Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10833, for William Oakley, New York
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(3-1776) 
SERVICE 
New York 
Oakley, William 
Catharine 
NUMBER 
N. 10833 
BL.Wt.8187-160-55 
This woman was also pensioned as the widow of William Douglass N. Y. See papers within : and also Reg. Bounty Land application for William Douglass.
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14555 New York 
William Oakley 
HalfMoon in the State of New York who was a Pr. & Sgt. in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt. commanded by Col Sudenton in the New York line for 15 1/2 month, Sergt. 
8 1/3 month, Priv 
Inscribed on the Roll of New York 
[torn edge] the rate of 105 Dollars 27 Cents for annu [torn edge] 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of May 1833 and sent Hon LScerson Schaghticoke N. Y. 
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 33 - $210.54 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 33 52.63 
$263.17 
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.} 
Recorded by Ino Cromwell Clerke, 
Book E Vol. 4. Page 27 

[written sideways at left edge, first word cut off by torn corner] 
___ to Isaac Laws 10 Dec 1833
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[blacked out word, damaged page] York. Jany. 6/58 
6299 
New YOrk A. 
Catharine Oakley widow of William Oakley 
also pensioned as former Widow of N Y William Douglas 
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Priv. & Sergeant 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 105, dollars 27. cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853. deducting former payments at the rate of $30. per annum, from Feby. 3. 1853, under act July 4 ' 36. as the widow of Wm. Douglass. 
Certificate of Pension issued 4th day of Decr. 1857. and sent to Thos. Lumpkin, Present. 
[damaged and missing lower edge] 
Pensioners
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60315 Ret 3 March / 55 cir [or civ] T. Lumpkin Oct 2 / 55 
8cc County J 
283626 
April 11. / 55 
Catharine Oakley widow 
William Oakley 
Pensioner - New York 
Private 
Drake's Regt. 
N Y. Troops 
Revolutionary War 
N. Y. Line 32-14555 
Boynton 
Ad. 16 Oac's Oct. 12 / 55 
Thos. Lumpkin 
Present 
Vol A. page 1 

[overwritten diagonally:] 
Wt to 8189 iss. Oct 15 / 55
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In the matter of William Oakley } 6912. 
Application to obtain pension 
admd 
15 1/2 mo. Sergt 
8. 1/3 mo. pri
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[illegible circular seal] 

A further Amendment to the declaratain [declaration] of William Oakley 
State of New York Rensselaer County ss } 
On this Seventh day of March 1833 by Herman Knickerbacker first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Rensselaer personally came William Oakley who being by me duly sworn deposeth and saith that according to the best of his recollection and belief he served in the war of the revolution no less than the periods mentioned below & in the following grades 
That in the month of January in the year 1777 this deponent served as a volunteer under Capt Dunnbury, Lieutenant John Van Woirt [Woert?] in a regiment commanded by Col Ludenton for the time of 
20 days 
twenty days during all which time he was in actual service as a private - 
That he afterwards volunteered and in the month of February 1777 volunteered his services as a private in a Company commanded by Capt. Kinnicut and was in actual service for the time of three months thereafter. 
3 mo. 
That immediately thereafter & in the month of May 1777 this deponent again entered the service of the United States in a Company of militia commanded by Capt ["Ebenezer Boyd" is X-d out] Hyatt in a regiment commanded by Col Samuel Drake. & continued attached to such company until March 1778 & that from May 1777 to March 1778 this deponent was in actual service at different calls & periods of time in all to the amount of two months and twenty days as a private. 
2 mo 20 dy. 
That in the month of March 1778 this deponent was appointed a sergiant [sergeant] in a Company of Militia commanded by Capta__  [torn page] Ebenezer Boyd in the regiment Commanded by [[torn page] Samuel Drake and continued to serve as suc__  [torn page] ___nt until the close of the
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war of the revo___ [torn page] performing at different times actual services as follows to wit. 
That in the year 1778 this deponent after his appointment of sergeant was in actual service at different calls & times during that year for the time of three months 
3 mo sgt 
That in the winter of 1779 this deponent served as a substitute for one Wood (whose christian name this deponent does not recollect) for the time of two months. 
2. pri 
the said Wood having been drafted as a private and this deponent when he offered his services as a substitute was promised the pay of a sergeant but received only the pay of a private during the said two months which he served as a substitute. 
That in the year 1780 this deponent served again as sergeant and was in actual service during the last mentioned year as such sergeant at different times five months & ten days. 
5 mo. 10. 
That in the year 1781 this deponent was in actual service as a sergeant at different times four months and fifteen days - 
4. 10 
[noted discrepancy between "4. 10" and text, : four months and fifteen days"] 
That from the commencement of 1782 to the close of the war this deponent was in actual service as such sergiant [sergeant] at different periods of time in all to the amount of two months & twenty five days - and further this deponent saith not. 
- 2 . 25 
his X Mark 
William Oakley 
Sworn before me the day and year above mentioned Herman Knickerbacker first Judge of Rensselaer County } 
State of New York Rensselaer County } 
& Henry R Bristol Clerk of said County do certify that Herman Knickerbacker Esqr before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same First Judge of the Rensselaer County Courts That I am well acquainted with his handwriting and belive [believe] his signature above Subscribed to be genuine 
Witness my hand & Seal of office April 18. 1833 
[signature:] Henry R. Bristol Clerk
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Amendment to William Oakleys application for Pension made 7th August 1832 
State of New York Rensselaer County Ss } 
Personally appeared before me Herman Knickerbacker first Judge of the court of Common Pleas of the county of Rensselaer William Oakley who being duly sworn deposeth & saith, that by reason of old age & the the [sic] consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services, but according to the best of his recollection he served no less than the periods mentioned below, & in the following grades  - That in 1777 he this deponent served as a volunteer under a Capt. Dusenbury, Lieutenant John Van Woert Ludenton Col. was in service at this time twenty days and served as a private soldier - That he afterwards volunteered his services under Capt. Kinnicut & was in actual service for three months at Peekskill, Lieutenant Leonard Volm ]Tolm??] , was employed in guarding the places along the Hudson & in making accoutrements for the army and troops - That in May 1777 he volunteered & entered the service in a company of militia commanded by one Capt John Hyatt, at Peekskill Duchess [Dutchess] Co. N. York and was in actual service a part of the time under said Hyatt & a part of the time under Capt. Boyd. unntil [until] March 1778, guarding the posts on the Hudson & watching indians & tories - That he served under Capt. Boyd from March 1778 in a Regt. commanded by Col. Samuel Drake and Major Joseph Strang as a sergeant until the close of the Revolution - That during said time he served as a substitute for one Wood whose Christian name is forgotten by this deponent who was drafted for nine months - That he served as such substitute for the term of two months at central Village for service this deponent never received any compensation & believes that the said Wood never received any compensation for said services - That after [this word 'after' ?? is blotted, difficult to discern] principal part of the services of this deponent were rendered in the county of Westchester N. Y. That after the service of a substitute as above stated which was in the winter of 1779. this deponent was in actual service under the last mentioned officers till the close of the war the greatest part of the time, but cannot tell exactly how long that he served as a sergeant - And this deponent further says
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[note - SEE PAGE 11 - this first line is at the top of a separate page underneath this page] 
to said affidavits are genuine  

that the reason of his applying for his pension in Rensselaer Co. & not in Saratoga Co. where this deponent then resided was because he this deponent had lived for a great number of years in Rensselaer County but [["and" is crossed out] then resided in Saratoga Co. with one his children, that he resides now in Rensselaer Co. - That at the time of his application the witnesses of this deponent lived in Rensselaer Co. and were infirm - That he was never stationed at a place where any of the regular troops were in service - That he never received any written discharge - That this deponent on account of his poverty and indigent circumstances he alternately lives with his children sometimes in Rensselaer Co. & sometimes in Saratoga Co. - 
his X mark 
William Oakley 
Sworn & Subscribed this 16th Jany. 1833 before me Herman Knickerbacker first Judge of Rensselaer County - } 

In the matter of William Oakley } 
Application for pension Aff'dt. -
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State of New York Rensselaer County SS. 
Personally appeared before the undersigned first Judge of Rensselaer County Courts Peter Lomereaux who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he is now seventy one years of age, that he has heard the annexed application & affidavit of William Oakley read and that he believes the same to be true - 
And this deponent further says that he knows the fact of some of the services as stated in said application and affidavit, that he this deponent has seen the said William Oakley in the actual service of the Revolution and that some of of [sic] the time he this deponent was in the service with said Oakley - That he this deponent was in service in the same Regiment at the time mentioned in said affidavit of William Oakley under the command of Col. Samuel Drake and Major Joseph Strang, and knows the fact that the said William Oakley was in said Regiment and rendered said services - 
his X mark 
Peter Lomereau 
Sworn before me on this 17th day of January 1833 H. Knickerbacker first Judge of Rensselaer County } 
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with William Oakley & Peter Lomereaux who have subscribed to the annexed affidavits and that I believe them to be men of truth & veracity & entitled to be believed in said affidavits - 17th day of January 1833 
H Knickerbacker first Judge[blurred word "is"?] of Rensselaer County 
State of New York Rensselaer County Ss. 
I hereby certify that Herman Knickerbacker Esqr. before whom the foregoing affidavits purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the same first Judge of the County Courts of the County of Rensselaer aforesaid And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signatures subscribed
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to said affidavits are genuine 
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 6th day of February 1833. 
Henry R. Bristol Clerk for N. Howard -- Deputy
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7, 1832.
Form for State Troops, &c.
Printed & Sold by Kemble & Hooper, 8 State-st. Troy, N.Y.
State of New York
County of Rensselaer City Troy - } SS. 
On this Seventh day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of [blank] the ["Court of" is crossed out] Troy Mayors Court now sitting, William Oakley a resident of Halfmoon County of Saratoga and State of New York, aged seventy nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he first entered the service of the United States as a private in a company of militia commanded by Capt. Dusenbury, Lieutenant John Van Woert at North [??? blurred, and edge of page is cut off]  tle [battle??] in Westchester Co. N.Y. in the month of Jany 1777 in a regiment commanded by Col Ludenton and continued in service in said company stationed at & near the plains about twenty days when he was dismissed - That in the month of February he again entered the service of the United States as a private in a company commanded by Capt Kinnicut at Peekskill in Westchester County & was in actual service the term of three months thereafter, that in the month of May 1777 he again entered the service in a company of militia commanded by Capt Hyatt & remained [edge of page cut off] such service until the month of March 1778 when this deponent was appointed a sergeant in a company of militia commanded by Capt Ebenezer Boyd in a regiment commanded by by Col Samuel Drake & he this deponent continue [edge of page cut off] in the service of the United States as such Sergeant from and after the said month
69
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March 1778 until the close of the revolutionary war. that within the said time he once volunteered to serve & did serve as a substitute for a soldier who was enlisted or drafted for nine months in a regiment commanded by Colonel Wood & stationed at a place called central Village in the county of Dutches [edge missing] that during the war of the revolution this deponent was engaged in a skirmish below Tarrytown & that during the said time he was generally stationed Peekskill, but marched often from thence to different posts & places as he was ordered by his commanders - that he this deponent was born in Westchester County N. Y. on the 27th day of May 1753 the record of his age he has seen - that he resided at Peekskill Westchester Co. N. Y. from his birth until he attained the age of 29 years since which time he has resided in Rensselaer County N Y until within the last year during which he has resided & now resides in Halfmoon in the county of Saratoga N. [edge missing] That Peter Lomereux who was born & brought up near the birth plac [edge missing] of this deponent [blacked out word] knows of this deponents services in the war of the revolution - Has no documentary evidence of his Services - 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, or 
["(if any,) only on that of the agency of the State of" is crossed out] 
his X mark 
William Oakley 
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. 
Archibald Bull Clerk 
We, David Bryan ["Clergyman" is crossed out] residing in the town of Schaghticoke Rensselaer County and Peter Lamoreux residing in Pottstown same County hereby certify that we are acquainted with William Oakley who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration ; that we believe him to be seventy 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 we concur in that opinion. & the said Peter further certifies that during the war of the revolution he knew the said William Oakley & knows that he went thence with the militia of the United States 
[signature:] David Bryan 
his X mark 
Peter Lamoreux 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
[signature:] Archibald Bull Clerk 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that David Bryan who has signed the preceding certificate, ["is a Clergyman" is crossed out] is a resident in the said County of Rensselaer and that Peter Lamoreux who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same County & that both are ["and is a" is crossed out] credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. and that there is no Clergyman resident near the said William Oakley who is acquainted with & who can certify in his behalf 
I, Archibald Bull Clerk of the ["Court of" is crossed out] Troy Mayors Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Oakley for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Eighth day of August 1832. 
[signature:] Archibald Bull Clerk
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STATE OF NEW YORK.
COUNTY OF
On this 19th day of April
1853. Personally appeared in
for the Cons take minutes
years, who, being duly sworn, according to the law, doth, on her oath, make the following
declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress,
passed
That she is the widow of William M. Penn
thereof unto the heirs of Pension
in the evening for the
on each other the defence of the full
aforesaid on the the 18
and that her husband, said
to
died on the
that she was married to him at the time above stated, and she further swears that she
was a widow on the passage of the act, and is still a widow, and that she has never before
made application for a pension, he that he is
Sworn to and subscribed on the day
and year above written, before me
Oakley
Hanson Rusher of
in 12 in the
and Merchant in Genl
therein and his
interest
and that
John Spear
that on this thing the manner of
then in the said County in the
entering by his saints
Sworn to stake on the
year as either before me
Collet
Johnson Justice of the Peace
Kinsman County ⎬ I hereby certify that the said Callanan
above named not
to
name and the duty
line of the hearty
Dated 13
Martin
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State of New York-Rensselaer County.
On this 12 day of November in the year 1857, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace [blacked out word] and for the County and State aforesaid, duly authorized by law to administer oaths for general purposes, Catherine [Catharine?] Oakley aged ninety nine years, a resident Rensselaer County - in the State of New York - who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical person who draws a pension of Thirty Dollar per annum, who was a [sic] the service of her first husband William Douglass who was an Artificer in the war of the Revolution  that her pension certificate is dated the first day of August 1837 under the act of 4th July 1837, under the Act of 4th July 1836, and payable in the City of Albany 
I hereby irrevocably appoint William C. Follet, of Rensselaer County aforesaid, my Agent to prosecute this my claim for Bounty Land, and receive my warrant if entitled thereto.
SHe makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act of Congress approved March 3d, 1855, and the amendments thereto.
SHe further declares that she has not received a warrant for Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application except this for the service of said Douglas 
her X mark 
Catherine Oakley {L. S.} 

We, Andrew Follet and Francine Follet residents of Rensselaer County in the State of New York upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Catherine Oakley in our presence, and that we know 
["believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant" is crossed out] 
that he is the identical person she represents himself to be. and that she is now the widow of her last husband William Oakley 
[signature:] Andrew Follet {L. S.} 
[signature:] Francis M Follet {L. S.} 
The foregoing declaration and Affidavits were sworn to, Subscribed and acknowledged, before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the Claimant is the person he represent himself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. 
The decd [???], who was a soldier from  His appearance and Statement of the applicant And Himself was excused [???] and thereunder [???] know Herself in 2 places interlined [???] before executed  
[Signature:] J Ransom Justice Peace
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STATE OF NEW YORK,
RENSSELAER  COUNTY CLERK's OFFICE, } ss. 
i, JOHN P. BALL, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that J. Rawson before whom the annexed affidavit was made, and whose name is thereto subscribed, was, at the day of the date thereof, a Justice of the peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto subscribed is genuine. 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto sbuscibed my hand and affixed the seal of said County,this 12th day of November A. D. 1857
[signature:] John P Ball Clerk. 
[written sideways, lower left margin:] 
283.626
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State of New York, Rensselaer County. Ss 
On this 5th day of ["March" is crossed out] April 1855 personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid duly authorized by Law to administer Catherine Oakley. aged between 95 and 100 years A resident of Lansingburgh county and State aforesaid, who being duly Sworn according to law . Declares that she is the Widow of William Oakley deceasd. [???]  that they were Married by the Revd. E. Chichister in Rennselaer County aforesaid on the 12 day of October 1833 and that there is no Public or Private record of this marriage . That said Oakley was a pensioner of 105 dollars per annum under the of [sic] Congress passed June 7th 1832 and died in Lansingburgh County aforesaid on the 2nd day of November 1834. 
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 5 1855, never having received Bounty land under this or any other Act. nor under any other application for Bounty Land except the present. 
Thomas Lumpkin of the City of Washington D. C. of the city of Washington is hereby authorized to prosicute [prosecute] this ___ [illegible word] 
[the next line is obscured by a separate page, which follows below.] 
STATE OF NEW YORK 
RENSSELAER COUNTY CLERK's OFFICE, } SS. 
I, AMBROSE H. SHELDON, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Turner Bardon before whom the annexed affidavit was made, and whose name is thereto subscribed, was, at the day of the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto subscribed  is genuine. 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County, 6th day of April A. D., 1855 
A H Sheldon Clerk.
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[NOTE: this is a duplicate of the preceding page except that it includes the last few lines of the document.] 
State of New York, Rensselaer County. Ss
On this 5th day of ["March" is crossed out] April 1855 personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid duly authorized by Law to administer Catherine Oakley. aged between 95 and 100 years A resident of Lansingburgh county and State aforesaid, who being duly Sworn according to law . Declares that she is the Widow of William Oakley deceasd. [???] that they were Married by the Revd. E. Chichister in Rennselaer County aforesaid on the 12 day of October 1833 and that there is no Public or Private record of this marriage . That said Oakley was a pensioner of 105 dollars per annum under the of [sic] Congress passed June 7th 1832 and died in Lansingburgh County aforesaid on the 2nd day of November 1834.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 5 1855, never having received Bounty land under this or any other Act. nor under any other application for Bounty Land except the present.
Thomas Lumpkin of the City of Washington D. C. of the city of Washington is hereby authorized to prosicute [prosecute] this ___ -[illegible word] and to ___ Warrant that may be issued thereon 
Preview [???] ok 
her X mark 
Catherine Oakley (Seal)
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Mr Andrew Follet and Sylvester Winchester residents of this County and State within named upon our oaths declare that the within declaration was signed and acknowledged by the within named Catherine Oakley in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statement of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be And we further declare that we were well acquainted with the said William Oakley and are with his wife Catherine Oackley [Oakley] (now the widow) during the life time of the former, and knew them to have lived togeather [together] as husband and wife. And to be so respected generally. that her husband the said William Oakley Died in the town of Lansingburgh County of Rensselaer aforesaid on the 2d day of November 1834. And that she is still a widow, and that they have no interest in this claim 
[signature:] Andrew Follet (Seal) 
[signature:] Sylvester Winchester (Seal) 
The foregoing Declaration and affidavits were Sworn to and Subscribed before me on the day and year above written. 
And I Certify that I know the affiants to be creditable persons. and that the Claimant is the person she represents herself to be. And that I have no interest in the Claim. and that the within deponent from infirmity was unable to write her name and that the word March was erased in the Declaration and the April interlined before executed. 
Turner Barton Justice of the peace 
60.315
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V 1928 
Catherine Oakley
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State of New York County of Rensselaer } Ss: 
On this twelfth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven personally appeared before the Justices of the Justices Court of the City of  Troy. Catharine Oakley, a resident of the town of Lansingburgh in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York. aged seventy eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 1836- 
That she is the widow of William Douglass who was an artificer in the war of the Revolution. That in this summer of the year 1775. said William Douglass first enlisted in a company commanded by one Captain Fisher in Colonel Van Schaicks Regiment and marched to Ticonderoga and there assisted in building the Batteaux and rafts for the conveyance of the troops up Lake Champlain  He thence proceeded northward in the expedition for the invasion of Canada under Gen. Schuyler - He was in the siege of St. Johns - at the taking of Montreal and in the subsequent attack upon Quebec &c. 
He was brought home sick the spring following 
In the spring of the year 1777. he again Enlisted in the service of the revolution as an artificer marched to Ticonderoga. and in the summer of that year at that place he was taken prisoner by the Hessians while attempting to secure & remove his chest of tools which however he lost - while thus a prisoner he endured much cruel treatment and severe suffering. He made his escape and returned home late in the summer of that year. 
The above account of his services I state from his relation of the same often made to me from the accounts of others. and from general reputation. And about 20 years since. while on a visit to our friends at Ticonderoga, he showed me the room where he was confined a prisoner & from which he escaped - 
In the spring of the year 1778 after our marriage he again Enlisted in the service as an Artificer. was ordered to Albany. and there worked in the Armory until late in the fall. I was there with him and drew his rations. we were there about eight months : 
In the fall of the year 1781. he again Enlisted as a Militiaman, on an Alarm. (I do not recollect under what officers) and marched to Sheeusborough. [Cheseborough or Cheeseborough?] and was absent there about 4 weeks - while he was absent at this time a party of the enemy. [blacked out word] in search of him. attacked our house in the night. fired through the doors & windows. broke in and finding none there but myself, two small boys. & a hired man whom they took prisoner - then plundered the house & fled. 
At another time soon after a party of Indians at night made an attack upon our house - Hearing their approach. I took my child about
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ten months old in my arms, escaped through a back window, ran about a mile & a half through the woods to a neighbor's. 
In the year 1782 my said husband again Enlisted in the service as an artificer under one Captain Persels and went to Fishkill Early in the spring. and there worked at making [? ink blots obscures the word] carriages for cannon, about eight months according to my best recollection . I was there with him during that time and drew his rations - 
She further declares that she was married to the said William Douglass on the first day of January in the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight (1778); that her said husband the aforesaid William Douglass died on the first day of March 1832. that she remained his widow until the eleventh day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty four, when she was again married to one William Oakley (who was a Pensioner of the United States) and that the said William Oakley died on the second day of November eighteen hundred and thirty five. and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed - and further that she was married to the said William Douglass as aforesaid by the Reverend Elias Van Benschoeten pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church in Schaghticoke  at the time of said marriage - 
her X mark 
Catharine Oakley 
Sworn to and subscribed by the above named Catharine Oakley on the day and year first above written before the Troy Justices Court of the city of Troy. And this said Court does hereby declare their opinion after investigating the matter, and examining the affidavits hereto annexed. that the above named applicant is the widow of the above named William Douglass and was married to him as she has in her Declaration above stated and that he served in the war of the Revolution, and died as is above stated, and that said Catharine is now and since the death of William Oakley as is above stated has continually remained unmarried. 
I, George Wheeler Clerk of the Justices of the Justices Court of the City of Troy. do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Catharine Oakley for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office. this twelfth day of May eighteen hundred and thirty seven - and that from age and bodily infirmity said Catharine cannot now write her name 
[signature:] George Wheeler Clerk
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State of New York Rensselaer County } Ss: 
I Hugh M. Boyd pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church in Schaghticoke in said County and President of the consistory thereof hereby certify, depose, and say that in the Registry of Marriages on the Book of records of the Cerisistory of said church now in my possession there appears the following record of marriage in the Dutch language - and that the same so entered in the hand writing (as is said & as Deponent believes true) - of the Reverend Elias Van Benschoeten pastor of the said church at the date of said record . now deceased - 
Jany. 1 1778 Ap proclamatia getsourse William Douglass in Caty Cccn. 
[signature:] H M Boyd 
Pastor of the Refd. Dutch Church of Schaghticoke } 
president of Cerisistory 

State of New York Rensselaer County } Ss: 
On the 3d day of May 1837 Hugh M. Boyd personally appeared before me and made oath according to law to the truth of the foregoing Certificate & deposition by him subscribed - and I certify that I know said Hugh M. Boyd to be such pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church in Schaghticoke aforesaid, and that he is a credible person - 
[signature:] Marcus L. Filley Justice Peace 

State of New York Rensselaer County } Ss: 
I Jacob C Lansing of Lansingburgh in said County. depose and say that I am acquainted with the Dutch Language as the same was written & spoken by the first settlers upon the Hudson, and that the true translation into English of the foregoing record of Marriage. attested by Hugh M. Boyd. is as follows 
January 1. 1778. "Repose proclamation, William Douglass was married to
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Caty (meaning Catharine) Cec. (or Sec.)" 
[signature: Jacob C Lansing 
Subscribed and sworn before me this 12th day of May A. D. 1837. And I certify that said Jacob C. Lansing is a credible person - [signature:] Marcus L Filley Justice Peace. 

State of New York Rensselaer County } Ss. 
We the undersigned Andrew Follett and Elijah Chichester both of Lansingburgh in said county being severally sworn according to law depose & say that we are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in said Lansingburgh: that Catharine Oakley (or Douglass) named in the foregoing affidavits, that said Catherine had been for about thirty years last past a regular member of said Church, in good standing. That during said period up to the time of the death of her first husband William Douglass they always lived & Cohabited as husband & wife. That said Catharine married William Oakley died about the first of November 1835. And I Andrew Follett depose that I was present at the funeral of her first husband. William Douglass and that he died on the first day of March 1832. We further depose that said Catharine since the death of said William Oakley has continually remained & is now unmarried 
[signature:] And Follett 
[signature:] Elijah Chichester 
Sworn & subscribed before me this 12th day of May 1837. and I certify that said Elijah Chichester & Andrew Follett are each credible persons } 
M. L. Filley Justice Peace
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State of New York Rensselaer } Ss: 
I. James Wool of Lansingburgh in said county. being now in the seventy fourth year of my age. being sworn according to law. depose and say - That I was well acquainted with William Douglass. the former husband of Catharine Douglass now of said Lansingburgh. for some years previous to the revolutionary war, and thence continually down to the time of his death - We having resided in the same neighborhood in that part of Lansingburgh then called Schaghticoke That in the summer of the year 1775 I well remember that said William Douglass entered the service of the revolution as an artificer at Lansingburgh in Colonel Van Schaicks Regiment and started with others to join the expedition for St Johns under command of Generals Schuyler & Montgomery - I well remember seeing him prepare & start at that time with his chest of tools being a carpenter by trade - One John Fisher was Captain & Benjamin Evans Lieutenant of the company to which said Douglass belonged - He was absent in the service at this time until the next spring when he was brought home sick by one De Eames. I understood & it was the general understanding in the neighborhood that said Douglass was during that expedition in the attack on Quebeck [Quebec] 
In the spring of 1777 - said William Douglass enlisted in the service of the Revolution again, and I understood he was under command of Colonel Morgan Lewis - He went at this time to Ticonderoga in the capacity of an Artificer and was absent until the next August. I have often heard him relate many sufferings he endured at this last mentioned time particularly of his being taken prisoner by the Hessians and believe the same true - 
I well remember the circumstance of the marriage between said William Douglass and the above named Catharine whose maiden name was "Sec" & that said marriage took place about the first of January 1778 - I am very certain it was on New Years day - 
After said marriage said William Douglass again entered the service as an artificer in company with one Armstrong and went down the river (Hudson) and was absent in such service one season at Albany and at another season at Fishkill - and rented out his house here at those times to one Thorn - I cannot remember how long he was absent at either of those times - but he was gone for the season [crossed out word] , at Easter time - Said Douglass died at Lansingburgh the first day of March 1832. I was present at the funeral -I have been well acquainted with said Catharine his widow from their marriage until his death. I know her to be the same individual who was his wife - Said Catharine afterwards married one William Oakley, who died about two years since, and is now & has since remained unmarried. And she has always been a person of much respectability & good moral character. 
his X mark 
James Wool
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State of New York Rensselaer County } Ss: 
On the 3d day of May 1837. James Wool to me well known. personally appeared before me and made oath according to law to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed and I certify that said James Wool is a person of strict veracity & highly respectable - and that from an affliction of the palsy & bodily infirmity he cannot now write his name & therefore made his mark. 
Marcus L Filley Justice Peace
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State of New York Rensselaer County } SS. 
I. John Hogeboom now of Lansingburgh in said county and being in the eightieth year of my age Depose and say that I well knew William Douglass during the Revolutionary war - That the said William Douglass entered the service of the Revolution in the spring or summer of the year 1775. I cannot state the precise time of his enlistment but I well remember that he & I became acquainted at Lake George He then acted in the capacity of an Artificer in the Regiment commanded by Col. Van Schaick. was a Carpenter by trade and I well remember of seeing him at work on the boats at Lake George and in other labors as an Artificer in our Regiment - He went to Lake George in the same company to which I belonged - He went from Lake George in our Regiment to Ticonderoga thence to St. Johns. Montreal & Quebeck [Quebec] - According to my best recollection he, said Douglass, acted as a Sergeant during a portion of this campaign - I do not recollect seeing him in the engagement at Quebeck [Quebeck] until the spring (in March) of 1776. when he left with a company of the troops and I saw no more of him until in June following. I think when I again met him in Albany. where we was discharged. 
[signature:] John Hogeborne [Hogeboom? Hogebome?] 
Sworn and subscribed by the said John Hogeboom before me this 5th day of May 1837. and I certify that said John Hogeboom is a credible person 
Marcus L. Filley Justice peace
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State of New York Rensselaer County Clerks office Ss. } 
I Henry R Bristol Clerk of the County of Rensselaer Do hereby Certify that Marcus L Filley Esquire whose name is subscribed to the several Certificates [three X'd out words] above written and before whom the beforegoing affidavits of Hugh M Boyd, Jacob C Lansing, Andrew Follett Elijah Chichester, William C. Follett, James Wool & John Hogeboom purport to have been Sworn was at the time of taking said several affidavits a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Rensselaer duly appointed & qualified and that his signature to the foregoing Certificates is genuine 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said County this 12th day of May A D. 1837. 
[signature:] Henry R Bristol Clk
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State of New York Albany County - } Ss. 
William Carr of the City of Albany being Duly sworn, deposeth as follows- I am eighty five years of age & am a Pensioner of the United States- I e William Douglass late of Lansingburgh, now deceased- in the revolutionary war - he was in the service of the United States, as a private in Capt. John Visscher's Company, Col. Van Schaick's Regiment of the New York LIne- I saw him in the year 1775 at Quebec - he was then a private in said Company  - We went down the River at Lawrence together, from Montreal to Quebec, in a sloop - I belonged to the same Company - 
He remained with the Company until after Genl. Montgomery was killed at Quebec - and remained with the army afterwards. I saw him often - As well as I can now recollect the said William Douglass served as a private in Vischer's Company at least one year, and I afterwards heard from one Thomas Wheeler & others, that said Douglass was in the service at Ticonderoga in the year 1777. and that he was taken prisoner by the British at that place- & that he remained a prisoner a considerable time - but how long I cannot say - & I understood he escaped from the British & returned to Lansingburgh where his family then resided - I saw him after his escape at Albany. in, I think, the year 1777 - and he gave us
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an account of the manner in which he escaped from the British- but I do not recollect the particulars - 
I recollect that the said William Douglass was afterwards in the year 1777 or 1778 employed in the armory at Albany, as an Artificer- I then resided in Albany and I frequently saw him at work in said Armory - 
He was employed there a considerable time, but I am not able to state how long- The said William Douglass has been dead four years- but I do not how many - 
I have understood he left a widow, but I am not acquainted with her 
[blurred signature:] [William] Carr 

Sworn & subscribed this 28th day of April 1837 before me 
[signature:] L. Jenkins Comr. of Deeds 
I certify that the above Deponent is a credible Witness. 
[signature:] L. Jenkins Comr. of Deeds 

State of New York Albany County - } ss 
I Conrad A. Ten Eyck Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Lemuel Jenkins Esq. before whom the proceeding affidavit purports to have been sworn and whose name is subscribed to the above certificate of credibility was on the day of the date of the same a Commissioner of deeds &c in and for the said County and that his signature to the same are genuine - 
In Testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and Seal this 11th day of May 1837. C. A. Ten Eyck Clerk
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6912 
William Oakley 
15.15 
8.10 
2.3.8.6.15.16.17

2 Let 3d 
14 Dec r 

P 15h. 

J Pierson 
Schagticoke [Schaghticoke] 
Rensselaer Co. 
N. York
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6912
BRIEF in the case of William Oakley, Halfmoon 
Co. of Saratoga n 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? [blank] 

3. How old is he? 79 

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
[table follows:] 
Period.
In 1777 Jany 

Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days 
abt. 20 days 

Rank. As a  Private 

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. 
Gen. [blank] 
Capt. Dusenbury, Lt. K Van Woert, Col. Ludenton 

Period. 
In 17 " [1777] Feby 

Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days 
- 3 months 

Rank. As a  " [private] 

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. 
Gen. [blank] 
Cap. Kinnicut 

Period. 
In 17 " [1777] May 

Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days 
" till March 1778' 

Rank. As a  
" [private] 

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. 
Gen. [blank] 
Cap. Hyatt 

Period. 
March 1778 

Duration of Service.
till close of the War 

Rank. 
Sergeant 

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. 
Gen. [blank] 
Cap. E. Boyd, Col. S. Drake 

5. In what battles was he engaged? [blank] 

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? North Castle Westchester Co. N.Y. 

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary - Living witness
for an indefinite time 

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? [blank] 

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
W. Fawcett
Examining Clerk.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION, 3-525 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS 
N. D. 10833 Washington, D. C. , [blank], 19[blank] 
In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of William Oakley 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 in this Bureau. 
[table follows:] 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. 
Jany 1777 
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 
20 days 
RANK. 
Pvt. 
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. 
Captain. Dusenbury 
Colonel Ludenton 
STATE.  
N.Y. 

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. 
Fby 1777 
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 
3 mos. 
RANK. 
[blank] 
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. 
Captain. Kinnicut 
Colonel [blank] 
STATE.  
[blank] 

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. 
May 1777 
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 
Mch [???] 1778 
RANK. [blank] 
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. 
Captain. John Hyatt 
Colonel Samuel Drake 
STATE.  
[blank] 

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. 
Mch 1778 
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 
Served at Various times to close of War 
RANK. 
Sgt. 
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. 
Captain. Ebenezer Boyd 
Colonel Samuel Drake 
Hood 
STATE.  
[blank] 

Battles engaged in, [blank] 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Peekskill, Westchester Co. N. Y. 
Date of application for pension, Aug. 7 1832 His [illegible] 
Residence at date of application, Half Moon Saratoga Co. N.Y.  
Age at date of application, born May 27, 1753 in Westchester Co. N.Y. 
Remarks: He mar. Feb. 12. 1833 or Sept. 11. 1832 Catharine See, widow of William Douglass and he died Nov. 2. 1834 or 1835 at Lansingburgh N.Y. 
*She was allowed pension. In 1853 she was 94 years old and a widow of Rensselaer County N. Y. 
Respectfully, 
*In use to explain that she rec'd two pensions AW [initials] 
3-285C 
Commissioner.
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Revy WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 10.833 
Catharine Oakley 
Wid. 
William Oakley 
& also former widow of William Douglass 
Priv. & Srgt. Re [edge cut off] 
Act: Feb. 3d 1853 
Index:- Wol. M , Page 94 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 

[note: left side of the following is very dark and illegible, maybe numbers?] 

____ May 13 Hist. to C. S. Bradley. 
____ Days. 7 Hist. to { V. L. M. 
____ . A. C. Hayden. 
___ May 15 Hist. to Howard J. Banker
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No. 60315 
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855. 
Received Apr. 11, 1855 ["18755" is corrected by crossing out the "7"] 
William Oakley 
Rev. War 
Warrant 8187-160-55 
Thos. Lumpkin 
Present
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[note: the upper left corner and edge of this page were torn, missing] 
____kley, 
__ ouglass
___ on the March 1832 
___nsselaer Co. in the State of N. Y. 
was an Artificer in the [blank] commanded 
___ Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded 
___ for (C.) in the Revolution 11. 
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany 
at the rate of 30 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, 
To commence on the1st ["4th" is crossed out] day of March, 1832. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th. day of July 1837 and sent to Lemuel Jenkins, Albany N. Y. 
Arrears to the 4th of March '37   150.67 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4. Sep.   15.00 
$165.67 
{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836. Section the 3 - } 
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk 
Book A Vol. 1 - Page 135
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1118 
New York A. 
Catharine Oakley. formerly widow of Wm. Douglass. who died on the 1st March 1832 of [blank] in the State of [blank] who was a private & matross } in  the [blank] commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by [blank] in the Revolution N. Y. line for Increased from $30-00 - 
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 59 Dollars 16 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st day of March, 1832- and end on the 3d February 1853 
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of January 1858 and Sent to Arrad Joy 
Arrears to the 4th of [blank] 
Semi-annual allowance ending Present 
{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the [blank] } 
Recorded by G. T. Getty Clerk, 
Book H Vol. 2 Page 21-
(Notification to Pension Agent dated and sent February 3d. 1858. )
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283.626 Act March 3 / 55 
Nov 13 / 57 
sec. 60345 av160 8187 
Catharine Oakley wid of 
William Douglass, arificer 
Capt [blank] 
Col [blank] } 
Revol Pensioner 
N. Y. Av36-No. 1118 
Wm C Follet 
Lansingubrgh - N Y 

Sent W. C. Follett. Nove 7 / 87 
" " " " [Sent W. C. Follett.] Dec. 11 / 87
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Albany 1,118 
Catharine Oakley 
widow of William of Douglass 
who died on the 1. March 1832 of Rensselaer in the State of N. York who was an pri ["Artificer" is crossed out] in the [blank] commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by [blank] in the Revolution ["line" is crossed out] fer 
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany 
[missing section left margin] __he rate of 30 Dollars ["Cents" is crossed out] per annum 
[missing section left margin] __mmence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st. day of Aug. 1832 and sent to T. W. OLcott, Esqr. Pen. Ag - Albany 
arrears to the 4th of March '37   180.00 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 6 Sept. " ['37]  15.00 
$ 195 
{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the [blank] } 
[missing section left margin] ___orded by D. Brown Clerk 
[missing section left margin] A. Vol. 2 - Page 114 

New Certificate issued 1. Augt. 183__ [missing section right margin] 
Let Hon Henry Vail H__ [missing section right margin] 
2d 1838 
do - Wm. C Follett 
Nov. 10. '38 - d__ [missing section right margin] 
A. Follett, Nov. 21. 1838 
to same Jan. 26. 1839 
to Wm C. Follet [sic], June 10, 1839 
T. Lumpkin Apl 21. 1851 
Same July 3/52 
23
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Evidence 
Case of 
Catharine Oakley. 
Sct. T. Lumpkin Augt 25/ 52. 
same Sept. 17/54. 
Nos. sent by order Commissr.
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8187 
Meo Aug [???]
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[written sideways, lower left margin:] Reg 3d Apr 55 - 60318 

No. 4076 
William Oakley 
Wid. of Wm. Hor. win [???] 
of Wm. Douglass, 
Set:to Th: Lumpkin, 14 Jany. /54 
"  "  [Set:to ] A. Follett, "  "  [14 Jany.] 54 
"  "  Set:to A. " [Follett] 25 " "  [Jany 54] 
"  "  Tho. Lumpkin, 18 Jany, 55. 
Secy Int. Oct 9, 1857 
Deceased acourd [???] Nov 2 8/57 
Act / 5 3
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Catharine Oakley N. Y. 
wid Wm. Douglass  
Act 4th July 1836 
ad NY36-No 1118 
Allowed
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[this page appears to be incomplete, just the bottom of a page] 

and as the third section of said act requires service to be established by record evidence, parole testimony is inadmissible. The claim will, therefore, remain suspended until the service is established by record evidence, as contemplated by said act. 

[sideways, in left margin, cut short:] 
N. B. - Endorse the wor__ 
addressed to this office up b__
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Mr Joy says he has also evaluated her Pension Certificate & ___ Pg additional testimony N-80 no may consent his authority on ms___ to examine the ___ [next few lines are completely illegible, totally faded] 

[note: there is bleed-through from the reverse side of this page and much fading, resulting in a mostly illegible page.]
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POWER OF ATTORNEY, 
Know all men by these presents, That I Catharine Oakley of the County of Rensselaer and State of New York, do hereby irrevocably make, constitute and appoint Arad Joy of Ovid N. York my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name, to demand and receive from the Department of the Interior of the United States, the Certificate of pension [blacked out word] , to which I am entitled for my Military services, as set forth in ["the foregoing" is blacked out] declaration on file and for good and sufficient reasons, do hereby revoke and countermand any and all other persons of attorney or other authority that may have been heretofore given by me for any such purposes. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Attest: 29th day of October - 1857. P. B. Nutting Justice {??] of Cole } 
her X mark 
Catherine Oakley
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Catharine Oakley wid: 
["Wm." is crossed out] Formerly widow of Wm. Douglas. N. Y. 
Allowed for #59.16/100 per An; 
Under the Act of March 1st. 1832, the day of her husband's death & to terminate 3rd. Feb: 1853, 
Deducting former payments under said Act @ the rate of #30. per An: 
[signature:] Boyton, 
Act 4 July 36, 
Cert: to Arad Joy, Esqr. 
Present
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No. 6906 
Catharine Oakley 
widow of William. 
Rensselaer Co - New York 
Admitted Act February 3/53 at rate of $105.27 per Annum commencing as date of said act, and deducting only the amount which has been paid her under act of Jul 4. 1836 subsequent to 30 February, [scribbled character] 1853. as formerly the widow of William Douglass. 
"State amount Due 4th Sept. 1857 on margin of Certificate" 
Certificate to Thomas Lumpkin Washington
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3-871. 
RECORD DIVISION. 
Department of the Interior, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
Briefed by Marion B. Hudson 
Claim No. [blank] 
Certificate No. [blank] 
Claimant William Douglass, Douglas 
Soldier or Douglass, Duglass or Dugless 
Service N. Y. 
Additional Service [blank] 
No [blank] claim, State records [blank] , 191 [blank] 
No claim, combination records [blank] , 191 [blank] 
REMARKS: 
No O.W. 9 or rejected as above, 
 6-1944 Chief Division
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N. York 
Lansingburgh January 1854 
Serv 
Catherine Oakley widwow of William Douglass of the County of Renselear [Rennselaer] and State of New York on or about a yeare ago Maid Application for an [illegible word] of Pension by her Agent Thomas Lumpkin of your City and not receiving an answer how her Claime has bin desided prays that she may have an answer how it has bin desided by the Department that her mind may be at rest 
Yours Respectfully 
Andrew Follet
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Cathrine Oakley 57 Case [???]    [54] 

Pension of a husband not to be deducted in certain cases.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office, July 24, 1837.
SIR: I have the honor to state the following case for your decision:
Catharine Oakley, formerly Catharine See, was married to William Douglass, in 1778, and at different periods, before and after the marriage, he served nine months; for which service she is entitled to a pension under the 3d section of the act of July 4th, 1836. But, after the death of Douglass, she married on the 1st of March, 1832, a pensioner named
William Oakley, who died on the 2d November, 1835. As by the decision
of the department, in conformity with the opinion of the Attorney General, the widow of a person who was a revolutionary pensioner, and who died after the 4th March, 1831, cannot be allowed to draw from an earlier 
period than the day of his death, it would seem to establish the principle that the widow who may become a pensioner cannot draw pay for any period during which her husband received a stipend. If Douglass, who died in 1832, had drawn a pension up to the year in which he died, there would be no question as to the propriety of deducting the amount which he might have received. Such a deduction would be in strict conformity with the practice of the office. But a doubt arises in this case, whether the amount paid to Oakley can be deducted; because, although, as his
wife, she derived some small benefit from his pension, on account of his revolutionary service, yet, as that service could not, under the act of July 4th, 1836, be availing to her, it does not appear to accord strictly with principles of justice that she should not reap all the advantages which the services of the first husband gave her. The pension of 1836 was intended as a reward for the sufferings of those women who had husbands in the service during the revolutionary struggle; and it would seem to be an infringement of their rights not to allow them the full amount to which their husbands would have been entitled under the act of June 7, 1832. I submit, therefore, the following question:
Can the pension paid to William Oakley, during the time he was husband to Catharine Oakley, be deducted from the amount due to her,
under the act of July 4, 1836, on account of the revolutionary services of William Douglass, to whom she was married during said service?
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS.
Hon. JOEL R. POINSETT,
Secretary of War.
The pension paid to Oakley during the period he was husband of Catharine, widow of Douglass, ought not to be deducted from the pension due her on account of the services of her former husband.
J. R. P.
Rules of evidence under act of 7th July, 1838.
PENSION OFFICE, July 17, 1838.
The following rules prescribed by the President of the United States, and adopted by the Secretary of War, in order to carry into effect the act
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[54]    58 
of Congress of the 7th July, 1838, entitled ""An act granting half pay, and pensions to certain widows," are published for the information of applicants
under that law.
1. Applicants must produce the best proof the nature of the case will 
allow as to the service of the deceased officer or soldier, and the time when 
he died. It must be clearly shown in what troop or company, and regiment or corps, he served, and the grade he held. Proof as to service must be had, either from the records of the War Department, the muster-rolls, the testimony of commissioned officers, or the affidavits of persons of known respectability. Every applicant will make a declaration according to the subjoined form, before a court (a) of record, setting forth, according to the best of her knowledge or belief, the name and rank of the person on account of whose service the claim is presented; the day, month, and year (if possible, when he entered the service, and the time when he left the same; and, if under more than one engagement, the claimant must specify the particular periods, and the rank and name of the officers under whom the service was performed; the town or county, and State, in which he resided when he entered the service; whether he was draughted, was a volunteer, or a substitute; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged; the country through which he marched,with such further particulars as may be useful in the investigation of the claim; and also, if the fact be so, that the claimant has no documentary evidence in support of the claim. From the best sources of information evidence must be derived as to the period of the death ( b ) of the officer or soldier.
2. The legality of the marriage, and the time when it took place, must be clearly established; and it must also be shown that the widow was never afterwards married. Record proof, as to the marriage, is always required, whenever it can be obtained. In a case where the town, county, parish church, or family records afford no proof as to the period when the marriage took place, the fact must be established by the testimony of one or more respectable persons, whose credibility must be certified by the officer who may administer the oath. And, in order to prevent any mistake or improper use that may be made of the affidavit of an officer who may have the custody of records, from which he may make transcripts of the record in relation to a marriage, the officer who may give his affidavit will, instead of copying the figures contained in the record, certify "that it is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows:" [Here copy the day, month, and year, in letters and figures in exact conformity with the original. Then let him add the following words:] 
"I, A. B, above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of [blan] 
in the county, town, and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said [blank] , with the exception above named, as certified by me.
A B. Clerk of the [blank] 
( or rector, or paster, as the case may be.)
Sworn before me,
C D, Justice of the Peace."
And then will follow the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office, as to the official character and signature of the magistrate who may administer the oath. Where no record proof exists, other than the
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[note: left margin is cut off] 
18 
10 ___iers of 
___ticock Count line 
Army of revolution 
Lansingburg Rensselaer Co New York
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I certify that, in conformity with the 3d section of the law of the United State, of the 4th July, 1836, Catharine Oakley of the State of New York, who was widow of William Douglass who was an Artificer in the War of the Revolution is entitled to receive Thirty dollars ["and -- cents" is crossed out] per annum, during the time she may remain unmarried, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831,
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Payment to be made at Albany by T. W. Olcott, Esqr. Agent for paying Pen=ers, in the Agency of Albany 
Recorded in The Pension Office, in Book A. Vol. 2 Page 135 by D. Brown Clerk.
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Cath Oakley 
N Y @ 36 
Mr Cole 
Dec 30 
19
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I left with Mr. Hood july previous to his   being superceded [???] & as chief Clerk, a letter from Andrew Follet relating to the case of Cathe. Oakley fory.[formerly] widow of Wm. Douglass That letter related to another case. You will oblige me by having those papers sent for . The letter of Mr. Follett is doubtedly with the papers. 
Very respy. Yrs [signature :] Th Lumpkin 
Dec. 30th 50 [or 58?] 
Rev. F Evans, Chief Clerk
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Ovid N. Y. Nov. 7. 1857 
Sir 
I inclose power of attorney & proof in the case of Catharine Oakley a pensioner of N. Y under the Act of 1836 for an increase 
Most respectfully, 
Your Obt Servt 
Arad Joy 
Hon La C Whiting Comr
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283.626
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Lansingburgh Sept [??] 12th 1857 
Sir 
I enclose the application of Catherine Oakley for Bounty Land under the Act of 3d March 1855 
Yours REspectfully 
Wm. C. Follet 
Hon . of Pensions
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House of Reps., D. C. Jany 8th 1839. 
J. L. Edwards Esqr 
Sir 
Allow me to ask your attention to the enclosed letter  An error may have been committed if so please correct it and  return me the Enclosed with your answer as soon as conveinant [convenient] 
D. Russell
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Albany Feb 9. 1858 
Sir 
I appeal for an increase of pension in the case of Catharine Oakley. 
It is quite evident that William Douglass was an Artificer, and of high grade from the pay he recd., he must probably have served under Col Baldwin or Col Flower, for such service you pay $240 per Annum, at any rate I have seen few names who recd. as large monthly pay I judge at least as large as those under Col Baldwin. I inclose a copy which was compared & found to be true extract 
Expecting a large increase allowed I ask you to address me at Ovid N Y 
Mrs Oakley will be 100 years of age on the 3rd. March next, & is now active in mind 
I am respectfully Your Obt. Servt 
Arad Joy 
Hon Geo C Whiting Coms [??]
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State of New York 
County of Albaney [Albany] } Ss 
On this 18th Day of August Eighteen hundred and thurty [thirty] Eight John Vanderpool of the town of Guylerland [Guilderland?] in said State and County 
Personly appears before me the under named Justis [justice] and after being Duly sworn according to law Testified and says that he is in the Eighty fourth yeare of his age and that he was in the Campain [campaign] of 1776 and 75 in Cornal [colonel] Vansoocks [???] Regement [regiment] at the sege [seige] of Qebebeck [Quebec] and that thay took there [their] line of March from Albaney [Albany] in Linckster [Lancaster?] Day Canted wit Sunday which was the last of May and that the troops Returned in the Spring or summer 1776 and that he Came home in the Month of April and left the Company in Quebec And he should justy that from the time they started So the time they Returned was about twelve Months 
his X mark 
John Vanderpool 
The said John Vanderpool Cannot write and I Certify that I am Acquainted with said John Vanderfpool and that he is a man of thruth [truth] and Veracity - - 
Sworn and Subscribed this 18th Day of August 1838 before me 
[signature:] John R Quackenbush - Justice
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City and County of Albany Clerks office. } SS 
I Henry B. Haswell clerk of the said City & County  do hereby certify that John F. Quackenbush before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn  was on the day of the date of the jurat one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County. That I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that his name Subscribed thereto is his proper hand writing and Signature 
Whereol I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of the Said County this 18th. day of August  1838. 
[signature:] H. B. Haswell Clerk
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Washington DC 
Sept 12th 1859 
Sir, 
I respectfully submit, the following question , and have to ask your early reply. Catharine Oakley is in the role [roll] of N. Y. at $30 per an. Act 4th July 1836 for services rendered by her first husband Wm. Douglass - She married again one Wm Oakley who was a pensioner at $105. N Y . This marriage took place subsequently to 1800 Aug [?] in 1833 
Cannot she now apply for the benefit of the Act of 3rd Feb 1853, and claim the pension drawn by Mr. Oakly [Oakley] vis $105.37, deducting what she has drawn at $30 from the rate of the passage of that Act 
I have the honor to be 
Very resp'y 
[signature:] Th. Lumpkin .
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"The names of those who drew provisions in Captn Isaac" 
"Corens Compy: Artillery of 
"Wm Douglass and wife" Inlisted & employed men " 
Filed and dated "May 23. 1780" 
[scribble] See vol 3 page 108 
"Captain Coren Company at Philadelphia" 
"Isaac Coren   Captain  Laboratory the day L.S.d   L.S d" 
"William Douglass Matross  da  7. 0. 7.7.6  51.126" 
[scribble] See vol 3 page 327 
"A monthly return of Military Store received" 
"Balance on hand May 1 " 
"Amount received since " 
"To whom stores have been delivered" 
"William Douglass  1 pair" 
[scribble] See vol 2 page 125 
State of New York County of Seneca} SS 
Arad Joy after being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he made the above extract from Vol 2 & Vol 3 as above set forth volume's now in his possession, the same volume's have been several times in the pension office, from which extracts have there been made = That the above extracts are true extracts according to his best knowledge understanding and belief 
[signature:] Arad Joy 
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 2nd day of November 1857} 
[signature:] George Smith Justice of the Peace
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State of New York, Seneca County Clerk's Office. } SS. 
[illegible circular seal] 
I, Charles W. Ingersoll, ["I ISAAC FULLER" is crossed out], Clerk of said County of Seneca, and also, Clerk of the County Court thereof, the same being a Court of Record, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that George Smith Esquire before whom the annexed affidavit of Arad Joy purports to have been sworn, was, at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly qualified, and authorized by the laws of said State, to administer Oaths and Affirmations generally. And that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice, and verily believe his signatures to the annexed Certificat and Jurat to be genuine. 
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this 2nd day of November 1857 
[signature:] C W Ingersoll Clerk.
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Hon Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City 

Catharine Oakley 
[illegible word] 
Application [illegible word] to the army 
Revy. B___ [illegible] 8187
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Pension Office. 
November 27 1857. 
Sir 
I have examined & rejected the bounty land claim of Catharine Oakley as the widow of William Douglass 
Mrs. Oakley has received a Warrant under the Act of 3d. March 1855. in right of the service of her first husband viz: Wm Oakley. 
She is not entitled to a warrant in right of the services of her first & second husband. 
Yours Respectfully 
[illegible signature:] Commissioner, 

[torn, missing left edge[ __ singburgh Der 5 ' 57 
Mrs Oakley never received a Land Warrant in rite of her first Husband Wm Douglas [crossed out 2-letter word] who certainly would have been entitled your them Law of Pensions 
Wm C Follett Esqr. 
[signature:] Wm C. Follett Lansingburgh, N. Y.
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Department of the Interior 
November 28th 1857. 
Sir, 
I have examined the claim of Catharine Oakley formerly widow of William Douglass. for a pension under Act February 3d. 1853. upon which an appeal has been taken from your decision. 
It appears that Catharine was pensioned for the services of her first husband William Douglass at the rate of thirty dollars per annum, under Act July 4th 1836. But upon the passage of the Act of February 3d. 1853, she applied for a pension under its provisions alleging that she was entitled for the services of her second husband William Oakley who had been pensioned at the rate of $106.27 per annum up to the date of his death. and that she is entitled to that rate of pension from the date of the passage of the Act February 3d- 1853, without refunding what she may have  received previously under Act 4th. July
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1836. I am of the opinion that her claim is equitable, and that she is entitled to the pension under Act February 3d. 1853. refunding only that amount which has been paid her under the Act of 1836. Subsequent to the passage of the former Act. 
I am, very respectfully Your Obdt. Servt. [signature:] J. Thompson Secretary. 
Hon. George C Whiting Commissioner
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Matter of Catherine Oakly of N York State widow of Wm Douglass soldier of the e
Will the Dr. please submit information of any and what Documentary ["or" is crossed out] Evidence of Service has been presented in the case and oblige 
Obediently Yrs 
[illegible signature:] S. Buscrice [??] 
Dr Crump Chief Clerk War Office
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Oakley 
17 
Catherine 
Oakly 
N Y
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Washington D. C. 
Nov. 7th 1851. 
Sir, 
By instruction from Mrs Catharine Oakly, the widow of William Douglas, who is now in her 90th year and who writes intelligently, I have the honor to ask in her name, that her pension papers may be re-examined, with a view to an increase of her small allowance of $30 per Annum. She asserted in her declaration under Act of 4th July, 1836. ["from" is crossed out] New. York , roll, that her husband was an Artificer, and served a much longer period than nine months. I have examined her  papers and am satisfied that she is entitled to a much larger amount. My authority is on file with her papers. If not increased upon a re-examination of her papers, I desire a report may be made to you for the reasons of such disallowance upon this my appeal. 
I have the honor to be Sir, Very respy. your Obt. Sert. 
[signature:] Th Lumpkin 
Hon. A. H. H. Stuart 
Secy of the Dept of the Interior.
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Washington D. C. 
Jany. 5th 1851. 
Sir, 
Having filed my authority and examined into the papers of Mrs Catharine Oakley, decd.under Act of 4th July 1836. New York, roll, formerly the widow of William Douglass, I have the honor to state that the application now made by her ["being" is crossed out] for an increase of her pension. I consider to be reasonable and just. She has been pensioned as a Private at $30 per Ann. for nine months service, when her husband served as an Artificer. The difference altho' small, say $24 per Ann. will be regarded by the heir as an Act of sheer justice if allowed and which will greatly relieve their wants. The evidence I deem complete. 
I have the honor to be, Sir, with much respect your Obt. Servt. [signature:] Th. Lumpkin. 
Hon. J. E. Heath, Commr. of Pensions.
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Payment to be made at Albany by Isaac Vanderpoel, Esq Agent for paying pensioners, in the Agency of New York 
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book H Vol. 2 page [blank] by [signature:] G. T. Getty Clerk.
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[NOTES there is a large X across this entire page, which is a form that was completed and signed. ALSO, there is a sentence written horizontally across the page, lower right to upper left:] 
Amount due on this certificate, per Pension Office calculation, $610-16 - 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the ["2nd" is crossed out] 3d section of the law of
the United States of the 4th July, 1836, 
Catherine, ["late of" is crossed out] formerly widow of William Douglass. who was a private and Matross in the Revolutionary war, is entitled to receive pay at the rate of Fifty Nine, dollars and Sixteen, cents per annum, commencing on the ["4th" is crossed out"] 1st
of March, and terminating on the third
day of [numerical year is crossed out] 1832, and terminating on the third day of February 1853. ["183" is crossed out] , ["the day of the death of said" is crossed out] deducting former  payments at the rate of $30.00 per annum. 
Given at the Department of the Interior, this third day of February one thousand eight hundred and fifty Eight. 
[signature:] Thompson Secretary of the Interior. 
Examined and
Countersigned. }
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Brief in the case of Catharine Oakley. formerly widow of Wm. Douglas. Rensselaer County and State of New York. 
act 4 July, 1836. Claim, [ " original,) or " is crossed out] ("for increase.") Increase from #30. per An: to #59. 16/100 per An: under said Act Commencing March. 1st - 1832. the day her husband died and ending Feb: 3. 1853. the pay she is allowed a pension under 

Proof exhibited, (if original.) 

the Act of Feb: 3d. 1853. as the widow of Wm. Oakley. 

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. 

Wm. Douglas. was [crossed out word] the husband of the Claimant. She was allowed a pension of #30 per An: under the Act of 4 July 1836. in right of his services. In her declaration under the act of 4 July aforesaid, she alleged [illegible word] 9 months service as a private of Infantry in 1776, She also alleged a service of 8 months in '78 or 9 in an artillery Regt. & claimed that her husband was engaged as an Artificer & that the Company was stationed at Albany, New York & She was with him. She was unable to prove this service. This ["origin" is crossed out] service was not allowed the 8 months Enlistment. The Original roll of Capt. Coren, has recently been found under date of May. 23d. 1780. upon which 

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

appears the name of Wm. Douglas pay for 7 months as a Matross. Attached to the roll is also a return of the name of persons attached to his company who drew rations & upon this return appears the name of Wm. Douglas & wife. Capt. Coren's company belonged to an Artillery Regt. & was stationed at Albany, New York, in 1780. The veracity is established & allowance for 7 mos. as a Matross made accordingly. Mrs. Oakley has recently been allowed a pension of #105. 27/100 per An, by the Secy. under the Act of Feb; 3d. 1853. Commencing Feb. 3d. 1853. deducting # 30. per An: from Feb: 3d 53. per an: [several words are crossed out here] the Amt. she has received under the Act of '36, for that period. I judge the decision of the Secty: will give her under the Act of '36, [several words are crossed out here] . the same amount of pension per Annum. that her husband was entitled to at his decease, provided the allowance under the Act of '36. is made to cease at the commencement of her pension under the Act of Feb: 3d. 1853. 
["Name and residence of Agent" is crossed out 
[signature:] Arad Joy, Esqr. Present, 
["Examining Clerk." is crossed out] 
[signature:] S. C. Boynton Ex: Clerk
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Payment to be made at Albany by T. W. Olcott, Esqr. Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Albany 
14 
Issue a new certificate granting pay from 4th. March 1831, and send it to T. W. Olcott, Esqr Pension Agent Albany, N. York 
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 135 by D. Brown Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT. 
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. 
I certify that, in conformity with the 3d section of the law of the United States of the 4th July, 1836, Catharine Oakley, of the State of New York, who was widow of William Douglass -- who was an Artificer in the War of the Revolution is entitled to receive Thirty dollars [" and ___ cents" is crossed out] per annum, during the time she may remain unmarried, commencing on the first ["4th" is crossed out] of March, 1832, and payable semi=annually, on the 4th of March and 4th of September. 

[illegible circular seal] 
Given at the War Office of the United States, this tenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. 
a 
Examined and Countersigned.} [signature:] J L. Edward Commissioner
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Brief in the case of Catharine Oakley, widow of William Oakley - Rensselaer County and State of New York' 
act February 3. 1853. 
Claim, ("original,") ["or "for increase" is crossed out] 
Proof exhibited, (if original.) 
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. 
Claimant is a pensioner under act of July 4, 1836, at rate of $30 per annum, as formerly the widow of William Douglass. who died March 1, 1832. She subsequently married William Oakley, a pensioner of the United States who died in November 1835. She now applies to be placed on the pension rolls under act of February 3. 1853 as the amount received by her 
(If for increase.) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what" is crossed out] 
second husband, the said William Oakley namely, at rate of $105.27c per annum, and is, according to the decision of the Secretary of the Interior. ordered she pensioned under Act of February 3. 1853 refunding only that amount which has been paid her under act of July 4. 1836 subsequent to the passage of the former act. 
[signature:] Thomas Lumpkin Esqr 
Name and residence of Agent 
Washington, D. C. 
R Geddes Examining Clerk.
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State of New York REnsselaer County } Ss 
On this 2d day of September 1853 Personally appeared before me the undernamed Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid, Andrew Follet of the town of Lansingburgh, County and State aforesaid, Who being duly Sworn. Deposeth and Says that he was personally acquainted with William Douglas deceasd and his wife Catherine for about - 60 years both of the town County and State aforesaid and that during said time I have herd [heard] said William often rehearse over his privations, and sufferings during the Revolutionary War and that in 1775 he entered the Service for Quebeck [Quebec] as an Artificer and suffered evything but death and that in 76 he was in the Prison at the time of the surrender of Ticonderoga, and that in trying to get away his chest of tools he was taking prisoner a confined in a bell and about starved, And from which he made his escape, and for several days lay scented in the woods and tracked in the night to escape Burgoynes Indians, which he did and arrived from almost starved. And he also Said he enlisted and served as an Artificer under Capt. Persal or Parsal and went to Fishkill and was employed in making continental Waggons,
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he also Stated he served in the Armory as an inlisted Artificer for about - 6 months, in the Armory in the City of Abany [Albany] , in stocking guns the two last tours his wife Catherin [Catharine] was with him and drew their rations All of which I have herd [heard] them both often state 
[signature:] Andrew Follet 
Sworn to before me the day & year above mentioned } 
[signature:] Isaac Ransom Justice Peace 

State of New York 
Rensselaer County Ss: 
I hereby certify - That I have been acquainted with the above deponent for a great many years past. That he is a man of veracity and Entitled to the highest Credit. that he is a man of good reputation & highly spoken of in the community in which he resides. Dated Sept. 2, 1853, 
[signature:] J. Ransom Justice Peace
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Catharine Oakley 
[faded, illegible] for wid of William Douglass - of N Y 
Oct. 1836 - dec '53 pensioner: [???]
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Washington Dec 17. 1857 
Sir 
Will you please allow the case of Catharine Oakley under the act of 1836 of New York, taken up and examined upon the proof filed by me Some time Since, I have had no report upon the proof that I filed - please report to me in this city 
I am most respectfully Your Obd- Servt 
[signature:] Arad Joy 
Hon Geo C Whiting
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Washington, D. C. 
March 16th, '53 
Sir 
N. Y. Act 1836 
Mrs Cathe. Oakley fory [formerly] widow of Wm Douglass is now living and drawg [drawing] a pension at the rate of $30 per ann 
She is ["also" is crossed out] the widow of Wm. Douglass a pensioner under Act of 1832, N. York roll who drew $105.27 per Ann. and married after 1800, now claiming the benefit of the Act extending marriage for the same amt of pension as that drawn by her first husband Wm Douglass, deducting what she now draws viz $30, to commence 4th March, 1848, or at the passage at the last Act 
I have the honor [signature:] Th. Lumpkin 
Hon J. E Heath Commr. of Pensions
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1833 [??] 

Thomas Lumpkin
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Washington D C 
April 14th 53 
Sir; 
I herewith enclose declaration of Mrs Catharine Oakly, fory [formerly] widow of Wm Douglass, who claims the benefit of the Act of 3rd Feb 1853, i e. the difference between $30 and $105.27 per Ann. 
I have the honor to be Very respy, [signature:] Th. Lumpkin 
Hon L. P. Waldo Commr. of Pensions
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[postmark:] 
LANSINGBURGH N.Y. JAN 12 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City
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Lansingburgh 19th. January 1854 
Sir 
Yours of the 14th January last in the Case of Cathrine [Catharine] Oakley Claiming an Increse [increase] of Pension for her last Husband since Oackley [Oakley]  Sawyersvill ??? Please to let me no [know] when the Pension under the Act of the 3d. February 1853 Comencis [commences]. And if the widow Relingishes [relinquishes] her Claime under her first Husband William Douglass wont [won't??]  be Intitled under her second Husban [husband] William Oackley [Oakley] -- 
Please to let me have an answer soon 
Yours Respectfully 
[signature:] Andrew Follet
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Washington D C. 
Se[t 5th 1853 
Sir 
I enclose herewith addl evidence in the case of Mrs Cathe Oakley of New York, act 4th July 36 for.y [formerly] widow of Wm Douglass and hope that this old lady may yet obtain an increase of her pension. In my opinion no better case than this has ever been presented to the Department 
I have the honor 
[signature:] Th. Lumpkin 
Hon L. P. Waldo Comm.r of Pensions
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Pension Office 
February 3. 1852 
Sir 
Since the last report in the case of Catharine Oakley no additional evidence has been filed. My former decision therefore must be adhered to 
I am Respectfully Your Obed.t Servt 
[signature:] J Wilson 
for Commr of Pensions 
Th. Lumpkin Esq Present
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Lansingburgh August 19th 1838 
Dear Sir - 
According to your request of July 9th I forward you the affidavit of John Vanderpool in Mrs Oakleys Case - you now have the evidence of John Hogaboom and John Vanderpool agreeing that they took up their line of march on Whit-Sunday about the last of May 1775 - John Hogaboom and John Carr testified in Mrs Oakleys 1st papers. that they were positively discharged with Wm. Douglass in June Albany 1776. agreeing with Vanderpool that they served one year or more. Vanderpool states in his affidavit that he served about 11 months. whence he came home leaving the troops in Quebeck [Quebec] - 
how [Now?] as respects Douglass pay you have allowed him no more than a private. When by the rule of the department Artificers was entitled and allowed more. Tolbet. Derias Sherman of Rensselaer Co. N. Y. an artificer was allowed in June 27th. 1833 $144 - and Andrew Till of Otsego in the Connecticut line . Artificers. June 16th. 1834 - $160- - with the above remarks by Oakley leave her case for your further concideration [consideration] 
Yours Very Respectfully [signature:] William.C. Follet 
J. L. Edwards . Commissioner of Pensions -
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59. Feb. 9th. 1852 
Washington 
Feby 4. 1852 
Thos. Lumpkin 
Rel: to the case of Catharine Oakley - Appeal
Triplett 
Refd to the Comr. of Pensions 
Dept Int 
Feby 9/52
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Washington D C. 
Feb. 4th, 1852 
Sir, 
I have the honor to enclose herewith the letter of the Commissioner as of Pensions, and very respectfully ask that the objections enged [engaged?] against the allowance of the case of Mrs Catharine Oakley, formerly the widow of Wm. Douglass, may be printed out and reported to you in extends upon this same appeal. 
I have the honor to be [four short illegible words] your obt sevt [signature:] Th Lumpkin . 
Hon. A. H. H. Stuart Secy of the Depam. of the Interior
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Department of the Interior 
Washington Aug: 23: 1852 
Sir, 
I have affirmed a new decision in the case of Mrs. Catharine Oakley an applicant for an increase of Pension under the act of July 4th. 1836. and herewith return the papers to your office - you will please advise the claimants attorney of the result. 
I am very respectfully Your obedient Servant 
[signature:] Alexr H. H. Stuart Secretary. 
F. F. C. Triplett  Esqr. Acting Commissioner of Pensions 
Copy & return this -
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Albany July 5th. 1837. 
James L. Edwards Esquire 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Sir, 
Your letter of the 28th. ult. respecting Mrs. Catherine Oakley, Widow of William Douglass is received - I am authorized to say that she will accept a Certificate of 9 months service, as she is unable at present to procure testimony in relation to her Husbands other services,- but hopes hereafter to obtain it . 
I am, Sir, very respy Yr obt. servt. [a:] Lemuel Jenkins.
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Mechs. & Farmer's Bank 
Albany Pension Agency 
July 17, 1837. 
James L. Edwards Esquire, 
Commissr. of Pensions, 
Sir, 
By your letter of the 10th. [illegible] we were instructed to inscribe on our Books, the name of Catherine Oakley, Widow of William Douglass, at $30 per annum, & to pay her from 4 of March 1831 - 
By her certificate, which I enclose, it will be seen that she is entitled to pay from the 1st. of March 1832 - 
Her Attorney thinks she is entitled to pay from the 4th. of March 1831, as her Husband, on account of when services she is allowed a pension, was not himself a Pensioner - 
Be pleased to farm us with you instructions in the case- 
I am Sir, with greatest respect Your obt. Servt. Thos W. Olcott Prest & Pen. Agt. 
per L. Jenkins 3.
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albany May 15. 1837. 
James L. Edwards, Esquire, Commissioner of Pensions, 
Sir, 
I herewith transmit this declaration and other proofs in the case of Catherine Oakley, Widow of William Douglass, on her application for a Pension under the Act of July 4. 1836. 
Very Respectfully Your Obdt. Sert. [signature:] Lemuel Jenkins.
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State of New York. Rensselaer County Ss. 
I, James Wool of Lansingburgh in said County being now in the Seventy fourth year of my Age, being sworn according to law Testify and Say that for years previous to the Revolutionary War and continuously to the time of his death he was well acquainted with William Douglass the former husband of Catherine Oakley now of said Lansingburgh.That during that period said William Douglass resided in that part of said Lansingburgh formerly belonging to Seaticok [Schaghticoke] and in the vicinity of this deponent that in the Summer of the year 1775 he well remembers that said Douglass enlised [enlisted] the service of the Revolution as an Artificer and started with others to join the Expedition for Lt Johnny Lewis Canada Commanded by Generals Schuyler & Montgomery. I well remember seeing him [perform? pressan?] and start in said Expedition with his chest of Tools as an Artificer. Said Douglass was absent and gone untill the next Spring and was brot home sick by one Degamer. I understand he was in the Attack expose [??]  Quebeck [Quebec] and this was the general understanding among his neighbours, In the Spring of 1777 according to my best  recollection he enlisted in the service of the revolution again under what officer I do not  now remember, but understood he was under the command of Col. Morgan Lewis and in the capacity of an Artificer he went this time to Ticondaroga [Ticonderoga] and was absent to August next coming [??] . I have of heard him relate over the 
Sufferings he endured during this Tour. particularly of his being taking prisoner by the Hessions. And his
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Escape from them, And believe the Same True After their marriage in 1778 the said Douglass left home and went down the River and was in the Service of the Revolution as an Artificer one season one season [sic] at Albany, and at another time at Fishkill in Company with one Armstrong his Brother in law. and was gone one season at each time the length of time he was absent at these places I do not now remember. It was the general understanding in the neighborhood that he was engaged in the service as aforesaid at the two last named places as an artificer 
Sworn and Subscribed To by James Wool 
-9
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Lansingburgh June 3d. 1839 
Sir 
In yours of January 26 1839 you state that Catherine Oakley was not entitled to a pension of $144. when he enlisted as an Artificer and not as a Private. which will appear from the testimony of James Wool. if he had enlisted as an soldier and then worked at his trade it would be different. but as he enlisted as an Artificer I think the widow entitled to his full Pension of $144 
I am yours Respectfully William C. Follet 
J. L. Edwards Commr. of Pensions
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Catharine Oakley 
widow of Wm. Douglass 
Power of Atty to H. H. Sylvester 
Mr Cole 
Aug 18 1837 
French & Sylvester Present
Page 104

Whereas I Catherine Oakly am the widow of William Douglass Deceased who was an artificer in the war of the Revolution. and am allowed a pension for such and in consideration of his services at the rate of $30 per annum. And whereas I am advised that I am entitled to a larger, or increased amount of pension. Now therefore I do hereby constitute and appoint Henry H. Sylvester Esq of the city of Washington My true and lawful attorney and agent for me and in my name to present and prosecute my claim to such amount of Pension as I may be by law entitled to. 
Witness my hand and Seal as Lansingburgh this 29th day of May A. D. 1851 - 
her X mark 
Catherine Oakley 
Executed in presence of [signature:] Isaac Ranson [signature:] Wm. C. Follet 
State of New York 

[NOTE: the next portion, marked by *** at beginning and end, appears to be a short page placed on top of the original page. obliteration the text beneath.] 

*** 
STATE OF NEW YORK, RENSSELAER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } SS. 
I, HENRY A. CLUM, Clerk of the County of Rensselaer, do hereby Certify that Isaac Ransom Esqr. whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, one of the Justices of the Peace of the County of Rensselaer, dwelling in said County; duly authorized to take such proof or acknowledgment. And that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that his signature to the said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine, and that said Instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New York. 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said County, this thirtieth day of May A. D. 1851 
[signature:] Henry A. Clum Clerk. 
*** 

[the following is part of the original page underneath the previous short page:] 

__ before me the 
___ said county 
___amed and to 
___ going power 
[partial signature:] Ransom Justice Peace 
___ of Lansingburgh 
in said county being duly sworn according to law  doth depose that she is the widow of William Douglass who was an artificer in the war of the Revolution and that she is directly interested in the claim and application about to be made for an increase of pension as specifyed  in the foregoing power of attorney 
her X mark 
Catharine Oakley 
Sworn to and Subscribed by me on this 29th day of May A. D. 1851 before Me 
[signature: Isaac Ransom Justice Peace }
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NOTE: reference previous page, 104. This appears to be the same original page without the obscuring smaller page. ] 

Whereas I Catherine Oakly am the widow of William Douglass Deceased who was an artificer in the war of the Revolution. and am allowed a pension for such and in consideration of his services at the rate of $30 per annum. And whereas I am advised that I am entitled to a larger, or increased amount of pension. Now therefore I do hereby constitute and appoint Henry H. Sylvester Esq of the city of Washington My true and lawful attorney and agent for me and in my name to present and prosecute my claim to such amount of Pension as I may be by law entitled to.
Witness my hand and Seal as Lansingburgh this 29th day of May A. D. 1851 -
her X mark
Catherine Oakley
Executed in presence of [signature:] Isaac Ranson [signature:] Wm. C. Follet
State of New York

State of New york 
County of Rensselaer SS. On this 29th day of May A. D. 1851 before me the Subscriber is Justice of the peace in and for said county personally appeared Catherine Oakly. Above named and to me known and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be her act and deed. 
[signature:] Isaac Ransom Justice Peace 
of New York 
of Rensselaer SS. Catherine Oakly of the Town of Lansingburgh in said county being duly sworn according to law doth depose that she is the widow of William Douglass who was an artificer in the war of the Revolution and that she is directly interested in the claim and application about to be made for an increase of pension as specifyed in the foregoing power of attorney
her X mark
Catharine Oakley
Sworn to and Subscribed by me on this 29th day of May A. D. 1851 before Me
[signature: Isaac Ransom Justice Peace }
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Lansingburgh Jany 13th 1855 
Sir 
Your last letter in the case of Catherine Oakley Stated that the department would allow her Pension under Oakley by her refunding the amount that she had received under her first husband Wm. Douglass. She is willing that if she is allowed a Pension under the Act of 53 with the  amount ["under" is crossed out] for the service of Oakley her last husband. that the amount she has received from the time that would commr. should be deducted- 
It would be injustice to deduct the amount she was entitled to under Douglass. before the time she was entitled under Oakley please make an effort in the case as soon as possible and let me know the result 
Yours Respectfully Andrew Follet 
Thomas Lumpkin Esq 
P. S. Sir. Please to send the form for widows applying for the extention under the act of 53 
If there is any law passed for soldier or widow of the war of 1812 or any other late laws inform me with instructions as to form
Page 107

"Capt Corens Company" [table follows:] 

309 Names 
Isaac Coren 

Business or employment 
Capt. 

Where employed 
Laboratory 

Time of Service 
mo 6 

Pay for month 
103.26 

Additional pay for over work 
--- 

Total Amount 
618.15. 

309 Names 
William Douglas 

Business or employment 
Matross 

Where employed 
do 

Time  of Service 
7 

Pay for month 
7.76 

Additional pay for over work 
---

Total Amount 
51.12.6. 

[faded and illegible several words] Boynton
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Hon A H H Stuart Secy Int
Page 109

Washington D. C. 
May 4th 1852 
Sir. 
I have the honor to state in reply to the letter of the Commr. of Pension of March 10th 1853, respecting the case of Mrs. Cathe. Oakley, fory. [formerly] widow of Wm. Douglass, in which he states that the case cannot be re-opened in consequence of your decision in the case of Ann Usher. Now Sir, I desire to call your attention to my letter of appeal to you dated Nov. 8th 1857, in this case, which was placed no doubt with the ordinary mail, being overlooked as a letter of appeal, and which if acted upon would have long prior to your decision barring such claims been favorable to my client or settled the case otherwise. I claim now for the benifit [benefit] of that letter and shall rest the case upon its real merits. The allowance of $30 per Ann. was for services of her first husband as a Private for nine months. There is no doubt but that the said 
Wm. Douglass served in all some two years or more But I have no positive proof, record a paid to sustain [crossed out word] such a fact. He served as an Artificer as she claimed and this is clearly shewn by the affidavits of Wm Carr (a pensioner) who swears that he was in 
service at "least one year". James Wool 
John Hogeboom. I therefore claim the difference of nine & twelve months pay three months to be allowed as an Artificer, instead of  a Private. The pay of a Private is $80 for two years service, that of an Artificer $1.4.4. 
I have the honor to be Sir, very respy, 
[signature:] Th. Lumpkin 
Hon A. H. H. Stuart Secy of the Dept. of the Interior
Page 110

State of New-York, COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. } 
Albany, October 1855.
I Hereby Certify, That on searching the Records  in this office for the Registry of Certificates 
issued in pursuance of a law, passed April 27, 1784, entitled ""An Act for the settlement of the pay of Levies and Militia for their services in the late war, and for other purposes therein mentioned,” I find the following, viz:

NAMES. Wm Oakley Private 

No. of BOOK. 7 

NO. OF
CERTIFICATE. 35.003 

DATE. July 1. 1780 

L 3 

S. 12 

D. 10 

RANK AND NAME OF COMPANY OFFICER. Capt Ebenr  Boyd 

RANK AND NAME OF FIELD OFFICER. Col. Sml Drake 

I have examined the Rolls for the items above set forth, and find them to be correct. } 
[signature:] H. P. Savawell [Carroll???] Clerk. 
[signature:] Philip Phelps Dep Comptroller.
Page 111

E. Wallbridge Esq. 
Counseller at Law 
Lansingburgh N. Y.
Page 112

State of New York Rensselaer County SS 
Catherine Oakley of Lansingburgh in said County personally appears before Marcus. L. Filley [Tilley?] of Lansingburgh in said County and in addition to her former testimony on her application for a pension for the services of her first husband William Douglass. Makes a further application for an increase of her Pension. who being duly sworn according to Law. Doth. on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the further benifit [benefit] of the Act of Congress passed July fourth Eighteen hundred and thirty six. Says that her first husband the said William Douglass did enlist as stated in her former testimony under one Persell or Parsell as an Artificer and that at the time she was at Fishkill with her Husband the said Douglass he worked at making Cannon Carriaging and That his Farther [father] and Brother worked with him. And that She saw the said Persell or Parsell almost every day going to and from the shop where they were at work 
And further that at the time of his services in Albany as testified to by her in her former affidavit That according to her best recollection Morgan Lewis was Quarter Master of the Department. and that the said Douglass was under a person by the name of Shepherd who was overseer of the finishers in Stocking Guns in the Armory. 
her X mark 
Catherine Oakley 
Subscribed and sworn before me this 20th day of June. 1838. the said Catharine being well known to me. is a credible person. and from age and infirmity is unable to write her name 
[signature:] Marcus L. Filley [Tilley?] Justice Peace
Page 113

State of New York REnsselaer County, } SS 
John Hogeboome of the town of Lansingburgh and county aforesaid appeared before me Marcus L. Filley [Tilley?] a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid. who being duly sworn according to law. Deposeth and Saith that in addition to his former testimony taken before me in the case of Catharine Oakley formerly the wife of William Douglass. for whom services she was allowed a pension for nine months service in the northern Campain [campaign] in the years One Thousand Seven hundred and Seventy five and Six. That after mature deliberation says that they took up their line of March from Lansingburgh County aforesaid in the year One Thousand Seven hundred and Seventy five on Monday after Whit Sunday which would be about the first day of June in said year. And further that said Douglass with myself and others were discharged in in [sic] the City of Albany in June the 23d in the year One thousand Seven hundred and Seventy Six. And further that they were compelled to remain in the service after their time had expired - 
[signature:] John Hogaboome 
State of New York Rensselaer County } SS: 
I certify that on the 21st. day of April 1838. John Hogeboome personally appeared before me and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit and Deposition by him subscribed. and I certify that said John Hogeboome is a credible person. 
[signature:] Marcus L. Filley [Tilley?] Justice Peace
Page 114

War Department, 
Pension Office, 
June 18 1837. 
Sir 
The papers of Catharine Oakley, first the widow of William Douglass, and subsequently of William Oakley, have been examined and filed. Nine months will be allowed for the claimant's first 
[water damage] _band's service in Captain Fisher's company, Col. Van Schaick's regiment in 1775-6. The claim to service as an Artificer, in the Quarter Master's Department , cannot be investigated unless the names of the officers are correctly given. No officer by the name of Persels appears to [serve? Leave?] belonged to that Department at the period referenced to. 
I am respectfully, your obt. servt. 
[signature:] J. L Edward/ 

Pearsall 

[very faded writing follows, questionable transcription:] 
Sworn ___ found by stated in ___ 
Before me acquainted 
Lemuel Jenkins, Esqr 
[illegible] 
New York
Page 115

State of New YOrk 
Rensselaer County SS 
On this 26th day of June in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty Eight - personally appeared before me Marcus L. Filley [Tilley?] a Justice of the peace for the said County. William C. Follet a resident of the said of Lansingburgh. who being duly Sworn by me according to law Testifies that he called on John Carr of the City of Albany to obtain further information of the Services of William Douglass the first husband of Catherine Douglass. now Catherine Oakley. who told the said Follet in addition to his former evidence that Morgan Lewis was quarter master of the Department. and that John Shepherd was overseer of the Finishers and who the said Douglass worked under in the Armory in the City of Albany. and that the said Wm. Carr went a jorney to the west. and that on his return home this spring was parsially [partially] deranged and still remaining incapable of giving his Testimony. That previously he was a person of a very strong memory and very inteligent person in Conversation- 
[signature:] William C. Follet 
Subscribed and sworn before me this 26th day of June 1858. the subscribed being well known to me. and is a credible person. 
[signature:] Marcus L. Filley [Tilley?] Justice Peace 

State of New York Rensselaer County SS. } 
I. Henry R. Bristol Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Marcus L. Filley [Filley?] Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits purport to have been Sworn was on the days of the respective dates thereof a Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Rensselaer and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe his Signature, subscribed to the foregoing Certificates to be genuine. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said County this 27th day of June A. D. 1838. [signature:] Henry R. Bristol Clerk
Page 116

N. Y. 
Catharine Oakley 
act '36 on roll 
No 1.118
Page 117

[illegible postmark] 
J. L. Edwards Esqr 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City
Page 118

Lansingburgh April 27th. 1839 
Sir 
Yours from the Honorable David was received Stating that artificers under Col. Baldwin were- not entitled as Pensioner to but 80 Dollars. Pr. Annum The affidavit in the Case of Catherine Oakley. formerly the Wife of William Douglass. for Whom Services She now draws a Pension. If Mr Edwards will Please to examine the Papers of Mrs Oakley, he will see that William Douglass enlisted as an artificer and not as a Private. 
I am Yours Respectfully [signature:] William C. Follet Esqr 
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Page 119

One 2c & one 14 stamps rec'd. 
[illegible letter or scribble] 07C Revs Revo. Sec M 
76 Clinton St. 
Saratoga Springs 
Apr. 30, 1917. 
Department of Interior 
Pensions Bureau 
Washington D. C. 
Will you kindly send me the pension record of William Oakley, who, I was told, was in the third Westchester County regiment of the New York state militia in the Revolutionary war. 
Thanking you in advance. 
Mrs. H. C. [or E.] Hayden
Page 120

Carnegie Institution of Washington    Rev 12G 
DEPARTMENT OF GENETICS 
EUGENICS RECORD OFFICE 
FOUNDED BY MRS. R. H. HARRIMAN 
CABLE ADDRESS: "SEERO COLDSPRINGHARSOR " 
COLD SPRING HARBOR, LONG ISLAND. N. Y. 
May 7, 1921. 
Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C. 
Gentlemen: 
Can you furnish me with particulars of the Revolutionary War service of the following parties: 
1. Elijah Bryan, private in Third Regiment of the Connecticut line; was on the pension roll in 1819 and again in 1828 when he was in Portage County, Ohio. 
2. William Oakley, private in New York militia; was on the pension roll in 1833. 
I shall be very glad to have a full Revolutionary record of these men if it can be furnished. 
Very sincerely yours
[signature:] Howard J. Banker 
Howard J. Banker, 
Acting Assistant Director.
[Oval stamp:] CHIEF'S DESK 
MAY 11 1921 
DIVISION 
U. S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS 

[circular stamp:] PENSION 
U. S. 
MAY 10 1921 
OFFICE. 

HJB/IB
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BRADLEY STUDIOS 
PORTRAITS 
402 FIFTH AVE. 
NEW YORK 
New York, May 7, 1913.

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
Will you kindly send me any information you may have of a William Douglas of Huntington, Long Island or New York, who fought in the Revolution, and whose name is given in a list of pensioners n the New York Pension list.
I want information either about his family or service he performed during the Revolution.
Yours truly,
[signature: C. L. Bradley
Page 122

Searched by AW. May 10, 1913. 
William Douglass 
alleged pensioner on the N. Y. pension list. 
There is no pensioner named William Douglass found on the N. Y. Agency book unter the Acts of 1878, 1828 and 1832- 
and there is no widow of Wm. Douglass of N. Y. except Catharine Oakley N. 10833. which send & say only one. 
(The only other Mrs Douglass in files in of N. C. 
all spellings searched
Page 123

Rev. War
RECORDS ["DIVISION." is crossed out] 
3--525. 
V.L.M.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
Washington, D. C. [blank] 
H. F. 10.83 
In reply to your request of [blank] received [blank] for a statement of the military history of William Douglass 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 in this Bureau. 
[table follows:] 
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT. 
Summer 1775 

LENGTH OF
SERVICE. 
Spring 1776 

RANK. 
Artificer 

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. John Fisher 
COLONEL. Van Schaick 

STATE.  
N.Y. 

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT. 
Spring 1777 

LENGTH OF
SERVICE. 
Taken prisoner at Ticonderoga by Hessions, made his escape and returned home in August 1777. 

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. [blank] 
COLONEL. Morgan Lewis 

STATE.
[blank] 

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT. 
Spring 1778 

LENGTH OF
SERVICE. 
8 mos. 

RANK. 
artificer at Armory at Albany 

STATE.
[blank] 

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT. 
Fall 1781 
1782 

LENGTH OF
SERVICE. 
8 mos 

RANK. 
out on alarm to Heinsborough artificer 

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. Persels 
COLONEL. [blank] 

STATE.
[blank] 

Battles engaged in, St. Johns, Montreal & Quebec 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, that part of Lansingburgh that was called Schaghticoke 
Date of application for pension, May 12. 1837 Tho he was allowed 
Residence at date of application, Lansingburgh, Rensselaer N. Y. 
Age at date of application, She was 78 years old 
Remarks: She married Jany 2 1778 Catharine See and dec'd at Lansingburgh N. Y. Mch 1 1832.  She married at Schaghticoke N. Y.  Oct. 12.1833 or Sept. 11. 1834, William Oakley He dec'd Nov. 2, 1834 of Nov. 1 or 2 1835. She delivered his  child who was 10 mos old shortly after 1781 No [illegible word] is stated the only soldier that name in the service &c 
Very respectfully, 
6 -- 2856
Commissioner.