Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8860, Isaac Goodale, Mass.
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Service: Mass
Goodale, Isaac
Electa
Number W. 8860
B.L.W. 6386-160-55
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14436
1895 New York
Isaac Goodale
of Tioga Co in the State of New York
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Leonard of the regt: commanded by Col Woodbridge in the Mass ma
_no for 8 mo

Inscribed on the Rolls of New York
at the rate of 26 Dollars h h Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of May
1833 and Hutts
Wm H Moore

Arrears to the 4th of Mary 1833     $53.32
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept  $13.33
                                                         $66.65
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
recorded by W. L Williams Clerk
Book C Vol 4 page 57
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3.471
New York, Albany
Electa Goodale
widow of Isaac Goodale
Mass
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
26 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 
185h day of Jany /54
and sent to 
F. E. Hassler
Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act 
of February 3, 1853, Page 74 Vol A
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Reg 3 M 55 res 35484
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35.707 act Mac 3/55
                 April 9/55

Electa Goodale widow of Isaac Goodale

Pensioner
160 Alm Sept 15/55
Boyton
Cir Aug 22d
F. E. Hopler
Washington City, D. C. 

[right side]
Cirste F. E. Hople Aug 22/55
N M
Feby 53-No 3471
Vol. G. 92
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Isaac Goodale's Papers relating to a Pension

19785
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that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuit except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed, this day and year aforesaid.
Green M Tuthill clk [signature]
Isaac Goodale [signature]


We Marcus Ford a clergyman residing in the town of Newark in the county of Tioga and State of New York and Asa Leonard residing in the town of Berkshire, county & State aforesaid hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Isaac Goodale, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy seven 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 this day and year aforesaid.

Green M Tuthill clk [signature]
Marcus Ford [signature]
Asa Leonard [signature]
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after the putting the interrogation prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as  he stated. And the court further certified, that it appears to them that Marcus Ford who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the town of Newark, Tioga county, New York and that [crossed out][who has also signed the same is a] Asa Leonard  ____ who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Berkshire in the said county of Tioga and is a credible person, and that this statement is entitled to credit.

I Green M. Tuthill clerk of the Court of Tioga County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Isaac Goodale for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 19th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Green M. Tuthill [signature]
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Berkshire. Tioga Co. N.Y. Nov.  1832

We do severally certify, that we reside in the same town & vicinity with Isaac Goodale, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that for the last twenty years, we have had an acquaintance with him, during which we have had no reason to doubt his integrity or
veracity; that he sustains a respectable & fair character; and that we believe, that the services as set forth in this declaration above were rendered to his country.
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Isaac Goodale
papers relating to a Pension
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We do severally certify, that we reside in the same town and vicinity with Isaac Goodale who had subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that for the last twenty years and forwards we have had a personal acquaintance with him, during which time, we have had no reason to doubt his integrity or veracity and
that we belie e that the services as as set forth in his declaration above, were rendered to his country.
Given under our hands at Berkshire in the
county of Tioga and state of New York this 20th day of November 1832.
John Gregory [signature]
Solomon Leonard [signature]
Daniel Gleason [signature]
Isaac Hitchcock [signature]
Stephen Ball [signature]
Luke B Wimbish [signature]
Isaac Ball [signature]
Joseph Waldo [signature]
Elijah Belcher [signature]
Nathaniel Ford [signature]
Conssicar Lawrence [signature]
Barnabas Manning [signature]
Bill Forrcy [signature]
Ransom Williams [signature]
Samuel Ball [signature]
Josiah Ball [signature]
David Williams [signature]
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State of New York
Tioga County 

On this 2nd day of January D1854 personally appeared before Charles P Avery County Judge & Surrogate of the said County of Tioga Electa Goodale a resident of Richford _in the said County of Tioga aged seventy five years _ who being just duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath make this following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 34rd February D1853 granting pensions to widow of persons who served during the Revolutionary war: that she is the widow of Isaac Goodale late of the __ town of Berkshire in said county of Tioga who was pensioner under the Laws of the United States & drew a pension by virtue then of sometime previous to his death & for proof of the service of the said Isaac Goodale for which such pension was granted, & also for having of the capacity in which he severed & the nature extent of his service, as well as for information  as to the Law & Act of Congress under which he received such pension & the agency at which he was paid, the undersigned declarants herby refers to the evidence filed in the application of the said Isaac Goodale in the Pension Office of the United States in the City of Washington
And she further declares that she was married to the said Isaac Goodale on the thirtieth day of January eighteen hundred & twenty eight D 1828 & that her said husband died on the 23rd day of November Eighteen hundred & thirty four D 1834 that
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she was not married to him prior to the second day of January Eighteen hundred
(D1800) but at the time above stated.
She further declares that she is now a widow.
Signed by the above named declarant
in the presence of us who have here to
subscribed our names & residences  Electa Goodale Wealthy Belcher of Richford Tioga County New York Joseph Belcher of Richford Tioga County New York Sworn & Subscribed in due form before me this 2nd day of January D1854
[signature] Charles P. Avery County Judge &
Surrogate of Tioga County
State of New York

State of New York
Tioga County
I Duly certify that the under "some time" interlined between the 17th & 18th lines of the forgoing declaration on the first [day] thereof, as substitutes for two and [leased] on the 18th line, was done before the said declaration was
signed & sworn to & further that the two jurats above were written over pencil marker & writing previously placed then by the undersigned.
[signature] Charles P Avery
County Judge & 
Surrogate of
Tioga County
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State of New York
Tioga County, I Wealthy Belcher of the
town of Richford in same County being duly sworn deposes & says that Electa Goodale who
has signed & sworn to the forgoing declaration or application is the widow of Isaac Goodale late of the __ town of Berkshire in the said County of Tioga deceased & that she is personally known to the deponent to be the identical person therein mentioned & described & further that this deponent saw
her sign her name _____ to the said
declaration or application & that thereupon she became a subscribing witness thereto
and this deponent further says that she resides
in the town of Richford in the County of Tioga
& state of New York, And this deponent
further says that she was not present at the time of the marriage of the said Electa Goodale to the said Isaac Goodale & did not witness the ceremony but that she distinctly recollects the event & some of the circumstances attending
the same & that upon the same day when the said event took place which was according to the best recollection & belief of the deponent in the month of January D 1828 she, the said Electa went to reside in the house of the said Isaac Goodale in the said town of Berkshire & that they, the said Isaac & Electa, continued to live together in said town of Berkshire as man & wife & were so reputed & recognized & known by the community in which they lived from the time of their said marriage down to the time of his the death of the said Isaac Goodale which took place in November D1834 Wealthy Belcher Subscribed & sworn in due form before me this 2nd day of January D1854
Charles P. Avery [signature]
County Judge of 
Tioga County
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Rev G Judds
Affidavit
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State of New York
County of Tioga L L

On this fourteenth day of December 1853
personally appeared before me, Gailord Judd of the Town of Candor in Said County, who first being duly sworn according to laws deposith & saith; that on the thirtyeth day of January 1828, he united Isaac Goodale & Electa Andrews, both of the town of Berkshire in Said County, in the bonds of Wedlock; that he did not make a record of the marriage at the time, nor does he know that there was a record made of it by any other person Sworn to and subscribed on
the day & year above written
before me - Joseph Belcher
Gaylord Judd [signature]
Justice of the Peace
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Know all men by there presents: that I, Electa Goodale of Richford in the County of Tioga and State of New York to hereby constitute and appoint F. E. Hassler my true and lawful Attorney, for me, & in my name, to apply for
and establish my claim to a pension under the law passed by Congress on the 3rd of February 1853; as the widow of Isaac Goodale, a Revolutionary pensioner, who died on the 23 day of Nov 1834
Date Jany 2nd 1854
Electa Goodale [signature]
State of New York, On this 2n day of January
Tioga County D 1854 Electa Goodale to me [illegible] to be the same individual described in & who executed the forgoing power of attorney, personally appeared before me & acknowledged that she had executed the same
C P Avery,  [signature] County Judge of Tioga Count 
State of New York
[Note on left side of page] Witnesses present at the execution of
item [illegible] C P Avery County of Tioga
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No 4089 NY
Revolutionary
Claim of 14436
Electa, widow
of
Isaac Goodale
Act 1853
Boynton
Jan 10/54
Filed January 10, 1854
F. E. Hassler
Washington
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State of New York
Tioga county, I Charles P. Avery County
Judge & Surrogate of the said County of Tioga do hereby certify that Electa Goodale of the town of Richford in said County of Tioga signed the forgoing declaration in her own proper hand-writing, in my presence & verified
the same by her oath in due form of law.
And I further certify that the said declarant
Electa Goodale is personally known to me to be the identical person therein named.
And I further certify that by reason of bodily
infirmity - she, the said declarant, is unable to
attend Court, the place when the Courts of Record are held in & for said county of Tioga bring [Owego] which is about twenty miles distant from the residence of the said declarant; And I further certify that that the said declaration was signed, sworn to & fully executed by the said declarant at her said place of residence in Richford aforesaid at the time it bears date;
And I further certify that Joseph Belcher & 
Wealthy Belcher who have signed  sworn to the
affidavit hereto prefixed an personally known to me to be codable persons & of good character & that their said affidavits and entitled to full confidence And I further certify that all their forgoing facts an wit in my present knowledge, that is to say, all the facts stated in their certificate & further that the said Joseph & Wealthy Belcher reside in the said town of Richford & further that I am Presiding Judge of the County Court   Surrogate Court of said county, being Courts of Record. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand  affixed the seal of the Surrogates Court of said
County this 2nd day of January D 1854.
Charles P Avery [signature] County Judge, Surrogate
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State of New York,
Tioga County,
I Le Roy W. Kingman Clerk of the said County of Tioga do hereby certify that Charles P. Avery the person subscribing the forgoing declaration Deposition & affidavits & before where the same were taken & also that the said Charles P. Avery before where the forgoing acknowledgment was taken was on the 2nd day of January D1854 therein mentioned County Judge of the County of Tioga & Judge of the County Court of said County a& also Surrogate of said County & that the said County Court & Surrogates Court are Courts of Record. I further that Joseph Belcher the person subscribing the forgoing affidavit of Gaylord Judd & before when the same was taken was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace of said county & further that the said Charles P. Avery & Joseph Belcher are, by virtue of there respective offices, duly authorized to take acknowledgments, affidavits & depositions; further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Charles P. Avery & Joseph Becher, respectively, [undecipherable] that the names "Charles P Avery," "Joseph Belcher subscribed to the several papers hereto prefixed and their respective proper & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of the County Court of said county & of the County of Tioga to be hereunto affixed this 6th day of January D1854.
L W Kingman [signature] Clerk
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State of New York
County of Tioga } to wit:

I herby certify, that the Hon Calvin J Robinson Esq ___________ before whom the annexed affidavits were made, and who has therunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the peace ________________
--d County, duly commissioned an sworn, and that the signature is genuine.
--- testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county _____ Court, this 28 day of March in the year 1855
L M Kingman Clerk.

35707
Claim of Electa Goodale 
widow of Isaac Goodale
FOR A PENISON
ACT OF FEBRUARY 3, 1853.

War of Revolutionary

F. E. HASSLER
ATTORNEY
WASHINGTON CITY, D. C.
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[Note on the left side of the page] READ THIS

1. Which must be made before a judge of a court of record in open court, unless applicant is from bodily health unable to appear; it then can be made before the judge, who will certify to the fact of the disability to appear.
2. Must here state, whether a revolutionary soldier, or officer, or pensioner, naming the State where the pension was paid; or if the husband served and died in the service during any war since 1790--naming them thus: Wayne's, or Indian wars prior to 1800; War with Great Britain, 1812; Seminole War, 1817 and 1818; Black hawk War, 1832; Florida War, 1835 to 1842; Cherokee and Creek Disturbances, 1836, &c.; Mexican War, 1846 to 1848; and giving the name of the Captain, Company, Regiment, and Colonel; and whether militia, volunteers, or regular army; and place of muster, discharge, or death.
3. Deceased person's name and residence. -- 4. The place. --  The date of death. -- 6. Husband's name, or father's name.
7. Name of the minister, or justice of the peace; and if married in any State or county where any public records of marriages are kept, the marriage should be proved by a duly certified copy of the record, or by the testimony of credible witnesses who were present at the marriage; and where such testimony exists, and is not produced, satisfactory reasons must be stated, under oath, why it is not produced; and, in all cases where record evidence or the testimony of witnesses who were present at the marriage could be procured and provided, the claim will be rejected, unless other testimony of a very full and satisfactory character is produced. If it is shown by affidavit that the record evidence or testimony of eye-witnesses can be procured, the claimant may then produce the best other evidence in her power, such as the testimony of witnesses, who were acquainted with her and her husband during his lifetime, knew them to live together as husband and wife, and that they were reputed so to be, and that the fact of their having been married was never called in question by their acquaintances.
In no case, however, will the mere statement of the witnesses, that the claimant is the widow of the deceased, be taken as evidence of the marriage; but the witnesses must state the facts and circumstances from which they derive their knowledge or opinion that she is the widow of the deceased.
8. A certificate from the clergyman or magistrate who solemnized the marriage is not competent evidence, unless the genuineness of the certificate be proved, and the person who gave it be shown to have been authorized to solemnize marriages.
9. This blank is left, for the purpose of the applicant's stating whether any bounty land or pension has at any time been received by any one; if so, by whom, and when.
10. Naming the war.
- All records or copy of records must be attached to the original declaration by a tape, the ends of which must pass under the seal of the court, in order to prevent the improper addition of any evidence after the papers have been duly executed and certified to by the judge and clerk.
- If the widow was re-married, all the facts of both marriages and death of both husbands must be proven.
- A probate court is the most convenient court in which to make these proofs.
- The law (3d February, 1858) grants pensions to the widows of revolutionary soldiers, without reference to date of marriage, who served six months and over.
- This form may be used for Bounty Land applications by changing the work "Pension" to "land," and striking out the date of the act.
Please conform to the above "notes."
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NEW PENSION LAWS

FORM OF WIDOW'S DECLARATION.
STATE OF  New York
COUNTY OF  Tioga
makes oath and says that she is the widow of Isaac Goodale deceased, who was a Revolutionary soldier [?] a Pensioner as his [?] act 3d [?]bery 1853 New York Certi 3471
that the said _____ died at ______________ on or about the ___ day of  ______ A. D. 18 ____

She further states that she was married to the said ____________ in ______ on the  ______ day of ______ in the year eighteen hundred and  ______ by one _________ a ______ and that her name before her said marriage was ______ and that there are  _____ children of the said _____ now living, whose names are as follows: _______________ only surviving children of the said  _________ deceased, and that she now applies for Bounty Land Act 3 March 1855 & has not heretofore applied.

She furthermore by these presents constitutes and appoints irrevocably F. E. HASSLER, of Washington, D. D., her true and lawful attorney to prosecute and demand from the U. S. Government any pension or money or land that she may have right to--hereby confirming her said attorney's lawful acts in the premises.
Electa Goodale [signature]
Subscribed, acknowledged, and sworn to and before me, this 27th day of March 1855 and I further certify I am not interested in this claim.
Calvin J Robinson [signature] Justice of the Peace
It is hereby certified, that satisfactory proof has be exhibited before me the undersigned our of the Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, by the affidavits of Levi B. Brown. and Matthew Westcott of the above named County and State, being personally known to me and who are entitled to credit, that Mrs. Electa Goodale is the Widow of the late Isaac Goodale who was a private in the United States service and that the said Mrs. Goodale is now, and was on the 3d March 1855, the widow of Isaac Goodale to the best of their knowledge and belief.
In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hand and seal this Twenty Seventh day of March in the year 1855
Levi B. Brown [signature]
Mathew Westcott [signature]
Subscribed & Sworn before me this 27th day of March 1855
Calvin J. Robinson Justice of the Peace
This written evidence, upon which the court acts must accompany the certificate
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No 19785
Isaac Goodale
Tioga Co N. York

admitted
8 mo. Private

Wm H Moore agt
Berkshire Tioga Co N. York
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, 183 
Sir: 
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. 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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, shewing the Service of Isaac Goodall Tioga Co N. York
Period when the service was rendered: Enlisted 1775
Duration of the claimant's service: Years, Months: 8, Days 
Rank of the claimant: Private
Names and Rank of the company officers under whom he served: Cap Leonard
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers: Col Woodbridge & Col Smith
Battles in which the applicant was engaged: Bunker Hill
Country Through which he marched: Cambridge Litchmon Pt
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period: Agency Hampshire, 60 Mass.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported: [illegible]
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2
 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 witl. 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 rolla of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, 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 a 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 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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That the 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 than 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 herby 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 herby 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 9i0 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 avove 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 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 many 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 related all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1.	Where and in what year were you born?
2.	Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3.	Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4.	How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5.	State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.	
a.	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?
b.	To an Officer: Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7.	State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the court or county, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of 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 rul.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariable to mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must five 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 saidt, 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 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 _______ months 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 phrases 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 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, ad if it has no device inscription by which in 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 the 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 witness, and the official character and signatures of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[a] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule is note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] this traditionary evidence is in dispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the facts.
[m] the answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Prn: 3 Feb: 53, Albany
Boynton
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266
2034
Will the 3 Auditor please state time of death of person & to when paid?
Respectfully,
F. Burt Esq Auditor Jan.12.54
For Court

Isaac Goodale, act 1832
$26.66 for annum, Paid to 4 Sept 1834. no death
F. Burt Audior
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Revy Widow, &c.

File No. 8860
Electa Goodale
Wid
Isaac Goodale
Privt Rev War
Act: Febry 3d 1853
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 279
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Additional Proof Revolutionary Bounty lane Act 3d March 1855.
Electa Goodale
No. 35707
Feb 53-no. 3471
Boynton
F.E. Hassler
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Secretary’s Office, Boston
Sept. 8th 1855.
I Hereby Certify, That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Isaac Goodale is born on pay roll of Capt. Noadiah Leonard Comp. Is Josiah Smith’s Comp. Col. Ruggles Woodbridge’s Regt. On alarm of April 19, 1775. Name born on Cont roll of 8 mos. men dutied “Camp near Prospect Hill Oct. 25, 1775” as private from Amhurst.
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Richford, N.Y.
Sept 5th, 1855
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Boston
Dear Sir
I would respectfully request that an examination of the records of your office may be made for the Revolutionary services of Isaac Goodale who enlisted May 1775 in the town of Amherst, Hampshire Co & marched to Cambridge under Capt. Noadiah Leonard of Sunderland Luit Smith of South Hadley Ensign Samuel Gold of Amhurst
Yours Electa Goodale [signature]
Will the Secretary please make the examination soon as convenient & forward to my address at Richford, Tioga Co, N.Y.
Joseph Belcher [signature]
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Pension Office
August 22d, 1855
Sir:
The claim of Electa Goodale, for bounty land under the act of the 3d of March, 1855 No., 35.707 has been examined and suspended.
The revolutionary service of Isaac Goodale the husband of the applicant, does not appear of record in this office.
The 3d section of said act requires a service of “FOURTEEN DAYS” to be established by “RECORD EVIDENCE.”
Upon the production of such evidence of service, the claim will be favorably considered.
Very respectfully.
J. MINOT, 
Commissioner
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And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Sela of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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Goodale
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Brief in case of Electa Goodale, wife of Isaac, Tioga County and State of New York act Feb. 3d 1853
Claim, (“original,” or “for increase”)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Marriage & [coluntiby] period g three accredited returns, & Judge of Court
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Allow for $26.66 per annum from Feb. 3 1853.
Nam and residence of Agent F. E. Hassler, Present
T. k. Adams, Examining Clerk.
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No, 35707
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855
Received Apr 9, 1855
Isaac Goodale 
Rev. War
Warrant No. 6586-160-58
F. E. Hassler
Washington DC