Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19806, John Horton, R.I. Vt.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
R. I. 
Vt. 
Horton, John 
Mercy 
NUMBER
W. 19806.
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New York 8219 Albany
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Mercy Horton   dec?
widow of John Horton 
NH, RI & Vt 
who was a Private in the Revolution
Husband died 16th May 1842
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
43 Dollars --- Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
terminate 10th Dec. 1845, when she decd
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Certificate of Pension issued the
27th day of July, 1847 and sent to
W. K. Hoyt, Esq.
667 Greenwich St New York
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[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June
17, 1844.]
Recorded in 
Book D Vol. 2 Page 77
Payable to John Horton and Mary Roberts only living children 

Reported
Snt to W. K. Hoyt
August 14 ;'47
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8752
New York
John Horton
Rensselaer in the State of New York who
was a present in the Company commanded
Captain __________ of the Regiment commanded  Col Camwelle in the_______
for 18 mos pri}
        6 " Sept⎬
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York at
the rate of 90 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of April
1833 and sent to Archived & Bull Troy
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833    $180.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.  $ 45.00
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                                                                   $225
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk,
Book E Vol. 4 Page 59

Dead
Letter to Mercy Horton 9th January 1843.
died 16 May 42
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9726
John Horton
Old Case
per wanted
on certificates of
Cravys Regt $15 -5. 16
Proof of added service
regd 18 mos admitted
8 Sept. 32
11 Dec-
Archived Bull  Pg. 146.Troy-N.Y.
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BRIEF in the case of John Horton
of Rensselaer County in the State of N. York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? before the Recorder of the City of Troy
holding the Troy Mayors Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? Seventy one years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
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Period | Duration of Service| Rank |Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Years, | months, | Days | As a | Gen
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State that in the year 1777, he entered the service as a substitute in Col Camwell Roy for six months - does not state whether he served
out the term of his  enlistment states that in 1778, he enlisted for one in Col. Arch. Cravy's Regt. and was discharged in the month of March.
States that he reenlisted in 1779 for 6 months served in Col. Ethan Allens Regt.-does not state whether he served out the term for which he enlisted. Reinlisted in 1780 for 9 months in Col. Ira Allens Regt. and discharged in 1781

5. In what battles was he engaged?
Refers to proof on file in the War Department
in a former application for Pension

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Not stated

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? No evidence is adduced
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are defective not being attached as the Regulations require
*Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Wm Gordon Examining Clerk.
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9982
Mercy Horton N. Y.
Act 7. July 38
[d 42 rejected]
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Crarys' roll. 121 mos
Secty. of VT roll-27
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                     12.27
M.6.94
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Husband died 16 May 1842
Widow died 10 Dec 1845
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State of New York
Rensselaer County ss.
On the 10th day of July 1843
personally appeared before Hiram Taylor one of the justices of the Justices court of the city of Troy to me personally known
Mercy Horton a resident of Stephen town in the County of Rensselaer & state aforesaid aged 78 years who being first duly sworn according to said doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 and the 23d of August 1842 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war that she is the Widow of John Horton who was a sergeant & private in the Militia of the Revolutionary War and refers to this Declaration in the Pension Office for the particulars of the service of the said John Horton in which he record a Certifitude granting him Ninety Dollars per annum dated at the War office of the United States the 27th day of April 1833
She also declares that she was Married to said John Horton on the 17 day of September in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two that her husband the aforesaid John Horton died on the 16th day of May 1842 and that she still remains the Widow of the said John Horton
her
Mary X Horton
mark
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 19th day of July 1843
Hiram Taylor
one of the Justices of the Justices court in the City of Troy
Rensselaer County ss:
I, William Hagan clerk of the Justice Court of the city of Troy in said county & court of Record do hereby certify that on the tenth day of July 1843 Hiram Taylor was a Justice of the peace of said county & one of the Justices of the said Justices court and I further certify that the signature above is his genuine signature.
Witness my hand & the seal of the said court this twenty seventh day of September A.D. 1843
Wm. Hagan clerk
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7, 1832.
Form for State Troops, and
Printed and Sold by Kemble
Hooper, 8 State-St. Troy, N.Y.
State of New York,
County of Rensselaer
On this 5th day of September to personally appeared in open
Court, before Daniel Garner the order of the City may
Harlan resident of Stephen County of Rensselaer
and State of New York, aged seventy 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 year 1777 until the survey a substitute for
William Colwell for Six Months James in Col Painwell
Regiment under Capt Abraham Thendelored -
Served at Warwick in the State of Rhode Island
I enlisted under Capt Olney in the Regiment
commanded by Col Archabald Crary for one
year the Regiment lay at Providence that line
from there we went to Bristol from there we
an occured to Wickford from there
an ordered to full River in Massachusetts
from there we were ordered to march to
part are there at the time of the
battle of Rhode Island from there we
to a place called Tivertown from the
we marched to winter quarters at an
where we remained through the winter
was discharged in the month of March by
word of mouth writing given
1779 acted under Capt for
in the State of Vermont and used in Col
it was stationed at the
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we marched to winter quarters at Paint
where we remained through the winter I
was discharged in the month of March by
word of mouth a writing given
In 1779 enlisted under Capt. Allen for six months
in the State of Vermont and served in Col
Ethan Allen, Regiment & was stationed at Shens
borough a part of the time under part of the time at
Pittsford a part of the time at Castleton
In 1780 I enlisted under the same Capt. for nine
months may in the Regiment commanded by
Capt. Allen was stationed at the afore mention
places. for this last time, I was appointed second
Sargent in which capacity I served according to the best 
ability & possessed I was discharged in 1781 
Within that discharge which I have last.
Reference is made to proof on file in the War Department
on a former application for a pension
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, that
on the State of Vermont
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid John Horton
Archibald Bull Clerk
a Clergyman, residing in the
and
acquainted with
residing in
hereby certify that we are
declared; that we believe him to be
who has subscribed and sworn to the above; 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.
in the
and that
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
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident
the same, is a resident in the
who has also signed
and is a credible person, and that their
statement is entitled to credit.
Archibald Bull Clerk of the Court 
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the
application of John Horton
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this fifth
of September 1832
Archibald Bull Clerk
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John Horton being duly
sworn
Saith that at the time he
had his papers made that are
at the war office that Stated
to his county that he served six months
is as a substitute for William Calwell
and that his said counsel told him that he thought it not proper to
set it forth in his papers as it
would be of no use to him
& further this deponent saith not
Jany 17 1833
State of New York
County of Rensselaer On the 25th day of January 1833
personally appeared before me Nathan Howard
a Justice of the peace in & for said County John Horton the above
named applicant for a Pension who being duly sworn deponth and
said in answer to the objections contained
in a Brief from the War Department
Pension office & in addition or explanation to the pending Declaration
by him made that in his former claim in which he is allowed one
year & months which term he served actually for himself & in addition to
the above term of 1 year he served month as a
substitute for William Calwell in the year 1777 which service was
not couched in his former claim that it was left out as his Council
advised him that he could not draw any thing for a substitute
he now claims this month in addition to his former proof & further
says without hesitation that he served at different times in the
Revolutionary War as a private soldier & Sergeant in all a term
of time not less than two years & to the best of his recollection
he served as a Sergeant not less than 6 months that he is
that the
last the law by except
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not couched in his former claim that it was left out as his Council
advised him that he could not draw any thing for a substitute,
he now claims this 6 month in addition to his former proof & further
says without hesitation that he served at different times in the
Revolutionary War as a private soldier & Sergeant in all a term
of time not less than two years & to the best of his recollection
he served as a Sergeant not less than 6 months that there is
no person living that he can prove the last 6 month claim by except
his character for truth & veracity & further saith not
Sworn & subscribed this 25th day John Norton
of January 1833 before me
Nathan Howard Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above-named John Horton & that
full faith & credit is & ought to be given to his word of the disposition.
I Samuel Dean a Clergyman residing in the Town of Stephentown
County of Rensselaer & State of New York hereby certify that I am well
acquainted with John Horton who is named in the above Declaration
& amendment that I believe him to be 72 years of age that he is reputed
& believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the
Revolution & that I concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed this 25th day
of January 1833 before me
Nathan Howard Justin of the Peace
Samuel Dean
I Cary Briggs residing in the Town of Stephenton County of Rensselaer
& State of New York hereby certify that I am well acquainted with John Horton
who has subscribed & sworn to the above amendment to his declaration that I
believe him to be 72 years of age that he is reputed & believed
in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution
that I concur in that opinion
Sworn & Subscribed this 25th day
of January 1833 before me
Cary
Briggs
Nathan Howard Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Nathan Howard Esqr. before whom the above
affidavit & amended declaration purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the same
one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County and that I am acquainted with
his handwriting and verily believe his signature above subscribed are genuine In Testimony
Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said
County this 6th day of February 1833
Henry
R. Bristol Clerk
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Rev. & 1812
Wars Section
AWF:MLB
September 26, 1930
Mrs. Grace Conn Cooper
1130 Oxley Street
South Pasadena, California
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 19806, that John Horton enlisted in 1777, place not stated, and served six months as a private in Captain Abraham Thurdelow's (Tourtillott) company, Colonel Cornwell's Rhode Island regiment.
He enlisted in 1778, served one year as a private in Captain Olney's company, Colonel Archibald Crary's Rhode Island regiment and was in the battle of Rhode Island.
He enlisted in Vermont in 1779, and served six months as a private in Captain Allen's company, Colonel Ethan Allen's Vermont regiment.
He enlisted in 1780 and served six months as sergeant in Captain Allen's company, Colonel Ira Allen's Vermont regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 5, 1832, while a resident of Stephentown, Rensselaer County, New York, aged seventy-one years.
He died May 16, 1842, in Stephentown, New York.
Soldier married September 17, 1782, in Little Hosick (later Berlin), Rensselaer County, New York, Mercy Briggs of said Stephentown.
She was allowed pension on her application executed July 10, 1843, while a resident of Stephentwon, New York, aged seventy-eight years.
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She died December 10, 1845.
They had sons and several daughters. Their eldest child Justus was born about 1784; their youngest son John was living in Berlin, New York, in 1845. Said John and Mary Roberts were the only children who survived the widow, and no other names of children are given.
Comfort Shaw testified in the case September 11, 1843 and stated that he was "78 years old the 30" day of November last past." He was at this time a resident of Stephentown, New York.
There is nothing further in said claim relative to Comfort Shaw.
Very truly yours
E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner
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1926, Sept 23 - Hist to Mrs. Bernice E Hill
1930. Sept 26 Hist to Mrs. Bernice E Hill
grace Conn Cooper copy
WIDOW
File No. 19801
Mercy Horton
Widow of
John Horton
Priv. Rev. War
Act: Mar 3d 1843
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 348
Arrangement of 1870
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9982
Sit to W. K. Hoyt
June 28 1847
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No 9982
Mary
Horton
New York
Due to A Howard July 31.44
to W H Harrison June 30 45
to W H Harrison July 10 45
to W H Harrison Oct 9 45

Act July 7. 1838.
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John Horton, N.Y. Act 7 June 1832
90 spacer
To what time was he last paid
G C A
Pension Office
July 20 1847
Died 16th May 1842, Paid to his death
Blk
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No 9982
Mercy Horton and
widow of John
NY
act 7 July 1838 and
joint resolution 23 Jany
1845
Adm 12 mths 27 days per
$43rd plan
from 4 March 1836 to 4 March
1841, payable to John
Horton and Mary Roberts
only surviving children
of Mercy Horton Adm
 Act March 1843 and
17 June 1844
from 4 March 10th Dec
1845, the day of her death, pay
to her children above.
W. Green
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10317
New York
Mercy Horton decd
Widow of John Horton,
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 16th May 1842
of Rensselaer in the State of New York
who was a private
in the Company
commanded by Captain of the
Regt
commanded by Col. Camwell
the Revolution
12.27-- Private
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 43 Dollars
 per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March 1836 Joint Ress Jany 1845.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of July 1847 and sent to
W K Hoyt.
No 667 Greenwich Street
Total amount
New York
$215.00
Act July 7 1838
Book D
Page 16 Clerk,
Reported
only surviving Children
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Mercy Horton
I hereby certify that the above named
Mercy Horton was unable to
attend in open Court to make this
her declaration on account of all
health and that she resides more than
twenty miles from the place where
any court of
record is held
Dated July 10th 1843
Hiram Taylor one of the
Justices of
the Justices Court
the City of Troy
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Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir
Stephentown Aug 24. 1844
Yours of July 31st was duly recd. I find an
objection to the claim of Mrs. Mary Horton
one on act of proof of Marriage, after sending on the
on this declaration & some time in Feb. last
I found a Mrs Corey who was present at
the marriage of the said Mrs. Horton her aff
was taken before Silas Gardner Esqr & duly
certified & sent on by one to the Pension Office
sometime in Feb about the 14. 1844 I
presume you must have recd. the said widow
which further marriage to a certainty
I dont know why she should not have her
claim allowed I present if you look to
her case you will find the Marriage proof
her husband's claim was allowed & he drew a
Pension for several years & I do hope that
her claim may not be hastily rejected but looked
into with that spirit that would regard the
poor Widow
Yours very Respectfully
Nathan Howard
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June 28, 1848,
Mary Horton
Mrs. Davis
pensions
Edwards Esq
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New York. June 26 1845
Jas L Edwards Esqr
Sir I am requested by
Mrs. Mercy Horton formally of Pitt Town Rensselaer
County in this State to write you
for information
respecting her claim for a pension which she says
was assisted by her from Two to three years ago
through the agency of two individuals of that place one
by name of Nathan Howard and the other by name of
Leland Sheldon but which of those individuals.
sent the papers or had the power of Attorney to act
for her she does not now recollect the not having any
information on the subject of her pension since she
made her declaration she requests you to inform her
through me whether you find on your records the
name of Mary Horton having asserted her claim
for a pension in virtue of the services
of John Horton
deceased which were rendered in the revolution was
which claim if sent to Washington must have been
send within three years by one of the above named
individuals from Pitts down as above and if
such claim is there to be found and has been reported
on she wishes to know what the report was &c
and would feel herself much obliged for an
Answer to the above Enquiries
I wrote you some time since respecting the claim
of Mrs. Davis of this City the widow of C E Davis
with a request for some information respecting your
objections to answering her claim for a pension and
also sent you some additional proof in the case of
Mrs. M Winship and I have not received an answer
in either case and the applicants feel-
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very anxious to hear 
 some favorable intelligence
Which I hope may not be unnecessarily defied
I am Sir Yours
respectfully
Wm H Harrison
No 322 Grand S W
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Hon
Lewis Cass
Sec. of War
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Stephentown N.Y. Feb 9th 1833
Hon. Lewis Cass 
Dear Sir  
 I have enclose the amended claim of John Horton there is not a shadow of doubt to the correctness of his deportion. I have been acquainted with him for more than 25 years and in truth & Justice ought to receive all he claims

Yours very respetfully 
Nathan Howard
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Stephentown N Y
J L Edwards Esq
Commission of
Pensions
Washing City
4 Jan 1843
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State of New York 
Rensselaer County ss }
Mercy Horton of the town of Stephentown being duly sworn deposeth and saith that she is the widow of John Horton late of the said Town who was a Revolutionary Pensioner and that he died on the 16th day of May last leaving this deponent a widow and further she says that the said Horton had for some years past appointed one Claudius Moffitt his attorney to draw his Pension in the City of Albany & that he was in the habit of leaving the certificate in the care of the said Moffitt and that it was true at the time of his decease and that she has frequently since the death of her said Husband requested said Moffitt to deliver over to this deponent the Pension Certificate of her Husband but he refuses so to do alleging that the said Horton owes him for goods & he had had of him & that said Horton Pledged the certificate for the debt. That she is consequently unable to draw the amount due from the fourth of March 1842 to the time of his decease. This deponent therefore prays your Honor issue a new certificate to enable to get the amount that is justly due to her the said Widow. This Deponent further says that she is old & infirm & poor & unable to prosecute the said Moffatt in a court of Law. Further saith not. 
                                                   her 
Sworn & Subscribed        Mercy  X  Horton
this 26 day of Dec 1842         mark 
before me
John L. Sheldon 
Justice Peace
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Dear Sir 
We take the liberty of stating in addition to what is stated in the within affidavit of Old Mrs. Horton that we are personally acquainted with her, that she is very old & in feeble heath and extremely poor & that the Town has been under the to necessity of assisting her. She has no relatives that are able or in any situation to assist to her nor has she has no one that will {illegible} Mr. Moffitt & get the certificate. That the amount due is so shall the Town doesn't want to at the expense of suing him & she has thought proper to appeal directly to your honor & under the circumstances believe that you will grant a new certificate & send it to her or to either of us who hand it over to her benefit. Stephentown 
Dec. 28. 1847 
R.A. Brown 
John L. Shelden 
Simon Cramton
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Hon. J.L. Edwards Esqr
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Stephentown Oct 27. 1843 
Hon. J. L. Edwards Esqr. 
Sir 
I enclose the claim of M. Horton to obtain a pension on the service of her husband John Horton. We cannot find any written evidence of this marriage. I have therefor taken the best evidence that can be found in the case Marriages in this State were formerly considered as a matter of contract between the parties probably you have in your possession documents to that effect. The evidence here sent would in any of our Courts in this State be all sufficient to establish the fact. 

From 1811 to 1825 I married some 200 couple & in all that time I don't recollect giving more than 5 or 6 Certificates. It is desirable that this case should be decided as soon as may be M Horton is very poor & her Pension would relieve her in all probability death will close the same with her ere long 
Yours very respectfully 
Nathan Howard
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Snyder Certificate
of
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Be it known that at a
State of New York
County of Rensselaer and
Surrogate Court held in and for the County of Rensselaer
on the Sixth day of July A.D. One thousand eight hundred
 forty-seven the most satisfactory evidence
was added to prove that Mary Horton widow
of John Horton decd (an applicant for a Pension under the
act of Congress passed July 7th, 1838, and the benefit
of the provision made by the joint resolution
of Congress passed January 23 184) departed this
life on the tenth day of Dec in the year one
Hundred and forty-five leaving her
surviving two children viz
Mary Roberts
John Horton and
who are the children and heirs at law of said deceased
all of whom are now living and are of lawful age
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my seal
of
Office the day and year first above
written
G. T. Blair
Surrogate of Rensselaer County
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State of Massachusetts Abigail Corey of Hancock State Co. aforesaid
Berkshire County
being duly sworn recording
to Law says that she is 70 years old the 14th day
of last December that she has resided in the Town of
Henwick aforesaid 61 years that she is well acquainted with
Mercy Horton and has been for a great number of years that she
this deponent was present at the Marriage of said Mary to John Horton
which Marriage took place on the 17th day of September 1882 at a
place called Little Horick (now Berlin in the County of Rensselaer
and state of New York that she recalls perfectly well being the
first wedding that she was at-- that they were married by a Justice of
the peace as she was then informed & verily believes
Attest S. H. Gardner
Sworn & subscribed before me
this 5th day of March 1844
Silas H Gardner Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named
Abigail Corey
that she is a woman of truth & veracity and that her testimony
entitled to full faith & credit are Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire, 80.
I Charles Smith, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for
the County of Berkshire, do certify, that Silas H. Gardner
Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was,
at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County,
duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that
full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done
in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said
Gardner
and believe his signature to said certificate
is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of the Court of Common as
for said Commonwealth, this Seventh
March
day of
in the year of our Lord one thousand
P
eight hundred and forty for
Charles Sedgwick Clerk
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Payment to be made at
Albany by
T W Olcott
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of
New York
Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March
Recorded in the Pension Office, in
Book A
Vol. 2 Page 79
Th Lumpkin
Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of March 3, 1843,
17 June 1844
New York
Mercy Horton
widow of John H Orton
de late of
who was a Private
and died on the 16
day of May, 182
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of ┃
dollars and
Forty three
cents per annum, commencing on the
4 March, 1843,, and terminating on the 10th Dec. 1845
the Pensioner maried or die before the last mentioned date; in which
her death payable the
living
Children
Given at the War Office of the United States
, this 27
day of July
one thousand eight hundred and
forty seven -
Examined and Countersigned.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Secretary of War.
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Sir
New York July 30th 1847
In the case of Mary Horton in
computing the amount due you have
only letters for twelve months
of service.
her late husband John Horton -Seal
twelve months and twenty-seven days
service have been acknowledge to have
been satisfactorily proved by record evidence
which computation is presumed to have
been a mistake, shall I not hear the
reason of this conclusion,
I am Only respectfully
your humble servant
Wm K. Hoyt
No 667 Greenwich St
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New York June 18th 1841
Sir
herewith enclose to
you the additional testimony
required as to the reputed marriage
and adulation of
John and
Mercy Horton
as husband and wife and hope
this may be deemed satisfactory
I am respectfull
Yours
Wm K Hoyt
No 667 Greenwich St
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Sir
Herewith enclose to you the required evidence in the case of Mrs Marcy Horton deceased; who was a claimant for a pension &c
I am respectfully your humble servt
Wm K. Hoyt.
no 667 Greenwich St.
New York

July 8th 1847}

James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of pensions
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State of New York Rensselaer County
and town of Stephentown 
James Jones of Stephentown aforesaid being
duly
Sworn
deposes and says, that he is
Sixty-Eight years
of age & that he was
born and brought up from a child in
said town & Count
and that he was well
acquainted with John Horton late a revolu
tionary pensioner and was also well acquainted
 with his wife to have 
name was Mary Briggs
and he will
remember the said Norton and his wife
when this deponent was but a child
as the said Horton was a hand man to the
deponents' father several years prior to 1790.
seventeen hundred and ninety at and during
which time the said John & Mary West
reputed to be married and they always
after lived together in God repute as
husband and wife and have so continued
until the death of the said John E. they
have always resided in the immediate
by
vicinity of this deponent, and he has adding
been acquainted personally with the said
parties from his best recollection until
his decease
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And this deponent further saith that he has
been informed and believe that the said Mercy
the widow of the said John his assisted his
claim for a portion in virtue of the addition
any services of her said husband and have
this deponent verily believes is in
to her demand and be further
saith not
Sworn to and subscribed 
James Jones
this Eleventh Day
of June 1847
Zebulon Simmons, Justice
I hereby certify that James Jones the foregoing subscribed
I am Personally acquainted with and know him
to be a person of Respectability and I have full
confidence in him in all respects
STATE OF NEW-YORK,
RENSSELAER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE,
I, AMBROSE H. SHELDON, Clerk of said County, do hereby Certify, that
Zebulon Simmons
before whom the annexed affidavit
was made
and whose name is thereof
a Justin of the Peace
in and for said County, and duly authorized by law
to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting
of the said Justice
and verily believe that his signature to the said
Affidavits
genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
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And this deponent further saith that he has
been informed and declares that the said Mercy
the widow of the said John has assisted his
claim for pension in virtue of the addition
any services of her said husband and whom
this deponent verily believes is justly entitled
to her demand and be further
James Jones
sworn to and Subscribed
this Eleventh Day of June 1847
before me
Zebulon Simmons, Justice
I hereby certify
that James Jones the foregoing subscribe
I am Personally acquainted with and
know him
to be a person of Respectability and I have full
confidence in him in
all respects
Zebulan Simmons Justice Peace
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New York July 3d 1845
James L. Edwards Esqr
Sir In answer to yours of
the 30th ult. in relation to Mary Hortons claim
for a pension which was asserted through the agency
of Nathan Howard Esqr of Pittstown Rensselaer
Co. N.Y. If I understand the purport of the letter
to him a copy of which you have kindly transmitted
to me dated July 1st, 1844 is that her claim
was asserted under the act of July the 7th 1838
and that it was borne by the act of a provision
in the act of the 30th of April 1843. If I am
incorrect in my construction will you be so kind
as to correct me. And inform me whether it will be
necessary for her to make out a new claim
in order to substantiate and secure her right to
a pension and whether the testimony of persons of
known respectability of the fact that she and her
husband lived together in good repute as husband
and wife prior to the year 1794 and that she is
now and ever has been since his death his reputed
widow will be sufficient to satisfy the
department that she was his lawful wife
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and is now his lawful widow.  If you will be kind enough to give me the above information it will enable me to act more understandingly in the matter.
I am Sir respectfully yours
William H. Harrison
no 522 Grand Street
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State
of New York, Comfort Shaw of Stephentown County
Rensselaer County 
aforesaid being duly sworn according to Law
that he was 78 years old the 30th day of Nov. last part that he has
resided in Stephentown aforesaid 70 years that he is well acquainted with
the Widow Mercy Horton when he was a girl & before she Married to
John Horton previous to her Marriage she worked for this deponents
Father that she was married to said John Horton on the 17" day of
September 1782 as this deponent was informed and verily believes
the Same
that he has resided a near duller to said Horton before
their Marriage that they had 2 sons Justus & John and several
girls this deponent was not at the wedding of said Horton but
he has no doubt but they were lawfully married at the time above
stated 6 years ago and lived together as man and wife until the death
of said John Horton which was on the 18th day of May 1842, as he
has been informed and verily believes that he attended the funeral of 
the said John Horton Comfort Shaw
sworn and subscribed before
me this 11th day of September 1843
John L. Shelden
Justice Peace
my entitled to full credit
say late
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named
Shaw & that he is a man of truth & veracity & his
John L. Shelden
Justice Peace
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State of New York
Moses Rounds of Stephentown
County & State above mentioned being duly sworn doth
on his oath say that he is 76 years old that
he has been acquainted with John Horton from
when he
was 10 years old and until the death of
time of the
said John Horton has always lived in the same neighborhood 
of said Horton that the said John Horton
was married to Mary Briggs as near as he knew
in the year 1782
husband & wife until the death of said John Horton which
was as near as he can remember in May 1842 that he
was at the funeral of the said John Horton who was a
Pensioner of the Revolutionary War that this deponent
is Cousin to the said John Horton
knows that the
said John Horton had several children the oldest a son
name of Justus who is if living 58 59 years
and don't know the given names of the Girls te
the youngest son John is a man of a family living in the Town of Berlin County & State aforesaid
sworn & subscribed before me
this 1st December 1843
John L. Shelden
Justice Peace
Moses Rounds
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named
Moses Rounds that full faith & credit is & ought to be
given to his Testimony
Jno. L.
Shelden
Justice Peace
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State of New York}
Rensselaer County}
Clerks Office]
I Charles Hooper Clerk of said County do hereby Certify that John L Sheldon Esq before whom the within depositions of Comfort Shaw & Moses Rounds purport to have been taken was at the time said depositions were taken a Justice of the Peace of the County of Rensselaer, residing in said County duly Commissioned & sworn & authorized to take the same— That I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice & verily believe the signature of the said Justice subscribed to each of the Jurats to said depositions & truth his Certificates thereunder written is the proper handwriting of the said Justice
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my official seal this 23d day of October 1843
Charles Hooper Clerk
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Sept 4, 1845
Adal by case
Marcy Horton & 
Recd Mrs. Remsen
& Mrs. Martin

Paid 5
James L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
Certificate in case John Horton

Round stamp:
NEW YORK
SEP
5 cts.
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State of Vermont
Secretary of State's Office
Montpelier July 30, 1845
I hereby certify that there is on file in this Office "A Pay Roll of Capt Stephen Calkins' Company Col. Ira Allen's Regiment of Militia";  on which Roll is the name of "John Horton" with an allowance for six days service as a private:  no date is given, except that the Roll is approved May 30, 1781 and there are two columns one headed "When marched", and the other "when returned", and sd Horton is entered as having marched the "20th" & returned the "25th":  some of the soldiers are stated to have returned "Nov. 4th" and are allowed for 15 days— and from this I infer that that the Company marched October 20th.
Also, "A Pay roll of Three Weeks' men that joined Capt *Sannelee Allen's Company from Col. Warren's Regt and Col. Allen's in the service of the State of Vermont in 1781":  on which is the name of "John Horton" with an allowance for twenty two days service as a private, commencing July 26th.
Given under my hand and the seal of this Office this 30th day of July A. D. 1845.
Ferrand S. Merrill
Deputy Secy of State

*Name could possibly have meant Samuel, but is listed as the original.
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New York
Sept 2 18[obliterated]
Sir 
I herewith send you a cer *
case of Marcy Horton the widow *
deceased whose claim has recently been *
and we wish to know if the evidence *
not satisfactory which was last sent and which  *
not to have been acknowledged.
I am Sir Very Respectfully Yours
W H Harrison Jr
522 Grand 
N Y

James L Edwards Esq}
Commissioner}

*A square of paper had been placed over the end of the above sentences.
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round stamp:
PENSION U. S. OFFICE
L
AUG 2 1926
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July 29, 1926.
Pension Bureau
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir -
I am very desirious [desirous] of becoming a member of the "Daughters of the American Revolution" and have written the New York State Library to obtain what information I can in regards to John Horton who I believe came from Stevenstown N. Y. and fought directly under Washington.  They gave me the information
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Horton appears in several regiments, to wit:
Col. Oliver Spencer's Regiment of New York Line, 4th Regiment, Orange Co. N. Y. Militia, 
2nd Regiment, Uster Co. Militia.  
1st and 3rd Regiments, Westchester County, N. Y. Militia
The above entries appear in Roberts "New York in the Revolution" 1898 - pp. 62, 193, 164, 205, and 212.
I don't know what his wife's name was but he had one daughter
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and she married a man by the name of Shaw.
I would be very grateful for any information which you may have.
Very truly yours,
(Mrs.) Bernice E. Gill
417 River St.
Grand Forks,
N. Dak.
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(Dept. of Revolutionary Soldiers)
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
I am desirous of securing information as complete as possible concerning Comfort Shaw, Stephentown, New York, Revolutionary Soldier whose name appears on the pension list.  If possible give the following details:
Date of enlistment?  Birth?  Death?
Who was his wife?
Who were his children?
His term of service?  Rank?
I would also appreciate the same information regarding John Horton, Stephentown, New York, whose name also appears on the pension list.  It appears that the son of Comfort Shaw married the daughter of John Horton, but dates and places seem lacking unless the pension records can yield some or all of these.
I have placed these items in questionairre form so that you may fill them in by hand and return this same letter for which I enclose a stamped return envelope.  I leave space below for the data concerning John Horton and if you have additional information it may be placed on the back of this page.
I will greatly appreciate any information which you can give regarding the above and will await with considerable anticipation an early reply.
Very Truly Yours.
Grace Conn Cooper
[An oval stamp is present on bottom}
REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS
SECTION
SEP 6 1930
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section  MMHF
September 22, 1926
Mrs. Bernice E. Gill
417 River St., 
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 19806 it appears that John Horton enlisted in 1777, place not stated, and served six months as a private in Captain Abraham *Thurdelewis(?) (Tourtillott) Company, Colonel Cornwall's Rhode Island Regiment.
He enlisted in 1778, served one year as a private in Captain Olney's Company, Colonel Archibald Crary's Rhode Island Regiment and was in the battle of Rhode Island.
He enlisted in Vermont in 1779 and served six months as a private in Captain Allen's Company, Colonel Ethan Allen's Vermont Regiment.
He enlisted in 1780 and served six months as Sergeant in Captain Allen's Company, Colonel Ira Allen's Vermont Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 5, 1832 while a resident of Stephentown, Renssealer

*I think this was meant for Thurlow as there were people by that name in R. I., but I could not verify it, so had it [illegible] thus -
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County, New York aged seventy-one years.  He died May 16, 1842 in Stephentown, New York.
Soldier married September 17, 1782 in Little Hosick (later Berlin), Rensselaer County, New York, Mercy Briggs of said Stephentown.  She was allowed pension on her application executed July 10, 1843 while a resident of Stephentown, New York aged seventy-eight years.  She died December 10, 1845.
They had sons and several daughters.  Their eldest child Justus was born about 1784, their youngest son John was living in Berlin, New York in 1843.  Said John, and Mary Roberts were the only children who survived the widow, and no other names of children are given.
The above noted is the only soldier named John Horton of Stephentown, New York found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau, and said records fail to afford any information in regard to any John Horton who served with the New York Troops.
Respectfully,
E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner.