Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25579, Hanyost Demout, New York
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New York
Demout, Hanyost
or John Joseph
or Demount, Honyost
Fisher, Sarah
(Former widow)

NUMBER
W. 25579.

CONTENTS
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State of New York
Schenectady County Ss}
 John Burke of the City & County of Schenectady, and State of New York, being duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath depose and say, that he is about eighty nine years of age, and is a pensioner of the United States That he was well acquainted with Hanyost Demout he was sometimes called, Hanyost Deymon in the war of the Revolution - that said Demout was a soldier in one of the Regiments of the New York line --- That this Deponent well recollects that he was present at the marriage of the said Hanyost Demout & Sarah Whitney; that said marriage took place about four or five years before the termination of the Revolutionary war, and this Deponent believes it took place in the year 1777 or the year 1778 but is certain that it took place some years before the end of the said war - That the marriage ceremony was performed by the Reverend Mr Vrooman, who was then the Pastor of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in the City of Schenectady- This Deponent was well acquainted with the said Sarah Demout, after her said marriage, and under stood & believes that she served in one of the United States Hospitals during said war, as a Matron or Nurse, several years, but is unable to state how long she served in that capacity. This Deponent further saith that he has been informed & believes that said Hanyost Demout died in a about the year 1793 in the County of Oneida, & that his widow the said Sarah afterwards married a person named Timothy Fisher and that owing to infirmity he cannot write his name 
Subscribed & sworn to this 3rd day of December 1851 before me
 John Burke his x mark
 John G. McChesney Justice of the Peace
 I certify that the above Deponent is well known to me and is a credible witness-- J. G. McChesney Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Albany Justices Court} Ss
 On this 24th day of June in the year one thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty two before the Justices Court of the City of Albany (the same being a Court of Record) personally appeared George Fisher a resident of the Township of Whitby in the County of York and Province of Canada aged fifty seven years, who being duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836, and the act Explanatory of said act passed March 3, 1837, or of the act of Congress, passed July 7. 1838, and the acts supplementary thereto - This declarant doth, on his oath, declare and set forth the following statements of facts upon which he claims the benefit of the act of Congress above referred to, viz. He is the only child of Timothy Fisher and Sarah Fisher his wife, both now deceased the said Sarah Fisher previous to her marriage with the said Timothy Fisher was the widow of Hanyost Demout, who died in the year Seventeen Hundred and ninety three - Deponent saith his mother in formed him that she was married to Hanyost Demout sometime in the early part of the Revolutionary War in a place called Schenectady, by a Minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, The said Hanyost Demout was a private soldier in the service of the United States, in the revolutionary war with great Britain-- and as this deponent
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has frequently been informed and believes, served as a private in a Company commanded by Capt Aaron Aorson, in one of the regiments of the New York line--and that said Honyost Demount served as such private from some time in the year 1777, to the end of the War of the Revolution and received for his said services Six Hundred acres of bounty land from the State of New York- 
This declarant further saith that as he has been informed by his mother the said Sarah she was married to this declarants Father the said Timothy Fisher in the year Seventeen Hundred and Ninety four--that the said Timothy Fisher this declarants Father died in the year Eighteen Hundred, leaving the said Sarah his widow, and this declarant, his only child--This declarant further saith that he always understood from his Mother that she never had any children by her former husband the said Honyost Demout--This declarant has also understood from his Mother that at the time she was married to the said Honyost Demout, she was the widow of Ezekiel Whitney whom she married when quite young, and who died shortly after their marriage and by whom she had no children--That her maiden name was Dickens, and she was the Daughter of Thomas Dickens, of Litchfield County in the State of Connecticut--and that she had two brothers Thomas and William Dickens, both of whom were soldiers in the revolutionary war in the service of the United States. This
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declarant further saith that as he has been informed by his mother at the time of her marriage with the said Timothy Fisher they resided in the town of Westmoreland in the County of Oneida and State of New York and continued to reside there until the year 1798, and then my removed to be Township of Fredericksburgh in the Province of Upper Canada and continued to reside there until the death of the said Timothy and this declarant further saith that the said Sarah Continued to reside in said Township of Fredericksburgh until in or about the year 1829, and she then removed to the Township of Whitby above mentioned, and died at the residence of this declarant in said township of Whitby on the 5th day of August in the year one thousand eight Hundred and forty eight and that she was a widow at the time of her death and was about 95 years of age - this declarant further saith that he has often heard his mother, the said Sarah Fisher, State that during the revolutionary war between the United States and Great Britain, he served as a matron or nurse in a Military Hospital attached to the Army of the United States, for several years, but how many years this declarant does not now remember. He also recollects that his mother also stated, that her wages or pay for her services as such motion or use, was twelve dollars and fifty cents per month and this declarant verily believes that the said Statements made by his mother were correct and
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true - And the declarant for further proofs of the facts set forth in this his declaration refers to the documentary evidence hereto annexed, and the records of the State of New York and also to the evidence now on file in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions at the City of Washington -
George Fisher
I Henry P Nugent Clerk of the Justices Court of the City of Albany (the same being a Court of record) Do hereby Certify that the above named George Fisher appeared appeared this day before the said Court and subscribed and swore to the above declaration, in open Court - In testimony whereof I have hereon to subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court this 24th day of June A.D. 1852
H. P. Nugent Clerk
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Onondaga County Clerks Office
Syracuse June 30, 1852
I hereby certify that it appears from the Military Balloting Book remaining in this Office, that Hanjost Deymout, a soldier in the First New York Regiment, drew Lot No 65 in Township No 10 (Pompey) containing 600 acres of land. That the date of the Patent was July 8, 1790, and was delivered to Peter Smith.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said court at the date above written
Bernard Slocum Dept.l Clerk  [(Clb Alst?)]
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No 14778
Sarah Fisher de'cd
formerly widow
of Hanjost Demont [Demout]
NY
Let L Jenkins Octo 11/ 52
7 July 1838

[below]
7807
Sarah Fisher de'cd
formerly widow
of Hanjost Demont [Demout]
NY
Hon T Jenkins Apr 29 1852
L Jenkins Octo 11 1852
Rejected
under '36
to be entered under the act of
July 7 1838
July 4 1836
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Canada
Office the Clerk of the Peace Co York
Toronto 12th December 1851

I do hereby certify that Abner Hurd of the
Township of Reach in the said County of York, Esquire, is one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the said County
duly appointed and qualified to act as such, and I further certify that I am acquainted with the signature of the said Abner Hurd, and I believe that the name "Abner Hurd" to the annexed affidavit and certificate written, is of the proper
 hand writing of the said Abner Hurd, Justice as aforesaid.
Geo Goosnett
Clerk Peace Cy
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Brief
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July 4 1836 or July 7 1838
Sarah Fisher decd former widow of Hanyost Demout NY
He died 1793
private soldier in Cap Aorson's Co from 1777
to the end of the War
rec'd 600 acres of land for his services
she died 5 Aug 1848 Cert of Clerk
Left her surviving
John Fisher Cert of Clerk
No Record of marriage in existence, cert by Pastor
Wm Phelps knew them well as early as
1786 as man and wife, & that Demout died
about 1793
Jno Baker knew him in the Rev War
was present at their marriage, which took
place 3 or 4 yrs before the close of the war
believes he died in 1793
Anna Patten lived in same township with
them in 1786, they then lived as man & wife
Jacob Phelps Knew them in 1786 to live
together as man & wife
Wm Phelps has heard Demout say he
had rec'd 600 acres of land & had sold it,
Onondaga Co Clerk certifies that Hanyost
Demout drew 600 acre lot No 65 in township
10 (Pompey) for Military services,
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Comptroller of NY certifies that Hanyost
Demout was paid for the year 1781 in
Aorson's Co
---
Secretary of State certifies that Hanyost Demout
enlisted in Aorson's Co 4 March 1777
& mustered to Jany 1781 & that he drew
land 600 acres
---
a copy of a deed is furnished, made 1795
by Sarah Fisher, (no name signed, but certified
by the clerk to be a correct copy) of her
Dowry right to the above land
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In the matter of George
Fisher, only child of Sarah
Fisher formerly widow of
Hanyost Demout claim
to a pension, under act of
1836 or 1838 &c
Abstract of documentary
proofs & remarks-
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Abstract of documentary evidence + remarks}
Mother of George Fisher, only child of Sarah Fisher, formerly widow of Hanyosh or Houyost Demout or Deymount, otherwise called John Joseph Demout claim to a pension under Act of 1836 or 1838
Referring to the letter of the Court of Pensions to the Hon Y Jenkins, dated April 29 1852, respecting this claim I herewith transmit the following documents in support of it.
1. A new declaration by Mrs. Fisher made + sworn to before a Court of records of the State of New York.
This declaration does not differ materially from the former one, except that the Declarant claims under the Act of 4 July 1836 or July 7 1838.
2. Certificate of the Justices Court of the City of Albany, that Sarah Fisher did, on the 2nd day of August 1848; that the claimant is her only child; and that she was the widow of Hanyost Demout or Deymout, a soldier of the Revolution.
3. The certificate of the clerk of Onondaga County, showing that Hanyost Deymout was a soldier in the First New York regiment, and drew lot No 65 in Township No 10 (Pompey) containing 600 acres. Date of Patent - July 8 1790.
4. A certified copy of a deed or release, from Sarah Demout, widow of Hanyost Demout, to Ezra Hall of her interest, as such widow, in the lot in the Township of Pompey, which was granted to the said Hanyost for his services as
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a soldier &c said Deed bears date December 31 1783 and was registered in the Onondaga County clerks office, 24th April 1795.
5. An additional affidavit of William Phelps showing the identity of Mrs. Fisher as the widow of the Patentee of the lot above referred to--
The above documents in connection with the affidavits of Anna Patten, Jacob Phelps and William Phelps now on file in the Pensions office appears to show most conclusively.
1. That Hanyost Deymout or Demout the Patentee of Lot No 65 in the Town of Pompey was the Husband of Sarah Fisher the mother of the claimant.
2. That they were married prior to the year 1794.
There can be no reasonable doubt that the soldier known as Hanyost Demout otherwise called John Joseph Demout was the identical person who served in Capt. Aorson's company from 4th March 1777 to January 1781 and subsequently in col Van Schaick;s Regiment during that year. There is no lapping over or clashing between these two periods of service, and we cannot reasonably be called upon to prove, that these were not two soldiers of that name in the New York line. There being no reasonable probability that such was the case.
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The Claimant is unable, at present to furnish any additional proof of the marriage of his mother with Demout, prior to his leaving the service.
But the Commissioner is respectfully referred to the affidavit (now on file in his office) of John Burke, an old revolutionary soldier &
pensioner, which, in connection with the other facts proved in the case, I think, warrants the conclusion that the marriage took place before
Demout was discharged from the Army-
I can hardly be expected that at this late day, another living Witness can be found to prove a marriage alleged to have taken place, more than 70 years ago - and it is respectfully submitted that under the circumstances of this case, the testimony of Mr. Burke, ought
to be deemed sufficient proof of the marriage prior to Demouts leaving the service-
If, however further proof on that point should be deemed indispensable, there can be no doubt that document No 4
herewith sent clearly establishes the fact of the marriage, prior to 1784, and with the other proofs, the right of the claimant as the only child of his mother, to a pension under the act of July 7. 1838, 3d March 1843
17th June 1844 & 2nd February 1848.
L Jenkins
Albany July 10, 1852.
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Claim of the only child
of Sarah Fisher, formerly
Widow of Honyost Demont,
for a pension.

Abstract of documentary
evidence herewith
transmitted.
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Abstract of documentary evidence in support of the claim
of George Fisher, only child of Sarah Fisher, formerly
Widow of Hanyost Demout, a soldier in the revolution.
1. George Fisher's Declaration, setting forth the
facts upon which his claim for an allowance
of pension is founded-
2. Certificate of the Comp'r and Dep'y Sec'y of State,
of the services of Hanyost Demout in the
New York line of the army-
3. Affidavit of Rev'd Wm. J. R. Taylor, Pastor of the
Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in Schenectady
showing the state of the records of that church, from
the year 1775 to the year 1785, &c
4. Affidavit of John Burke showing when the
marriage of Hanyost Demout and Sarah Whitney
took place; that he was present &c
5. Affidavit of Jacob Phelps, stating his acquaintance
with Hanyost Demout and his wife, the death of said
Hanyost in 1793, and the marriage of his Widow to
Timothy Fisher, and their removal in 1798 to Canada
with their only child, George Fisher, the applicant.
6. Affidavit of Anna Patten and Wm Phelps to same
facts, and also in relation to the services of Mrs
Demout as a Matron or Nurse in the Army Hospital.
7. Affidavits of Wm Lewis and David Bedford, respecting
residence of Timothy Fisher and his family in Canada;
his death and that of his Widow and that George Fisher,
the claimant, was their only child.
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In the the matter of the application of George Fisher for a pension
as the only heir at law of his Mother Sarah Fisher deceased formerly the wife of John or otherwise Hanyost Demout deceased.
State of New York
Oneida County SS.
Anna Patten of the town of Westmoreland in said county being duly sworn deposeth and saith that she is now in her seventy seventh year of age: that she came into the town of Whitestown to reside in the year A.D. (1786) one thousand seven hundred & eighty six, that that part of the town of Whitestown where she resided and when she has resided to this day, was in A. D 1792
rected into a town by the name of Westmoreland, that this deponent was well acquainted with John or otherwise called
Hanyost Demout and his wife Sarah Demout, that said Demout while I knew him worked at farming business, & I understood that formerly he worked at blacksmithing business; that in the year A.D. 1793 or near that time said Demout died; that she attended the funeral and saw the corpse of said Demout: that during all the time this deponent was acquainted with said Demout he lived
with said Sarah as his lawful wife, and they were reputed lawful husband wife; that said Demout had no child: that within a year after the death of said Demout his widow said Sarah Demout was married
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to Timothy Fisher a shoemaker by trade
& resided in said town of Westmoreland; and
continued to reside in said town until the
year seventeen hundred & ninety eight that then
said Fisher & his said wife removed from
said town of Westmoreland, & this deponent
was informed that they emigrated to Canada
that while said Fisher and his wife resided in
Westmoreland they had a son whom they
called George Fisher, that said George was
born either in August or September in the
year
seventeen hundred & ninety five. -
Furthermore this deponent saith said
Sarah frequently informed this deponent and
others that for years she (said Sarah) was in the
revolutionary war he served the United States
in the Medical or Hospital department
as assistant to the Surgeons or as nurse; that it
was so reported & believed in said town
that said Sarah practised seting broken bones
and dislocated joints & other parts of surgery
all the time she lived in Westmoreland and
was estamed skilful in surgery: and it was
understood that she obtained her skill in the
hospital department in the revolutionary
war: that the reputation of said Sarah
was that of a person of street veracity.
Subscribed & sworn this
21st day of Oct, 1851 Before me
her
Anna her Patten Mark
Arrizi Doolittle, Justice of the Peace

I am acquainted with the above named Anna Patten & have been for many years & she sustains a reputation
of being a person of strict verasity Amzi Doolittle
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No. 2.
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State of New York
Albany Justices Court
Henry P. Nugent
Clerk of the Justices Court of the City of Albany
the same being a Court of record that satisfactorily
  proof has been exhibited to the said
Court of the following facts viz: That
George Fisher of the Township of Whitley in
the County of York and Province of Canada
57 years of age and is
who is now present in said Court was a son
of
Timothy Fisher and Sarah Fisher his wife
formerly of said Provence both of whom are now
dead, that the said Sarah died on the 5th day
of August 1848, that at the time of her decease
she was a widow and that she left only one child
her surviving viz, the above named George
Fisher who resides in the township of Whitley in the
County of York and Province of Canada
That previous to the Marriage of the said Sarah with
the said Timothy whom she survived, she was
the widow of a Soldier, who served in the
Revolutionary
Army and who was known by
the name of Hangast Demount or Hongost
Demont, and that his name in English, was
John Joseph Demont
-
In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my
name & affixed the seal of the said Court this 24th
day of June A.D. 1852
H
P. Nugent Clerk
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Widow, &c.
No. 25579
Sarah Fisher
formerly Widow of Hanyost Demont 
Priv. Rev. War
Act Feb 2 1848
Index : Vol A, Page 239
[Arrangement of 1870]
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Sarah Fisher dec'd
Widow of Hanyost
Demont  NY
Admd July 7 1838 & c
2 yrs pri $80
per annum from
4 March 1836 to
5 Aug 1848
when she died
except 2 yrs
pay to George Fisher
only child
Cert to
Hon T. Jenkins
[Present - crossed out]
[Hsst? or Agt?]
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scan is blacked out
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Office of Clk Peace for the United Counties
of York Ontario and Peel
Toronto 22d October 1852
I hereby certify that John Lynch of the Village
of Brampton in the Township of Chinguacousy in the County of Peel one of the United Counties of York Ontario and Peel, and Province of Canada, Esquire is one of Her Majestys Justices of the Peace, duly appointed, and qualified to act as such, within the said United Counties, and I further certify that the names "John Lynch JP" to the annexed affidavit and certificate written, are of the proper hand writing of the said John Lynch, Justice as aforesaid, to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Geo Goosnett
Clk Peace U Cos
J of P
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Brampton Canada West October the 21st, 1852.
I William Sutton Minister of the Gospel in the
Methodist Episcopal Church in Canada
do hereby certify that I was minister in
charge on the Whitby Circuit, One thousand
Eight hundred and Forty Eight and that
in that capacity I was called on
to officiate at the Funeral of Mrs Sarah
Fisher Widow of Mr Timothy Fisher and
mother of Mr George Fisher of the Township
of Whitby at whose residence she died
August the Fifth One Thousand Eight
hundred and Forty Eight at the age of
ninety five years. Her interment took
place in the Graveyard situated in
the Village of Brooklin Township of Whitby
according to the burial services of the
Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in Canada on the Seventh Day
of August One Thousand Eight hundred
& Forty Eight
William Sutton Minister
of the Gospel in the Methodist
Episcopal Church
---
Subscribed and sworn
before me this
21st October 1852
John Lynch J. P.

I certify that the above William Sutton is a
Minister of the Episcopal Methodist
Church in Canada-
John Lynch JP
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Pay Roll New York Line 1781
Pay Roll of the First New York Regiment commanded
by Colonel Goose Van Schaick in the service of the
United States in 1781 "Aorson's Company" -

I certify that "Hanyost Demout" appears on the
above mentioned Roll, as a private in Aorsons Company,
& that he served and was paid for the whole of that
year. I further certify that the the said pay
Roll is a manuscript book on file in this office
and that Thos. Moffat John Haring & Joseph
Gasherie were Auditors of the said accounts.
R. C. Fuller
Comptroller
A.W. Lee
Examining Clerk

State of
New York
Comptrollers Office
Albany 1st December 1851
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County York
To Wit}
David Bedford of the Township of Whitby, County York & province of Canada Yeoman, personally appeared before me, and being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that he is now fifty seven years of age and upwards, that he came to reside in the Township of Whitby, in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty Eight, deponent saith that when he came to reside in the aforesaid Township of Whitby he lived a near neighbor to and was intimately acquainted with one George Fisher and Sarah his mother up to the fifth day of August Eighteen hundred & forty Eight when to deponents knowledge the said Sarah Died aged ninety five years, at the residence of the aforesaid George Fisher, leaving the said George Fisher as her only son & heir, that deponent as such acquaintance, and neighbor, saw
the corpse and attended the funeral service of the above named Sarah, at which the Rev'd William Sutton, Methodist Minister officiated, and this deponent further Saith, that it was generally understood and believe in the neighborhood that the above named Sarah had served the United States Government in the Revolutionary War with England, and this deponent saith that the said George Fisher still resides in the above named Township of Whitby.
David Bedford
Sworn before me in the Village of Columbus & township of Whitby & County York
this Seventeenth day November one thousand Eight hundred fifty one 
M. Gibbs Justice Peace C.Y.
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WH Gibbs of the Township of Whitby
and province of Canada one of her Majesty
Justices of the peace in and for the County
York do certify that the within named David
Bedford is a Credible witness & a man of
veracity and well to be believed

W. H. Gibbs. JP
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State of New York
Schenectady County } SS
William J R Taylor of the City and County
of Schenectady and State aforesaid being
duly sworn and says that he is the Pastor
of the Dutch Reformed Church in the City
Schenectady, that he has searched the marriage
Register belonging to said Church from
the year (July 2, 1775 to the year 1785 and
that he cannot find therein the time when an
Hanjost Demont and Sarah Whitney were married that said Register from the year 1775 to the year 1785 is believed to be lost and that the
Register for the year 1771.1772.1773 & 1774 are
exceedingly imperfect. And that he cannot find
any thing therein which exhibits the marriage
of the said Hanjost Demont and ^ Sarah Whitney & that Barent Vrooman was Pastor of said church
up to the year 1784
 William J. R. Taylor
Subscribed & Sworn before } 
me this 29th day of November A D 1851
 J M Bouck
Justice of the Peace

I certify that Wm J R Taylor is a man of vera[city] [rest of the handwriting is cut off]

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
COUNTY OF SCHENECTADY, } ss.
CLERK' S OFFICE.

I, DAVID P. FORREST, Clerk of the County of Schenectady, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
That James M. Bouck Esq. before whom the foregoing was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace
in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified as such; and that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said James M D Bouck and verily believe that the signature to said Affidavit and Certificate is genuine.
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, this 3d
day of December 1851.
D. P. Forrest Clerk
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State of New York
Schenectady County}  ss
William J R Taylor of the City and County of Schenectady and State aforesaid being
duly sworn says that he is the Pastor of the Dutch Protestant Reformed Church in the City of Schenectady, that he has searched the marriage Register belonging to said Church from the year (July 2d) 1775 to the year 1785 and that he cannot find therein the time when Hanyost Demout and Sarah Whitney were married; that said Register from the year 1775 to the year 1785 is believed to be lost and that the Register for the year 1771, 1772, 1773 & 1774 are exceedingly imperfect. And that he cannot find anything therein which exhibits the marriage of the said Hanyost Demout and Sarah Whitney & that Barent Vrooman was Pastor of said church up to the year 1784
 William J. R. Taylor
Subscribed & Sworn before me this 29th day of November A D 1851}
 J M Bouck
Justice of the Peace

I certify that Wm J R Taylor is a man of veracity and that the most implicit confidence can be placed upon his oath.
J M Bouck
Justice
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11. 454
New York
Sarah Fisher dec'd
widow of H. Demout
who died on the --
of -- in the State of --
who was a priv in the -- commanded
by Captain -- of the -- commanded
by -- in the --
line for Revolution-
---
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 80 dollars -- Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the -- day of
-- and --
Arrears to the 4th of ---
Semi-annual allowance ending
Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by R. McRae Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1 Page 157
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Hon James E. Heath
Com of Pens.
Dr Sir
I enclose your
pension paper in the
case of Hanyost Demout. Please
inform me when acted upon.
your obt servant
Timothy Jenkins
Washington
23 Jany 52
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Brief in the case of Sarah Fisher former widow of Hanyost ^ Demout
County and State of New York
act July 7 1838 & c

Claim ("original")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Record & [pa..?] proof of service
[illegible] proof of marriage
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Thornton Triplett
Examining Clerk
Name and residence of Agent
Hon T Jenkins Esq
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Albany July 12th 1852
Hon. T. Jenkins
My dear Sir
I again trouble
you with the claim of George Fisher Son of Sarah, who
was formerly the Widow of Hanyost Demout
I enclose several documents in support of
the claim and an abstract of the same, with remarks,
which render any explanation in this letter, unnecessary.
Have the goodness to transmit the papers enclosed
to the Commissioner of Pensions.
I am, Sir, with great regard,
your friend & obdt Servt
L Jenkins
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Albany October 26. 1852
James E. Heath Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir,
Referring you to your letter to
me of the 11th inst. respecting the claim of George Fisher
only child of Sarah Fisher, formerly widow of Hanyost Demout, I enclose the affidavit of the Rev Wm Sutton stating that the date of Mr Fishers death, which I presume will be deemed a satisfactory compliance with the requisitions of your letter, on that point.
I am, Sir
very respectfully
your obt sevt
Lemuel Jenkins
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Comr of Pensions
Rec'd Oct 13 1852
answ'd 26 June
see copy answer
Sarah Fisher
Gene Johnson Chief Clk
will examine the within
J E H
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Pension Office
October 11th 1852
Sir
The application of Sarah Fisher dec'd
formerly widow of Hanyost Dement has
been again examined.
The heirs must furnish a Parish
Certificate of the date of her death in Canada.
If she acted in the capacity of Hospital
Nurse there should be some Record of that
fact and the heirs should present it to this
Office.
Yours Respectfully
Your Obd Svt.
P.C. Johnston
for Com

L Jenkins Esq
Albany N. Y.
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Canada
Office of the Clerk of the Peace Co York
Toronto 12th December 1851.
I do hereby certify that William Henry Gibbs of
the Township of Whitby in the said County of York, Esquire, is one of
Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the said County duly appointed and qualified to act as such, and I further certify that I am acquainted with the signature of the said William H Gibbs, and I believe that the name "W H Gibbs"
to the annexed affidavit and certificate written is of the proper hand writing of the said Wm Henry Gibbs, Justice as aforesaid.
Geo Goosnett
Clerk Peace Co York
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9.339
New York
Sarah Fisher dec'd
widow of H. Demout
who was a private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 80 dollars --
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued
the 22 day of Feb '53
and sent to Hon. T. Jenkins
H of R
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June
17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A
vol 2 Page 75
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County of York
To wit}
William Lewis of the Township of Reach in the County of York and Province of Canada Yeoman personally appeared before me and being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is to the best of his knowledge and belief seventy four years past and will be seventy five on the Eighth day of January next, that about the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety six to the best of deponents recollection, he this deponent was in the Town or Township of Westmoreland, in the State of New York, and then and there formed an acquaintance with Timothy Fisher and Sarah Fisher his wife and stopped several days at their house, that they then had but one child and it was a son about six months old and his name was George, that they removed to Fredericksburgh in Canada about two or three years afterwards at which place deponent was intimately acquainted with them, the said Timothy Fisher died about two or three years after he came to Canada, that the said Sarah Fisher and George Fisher continued to reside in Fredericksburgh about thirty years all which time deponent was neighbor to them, that they then removed to Whitby in the County of York at which place the said George Fisher now resides, his mother the said Sarah Fisher having died some three or four years ago_ deponent always understood from the said Timothy Fisher and Sarah Fisher that the said George Fisher was their only child.  The said Timothy Fisher was a shoe-maker by trade, and the said Sarah Fisher had some knowledge of surgery and midwifing which she practiced more or less for many years, that this deponent has frequently heard Mr David Kelly late of the Township of Camden deceased say that he know the said Sarah Fisher and her former husband in the army in the American Revolution_ his name deponent does not recollect
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nor did depart born from the said David
Kelly the length of time they served
William Lewis X his mark
Sworn at Reach in
the County of York and
Province of Canada before
me the 4th day of November
1851-
Abner Hurd
A Commissioner of J. B. & Justice of the Peace

This is to certify that I have known the
above named William Lewis for many
years past and believe him to be a
a man of truth and veracity.
Abner Hurd J.P.
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Sarah Fisher died 5 Aug 1848, Geo Fisher child
wife & child of Jno Jos Demout
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State of New York
Secretary's Office
Albany Dec. 11. 1857
I certify that it appears from
the Military Register of the Continental
Line of the Army of the Revolution, remaining
in this office, that Joseph Demant enlisted in
Capt. Aorson's Company, in the Third Regiment
for the war on the 4th March 1777 & [mustered]
to January 1781.
It appears also from the Balloting Book
in this office which book shows the names
of the persons, who were entitled to Bounty
land from this State, that Hanyost Heymon
or Hanyost Demout of said Aorson's company
drew 600 acres of land as a soldier in
the said Continental Line. The land drawn was
Lot No.65. Pompey Township 10
AG Johnson
Dep Sec of State
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Whereas Hanyost Demout late of the Town of
Westmorland in the County of Herkimer and State of New York now deceased, was in his lifetime and during the marriage between him the Hanyost Demout and the subscriber hereof, seized & passed [possessed?] of a certain lot of land situate in the Township of Pompey in the Military tract in said County which was granted to the said Hanyost in fee simple by letters Patent under the great seal of the State of
New York for his services as a soldier in the
late service of the line of said State in the army of
the United States, containing six hundred acres,
and whereas I the said subscriber, widow of the
aforesaid Hanyost Demout have never sold, released or assigned my dower or right of dower of in and to the aforesaid lot of land either during the marriage aforesaid or since the death of my said husband, Now therefore be it known that I Sarah Dement, widow of the aforesaid Hanyost Dement dec'd for and in consideration of the sum of forty pounds current money of New York to me in hand paid by Ezra Hall of the Town of Westmorland aforesaid
the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have granted bargained sold, aliened released and conveyed and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell alien release and convey unto the said Ezra Hall and his heirs & assigns all my estate, title, interest, dower, property.
claim and demand, which I have or am entitled
to by virtue of the premises, of in or to the aforesaid lot of land with its appurtenances. To have and to hold my said dower interest and Estate of in and to said lot of land unto him the said Ezra Hall and his heirs and assigns to his and their only proper use, benefit and behoof with full power
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to demand receive, prosecute for and recover the same by any legal method whatsoever.  In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal the thirty first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety three, Sally Dement {LS} sealed and delivered in the presence of us.  The word "widow being first interlined in 1st pages.  Elizar Mosley, Caroline Moseley_
Know all men by these presents that I Ezra Hull of the Town of Westmoreland and county of Herkimer for the consideration of Forty pounds good and lawful money of the State of New York to me in hand paid have sold and conveyed unto Ebenezer Butler Jr. a certain Rite of land lying and being in the Township of Pompey County of Onondaga & State of New York being that part of lot No. 65 in said Pompey which the widow Damot had as her dowry from her late husband Hanjost Daymet dessessed [deceased], as conveyed to me on the other side of this sheet, for which consideration, I do grant bargain, sell and convey the same to the said Ebenezer Butler of the Town of Pompey County of Onondaga to his heirs and assigns for their own proper use, and furthermore I do forever quit all my rite and title to the same or any pretence [pretense] thereto & engage to warrant and defend the same from the  said widow Demout or any other person or persons claiming title by or under her.  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this third day of 1795. Ezra Hull {LS} signed, sealed & delivered in present [presence] of - The word Butler was interlined before sealed Caleb B. Merrill, Jesse Woodruff. Registered 2[4?] April 1795  Cayuga Filed Deeds page 575 &c.
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Onondaga County
Clerks Office} ss
I have compared the foregoing copy conveyances with the original thereof as entered in the "Cayuga filed Deeds remaining in this Office, and in certify the said copy to "be a correct transcript of the original
in said Cayuga Filed Deeds", and of the whole thereof- 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
Seal this 30 day of June 1852
Barnard Slocum Dept Clerk
(Clk Asst)
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In the matter of application of George Fisher for a pension as the only heir at Law of his Mother Sarah Fisher deceased. formerly wife of John otherwise called Hanyost Demout 
State of New York
Oneida County} ss
William Phelps of Vernon in said County and State being duly sworn by & before Ralph McIntosh a justice of the peace of said town and County being a person duly authorized by law to administer oaths, deposes and says
that he is now seventy three years of age & upwards, that he now resides in said State County & town and has so resided there for the space of about forty eight years last past. That he formerly resided in the town of Westmoreland in said County of Oneida, and resided there from about the year Seventeen hundred and eighty six up to about the year Eighteen hundred and three. 
And this deponent further saith that during this said residence at said town of Westmoreland as aforesaid deponent was personally and well
acquainted with, and lived a near neighbor to one John Demout who was usually called Hanyost Demout, then a farmer but formerly a blacksmith, and Sarah then the wife of said Demout, that deponent was so acquainted with & lived by the said Demout and his said wife for about the Space of seven years
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in said town that when deponent went to reside in said town as aforesaid the said Demout & wife were residing in said town and were at that time as deponent was informed & believes lawfully married & legally the husband & wife each of the other. that during the year 1793, as near as this deponent can now state & as he fully believes the said John otherwise called Hanyost Demout died at Said town of Westmoreland leaving no child or children him surviving, but leaving the said Sarah his wife, his widow him surviving at said town of Westmoreland, that deponent as such acquaintance & neighbor attended the funeral services of the said Demount at which the Rev. Joel Bradley a Presbyterian Clergyman officiated that his said widow the said
Sarah Continued her said residence at said town and shortly after the death of her said husband & within about one year thereafter again intermarried with one Timothy Fisher
a Shoemaker by trade, there of said town of Westmoreland that they continued as such husband & wife to reside together at said town till about the year seventeen hundred & ninety eight when they removed their said residence from said town of Westmoreland to the township
of Fredericksburgh in Canada West And this deponent further saith that after the intermarriage of the said Sarah with the said Timothy Fisher as aforesaid they had one Son & born as near as deponent can now state and as deponent fully believes in about the
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month of September 1795 and which to deponent's knowledge was the only child & was named George Fisher and was at the time of the removal of his said parents from Westmoreland as aforesaid of the age of about three years.
And this deponent further saith that while the said Sarah so resided at Westmoreland as aforesaid deponent has often & repeatedly been informed by her that she had been engaged for a number of years in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary War as a surgeons or Hospital nurse and related to deponent many incidents connected thereunto all of which statements from deponents acquaintance with the said Sarah & her character for truth & veracity deponent then did and still does believe to be true & correct, that it was generally reported & believed in the neighbourhood of her said residence that the said Sarah had rendered such service to this government in the then recent war with England call[ed] the Revolutionary War, that said Sarah to deponent's knowledge understood to an eminent degree many branches of surgery & on one occasion set the elbow joint of this deponent dislocated by a fall, and at the time of her said residence at Westmoreland, had an extensive practice as a midwife in the then [illegible] & new state of the country
William Phelps
Taken Subscribed & sworn before me this 20th day of October 1851 Ralph McIntosh Justice of the Peace
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I certify that the within named Deponent William Phelps is personally known to me, & is a credible witness
Ralph McIntosh
Justice of the Peace
Special Surrogate of
Oneida Co.
State of New York
CLERK'S OFFICE, ONEIDA COUNTY
I, ALEXANDER RAE, Clerk of the said County, DO CERTIFY, That Ralph McIntosh Esq. whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a Justice of the Peace for said County, dwelling in said County, and sworn and duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice and verily believe that the signature to the Certificate of said proof or acknowledgement, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said County, this 5th day of Jany 1852
Alexander Rae Clerk 
No 7807
Sarah Fisher
Formerly widow of Hanyost Demont, 
NY
July 4 1836
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In the matter of the application of George Fisher for a pension as the only heir at law of his Mother Sarah Fisher deceased, formerly the wife of John or otherwise Honyost Demont deceased.-
State of New York
Oneida County ss.
Jacob Phleps of the town of Westmoreland in Oneida county, being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he is now in his seventy second year of his age: that he has resided in the town of Westmoreland aforesaid from the year seventeen hundred eighty six until about the year eighteen hundred & thirteen; then he was absent about eight years and has resided in said town ever since said eight years; that when he first resided in said place it was known as part of Whitestown; that he was well acquainted with Honyost Demont and Sarah Demont his wife that they resided in said town of Westmoreland from 1786 until the said Honyost died which was in A.D. 1793; that he (this deponent attended the funeral of said Honyost & saw his corpse; that the Reverend Joel Bradley officiated at said funeral; that Honyosts widow said Sarah continued to reside in said Westmoreland: that within about a year after the death of said Honyost, his widow said Sarah was married to Timothy Fisher, a shoe-maker, that in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety five the said Timothy and Sarah had a son born, & that they called him George Fisher.-
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Furthermore this deponent saith that said Sarah Demout (afterwards Fisher) officiated in surgery and midwifery and was esteemed as skillful in such practice: that they said Timothy and his said wife Sarah & said son continued to reside in said Westmoreland until about the year A.D. 1798 that then they moved from said Westmoreland & this deponent understands they moved to Canada.
Jacob Phelps
Sworn & Subscribed this 21st day of October 1851 Before me
Amize Doolittle, Justice of the Peace
I am acquainted with the above named Jacob Phelps & have been for many years, & he sustains a reputation of being a person of strict veracity. - Amize Doolittle

State of New York,
CLERK'S OFFICE, ONEIDA COUNTY} ss
I, ALEXANDER RAE, Clerk of the said County, DO CERTIFY, That Amize Doolittle whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof of
acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace
for said County, dwelling in said County, and sworn and duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice and verily believe that the
signature to the Certificate of said proof or acknowledgment, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said County, this 5th day of Jany 1852.
Alexander Rae, Clerk
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[Note error - Timothy Fisher is the father. George is his son - see other records]
State of New York
Oneida County Ss:  William Pheps of Vernon in the said community & state being duly sworn according to law, doth depose as follows, that in the month of October last this deponent made an affidavit before Ralph McIntosh Esq. at the request of Mr. Timothy Fisher, a son of Mr. George Fisher, of Canada West, respecting a claim to a pension which the said George Fisher was about to make as the only child of Sarah Fisher who was  formerly the widow of Honyost or Hanyost Demout or Deymont, a Revolutionary soldier that at the time of his making said affidavit he stated that the said Hanyost or Honyost was known and called by his neighbors sometimes John and sometimes Joseph, and that it was well known & understood by this deponent & others that the name Hanyost or Honyost is a Dutch name, and that it signifies in English John Joseph, that said statement was omitted in this deponent's said former affidavit, and this deponent now testifies that said former statement as then made & is now above stated is true.

And this deponent further saith that at the time of deponent's acquaintance with the said Demout or Deymout  & his said wife Sarah while residing at Westmoreland in the said county of Oneida as set forth in deponent's said former affidavit -- deponent often heard then allude to and speak of the occasion of their marriage in the early part of the Revolutionary War & as deponent believes, at Schenectady, that deponent often heard the said Hanyost Demout
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Speak of his having received six hundred acres of land as a reward for his service in the Revolutionary Army that said lot was situated in the town of Pompey and that he the said Demont had sold it but to whom deponent does not now recollect

William Phelps

Subscribed to & sworn before in this 25th day June of 1852
Ralph McIntosh
Special surrogate


Oneida County I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named William Phelps, that he possesses an unquestioned whole good moral character & is in every respect a worthy citizen

Ralph McIntosh
Special Surrogate

State of New York, 
Oneida County, Clerk's Office, } ss.

I do hereby certify, that Ralph McIntosh Esq Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the within affidavitts and thereon written, was on the 25th day of June 1852 a special surrogate, in, and for said County, and sworn and duly authorized. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such surrogate, and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavitts is genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have here unto affixed the seal of the said County, and subscribed my name, this 26 day of June 1852
Alexander Rae
Clerk
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVE
Form VAN-51
12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Dempsey, Charles GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 9246 ACREAGE  100
ISSUE July 9, 1789
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.