Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4422, William Hageman, New York
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Service New York

Hageman, William

Number R4422
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tifies that it appears to them that Peter Hager 2nd sheriff of said county and Richard E Smith are residents of the town of Hector and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit -

I Samuel Love Clerk of the court of common Pleas in and for the county of Tompkins do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the
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Supplemental Declaration

Tompkins County Ss. William Hageman being further sworn deposes and says that he enlisted in the militia service at the State of New York in the year 1775 or 1776 and served in Captain Jacob De Freests company under Henry K Van Renselaer [sic]. He first entered said company as a corporal and shortly after was promoted to the office of Sergeant. He served in said company for three years certainly and he believes near four. His duties were such as in his original declaration stated and the services he performed are then correctly described. After the expiration of his service in Captain De Freests company he enlisted as a Sergeant for three months in Captain John Samson's Company under the command of Col Van Rensaeller [sic] and continued in such service until the expiration of the said three months - His [?], marches, duties and services were as in the said original declarations mentioned. He thus returned home and in one week or few days after was again called into service under the command of Captain Shaw and was in field service not longer than eight days. And further the deponent says not 
WM Hageman [signature]
Sworn & subscribed Before me this 1st October 1833}
Wm Linn Court of deeds &c.

State of New York
Tompkins County Clerk's office Ss. I Samuel Love Clerk of said county do herby certify that William Linn Esquire before whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a commissioner of deeds in and for said county and duly authorized by the laws of said state to administer oaths to and that I am well  acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to said affidavit to be his own proper hand writing - witness my hand & official seal this 1 day of Oct. 1833
Samuel Love clerk
By Geo. G. Freer Dep. Clerk
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(Page)
(1st)
State of New York[sic]
Tompkins County} Ss. On this 23rd day of May 1833 personally appeared in open court, before the court of common pleas of the county of Tompkins, now sitting William Hagaman [sic] a resident of the town of Hector in said county, aged 71 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 provision made by the act of congress, passed June 7th 1832 - 
That he was born at pleasant valley in the county of Dutchess and State of New York on the 25th day of October 1756; his birth was recorded in his father's Bible, but in whose possession the same now is he cannot say - that he was called out into the service of this State either in the year 1775 or 1776, he does not recollect precisely which, and served in Captain Jacob De Freest's company, under Col. Henry K. Van Renselaer [sic] and when he so entered the service, he resided at Green Bush in Renselaer [sic] County. He first entered said company as a corporal, and was shortly afterwards promoted to the office of Sergeant in which capacity he afterwards continued to serve during the whole of his service - He remained in Captain De Freest's Company, as near as he can recollect, about three or four years - When he first entered said company they marched from Albany to Still Water from thence to Schenectady where they remained about two weeks, and from thence back to Albany - He was principally, during his service under Captain De Freest employed as a minute man to watch the Tories and Indians, and protect the inhabitants against their depredations - He was during this service, on one occasion, mainly instrumental in taking prisoners and Captain Palmelton and one Moses Dorman, both Tories, and who were both shortly afterwards hanged near the city of Albany when he left Captain Defreest's company he, by his permission, enlisted as a sergeant for three months
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in Captain John  Lonsons Company also under the command of Col Van Rensselaer - this company marched from Albany to West Point where they remained about one month, from thence to Clarkstown where they remained about one week at which time they were called back & ordered to march to Schoharrie [sic] to protect the inhabitants from the Indians 
He remained at Schoharrie [sic] during the remainder of the time for which he enlisted and received a regular discharge from Captain Lonson, which discharge he has since last. He then returned home to his residence at Green Bush and in about one week was again ordered into the service under the command of Captain Shaw - he marched in this company to Beaver dam about twenty miles above Albany - while there he with six other men took prisoners a family of Torys [sic], and conveyed them by order of Captain Shaw to Green Bush and had further orders to disband himself and associates when this service was performed, which he accordingly did - He was in this service under Captain Shaw about eight days - He then returned home, and the war being near its conclusion, he was not again called into the service - 
And the said William Hagaman [sic] further declares that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades - For three years he served a short time as corporal & the residue of the time as sergeant in Captain De Freests company - For three months he served as a sergent [sic] under Captain John Lonson and for eight days as a sergeant under Captain Shaw -
And the said William Hagaman [sic] further on his oath declares that during the periods
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of the above mentioned service he was engaged in no other civil employment - That he can find no surviving witness who can testify to his services in the revolution - That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of any agency in any state
Wmm Hageman [signature]
Sworn & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid Before me Samuel Love

To the questions propounded by the court the said William Hagaman [sic] answers as follows - 
1st That he was born at Pleasant Valley in the County of Dutchess on the 25th day of October 1756
2nd That his age was recorded in his fathers Bible but in whose possession the Bible now is, he is unable to say
3rd That he resided at Green Bush in the county of Renselaer [sic] when he first entered the service and continued to reside there about thirty years when he removed to the town of Hector in the county of Tompkins where he has ever since resided
4th He was ordered into the service by Captain De Freest afterwards enlisted under Captain Lonson for three months and afterwards again ordered into the service under Captain Shaw
5th That he served under Col Henry K Van Renselaer [sic], and under Captains DeFreest, Lonson and Shaw
6th he received a written discharge from Captain Lonson and has since made diligent search for the same but cannot find it
7th Peter Hager and Richard Ely, John N Smith Abraham Cutler and Richard E Smith are persons residing in his neighbourhood [sic] with whom he is acquainted 
Wm Hageman [signature]
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid Before me Saml. Love clk
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We Peter Hager 2nd Sheriff of the county of Tompkins and Richard E smith residing in the town of Hector in the county of Tompkins certify that we are well acquainted with William Hagaman [sic] who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 76 years of age, that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Peter Hager 2nd [signature]
Richard E Smith [signature]
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Before me Saml. Love clk

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 Peter Hager 2nd sheriff of said county and Richard E Smith are residents of the town of Hector and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit -
I Samuel Love Clerk of the court of common Pleas in and for the county of Tompkins do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of William Hagaman [sic] for a pension - 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 23rd day of May in the year 1833 - 
Saml. Love Clerk
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Henry H. Hageman
Abraham Hageman
and 
Betsey Crandall 
heirs of 
Wm Hageman
Deceased

J H G McCutchen
Present
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State of Pennsylvania}
Bradford County}
On the 9th day of February A. D. 1854 personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace in and for said County Henry H. Hageman Abraham Hageman & Betsy Crandall Who being duly sworn deposeth and says, that they are children and heirs of William Hagaman [sic] Deceased, who was a soldier in the war of Revolution and apply for a Pension under the act in such cases made and provided. that he died on or about the 24th day of July 1835 and that they hereby appoint D. Burr Wheeler of Tompkins County and State of New York, their attorney irrevocably and with power to Substitute  and to prosecute their claim to a Pension, examine the papers and records in the Pension office, and do all other acts an attorney may lawfully do, and that we countermand and revoke any and all other Powers of Attorney that may have been heretofore given.
Henry H. Hageman
Abraham Hageman
Betsy Crandall
Subscribed and Sworn before me the day and year above written and I certify that they are the identical persons set fourth [sic] in the above affidavits and further certify that I have no Interest in said claim
Lorenzo Grinnell J Peace Seal [word seal is encircled with a flowery bubble]
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No. 25314
William Hagaman [sic] Tompkins County
New York
4422

Saml. Love Ithaca Tompkins County
New York
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of William Hagaman [sic] Tompkins County New York

|Period when the service was rendered|
Served in {1775 ~1776}
|Duration of the claimant's service|
3 Years ~ 4 Years
|Rank of the claimant.|
Corporal Sergt. _
|Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.|
Cap De Freest, Colonel Van Renselear [sic]
|Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.|
76 years Rensellear [sic] County New York
|Proof by which the declaration is supported.|
Traditionary paper authenticated

I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, 
J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.

There is no evidence of continuous service for the length of time declarant alleges he served under Col Van Rensselaer, in the Department Proof is required to substantiate this claim
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," ""militia," and "volunteers," ali persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Your general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia. and Volunteers. . 
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of County of______  } ss.

On this _____ day of ______ __________ personally appeared (a) before _____________ A. B. a resident (b) of __________in the county of ___________ and State, Territory or District of ______ aged (c) ______ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of the Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _______, with ______ and served in the _________ (e) regiment of the _______line, under the following named officers: ___________________.

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers ;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of ______________

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.    A. B.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.

I ____________of the Court of__________ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of ___________ for a pension. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of_______ &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out _______.

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:

(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman. residing in the ____________ and C. D. residing in (the same hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with_____________, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be __________ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. В. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the __________ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ___________-and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, _______________ Clerk of the Court of _____________do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of ____________ for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this ________ day of ________ &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his-
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[printed text:] alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex[sic]expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it? 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live? 
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where are you served; such Continental and Militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? 
To an officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution.
The court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons – one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a clergyman, the court will self certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have been have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the court is hearing requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper cCerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different
grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: 
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a justice of the peace &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:-- For ___ year ____ months, and ___ days, I served as a ____. For ____ months and ____ days, I served as a ____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase "about three or four months" is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two tours in the militia, &c., without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place of places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] the Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or a narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] in a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oath must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [?] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of William Hageman, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's [crossed out]) application for pension on file in this Bureau. R. 4,422
|DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.|
1775 or 1776
|LENGTH OF SERVICE.|
[check mark] 3 mos 8 days
|RANK.|
Minute Man Sergeant "
|OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.|
|CAPTAIN.|
Jacob De Freest John Lonson Samuel Shaw
|COLONEL.|
Henry K Van Rensselaer
|STATE.|
N. York.

Battles engaged in, [blank]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Greenbush, Rensselaer Co, N.Y.
Date of application for pension, May 23, 1833.
Residence at date of application, Hector, Tompkins Co., New York
Age at date of application, born Oct 25, 1756 at Pleasant Valley, Dutchess Co, NY.
Remarks: he died July 24, 1835 leaving the following children and heirs in 1854: Henry H. Hageman, Abraham Hageman, and Betsy Crandall. Claims rejected on the grounds of insufficient proof of six months actual military service required by the Act of June 7, 1832 under which he applied.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Wm Hagaman [sic]
N York {Suspended
Act 7 June 1832
Additional Evidence

J H G McCutchen
Aty Present
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REJECTED
4422
William Hagaman [sic]
List of suspended claims printed in 1852 shows cause of suspension as follows:
"He alleges four years service as a minute man, and cannot find a  living witness who recollects his service."

[handwritten vertically left side]
1918 Oct. 24. Hist. to Mrs. Christenah Hall. &c.
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25, 314
Revo.
Act 7. June 1832 [underlined]
Wm. Hagaman [sic]
Suspended
See letter to Saml. Love
Ithaca N. Y.
Nov. 1. 1833
See letter & hty. '34 to Hon N. Halsey
J. H. G. McCutchen May 19. 1854
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PENSION U.S. OFFICE OCT 17 1918 [ink stamp]

Hedrick Iowa Oct 14 - 18
Rev. Sec. of Pension Bureau
Washington DC,
Dear Sirs.
I am writing you for information as to my ancestors. I am very anxious to join the DAR. but haven't my ancestors [?] up just so I can.
Wm D. Hagerman [underlined] was a Revolutionary soldier. He enlisted from Albany Co. N.Y. and died in N.Y. 1835
He was pensioned
See D. A. R. 44 807.
He was a relative on my fathers mother's side, but I dont [sic] know just how he was related to me
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Henry Van Over [underlined] born in Vir. 1741 was also a relative, also a Rev. Soldier but I haven't these records so I can vouch for them. Also ^[insert] a son of Enoch Va [crossed out] Henry Van Over whose name was Enoch Van Over who was born in 1785 in Virginia and married Amy Hall 
There is also an ancestor of the Hall family, who was [illegible crossed out] in the Rev. war. My fathers mother, Christenah Hagerman Van Over was born Aug 20- 1817. She was the daughter of Amy Hall.
I think these Halls were from Virginia
I wrote to a lady in Washington, who said she would obtain these records for me and she stated her price. I sent her the money two months ago but have not heard from her since sending her the money. She was recommended to me by Mr Haskins to take this up for me. What course shall I pursue in case she does not answer as she surly received the money as I had my return address on envelope
Hoping to hear from you soon
respectfully
Christenah Hall, Hedrick Ia.
Do not answer this last paragraph
the Bureau has nothing to do with private genealogical work and cannot get involved in questions of payment therefore
aw. Oct 18, 1918.
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My grand parents
Christenah Hagerman Van Over
&
David Harper were maried Dec 29-1836
my parents [underlined]
David J. Harper & Sarah Turner were married Dec. 24-1866
my own marriage [underlined]
Christenah Hagerman Harper and James L. Hall were married April 11-1895
Trusting this to help you. I send it also
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State of New-York,}
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.}
Albany, May 9 1854
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 Hagerman Private
Wm Hagerman "
Wm Hagerman Sergt.
Wm Hagerman Private
|NO. OF BOOK.|
3
3
5
5
|NO. OF CERTIFICATE.|
12.545
12.608
22.737
22.997
|DATE.|
Sep 30.1780
Oct. 26.1780
Sep. 16.1781
Oct. 24.1781
|[British pound symbol]| |S.| |D.|
5 6 8
2 6 2
1 3 11
2 3 5 [underlined]
L 11 " [3] 2 [total 11 pounds, 3 shillings, 2 dollars]
|RANK AND NAME OF COMPANY OFFICER.|
Capt. Jacob Jn Lansing
" Jacob Jn Lansing
" Saml Shaw
" Jacob De Forest
|RANK AND NAME OF FIELD OFFICER.|
Col Morris Graham
" Morris Graham
Lt. Col. Henry K. V. Rensselaer
" " Henry K V. Rensselaer

I have examined the Rolls for the items above set forth, and find them to be correct. }
H. B. Haswell Clerk.
Philip Phelps Dep. Comptroller.
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State of New York}
Comptrollers Office} Albany May 9. 1854
It appears by an original paper remaining in this office that William Hagarman was Superintendent of a Class in Col. Henry Van Rensselaer's Regiment on the 26th day of April 1782 -
It also appears by an Old account of Commissioners of Conspiracies remaining in this office numbered 28 & marked (1 [circled]) that Capt ____ Hagaman was paid [British pound sign] 1..10.. - on the 6th of May 1777 -
H. B. Haswell Clk.}
Philip Phelps Dep Comp
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Washington City - D. C.
May 15th 1854

Sir
Enclosed is proof of service as set forth by Wm Hagaman after examination please [?] me what amount of pension you will allow on said proof.
Respectfully Yours
J H G McCutchen

Hon L P Waldo
Com of Pensions
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Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D. C.

FREE [stamped top of sheet]
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Ithaca October 1. 1833
Hon J. L. Edwards
Sir Enclosed is the declaration of Wm Hagaman for a Pension together with his supplimental [sic] affidavit which I hope will be sufficient to substantiate his claim. Mr Hagaman is an honest old man and no one acquainted with him, doubts his having served in the manner he states - If it would be convenient for you to give to his claims an early attention, it would would [repetitive crossed out] confer upon ^[insert] him a great favor, as he is very poor, and much in want of money
I am very Respectfully Your Obdt servt
Samuel Love
By G. G. Freer
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May 19 / 34
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Pension Office
May 19. 1854
Sir
The additional proofs in support of the claim of William Hagarman, deceased of New York, under the act of June 7, 1832, does not establish so much as six months service as having been performed by him; and, as the rolls in this office do not show any service in addition to that certified by the Comptroller, the claim remains suspended.

J. H. G. McCutchen Esq
Present
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COPY
War Dept.,
Pension Office,
Feby. 8, 1834.

Hon. N. Halsey,
Sir:
In relation to the claim of William Hagaman upon which Mr. Freer announces a confident opinion, it may be remarked that the objections have been forwarded to Mr. love on 7th Aug. last.
He alleges that he served [underlined] 3 or 4 years in De Freest Co. & Van Rensellaers [sic] regt. when it is known that no such service was rendered by that company & regiment. They were minute men & served as occasions called for them. The regulations require each [underlined] term of actual service in the field or in garrison to be circumstantially recited, & the production of the best evidence in the power of the claimant to procure. If the numerous claimants for the same service within the state where claimant resides have no recollection of his service, it is a presumption against his claim which would require very strong testimonials of character & traditionary evidence to rebut.

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To Sam'l Love
Relates to rej -
claim of John Derrick Pens