he never received any
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written discharge from the service, and that he
well knows to John Strain Esquire Amon
Olmsted-
residing in his present neighborhood who
can testify to his character for veracity and
their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution
And further that he has no documentary evidence
and that he knows of no person whose testimony
he can procure, who can testify to his services as a
soldier of the Revolution, and also that no clergyman
is residing in the neighborhood where he resides, and
therefore he is unable to obtain the certificate of
a clergyman in complyance [sic] with the instructions
from the War Department. And the said Utter 
hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension
or annuity except the present, and he declares that
his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency in any state-
Sworn to and Subscribed the day
his
Jesse Utter X his mark
Sworn to a subscribed the day and 
year aforesaid in open
Horace Lathrop Clerk
We John Strain Post Master at South Worcester in the County of Otsego and State of New York and Anson Olmsted of Davenport in the County of Delaware are well acquainted with Jesse Utter
who has signed and sworn to the above declaration; that we
believe him to be seventy six 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 and that he the said Jesse Utter is a man of good moral character and his statements entitled to full credit and belief-
John Strain
Anson Olmsted
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in
open Court
Horace Lathrop, Clerk,
In addition to the above declaration he the said Jesse
Utter further declares an Answer to the several interrogatories
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prescribed by the war Department as follows that is
to say.
1st-Where and in what year were you born
Answer- I was born at a place called Oblong, in the County of Dutchess in the State of New York in the year 1757
2nd- Have you any Record of your age and if so where is it?
Answer-Has a Record of his age which he has kept in his family
Bible for a great number years, which he believes to be correct.
3rd-Where was you living when called into service. where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now
live-
Answer-When called into service in 1775 resided in Warrensbush
On the Mohawk River, now in the County of Montgomery New York. When called into service in 1776 resided
at Horse Neck Fairfield County Connecticut- when
called into service in 1777 resided at Chatham in the
County of Columbia New York. Also he resided at Chatham
Since the revolution he has resided at the places set forth in the above declaration.
Answer to the 4th Interrogatory-
That in 1775 was called into service as a minute
man -in 1776 Volunteered for six months, also
he volunteered when called into service in the
year 1777 and 1778-
answers to the 5th interrogatory-- that he cannot state any
thing further than what is set forth and contained in
the above declaration
Answer to the 6th Interrogatory-that he never Received any
written discharge from the service.
Answer to the 7th Interrogatory - The Names of John Strain Esquire and Anson Olmsted are given in the above declaration
as residing in the present neighborhood
and can testify to character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution
Jesse Utter X his mark
Sworn and subscribed in open Court June 18, 1833.
Horace Lathrop, Clerk
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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 John Strain Esquire who
has signed the preceding certificate is a resident
in the Town of Worcester in the County of Otsego, and
that Anson Olmsted who has also signed the same
is a resident of the Town of Davenport in the County
of Delaware, and that they are both respectable and
credible persons, and that their statements are entitled
to full credit
Seth Chase
Shir Page 
JC Warworth
J. O. Mann ⎬
Judges

State of New York
Otsego County Ss. I, Horace Lathrop, Clerk of the
said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said
Court of Common Pleas, in the matter of the
application of Jesse Utter, for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal of Office this 22nd day of June 1833.
Horace Lathrop, Clerk,
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Number 25895
Jesse Utter Otsego County 
New York 

Admitted 
Fifer 8 months and 21 days
360
8
29.28 and
2 32
31.60
21
12
232
Schuyler Crippin, Worcester, Otsego County New York
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
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. Those 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 compling [sic] with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the service of Jesse Utter Otsego County New York
[Table of six columns, headed:]
Period when the service was rendered || Duration of claimant’s service || Rank of the claimant || Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. || Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service. || Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Enlisted Spring 1775 || 21 days ||fifer ||Captain French || 76 years, Warrensbush New York || Traditionary evidence papers correctly attached
Volunteered May 1776 || 6 months || fifer || Captain Mead, Colonel Hobbie || ___ || ___.
Volunteered 1777 ||1 month || Captain Cady, Colonel whiting ||__ || __
Volunteered 1778 || 1 month || Captain Salisbury || __ || __
Battle of Saratoga
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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, etc., Teamsters, Boatmen, etc. 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
On this__
day of__
personally appeared (a) before
A B. a resident (b) of__
in the county of __
and State, Territory or District
of ___aged ___
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 provision 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___ and
served in the___
(e) regiment of the___
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 entered 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, etc.}
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
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
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 ___of the Court of ___
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of ___
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ___
day of ___etc.
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 ___
and C. D. Residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ___
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ___
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 days 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.
and that C.D., 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 application of ___
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this___ day of ___etc.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but 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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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 at means 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?
To an officer, Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
To 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 the 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.
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
inquiry 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 person or persons 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 reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
collection he served as a not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For___ year___ months
____days, I served as___ For___ months and___ days, I served as 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
officers and other 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 he has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal 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.
in a case where the name of the applicant is not found on her arm, her service were more
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 seat of office.
The notes are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note applies to continental troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Number 14.303
Reply to W.Walsh
Sarah Utter, widow of Jesse
New York
Act 7 July 1838 
Joseph Strong Agent 
Albany Mrs Utter
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State of New York
Otsego CountySs.
Esther Van Gant of Maryland
in said County being duly sworn depose and says
that she is sixty seven years old the 26th day
of October last and for twenty six years last
past has resided in said town of Maryland and
previous thereto I resided in the town of Coeymans
in the County of Albany thirty seven years then
last past
and this deponent further
says that fifty seven years ago she lived in
the town of Coeymans aforesaid that about one
and a half miles from where this deponent
resided there resided in said town of Coeymans
Jesse Utter and his wife Sarah who resided
together as Husband and wife and had at the said

State of New-York.
OTSEGO COUNTY
CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, SAMUEL NORTH, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that
George W. Chase
Esquire, was, on the 26.
day of September and 13th of December 1850 a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County
of Otsego, duly authorized to act as such, and that I am well acquainted with the hand
writing of the said Justice, and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal of
the said County, at Cooperstown, this 18th day of  State of New York
Otsego County Esther Van Gant of Maryland
in said County being duly sworn depose and says
that she is sixty seven years old the 26th day
of October last and for twenty six years last
past has resided in said town of Maryland and
previous thereto I resided in the town of Coeymans
in the County of Albany thirty seven years then
last past
and this deponent further
says that fifty seven years ago she lived in
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the town of Coeymans aforesaid that about one
and a half miles from where this deponent
resided there resided in said town of Coeymans
see letter and his wife Sarah who resided
together as Husband & wife and had at the said
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State of New-York.
OTSEGO COUNTY
CLERK'S OFFICE.
Subs
befor
I, SAMUEL NORTH, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that
George W. Chase
Esquire, was, on the 26.
day of Sept th of On 180 a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County
of Otsego, duly authorized to act as such, and that I am well acquainted with the hand
writing of the said Justice, and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal of
the said County, at Cooperstown, this
day of December 1850
Samuel North Clerk

Sarah his wife and has {illegible rest of line]
seven years last and that they lived together as
Husband and wife, during the said time untill
the death of said Utter and was so reported
by the neighbors where they resided.
Esther Van Gant X her mark
Subscribed and affirmed before me
this 26th day of September 1850
Geo W Chase Justice of the peace
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State of New York
Otsego County ss Esther Van Gant of Maryland
in said County being duly sworn depose and says
that she is sixty seven years old the 26th day
of October last and for twenty six years last
past has resided in said town of Maryland and
previous thereto and resided in the town of Coeymans
in the County of Albany thirty seven years then
last past
and this deponent further
says that fifty seven years ago she lived in
the town of Coeymans aforesaid that about one
and a half miles from where this deponent
resided there resided in said town of Coeymans
Jesse Utter and his wife Sarah who resided
together as Husband and wife and had at the said
time residency with them several children whose
names were Benjamin Samuel Sally Jesse and
John and since that time the said Jesse and
Sarah Utter have raised quite a large family
resided together as Husband and Wife untill the
death of said Jesse Utter and further says
that said children or a part of them are upwards
of sixty of age and that this deponent is acquainted with them 
and this deponent further says
that she has known the said Jesse Utter and
Sarah his wife and has known them for fifty
seven years last and that they lived together as
Husband and wife, during the said time untill
the death of said Utter and was so reputed
by the neighbors where they resided.
Esther Van Gant X her mark
Subscribed and affirmed
before me this 26th day of
September 1850
George W Chase Justice of the peace
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I certify the within deponent is a credible witness 
George W Chase Justice of the peace
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State of New York
Otsego County Ss
I, Sally Cook of the town of Devenport Delaware County and State of New York being duly sworn depose and says that
she is sixty five years old the 14th day of February
1850 and that she has resided in Devenport
aforesaid fifty two years last past and that previous thereto she resided in the town of Coeymans
Albany County New York and that she has been
acquainted with Jesse Utter and sarah Utter his
wife while he resided in the said town of
Coeymans and since I have resided in the said town of
Devenport and this deponent further says
that the said Jesse Utter and Sarah his wife lived
together as Husband and wife and always have been
recognized as such in the community where they
resided by the neighborhood and that I am well
acquainted with their children whose names and
ages are as follows
Benjamin A 62 years
Samuel Aged 60 years also William Harry Isaac
and Stephen the youngest of whose ages and fifty
four years old and upwards except Stephen
whose age is forty eight
and this deponent
further deposes and says that she can well recollect for fifty four years last past and that
during the whole of the above time the said
Jesse Utter and Sarah Utter lived together as Husband and wife up to the period of the death of
the said Jesse Utter which was in the fall
of 1847 and since the time of the death of said
Jesse Utter the said Sarah his widow
with said Stephen Utter now of the town of
Maryland Otsego County NY and further
this deponent says not.
Sally her Cook
mark
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State of
New York
County of Otsego ⎬Ss. On this first day of January in the
year one thousand eight hundred and fifty one personally
appeared before me Levinus Monson one of the justices of
Supreme Court of the State of New york the same being a Court of record)
Sarah Utter a resident of the town of Maryland
in the County and State aforesaid aged ninety seven 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 provisions made
by the acts of Congress passed 7 June 1844, and
February 1848 granting pensions to Widows
of Officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary War- She
declares that she is the widow of Jesse Utter who
was a Fifer in the War of the Revolution, and
was at the time of his death a Pensioner of
the United States under the act of June
1832-
she further declairs [sic] that she was married to the said
Jesse Utter on the sixteenth day of June in the year
seventeen hundred and seventy nine as she believes.  that her Husband the aforesaid Jesse Utter died on the twenty sixth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty seven that she
was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but
the marriage took place previous to the first of January
seventeen hundred and ninety four, to wit at the time
above stated and that she has not heretofore applied
for a pension under any act of Congress
Sarah Utter X her mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day
And year first above written before me
L. Monson Justice of the
Supreme Court of the State of New York
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I certify that the within Declaration was subscribed
And sworn to before me by the within named Sarah
Utter at her residence in the town of Maryland
in the County of Otsego she being too old and
infirm to attend Court
Levinus Monson Justice of the
Supreme Court of the State of NewYork
I certify that Levinus Monson above named is and was at the
date above a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of
the State of New York, and that I am well acquainted with
his hand writing and his above signature is genuine.
Henry Burnett
Clerk
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 March 18, 1937 
Mrs. Homer V. Owens Number 48 Juliana Street Bainbridge, New York 
BA-J/ERL Jesse Utter-R.10815
Chester Hickcox-S.O.14453 

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Jesse Utter, who enlisted in 1775, served as a teamster in the New York troops. The records of served as a fifer in the New York troops and received pension. Number R.10815; also, the War of 1812 record of Chester Hickcox, who these soldiers are furnished you herein. Jesse Utter R. 10815 
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 10815, based upon the miliitary service of Jesse utter in that war. Jesse utter was born in 1757, at Oblong, Dutchess County, New York. The names of his parents are not shown. While residing at Warrensbush, on the Mohawk River in what was then Montgomery County, New York, Jesse Utter enlisted in spring of 1775, served as a fifer in Captain French's New York Company and was three times called into active service on tours of one week each, and marched up the Mohawk River in pursuit of Sir John Johnson and the Indians and Tories under his command: in May, 1776, while a resident of Horse Neck, Fairfield County, to Connecticut, he volunteered and served in Captain Abraham Mead's Connecticut Company and in Colonel Thomas Hobby's Connecticut Regiment, marched to New York City, where he was stationed until the day before the battle when his company was marched to a place at near King's Bridge and after the surrender marched to another place about one mile from said King's Bridge, where he remained at until the time for which he had enlisted, six months, had expired.
[written in margin:] According to New York books Captain Abraham Mead was in surrender at New York but does not appear to have ever been in Colonel Hobby's Regiment. So I wrote it this way
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in the winter following the last named tour of service, Jesse Utter moved to Chatham, Columbia County, New York, volunteered there in September, 1777, served in Captain Cady's Company, Colonel Whiting's New York Regiment, was at the battle at the taking of Burgoyne and was discharged a few days after the surrender, length of this service, one months he volunteered again in the fall of 1778, served in Captain Salisbury's Company, New York troops, marched up the Mohawk River to Canajoharie and then to Cherry Valley, length of service, one month.
[written marginal note:] Found these officers also Captain Salisbury in New York book.]
After the Revolution, Jesse Utter lived in Coeymans, Albany County, New York, in Jefferson, Schoharie County, in Davenport, Delaware County, and in Maryland, Otsego County, New York. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 18, 1833, while residing in Maryland, New York. 
He died October 26, 1847. 
The soldier married June 16, 1779, Sarah. The place of their marriage, date and place of her birth and names of her parents are not shown. In 1851, she was aged ninety-seven years and resided in Maryland, New York. The date of her death is not given
[note on margin:] She applied and was suspended and did not apply again.]
The names of following children of Jesse and Sarah Utter ply again are shown. Benjamin Utter in 1850 aged 62 years. Samuel Utter in 1850  60 years. . Sally Utter. Age not shown. Jesse Utter.  Age not shown. John Utter. Age not shown. Harry Utter.  Age not shown. Isaac Utter.  Age not shown.  William Utter. in 1850 aged 48 years.
Chester Hickox S.O.14453 
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in War of 1812 pension claim, S. 1453, based upon the military service in that war of Chester Hickcox.
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While residing at Bainbridge, New York, Chester Hickok entered the service in October, 1814, and served twenty-six days as a teamster employed in transporting baggage for the militia under the command of Brigadier General John Ellis stationed at Smith's Mills, near Sackett's Harbor. The soldier stated that the name of his captain was Phelps. May 5, 1855, at which time he was aged sixty-five years and resided in Addison, Steuben County, New York, Chester Hickok a plied for the bounty land which was due on account of his service in the War of 1812. He was granted one hundred sixty acres of bounty land on Warrant Number 44306, under the act of March 3, 1855. In order to obtain information in regard to the location of the land cited above, you should address The Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official with the number of the warrant, the acreage and the act under which said warrant was issued. Chester Hickson married December 27, 1808, at Harpursville, New York, Juan Pratt. There are no further data in regard to her and there is no claim for pension on file made by any person as the widow of the above named Chester Hickcox. No reference was made to children. In 1871, one Eli Pratt was living at 4 South Street, Binghamton , New York; no relationship to the soldier's wife, Susan Pratt Hickson, was stated. The date of death of the soldier and that of his wife are not given. 
Very truly yours A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator. 
3
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[Left side:]
1937. March 19 History to Mrs Hermer T. Owens EEL

[Right side:]
Rejected
10810
Sarah Utter Service: Enlisted: Discharged: Application filed: Alleges: Re-enlisted: Attorney: O. Cert. of --- 18 18 18 - Recognized. Contract. Dis. Searched for 18
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Number 14.103 
Sarah Utter widow of Jesse New York
Act of 7th July 1838- 
Letter to Joseph Strong Esquire 
 H.H. Sylvester Spl
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MRS. HOMER V. OWENS JULIAND STREET BAINBRIDGE. NEW YORK
Bambridge, N.Y. March 2, 1937. 
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C   
Gentlemen - Will you please give me you War Record and all family data of Jesse Utter who enlisted in 1775 Captain French's Company at Duanesburg, Schenectady New York from Maryland Township, Otsego County New York R10815. Also comple-
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MRS. HOMER V. OWENS 
6 Juliand Street
Bainbridge New York 
family record and war record of Chester Hickcox who I believe enlisted from New York State in War 1812 as a teamster.
Respectfully yours 
Mrs. H. D. Owens Bainbridge, New York 
[stamp:] Received March 5, 1937 Mail Sub-division Veteran's administration Reader #29
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MRS. HOMER V. OWENS
JULIAND STREET
BAINBRIDGE. NEW YORK
Bainbridge, March 1, 1937
United States Department of Interior
Bureau of
Pensions
[stamp:] [stamp:] Received March 8, 1937 Mail Sub-division Veteran's administration Reader #21

Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen-
Will you please send me
War Record Jesse Utter who enlisted
in 1775 from Maryland Township, County
of Otsego, State of New York as a fifer
R18815.
Also record of Chester Hickcox
who I believe enlisted as a teamster
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MRS. HOMER V. OWENS
8 JULIAND STREET
BAINBRIDGE. NEW YORK
in the War of 1812. I think he
enlisted from New York State.
Respectfully yours
Mrs. H. D. Owens
Bainbridge, NEW YORK
[stamp:] Received March 3, 1937 Mail Sub-division Veteran's administration Reader #21
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Pension Office. papers for Examination wanted in the following cases, which were admitted under act June 7, 1832. Simeon Durham, New York Cyrus Brown New York Jesse Utter New York all of Otsego County New York to be examined by J.D. Woodward by direction of Honorable George W. Chase 
House of Representatives
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Cases at the Pension Office, (admitted) Cyrus 14551 Cyrus Brown, Otsego County New York act June 7, 1832. 
14553 Simeon Durham  Otsego County New York act June 7, 1832. 
Jesse Utter  Otsego County New York act June 7, 1832.
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Honorable G. W.Chase
January 6/ [18]54
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Pension Office,
January 1854
Sir
Agreeable to the request in your communication
of the 3rd instant, I have the
honor to enclose herewith a copy of a
letter written by James E. Heath Esquire to Joseph
Strong Esquire dated April 21 1857, and of one
to H.H. Sylvester Esquire dated April 30 1857 in
the case of Sarah Utter of New York, under
of Jesse Utter-- Act of July 7, 1838.
very respectfully
Etc
Honorable George W. Chase
House of Representatives
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10815
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House of Representatives January 3. 1854 
Sir, 
Will you have the goodness to furnish me a copy of a letter written by James E Heath Esquire to Joseph Strong Esquire, dated April 21, 1857 and H H Sylvester Esquire dated April  30 1857 in the case of Sarah Utter of New York Widow of Jesse letter act of July 7, 1838. Respectfully Yours 
George W.Chase
Member of Congress
Honorable Loren P Waldo 
Commissioner of Pensions,
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COPY

Pension Office, Apr. 21st, 1851

Joseph Strong, Esqr.
Albany, N.Y.

Sir:  The declaration ofSara Utter, widow of Jesse, has been received.

No record evidence of the date of the marriage is produced. The Certificate of the Clerk of the County, Township or Church, in which she was married, must be exhibited, showing what testimony his records will afford on this subject. If she was really married in 1779, and his children of the ages asserted, there will be no difficulty, even if no record is in existence, in proving by numerous witnesses such facts as will show the marriage to have occurred before 1794.

Triplett

F.S Evans for Comr

COPY

Apr. 30th, 1851

H.H. Sylvester, Esqr.
Present

Sir: The certificate of the court as to the death of Jesse Utter has been received. This does not, however, remove the objections which you will find pointed out in my letter to Joseph Strong of the 21st installment., a copy of which is enclosed.

Triplett

J.E. Heath, Comr.
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118 Oct. 5 LtGrant
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Jany 19, 1851

Sir,

The encl'd certificate of the Court was intended to accompany the 7 Dec. of Sarah the widow of Jesse Utter, now in your files for a pension

I am Respectfully

H.H. Sylvester

J.E. Heath Esq'r, Comn'r Pensions
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Case of Widow Utter
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Albany January 4, 1851

James E. Heath Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir

I enclose the declaration of proof of marriage of Sarah Utter, Widow, in support of her application for a pension under the acts of 17 June 1844 & 2d Feb'y 1848--Her Husband was a pensioner under the act of 7 June 1832, & died on the 26th day of October 1847.

The declaration was taken before the Hon Levinus Munson, a Justice of the Supreme Court of this State, whose official character & Signature are I believe well known to the Hon: Mr. Walden the Member of Congress from that District.

I am Sir very respectfully your Obt Serv't, Joseph Strong

Not being acquainted with the signature of Judge Munson I applied to the Hon. James Bennet a representative now in Congress who resides near and is personally acquainted with said Munson and has certified to the genuineness of his signature. 

M. Walden
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Sarah Utter

H.H. Sylvester
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State of New York, Ostego County---ss

I Hiram Kinne Surrogate of said County do hereby certify that at a Surrogate Court held in and for said County before me the said Surrogate at the Surrogate's office Cooperstown in said County on the 13th day of January 1857 it was was proved by the adduction of testimony satisfactory to this Court that Jesse Utter late of the town of Davenport in the County of Delaware died on the 26th day of October 1847 that at the time of her death he was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of the 7th June 1832 that he left a widow whose name is Sarah Utter and who resides in the town of Maryland in the said County of Otsego him surviving.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 13th day of January 1857.

Hiram Kinne Surrogate
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES, Form VAM-51, 12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME:  Utter, John
GRADE: Private
LINE: Lamb's Artillery (New York)

WARRANT NUMBER: 7939
ACREAGE:  100
ISSUED:  September 2, 1790 to Philip Van Courtland, assignee

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