Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9352, Lawrence Hilts, New York
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New York.        Wilts, Lawrence.        S. 9352.            carded
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32.833
New York, Albany
Lawrence Hitts
Of Onondaga Co. in the State of New York
Who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain McKean of the [illegible] Commanded 
by Col Van REN [illegible]  in the N.Y. [illegible]
for 9 months

Inscribed on the roll of Albany
at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per
annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831
[illegible] 15th Nov 1836

Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of
April 1837 and sent to 
Geo. R. Merrick [illegible] Present
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-anl. allowance ending
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State of New York
County of Onondaga ss
On this 27th day of January 1851 personally appeared in open Court before the [word County, deleted ] Court of Onondaga County now sitting Laurence Hilts and Christian Hilts residents of the town of Dewitt in the County of Onondaga and State aforesaid the only heirs at Law of Laurence Hilts deceased who being duly sworn according to law each on his oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832. That they are the only children of Laurence Hilts deceased that said Laurence Hilts is sixty seven years old and the said Christian Hilts is sixty four years old; That their father Laurence Hilts resided from the first of their recollection in the town of Deerfield State of New York and from there he removed to the town of Sullivan State aforesaid and from that last place he removed to the town of Manlius ^Onondaga County^ State aforesaid and lived here until the year 1811. When he removed to the township of Markham in the House district in the Province of Canada, that Laurence Hilts one of the descendants says that he lived with his father in Markham Canada until his death that he died in the month of November 1836 and he believes about the 15th that he was present when he died and was at his funeral and saw him buried that their mother the wife of said Laurence Hilts died in the year 1833 & before their father and that he left no evidence at the time of his disease[?] that their said father served as a Soldier in the United States in the war of the Revolution that he served in said war nine months as a private soldier in Captain McKean Company and Col Henry Van Rensselaer Regiment of the New York Militia that the service was performed on the Mohawk River and he was discharged at a place called
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German Flatts said services were performed often the battle of Oriskany that they cannot find any certificate of discharge of said Laurence Hilts or other documentary evidence is in the [illegible] of deponants that they are well acquainted with Jacob Shaver ^Godfrey Hilts Mary Hilts Jacob Hauser John Temple^  and Catherine Reals whose affidavits are here to attached that they are persons of good moral character that their father left the United States in 1811 for Canada and that there is no Clergyman ^living^ that they can find who was acquainted with him when  he lived in this County and they further state that they hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present that their said father died on or about the 15th day of November 1836 that he had therefore due him at his death & which is now claimed under the law arrears of pension  from the 4th March 1831 to the 15th November 1836 the date of his death according to the rate of his service that he never in his life time applied for the pension to which  he was entitled and for which this is an application and that therefore his name cannot be on the Pension roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Israel S. Spencer
Judge of Onondaga County Court 

Christian Hilts, 
                his
Laurence   x  Hilts
                mark
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Jacob Schafer
affidavit proving
that Laurence
Hilts was a soldier
in the Revolutionary war that
Hilts served [illegible]
& was discharged with
him [illegible] -
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State of New York
Onondaga County §
Jacob Shaver of the town
of Manlius County and State aforesaid being
duly sworn doth depose say that he
is now Eighty four years of age that he
was a soldier of the United States in the war
of the Revolution that he is now a pensioner
of the United States That he was well
acquainted with Laurence Hilts who
was also a soldier in the war of the Revolution
that he served with him nine months
in Captain McKeans Company Col Henry
Van Rensselaer's Regiment of the New York
troops That the service was performed
on the Mohawk River that he and the
said Hilts were both discharged at the
same time at the German Flats on said
River he cannot now recollect the
precise year in which such service was
[illegible] thinks it was after the Battle
of Oriskany that he often saw said
Hilts after his discharge at German
Flats and further saith not
Sworn and subscribed
before me this 31st day
of May 1847 :
[signature] R Gilmor J Peace
           his
Jacob X Shawn
          mark
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George Hilts
Mary Hilts
affidavits 
proving the death
of Laurence Hilts
the soldier
-
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State of New York
County of Onondaga §: Jacob Houser of
the town of Pompey in the County of Onondaga
State of New York being duly sworn says
that he is Eighty one years of age that
at the age of twelve years he resided at what
is called old Fort Herkimer on the Mohawk
river and where about 13 years old was
taken prisoner and carried away among
the Indians that on his return in
the year 1786 he found his mother
mar[r]ied to Laurence Hilts who then resided
at Deerfield in the County of Herkimer
that deponent lived with said Hilts
& his mother about three months
that it was there told him that said Laurence
Hilts had been in ^the^ service on the Mohawk
in ^the^ Revolutionary war and deponent has
been acquainted with said Laurence Hilts
until his removal into Canada  - that
said Laurence removed from Deerfield
to near Chittenango now Madison County
in the State of New York about the year
1800 and deponent soon ^after^ removed to Manlius in the County of Onondaga in which
county he has resided ever since being
about forty eight years that when 
deponent returned from his imprisonment
in 1786 Laurence Hilts Jr. & Christian Hilts
the persons who made the application for the
pension due to Laurence Hilts there father
were little children one of them an infant
and lived with [deleted word] said Laurence Hilts
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in his family (& were reputed to be his children)  
till he removed to near Chittenango
& to Manlius & until they married & [illegible]
deponent has known them ever since
Subscribed & sworn before me 
this 5th day of September AD 1848
 V. W Smith Clerk

Jacob Houser

State of New York
County of Onondaga }§ John Temple of De Witt in the County of Onondaga being
duly sworn says he is thirty two years
of age that he has known Lawrence Hilts
the reputed father of Lawrence Hilts & Christian
Hilts of De Witt in the County of Onondaga ever
since he can remember any one, for about
twenty five years: that said deponent lived
in Markham in the Home District in
the Provence of Canada till about the year
1837 and lived there in November 1836 and
saw said Lawrence Hilts of Markham a day
or two before he died & while he was sick
& confined to his bed Deponent also at the
same time knew Lawrence Hilts of De Witt
aforesaid & that he was reputed to be the son
of said Lawrence Hilts of Markham
Deponent further ^says^ soon after Deponent last saw said Lawrence Hilts of Markham he
heard that he was dead & saw [illegible]
which was also said to be his further says not
Affirmed [deleted word] before me this 5th day of September AD 1848 
V W Smith Clerk                     John Temple
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in his family ([illegible] reputed to be his [illegible]
[illegible]) till he removed to near Chittinango [Chittenango]
+ to Manlius + until they married that
deponent has known [illegible] ever since
subscribed + sworn before me
this 5th day of September AD 1848.
[signature] Jacob Hauser
V. W Smith Clerk
[signature]

State of New York
County of Onondaga }§ John Temple of
De Witt in the County of Onondaga being
duly sworn says he is thirty two years
of age that he has known Lawrence Hilts
the reputed father of Lawrence Hilts + Christian
Hilts of De Witt in the County of Onondaga ever
since he can remember any one; for about
twenty five years; that said deponent lived
in Markham in the Home District in
the provencde of Canada till about the year
1837 and lived there in November 1836 and
saw said Lawrence Hilts of Markham a day
or two before he died + while he was sick
+ infirmed to his bed Deponent also at the
same time knew Lawrence Hilts of De Witt
aforesaid + that he was reputed to be the son
of said Lawrence Hilts of Markham he
heard that he was dead + saw [smudged, may be to prove]
which was also said to be his [illegible] says [illegible]
[struckthrough] Affirmed before me this 5th day of
September AD 1848
John Temple

-V.W. Smith
Clerk
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Province of Canada
Home Districts

Godfrey Hilts of the Township of Markham
in the Home District and Province of Canada, Farmer, and Mary
Hilts his wife came before me John Button Esquire one of her Majesty's
Justices of the Peace for the said District Who being sworn on the
Holy Evangelist saith that Laurence Hilts who represented himself
to have been a Soldier in the American Service at the time of the Revolution
died at their (Deponents) house on lot number twenty six in the
fourth Concession of the aforesaid township of Markham some time
in the month of November in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and thirty six and that the said Laurence was
at the time of his death a widower

[signatures] Godfrey Hilts
Mary Hilts X [her mark, written above/below X]

Sworn before me at Markham in Canada,
this 25th day of May 1848 ["illegible", may be "Eight"]
[signature] John Button - JP
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No. 38 [smudged] 46
Lawrence Hilts, dec'd
claim for arrears +; per heirs
A. Mark
[illegible] 7 June 1832
[illegible] 9 months [illegible]
[strucktrhough 8] 30 [illegible]
4 March 1831 + endg [ending]
15 Nov 1836. Payable
to Lawrence Hilts +
Christian Hilts, only
surviving children
Alby Roll

[signature] Geo. R. Herrick
attorney
Present
see papers Jacob Shawn No. 3.288 [illegible, may be M]'92
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And the said[Court do hereby declare their opinion after
the investigations of the matter and after putting the
interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that
the individual above named and on whose account
application is now made was a Revolutionary Soldier
and served as above stated And the Court futher
Certify that it appears to them that there is no
Clergyman now living in this County who knew
the said Laurence Hilts in his life time and that
Godfrey Hilts Mary Hilts Jacob Jauer Jacob Shaver
and John Temple are credible personas and that
their statements [smudged] are entitled to credit and that the
said Laurence Hilts + Christian Hilts now are the [illegible, smudged, may be only]
heirs of Laurence Hilts deceased and that he was a
Revolutionary Soldier as above stated and served as
above stated
[signature] Israel Spencer
Judge of Onondaga
County Court and the Judge Constituting
the Onondaga County Court
I Rufus Cossit Clerk of the County Court of Onondaga
do hereby certify that the foregoing [illegible] the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the
application of Laurence Hilts + Christian Hilts in rights
of Laurence Hilts deceased for certain arrears of Pension
[stamped Onondaga County Seal]
[illegible] whereof I have hereunto
[illegible] my hand and seal of office
this 27th day of January 1851 and
I hereby certify that said County Couurt
is a Court of Record [smudged]
Rufus Cossit Clerk
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H

Mr Cole

Geo. R. Herrick Atty
Present
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Know all men by these present that We Laurence Hilts & Christian Hilts of the town of [illegible] County of Onondaga and State of New York have made constituted and appointed and by these presents do make constitute
and appoint George R. Herrick of the City of Washington DC our attorney to ask demand and receive any Pension Bounty land or money or [illegible] which may be due on account of the services of ^Laurence Hilts^ [deleted Thomas Wait] deceased in the revolutionary war and to give full receipts discharges or other [illegible]  slips in the [illegible] to receive the  same hereby revoking all former power heretofore granted to any one and hereby ratifying whatever our said attorney may do in the [illegible] [illegible] under our hands & seals this 27 day of January 1851  
Christian Hilts
                his
Laurence x Hilts
               mark
Signed sealed & delivered in presence of
Oliver J. Ruger 
Francis A. Marsh

State of New York
County of Onondaga §
On this 27th day of January 1857 personally
appeared Christian Hilts & Laurence Hilts before me and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be their act and deed for the purposes therein contained
Oliver J Ruger
Court of Deeds &c

State of New York
County of Onondaga  ss
I hereby certify that Oliver J. Ruger Esq before whom the foregoing acknowledgement was made and who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Commissioner of Deeds in and
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for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and
[illegible] and authorized to take such acknowledgement
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
not say hand and affixed the
seal of Onondaga County Court
this 27 day of January one
thousand eight-hundred and
fifty one
Rufus Cossit Clerk









[written vertically] Power of attorney from
Lawrence + Christian Hilts
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Washington February 1st, 1837

Sir,
I hand you herewith, the claim of the heirs of Lawrence Hilts to the amount to which their ancestor was entitled at his decease, on the 15th day of November 1836, under the pension laws of the United States, for services in the Revolutionary War. 
I trust that the proof accompanying this claim will be deemed sufficient to justify its allowance without delay, and I invite a careful examination of all the proof submitted
I am Sir,
Very respectfully
Your obt. servt.
Geo. R. Herrick

Jas. E. Heath Esq.
Comr. of Pensions
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[stamped seal] MAR 11 [illegible lettering around seal]
[stamped seal] 3 [illegible lettering around seal]
Agent of the Pension
Office, Washington
D.C
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Manlius March 1?/53

Dr Sir
Christjohn Hilts and Lawrence Hilts Jr (Sons of Lawrence Hilts deceased a Soldier of the Revolutionary war.) Employed Ed Ruger to process the back pay of their father. Ruger obtained the Money in the fall of 1852 - and accounted  to the Hilts for but about $60.00
retaining the balance as he claims for his services. If it will not be too much trouble will you have the goodness[?] to address[?] the matter and send the amt so paid to Ruger on said claim -
[illegible] oblige
Yours truly
Lawrence Hilts Jr

Agent of the Pension
Officer - }
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9352
[written vertically] Revhay
INVALID
File No 9352
Lawrence Hilts
Pri Rev War
-
Act: June 7th 32
Index:-Vol. 1 , Page 173
Arrangement of 1870.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Divisions of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Hiltsdorph, John
Grade Private Line Pennsylvania

WARRANT NUMBER 9546 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 7, 1790 [start written under] to -- not shown -- [end written under]

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Hilty, Conrad [start written under] (Hitty) [end written under][start written with arrow to former] In pencil only [end written with arrow] GRADE Private LINE Lamb's Artillery [start written under] (New York) [end written under]

WARRANT NUMBER 7286 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Sept. 15, 1790 [start written under] to -- not shown -- [end written under]

* The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issues Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.