Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 22,236, James Decker, New York

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Service			Number
New York	Decker, James	R22.236

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Order to pay 31 July 1838
Letter happens an agent
Albany N.Y. March 25 1842
do. to Pensioner (Elmira N.Y)
March 26th 1842

	12Sp
New York
============
James Decker
Elmira in the the State of New York
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain J Dewitt of the Regt. commanded
by Col Dubois in the New York - 
line for 3 years-----------------

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
and the rate of 80 Dollars per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issue the 30 day of October
ber 1832 and sent to T Robinson

arrears to 4th Septr. 1832 		$120.00
Semiannual allowance ending 4 Mar33	40.00
				=====
				$160.00

		{Revolutionary Clait
		{Act Jun 7, 1832

Recorded by Geor C Stiles
Book D	Vol. 5	Page 81

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James Decker
declaration
10.313

direct to the cau of 
James Robinson
agent, Elmira
Lioja Co
N. York

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James Decker
declaration
10.313

direct to the cau of 
James Robinson
agent, Elmira
Lioja Co
N. York

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At a court of Common Pleas holden at the
Court House in the Village of Elmira in and for
the County of Lioga and State of New York Commenced
on the fourth day of September 1832 - Present
Hon. Grant B. Baldwin, first judge, John R. Drake
Joseph L Darling Darius Bently & Elijah Shoemaker
Eigrs Judges
State of New York
Lioga County for on this 4th day of September 1832
personally appeared in open court before the judges afore
said being a court of record because made to by
the consitutition and law of the state hearing by law a
clerk and seal, and now letting James Decker of
Elmira in the county of Leoga and state of New York
aged eighty one years lo he being first duly sworn
according to law doth on his oath make the following
statment in order to obtain the benefit of the [illegible]
made by the but of can prep paper Jun 7, 1832 that
he enlisted in the year 1776 in a company of Rangers
under Captain Jacob De Witt attached to the 
command of Col. Lewis Dubois for the term of
during the war - that the company contained
about eighty rank and file and wer call'd
"Dubois Rangers" that he remainined in that line of
service till the close of the war and was dis-
charged at the Minisin on the Deleware.
That the I cene of his service was in the forepact
of the war, upon the North River and at the better
part and the close on the Delaware frontier.
	That about three years time he made apply
to the treasury department for the benefit of the Act
of Congress of the 15 May 1828, in which Department
he suppors his application remains containing the
testimoney of one credible witness to his service who
was a private in the same Company - that his
evidence at the time o his making the said
application was the same as now in Elmira
aforesaid - that he claims [illegible]not admitted

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as was suggested on the ground that Col Dubois resigned his commission on the twenty second of December 1779 and was not afterwards in the Continental review. 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 any agency in any State.
Sworn to & subscribed  his the day and year aforesaid
Green M Tuthill Clk 
James Decker, His Mark

 we Simeon R. Jones a Clergyman of Southport Tioga County, New York and John Smith of the same place --- hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Decker who has subscribed and Sworn to the above statement that we believe him to be eighty one years of age, lasts, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that [struck] we concur in that opinion.
 Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid Green M. Tuthill Clk 

Simeon R. Jones 
John Smith 

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 Simeon R. Jones who has signed the preceeding certificate

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is a clergyman resident in the Town of Southport and that John Smith who has also signed the same is a resident of the same town and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit 
J.B. Bacon First Judge 

I Green M Tuthill Clerk of the Court of Common pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Decker for a pension.
 In testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this 8th day of Sept 1832 Green M Tuthill

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No. 10313[?] 
 James Decker admitted 
3 years 
----
$80 

James Robinson 
Elmira 
Tioga Cty
New York

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No. 10313 
BRIEF in the case of James Decker of Elmira, County of Tioga in the State of New York (Act 7 June, 1832.) 
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Before a Court 
 2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old - is he? Eighty one years - 81 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Period. In 1776 
Duration of Service. Months, Days. ┃ during the war 
Rank. As a ┃ Ranger 
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. ┃ Col. Lewis Dubois Capt --- Jacob Dewitt Comp'y of "Dubois's Rangers" 

About three years since made application with Treasury Department for the benefit of the act of 15 May 1828, where he supports his papers now containing  the testimony of the credible witness. his claim was not admitted in the group
[illegible] Col Dubois resigned his commission 22nd dec  1779 and was not [illegible] in the Continental service

5. In what battles was he engaged? not any
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Does not appear 
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? he refers to evidence in the Treasure Dept. his present declaration supported by the belief of a Clergymen and a resident of the same town whose credibility is verified by the court [illegible] 
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No [illegible] relinquishes 

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. Chas. G. Wilson Examining Clerk

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War of the Revolution --- Declaration for pay to heirs
Claim of Cornelia Miller Child of James Decker of New York State Troops in War of the Revolution. 
. 1-25 /84 
15.094 J. F. P. 

Filed by Stewart & Bryan Atty Lima Allen Co Ohio

Pension Office Jan 11 1884

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State of New York; Columbia County. 
 On this 7 day of  January 1884, before me a justice of the peace of the town of Hillsdale, County of Columbia and State of New York personally appeared Cornelia Miller, aged 83 years, whose residence and post office address is Hillsdale, Columbia County, State of New York, who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the daughter of James Decker who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and served in Captain Van Yaasbecks Company  of New York State State Troops:
 That the said Soldier James Decker died at Taghkanic Columbia County, New York on the 10th day of September, A.D. 1851, and that there is neither a widow or child or children now living except this claimant Cornelia Miller. She further states that she was married to William Miller at Taghkanic Columbia County New York on the 28th day of June A.D. 1816, and that her said husband

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died at Hillsdale aforesaid on the 20th day of January A.D. 1880.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the pension which was granted to her said father, and to which he was entitled at the time of his death. She hereby appoints Stewart and Bryan of Lima, Ohio, her true and lawful attorneys to prosecute her claim. She further declares that she has not, neither has any other person to her knowledge made application for the pension above named.
Cornelia [her mark] Miller
Also personally appeared Philip Tymersen age 73 years of Hillsdale N.Y. and Eliza C Tymersen, aged 69 years of Hillsdale N.Y. persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and who being by me duly sworn say that they have known the said Cornelia Miller for sixty years respectively; that they were present and saw her sign her name or make her mark to the foregoing declaration

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That they have every reason to believe
from the appearance of the said claimant
and their acquaintance with her that
she is the identical person she
represents herself to be and they
further say that they are able to
identify her as the daughter of
James Decker who was the identical
James Decker who rendered
the service alleged in the above
application in the company of
Captain Van Gaasbeck, New York
State Troops, and that they have no
interest in the prosecution of
this claim.
Philip Tymeson
her
Eliza C & Tymeson
mark

Sworn to before me this 4th day of January 
A.D. 1884, and I hereby certify that the contents
of the above declaration were fully
made known and explained to the
applicant and witnesses before
swearing. I have no interest
in the prosecution of this claim.
William Coon
Justice of the Peace

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State of New York, [illegible]:
County of Columbia. William Coon being
duly sworn says that he is the
justice of the peace before whom
the foregoing affidavits were sworn
to, and that the above named claimant
Cornelia Miller is 83 years of
age and infirm, weak and in
feeble health, and that she resides
18 miles from the Columbia County
Clerks office that being the nearest
office of a clerk of a court of record
and that the said Cornelia Miller
is physically incapable of going
to said clerks office.
Sworn to before me this 
4th day of January 1884, William Coon
Charles M. Bell
Notary Public
[illegible] said County

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Record Division. 

Written by 
I.S.C. [illegible] | April 29, 1911.

Judge Frederick A. Henry,
1817 East 63rd Street,
Cleveland, Ohio.

Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 23rd and received the 25th instant,
you are advised that from the papers in pension claim, R. File No. 22, 236,
it appears that James Decker was allowed pension on an application executed
February 17, 1829, while seventy-six years of age and a resident
of Elmira, Tioga County, New York. It was alleged that he enlisted in
1776, and served until the close of the War as a Private in Captain Jacob
Dewitt's company, Colonel Lewis Dubois' New York Rangers, and also in
Captain Van Gaasbeck's company of New York troops.
Soldier died September 10, 1851, at Taghkanic, Columbia County, New 
York. In 1884 his sole heir was his daughter Cornelia Miller; she married
at Taghkanic June 28, 1816, William Miller who died January 28, 1880.
In order to identify a pension claim which may have been filed for
Jacob Decker, in addition to his full name, some of the following data is
essential: names of some officers under whom he served, places of residence
at enlistment and after discharge, approximate dates of birth and death,
given name of his widow.
Very Respectfully,
Commissioner.

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March 23, 1909.

Hon. William E. Tou Velle,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr Tou Velle:

In reply to your letter dated the 19th and received
the 20th instant, requesting information for Mrs. Grace H. Hover of 529
South West Street, Lima, Ohio, I have the honor to advise you that from
the papers in pension claim R. File No. 22,236, it appears that James
Decker was allowed pension on an application executed February 17, 1829
while seventy-six years of age and a resident of Elmira, Tioga County,
New York. It was alleged that he enlisted in 1776 and served until the
close of the War as a Private in Captain Jacob Dewitt's company, Colonel
Lewis Dubois' New York Rangers and also in Captain Van Gaasbeck's company
of New York troops. Soldier died September 10, 1851 at Taghkanic, Columbia
County, New York. In 1884 his sole heir was his daughter Cornelia
Miller; she married at Taghkanic June 28, 1816 William Miller who died January
20, 1880.
You are further advised that the grandchildren of a soldier of the
Revolutionary War have no title to pension under any existing law.
Very respectfully,
1 enclisure.
First Deputy Commissioner.

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Circuit Court of Ohio
Eighth Circuit

JUDGES
FREDERICK A. HENRY
CLEVELAND
ULYSSES L. MARVIN
AKRON
LOUIS H. WINCH
CLEVELAND

The Honorable
The Commissioner of Pension
Washington
D.C.

Sir: Please furnish me with
such facts, concerning the
family and military service
of James Decker, a Revolutionary
pensioner of Tioga Co., N.Y., on
the Roll (Senate Doc. U.S. Serial
No. 250) at $80 per annum, granted
Oct. 31, 1832, dating from March 4, 1831,
(age 81) for service as a N.Y.
Continental soldier, as may
be disclosed by the files in
your office. Also concerning Jacob Decker.
-
Very truly yours,
Frederick A. Henry
1817 East 63rd St.
Cleveland, Ohio,
April 23, 1911

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3–550 a.
CONGRESSIONAL.
No. 22236
NAME OF CLAIMANT:
James Decker
P. O. ____
NAME OF SOLDIER.
[illegible]
Capt. DeWitt Co.
Co. ____, Reg't N.Y.
The above-named claimant is, to the best
of my knowledge and belief, a bona fide
resident of the District which I represent;
and this inquiry is not made at the request
of any pension attorney or claim agent.
I desire to be advised as to
[illegible] 
[stamped: FIRST DEPUTY,
DEC 02 1900
COMMISSIONER]
R. B. Gordon [illegible]
These slips are exclusively for the use of Representatives in Congress, and when used by any other person
will not receive consideration.
Representatives will greatly aid the Bureau of Pensions
in giving them an early answer, if they will fill and use
these slips in making calls in pension cases.
[illegible] Evans
Commissioner
[stamped: O. W. AND N. DIV.
DEC 02 1900
FILE]
6–16

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON

March 19, 1909.

Hon. V. Warner, [illegible]
Bureau of Pensions.
Dear Sir:
I have the honor to hand you enclosed a letter received
from one of my constituents, Mrs. Grace Hover.
Will you please furnish me the information she desires
that I may have the pleasure of forwarding same to her.
Kindly favor me by returning her letter as I desire
to place it on file.
Thanking you in advance, I am,
Yours very respectfully,
W. E. Tou Velle
Dictated- ELM
Tou Velle.
[stamped: MAR 20 1909
PENSION OFFICE.]

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15094.
INVALID.
––
File No. 15094
James Decker
Priv Rev War
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:– Vol. 1, Page 94
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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(3-224.)
No. 22,236
Carr., Ex'r.
Rev. War.
[stamped: REJECTED]
OLD WAR WIDOW.
Cornelia Miller
Daughter of 
James Decker
Capt. Van Gaasbecks Co. N.Y. Mil.
Died at Taghkanic, N.Y.
Sept. 10 1851
[illegible] 15094 other claim
Jan 25, 1884. Jno. [illegible] Blackman
Clerk.
Application filed: Jany. 11, 1884
Attorney: Stewart and Bryan
P.O. Lima
Ohio
[stamped: ATTY FILED]

1884
2 - 4 [illegible] & Stewart &
Bryan date & cause of 
rejection - (Carr)

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[illegible] 23. Hist. to Hon. W. E. TouVille
[illegible] May [illegible] To Hon
W. E. Tou Velle that
grandchildren
have no title to
accrued.
J[illegible]
[illegible] Apr. 29, Hon. F. A. Henry
[illegible] hist. (and per) ISC

(3–224.)
No. 22,236
____, Ex'r.
OLD WAR WIDOW
[stamped: REJECTED]
Cornelia Miller
Daughter of 
James Van Gausback's Co. N.Y. Militia
[illegible] at Taghkanic N.Y.
September 10th 1831
Rev. [strikethrough: other claim]
____, 18  , ____
Clerk.
Application filed: January 11th, 1884.
Attorney: Stewart & Bryan
O. Lima
Ohio
New J[illegible]

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Lima Allen Co Ohio
Jany 9th 1884
To the Com of Pensions
Sir, In case there
should be found any irregularity
in the enclosed Declaration
of Cornelia Miller requiring
correction, we request that
the same may be returned
to us for correction. The
Claimant is aged and in
feble health, and whatever
it may be necessary for her
to do, must be done soon
Respectfully
Stewart & Bryan
Attys

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MINOR'S BRIEF.
Claim No. [illegible]
Soldier, James Decker
Submitted for [strikethrough: final action] rejection
Jany 11th, 1884,
by Geo. W. Carr, Ex'r.
Immediate cause of death, ____
Remote cause, ____
Medical Reviewer.

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(3–129.)
WAR OF THE [strikethrough: REBELLION] Revolution.
Act of July 14, 1862, and subsequent acts.
ORIGINAL PENSION OF MINOR CHILDREN.
Cornelia Miller, Child of
James Decker 
Rank, Private
Company, Capt Dewitts
Regiment, New York Line
Guardian, [strikethrough]
Residence of Guardian, [strikethrough] County, and State of
Post Office, of Claimant Hillsdale, Columbia, Co., N.Y.
Attorney, Stewart & Bryan, Lima, Ohio.
Agr. was to pay
Fee, $____. Articles of agreement____having been filed.
Rate of pension, $____ per month, commencing ____, 18  , the date
of ____, and two dollars per month additional to each as follows:
[stamped: REJECTED]
By former marriage. | Born, ____, 18  .
Sixteen, ____, 18  . | Commencing ____, 18  .
Born, ____, 18  . 
Sixteen, ____, 18  . | " ____, 18  .
Born, ____, 18  . 
Sixteen, ____, 18  . | " ____, 18  .
Born, ____, 18  . 
Sixteen, ____, 18  . | " ____, 18  .
By last marriage. | Born, ____, 18  .
Sixteen, ____, 18  . | " ____, 18  .
Born, ____, 18  . 
Sixteen, ____, 18  . | " ____, 18  .
Born, ____, 18  . 
Sixteen, ____, 18  . | " ____, 18  .
Born, ____, 18  . 
Sixteen, ____, 18  . | " ____, 18  .
Payments on all former certificates covering any portion of the same time to be deducted.
Submitted for rejection Jany 30th, 1884. Geo. W. Carr, Examiner.
Approved, " " Jan. 30th, 1884. H.W. Hall, Reviewer.
DATES SHOWN BY PAPERS.
Enlistment, 1776. Minor's app. filed, Jany. 11th, 1883.
Muster into rank, 18  . Guardian appointed, 18  .
Discharge, 18  . Claim completed, 18  .
Death, (alleged) Sept. 10, 1851. Former marriage, 18  .
Invalid app. filed, 1832. Death of former wife, 18  .
Invalid pension paid to (probably) Sept. 10, 1851. Last marriage, 18  .
Widow's app. filed, none, 18  . Death or re-marriage of widow, 18  .
Widow paid to not paid., 18  . 18  .
CAUSE OF DEATH, ____. PLACE OF DEATH, ____ 
[7630–10 M.]

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INCIDENTAL MATTER.
Rejected: Claimant no title to pension under
existing laws.
ALLEGATIONS OF GUARDIAN.
Loyalty of Guardian,
Loyalty of Wards,
SUMMARY OF PROOF.
GUARDIANSHIP.
OTHER MINORS.
FORMER MARRIAGE.
The marriage of ____ to
is shown by
DEATH OF FORMER WIFE.
LAST MARRIAGE.
The marriage of ____ to
is shown by
DEATH OR RE-MARRIAGE OF WIDOW.
DATES OF BIRTH OF WARDS.
CUSTODY OF CHILDREN BY FORMER MARRIAGE.

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PROOF AS TO SERVICE.
The Adjutant General U. S. A. reports the following military history of the soldier:
PROOF AS TO DEATH.
1st. Report of Adjutant General. | 5th. Testimony of Officers.
2d. Report of Surgeon General. | 6th. Testimony of Fellow Soldiers.
3d. Certificate of Disability. | 7th. Testimony of Attending Physician.
4th. Testimony of Army Surgeon. | 8th. Other Testimony.
NAME OF WITNESS. | DATE OF FILING.

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James Decker Albany 80 [illegible] act 7. June '32 last pd?
G[illegible]
25. March 42
Pd to 4th Sept. 1841.
B.L.B.

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James Decker N. York- Albany 7. June 1832
$80
To what time last paid – is there a hiatus, and
for what period
Pension Office
31. Jany 1838 
To the 4 Sep 1837 – from the
4th March 1836. 4 Sep 1836 appear
not paid
JH

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Mech & Farmer's Bank
Albany Pension Agency
January 24. 1838.
James L. Edwards Esquire,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir,
James Decker, Claims pay on
the entered Vouchers dated 5th Sept. 1837, and explanatory paper,
from 4th March 1836 to 4th Sept. 1836. His stipends due since,
have been paid –
Be pleased to instruct us whether or not
we shall pay him –
J[illegible], [illegible]
Very respectfully
Your obt. Sevt.
R[illegible] M[illegible]
[illegible] M[illegible]

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Pension Office
March 27 1842
Sir
Upon reexamination of your declaration and proofs with the aid of much documentary and other evidence obtained since the adjustment of your claim, it is seen that you have been unadvesedly allowed a pension.
You allege that you enlisted for the war under Capt DeWitt if Dubois"s rangers in 1776 and served out your enlistment.
There were no enlistments for the war in the New York Line prior to November 1776 and no such enlistment was made at any period of the war except in the Line. Your name is not borne in the rolls of the 5th regiment (to which Col Dubois belonged) nor upon those any other regiment of the Line - James Decker  and Jacobus Decker belonged to the 4th regiment and deserted in 1777.
Your service could not then have been under and enlistment for the war but being rendered in the Militia, enlisted of short terms which the rules for the adjustment of a priorata pension

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require to be specially set forth as to the period length and grade of each names of company and field officers, stations, distance of stations from home, probable number of the force embodied and such incidents as may have marked the character of each (?)

Such a statement is now required of you under oath, and it is also required that the comptrollers certificate shall be obtained showing how far each term is either confirmed or discredited by the record of his office
I am respectfully
Wm Moffet
J. L. Edward

W. James Decker
Elmira New York

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James Decker's
"Revolutionary Claim"

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State of Pennesylvania
Bradford County
On this (?) day of January one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine personally appeared before me Thomas Ingham a Justice of the Peace and for said county  James Quick aged seventy six years, to be well known, who being duly sworn did depose and say upon his solemn oath that he was well acquainted with James Decker in the years seventeen hundred and eighty one and before - that he was then an enlisted soldier in Captain Jacob Dewit's Company in the New York Line of the army of the revolution and who was then a soldier enlisted for and during the war - that this deportment served with the said James Decker in the said Company eighteen months and until the close of the war in seventeen hundred and eighty three and that the said James Decker above alluded to is the same James Decker who now resides near Elmira generally called New Town in the State of New York and who as deponent understands is about making applications for his pension under the provisions of the acts of Congress in such case made and provided - sword to subscribed before me the day & year above written

James (his mark X)
Decker
Thomas Ingham Justice of the Peace
State of Pennsylvania
Radford County
George Scott Prothonthary of the County Common (?) and for the said county of Bradford do hereby certify and make known to all to whom to may concern that Thoman Ingham (?) before whomother above deporitian is taken, was at the time of taking that I am a Justice od the Peace for said County, he having been duly commissioned (?) am as such and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts as such. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal of said Court at Towanda this 24th day of January A.D. 1829
Geo. Scott  Prothy

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Transferred to the
War department
as requested
(?) (?)
30 Oct 1832

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1537
For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of "an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution approved on the 15th of May 1828 I James Decker of Elmira in the County of Tioga and the State of New York do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the War and continued with service untill its termination at which period I was a private in Captain Jacob Decoitts company in the regiment commanded by Col. Lewis Dubois in the New York line of Continental Rangers. And I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate for the (?) of eighty to which I was entitled under a resolve of congress passed the 15th of May 1778. And I further declare that I was not on the 15th day of May 1828 on the pension list of the United States and that my discharge and certificate have long since been lost and destroyed - In presence of - 
James Robinson
James (his mark X) Decker
Before me William Maxwell a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Tioga in the State of New York personally appeared this day James Robinson and Levi Decker of the said County who did severally make oath that James Decker by whom the forgoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been a private in the Army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated - 
Witness my hand this 17th  day of February 1829 - 
W. Maxwell
Justice of the Peace
Tioga County, NY

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State of New York
Tioga County
Clerks Office
I certify that William Maxwell Esq whose name appears to the within Certificate was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Tioga duly authorized to administer oaths and that his signature is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the said County to be affixed - this 17th day of February 1829 - 
J.H. Maxwell
Depy Clk

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1537
Revolutionary Claims

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
28 Feb 1829
James Decker of Elmira in the County of Tioga in the State of New York has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a private in captain ----'s company, in the ---- regiment of the New York line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, Nothing.

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office
By order of the Secretary
F A Dickins
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
THIRD AUDITOR'S  OFFICE
9th March 1829

It further appears that James Decker is not now on the pension list of any agency and has not been so since the 3rd March

The name of James Decker can not be found among those of the New York line to whom certificates for the gratuity of eighty dollars were found
Peter Hagner And

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War Department Bounty Land Office
The records of the office do not show that James Decker of the N. York line ever received or is entitled to bounty land of the United States. 
Robert Taylor
28 April 1829

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Elmira, Tioga County, N.Y.
February 18 1829
To the Honorable Richard Rush
Secretary of the Treasury
Sir,
At the request of the party interested I enclose you his papers under the act of last May for a pension - 
Be pleased, Sir, to advise me of the decision when made -
#15.094
Acct - Inv
I am very respectfully
your Obt - Sect
James Robinson