Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43098, for Richard Odell, New York
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(3--1776)
SERVICE New York Odell, Richard or Odle
NUMBER S 43098 B.L. Wt. 26112-160-55
CONTENTS [section empty]
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Notification sent the 20th. June 1820, to Samuel Lake, Esqr Batavia, N. York. Date of death not on AB 

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15.158 New York R
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Richard Odell of Orange in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded Colonel Van Schaick the New York line, for the term of One year
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 4 of June 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of Sepr. 1 [edge of page missing] and sent to Isaac Wilson Esq. Middlebury N York
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Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1819. 120.2
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819. 48.0
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15 Mo. 1/30  $168.2
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{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
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Cin: to A. S. Lynde, Sept: 18" 1833, Vol A. Page 17.

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51.337 [underlined] Act March 3/55 April 9./55
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Richard Odle [crossed out] [Odell, -- inserted] 
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Capt Heady Capt Johnson Col Drake Col Van Schaick }
War of Revolution
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Rec Pension Act March 18, 1818 N.Y. March 20 
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Wi 160 acr May 17/56 Boyton
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W. A.L. Lynde Warsaw New York 

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No 26 112 ofs May 9/56
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Richard Odell 4th June
Col. Van Schaack's N. York Regt. 1781
Admitted
The testimony of his disinterested & credible witnesses, to prove [serve -- crossed out] [service -- inserted] of 9 months [underlined] in the above Regt. & line by Applicant, [under -- crossed out] at one period of time duly to be taken & another [illegible] is required. 
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Wisenfelts Regt. not on Continental establishment.
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State of New York Ginesee [Genesee] County} Ss. 
On the 4th day of June in the year 1818. Before me the subscriber one of of [word repeated in original] the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County of Genesce personally Appears Richard Odell aged fifty eight years the 15th. day of August last. Resident in the Town of Orangeville in the County of Genesee who being by me first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval Services of the United States in the revolutionary War" That the said Richard Odell Enlisted in the continental Service at the town of Fredericksburgh, Dutches County in the State of New York, on or about the 1st of April 1781 in Capt. Livingstons company, for 9 months in a regiment Commanded by Col. Wisenfelt of the New York line, that some time in the month of June was transfered into Col. Van Schaiks Regt. of the New York line also. And that some time in the month of August of the same year Enlisted during the War into Capt. Johnsons Compy. in Said Regt. Com. by Col. Van Schaik that he was in Several Skirmishes
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but no considerable battle, and continued to serve in Said corps or in the service of the United States until about the 1st of December 1782, when he received an honorable & regular discharge by being furloughed till called for; and was never after Wanted or called for, (furlough since last) having served at that time about 20 months, that he had previously done three tours of service of 3, 4, 18 months, That he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service and that he has never recd. a pension of the United States.

Sworn and declared before me the day and year aforesaid} Isaac Wilson [signature] 

I certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Richard Odell did serve in the revolutionary War as stated in the preceeding declaration, against the common Enemy. and from my own personal knowledge and other evidence I am Satisfied that the Said Richard Odell is in reduced circumstances and absolutely stands in need of the assistance of his Country for
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support, and I now transmit the testimony and proceedings had and taken in the premises before me to the Secretary for the war department, pursuant to the directions of the act of Congress before mentioned. 
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Dated this 4th. day of June 1818  Isaac Wilson [signature] 

State of New York Genesee County} Ss.
I Simeon Cumings Clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Isaac Wilson before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Said County acting under the authority of this State and that the foregoing are his Signatures 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and County seal at Batavia the 20. day of June 1818. Simeon Cumings [signature] by Saml. Lake Dep.
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I Isaac Smith of Covington County of Genesee and State of New York do testify and Say that I was personally acquainted with Richard Odell now a resident of Orangeville Genesee County some time previous to the year 1781 in the Revolutionary War -- That this deponant with the Said Richard Odell & others on or about the 1st of April 1781 were mustered into Col. Wisenfelts Regt That some time the forepart of the Season were transfered into Col Van Schaicks Regt. of the New York line and thinks from the best of his recollection that some time that Summer the Said Richard Odell Enlisted during the war and well remembers that the Said Odell was not discharged when this deponant received his discharge which was late in the fall or first of Winter, and that having heard the declaration of said Richard Odell hereunto anexed verily believes the same to be true, and that this deponent has no interest whatever in the application of Said Odell for a pension under the law of Congress of 1818 -- And further saith not
Isaac Saith [signature]
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State of New York Genesee County [underlined] Ss.} 
On this fifteenth day of June 1819. personally appeared before me Isaac Wilson one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County. Isaac Smith to [me -- inserted] well known to be a credible witness who being duly sworn according to law made Solemn oath that the within Affidavit by him subscribed is true
Isaac Wilson Judge as aforesd [signature] 

This may certify that William Smith 

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R. Odell [underlined]
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This may certify that Witham Smith of Amsterdam & County of Montgomery & State of New York came Before me Abel dunning Esq and certifide upon oath that Richard odel [was i-- inserted] in the servis [service] in the revolution War under the continantal Establishment and did belong to the lines in Cap John Sans Company & Cornial [Colonel] Van Slayskes rigment [regiment]  and the said Smith further sayeth to the best of his knowledge that the said odel was not with them when they went to geting wood Nor when they was discharged from the Servis and father sayeth not William Smith [signature] 

the above affadivit taken before me Abel dunning Justice [signature] this the 22 day of July 1819.  And I Abel dunning do father certify that William Smith is a man in good standing and Respelts [Respect] in Sosceity [Society]
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State of New York Montgomery County} Ss.
I John McCarthy Clerk of the said County do certify that Abel Dunning before whom the within affidavit of William Smith appears to have been made was one of the Justices of the peace for the said County at the time the same appears to have been taken. In Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand, & affixed my Official Seal the 23d. day of July 1819.  Jno. McCarthy [signature] 

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R. Odell [underlined]
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Richard Odell [underlined] 
Exd.  No. 15,158.
issd. 6 Sept: 1819. (March 1820.) [date underlined] 
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At a Court of Common Pleas held at the Court House in the village of Batavia, in and for the county of Genesee, in the State of New-York; on the fourteenth day of June of the term of June 1820, being a Court of Record, in pursuance of the 41st article of the Constitution of the state of New-York, which has unlimited jurisdiction, keeps records of its proceedings, and has immemorially exercised the power of fine and imprisonment.
Present, the Hon. John H. Jones Isaac Wilson, Richard Smith & Moses Hayden Judges
GENESEE COUNTY, SS. -- On this fourteenth day of June 1820, personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Record,) Richard Odell aged sixty -- years, resident of the town of Orangeville -- in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows:-- Rising of three years, served about one and a half years in Capt Johnson's Company in the 1st Regiment New York Line commanded by Col. Van Schaick was discharged in June 1783 that his declaration was dated the 4'. of June 1818. and his certificate is numbered 15.158 ----- 
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war,” passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule
hereto annexed and by me subscribed."

Inventory or Schedule  Real Estate I have none. ---
Personal property
One Cow
2 Swine
1. Axe & 1 old Hoe
1. Scythe - one set of shoemaking tools
1. 10 Gallon Iron Kettle
1.  2 Gallon do --
1. Small pot
1. 1 Gallon Kettle
1. Broken Spider
2. Flat Irons 1 of a ax 
1. pair Cast Iron And Irons
1. Small Crane 1. Meat Barrell 1. Small Tub 4 milk pans - Old Tin } 1. Hand Saw 1. pair Tong. 1. Cupboard
3. Old Common Chairs
1. common low chest - old & poor
2 Old Tin pails
1 do wooden pail
4 Earthern plates
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1. Small Brown Earthern Platter 1. Old Tin Basin 1. Iron Tea Kettle 6. Cups & Saucers, Common Earthern 6. Knives & Forks 1. pair Small Steelyards 6. Common Iron Spoons A Debt due to me from Wm Buston $3.00  
I am owing debts to the following persons. Viz- 
to William Miller   $7.00 
to Hiram Brooks  2.50 
to Mr. Salisbury  2.00  
to Arvin Webster  2.00 
to James Cravath  1.50
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$15.00
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And the Deponent further says that he is a Shoe maker by occupation, but in consequence of a severe Rheumatic Complaint, is able to do but little labor. that he has a wife named Abigail aged fifty seven years - and that the Bedding and necessary wearing apparrel for himself and wife do not exceed forty Dollars in value. --  Richard his X mark Odell 

Sworn to & subscribed this 14th day of June 1820, Before me S. Cumings Clk. of Genesee Com. Pleas in open Court [signature] 

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I Simeon Cumings -- Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Genesee, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath (or affirmation) and the $33.50 schedule thereto annexed, are truely copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is thirty three dollars and fifty cents. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, on this seventeenth day of June 1820. 
S. Cumings [signature] Clerk of the Court for the County of Genesee.

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application of Richard Odle for Bounty Land 
act of 3d March 1855 War of Revolution
A. L. Lynde Warsaw New York Atty for Claimant 

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[written vertically from top towards bottom of page on right side of page] Given under my hand and official Seal at Ellicottville in said County the 31st day of March A.D. 1855-- E.H. Southwick Clerk. [signature]
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State of New York Cattaraugus County} Ss. 
On this 21st day of March A.D. 1855 personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace within & for the County and State aforesaid Richard Odle aged ninety five Years a resident of Machias in the State of New York who being duly sworn according to law declares that he is the identical person who was a soldier in the Company of Capt Heady Col Drake & Capt Johnson Col Van Schaick in the American Revolution That he is unable on account of his advanced age to give a detailed statement of his services but would refer to the declaration made by him for the purpose of procuring a pension for Such Statement That he is a pensioner under the act of March 18th. 1818 and his pension certificate bears date the 6th day of September 1819 and is signed by J.C. Calhoun Secretary of War
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty Land to which he may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855. He also declares that he has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor 
Richard his X mark Odle

We Paleman Jones and Calvin Brace residents of Machias in the County of Cattaraugus and State of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Richard Odle in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that he is the identical person he represents himself to be and we know him to be a Revolutionary Pensioner
Paleman Jones [signature] Calvin Brace [signature] 

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and Subscribed before me on the day and Year above written & I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be & that I have no interest in his claim
Heman G. Button Justice of the Peace [signature]
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And I do hereby certify that the within named Richard Odle Signed his name to the within papers by making his mark he being unable to write his name from a want of Education Heman G. Button Justice of the Peace [signature]  

State of New York County of Cattaraugus Clerk's Office} SS 
I, Enos H. Southwick County Clerk and Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify, that Heman T. Button Esqr. whose genuine signature appears above, was, at the date there of, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit, and that said County Court is a Court of Record having general jurisdiction. I also certify that I have no interest in the result of the case and am not concerned in its prosecution
Given under my hand and official seal at Ellicottville in said County the 31st. day of March A.D. 1855. E. H. Southwick , Clerk. [signature] 

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January 5, 1934 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Richard Odell - S.43098  BA-J/AWF Om
Mr. Frederick C. Haacker 2120 Tiebout Avenue New York City
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Richard Odell, a soldier of the War of the Revolution. The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 43098, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Richard Odell, the name also appears Odle.
He was born August 15, 1759, place not stated, nor are the names of his parents shown. Richard Odell served three tours of three months, four months and eight months each, a part of the time under Captain Heady (?) and Colonel Drake; there is [n -- crossed out] nothing further in regard to this service. He enlisted at Fredericksburgh, Dutchess County, New York, April 1, 1781 and served in Captain Livingston's company, Colonel Weissenfelts New York regiment, in June of same year, he was transferred to Colonel Van Schaick's First New York regiment, in August, 1781, he was put in Captain Johnson's company, and continued to serve in Colonel Van Schaick's regiment, until in December, 1782; he was in several skirmishes.
[He was -- letters typed over others] allowed pension on his application executed, June 4, 1818, then a resident of Orangeville, Genesee County, New York. In 1820 he was still a resident of Orangeville,
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and then referred to his wife, Abigail, aged fifty-seven years, In 1855 the soldier, Richard Odell, was living in Machias, Cattaraugus County, New York. There is no reference to children.
Very truly yours A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator
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43098 Revy INVALID.
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File No. 43,098 Richard Odell Pri Rev War
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Act: 18" March 18" Index:-- Vol. 5, Page 372
[Arrangement of 1870.] [square brackets in original] 

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26.112 
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Rev Army [at bottom of page]
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PAID 3 
Hon L. P. Waldo Commr of Pensions Washington D.C.

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2120 Tiebout Avenue, New York, Dec. 20, 1933.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
The Federal Census of 1830 & 1840, lists among the pensioners of New York State, a Richard Odell [name underlined] or Odle, of Machias, Cattaraugus County. In the 1830 Census, his age is given as 80 years. Richard Odell served in one of the Westchester Regiments during the Revolutionary War, and in the 1790 Census, appears in Cambridge, Albany Co., N. Y.
Kindly inform me if the Pension Records contain any information concerning his parentage, or give information concerning his children.
Very truly yours, Frederick C. Haacker [signature] Frederick C. Hacker.

[round stamp in top center of page] REC'D DEC 22 1933 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS. ADM. READER #25