Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14815, Aaron Webster, Conn.
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SERVICE                                                                         NUMBER
Conn.                  Webster, Aaron                             S.14815

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CONTENTS
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20,056
New York
Aaron Webster
of Monroe in the State of N. York
who was a Sergeant in the [Comp?] commanded
by Captain Humphry of the [illegible] commanded
by Col. [Hendrick?] on the [Country?]
line for [illegible]

Inscribed on the Roll of N. York
at the rate of 65 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of July
1832 and sent to P. Price
Rush

Arrears to the 4th of Mar '33 $130
Semi-anl. allowance ending [illegible] 32.5
$162.50

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Go. C. Stiles Clerk,
Book 6 . Vol. 3 . Page 38
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13743
Aaron Webster
1.16.16
P. 365
1 May '33
dome
Peter Price
Rush
[illegible]
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BRIEF in the case of Aaron Webster, whose declaration is made within the County of Monroe in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

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

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

3. How old is he? 79

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

Period. | Duration of Service. | Rank. | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
 | Years, Months, Days. | As a | Gen.

Enlisted In 1775 | - 7 - | Private | [illegible]
ditto April 1776 | - 7 - | Sergeant | [illegible]
ditto Sept 1777 | - 2 - | [illegible] | [illegible]

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

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
[illegible], Hartford [illegible] Connecticut

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

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

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

[illegible] Examining Clerk.
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aomd
7 mo Sergt.
9 mo. pri-
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State of New York
Monroe county
Aaron Webster being duly Sworn ^in Open court^ deposes and says that he was Born in the year of our Lord 1753 at the town of Winsor in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut and that he Continues to Reside in the said County of Hartford aforesaid until 1793 when he moved to Neocassom Columbia County in the State of New York [illegible] the 10th day of December 1800 this deposent accidentally had his house burned when he lost all his papers they were consumed in the flames. he had a Sergeant warrant signed by Colonel McClannan and all the discharges of this department & many other papers he Received during the Revolutionary war. 
And the said Aaron attested further says that in the year of our Lord 1775 he enlisted as a private soldier in the town of Winsor in the County of Hartford and the State of Connecticut for the Term of Seven Months to go to Boston in the State of Massachusetts under Captain Humphrey in Colonel Huntington Regiment that he served to the end of the term. When he was discharged at Roxbury in the said State of Massachusetts.
And the said Aaron attested further says that he enlisted the 2nd time at Windsor in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut ^as a Sergent^ for the term of Seven Months to go to New York which was in the year of our Lord 1776, and in the month of April under Captain Jonah Gillett in Colonel Gays Regiment in Geneal James Badsworth Brigade. Colonel Gay died at New York, when Colonel Hart Succeeded to the Command at Long Island, that he served to the end of his enlistment and was discharged at North Castle.
And the said Aaron attested further says that he enlisted the third time as a sergeant to go [Rhoad Island - crossed out] in the State of Rhoad Island in the year of our Lord 1777 ^under Capt. Jonathan Humphry Colonel McClellan & Brigadier Gen. Spencer^ for the Term of Two Months at the town of Winsor in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut in the Month of September and served to the end of his Term where he was discharged near Providence Rhoad Island, he belonged during all this time to what was called the New Service and as he believes
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to the State Lines that he was in the engagement at Flat Bush and Long Island that  now Resides in the Town of Henrietta in the County of Monroe & State of New York 
Aaron Webster
that he is not on the pension Role nor agency of any state & he hereby order [illegible] all again to a pension except the present.
Sworn & described before me this 2nd day of October 1832
Peter Price
Judge of the County court for Monroe Co.

State of New York
Monroe County
Theadore Cadwell being sworn deposes and says he is a Native of the State of Connecticut and Resided until after the Revolutionary war in the Tawn of Farmington in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut and near the [illegible] Line in said County and was during all the time well acquainted with Aaron Webster the foregoing depossent and Lived during all the Revolutionary War Long before and Many years after said war within half of a mile of said Aaron Webster and knows of the 1st enlistment that he did enlist as he states in the affidavit and was absent from home & from correspondence with his fathers family he truly believes he served [illegible]the further says that ^2nd enlistment^ he enlisted with , served with, under the same officers during the Revolutionary ^war^ in the time mentioned in the foregoing affidavit of the said Aaron Webster and knows that the said Aaron Webster did enlist and serve as he States in his Said affidavit & further Says Not
Theodore Cadwell

Sworn and subscribed [before me - crossed out] this 2nd day of October AD. 1832 in the county court
Justice of the Peace for Monroe County
Peter Drew

I Peter Drew the Justice before whom the foregoing affidavit has been submitted Certify that I am Well acquainted & have known for Many years both Theadore Cadwell the [illegible] [illegible] him to be a [illegible]
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I was Born in the year of our Lord 1753.
I have Record of my age which I have in possession & have taken it from the Record kept by my father.
I was living at the place declared by myself in my declaration & called into service as there stated.
I have given the names of the Regular Officers which I recalled in my declaration & also the General Circumstances of my service.
I had written discharges for my service. I had a copy of the Muster Rolls & these were destroyed in the house when burned in 1800.

I am well acquainted with the {illegible]
who Resides in the Neiborhood where I reside & who can testify as to my character for truth & this record as to my services as a revolutionary soldier.
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State of New 
Monroe county
Andrew Snider & Thomas Shepherd
[Clergyman [illegible] -crossed out]

In the town of Henrietta in the County of Monroe and State of New York and Andrew Snider of the same {Inserted text - Henrietta in Monroe Co.} herby Certify that we are well acquainted with Aaron Webster who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Seventy Nine years old 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 this 2nd day of [illegible] AD 1833
Signed: L. Adams Clerk

Signed: Andrew Snider
Signed: Thomas Shepherd

I Leonard Adams clerk of the court of common pleas for the county of Monroe do hereby certify that the forgoing [illegible] the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Aaron Webster for a Pension in testimony [illegible] I have hereto set my hand and seal of office this 2nd day of October 1832
L. Adams clerk
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogations 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 Andrew Sneider who has singed the preceding certificate [and Clergyman - Lined out] President in the town of Henrietta in the County of Manor and that Theodor Shepherd who has also signed the proceeding certificate is a resident in the said town and is a creditable person and that their statement is entitled to Credit
Signed: Ottie [illegible]
Signed: [illegible] Gartte
Signed: Ralph Libby

Judges of the county Court for Monroe County

I Leonard Adams Clerk of the county Court for Monroe County do herby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the Matter of the application of [for - crossed out] Aaron Webster for a pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 2nd day of October AD 1832
L. Adams Clerk

Direct to Peter Price Esq. of Rush Monroe County & State of New York and all communication will come to me immediately
Signed: Aaron Webster

Signed sideways: Aaron Webster 
13/48
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State of New York
Monroe County

Aaron Webster the foregoing applicant for a Pension being duly sworn depose and say that he resides in the Town of Henrietta in the county of Monroe and the state of New York and has so resided there for eleven years past., that he served four years in the Militia during the revolutionary war 
What is not included in this deponent application because oat the time he supposed militia service was not included in the set of the 7th, June, 1832, and of his health improvements he intends at some future day to apply for an additional & further says not
Signed: Aaron Webster

Sworn and subscribed this 20th day of July AD 1853 before me [signed] Peter Orrie
Justice of the peace for Monroe County
State of New York
Monroe County
I certify that Peter Price Esquire before whom the above affidavits were sworn was at the thereof a judge of the county courts of said county and also a Justice of the Peace Therin and is still such Justic of the Peace and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his proper handwriting and signature 
Witness my hand and Seal of office this twenty ninth day of May 1833
Signed : Leonard Adams Clerk

Seal with ribbon attached Lower Left Corner Illegible
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Reoham [Handwritten at angle in top left corner]
14815
INVALID.
?le No. 14815
Aaron Webster
Sergt Rev War
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Act: June 7th 32
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 400
[Arrangement of 1870]
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Aaron Webster [upper right corner]
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Aaron Webster which require
further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? No
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? 
Yes
V. Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension he is entitled?
Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? Yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. 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.
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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 they served two years 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 objection
able. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration
of each term of engagement; the particular place or 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 oaths
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.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate
must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.