Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23276, Robert Huggins, New York
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New York

Huggins, Robert
Huggans

S. 23276
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4812                                                                                   
New York                                                                            
Robert Huggins
of Genessee in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Stockwell of the Regt commanded by Col Van Schaick in the New York line for 9 Months
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York ___ , ____
at the rate of 30 Dollars and ___ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of January 1833___ , ____ and sent to H. P L Tracy
                                                                H of R
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Arrears to 4th of Sep 1832                          $45
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4[illegible]33   15
[underline]
                                                                    $60
              
                                          Revolutionary Claim
                                               Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Geo Stites                   Clerk
Book D Vol. 5 Page 127

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Duplicate certificate issued 31. March 1838 and sent to Charles G. Myers. Ogdensburg, New York
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Paid at the Treasury under 
the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March 1836 to 4 Sept 1836 & from 4 March 1837 to 4 Sept 1837. Agents notfied
27 July 1838
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State of New York}
County of S. Lawrence
Be it Known that on this 14th day of March 1838 before me Charles G. Myers a Commissioner of [illegible] duly commissioned and sworn personally appeared Robert Huggins late of Batavia in the County of Genesee now of Lisbon in the County of S Lawrence whose identity was to me satisfactorily established by the oath of James V Lyttle to me known and by the oath of Mariah Van Duzen whose affidavits are hereunto attached who being first duly sworn
saith that he is a Pensioner of the United States
and that he obtained a Pension of Thirty Dollars per annum under the Act of 1832 for nine months service performed in the year 1779 under Captain Levi Stockwell at S Keensborough, that at the time he obtained said Pension he resided at Batavia aforesaid, that from Batavia he removed to Porter in Niagara County New York where he remained until October last.  That the last payment of pension he drew was September 1837.  That he left Porter aforesaid to come to S Lawrence County aforesaid in October last and that on his way at Kingston Upper Canada he lost a Trunk containing his Pension certificate and is thereby unable to draw his half yearly pay.
That this Deponent will be seventy nine on the 17th of October next and that since obtaining his said Pension he has lost his right arm immediately below the elbow and is utterly unable to work or obtain a living.  That previous to going to Batavia when he obtained his said Pension he resided at Lewiston in the
County of Niagara, that he came to Lewiston
in 1812 from Canada, that he went into
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Canada in 1809 from S Lawrence County aforesaid and that he resided before he came
to S Lawrence County in Chazy in Clinton County and previous to that he resided in Salem Washington County in the State of New York
when this Deponent enlisted.  That this Deponent was born in Ireland and was brought
into this country as he has always been informed at the age of nine months, that at the age of Eight years he went to Salem aforesaid where he resided until his enlistment aforesaid - And further saith not
x (his mark) Robert Huggins
Witness present
R.W. Judson

Sworn & Subscribed}
this 14th day of March
1838 before me
Chs G Myers
[illegible]
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State of New York
County of S Lawrence

Be it known that on this fourteenth day of March 1838 before me Charles G Myers a Commissioner of [illegible] duly commissioned 
and sworn in said Court personally appeared Mariah Van Duzur whose identity was to me satisfactorily proven by the oath of James W Lyttle to me well know and residing in the village of Ogdensburgh who being first duly sworn saith. That Robert Huggins here present is the father of this Deponent. That this Deponent is thirty-five years of age. That 
this Deponent hath always since he remembers   heard that her said Father was a Revolutionary soldier. That this Deponent was born in [illegible] in Clinton Country in the state
of New York but that she remembers only at her earliest recollection to have resided in the family of the said Robert - in the Town of Lisbon in the County of S Lawrence and State
aforesaid. That about 1809 the said Robert
removed from Lisbon aforesaid into Nelsons in the Province of Upper Canada where he remained until the commencement of the last war. That in 1812 said Robert removed from Nelson aforesaid to Lewiston in Niagara County in the State of New York where he remained four or five years and then removed to Batavia in the County of Genessee. That when said Robert left Lewiston aforesaid this Deponent remained
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and the said Robert went & resided at Batavia until four years since when he returned to this Deponent's house at Porter in the County of Niagara aforesaid. That he remained at Porter aforesaid until last October whence he came to Lisbon aforesaid.
That the said Robert was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of thirty Dollars a year. That this Deponent knew of the said Robert drawing pension several times and has seen his Pension certificate and that the said Robert since he came to this country and ever since hath declared that he lost his trunk at Kingston on his way from Porter to this county and that his pension certificate was contained
therein. And further saith not 
Sworn and subscribed this 14th day of March
1838 before me the word 'only' on the first and 
"Lewiston" & "Lewiston aforesaid" 
on its [illegible] paper [illegible] [illegible] 
and the words "and the said Robert wants & [illegible] [illegible]
Chs G Myers
[illegible]         

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Marier Vander
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State of New York
County of St Lawrence

Be it known that on this 14th day of March 1838 before me Charles G. Myers a Commissioner of [illegible] duly Commissioned + sworn personally appeared James W. Lytle to me well known who being duly sworn saith that Robert Huggins whose affidavit to obtain a new Pension certificate is hereunto attached + who is here present and who also is named in the affidavit of Mariah Van Duzen also hereunto attached has been known to this Deponent for forty years past. That this Deponent first knew him in Salem in Washington County in said State. That this said Robert then moved away and this Deponent next knew said Robert in Lisbon in St. Lawrence County. That said Robert moved away from Lisbon aforesaid before this last War and this Deponent has not seen him since until this present [illegible] when this Deponent at once recognized him and has no doubt of his identity

James W Lyttle

Sworn + subscribed this 14th day of March 1838 before me
Charles Myers
[illegible]
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State of New York
St. Lawrence County}
ss: I Alvin C Low Clerk of the County of St. Lawrence and Clerk of the County Courts of the said County do hereby certify that
Charles G. Myers Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits purport to have been made was at the time of taking the said affidavits a Commissioner of Deeds &c
in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the
said County appointed and Sworn and duly authorized to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice of Commissioner of Deeds and verily believe that the signatures to the said affidavits purporting to be his are genuine. (The words "Justice of "in this certificate erased)
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County at
Canton this 16 March 1838
A C Low Clk
[seal]
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Robert Huggins
Declaration
18382
L

Please make returns to
Horace A. Soper
Batavia
Genesee Co
N.Y.

admitted
9 mo. private
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30$
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Declaration of Robert Huggins, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.

State of New York
Genesee County

On this sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, being a court of Record, keeping a Record in their proceedings and hearing of seal, now sitting in the town of Batavia in and for the County of Genesee in the State of New York, Robert Huggins, a resident of the town of Batavia in the county of Genesee and State of New York, aged sixty nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, dock on his oath awoke the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named offices and served as herein stated:

That he enlisted for [illegible] monthly on the first day of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine in the United States service in the Revolutionary war, in the state troops of the state of New York under Captain Levi Stockwell, that at the time of his enlistment, he resided in the town of Salem in the county of Washington and State of New York: that he thinks Mayor Van Schaick commanded the Region out in which he served and that a man by the name of Boggs, whose christian name he cannot recollect, his lieutenant that he does not recollect the names of any others of his officers - that he served his term of service at Skeensborough, now called White Hall in the County of Washington State of New York, that he was not in any battle of any consequence, but was a member of small skirmishes with the British, the Indians, and the tries that he was discharged on the first day of January 1780 - that he did not recall a regular discharge - and that he then returned home leaving sound nine monthly for which he enlisted - that he was born in / cannot recollect the [illegible] Ireland in the year 1762 as he has been informed by his parents and believes, that he has no record of his age - that after he left the service he hid in the town of Salem in the County of Washington in the State of New York twenty eight years or thereabouts - that he then removed to the Chasee County on settlement near Plattsburgh in the State of New York and resided there about one year and that he then removed to the town of Lisbon in the County of St. Lawrence in said state and resided there about eight years - that he then [illegible] removed to the town of Nelson in Upper Canada and resided there three years - that he resided for a short period at Fort George and Georgetown and then removed to the town of Batavia in the county of Genesee and State of New York where he resided from
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We, William Smith a Clergyman and Joshua Sutherland, residing in the town of Batavia in the County of Genesee and State of New York and in the same neighborhood with Robert Huggins, the person who has made the foregoing declaration, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said Robert Huggins, that we believe him to be sixty nine 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 on concur in that opinion - [illegible] and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, in open court

[Signatures] Timothy Fitch Clerk
Joshua Sutherland
William B Smith

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogating 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 [illegible] it appears to them that William B Smith is a clergy and Joshua Sutherland and both are residents in the town of Batavia Genesee County and State of New York and that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. 

[Signatures] William Mitchell
Robert Oarll
Isaac Wilson

I, Timothy Fitch, Clear of the Court of Common Pleas and for the County of Genesee and the State of New York do herby certify that the foregoing contains the original
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proceedings of the said court in the matter of the applicant of Robert Huggins for a pension.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 16th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.

[Signature] Timothy Fitch Clerk
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Robert Huggins of New York

committed
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Brief in the case of Robert Huggins of Batavia of Gennessee (?) in the state of New York

Act 7th June, 1832

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 69

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period Apr 1 in July 1779

Duration of service 7 months

Rank As a

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served
Gen.
Capt Stockwell
Major Van Schaick

5. In what battles was he engaged?

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Washington by New York

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective papers not attached as required

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

J Mehany [?] examining clerk
May [?] 27 1833
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[handwritten] Revolution 23246 [end handwritten]

INVALID

File No. [handwritten] 23,276 
Robert Huggins
Pre Rev War[end handwritten]

Act: [handwritten] June 7th 82" [end handwritten]

Index:- Vol. [handwritten] 2 [end handwritten], Page [handwritten] 195 [end handwritten]

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office
July 23, 1838

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled, "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Robert Huggins a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, NY Agency, at the rate of thirty dollar and no--- no--- cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department from the 4th of March 1836 to the 4th Sept 1836, and from the 4th March 1837 to the 4th Sept 1837. Respectfully yours, 
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.
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J. L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington


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Mar 27
Mr Evans
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Ogdensburgh March 20th 1838

J.L. Edwards Esq
Comm Pensions
Washington

Sir

Enclosed are the affidavits of Robbert Huggans [Huggins] + others showing the loss of his Pension certificate. Not finding any prescribed form of application I have thrown the proof into the shape you see and hope it will prove satisfactory.

I am sir
Very resp'y
Y Obt Svt
Chs G Myers