Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4988, Durlin Hickok, Mass.
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SERVICE
Mass.
Hickok, Dublin
Betsy
NUMBER 
W. 9488.
CONTENTS
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 No 563
Pittsburg Agency

Durlin Hickok
Of Ashtabula Co. in the Stae of Ohio
Who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded
By Captain Jenkins of the Regt commanded
By Col Brewer in the Massachusetts
Line for three years

Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburg Agency
At the rate of 120 Dollars no Cents per annum
To commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of Sept.
1832 and sent to J.R. Giddings
Jefferson, Ashtabula Co. Ohio

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 180.00
Semi=anl. Allowance ending 4 [illegible] 33 60
$240

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by R Ela Clerk,
Book D Vol. 2 Page 133
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4747
Ohio Pittsburg

Betsy Hickock
Widow of Durlin Hickock [illegible]
Who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
And who died on the 30th July 1837
Of Ashlabula Co.  in the State of Ohio
Who was a Sergeant in the Compy. Commanded
By Captain Jenkins of the Regt. Commanded
By Col. Brewer in the Mass.
Line for 3 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburg
At the rate of 120 dollars no cents per annum.
To commence on the {(crossed out) 4th day of March 1836} 20th
July 1837

Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of Dec.
1839 and sent to Harvey E. Gaylord Geneva Ohio

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1839 $252.00
Semi=annual allowance ending 4May 40 60.00
$312.00

{Act July 7, 1838}

Recorded by D.D. Addison, Clerk
Book A Vol 2 Page 217
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Mass. Hickok, Durlin W. 4988 Betsey
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The State of Ohio Ashtabula County Court of {ineligible} June }ineligible} A.D. 1820 - On this 23 day of June 1820, personally appeared, in open court, (a) being a court of record (b) for the said district, {circuit, county, or corporation, as the case may be,} {ineligible} aged sixty one years, resident in Jefferson in said district, {circuit, county, or corporation,} who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: (c) J Durlin Hickok) Personally served in the {ineligible}Revolutionary war thou years and in the Massachusetts {ineligible} Col. Samuel Brewers Regt. Capt. Josiah Jenkins Combrany Enlisted January 1st 1777 in the town of Sheffield Berkshire County State of Massachusetts and was discharged Jan  {ineligible} 1780 at the Fishkill Barracks in the state of N. York - original declaration June 16th 1818 {ineligible}  

And I do solemnly sear (or affirm, as the case may be, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain person engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debt, due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. (d) Real Estate $1595.00 
Live Stock $140.00
Farming {ineligible}  $70.50
Household Furniture. $54.90
$1860.40
Darlene Hickok 
Sworn to, and declared, on the 23 day of June A.D 1820 T R. Hawley Cleck G.P.
I, Timothy R. Hawley clerk of the Court of {ineligible} do herby certify, that the foregoing oath (or affirmation) and the schedule annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is 1860 dollars and forty cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 23 day of June 1820 T R Hawley Clerk of the Court for the County of Ashtabula State of Ohio
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Personal property
1 Old Horse 23 years old steers $5 - 1 pair 3 years old steers 30 -- $35..00
3 Cows 45. 1 pair 2 years old steers 20. 1 pair 1 year old steers 12.  77..00
1 yearling heifer 5 - 4 Calves 12 - 2 sheep 3--  20..00
1 breeding sow 5 - 3 spring pigs 3 --  8..00
$140.00

Farming Utentials [sic]
1 Ox Waggon etc. 30..00 - 1 old plow 3 - 1 Ox yoke 2 -- 35..00
1 Chain and pierce 4..50 -  1 scythe and harness 1..50 - Iron shovels -- 7..00
2 Hoes 2 - 1 harrow 5 - Iron wedge and beattle rings old 1..50 -- 8..50
2 sap kettles 10 - 1 Fanning mill 10 -- 20..00
$70..50

Household Furniture
2 Brass kettles 1 large and 1 small old 5 - 1 brass warming pan 2 -- 7..0
15 [illegible] old [illegible] plate 4..65 - 1 [illegible] platter 4 plates 2 bowls 1 -- 5..65
1 Decanter 1 footglass 1 salter 2 [illegible] quart bowls -- 1..00
1 Large Bible 2 - Small [illegible] 1 Testament 5..25 -- 5..25
20 Books of different kinds principally school books 10 -- 10.00
4 Tin pans 2 Tin Coffee pots 1..75 - several small articles of of tin 50 -- 2..25
2 Candle Sticks 1 wash board 50 -- ..50
1 Dinner pot 1 [illegible] 1 Frying pan 5 -- 5..00
1 Tea kettle 1 shovel and tongs 1 Small Looking glass 3 -- 3..00
9 Silver tea spoons wait [weight?] 4 oz 6 - 2 old Tables 2 -  7 Chairs 5..25 -- 13.25
2 Seamans Chest old 2 -- 2.00
$54..90

Whole Amount -- $265..40
Debts owed by me -- $492..40
Debts due to me -- $20..95

The occupation of the declarant is Farming but unable to pursue it on the account of infirmities. This Family Consists of himself wife and three sons and one daughter. The age of the declarant is 61 years his wife 59 years. Ezra W. Hickok aged 22 years and dependent on declarant on the account of ill Health, Ebenezer F. Hickok aged 20 years in health. Durlin W. Hickok aged 17 years in health, Mariah Hickok aged 15 years in health.

[Signed] Durlin Hickok
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     (a) The whole of the form prescribed in the first section, to verify the amount of property of the
applicant, the oath of the party, and the certificate of the clerk excepted, must be done while the court is in session.
     (b) All are courts of record, within the contemplation of the act of Congress,
     1st. Which are expressly made courts of record by the laws of the state which create them;
     2d. Which have been solemnly adjudged, by the tribunals of the several states, to be courts of
record;
     3d. Which proceed according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited is
point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings.
     4th. Which have the power of fine and imprisonment;
     And courts which proceed according to the course of the civil and canon law, having neither of
those attributes, are not courts of record, although they may keep a registry of their proceedings, 
and possess a seal.  The court should, in every instance, state, on the face of the proceedings, that
it is a court of record, and state why it is such.--[ Opinion of the Attorney General of the
United States.]
     (c) Here set forth the regiment, company, and line, or ship, corps, or vessel, and the date of the
original declaration; and, if he has received a pension, the number of the pension certificate
should be inserted.
     (d) Here enumerate each article of real and personal estate, necessary clothing and bedding
excepted, and subscribe the same.  The declarant must also mention his occupation, his ability
to pursue it, the number and names of his family residing with him, their ages and their capacity
to contribute to their support, in order that the department may be enabled to decide whether
the applicant is in such indigent circumstances as to be entitled to the pension.  It is the opinion
of the Attorney General, that the words of the third section of the act of the 1st of May, 1820,
"in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his 
country", comprehend those only who are incapable of supporting themselves without the aid of the government, except by private or public charity.
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(note:  original document hand written)


Jefferson O.                                            Free
July 23rd, 1832


               Hon. Lewis Cass
                                Secretary of War
               Washington City





         July  31 1832                   
         Pension Office
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                                           July 31, 1832
                                       Pension 
                                       Office   


Jefferson O.                                         Free
July 23rd, 1832

           Hon. Lewis Cass
                        Secretary of War
               Washington City
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The State of Ohio
Ashtabula County 
Jefferson Township July 23, 1832

I Durlin Hickock being duly sworn according to law on my said oath [illegible] that he entered the service of the United Stes as a sergeant on the continental establishment on the first of January AD 1777 in the company commanded by Josiah Jenkins in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Brewer in the Brigade commanded by Brigadier General Patter
That he continued in said service until the first of January
1780 when he was honorably discharged-
That on the day of
Lord one thousand Eight hundred &
in the year of our
he was in
answer to a previous application for a Pension under the
Law of 1818. a Pension Certificate of which the following is a
true and Covent copy-- to wit: War Department Revolutionary
claim. I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States
of the 18th March 1818 Darlin Hickock late a private in the army
" of the Revolution is inscribed on the pension List Roll of the Ohio
Agency at the rate of Eight Dollars for month to commence
" on the sixteenth day of June one thousand Eight hundred and
Eighteen. Given at the War office of the United States this
" fourteenth day of July one thousand Eight hundred and  nineteen

J C Calhoun
Secretary of War

That afterwards he recd a letter from
Letter of which the following is a true & lovent copy-
1
War Department (12.378) Pension office July 19, 1820, Sir you are
hereby informed that the Suritary of War does not on account
of amount of your property, consider you entitled to a
pension under the acts of the 18th March 1818 and first of May
1820 and has therefore directed your name to be stricken from ┃
"the Pension list, I am respectfully your obedient Servant
Joe Durlin Hickok, Jefferson, Ohio
J L Edwards
that he now resides in the town of Jefferson County of Ashtabula
and State of Ohio & that he resided in the same place at the time
of his former application that he is the Idential Durlin Hickok 
mentioned in said pension certificate & letter & that he is now [illegible]
entitled to a pension as he verily believes of nine Dollars per
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month
from the United States under the law of the 7 June 1832 for service
rendered during the Revolutionary war.

Sworn to & subscribed this 23 day                           Durbin Hickok
of July 1832 Before one Saml. Hendry Clerk,               (signature)
Ashtabula Com. Pleas.

I  J R Giddings being duly sworn say that I am well acquainted
with Durbin Hickok & (illegible) believe him to be the person named
in said pension certificate & letter from J L Edwards--and
that said certificate and Letter are truly copied from the original.
                                                            J R Griddings

Sworn to & subscribed before me this 23 day of July AD 1832
                                       In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
(seal  here)                      seal of office & affixed my official signature         
                                       the day and year last above written--
                                                                Saml. Hendry Clerk of the
                                                                Court of Common Pleas of
                                                                the County of Ashtabula Ohio 


Mr Hincock (noted incorrect name) you will observe thinks himself entitled 
to nine Dollars per month as he says that was the pay of a Sargeant but 
thinks under the law of 1818 a Sargeant rec'd mostly the pay of a private
& he therefore drew only the pay of a private under that law.
Please direct your answer to J R Gradings

Jefferson        Ashtabula Co  Ohio
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THE
NEW TESTAMENT
OF OUR 
LORD AND SAVIOUR
JESUS CHRIST.

Translated out of the Original Greek,
AND
WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY
COMPARED AND REVISED,

BY THE SPECIAL COMMAND OF
HIS MAJESTY KING JAMES I, OF ENGLAND.
____________________________
[GREEK].

 1 Cor. XV, 22.
____________________________

PRINTED AT BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS,
BY I. THOMAS AND E. T. ANDREWS.
Sold by them wholesale and retail: Also by I. THOMAS, in Worcester; 
THOMAS, ANDREWS, & BUTLEM [?], Baltimore; and by all
the principal Booksellers in the United States.
________________
1803.
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Durbin Hickok Thursday
March 22 1759
Betsey wife of Durbin born
Tuesday July 26th 1763
married October 18th 1781
Cyrus Hickok born Tuesday
January 26th 1783 Died
May 12th 1795
Betsey Hickok born Friday
October 14th 1785
Olive Hickok born Febry
20th 1789 on friday
(illegible) Hickok born friday
(illegible) 15th 1791
(illegible) Hickok born Sunday
June 8th 1794
Ezra Hickok born Monday
Sept 18th 1797
Ebenezer Fletcher Hickok born
Monday April 4 1800
Durbin (illegible) Hickok (illegible)
November 9th 1802
Mariah Hickok born Thursday
May 2d 1805
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4892                                             4892
                                         Betsey Hickok
                                                Ohio
                                       Pittsburgh Agency








                                        died 30 July 1837

                                        Act 7 July 1838

                     R. (crossed out)   N. R. Gaylord

                                               Geneva
                                          Ashtabula Co.
                                                    Ohio
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The State of Ohio }
Ashtabula County }   I Betsey Loomis of lawful age
being duly sworn do on my oath aforesaid depose
and say that I am the daughter of Durbin Hickok
late of Jefferson in the county of Ashtabula & state of Ohio
deceased, and Betsey his wife that the maiden name
of my said mother was Betsey Fletcher; that I was married
to James Loomis in the autumn of the year 1810 and that
soon after my said marriage my father presented
me a Bible containing a record of the birth and
marriage of my said parents and also the births of their 
children then born, the leaf of said Bible containing
said record being hereunto annexed, that said 
record is in the hand writing of my said Father, Durbin Hickok, and was copied from an old Bible which
cannot now be found and is believed to have been lost
or destroyed many years ago; that the record hereunto
annexed is considered by my father's family as an
authentic record of the facts therein set forth, and that 
it has remained in my possession from the time it was
presented me by my father until the present time.
                                             Betsey Loomis
The State of Ohio}
Ashtabula County}  Jefferson Township September 20th 1839-
                 Then personally appeared the above named
Betsey Loomis well known to me as a respectable &
credible person and subscribed the above affidavit and
made solemn oath that the facts therein stated were
truly and correctly stated before me--
      I also further certify that the blank leaf of a Bible 
containing the record of the births & marriage of 
Durbin & Betsey Hickok and the births of their children
was detached from a Bible in the possession of the 
deponent and attached to this deposition in my 
presence-Witness my hand & official signature the
day and year above written--      
                                        Flavel Sutliff
                                    Justice of the Peace
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The State of Ohio
Ashtabula County (illigible)    I Saml. Hendry Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ashtabula County and State of Ohio
do hereby certify that Flavel Sutliff whose signature
appears subscribed to the foregoing is and was at the
time of his subscribing the same a Justice of the Peace of said
county, duly commissioned and qualified and that his
signature within written (which is to me well known) is genuine.
Given under my hand and seal this 20th day of
September AD 1829.
                                                 Saml. Hendry--Clerk--
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The State of Ohio
Ashtabula County
  On this third day of October AD one thousand
eight hundred and thirty eight before me Luther Spellman one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Ashtabula County in 
the State of Ohio, personally appeared Betsey
Hickok a resident of Jefferson in the County of
Ashtabula & State of Ohio aged seventy five years (who I certify is unable to attend court by reason of infirmity) who being first duly sworn
according to law doth on her oath maie the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of
Congress passed July 7th 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows". That she is the widow of Durbin Hickok who was a sergeant in the army of 
the Revolution, that he served in the 
Massachusetts line of the continental army. That in consequence off his service he received a pension certificate from the Secretary of War of the United States granting him a pension of eight dollars per month under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818, said certificate being dated the 14th of July 1819, and numbered 12,370--that he was dropped or taken from said pension roll. That he afterwards received a certificate from the Secretary of War dated the 26th of September AD 1832 granting him (the said Durbin) a pension of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum under the Act of Congress of the 7th of June AD 1832.
     She further declares that she was married to the said Durbin Hickok on the eighteenth day of
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October in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty one (1781). That her husband the aforesaid Durbin Hickok died on the thirtieth day of July in the
year Eighteen hundred and thirty seven (1837). That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous 
to the first of January in the year Seventeen 
hundred and ninety four (illigible), at the time above stated. 
                                          Betsey Hickok

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above
written--Before me--
                                        Luther Spelman}Associate
                                                      Judge, Com Pleas

Note--The words "under the act of Congress of the 7th of June AD 1832" between the 2d & 3d lines from the bottom of the preceeding page were interlined before signing. 
                            Luther Spelman}Associate Judge
                                                       Com. Pleas
                                            
I, Harvey R. Gaylord of lawful age being duly sworn
do on my oath aforesaid depose and say that I have for sixteen years past been well acquainted with Mrs. Betsey Hickok the person who has made the above declaration as well as with her late husband, the above named Durbin Hickok, that the said Durbin Hickok died on the thirtieth of July AD 1837, that he was the same person described in the pension certificates above mentioned. And that the said Betsey Hickok has not again married since the death of the said Durbin Hickok--
                                     Harvey R. Gaylord
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person, who subscribed the foregoing affidavit- andmade solemn oath that the matters and things therin contained are true-[illegible] my hand the third day of October One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight.
  Luther Spelman Associate Judge of Com. Pleas

The State of Ohio,
Ashtabula County [illegible]. I Sam Hendry Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for said County do hereby certify that Luther Spelman Esquire whose hand appears subscribed above, in his own proper hand writing, (to me well known), is and was at the time of his subscribing the same one of the Associate Judge of our said Count. duly commissioned and [illegible] to the Laws of the State of Ohio-- 
      In [illegible] whereof Their [illegible] set any [illegible] and affixed the seal of said Count at Jefferson the 22nd day of February [scribbles] 1839.                  Sam Hendry Clerk
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N.F. 4988

In reply to your request of [blank space], received [blank space] for a statement of the military history of Durlin Hickok a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file this Bureau.
Dates of enlistment or appointment. July 1777 
Length of service 3 yrs.
Rank. Sgt.
Officers under whom service was rendered 
Captain. Josiah Jenkins    Colonel. Samuel Brewer.
State.  Mass.
Battles engaged in, Bemis Heights
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted at Sheffield, Mass. 
Date of application for pension, June 16, 1818 [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Ashtabula Co, Ohio
Age at date of application, G.Meh. 22.1759 d. July 30. 1837
Remarks:  He [illegible] of soldiers bury Comm. Oct. 18,1781 Betsy Fletcher. she was b. July 16, 1763 + was [illegible] et. Oct.3.1838 [illegible]
Very respectfully,
Commissioner
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(Left side of page)

Dec 14 '98
Miss G. Best
Huntington, Ind

1905 Mar. 22, Service to
Quartermaster Gen. U.S.A.
for tombstone   on
1913 Aug. 15 Hist. to
Elizabeth E. Lee V.L.M.

(Right side of page)
Pevy(crossed out)   

  WIDOW, &c.

File No.   4988
    Betsey Hickok
         Wid.
    Durbin Hickok
         Sergt. Mass, line
Act:  July 7th /38

Index:--Vol.    ct ,  Page 333

{Arrangement of 1870}
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12.370
Ohio R
-
Durlin Hickok
of Ashtabula Cty. in the state of Ohio
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Brewer of the Massachusetts
line, for the term of three years
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 16 of June 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th of July 18[??]
and sent to Solomon Griswold Esq.
Jefferson Ohio
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819 69.03
Semi-anl. all'ce ending Sep. 1819 48.00
8 Mo. 15/30 4/31 $117.03
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.
Suspended (see letter of 19 Apl. 1820)

Notifications sent July 19th 1820 to
T.R. Harley, Jefferson Ohio
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4892
Betsy Hickok
Ohio
Pittsburgh Agnes
admitted 
[illegible] $120
died 30 July 1837
Act 7 July 1838
Harvey R. Gaylord
Geneva
Ohio
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Betsy Hickok 
of [illegible] 
Ohio.
Suspended
let 8 July 1839
H. R. Gaylord
Act 7 July '38
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Ohio, Pitt
Durlin Hickok Pitts. Act 7 June 1832
to what time paid?
[illegible] 30th July 1837 [illegible] Pen. Office
to that [illegible]
$120. died 1837
July 8, 1839
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State of Connecticut
County of Litchfield
ss Town Clerks Office Salisbury
22 day of October AD 1838-
I Roger Averill, Town Clerk of the Town of Salisbury
aforesaid, hereby certify, that I have made a careful
Examination of the records and papers in + belonging to my said office, and after the most diligent [illegible] that I have been able to make, I have been unable to find a record of the marriage of Betsy Hitchie to Durlin Hickock, and have good reason to believe, that no record of such marriage now exists in my office. Roger Averill Town Clerk.

Litchfield County ss Salisbury October 23 AD 1838.
Personally appeared Roger Averill who hath signed the foregoing certificate and made oath
to the truth of the same before me
William C Sterling Justice of Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, ss. Lichfield.
LITCHFIELD COUNTY,
I Origen S. Seymour Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that
William C Sterling Esquire
Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by law authorized to administer Oaths and to take the acknowledgment of Deeds. And that his commission was dated on the 29th day of May
A. D. 1838 and will expire on the 20th day of June, A.D. 1839 & that the signature purporting
to be that of said Justice to the annexed document is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this
26th day of October A.D. 1838
Origen S. Seymour Clerk
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State of New York Ontario County Clerk's office, ss

I do hereby certify, that John Lapham Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the within affidavit- to which this certificate is annexed, was at the time, the said affidavit-purports to have been taken a Judge in and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his signature as aforesaid to be genuine,
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, at Canandaigua this Thirteenth day of February A.D. 1839
Thomas Hale Clerk
LeDrand Brown Dep. Clerk

Hickok her Late husband, Either in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty, or Seventeen hundred and Eighty One, and Which, as said years this deponent does not now distinctly recollect, neither does she recollect the day or the Month when her said Sister was [illegible] married, thinks it was in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty one, is confident the said marriage took place previous to the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty three. this deponent further says that her said Sister was married to the said Durlin Hickok in the town of Salisbury in the State of Connecticut, by the Rev. Nm. Lee-his given name she doesn't recollect. she this deponent was present at the time, and saw them married. that she said Durlin Hickok is dead. that he was a Revolutionary Pensioner and that her said Sister Betsey Hickok. now remains his widow, and further saith not-
Subscribed and Sworn
this 13th day of February AD 1839.
before me, John Lapham
Judge of Ontario County Court

(illegible signature)

I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Lydia Stank,  and that her character fir truth and respectability, is good. 
Dated Feby 13th 1839-
John Lapham Judge of Ontario County Court
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State of New York
Ontario County } ss.
Lydia Stank a resident of the town of Canandaigua in said County, being duly sworn, doth depose and say that she resides in the town of Canandaigua, in the county of Ontario, and state of New York, that she was sixty eight years of age last August, that she is the sister of Betsey Hickok, who now resides in the town of Jefferson, County of Ashtabula, and State of Ohio, that her sisters maiden name was Betsey Hesthen . That her said sister was married Lee Durlin Hickok her late husband. Either in the year seventeen hundred and eighty, or seventeen hundred and and eighty one. And which of said years this deponent does not now distinctly recollect, neither does she recollect the day or the month when her said sister was so married, thinks it was in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one, is confident the said marriage took place previous to the year seventeen hundred and eighty three. This deponent further says that her said sister was married to the said Durlin Hickok in the Town of Salisbury in the State of Connecticut, by the Rev. Wm Lee - doesn't recollect his given name that she this deponent was present at the time and saw them married. That the said Durlin Hickok is dead, that he was a Revolutionary Pensioner, and that her said sister Betsey Hickok now remains his widow, and further saith not -
Subscribed and sworn this 13th day of February AD, 1839. before me, John Lapham Judge of Ontario County Courts

I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Lydia Stank, and that her character for truth, and respectability is good.

Dated February 12, 1839

John Lapham Judge of Ontario County Courts
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State of Connecticut, Litchfield County
Salisbury, November 2nd, 1838

I Adam Reid, Pastor of the Congregational Church in said Salisbury, certify and say that I have examined the church records of Said Society, and am fully satisfied there is no evidence on said Records of a marriage between Durlin Hickok and Betsy Fletcher.

[signature] Adam Reid

State of Connecticut}
County of Litchfield} SS
Salisbury Nov 2nd 1838 personally appeared the above named Adam Reid and made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him subscribed before me

[signature] Royce Averill, Justice of the Peace

As our laws in Connecticut recognize no such records as Church records, yet if they happen to exist, may be good evidence to prove a fact - it is deemed almost superfluous to prove that no such record does exist -- yet I made my calculations to have the Rev. Mr. Reid sworn by William C. Sterling Esq whose official Character & signature is authenticated. but Mr. Reid went on a Journey and was gone several days & when he returned Esqr Sterling was sick-therefor (sic) without sending to Litchfield to prove the official of Esqr. Averill
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Durlin Hitchcock

Judges certificate
as to claimants
indigent circumstances wanting
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Durlin Hickok
Sergt

Col Brewer's
Massachusetts Regmt

1777 - 3 years.  Roll.

16th June 1818

Admitted

The certificate of the Judge
as to reduced circumstances of
applicant is wanting
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State of Ohio
Ashtabula County } Jefferson

On this 16th day of June 1818 before me the subscriber, one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid, personally appears Durlin Hickok aged fifty nine years, resident in the county and State aforesaid who being first duly sworn by me as the law directs, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" that he the said Durlin Hickok on the first day of January 1777 at Sheffield in the State of Massachusetts enlisted as a Serjeant [sergeant] in the company commanded by Captain Josiah Jenkins of Colonel Samuel Brewers Regiment of the Massachusetts line in Continental establishment for three years - That he continued in said Comp or in the service of the United States untill the first day of January 1780, when he was discharged from service at Fishkill barracks in the
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State of New York, which discharge is not now in the possession of the said Durlin. That he was in the battles at Orange[?] or still water Leightts[?] and several skirmishes and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now his power of his said services. And the said Durlin hereby releases to the United States all claim to any pension heretofore claimed as received[?]

[signature] Durlin Hickok

Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid. 

[signature] Solomon Griswold

I Solomon Griswold associate judge as aforesaid do certify that I appears to my satisfaction - that the said Durlin Hickok did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceeding declaration, against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and have before me to the Secretary for the department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress,

[signature] Solomon Griswold
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[illegible seal appears cut out and affixed to the upper left of the document]
The State of Ohio 
Ashtabula County }
I do hereby certify that Solomon Griswold is and Associate Judge in and for the County of Ashtalula and State of being one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid -
That the signing of his name to the aforesaid Certificate and Document is in his own proper handwriting and that full faith and Credit is and ought to be given to his official acts as such-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Jefferson in the County aforesaid this twenty second day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
T. R. Hawley Clerk C.P.
We the undersigned Judges of the court of common pleas for Ashtabula County State of Ohio, live in the neighborhood of Durlin Hickok and are acquainted with him. He is a supportable member of the community - has a small landed estate, the yearly rents and profits of which do not exceed one hundred dollars - he has very little or no other property.
His age, and infirmities prevent his laboring to support either himself or his family - And in our opinion he stands in need of assistance from his country. Ashtabula courthouse June 11th, 1819-
Neh King
Elizabeth Austin
This certifies that full credit ought to be given to the certificate of the above named Nehemiah King and Elizabeth Austin. & Tom Rolly [illegible] that of above named Durlin Hickok in need of assistance from His country.
Ashtabula Court House Soln [Solomon] Griswold [illegible] Judge 
June 11th 1917
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Geneva, Ashtalula Co.y [County] Ohio Feb.y 25. 1839-
Dear Sir
I enclose the application of Mrs. Betsey Hickok for a pension under the Act of 7th July 1838.  When examined please notify me of the results of the application.
Very Respectfully 
Your Obt Servt
H. R. Gaylard
Hon. J. L Edwards [flourish underneath]
Comr [Commissioner] of Pensions [flourish to right]
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Geneva, Ashtalula Co.y[County] Ohio Sept. 24. 1839-
Sir
I enclose the deposition of Mrs. Betsey Loomis with a family record of the marriage of Durlin Hickok + Betsey his wife and the births of their children, to be used in the application of Mrs. Betsey Hickok for 5 yrs pension filed with suspended cases on the 8.~ [8th] of July last.
Should this with the evidence accompaying [accompanying] the application be deemed satisfactory please forward me a certificate as early as convenient; if not please inform me what further evidence will be necessary.
Very Respectfully Yours-
Harvey R. Gaylard [flourish underneath]
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comr [Commissioner] of Pensions-
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Mrs Hickock
[upside down] Genevai O
Decem [illegible] 18
Free 
Ohio
Dec
Hon. Jas [James] L. Edwards
Comr [Commissioner] of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
[upside down] Mrs Hickock
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Genevai O
Decem [illegible] 18
Free 
Ohio
Dec
Hon. Jas [James] L. Edwards
Comr [Commissioner] of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
[upside down] Mrs Hickock
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Geneva Ashtaluta Co.y [County] Ohio Dec.-19.-1839
Sir
Sometime last winter I forwarded you the application of Mrs. Betsey Hickok for a pension under the act of July 1838-
In July last you informed me that other evidence of marriage was required, which I accordindly [accordingly] forwarded.
Having heard nothing since, & believing that  some [underlined] action must have been had on the application since I forwarded the supplementary evidence, I take the liberty of asking you to inform me at your earliest convenience the result of said application.
I am Sir, Very Respectfully-
Your friend + Obt. Servt
Harvey R. Gaylard [flourish underneath]
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[letter head at top] This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their service.
Such of the original number and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, Ware Department.  Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States. 
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
[typewritten] L. W. B. 
R. 6449.
W. 4988.
December 14, 1898.
Madam:-
In response to your recent communication you are advised that Uriah Loomis made an application for pension on November 5, 1835, at which time he was 81 years of age and residing at Springfield, Mass., and in his application he alleges that he served as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war, under Lieut. Cooper and Col. Leonard.  He enlisted at West Springfield Mass.  His claim was rejected, however on the group of insufficient proof of service.
Durlin Hickok made an application for pension on June 16, 1818, at which time he was 59 years of age and residing in Ashtabula County, Ohio, and his pension was allowed for three years' actual service as a sergeant in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war.  He enlisted at Sheffield Mass., and served under Capt. Jenkins and Col. Brewer.  His window, Betsey, made an application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Miss Georgia Best,
21 Olinder St., Huntington, Indiana
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[Handwritten in different handwriting at top of document] owtn ECL H.S.
[Stamp at top of document] WAR & NAVY DEC 2 1898
[handwritten] 21 Olinger St.,
Huntington, Ind.,
Nov. 28, 1899.
Gentlemen,-
Please give me the military records of Durlin Hickok and Uriah Loomis, who fought with the Mass. troops during the [underlined in thicker ink/pencil] Revolution.
And oblige a D. A. R.
(Miss) Georgia Best.
[stamp at bottom of document] U.S. PENSION OFFICE
H NOV 30 1898
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[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE.
D AUG 8 1913
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154 E. Erie St.
Painesville, Ohio
Aug 5th 1913

The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sirs,
Am writing you in regard to a great grandfather of mine who was in the Revolutionary war and have been told was one of the generals.
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I wish to join the D.A.R. as soon as can get the required papers so will you kindly look this ancestor up for me and let me know as soon as possible all you can about him. Am not positive about his being one of the pensioners but presume he was.
The name is -
Durlin Hickok
Born Mch. 22 - 1759. Died July 30 - 1837 Born in Sheffield Mass. Died in Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio.
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Later - Have just learned that he was placed on the Pension Roll Sept. 26 - 1832
Can you give me any further information?
Yours, very gratefully-
(Miss) Elizabeth E. Lee.