Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6310, Harmanus Vedder, New York
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New York.    Vedder, Harmanus      S 6310
                                                        BL Wt 9345.160-55

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Act March 3, 1855
S4078  April 9/55
Hermanus Vedder Sol
Hermanus Vedder  Pri: Revolutionary War
N.Y. Mil:
Rev. Pension
NY June 32 - No 14319
Ad: 160 [unreadable] Oct: 31 1855.
  Boynton
45 iss Nov 7/56
R.W. Crain
Pages Corners N.Y.

cir R.W. Crain Sept 21/55

Vol V. page 125.
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14319
New York
18067
Harmanus Vedder
of Otsego Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Fisher of the regt commanded by Col. Van Schoonhoven in the N.Y. [n?] line for 9 ms

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of May 1833 and Sent to H Sill
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept - 15.00
  $ 75.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by W.L. Williams Clerk
Book E Vol. 4 Page 34

Reg 3 M 55 - 54078
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Declaration of Hermanus Vedder
18057


Henry Sill
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832
State of New York
County of Otsego Ss  On the 16th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of otsego in the State of New York now sitting
Harmanus Vedder a resident of the town of Springfield in the County of Otsego and State of New York aged Seventy one 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 7th 1832.
 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated  That he was born in the town of Niskauna [Niskayuna] now Schenectady then Albany County that he resided there in the time of the Revolutionary War  That in or about the year 1776 he was classed in Captain Manning Fisher's company in Colonel James Van Schoonhoven's Regiment of New York Militia and continued in that situation till the close of the war. and that during the said war he was called out some times in his term and sometimes on alarms for terms of from five days to one month at a time and at these terms of service of which he remembers in particular he was out once to Canajoharie, Palmerstown and Ballstown three times to Saratoga once to Lake George under the Command of Governor Clinton and once to Oswego
 That he cannot answer to the particular dates or the exact length of time that he served at each of the above named places but he does positively know that it all does exced [exceed] nine months and he does verily believe that the above ennumerated service and other services which he did during the said war being called out on alarms frequently one, two, three, four, and five, days at a time would amount to not less
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State of New York
County of 'Schenectady } Ss  I Nicholas P. Van Vranken of the town of Niskayuna in said County, late a Lieutenant in the army of the Revolution do hereby Certify, that I was in the time of the revolutionary war and am now well acquainted with Harmanus Vedder of the town of Springfield in the County of Otsego in said State, that said Harmanus Vedder was a private in my Company from the year 1776 until the termination of said war - that said Harmanus Vedder faithfully served for the whole of said period whenever called upon - he was in service with me at Saratoga, Ballston & other places during said war as a scout, and performing sentinel duty - & for a good portion of said period every year he mounted guard in my frontier settlement, and constantly threatened with incursions from the tories, and consequently required the services of the militia of that district -
  Nicholas P Van Vranken his X mark
Subscribed and Sworn this ninth day of October 1832}    John S Vrooman  Clerk
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He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State
 Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid          Harmanus Vedder
  Horace Lathrop  clerk

Mr George House residing in the town of Warren in the County of Herkimer in the State of New York and Henry House residing in the town of Springfield in the County of Otsego in said State hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Harmanus Vedder who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 71 years of age that he is respected 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
  George House his X mark
 Horace Lathrop  his X mark

County of Schenectady Ss.  Claus J Van
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County of Schenectady Ss.  Claus J. Van Vranken of the town of Niskayuna in said County being duly sworn deposeth and Saith, that he was in the time of the revolutionary war & is now well acquainted with Harmanus Vedder refer & to in the preceeding Certificate of Nicholas P. Van Vranken, an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, that this deponent said Harmanus Vedder were both members of the Company of Militia under the Command of Captain Manning Fisher of which Company said Nicholas P. Van Vranken was Lieutenant in the Regiment under the command of Colonel James Van Schoonhoven - that several expeditions with this Deponent of which he now remembers in particular, Canajoharie, Palmertown, Ballston, Saratoga on two occasions, Lake George (with Governor Clinton) and to Oswego, and the said Harmanus Vedder performed his quota of service in mounting guard at Niskayuna in a true & faithful soldier whenever his services were required.
  Claus J Van Vranken
Subscribed & Sworn this 9th day of October 1832}
 John S Vrooman  Clerk
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I John S. Vrooman Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Nicholas P. Van Vranken and Claus J Van Vranken by whom the preceding depositions have been subscribed & sworn personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Schenectady and made oath that the facts set forth in said Deposition are true & correct according to the best of their knowledge & belief - witness my hand and seal of office this ninth 
  John s Vrooman Clerk
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State of New York
Otsego County Ss  I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in & for the said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Harmanus Vedder for a Pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & official seal this 19th day of October 1832
  Horace Lathrop
  By T K Cory Deputy
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Vedder S 4098
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State of New York
County of Otsego Ss  On this 19th Day of March One Thousand eight Hundred & fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within & for the County & state aforesaid  Harmanus Vedder of the Town of Springfield County of Otsego, and State of New York aged Ninety four years who being duly Sworn according to law declares that he is the identical Harmanus Vedder A Soldier in the War of the Revolution to whom a pension Certificate was  issued by the Government of the United States dated 1st day of May AD 1833, which said certificate is in the following to word to wit "War Department. Revolutionary Claim I certify that in Conformith with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832 Harmanus Vedder of the State of New York who was a private in the War of the Revolution is Entitled to receive thirty dollars and  Cents per annum during his natural life Commencing on the 4th of March 1831 and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March & 4th of September in every year.
  Given at the war office of the United States this 18th day of May One Thousand eight Hundred & thirty three     Lewis Cass Secretary of War
 Examined &c
  J L Edwards
 Commissioner of Pensions"
  And he hereby declares that he has not applied for or received, but makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land granted by
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the Act passed March third 1855 & he hereby appoint R W Crain of Pages Corners N Y. Co prosecute his said claim for Bounty land & receive his Land Warrant when issued -
Sworn to & Subscribed before me the day & year above written & I certify that I have no interest in the results of this case & am not concerned in its prosecution - And I do further certify that the said Harmanus Vedder has in his possession an original certificate of pension dated the 19th? day of May One Thousand Eight Hundred & thirty three which is in the Words & fi  us as stated in the above declaration that the claimant & personally sworn
Harmanus Vedder
 Albert Cotis  Justice of the Peace

State of New York
County of Otsego Ss
  Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within & for the County and aforesaid John Root and Benjamin Huntington persons whom I certify to be respectable & in all respects entitled to full credit who reside in the Town of Springfield Otsego County who being by me duly sworn says that they were present & saw Harmanus Vedder sign the foreclosed Declaration and they further swear that they know him to be the identical person he represents himself to be and who as in his possession a Pension Certificate issued by the Government of the United States dated 18 May 1833 and that they have been personally acquainted with the said Harmanus
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Vedder for ten years past. They further swear that they have no interest in the result of this case & not concerned in its prosecution
Sworn to & subscribed before mi [sic] this 19th Day of March 1855 & I further certify that the    Harmanus Vedder described in possession a Pension Certificate. Shown me above is in the   & figures as stated in this Declaration }  John Root
  Albert Cotis Justice of the Peace

State of New York
County of Otsego Ss} I William C Field Clerk of the County Court in & for the County & State above mentioned do hereby Certify that Albert Cotis     whose genuine signature appears above  was & is at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in & for the County & State aforesaid & that all his official acts as such  are entitled to full faith & credit & that the Aforesaid County Court is a Court of record having General Jurisdiction. That the Said Albert Cotis is duly Commissioned & [sworn?] as such Justice. I also certify that I have no interest in the result of this case & am not concerned in its prosecution
  Given under my hand & seal of office at Cooperstown this the 20th day of March 1855
 Wm C Fields  Clerk of Otsego County
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18067
Harmanus Vedder

[underline] admitted [/underline]
9 mo. Private
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Sir: WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, 183 The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 

A Statement, shewing the Service of Harmanus Vedder Ostego New York 
Duration of the claimant's service.  Classed 1776   9 months  Rank of the Claimant   Names and Rank of the officers under whom he served  Captain Fisher  Names and Rank of the General and Field officers    Colonel Van Schoonhoven    Battles in which applicant was engaged          Country through which he marched   Palmerstown  Ballstown   Place of abode when he entered the service and age at the present period    Niskanna Albany County    aged 71 years    Evidence by which the declaration is supported   Living Witness   

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, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops. 
2. The State Troops. Militia, and Volunteers. 
3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 
4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 
DECLARATION, 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
State, Territory, or District of   County of }ss. 
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 (c)            years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the 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, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of      
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          &c. 
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the                        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 day and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.                          who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the                  and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the                       and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I,                         Clerk of the Court of         do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of                   for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this            day of           &c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but it neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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 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 un Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that 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. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. 
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace. the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
" Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of bis service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:
For            year          months, and         days, I served as a               ; For            mouths and           days, I served as a                and for such service I claim a pension." 
{It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly 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 au embodied corps called into service by competent authority that lie 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 his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. 
Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 
Proof of Service.    
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only. 
[k]  This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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6310
Rev War
INVALID
File No. 6310
Harmanus Vedder
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7 1832
Index: - Vol. M, Page 387
[Arrangement of 1870]
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Pages Corners
Oct 3 
Commissions of Pensions
Harville find proof in claim of Harmanus Vedder Number S 4.078 for Bounty Land which was suspended for want of Record Evidence. 
Yours &c
Rufus W.  Crain
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Pages Corners NY
April 45
L P Waldo
 Commissioner of Pension Enclosed
please find the applications for Bounty Land file in [unreadable] Dep
 Yours &c
 R W Crain
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Pages Corners NY
April 6
54078
[on side]
L P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Department of 
Wash
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Pens Act of 32. N.Y.
Boynton
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54078
Harmanus Vedder
N.Y.  32-14310
Boynton
[round stamp] RICHFIELD SPRINGS NY
OCT 26
Free Official Business
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
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9545
160 An?
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No. 34078
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855
Received Apr 9th, 1855
Harmanus Vedder, pri
N.Y. Mil.  Rev. War
9545 - 160 - 55

R.W. Crain
Pages Corners
P  N.Y.
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State of New - York
Comptroller's Office
Albany, October 18 1855

I Hereby Certify, That on searching the Records in this office for the Registry of Certificates issues in pursuance of a law, passed April 27, 1784, entitled "An Act for the settlement of the pay of Levies and Militia for their services in the late war, and for other purposes therein mentioned," I find the following, viz:
[Name|No. or Book| No. of Certificate| Date|£ S D*| Rank and Name of Company Officer| Rank and Name of Field Officer

Harmanus Vedder  Corpt.  4 19.182 June 6. 1780 1 5 8 9/10 Capt. John Den Bergh Col. Jacobus Van Schoonhoven

Harms Vedder Private  4 19.202 June 6. 1780  1 3 7  Capt. John Den Bergh  Col. Jacobus Van Schoonhoven

Harmanus Vedder  Private  4 19.763 Oct. 1781  1 18 3 Lt. John Van Vranken  Col. Jacobus Van Schoonhoven

Harmanus Vedder  Private  4 19.788 Nov. 4. 1781  1 1 9 2/3  Let. John Van Vranken  Col. Jacobus Van Schoonhoven

Harms Vedder Private  5 21.113 Dec 1. 1779  2 4 5 1/3  Capt John Van Patten  Col. Abm Wemple
  £ 6 13 9 3/5

* pound  shilling  pence

I have examined the Rolls for the items above set forth, and find them to be correct,
 H.B. Haswell  Clerk    Jas W Cook  Comptroller
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State of New - York
Comptroller's Office
Albany, October 18 1855

I Hereby Certify, That on searching the Records in this office for the Registry of Certificates issues in pursuance of a law, passed April 27, 1784, entitled "An Act for the settlement of the pay of Levies and Militia for their services in the late war, and for other purposes therein mentioned," I find the following, viz:
[Name|No. or Book| No. of Certificate| Date|£ S D*| Rank and Name of Company Officer| Rank and Name of Field Officer

Harms Vedder Private  5 21.113 Dec 1. 1779  2 4 5 1/3  Capt John Van Patten  Col. Abm Wemple
  £ 6 13 9 3/5

* pound  shilling  pence

I have examined the Rolls for the items above set forth, and find them to be correct,
 H.B. Haswell  Clerk    Jas W Cook  Comptroller