Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 9945, for William Spader, New Jersey
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[to left corner] (8-1776)
SERVICE
NUMBER

New Jersey
Spader, William
R.9945

CONTENTS
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Wm Spader- ns

John Spader and others

To

Philo T. Ruggles

To
James Baldwin and
Charles H. Winder

Power of Attorney

Aug 28th 1851.
Ex, by C Winder
Sept 2nd 1851
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Know all men by these presents that we John Spader of Jamaica in the State of New York, Jane Sutphen of Brooklyn in said state and Margaret Bennet wife of R.V. Bennet of Brooklyn aforesaid do hereby make, constitute and appoint xxx Philo T. Ruggles of the City of New York Counsellor at Law our true and lawful Attorney irrevocable for us and in our xx names place and stead to ask, demand, sue for, recover and receive of and from the Government of the United States of America or from any one or more of the officers x thereof all and any suer or suers of money whatsoever now due or hereafter to become due from the United States to us or either of us as the children, heirs at law or legal representatives of William Shader deceased late a resident of Brooklyn in the State of New York and formerly in the service of the United States as a Soldier or Officer in the Army of the American Revolution.

And [double underlined] we hereby authorize and empower our said Attorney the said Philo T. Ruggles to subsitute in his place or stead as Attorney for us or either of us for the purposes aforesaid any person or persons he may see fit and with full power into said substitute or substitutes to do and perform all and every matter or thing whatsoever which our said Attorney can do or cause to be done by virtue here of.
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In Testimony whereof we have hereto set our hands and seals this Eighteenth day of July A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty one.

Sealed and delivered in the presence
of
J.M. Baldwin
(illegible)

(signatures)
John Spader
Margaret A. Bennett
Jane Sutphen

United States of America
State, County and City of New York Ss: Be it known that on the twenty third say of July A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty one before me personally (unknown word) John Spader and on the thirtieth day of July in said year before me personally (unknown word) Margaret A. Bennett wife of Rudolf V B Bennett and on this fourteenth day of August in said year also personally (unknown word) Jane Sutphen and the said (unknown word) persons a (unknown word) (unknown word) that they expected the (unknown word) power of attorney as their own act and (unknown word) and for the uses and purposes therein mentioned. I certify that I am personally acquainted with the said John  Spader, Margaret Bennett and Jane Sutphen and Know them to be the persons described in and
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who executed the said (unknown word)
In Testimony whereof I James M. Baldwin Notary Public and Commissioner of (unknown word) in and for the State of New York duly commissions and sworn as such and recording in said city of New York had hereto let my hand and affix my notarized Seal the day and year last above written
(signature)
J.M. Baldwin
Notary Public
Commis. of (unknown word)

From all men by their presents that in performance and by virtue of the authority and power in me vested by the foregoing power of attorney from John Spader, Margaret A. Bennett and Jane Sutphen, I, Philo J. Ruggles of the City of New York Councellor at Law do hereby substitute in my place and stead for the purpose mentioned in said foregoing power of attorney-James M. Baldwin of New York City and Charles H Winder of Washington City Councellors at Law-and I hereby and through them or either of them as my substitute to so and perform all and every matter or thing which I could do on course to be done by virtue of the foregoing power
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of Attorney.

In testimony whereof Witness my hand
and seal this twenty fifth day of August
A.D. One thousand eight hundred and
fifty one.

In presence of }
Jno Sedgwick }    Philo T. Ruggles 

City and County of New York. On this twenty-sixth day of August A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty one before me came John Sedgwick subscribing witness to the foregoing instrument with whom I am personally acquainted and being by me duly sworn deposeth that he resides in New York City that he knew Philo T. Ruggles, the person described
in and who executed said instrument that he saw him execute the same and that he thereupon subscribed his name thereto as a witness.
Geo W. Elwell 
Commissioner of Deeds
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[left side:]
6H66

[right side:]
In the matter of the
application of
William Spader of
Brooklyn New York
--for a Pension--
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State of New York }
Kings County, SS. }
William of the Town of Brooklyn in the said
County of Kings being duly sworn says that he is the same person described in the papers hereunto annexed, as an applicant for a pension, that at the several times when the annexed declarations were made by this deponent he was fully impressed with the belief and had no doubt, that he was during the
Revolutionary war attached to the Continental army as stated in said declarations, that some time after making the said Declarations he was informed by John Dikenson his counsel in
the matter of his application, that his papers had been returned from Washington, and that the pension could not be procured unless the services of this deponent could be proved by
at least two credible witnesses, and that thereupon this deponent caused inquiry to be made in the State of New Jersey for the purpose of procuring the necessary testimony and he succeeded in getting the testimony of three persons who served with this deponent in Revolutionary War each of whom states that this deponent served in the militia of New Jersey as appears by their depositions which are also hereunto annexed, and this deponent further says that as at present he is informed he
now believes that he was not attached to the Continental line as mentioned in said declarations, but that he served as mentioned
in said depositions, in the militia, that his misapprehension as to the army to which he was attached arose from his being young when he entered the service and not understanding the nature of the services as well as older and better informed persons and from the fact that he was engaged with the Regular Army in the several battles mentioned in his said declaration and further this deponent says not.

Wm Spader

Sworn before me this 21st day of
January 1834, at the dwelling house of
Peter V. Spader a son of the deponent where
the said deponent resides he being sick
and infirm and unable to leave his house
to appear before the Court.

Joseph Dean one of the Justices
of the Municipal Court in the
Village of Brooklyn
in Kings County
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State of New Jersey }
Middlesex County ss}
Be it remembered that before me the subscriber one of the justices of the
Peace in and for said County personally appeared John C. Wyckoff who being duly sworn upon his oath saith that he is a soldier of the revolution and receiving a pension as such
that he is well acquainted with William Spader who now resides in Kings County State of New York and has been acquainted with him from his boyhood knows him to have been a soldier
of the revolution and that he served in the capacity of fifer knows him to have been in the service of the militia of the State of New Jersey
recollects of being out with him in the year 1777 in the State of Pennsylvania that they were together at the battle of Germantown was also out with said Spader in the State of New Jersey
on the Elizabeth Town Station in the year 1778 and knows him to have been out in the service frequently in the years - 78 & 80 and believes that he took his regular tours until the end of the war knows him to have been a good and faithful soldier and believes that his statements in relation to his services may be relied upon as he is a man of truth and veracity

John C Wyckoff

Sworn and subscribed this 30th day
of December 1833 before me
Peter P. Runyon
Justice of the Peace }
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State of New Jersey ⎬ 
Middlesex County ss }
Be it remembered that before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Minard Van Arsdalen who being duly sworn upon
his oath saith that he is a soldier of the revolution that he receiving a pension as such that he served in the capacity of drummer and further says that he is and has been well acquainted with William Spader who now resides in Kings County (County) State of New York knows him to have been a soldier of the revolution thinks that he entered the service 
in 1775 knows him to have been a fifer as  \he the deponent was a drummer  and remember beating the drum after him as fifer recollects being out with him in the militia of New Jersey under Captain Fulkerson in the year 1776 at Perth Amboy and also at Elizabeth Town guarding the lines and protecting the property of their fellow citizens and knows that the said Spader was out frequently in this year and has no doubt that he served at least four tours of a month each in the year 1776 deponent also remembers of being out with him in the year 1777 in the State of Pennsylvania that they were
together at the battle of Germantown and remembers of being with him in New Jersey on the Elisabeth town station and thinks that he served in this year four tours of a month each and in the year 1778 recollects said Spader was out in New Jersey on the Amboy and Elizabeth Town station and knows that the said Spader took regular tours in the militia until the end
of the war knows him to have been a good soldier and believes that his statement is entitled to full credit as he is a man of truth and veracity

Minard Van Arsdalen

Sworn and subscribed
this 10th day of January 1834
before me
Peter P. Runyon
Justice of the Peace
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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County Ss

Be it remembered that before me the subscribed one of the Justices of the Peace in and for Said County personally appeared David Voorhees who being duly sworn upon his oath with that he is a solider of Revolution and is now in the court of a pensions and is on the 77th year of his age that he is acquainted with William Spader who now resides in Kings County State of New York and was well acquainted with him in the days of his boyhood knows him to have been a soldier of the revolution and (unknown word) as (unknown word) in the Company to which deponent belonged under Captain Fulkerson Recollects that in the year 1775 that the Company Commanded by Captain Fulkerson contributed money for the (unknown word) of interesting said Spader as a musician at which time he entered the (unknown word) under Capt Fulkerson aforesaid and in the year 1775. I know that he went out with the militia in the same company as the deponent and thinks that he served in that year two tours of one month each knows that he was out in the winter of 1777 and thinks that he served two tours of one Month each under Captain Herron (?) in the 1778 knows he was out again under the same Captain and believes that he served three tours of one Month each in 1779 knows that he was out and thinks in this year he served three tours of one Month each and thinks under the same Captain in the year 1780 remembers that he was out there and thinks that he served two tours of one month each and in the year 1781 knows him to have once and served one tour of a Month The deponent recollects more (two unknown words) the facts in relation to said Spader because he was quite a young soldier and his father gave the deponent the oversight of him The deponent further says that the testament of Spader may (unknown word) whom as he believes him to be man of truth and honesty
Sworn and subscribed this 11 day of January1834 before me
Peter P Runyon Justice of the Peace

(signature)

David Voorhees Len
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I hereby certify that John C. Wykoff Minard Van Arsdalen and David Voorhes the deponents named in the foregoing affidavits are credible persons and their statements are entitled to full credit and belief 
Peter P. Runyon 
Justice of the Peace 
State of New Jersey
Middlesex County
 I Nicholas Booraem clerk of the Court of Common pleas in and for said county, do hereby certify that Peter P. Runyon before whom the within depositions of John C Wyckoff Minard Van Arsdalen and David Voorhees Sen were taken was at the time of taking [illegible] still is a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Middlesex duly commissioned & [illegible] and that I am acquainted with the signature of said Justice and believe that his name thereto [illegible] attesting.
Said [illegible] is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my formal seal of office this 11th day of January AD 1834 N Booraem Clk
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State of New York Kings County ss: on the twelfth [illegible] day of November one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before the Municipal Court held in and for the Village of Brooklyn in the County of Kings aforesaid of Present. Joseph Dean [illegible] Justices, William Spader resident of the Town of Brooklyn in the said County of Kings and State of New York aged sixty nine years on the ninth day of November instant who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. that he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven in a company commanded by Captain William Pyatt and served in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Matthias Ogden in the New Jersey Continental line and served for the term of three years the first three months thereof as fifer and the remaining part of the time as fife Major and was discharged at Morristown in New Jersey being at the time of his discharge attached to the Brigade under the command of Brigadier General J M Maxwell, that he the said William Spade was engaged in the battles commonly called the battles of Brandywine & Germantown under the command of General Washington and Monmouth under the command of Major General Sterling that he the said William Spader during his said service marched through a place called Millstone crossing the Delaware river through new town crooked billet. English Town, [illegible] to Brandywine thence to Germantown by the main Road thence through Bristol crossing the Delaware through Trenton, Princeton, New Brunswick, Woodbridge to Elizabethtown and there took winter quarters and in June marched from Elizabethtown through New Brunswick Cranberry Hydestown and met Genl Washington and his army at Allen Town thence onward to Monmouth where the battle was fought. that at the time he entered the said service he resided in a place called Middlebush in
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New Jersey           Spader, William          R. 9945
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In the matter of the application of William Spader of Kings N.Y.
18460
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In the matter of this application
of Willian Spader of Brooklyn Ringo
County State of New York for a pension.

The foregoing declaration having been forwarded to the war 
Department Pension office and the name of the applicant 
being upon the Rolls. the following declaration and proof to are
now made and with the said original application returned to 
said Pension office
     State of New York
                Ringo County on this seventeenth day of 
September A.D. 1833 personally appeared before the Municipal
court held in and for the village of Brooklyn in the County 
of Ringo aforesaid: Present Jospeh Dean and 
John G. Murphy Esquire (word unknown): Willian Spader
the above named applicant who being first duly sworn in addition
to the several matters in the said original Declaration contained
says, that he has long been in the habit of attending public
worship in the Reformed Dutch Church in the town of Brook-
lyn that the Revd. Messrs, Woodhull, and Rouse who respective-
ly at different periods had the pastoral charge of said
church having departed this life there is not any clergyman-
residing in the neighbourhood of this deponent who has suffic-
 cient knowledge of the character and reputation of this deponent
to enable him to make the certificate required in this case and 
the said court having put to the said William Spader making answer there
doth further depose and say that he was born in Middlebush in
the County of Somerset State of New Jersey in the year 1763 that
he has a record of his age at the house of his son John in the town 
of Brooklyn aforesaid, that at the time he was called into 
the service he lived at Middlebush in the County of Somerset
in the State of New Jersey, that since the Revolutionary War he 
has lived in said Middlebush until the year 1784 and since 
then in the said Town of Brooklyn where he now lives, that
 he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer, that
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the name of officers and regiment and the general circumstances of his service are as fully set forth, and stated in the annexed original declaration as he can now state the same, that he the deponent received a discharge from the service that immediately before his discharge he was attached to a brigade under the command of Brigadier General J M Maxwell, that his discharge was given by Col. Matthias Ogden, that said discharge has long since been lost, and that he has made diligent search for the same but has never found it. that there are many persons in deponents neighbourhood to whom he is known, and who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a fifer in the Revolutionary war, among whom are the Honorable Leffert Lefferts, formerly first Judge of the County of Kings at present. President of Long Island Bank. Hon. Jeremiah Johnson formerly one of the Judges of King's County and during the late war, engaged in the service of the United States commanding Brigadier General of the militia of the State of New York, and at present and for many years last past supervisor of the Town of Brooklyn , and the said William Spader hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency in any state
Sworn and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
Simeon Hall, Clk.

(on the right is signature of Wm. Spader)

We Lefferts Lefferts, Resident of the Long Island Bank, residing in the Town of Brooklyn in Kings County and Jeremiah Johnson, Supervisor of the Town of Brooklyn in said county residing in said Town, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Spader who has Subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in the opinion
Sworn and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid
(signatures)
Simeon Hall, clrk

Leffert Lefferts

Jeremiah Johnson
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and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the war Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as stated , and the Court further certify that it appears to them that the Hon. Leffert Lefferts and Hon. Jeremiah Johnson who have signed the proceeding certificate are residents in the Town of Brooklyn aforesaid are creditable persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Simeon Hall Clerk of the Municipal Court in and for the Village of Brooklyn in King's County Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the mater of the application of William Spader for a pension,
In Testimony, whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this
17th day of September 1833
(signature)
Simeon Hall Clk.
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no18460
Wm. Spader NB




Dickerman
John Dikerman agent
(illegible number) Cranberry St
Brooklyn
Kings County
New York
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War Department

Pension Office,
May 21, 1833

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 the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before  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: (mark hard to replicate) You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed latter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.


Statement, shewing the Service of Wm. Spader of Kings Co, New York

(here is a table with the following row headings:)

Period when the service was rendered
Enlisted 1777

Duration of the claimant's service

Years        (blank) and 2
Months  2 and 9
Days  (blank)

Rank of the claimant.
Fifer 
fife major

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom her served. 

Capt. Wm. Hyatt

Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.

Col. Matthias Ogden
Brigadier General Maxwell
Genl. Washington

Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Brandywine and Germantown

Country through which he marched. 

To Morristown
N.J.

(illegible) New York-
"Germantown"
Bristol
Trenton, Princeton, New Brunswick, Hightstown, Allentown, Monmouth

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. 

Middletown, Somerset County, New Jersey
Aged 69

Evidence by which the declaration is supported.

No evidence

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 [blank] }
County of [blank] }. ss.
On this [blank] day of [blank]  personally appeared (a) before [blank] A.B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 
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 [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) [blank], with [blank] and served in the
(e) regiment of the [blank] 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 enered [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 [blank]

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 [blank]of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of [blank] for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &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 [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank] who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 
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. [blank] who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the [blank]  and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation [application] of [blank] for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank] day of [blank] & 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 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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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 an Offier. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and whathas 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.
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[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 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."

Iit 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 an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if 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 musts be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
-->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 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.

[following hand-written at bottom:]
not on Rolls
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In the matter of the claim of the (unknown word) of William Spader

Affidavit and c. from claimant
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State of New York
City and County of New York Ss:

John Spader of the town of Jamaica and state of New York, being duly sworn says that he knew William Spader in his life time. that he was born in New Jersey in Somerset County at Middletown. that he resided there until about the time he became of age. when he (unknown word) to Brooklyn New York, where he continued to reside until the age of his death which occurred on the 31st day of January 1834-
that previous to his removal to New York State this deponent has been in (unknown word) by said William Spader and verily believes it to be true that the said William Spader entered the American Revolutionary Army and (unknown word) therein as a fife player but for what precise length of time deponent is uninformed.
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and this deponent says that he is informed and verily believes that the said William Spader was the the battle of Germantown, Brandywine and Monmouth and that in one of those engagements he was wounded with a musket ball in the body and deponent says he has seen the scar upon the body of said William Spader, made by the said musket ball. 
This deponent further says that he is a son of the said William Spader that at the time of his death the said William Spader left him surviving six children only and that three of said children are now  deceased. and that the children of said William Spader now living are this deponents-Jane Sutphen who married John Sutphen who is now deceased-
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Margaret Bennet who married Rudlif B. Bennet who is now ['deceased' crossed out] living.

and this deponent says that the names of said
children who are now deceased were Jeremiah
V. Spader, Peter B. Spader, and Ellen Spader.

and this deponent says that at the time of the
death of said William Spader he was an applicant for a pension from the Government of the United States for his military services during the revolution, and that proof was taken relative thereto but of what nature or before whom
it was taken or under what Act of Congress the said decedent applied for a pension this deponent cannot now recollect.

John Spader

Sworn to before me by
John Spader above named 
July 23. 1851.
J. M. Baldwin
Notary Public
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State of New York
City and County of New York:  John L. Spader of Brooklyn, New York, being duly sworn says that he knew William Spader in his life time and that he died on the 31st January 1834.

and this deponent says that he has no interest
the Estate of said William Spader-  that he has
heard read the affidavit of John Spader hereto annexed and by him subscribed and sworn to in presence of this deponent before James
M. Baldwin a Notary Public in and for said State of New York and that he is acquainted with
the facts & circumstances set forth in said affidavit of John Spader and that he believes
the same to be in all respects.

and this deponent says that he was 19 years of age when said William Spader died and that for several years  previous thereto he was in
the company of said William
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Spader and that he heard the said William relate
many stories and anecdotes relative to his military services and talk frequently with old people (of about the same age) as to the said
William's service in the Revolutionary Army and
this deponent says that Daniel Voorhis now decd & John Durland now deceased and Judge Leffert Lefferts now deceased and John F. L. Du How now decd all of whom resided in
Brooklyn were some of the old people above referred to.

and this deponent says he does not know of any person whatever who was in the army with the said William Spader.

and he further says that the only children of said William Spader now living are John Spader,
Margaret Bennet and Jane Sutphen-
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and this deponent says that the said William Spader was aged 71 years at the time of his death-

John L. Spader

Sworn before me by John L Spader -
July 23. 1851
J.M. Baldwin
Notary Public
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State of New York
City  and County of New York ss. 
Christian S. Storms of said City- Saddle and Harness manufacturer being duly sworn says that he is well acquainted with John Spader
the person whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavit of this deponent and also that he is well acquainted with John L. Spader the person whose name is subscribed to one of the
annexed affidavits- that he has been acquainted with each of said individuals for several years past and that he knows their reputation and standing in society- and that he
has heard read the said affidavits by them severally subscribed and that he saw them
swear to said affidavits for J.M. Baldwin a Notary Public residing in New York City.

And this deponent says that he verily
believes that the
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statements made by the the said deponents correct and true in all respects and he further says that the said John Spader and John L. Spader are of the highest respectability and
in the opinion of this deponent entitled to
the utmost credit for veracity and accuracy in any statement made by them or either of them.

C.S. Storms

Sworn by C. S. Storms and 
by him subscribed this
23 day of July 1851
J. M. Baldwin
Comr of wards
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Margaret Bennet of Brooklyn New York wife of Rudlif B. Bennet being duly sworn says that she is one of the three surviving children of William Spader deceased mentioned and described in
the forgoing affidavits of John Spader and John L. Spader.  

She further says that she has heard read the foregoing affidavits of said John & John L. Spader and that she verily believes the contents of the same to be true as therein stated.

Mrs Margaret A. Bennett

Subscribed & Sworn to by the
above named Margaret A. Bennet
this 30 July 1851.
J. M. Baldwin
Notary Public

I, Rudlif V.B. Bennet husband of the above named Margaret A. Bennet hereby declare that
I make no claim whatever to any interest my wife has as one of the heirs at law of William Spader decd.
Rudlif V.B. Bennet

Acknowledged before me by Rudlif V.B. Bennet
July 30, 1851

J. W. Baldwin 
Commr of Deeds
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City and County of New York-
Jane Sutphen widow of John Sutphen being duly sworn says that she resides in Brooklyn New York, that she is one of three surviving children of William Spader deceased who is described in the foregoing affidavits of John Spader and John L Spader and that she has
heard read the said affidavits  and verily believes the contents of the same to be true.

Jane Sutphen

Subscribed and sworn
to before me August
June Sutphen
14. 1851 by Jane Sutphen

J.M. Baldwin
Notary Public
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I am well acquainted with John Spader and John L. Spader the deponents named in the foregoing affidavit and I believe that full faith and credit may be given to any statement by them in said affidavit made. 

In presence of,

(signatures)

J.W. Baldwin
Joseph Hoxie

State of New York
City and county of New York ss: Be it Known that on the twenty third day of July A.D. 1851 John Spader and John L. Spader and Christian S. Storms and on the thirtieth day of said month and year Margaret A. Bennet and in the fourteenth day of August in said year Jane Sutphen personally came before James M. Baldwin a notary Public in and for the State of New York duly commissioned and sworn as such and residing in the City of New York, and they at the times aforesaid Severally declare and solemnly swear on or (unknown word) that the contents of
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this affidavit by them severally subscribed an true--I further certify that I am acquainted with Said deponents and that the Said affidavit were subscribed in my presence and sworn to on the says above mentioned (unknown word) faith.

I further certify that in my opinion the above named persons are Each and Every of them entitled to credit and belief respecting the matters set forth in their said affidavits.

I further certify that I Know Joseph Hoxie the person who presented the above certificate by him Subscribed that I saw him subscribe the (unknown word) and that he acknowledged to me that he subscribed the (unknown word).

In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed my notarial Seal hereto this fourteenth day of August 1857.

J.M. Baldwin
Notary Public
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State of New York
County of New York
City of New York Ss:

I, George W. Riblet clerk of the County of New York and of the Supreme Court of the State of New York do hereby certify that James. M. Baldwin whose name is affixed to the foregoing affidavit certificate is a commissioner of Deeds and Notary Public in and for the State of New York duly commissioned and known as such and that he resides in New York. I further certify that I am well acquainted with him and with his handwriting and signature and that the name of Said James M. Baldwin affixed and said affidavit is in the handwriting of Said Baldwin and that the Seal of Said James M. Baldwin and that full faith and credit is due to any act done of said Notary and commissioner as (unknown word)
In Testimony whereof (unknown word) my hand and Seal of office at the City Hall in the City of New York this Fourteenth day of August one thousand Eight hundred and fifty one. 
Geo W Riblet
Clerk
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To the Comm. of Pensions
Washington. D.C.

Sir,
On the foregoing affidavit ze. the three surviving Children of William Spader claim all and any Pension (and interest thereof), due to William Spader from the United States for his services to the United States. 
They claim as heirs at Law of Said William Spader.
August 14.1851

(signatures)
J.M. Baldwin

20 Haplan Street
New York City
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(Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1872--this is crossed out)

P.O 9940

William Spader

Service: (a stamp saying "rejected" is listed here)

Enlisted:---------, 18  .

Discharged:---------, 18  .

Application filed:---------, 18  .

Alleges: ---------

Re-enlisted: ---------

Attorney:---------

P.O:--------

--------- Recognized
---------- Contract
------------- Cert. of Dis.
Searched for--------, 18   .
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No 18, 460 Rev

Wm. Spader

New York
Suspended

Letter to John Dickerman Esq

84 Cranberry Street
Brooklyn, 
15 March 1834


Susp act-- 1832
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J.M. Baldwin

Oct 24. 1851
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No 18,460

William Spader
N.Y.

C. Winder Apl 18 1853
Chas H. Winder 8th Aug 1853

James Ridgeway
1 Nassan St
N.Y

Ret-7 (illegible) 1832.
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In the Matter of William Spader, deceased

New York, July 5. 1853

Claim of heirs for annual pension--claim allowed and all necessary proof furnished except proof of death of wife of decedent--which is herewith furnished. 

The power of Atty. from heirs is to Philo T. Ruggles who substituted C.H. Winder Esq and the undersigned. 
Please send check for amt:
and obliged

(signature)

J. M. Baldwin
20 Nassan St N.Y.

To the Comm. of Pensions
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In the matter of the claim of The heirs of William Spader deceased a soldier of the American Revolutionary War.

State of New York
County of Kings, City of Brooklyn
Be it Known that before me Matthew H. Voorhees A Commissioner of Deeds in and for the State of New York, residing in Brooklyn, personally appeared and Jane Sutphen who being by me duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that she is a daughter of William Spader deceased )who was a soldier in the War of the American Revolution-) That she now makes the declaration to never any increase or (unknown word) of pension, that may be (unknown word), on account of the services of William Spader as aforesaid for the benefit of herself and John Spader and Margaret A. Bennett who are the only three surviving children of the said William Spader, under any acts or resolutions of Congress applicable to the case.

Sworn and Subscribed
this Seventeenth day of 

(signature)

Jane Sutphen
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September A.D. 1851 by the said Jane Sutphen who is (unknown word) personally Known to be the (unknown word) evidence herein (unknown word)-

(signature)

Matthew H. Voorhees
Commissioner of Deeds
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State of New York
County of Kings, Ss.

I, Francis B Stryker, Clerk of the County of Kings, do hereby certify that Matthew H. Voorhees whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of Proof, or acknowledgement of the annexed Instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a Commissioner of deeds, in and for the City of Brooklyn, in said county, dwelling in said city, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Commissioner, and verily believed the Signature to the said Certificate or Proof or acknowledgement is genuine. 

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said County, this 17th day of sept 1851

(signature)

Francis B Stryker, Clerk
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In the Matter of William Spader
Declaration of Jane Sutphen

N.Y. Case

Presented Nov 13 1851
show the papers to M Ellis
C H Winder

W Cole
Nov 13, 1851
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In the matter of the claim of William Spader
affidavit--
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In the Matter of William Spader

State of New York 
City and County of New York Ss: Be it Known that on this sixth day of October 1851 upon the subscriber, a commissioner of Deeds, and notary public, in and for said state personally appeared John L. Spader a disinterested witness and a respectable witness and made oath according to law that he was well acquainted with William Spader deceased who was a solider or musician in the American Revolutionary war. that John Spader, Jane Sutphen, and Margaret A. Bennett are his only surviving children.
That the said William Spader departed this life January 31st 1834. aged 71 years.
That his last wife Ellen formerly Ellen Vandervort died before the said William Spader and in or about the spring of the year 1829.
and deponent further says that he has no interest whatever in the matter above mentioned or in the pension (if any) due said William Spader.

(signature)
John L. Spader

Subscribed and Sworn to by said John L. Spader this sixth day of October 1851. (unknown word)
In Testimony Whereof Witness my hand which Commissioner of Deeds and my hand and Seal as such Notary Public the day and year aforementioned
(signature)

J.M. Baldwin
Comm of Deeds and Notary Public
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[in left margin:]. JMB x JMB x

State of New York 
City and County of New York ss:  Be it Known
that on this fifth day of February in the year [smeared, but looks like '1858'] before the subscriber a commissioner of Deeds and notary public in and for said State personally appeared
['John L. Spader' crossed out]  a disinterested witness and made oath according to law that he was well acquainted with William Spader deceased who was a soldier and  musician in the American Revolutionary army and war.

That John Spader, Ian Sutphen and Margaret V. Bennett are the only surviving children of said William Spader.

That the said William Spader departed this life January 31st, 1834, aged Seventy one years.

That his wife Ellen formerly Ellen Vandervoort died before him and in or about the spring of
the year 1829.

And deponent further says that he has no interest whatever in the matters above
mentioned or in the pension (if any due said William Spader or his heirs in the right of said
William Spader.

John Sutphen

Subscribed and sworn to by said John 
Sutphen before me this fifth February 1853. 
In Testimony whereof witness my
hand and seal as such notary
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Per the and my hand as (unknown word) Commissioner of Deeds at this City this day and year aforesaid.

(signature)

J.M. Baldwin
Comm of Deeds and
Notary Public
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New York July 19- 1851-

Sir,

In March 1834 (the year he died) William Spader of Brooklyn-N.Y. was an applicant for a pension which war allowed--
Now-the heirs have (unknown word) to collect it--
Will you please state what papers you require in the case--
I think he must have applied under the act of/32-
An early answer will oblige
Yours respy
(signature)

J.M. Baldwin
20 Nassan St
N.Y. 

W/The Comm. of Pens.
Washington D.C.
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New York Augt. 14. 1851

Hon: J.E. Heath
Sir.
I enclose herewith a claim by the heirs of William Spader deceased formerly of Brooklyn. and affidavits re. as support of such claim.
The claim was allowed in or about 1834--in favor of William Spader and since then he died.
If any further testimony or authority is necessary to enable me to collect the
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claim for the heirs please let me know--and I will thank you to acknowledge the receipt of this and the Enclosed.

Yours Respy.

J.M. Baldwin
No 20 Nassan St.
New York City
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N.Y. Augt. 26. 1851.-

Hon: J.E. Heath.

Sir.
I sent proofs in case of William Spader to you about the 15th. of this month and requested as acknowledgement of their receipt and to know if they were sufficient and I have no record any reply to my letter-neither did you reply to a former letter I addressed to you in the same case--If it is not the practice for you to answer any letter addressed to you on matter of business I would be glad to know it so that I need not spend my time (unknown word) here after--
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It is not convenient for me to come to Washington and I have sent to Charles H. Winder Esq. a power of atty. from the heirs to act for them in conjunction with myself and I trust that you will give them the information which is required in this case.--
Yours respy,

J.M. Baldwin
20 Nassan St.
New York City-
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Brief case of Wm. Spader
N.Y.
Act of the June 1832
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Brief case Wm Spader N.Y.
Wm. Spader (21st Jan 1834) declares that when annexed declaration was made by this Dept. he was fully impressed with the belief and had no doubt he was during the war attached to Contl. army as stated in Declaration-- some time after he was informed by John Dikeman (his counsel) his paper had been returned and a pension could not be procured unless the services of Dept. could be proved by at least two credible witnesses--he remembers in procuring the testimony of 3 persons, who served with him. 
Now believes he was not in Contl line , but served in the militia-
John C. Wyckoff (30th Dec. 1833), is a solider of the revolution and receiving a pension--well acquainted with Wm Spader and has been acquainted with him from boyhood-knows he was with him in 1777 in Pa together at battle of Germantown, with him in N. Jersey on the Elizabethtown station in 1778 and knows him to have been and frequently in 1778 and '80 --and believes he took his regular town till the end of the war.
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page 2
Minard Van Arsdalen (10th Jany: 1834) says he was a soldier of revolution and receiving a pension and served as a Drummer--is and has been well acqtd with Wm Spader. knows he was a soldier in revolution--thinks he entered service in 1775-knows him to have been a fifer and remembers beating the drum after him as a fifer- was and with him in New Jersey militia under Capt. Fulkerson in 1776 at Perth Amboy and Elizabethtown guarding the lines and protecting property-Spader was and frequently this yr; and has no doubt he served 4 tours of a month each in 1776. Deponent also remembers being and with in 1777 in Pa, was together at battle of Germantown and with him in N.J. on Elizth town station and think, he served this year 4 tours of a month each and in 1778 Spader was and in Amboy and Elizabethtown station and knows Spader took regular tours in militia till end of war.
David Voorhees  Sr (11th day Jany, 1834, 77 years age), a soldier of revolution and a pensioner-well acquainted with Spader, was so in his boyhood. knows he was a soldier-acted as fifer in Co: under Capt Fulkerson. In 1775 (symbol unclear) Co. contributed many for instructing Spader as a musician at which time entered the service under Capt. and his 1776 knows he
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Page 3
knows he set out in militia in same co with dept
& thinks he served in that year 2 tours of 1 month
each knows he was out in winter of 1777 & thinks
he served 2 tours of 1 month each under Capt Fulkerson in 1778 knows he was out again under
Same Capt & believes he served 3 tours of 1 month
in 1779 knows he was out & thinks in this yr: also
he served 3 tours of 1 month under same Capt, in
1780 he was out, thinks he served 2 tours of 1 mo. each
& in 1781 knows him to have been out & served 1 tour
of 1 month recollects more particularly the facts in 
relation to Spader because he was quite young & his
father gave him the oversight of him
Wm Spader (12th Novr 1832) Enlisted in 1777 in Capt Wm Pyatts
Co: Col Matthias Ogdens Regt in N. Jersey Contl line
& served for 3 yrs. first 3 mos: as fifer & remainder
as fifer Major, and discharged at Morristown and
being at that time attached to Brigade of Brig. Genl J.M.
Maxwell, was in battles Brandywine & Germantown &
Monmouth, discharge lost no documentary 
evidence of service. Relinquishes claim to all other 
pensions.
(17th Sept 1833), at the time [crossed out] entered the service as a 
volunteer- knows many who can testify to his reputation as soldier.
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In the matter of }
William Spader } Revolutionary Pension
The Commissioner of Pensions in his letter
of 18th April says, that the evidence in this case
is not sufficient to justify is admission. His
Chief (indeed his only objection is that the witnesses
"did not Serve with him, none of them claiming to
an officer or Regiment in Common."
I respectfully submit, that if even this
objection were tenable, which according to the rules
of evidence I cannot admit it comes too late, for
the case stands upon the records of your office
as an adjudicated one. In 1834 your office
wrote to John Dickinson, at that time the attorney
for the Claimant, that the claim was allowed
and would be paid, provided, Spader would
relinquish all other claims, but he being
unwilling to do this, the matter was dropped
until the heirs authorized me to prosecute it
the claim [crossed out]. This fact appearing upon
your Record I suppose concludes the case of
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I take it for granted it would have been
sufficient at the time you wrote your letter
of 18th ulto, but that it escaped your notice
I beg none to say in reference to gain objection
to the testimony in the case, that I am utterly
at a loss to conceive by what principle, precedent
or Justice, you can decide that the witnesses who
do swear that Spade served, were not in a
position to know that he served. Why Sir
they swear to a positive specific fact-- not
to an inference, and they either tell the truth
or they a falsehood now [illegible] be glad to know him
"belonging to this or that "Regiment" is having
"officers in common" can make them more
or less truthful of competent witnesses. If there
men have prefered themselves in swearing to
the fact that Spader served, they need not have restated
to Swear that he served with them
I am not exactly clear as to whether the objection
goes upon the ground that because the witnesses
did not belong to the same Regiment with
Spader, therefore they are not to be believed
or whether, from that cause, they could not know
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whether Spader served or not. If not upon
the first, and they are to be regarded as truthful
men the last follo for they do swear that he
did serve. Not only is the [illegible], against
the plainest principle of justice, but it is so
utterly at variance with the well established
rules of evidence, that I am forced to conclude
it has been announced by you amidst the pressure
of business without particular attention, for
I am sure you are not disposed, invalidate
a witnesses testimony, or declare him 
unworthy of belief, because he did not have officers
in common and belong to the same Regiment
with the party in whose behalf he testifies.
If it is said, that the affidavit should state
the Witnesses means of knowledge of the facts
Sworn to, and that the affidavits do not then
this I answer that if this be true, and such
facts should appear upon the face of the
affadavits Why was not the party or his attorney
informed at the time, instead of being 
informed that the proof was sufficient? Is it
fair after a lapse of 19 years, after all the
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witnesses are dead, to put us to the necessity
of amending the testimony in that particular
I respectfully submit that you are
foreclosed by the former decision of your
office the Record shows that the case stands
allowed, & with great deference I submit
that it is not just to go behind it.
very respectfully
C W Winder

[lower right edge]
May 23/53
Augt favor
Wm Spader
decd
Revy

[lower left edge]
Chas H Winder
[illegible]
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Hon J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington
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Brooklyn Kings County Jan 20th 1834
DSir
herewith I send you the papers which
you returned to me in the matter of the application 
of William Spader for a pension; together
with three depositions procured by his friends from
persons in New Jersey, and also his own deposition
explanatory of his former misapprehension as to the
army to which he was attached. I trust that the
original papers with the additional deposition
will be satisfactory Your early attention to the
subject will confer a particular favor upon the
applicant
Yours Respectfully
John Dikeman
No 81 Cranberry Stent
Brooklyn Kings Co
New York
Hon. J.L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Spafford, Amos GRADE Private LINE New Hampshire

WARRANT
NUMBER 3464 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Mar. 25, 1790 to not shown

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