Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1302, for Samuel Magee, New York
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Samuel Magee                W. 1302
Elizabeth                      B.L. Wt. 30,934-160-55
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Increase                                  No. 1132
New York
Elizabeth Magee widow of  Samuel Magee who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private.  N.Y. Line
Albany agency.
Rate   96 Dollars 00 cents per annum 
Commencing July 27, 1868
Ded. Payts. Made since.
Certificate dated March 1, 1872 and sent to Pen. Agent, Albany N.Y.
Atty. W. D. Baldwin     Addison, N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, page 22, Vol. 26
July 27, 1868
[signature]   J Eligson
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174.270 / Act. Mar. 3/55
June 21/ 55 [1855]
Elizabeth Magee     widow
Samuel Magee        Private
Pensioners
Revolutionary War
Feb   [illegible]   1132
[illegible]   18/56
[signature]    B.V. Yutton [??}
Samuel Jenkins – Albany, N.Y.
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Cin [?] to Pen Agent 27 March 1841.
To New York City from 4th Sep 1840.   12 April 1841. Modification to S. Spencer Esq. N.Y.

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New York City
Samuel Magee  of Columbia in the State of New York
Who was a private in the Comp commanded by Captain Brown of the Regt commanded by Col. Harper on the N York line for 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars [blank] cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Aug. 1853 and sent to McCass  Hudson.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833    $160
Semi-annual Allowance ending 4 Sep [illegible]   $40
					$200.   [total]
Revolutionary Claim, Act. June 7, 1832
Recorded by P.C. Stiles  , Clerk,  Book 6, Vol. 3, page 68
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16281
Samuel Magee
Columbia County, New York

Admitted Private 2 years
JMccugg Hendson, New York
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War department pension office 183 The evidence in support of your claim  under the act of June 7 1832 has been examined and the papers are [illegible] returned. The following is a statment ofm your case in a laboror form. on comparing these papers weith the folling rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily readive percieve that objections exist, which must be remobed before a pension can be allowed. the notes and regulations will shot what is [illegable] to be done. these points to which your atention is more particularly directed you will fined marked in the margin with a brace, (this: }). You wiill, when you retrun 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, showing the service of [illegable]
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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 in stance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION. In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. State, Territory or District of 
County of} ss.
On this  day of personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers; [Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [picture of a hand with pointer finger extended] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c. 
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation 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 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.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv-
{To a Soldier, and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
To unier 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.
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 be
fore 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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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.
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.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
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, anddays
, I served as a . For month, and days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about the 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
pursull
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
┃ The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
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 not
the 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.
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
nesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in
note applies to continental troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
The magistrates must certify to the Credibility of the
Witnesses
R. Newman
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State of New York
Columbia County

On this [interlined: Twenty-Sixth] [crossed out: illegible] day of October in the Year of our Lord 1832 personally appeared in open cour before the Justices of the Justices bench in the City of Hudson now sitting Samuel Magee a Resident of the Town of Germantown in the County & state aforesaid aged Sixty Nine Years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declamation in order to obtain the benefits of the Acct [sic] of Congress passed June 7th 1832

That he was born in the Town of Kingston in Ulster County, in the State aforesaid on the 6th of Apl 1763 he moved to the Town of Schoharie in the Year 1770 or then abouts) he Entered the service in the New York State Militia at a place called Cobeskill [sic] in the County of then Albany now Schoharry [sic] he thinks in the month of July 1777 when he was a little more than fourteen years old under Capt Christian Brown and marched to the Middle Fort in Schoharry [sic] while on the march he was overtaken by Colonel Harper with Light Horse who had made his [interlined: escape] from Schoharry [sic] and was on his march from Schenectady to Shoharry [sic] he had been to Schenectady to get the Light Horse when he
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arrived at Schohary [sic] an engagement took place before the foot came up then was one of Harpers men killed_ Two wounded harper took an Indian prisoner & shot him shortly they were ordered to Cherry Valley and was discharged the Last of October 1777 Served this Term Three months & an half

Again on the first of May 1778 Enlisted for an month under the aforesaid Brown and was Employed during this month in small parites under [illegible] on scouting parties on the Frontier of the Town of Schoharry [sic] aforesaid and during this time the Town of Cobeskill [sic] was Burned by a body of Three or four Hundred Indians and Tories at the expiration of the month was discharged Term one month

Again Enlisted as a volunteer at Fort Hunter (in now Montgomery) under Lieutenant Joseph Harper in the month of June 1778 in Colonel John Harpers Regiment the Colonel gave me a Gun Bayonet & Regimental Coat as an enducement to Enlist this enlistment was for Two months we were stationed at Fort Hunter on the Mohawk River and Scouted about that part of the Country across [illegible] Hill & Johnstown or Caghnawaga and was Discharge [crossed out: and was discharged at Scho] miss Fort Hunter about the first of Sept 1778
Term of Service Two months
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Again immediately after his discharge he went in the Month of September 1778 as a Substitute for a man by the name of Becker in the Company of either Capt Rackmyre or Hager went to the Lower fort in Schaharry [sic] and then Remained there about one month & then went to the middle fort Colonel Butler was Commander he was Colonel of the 4th Pennsylvania Regiment was there acquainted with one Capt Lang of the Virginia Riflemen who where there at the time to the number of Two hundred they were under the Command of Major Poiry[?] does not know how it was spelled he was a very Large man Colonel Butler was middle sized man. Lang shot a Cpt of the Torys during this term and this applicant was discharged in the month of November_
Term Two Months

Early in the Spring of 1779 My Father with his family removed to the Town of Kingston in Ulster County and in the month of May about the first I went as a Substitute for Willhelms Falk in Capt Snyder For Two months ser'd one month for Falk and immediately before 1 Sept serv'd one month for Isaiah [?] Tresmphour [?] and served then Two months at and near the Town of Woodstock and Immediately went another month for Johannig Myer under Capt Deedrick and was stationed at the Town
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of Tobias Wynkoop in the Town of Saugerties and continued then in said service until the expiration of said mentioned month about the first of Augt and was verbally discharged at Saugerties_ Term Three Months

And this applicant further states that in the month of August 1779 he went as a Substitute for Cornelius Schermerhorn under Capt Peter Hager Lieutenant Anthony Abial Ensign Ten Brorck the Camp was Formed at Albany and marched to Schoharry [sic] to the middle fort and from that to the upper Fort and was discharged at the expiration of the month sometime in Sept 1779 Term one month

And again went for a Class Consisting of Henry & Stephen Myer & Johannis Snyder_ went in the month of October 1779 under Capt John Broadmoor and Leiutenant Snyder for three months entered the Company at Kingston Ulster County and went from there to Fish Kill Dutchess County and was there attached to Colonel Platt's Regiment George Clinton Commander then while there was called out as a [illegible] to Recieve General Washington and was discharged before the time expired Generals Washington & Clinton had a conference & soon after the Troops were discharged [interlined: except] Col Paulding Regiment
Term of Service Two Months

And in the fore part of the winter say the first of December [interlined: 1779] he went as a
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substitute for his Father who was Drafted in the Company of Lieutenant Myer in Colonel Snyders Regiment marched from Kingston to the Town of Woostock and was stationed at the house of one Peter Horst a Frontier Guard for the Term of Six weeks & was Discharg'd at Woodstock aforesaid
Term of Service one & a half months

Again went  a substitute about the first of June 1780 does not Recollect the name of the person for whom he went the enlistement was for three months in the Company of Capt Westbrorck and Lieutenant Hommel March'd from Kingston to Wawwarsing [sic] and from thence to Shandaken both on the Fronting of the County wherin he then Resided and was stationed along said Frontier as a guard duing the the[sic] time of his enlistment and was discharg'd about the first of September 1780 Term of Serivce Three Months

and he further declares that about the first of April 1781 he again went as a substitute for a Class (does not Recollect their names) in a Company of Rangers the Company was under the Commnd of one Capt Youmund the engagement was for Six
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months they were stationed in different places in the Towns of Kingston, Woodstock & Saugerties principally at the house of one Haughtaling in Kingston and he continued in actible services during the Full Term of six months and was discharged about the first of October 1781
Term of Service Six months

[there is a note crossed out in the margins of this paragraph that reads "subscribed & sworn on the day & year aforesaid"] And the said applicant further saies [sic] that the Record of his age is in the Family Bible of his Brother [crossed out illegible] that he served a part of the time as a volunteer and part of the time as a substitute as stated in his application that since the Revolutionary War from 1789 until 1808 lived in Ulster Couny which accounts for most of his Certificates being from that County_ then in the adjoining County of Green until 1822 & then moved to Dutchess County & lived there until 1826 then moved to Columbia County where he now Resides he was acquainted with Coll Britten of the 4th Pennsylvania Regiment Major McGown & Major Parr & Major Ponby of the Virginia Riflemen Capt Long also of  the Riflemen That he would Refer the department for Testimonials of service & Character Wilhelmes Emrick Lachireach Short Abraham Dewitt Hezekia Wynkoop Sen Tjerk Schoonmaker John Brunk William L Snyder & Phillip Rouse all of whom [illegible]
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[certif]icates are hereunto annex'd & also to Jacob Snyder Esq Clerk of the County of Ulster & to Isaac McCugg Esq one of the Justices of the City of Hudson_
And he hereby Relinquishes every Claim to  pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of [crossed out: the agency] of any state or the agency thereof Sworn & subscribed the day & year first above mentioned

Sam'l Magee [signature, underlined]

Sworn & subscribed the day & year first above mentioned
John D Parker Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investiagion of the matter and after putting the Interrogatory prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he stated in the Court further certifys [sic] that it appears to them that William Snyder & Phillip Rouse who have subscribed the annex'd affidavits are Residents as stated in the Town of Germantown that they are credible persons and their statements entitled to credit_

[?Isaac McCugg?]
[Wm?] R Macy
[handrawn seal]

I John D Parker Clerk of the Justices Court in the City of Hudson do hereby
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certify that the forgoing be an [illegible] original proceeding of said Court in the Matter of the application of Samuel Mage [sic] for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Said Court this Twenty Sitxth day of October 1832 and also Certify that the alteration of the date in the application given the Fourth day of October to the 26th of Oct before the same was executed

John D Parker Clk [signature]
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State of New York
Columbia County

We the subscribed residing in the town of Germantown said County do hereby Certify that we have Been well acquainted with Samuel Magee for several years and we verily believe that said Magee has been in the [interlined: service] During the Revolutionary war in the State of New York but not Being in the service our selfs [sic] Cannot state particulalry the places or service and have always known him as a man of tuth and varasity [sic] and verily believe him to be the age of Sixty nine years [illegible]
Wm S Snyder [signtuare]
Phillip Rouse [signature]

Sworn & Subscribed Befre me on the 18th day of October 1832 
Peter Snyder Com'r [signature]

I Certify that I have been acquainted with this Deponent for twenty years or more and Believe him to be a man of truth and varasity [sic]

Peter Snyder Esq

State of New York
Columbia County

I Joseph D Monell Clerk of the said County do certify that Peter Snyder Esq before whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn was, at the date of the same, a Commissioner of Deeds and legally authorized to take affidavits And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily [interlined: believe] his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature

Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 29th day of October 1832
J D Monell [signature]
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State of New York
Ulster County

Tjenk Schoonmaker Residing in the town of Saugerties do hereby Certify that I have Been well acquainted with Samuel Magee and well Know that said Magee has Been in the Service During the Revolutionary war in the State of New York at Different placs But not Being in the service my self cannot State particularly the places and Services and further that I have Been acquainted with said Samuel Magee Ever since the Revolutionary war and have always Known him as a man of truth and varasity [sic]

Tjenk Schoonmaker [signature]

Sworn & Subscribed Before me this the 13th day of October 1832_

Mynerd Post Justice of the Peace [signature]
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State of New-York
Ulster County Clerk's Office,
I Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, do hereby certify, that Mynerd Post Esquire, was on the day of the date of the certificate to the annexed affidavit, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the said County of Ulster, duly authorized to take affidavits, etc. and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature "Mynerd Post"  subscribed to the Certificate of the said annexed affidavit to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this thirteenth day of October 1832.
Jacob Snyder.
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I Certify that I am well acquainted wih the witness Deponent for about forty years and Know him to be a man of truth and varasity [sic]_ _

Dated Saugerties May 25th 1833
Mynerd Post Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Ulster County

Abraham Dewitt of the Town of Saugerties County of Ulster and State of New York being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he is sixty nine years old that some time in the month of July or August in the year 1780 that he mustered at Kingston Ulster County in a Company commanded by Capt Derick Westbrouch and Lieutenant Martin Clement Colonel Pawling Commanding the regiment went from Kingston to the Town of [illegible] County of Ulster from there to the Town of Shandanken said County and from there to the Delaware River and back again to the Frontiers near Kingston Ulster County and remained in the [illegible] for the term of three months and that Samuel Magee was in the same service for the term of three months to this Deponents certain knowledge

and also in the year 1781 he this Deponent was on the Frontier in the service of the State of New York under the command of Lieutenant Moris Ge[illegible] under the command of Colonel Johannes Snyder he Deponent was at that time in the service on the Frontier in the Town of Kingston Ulster County for the term of Three Months and that Samuel Magee was in the service at the same time and during the whole time and how much later he does not know

Abraham Dewitt [signature]

Sworn and Subscribed before me the twelfth day of September 1832
John Chipp [signature] [illegible]

I certify that I have been acquainted with Abraham Dewitt for at least thirty years and believe him to be a Man of truth and Veracity Sept 12th 1832
John Chipp Justice of the Peace [signature]
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State of New York
Ulster County Clerk's Office

I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster, do hereby certify, that John Chipp, Esquire, was on the day of the date of the certificate to the annexed affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Ulster, duly authorized to take affidavits &c. and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature "John Chipp" subscribed to the Certificate of the said annexed Affidavit to be genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this thirteenth day of October 1832
Jacob Snyder
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State of New York
Ulster County

Zachariah Short of the town of Woodstock and County of Ulster and State of New York Being Duly Sworn Deponeth and Says that in the year 1779 in the month of may he saw Smuel Magee in the Servis [sic] for one month, but does not Recollect the officers and further says that Samuel Magee served for one month in the town of Woodstock in the month of July under Peter Osterhandt Lieutenant and one month in December under Tobias Myer Lieutenant all the above servis [sic] was Rendered in the year 1779 By the said Samuel Magee and further this Deponent says he is 76 years of age the above servis [sic] was Rendered in the town of Woodstock County of Ulster and State of New York and further says not

Zachariah Short [signature]

Sworn and Subscribed Before me on this 12th of October 1832 Mynerd Post Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Ulster County Clerk's Office

I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster, do hereby certify, that Mynerd Post, Esquire, was on the day of the date of the certificate to the annexed affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Ulster, duly authorized to take affidavits &c. and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature "Mynerd Post" subscribed to the Certificate of the said annexed Affidavit to be genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this thirteenth day of October 1832
Jacob Snyder
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I Certify that I am well acquainted [interlined: with the] witness Deponent and have Been for quite a Number of years and Bleieve him to be a man of truth & varasity [sic]_
Dated Saugerties May 25th 1833
Mynerd Post Justice of the Peace
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16281
Application
of
Samuel MaGee

J McCagg agent
Hudson

Amended
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State of New York
Ulster County

John Brink of the town of Kingston and County of Ulster and State of New York Being Duly Sworn Deposeth and says that in the year 1779 in the month of November he saw Samuel Magee and was a messmate with him at fishkill for the month in the Company Commanded by John Brauliead [?] Capt in Col Platt Regiment and that he Being a Substitute Left the Said Magee in Service when he came a way [sic] _ and further this Deponent says he is 72 years of age and Recollects the above service well_ and that he has been acquainted with the said Magee Ever since the above Service and has always Known him to be a man of truth and varasity [sic]_ _ _
John X Brink
his mark

Sworn and Subscribed Before me this 13th of October 1832 Mynerd Post Justice of the Peace [signature]

I Certify that I have been acquainted with this Deponent for twenty or thirty years and Believe him to Be a man of truth and Varasity [sic]
Mynerd Post J.P. [signature]
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State of New York
County of Ulster

I Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County Do Hereby Certify that Mynerd Post, Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Ulster, duly authorized to take affidavits, &c; and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature "Mynerd Post" subscribed to the Certificate of the said annexed Affidavit to be genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this thirteenth day of October 1832

Jacob Snyder [signature]
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Declaration
and
Affidavits_ in case of
Application of
Elizabeth Magee wid Sam'l
for pension

Under 2d Section of Act 8 July 1833

Leslie Irving
Attorney at Law
3 [?Noall Sle?]
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Declaration
Elizabeth Magee, in order of Obtain the benefits of the 2d Section of the Act of 3d February, 1833

State of New York
City & County of New York

On this 12th day of May Ad 1853 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the City & County of New York Elizabeth Magee, a widow of the town of Ridgeburg in the County of Bradford in the State of Pennsylvania aged 69 years who being first duly sworn accoding to law doth on her oath make the following delcaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3d February 1833 granting pensions to widows of persons who served in the Revolutionary War in that She is the widow of Samuel Magee who was a Private in the Revolutionary War. that she does not recollected the particulars of his service, but that he was a pensioner of the United States for Services performed by him in the Revolutionary War aforesaid_ under the Act of 7 June 1832_ at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum and that her said husband died on the 5th day of September 1850 and that on the 14th day of Said September she in her right as his widow drew the balance of pension due to him to the date of his death amounting to the sum of Forty dollars and forty four cents_ as will appear by the books & vouchers of the agent for paying pensions in the City of New York

She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Magee_ in the
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month of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and five_ that she was married by a clergyman of the Dutch reformed persuasion in a village on the Hudson River which to the best of her recollection & belief was the village of Fishkill_ that the exact day of the month_ or the name of said clergyman she cannot remember. she having been married while on a journey_ that she had a certificate of her said marriage which was destroyed by her late Husband in a fit of childishness he being at the time in his dotage shortly before his death_ That her said Husband died in the Fifth day of September A.D. 1850 as above stated: that she was not married to him prior to the Second of January 1800 but at the time above mentioned_ she further declares that she is still a widow.

Elizabeth X Magee
her mark

Sworn & subscribed before me on the day & year First above written_
D. P. Ingraham [signature]
First Judge of
NYork Common Pleas

Witness L. Tromye [signature]
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State of New York
City and County of New York

I Richard B. Connolly, Clerk of the City and County of New York, and also Clerk of the Supreme Court for all the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That D. P. Ingraham whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit is First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the city & county of New York -

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the 12th day of May 1853

Rich'd B. Connolly [Signature] Clerk.
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City & County of New York

I Pierre M Irving agent for Paying Pensions in the City of New York hereby Certify that Elizabeth Magee, the above declarant has for several years been known to me as the person who has usually accompanied Samuel Magee now deceased late a Pensioner on the Roll of this agency under Act of June 1832 at the rate of $80 per annum_ When he has been paid his semi-annual Pension_ and that on such occasions she has always been recognized by him as his wife and further, that she is the identical person to whom on the 14th September 1850 I paid the Balance of Pension due to said Samuel Magee at the time of his death_ and who received and recupted [sic] the same as his widow & presented the proof demanded of such persons in the rules of the Department _ And I further certify that I am well acquainted with Leslie Irving before whom the annexed affidavits were made & Know him to be a notary Public for the State of New York duly commissioned & sworn

New York May 14th 1853

Pierre M Irving
Pension Agent
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City & County of New York

On this Thirteenth Day of May AD 1853 before me the Subscriber & Notary Public in & for the State of New York duly commissioned & sworn personally appeared Phoebe [sic] Westervelt of the City of New York now being duly sworn deponeth and saith that she is well acquainted with Elizabeth Magee the person whose declaration is hereunto annexed_ that she has been acquainted with her for the span of eleven years past that she was also acquainted with Samuel Magee now deceased who was a Pensioner of the United States & for his Services the annexed claim for pension is presented_ that she said Samuel Magee & Elizabeth Magee were man & wife & have so lived all the time she has known them. that she resided in the same house with them in the City of New York for the span of two years before the death of said Samuel Magee. & was so residing at the time of said death which [illegible] plan at No 106 Hammond St in the City of New York at the time mentioned in the annexed declaration. & that the said Elizabeth Magee was then living with the said deceased as his wife. & was universally recognized as such by all persons of their acquaintance 
Pheobe Westervelt [signature]

Sworn & Subscribed before me this 13 day of May AD 1853
Leslie Irving
Notary Public
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City & County of New York_

Thomas E Allen of the City of New York being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he is well acquainted with Elizabeth Magee the above declarant that he has been acquainted with her for the span of six years past that during that time she has always been recognized as the wife of Samuel Magee who died in the Month of September 1850. & was a pensioner of the United States. that the character of the said Elizabeth Magee has always been of the highest stand for probity & veracity

Thomas E Allen [signtaure]

Sworn & Subscribed before me this 13 Day of May 1853
Leslie Irving
Notary Public
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No. 5. Declaration
Of a Revolutionary Widow, who claims a Land Warrant under Act of March 3, 1855.

State of New York
County of Seneca

On this [?fourteenth?] day of June A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and state aforesaid, Elizabeth Magee aged seventy nine years, a resident of Tyre, County of Seneca in the state of New York, who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Samuel Magee deceased, who was a private in the War of the Revolution and a Pensioner at the time of his death at $96 per annum under the Act of 18th March 1818_ that she is now a Pensioner on the Rolls of the Albany Pension Agency at the same rate, under the Act of 3d February 1853 & is numbered

That the proof of her marriage and of the other facts upon which her said pension was granted are now on file in th Pension Office at Washington, to which she respectfully refers_

She further states that she was married to the said Samuel Magee in Rhinebeck, NY on the twenty fifth day of October A.D. 1815 by a Minister of the Dutch Church, name not recollected and that her name before her said marriage was Elizabeth [?Fairling?] that her said husband died at New York City on the 5th day of September A.D. 1850, and that she is now a widow.

The pension Certificate is not numbered Recorded Page 107 Vol A

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855, and she hereby requests the Commissioner of Pensions to forward her warrant to Lemuel Jenkins of Albany NY and appoint him my attorney to receive the same for me.

Elizabeth X Magee
her mark

We James S Corroll and Ruthanne [illegible] residents of Tyre, Seneca County, in the state of New York upon our oaths declare, that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Elizabeth Magee in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and that the said Elizabeth is well known to us and is now a Widow

James S Correll [signtuare]
Ruthanne Corrpserv [signature]

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she presents herself to b, and that I have no interest in this claim.

Nathan Baker
justice of the Peace
in & for Seneca County
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State of New York
County of Seneca

I, Isaac Fuller, Clerk of the said county, do hereby certify that Nathan Baker was, on the day of the date of the within certificate Justice of the Peace within and for the said County, duly appointed and qualified, and that the signature thereto, purporting to be his, is genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 18th day of June A.D. 1855
Isaac Fullter, Clerk

[physical seal affixed]
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Application of 
Elizabeth Magee
(Revolutionary)
For Bounty Land
Under act March 3, 1855, Sec. 8.

Claim 160 acres.

Presented by Lemuel Jenkins Albany N.Y 

[illegible text crossed out]
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Seneca Falls Sep't 6 1854
Seneca Co. NY

Hon. R McClelland
Secy of the Interior

I enclose herewith the application of Elizabeth Magee a pensioner who has recently removed from the State of Pennsylvania to this State to have a transfer of the place of payments from Philadelphia to Albany_

Trusting that the papers are in due form and that the transfer will be made

I am respectfully your
Obed't Servt
C. L. Hoskins
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Albany
2d Sec Feb 3 1853
War of the Revolution 13th Sec. Act of July 27, 1868.

Claim for Increase of Widow's Pension

Supplemental to case in which certificate no. 1132 was issued August 1, 1853

Brief in the case of Elizabeth Magee, Widow of Samuel Magee a private Rev War.

Resident of Steuben County, and State of New York
Post Office address: Addison Hill, Steuben Co. N York

Declaration and Indentification in Due Form
Proof Exhibited
A pension, Albany, N.Y. at $80 per year
Paid to Sept 4 1871 Certificate surrendered.
Claim increase of pension under Sec 13 Act July 27 1868.
Identity and continued widowhood shown

Agent and his P.O. Address H.D. Baldwin Addison New York Fee $10

Issue certificate for 96 dollars per [month crossed out] [interlined annum] under acts of [crossed out June 2, 1858], and July 27 1868, commencing July 27 1858 deducting [crossed out illegible] payments since [line indicating July 27, 1868]

Wm E Trask, [signature] Examiner.

Passed January 10, 1872

Approved [illegible initials]
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Seneca Falls
Seneca County
New York
August 18, 1856

Hon. Secretary of Interior
or Com. of Pensions

Sir:
Elizabeth Magee widow of Samuel Magee, who was a private in the Revolutionary War, and who is inscribed on the Pension Roll from the 3d of Feb. 1853 claims a petition to the proper department for arrears from March 4, 1848_ received by others under like circumstances

What is the course and practice of the department in the framing?
Yours
J. T. Miller
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Pa
Eliz'th Magee
of Feb 3 53

$80 per anm
paid to 4 March 54
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Office for Paying Pensions
Philad'a Sept'r 11, 1854

Sir.
To Yours of 9th inst. enquiry as to what time Elizabeth Magee, a pensioner on the roll of thie Agency, was last paid_ I respectfully reply that she was paid up to the 4th March 1854.

This is a pensioner under the 2nd Sect'n of the Act of July 3 1854 at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum

Very Respectfully 
Your Obt Serv't
J McIlvaine
for D Sturgeoul
Pension Agent

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Brief in the case of Elizabeth Magee, widow of Samuel Magee
Bradford County and State of Pennsylvania
act 3d February 1853

Claim ("original," [crossed out: or "for increase."]
Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the Act of June 7, 1832

Pension Agent at New Yok certifies that claimant received arrears

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
[blank]

Leslie Irving, Esq
32 Wall Street
New York
Name and Residence of Agent

K Goddes
Examing Clerk.
Page 45

[mail stamp]
Seneca Falls N.Y.
Sep 6

[stamp: FREE]

Department of the Interior
Washington
DC

Pensions-
application to transfer

[penciled crosswise: H McRae]
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New York 24th March 1841
Sir
I enclose the application of Samuel Magee a pensioner under the act of 7th June 1832, at Eighty Dollars per Annum, for the transfer of his name from the Albany Agency to that of this city

Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt
Sylvester Spencer

James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Apl 3 1841
Mr Evans

[illegible mail stamp]

[addressed]
James L Edwards Esq
Com'r of Pensions
Washington
Washington City
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MECHANICS' & FARMERS' BANK,
Albany Pension Agency,
March 30 1841

James L. Edwards, Esquire, 
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir,

In reply to your letter of the 27th March I have to state, that Samuel Magee a Pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832 at 80 Dollars per annum was last paid to the 4th of Sept. 1840

I am, Sir,

Very respectfully,

Your ob't serv't

Thos McClute

Pres't and Pension Agent
L Jenkins
Page 49

New York May 14 1853

Sir

Enclosed I transmit application of Elizabeth Magee wid Sam'l for a Pension under the act of 3d Febuary 1853. 2 Section_ As her late husband was a pensioner on the Roll of the NYork City Agency at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum under act of 7 June 1832_ and further proof of service would not seem to be required_ The proof of marriage is the best that under the circumstances could be obtained_ altho [sic] if required further Affidavits may be provided_ If the papers proove sufficient please send the certificate to my address_

Very Respectfully
From Your Obt Servt
Leslie Irving
Attorney at Law
32 Wall Street

To Lorin P. Walls Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Elizabeth Magee
Pension Certificate
Payment to be made at
Philadelphia, Pa by
Dan'l Sturgeon
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
[blank]

Payable on the 4th September and 4th March

Recorded in the Pesion Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d 1853, Page 107 Vol A

R McRae [signature] Clerk
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1833 [faded pencil ink illegible; physical document may be more readable]

1870 14 [illegible]
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Department of the Interior.
Widow's Pension.

I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853
Elizabeth Magee
widow of Samuel Magee
who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars and [blank] cents per annum, commencing on the 3d of February 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.

Given at the Department of the Interior this first day of august one thousand eight hundred and fifty three

R McClelland
Secretary of the Interior.

Examined and Countersigned.

L P Waldo 
Commissioner of Pensions. 
(No 1132)
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Widow Rev.
Character of pending claim, [blank]
Claimant, Elizabeth Magee
Soldier, Samuel
3 Feb 1853
Pensioner now on the Rolls New York
Certificate No. 1132
Agency at which last paid, Albany
Cause of termination none
Date of termination [blank]

W R Trask
Examiner
Room No 42

Last paid to Sept 4 71
as shown by the Records of Finance Division,
complete up to [blank]


[illegible]
Clerk.

Forwarded to F.D., Jany 10 1872
Returned to Ex'r, [blank]
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To
Lorin P. Waldo Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Wahsington D.C.

[mail stamp: Free New York May 14]

[illegible cross writing]
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[mail stamp: Seneca Falls Aug 18]
[mail stamp: FREE]

The Secretary of the Interior
for Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 
DC

[cross written certificate number: 1132]
[cross written reference information: Elizabeth Magee Sam'l NY Act 1853]
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Pension Agency
Philadelphia
[mail stamp: Free]
S Cole Esq
[mail stamp: Philadelphia Sep 11]
Acting Commissioniner of Pensions 
Washington DC

[crosswritten S McRae]
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May 15 1832
Nov 6 45
App'l of Elizabeth Magee widow of Samuel
Bradford Co.
Penn'a

Act 3d Feby 1853
Rev:
Adm'd $80 per annum
Commencing 3d Feb 1853

Leslie Irving
32 Wall St.
NY

[crosswritten, typed: Department of the Interior. Pension Office, Official Business Commissioner.]
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Revy
Widow &c.
File No. 1302
Elizabeth Magee,
Widow.
Samuel Magee,
Priv. Rev. War.

Act Feb 3. 1853
Index: - Vol. M. Page 1

{Arrangement of 1870.}

sent
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30 9 34

[illegible]
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Albany June 19, 1855
L.P. Waldo Esquire

Court of Pensions,
Sir,
I enclose the declaration of Mrs Elizabeth Magee, Widow of Samuel, who claims 160 acres of bounty land with the act of 3 March 1855 for the service of her Husband in the name of the Revolution.

I am Sir,
very respectfully
Your ob't Sev't

Lemuel Jenkins
Agent for Claimant
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1132
New York
Elizabeth Magee, widow of Samuel Magee who served in the Revolutionary was, as a Private N. York Line 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 1st day of Aug. '53, and sent to Leslie Irving 32 Wall St., N.Y. 
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act Feb 3, 1853, page 107 Vol. A.
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Left Section:

[?]4 Sept. 9 Cert to P. Agt 
 "       "   13 from Phila. 
Albany 4 March 54
 Note to C.L.  Hoskins
 J.T. Miller Aug 25 1856."

Right Section:

"Pension No. 1132 Albany, [Pennsylvania - crossed out]
Elizabeth Magee
widow of Samuel,
who served in the Revolutionary War, as a Private.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars per annum, to commence on the [4th day of March, 1848 - crossed out]  3 February 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of Augt 1853.
and sent to Leslie Irving Esq., . 
32 Wall St.  N.Y.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under Act [July 29, 1818 - crossed out] 3 February 1853., Page 107, Vol. A.
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J Van Norden & Co.; Printers, 27 Pine street
Application for a transfer
State of New York,
County of New York
On this twenty second day of March 1847, before me, the subscriber, a Notary Public in and for said County, personally appeared Samuel Magee who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Broadhead in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Platt in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of New York, Albany from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the state (district, or territory) and city of New York where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future; and that his reasons for removing to the state and city of New York are to reside in future with his children, Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid. 
Sylvester Spencer
Notary Public
State of New York
Sam Magee

Notes- The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be authenticated by the certificate of t he proper officer, setting forth that the person taking the testimony is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. 
The pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also have the authentication as above required
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Under Act of 7th June, 1832.
City and County of New York, ss.

Be it known, that before me, Sylvester Spencer, a Notary Public in and for the City and County aforesaid, personally appeared Samuel Magee and made oath, in due form of law, that he is the identical person named in an original certificate, in his possession, of which (I certify) the following is a true copy:
War Department
Revolutionary Claims
I certify, that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Samuel Magee of the State of New York who was a Private in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive eighty dollars and - cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable, semi-annually, on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this 12th day of Aug. one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
(L.S.) Examined and Countersigned 

Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
James L Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions

That he now resides in New York City and has resided there for the space of one year past, and that previous thereto he resided in Germantown Columbia County
Sworn and Subscribed, before me this 22nd day of March 1841
Sylvester Spencer Notary Public State of New York
Sam Magee
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State of New York
City and County of New York SS:

Be it known that before the subscriber, a Notary Public in and for the State of New York, residing in the City of New York, personally appeared Edmond Magee, of said city, and made oath in due form of law, that he is personally acquainted with Samuel Magee, who is a Pensioner under the act of 7th June 1832 at eighty dollars per annum; that he knows him to be the identical person named in his own affidavits hereunto annexed.

Sworn to and subscribed this 22nd day of March 1841 before me.

Sylvester Spencer
Notary Public
State of New York

I further certify that the above-named Edmond Magee is a credible witness.

B. Sylvester Spencer
Notary Public
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All the blanks in this form should be carefully filled and the requirements of the notes strictly observed. An honorable discharge from the services in all cases is necessary. 
Declarations of claimants, either for original pension or for increase of pension already granted, must be made before a court of record, or before some officer thereof having custody of its seal; said officer being fully authorized and empowered to administer and certify any oath or affirmation relating to any pension or application therefor.
The claimant's identity and loyalty must be proven by two witnesses, certified by the judicial officer to be respectable and credible, who are present and witness the signature of the defendant, and certify to his identity and loyalty under oath or affirmation. 
Declarations and other papers should be as legible and as clear in statement as possible. Where any evidence is already on file in any department of the Government, a definite description of and specific references to it will render it available in any subsequent claim.
The post office address (naming street and number in all large cities) of the applicant, attorney, and witnesses, should be embodied in or accompany every application, and all evidence in each claim; and each change of residence of said parties, while communicating with the Pension Office or the pension agents, should be stated. 
The fees for the prosecution of claims for pensions will not be allowed to exceed twenty-five dollars; no part of which is payable before the certificate for the pension has been issued. 
Pensions are, by law, exempted from any liability on account of the obligations of the pensioners, and no lean upon them can be recognized.
All facts, testimony of which is required to establish a claim, must be proven by the affidavits of two or more credible witnesses, unless other evidence is specified. 
The statements of claimants, unless duly corroborated, are not accepted as evidence.
Testimony, in support of allegations made in a declaration, may be taken before any officer whose authority and signature are duly certified, and who shall disclaim any interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of the claim.
Persons desiring to complete claims pending at the decease of the claimants, must furnish a duly verified certificate of their authority as heirs or legal representatives.
With all claims for arrears, increase, or restoration to the rolls, the original pension certificate must be returned, or explanation of its absence must be given under oath. 
To facilitate the adjudication of claims, all the requisite evidence that is available should be forwarded with the application.
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Application to Transfer

State of New York
County of Seneca SS:

On this 5th day of September 1854, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Seneca, personally appeared Elizabeth Moyer, who, on her oath, declares that she is the widow of Samuel Moyer, who was a private in the Revolutionary War; that her name was placed on the Pension roll of the State of Pennsylvania, from whence she has lately removed; that she now resides in the State of New York, where she intends to remain and wishes her pension to be there payable in future.

The following are her reasons for removing:
from the State of Pennsylvania to the State of New York, that she lives with her daughter and son-in-law and they moved to the State of New York because they thought they could do better.

Sworn to and subscribed this 5th day of September 1854 before me
Elizabeth X Magee
(Mark)
Witness: C. S. Hoskins

State of New York
County of Seneca SS:

On this 5th day of September 1854, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Jane C. Cornell, who on her oath declares that she is well acquainted with Elizabeth Magee, who has taken the above oath and knows her to be the identical person described in the

foregoing affidavit.
Sworn to and subscribed this 5th day of September 1854 before me
C. S. Hoskins, Justice of the Peace
in and for said County.
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I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Jane C. Cornell, the witness who made the foregoing affidavit, and that she is a person of veracity, and I further certify that I am fully satisfied of the truth of the statement made in the preceding affidavits.

Given under my hand at Seneca Falls in the County of Seneca, State of New York, this 5th day of September, 1854.

Nathan Justice
Justice of the Peace in and for said County

Here is the transcription of the handwritten document:

State of New York
Seneca County Clerk’s Office, ss.:

I, Isaac Fuller, Clerk of said County of Seneca and Clerk of the County of Record therein, do hereby certify that Nathan Baker, Esquire, before whom the two foregoing depositions, which bear his sworn E., and whom the above certificate was signed, was, on the 5th day of September 1854, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Seneca, duly sworn, and authorized by the laws of this State to administer oaths and affirmations generally. That I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Nathan Baker, and verily believe that the signatures to the jurats to said two depositions, as signed in the above certificates, are genuine.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County Clerk’s Office at
(Seal)
Witness in said County this 6th day of September 1854.

Isaac Fuller, Clerk
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Declaration for Increase of Pension under sec. 13, Act of July 27, 1868.

State of New York
County of Steuben

On this 12th day of November, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, personally appeared before me, Thomas J. Johnson, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State, the same being a court of record within and for the county and State aforesaid, Elizabeth Moyer, who, being duly sworn according to law, makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of section 13 of an Act of Congress relating to pensions, approved July 27, 1868: That she is the identical Elizabeth Moyer who was pensioned on the rolls of the agency at Albany, NY, on account of Samuel Moyer, who served as a Private in the Revolutionary War in 1775, in accordance with certificate No. 1132, bearing date August 24, 1853; that since said date she has remained unmarried, and continues the widow of Samuel Moyer;

That she has not borne arms against the Government of the United States and has not in any manner aided or abetted the rebellion or those promoting the rebellion or manifested any sympathy with the rebellion; but, on the contrary, did, during the said rebellion, earnestly desire its suppression by force of arms; that she was last paid at the Albany Agency on Sept. 4, 1871, receiving the amount due to Sept. 4, 1871;

That she hereby appoints H.D. Baldwin of Addison, N.Y., her attorney to prosecute the above claim; that her residence is in the town of Tuscarora, county of Steuben, State of New York, and that her post office address is Addison Hill, Steuben County, New York.(Attest)
James S. Cornell
Jane C. Cornell

Also personally appeared James S. Cornell, residing in the town of Addison, Steuben County, and Jane C. Cornell, residing in the town of Addison, Steuben County, persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw Elizabeth Moyer, the claimant, make her mark to the foregoing declaration; that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of said claimant and their acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be; and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.

Signatures of witnesses:
James S. Cornell
Jane C. Cornell

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12th day of November, A.D. 1871, and I hereby certify that the contents of the above declaration, etc., were fully made known and explained to the applicant and witnesses before swearing, including the words ____, erased, and the words ____, added; and that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.


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Thomas J. Johnson
(Signature)
Justice of the Supreme Court
(Official character)

1. If an invalid pensioner, he should here state the disability for which pension was originally allowed; if a widow, insert "on account of services and death of _____," adding the name of the soldier.

2. If an invalid, applicant should here allege continuance of disability, indicating its extent; if a widow, she should state that she has not remarried.
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State of New York
Steuben County Clerk's Office


I, Nirom M. Crane, Clerk of said County, and the Courts of Record thereof, do hereby certify that Tho. A. Johnson Esq., was, at the date of the Certificate of Proof of the annexed instrument, a Justice of Sub. Court in and for said County & State, duly authorized and qualified to administer oaths for general purposes; that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing and verily believe that the signature to said Certificate to be genuine. 

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County and Courts this 21 day of Nov. 1871

____, Clerk
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M M

OLD WAR PENSIONER.
CLAIM FOR PENSION.

INCREASE
Under sec. 13, Act July 27, 1868.

Elizabeth Moyer, Applicant.
Co. ______ Regt. ______
Vols. ______

Filed by
H.D. Baldwin
Addison
Steuben Co., N.Y.
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All the blanks in this form should be carefully filled and the requirements of the notes strictly observed. 

An honorable discharge from the service in all cases is necessary.

Declarations of claimants, either for original pension or for increase of pension already granted, must be made before a court of record, or before some officer thereof having custody of its seal; said officer being fully authorized and empowered to administer and certify any oath or affirmation relating to any pension or application therefor.

The claimant's identity and loyalty must be proved by two witnesses. certified by the judicial officer to be respectable and credible, who are present and witness the signature of the declarant and certify to his identity and loyalty under oath or affirmation.

Declarations and other papers should be as legible and clear in statement as possible.
Where any evidence is already on file in any department of the Government, a definite description of and specific reference to it will render it available in any subsequent claim. 

The post office address (naming street and number in all large cities) of the applicant, attorney, and witnesses should be embodied in or accompany every application, and all evidence in each claim; and each change of residence of said parties, while communicating with the Pension Office or the pension agents, should be stated. 

The fees for the prosecution of claims for pensions will not be allowed to exceed twenty-five dollars; no part of which is payable before the certificate for the pension has been issued. 

Pensions are, by law, exempted from any liability on account of the obligation of the pensioners, and no lien upon them can be recognized.

All facts, testimony of which is required to establish a claim, must be proved by the affidavits of two or more credible witnesses, unless other evidence is specified. 

The statements of claimants, unless duly corroborated, are not accepted as evidence.

Testimony, in support of allegations made in a declaration, may be taken before any office whose authority and signature are duly certified, and who shall disclaim any interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of the claim.

Persons desiring to complete claims pending at the decease of the claimants, must furnish a duly verified certificate of their authority as heirs or legal representatives.

With all claims for arrears, increase or restoration to the rolls, the original pension certificate must be returned, or explanation of its absence must be given under oath.

To facilitate the adjudication of claims, all the requisite evidence that is available should be forwarded with the applications.