Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 18, John Ackerson, New York

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New York Ackerson, John R. 18
Elizabeth
or Mariah Elizabeth
Sol. b. abt. 1752 m. Sept. 1777, d. Oct. 1834

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New York Ackerson, John R. 18
Mariah Elizabeth
or Elizabeth
Soldier b. about 1752, m. Sept. 1777, d. Oct. 1834.

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Wid. Sch. to C.F. Mitchell 23 Jany 1838

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14284
New York
John Acherson
of Orleans in the State of NY
who was a private in the

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Wid. Sch. to C.F. Mitchell 23 Jany 1838

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14282
New York (7)
John Ackerson
of Orleans in the State of Ny
Who was a private in the Com y - com [missing]
by Captain Mann - of the Rig com [missing]
by Col. Froman in the New York [missing]
line for 2 Years.

Inscribed in the Roll of N York at the rate of 80 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of May 1833 and Sent to William James. Town of Murray. Orleans Co. NY

Arrears of 4th of March 1833 .. $160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th Sep 1833 .. 40
$200.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 14

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State of New York   (1)
Orleans County [Illegible]
On this 17th day of September in the year of Our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two Personally came before me William James one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orleans John Ackerson a Resident of the Town of Gaines in the Said County aged Eighty Years -- Who being first duly Sworn according to the Law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June the Seventh in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and thirty two -- That he was born in the Town of Schoharie in the then County of Albany and State of New York in the year of Our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and fifty two in the month of October the day of the month he does not recollect -- that he will be Eighty Years of aged in October next -- that there are no records of his age to his knowledge nor ever was any -- He says he Volunteered his Services and Joined the Army of the United States in the Month of April in the Year of Our Lord One thousand and Seven hundred and Seventy Six for One Year in Capt. Manns Company - Liut.e John Deat and Ensign Jacob Snyder -- The Mayor's name was Joseph or Yost Backus The Col. of the Regiment was Peter Vroman or Forman he was attached to General Ganzvoort's Brigade -- During this years service he kept Garrison at the fort [illegible] on Express to Albany was called out on expresses and alarms frequently to drive back the Indians and Tories a company of Highlanders once he went to a place called Caduskills, an Other time this year he marched to the Mohawk and in Johnstowne he served twelve month this time which constituted the term for which he engaged and was discharged -- He received his Discharge from Col. Vroman which has been lost or destroyed - he marched once this Year to Fort Schuyler and once to fort Stanwix against the Tories and Indians

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In the month of May A.D. (1777) soon after he was discharged, he again volunteered and entered the army at Old Schoharrie for nine months under the same office that he had served the year before-- he was at Schoharrie about one month with the rest of his company, and then marched to Saratoga against the British Army Commanded by Genl Burgoyne. He remained with the army untill after the Surrender to General Gates was in two engagements at this time during this term of service a part of the time he was attached to Col Peter Van Ness Regiment and Luit Col Stephen Hogeboom - after the capture of Gen Burgoyne he marched to Albany and from then returned to Schoharrie and assisted in helping fortify the place and [illegible] the Inhabitants against the deputations of the Indians Tories and Scotch Highlanders untill my time was out making nine months for what I had engaged and was discharged at this time he does not recollect of having a written discharge- In the month of June AD 1778 he again volunteered and joined his old Company under the same offices to Capt Mann. Luit John Deat and Ensign Jacob Snyder Major Backus Col Vrooman --- General Gansyvoort's Brigade-- These are the names of the officers as near as he can recollect, he served this year four months and the principal part of the time [illegible] and went on foot as an [illegible] from Schoharrie to Albany  - he received a discharge from his Col. this time but not in writing he served in those three years two years and one month besides several times lining out on alarms- 1st 20 and he further says he has no documentary evidence nor knows of any in existence that he knows of no evidence of his services except his wife Mariah Elizabeth Ackerson whose affidavit hereunto attached - That he has never made any application that for a pension or annuity from any State of the United States or at the War Department nor is his name the pension Roll of the agency of any State Except this he now presents - After making the foregoing declaration I then put the following Interrogations and record the following answers. 
1st. In what Company did you serve while in the army. Answer I served as a private in the State Troop of the State of New York. What year did you Serve. Answer -  as near as he can recollect in the years 1776, 1777 and 1778 of this he

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those three years two years and one month besides several times lining out on alarms- 1st 20 and he further says he has no documentary evidence nor knows of any in existence that he knows of no evidence of his services except his wife Mariah Elizabeth Ackerson whose affidavit hereunto attached - That he has never made any application that for a pension or annuity from any State of the United States or at the War Department nor is his name the pension Roll of the agency of any State Except this he now presents - After making the foregoing declaration I then put the following Interrogations and record the following answers.  1st. In what Company did you serve while in the army. Answer I served as a private in the State Troop of the State of New York. What year did you Serve. Answer - as near as he can recollect in the years 1776, 1777 and 1778 of this he feels quite confident.

3. How long did you serve - Answer the first term one year the Second nine months and the third four months making in the whole two years and one month besides two or three times that he was out on alarms. 
4. Under what officers did you serve. Answers - under Capt Mann Liut Deat. Ensign Snyder - Major Backus - Col Vrooman- General Gansyvoort -- he was not all the time under the command of these officers - a part of the time he was under the command of Col Peter Van Ness,  Col Stephen Hogeboom General V. Schuster General Arnold and General Gates were the Regulars.
5. Have you any documentary Evidence of your Service or four discharges - 
Answer He has no documentary of his service nor discharge nor does he know of any- 6. Where were you living when called into the service. Answer e says at the time he entered the service for the first period he lived in Old Schoharrie in the then County of Albany & State of New York and that he lived at the same place when he entered the Service for both the other periods. 
7. Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War 
Answer he says he moved from Schoharrie to Cambria in the County of Washington he believes he cannot recollect distinctly for his memory fails him

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and lived them and at a place near there Called Cork joining Cambridge on Hoosac River ten years - he then moved to the town of Schaghticoke in the County of Rensselaer and lived there twenty years or over from thence he moved to the town or a place called Stillwater on the Hudson River at which place he lived about twelve years and from thence he moved to the town of Gaines in the County of Orleans State of New York where he now resides. 
8th. What officers can you recollect while you were in the Service besides those already mentioned in your Declaration 
Answer. He says that recollects Generals Poor, Shephard, St. Clair, Col Dearborn or Major Suborn and Col. Wilkinson also Major Allen-- as to the grades of those officers he cannot clearly Recollect he thinks those mentioned were all Regulars or as they were then called Continentals 
9th. What Regiments can you Recollect at the time you served 
Col Vrooman Col Peter Van Ness and Col Hogebooms Regiment of Militia also Col Willett [illegible] & a Major Rowley 
10th. How were you called into the service -Answer. Volunteered his service each time 
11th. Who are the persons in your neighborhood with Whom you are acquainted well that will testify as to your good character and as to their belief as to you having been a Revolutionary Soldier 
Answer Uriah L. James, R. L. Gunn, Col Gilbert Howell, Archibald Barry, John Dally, David Pratt 
12th. Did you receive any written Discharge and if so what has become of it . 
Answer he Received a written discharge from Col. Vrooman for the first year or his Service Which has been lost or destroyed that he received no written discharge for the other two periods but was discharged by [illegible] when his time was out. He further says that  he always served in the Militia of the State of N.Y. 
13th. What were the general circumstances of your Service 
Answer He during the the first year of his service assisted to fortify against the Indians & Tories and kept garrison a part of the time Went on Express to Albany Schenectady and Fort Stanwix & Fort Schuyler [illegible] and Tories to Johnstown this [illegible] he thinks Cabuskill [?] was burnt by [illegible] he was there at the time they killed as [illegible] four People they also burnt Schoharrie like [illegible] take the fort he was in the fort at the time. - He marched against the British army under Burgoyne. Was in the action on the 7th day of October 1777, our army was at this time commanded by General Gates he staid with the Army untill after the Surrender of General Burgoyne to General Gates  - He marched to Fort Stanwix this year or the next, the last period that he served his service was to
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fortify against the Indians & Tories and kept ga...
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and Fort Stanwix & Fort Schuyler pact against the Indians and Tories to Johnstown this second. The next year he thinks Catskill was burnt by the Tories and Indians he was there at the time. They killed as many as twenty of our People. They also burnt Schoharrie but did not take the fort he was in the fort at the time. He marched against the British Army Under Burgoyne. Was in the action on the 17th day of October (1777). Our Army was at this time commanded by  General Gates. he staid with the Army until after the Surrender of General Burgoyne to General Gates. He marched to Fort Stanwix this year or the next. The last period that he saved his service was to keep garrison at Old Schoharrie [Schoharie] go [Exp??] to Albany and protect the inhabitants from the Indians Tories &  a company of Highlanders that lurked about the Country doing great damage & . The British Indians and Tories together with the Highlanders made several attempts to take the fort at Schoharrie [Schoharie] while he was in it and failed. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 17th day September in the year of our lord 1832
William James a judge of  Orleans County Courts
John Ackerson
his mark
 We Uriah L James,  R.L. Lyons, Archibald Barry, John Dolley, David Pratt a clergyman, after being duly sworn by me William James a judge of Orleans County Courts do Certify that they are intimately and have been for a long time with  accquaintance [acquaintance] with John Ackerson who has subscribed  and sworn to the foregoing declaration and that we do  consider him a man of the stratest [straightest] truth and veracity and that he has always been reputed to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary Army and that we do believe that he has served as he has stated in his said declaration and that he has become  so much reduced by

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old age and hardship that he is unable to go away from home or take care of himself without help, that we do fully believe that he is Eighty years of age as he states in his declaration, and that he has no property for his support but is supported by the industry of his Son.
M S James
Archibald Barry
John Dolley
Reuben L Gunter
David Pratt

This affidavit sworn to and Subscribed before me William James a Judge of Orleans County Court the 17th day of September in the year
Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Thirty Three
William James a Judge of Orleans County Courts

I, William James a Judge of Orleans County Courts. Do hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with Uriah L. James, R. L. Gunn, Archibald Barry, John Dolley, and David Pratt a Clergyman, who have sworn to and Subscribed
the foregoing affidavit and Certificate that I have been acquainted with them for a long time, that they are men of the first reputability as to truth and veracity and that these statements are entitled to credit and I do further state that I have been acquainted with John Ackerson the foregoing applicant who has sworn to the foregoing Declaration
and I do believe that he is a man of truth and veracity and that he had served in the Army of the Revolution as he has stated in his Declaration and that he has been always since my acquaintance with him reputed to have been a Revolutionary Soldier in the Army as
he States. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 7th Day of September AD. 1832
William James

State of New York
Orleans County Co
On this 1st Day of September in the year
of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before me, William James one of the acting Judges
the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Orleans, aforesaid Maria Elizabeth Ackerson aged (74) years the 19th
day of May 1832, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her Oath make the following statement and declaration. She says she was born at a place Called Cobuskill [Cobleskill] about 10 miles from Old Schoharrie [Schoharie] then called Albany County sometime Livingstons Manor, that she was well acquainted with John Ackerson in the year our Lord 1775

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before me this 7th Day of September A.D. 1832
William James

State of New York
Orleans County Co
On this 1st Day of September in the year
of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before me, William James one of the acting Judges
the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Orleans, aforesaid Maria Elizabeth Ackerson aged (74) years the 19th
day of May 1832, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her Oath make the following statement and declaration. She says she was born at a place Called Cobuskill [Cobleskill] about 10 miles from Old Schoharrie [Schoharie] then called Albany County sometime Livingstons Manor, that she was well acquainted with John Ackerson in the year our Lord (1775) and (1776) he lived in Old Schoharie where his parents then lived and where he was born and brought up that some time in the year (1776) she moved with her Uncle to Old Schoharrie [Schoharie] that she can recalled Will when John first joined the army
it was in the month of April A.D. (1776) she says he served one year as he has stated in his declaration, went away several times that year once to Johnstown & once to Cobuskill [Cobleskill]. She says she can recollect well when he enlisted the second time and what Capt Mann Said to his father at the time, he said he "must have John for he was the most faithful one that they could get to carry the orders and to go as an
Express to Albany him he said he could trust for he had proved him in trying times" his father at last did consent and he went away with the rest of the troops 'against Burgoyne's Army he was gone all the season and
returned late in the fall of the year (1777) He joined the army the next year but she does not recollect for how long a time. She knows that he was in the service of the United States or in the army more than two year. She recollects the times and circumstances well and how
she felt at the time for they had agreed to marry. They were married in March A.D. 1779, as near as she can recollect he did not go into the army after they were married but remained at Schoharrie [Schoharie].

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She says the Statements made by him (John Ackerson) in his Declarations concerning the Several places where they have removed to and from are true - and that she has not the least doubt that what the whole of the Declaration is true - All that has come under her knowledge is true She says also that he has been now for three of four years almost helpless - that they have nothing to support themselves with and that they are supported by their son with whom they reside - She says she [illegible] well where the Indians and tories came against Cobuskill [Cobleskill] and burnt the place or nearly all the houses they also burnt nearly all the houses at Schoharrie [Schoharie] they killed about thirty of our people and many of the Riflemen. She says her husband John Ackerson was with the troops at this time.
Sworn to and subscribed this 17th Day of September In the Year of Our Lord 1832 before me 
William James a Judge of Orleans County Court

Mariah Elizabeth Ackerson  her mark

I William James a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Orleans do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Mariah Elizabeth Ackerson who has sworn and submitted the foregoing affidavit [illegible] about 2 years and that she is a Person of a good moral Character and a woman possessing superior power of mind for a person of her age and that I do not hesitate to say that her statements are entitled to the highest credit. Sworn the and submitted this __  Day of __   AD 183_
[signed] William James

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and I the said William James a Judge of the Said County of Orleans County Courts do hereby declare my opinion after the Investigation of the matter and after putting the Several Interrogatories possible by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states - and I the Said William James do further certify that is appears to me and I do hereby declare that the Said John Ackerson the above named applicant is unable and cannot attend the Court without great inconvenience to himself and exposing his health in consequence of his bodily Infirmities. And the Said William James further Certifies that the Said Micah L. James R. L. Gunn Archibald Barry John Dolby are Residents of the town of Gaines in the County of Orleans and State of New York and that I do further certify that their statements are entitled to full Credit and belief and that the said David Pratt a Clergyman living in the Town of Ridgeway in the neighborhood of the said John Ackerson is also a Clergyman and a man of the first Respectability for truth and veracity and that his Statements are entitled to Credit
[signed] William James a Judge of Orleans County Courts

Sworn to and subscribes before me this 17th day of September In the Year of Our Lord 1832
Horace Hibbard, Justice of the Peace

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State of New York
Orleans County Clerks Office

I A. B. Mills Clerk of the said County do certify that William James before whom the proceeding declaration has made in the matter of the Application of John Ackerson for a pension. And also before whom the proceeding affidavits were sworn was at was at the date of the same a Judge of the County Courts in and for the said County. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and the certificate of investigation of the said proceedings to be his proper hand writing and signature
Witness my hand and seal of office this 8th day of March AD 1833.
[signed] A. B. Mills Clerk

State of New York
Orleans County
Clerks Office
I Abraham B Mills Clerk of the Said County do certify that Horace Hibbard before whom the affidavit of William James purports to have been sworn Was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing. And verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature Witness My hand and seal of office this 8th day of March 1833
[signed] A. B. Mills Clerk

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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183_
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 the Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
[Illegible] showing the Service of John Ackerson Orleans County N York
[TABLE]
Period when the service was rendered
Vd 1776
Vd 1777
Vd 1778
Duration of the claimant's service
1 years [for 1776]
9 months [1777]
4 months [1778]
Rank of the claimant
Pvt [for all three years]
Name and rank of the Field officers under whom he served
Capt Mann
Col Vroman [1776]
Genl Ganzvoorts
Same officers [1777]
Capt Mann
Col Vrooman [1778]
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service
80 years
County of Albany
State of New York
Proof by which the declaration is supported
Traditionary
1 Living Witness for general service
certificate of a Clergyman
& 2 Citizens as to character
[END OF TABLE]
I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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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," all persons enlisted, drafted or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and were persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who all Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of a private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged are guarding Four particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 

Four 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, musicians 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. 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 88. 

On this day of (a) before of aged A. B. a resident (b) of personally appeared  (c) in the county of June following 7th, 1832. declaration, 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 than the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; 9and 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 country 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 personas who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 

He hereby that his 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. 

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  

[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. B. 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 sail Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. 

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

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commis- sion; 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 ser- vices 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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

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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-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 you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
{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 so 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 enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts 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 herein requested to perform, 
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... cannot, from bodily infirmity, atttend the Court. ... 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 Clerk 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 required 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 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 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 years 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 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.
[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 the
that 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.
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 claimant's 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.
The notes from [a] to [i] 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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V3963
John Ackerson
N York

William James
Town of Murray
Orleans County N York

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State of New York
Orleans County, Ss
On this twenty fourth day of July in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven personally appeared before me Abraham Cantine one of the Judges of the court of Common pleas and for the County of Orleans in the state of New York. Mariah Elizabeth Ackerson a resident of the town of Gains in the County and state aforesaid and who from infermaty was unable to appear in open Court being of the age of seventy nine Years who being first duly sworn according to the Law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made in the third section of the act of Congress passed the fourth day of July Eighteen hundred and thirty Six. That she is the widow of John Ackerson, late of the town of Gains in the County and State aforesaid of the age of seventy nine years. That she was married to the said John Ackerson in the town of Schoharie in the county of Schoharie in said state on the twentieth day of September in the Year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven. That after her said marriage her husband John Ackerson entered the service of the United States as a soldier of the revolutionary war and served as such soldier in actual service after their intermarriage. And this deponent further saith that her said husband John Ackerson did under the act of 1818 of the congress of the United States procure his name to be placed upon the pension Rolls of the said United States and drew a pension untill his death which happened on the eighteenth day of October in the Year Eighteen hundred and thirty four at Gains in the County aforesaid. And this Deponent further saith that all the services mentioned in the pension papers or declaration of the said John Ackerson now on file in the office of the pension agent at Washington in the District of Columbia, in his application for a pension were rendered by him after the marriage of this deponent to the said John Ackerson. And further that Catharine Gordinier of the County of Herkimer in the State of New York the sister of this deponent was present at the time of the marriage of this deponent. And further this deponent saith that she has not in her possession any documentary or other written Evidence of the time place or circumstances of the said marriage nor does she know that any does or ever has existed. And this deponent further saith that she never has been married Since the death of her husband the said John Ackerson but that she is still a widow.
[signed] Mariah E. Ackerson

Sworn and subscribed this 24th day of July 1837 before me A. Cantine a Judge of Orleans Common pleas

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I the said Judge before whom the said affidavit was made do hereby certify that the above named affiant was from bodily infirmity unable to attend in open court to make this her oath and declaration and that she is a person of good moral character and undisputed credibility and that she is now still unmarried and that she is reputed widow of the late John Ackerson deceased who while living resided in the town of Gaines, also that the said affiant stated to me that she had once been able to write her name but that her long neglect in writing and the present infirm state of her health she was unable to write and requested me to write her name for her to the above affidavit which I had just read to her and I according did write her name to said affidavit.
A. Cantine a Judge of Orleans Common Pleas

State of New York
Orleans County Ss  I Abraham B. Mills Clerk for the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that Abraham Cantine is a Judge of said Court in and for said County and State, duly Commissioned and sworn, that his Commission is dated March 13 1833 and will expire on the 13th day of March AD 1838. and that his signatures above written [is, crossed out]  are genuine.  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and impressed the seal of said County this 16th day of December AD 1837
A. B. Mills Clerk 
By S. E. Church Dep Clerk

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State of New York
Herkimer County Ss

Catharine Gardinier of the Town of Danube in the County of Herkimer being duly sworn maketh oath and saith that she this deponent is the sister of Moriah Elizabeth Ackerson now residing in the Town of Gains, County of Orleans, State of New York that the said Moriah Elizabeth Ackerson is the widow of John Ackerson of the Town of Gains in the County and State aforesaid declared that the said Moriah married to the said John as near as this deponent can recollect on or about the 20th day of September in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven in the Town of Schoharie in the County of Schoharie and State of New York that this deponent was present at the time they were married
Catharine Gordinier  + her mark
[illegible] Robt Casler

Herkimer County Ss
Catharine Gordinier Personally appeared before me Robert Casler one of the Justices of the peace of said county after above applicant and subscribed & made oath to the above avidaved This 2d day of October 1839 [signed] Robert Casler

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State of New York
Herkimer County Clerks Office Ss

I John Dygert Clerk of Said County do hereby testify that Robert Casler Esq before whom the written afidavits were taken was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace [illegible] for said County duly Elected and Qualified and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that his name subscribed thereto is his proper hand writing & signature and is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said County this 11th day of October A.D. 1837
[signed] J Dygert Clerk

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Elizabeth Ackerson
Pension papers
New York

18 V3056
Elizabeth Ackerson
widow of John N.Y.

Hon. C. F. Mitchell
HR

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(9)
Know all men by these presents that I David Ackerson of Carlton in the County of Orleans and State of New York do constitute and affiant. [illegible] Farnham and John B. [illegible] 2d of Attica in the County of Wyoming and state aforesaid my true and careful attorneys in my name to govern for me as administration of the of Elizabeth Ackerson deceased any & all arrears of [illegible] that the said Elizabeth was entitled to as the widow of John Ackerson a Revolutionary [illegible] also as my agents as aforesaid to [illegible] any [illegible] that the said Elizabeth was entitled to in her life time as the widow of the said John Ackerson.
In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this 11th day of July in the year 1851
[signed] David A. Ackerson

State of New York
Orleans County SS On this 11th day of July in the year 1851 personally appeared before me Henry R Curtis a Judge of the County and State aforesaid the above [illegible] David Ackerson well known to me to [illegible] person described in and who was executed the above power of Attorney and acknowledged that he executed the same while I certify Also I certify that he made oath before me that he is directly interested in the said claim for [illegible] as one of the children of the said Elizabeth Ackerson

[signed]
H. R. Curtis
County Judge

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State of New York
County of Orleans ss
On this [twelfth, crossed out] eleventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared before me, Henry R. Curtis Judge [and Justice of the Peace, crossed out] of the said County of Orleans [Administrator of Elizabeth, crossed out] . David Ackerson a resident of the Town of Carlton in the County and State aforementioned aged forty six years, Administrator of Elizabeth Ackerson late of the Town of Gains in the County and State aforesaid deceased who living first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the several Acts of Congress granting pensions to Revolutionary Officers and soldiers and their widows and children.
That he is the son of John Ackerson deceased who was a Revolutionary Soldier and a pensioner at the rate of Ninety Six Dollars per annum under the Act of Congress passed March 1818. That he died in Gains aforesaid on the [twenty second, crossed out] eighteenth day of September in the year 1834. That the said John Ackerman was married to Elizabeth Singer in the Town and County of Schoharie in the State of New York previous to the expiration of his service in the Revolutionary War

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and she died on the [twenty, crossed out] thirty first day of [October, crossed out] August in the year 1834 at the said Town of Gains and that she never drew a pension, [but applied for, crossed out] nor was she ever placed on any pension Roll.
He further declared that he is the son of the said John and Elizabeth Ackerson deceased.
He further declares that John Ackerson, Thomas Ackerson, Adam Ackerson, Abram Ackerson, Nicholas Ackerson, Tunis Ackerson, George Ackerson, Mary Darrow and Hannah Gardinier are the children and only children of the said John and Elizabeth Ackerson deceased and the said children are now all living.
And he further declares that he makes this declaration to obtain all the amount of pension moneys which was due to the said Elizabeth Ackerson deceased up to the day of the death of the said Elizabeth as the widow of the said John Ackerson deceased for his Revolutionary Services in the War of the Revolution
[signed] David Ackerson [of Elizabeth, crossed out] Administrator of Elizabeth Ackerson Deceased
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first first above written
[signed] H. R. Curtis
County Judge

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State of New York
Orleans County ss
I, Dan H, Cole Clerk of the County Court of the said County of Orleans holder at the Courthouse in and for the said County of Orleans do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to the said Court that John Ackerson was a Revolutionary pensioner at the rate of $96.00 per annum, was a resident of the Town of Gaines in said County and died in the said Town of Gaines September 18th 1834.
That he left a widow, Elizabeth Ackerson who died at Gaines aforesaid August 31 1838 and left children who are now living whose names are David Ackerson, John Ackerson, Thomas Ackerson, Adam Ackerson, Abram Ackerson, Nicholas Ackerson, Tunis Ackerson, George Ackerson, Mary Darrow, and Hannah Gardin
[signedier all of whom are now living and are the children of the said John Ackerson and Elizabeth Ackerson deceased, and that Henry R. Curtis is surrogate of said County Judge thereof.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this Eleventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one
[signed] Dan H, Cole Clerk of Orleans County N.Y.

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State of New York
County of Orleans
I, Henry R. Curtis, County Judge and Surrogate of the said County of Orleans do hereby certify from satisfactory evidence before me that the within named David Ackerson is the son of [John Ackerson, crossed out] the within named John Ackerson and Elizabeth Ackerson deceased. And i further certify that the said David Ackerson is the Administrator of the said Elizabeth Ackerson deceased who died August 31 1838 in the said County of Orleans.
Witness Henry R. Curtis Esquire Surrogate of the said County of Orleans at Albion this Eleventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one.
[signed] H. R. Curtis
County Judge of Orleans County NY

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State of New York
Orleans County ss

Rejoice Baker of of the Town of Barre in said County being duly sworn deposeth and saith that she  became acquainted with John Ackerson and Elizabeth Ackerson his wife whose name before she was married was Elizabeth Singer, and the deponent became so acquainted with [the, crossed out] [illegible] John and Elizabeth Ackerson about fifty years ago in Scatecook [prob. Schaghticoke?] in the State of New York and lived a near neighbor to them and they both died a number of years ago in the Town of Gaines in said County of Orleans. They had ten children who are now all living as deponent is informed. Eight sons and two daughters and [and, crossed out] Mary  Ackerson was the oldest child of the said John and Elizabeth and afterwards married a man by the name of Darrow and she is 71 or 72 years of age now, which deponent knows from the fact that the said Mary is 5 or 6 years older than deponent and deponent is 66 years of age and deponent and the said Mary lived together when they were girls and David Ackerson is the youngest of said children and he is almost 48 years of age - and he was not born when deponent was first acquainted with the said John and Elizabeth.
Deponent further saith that where

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she lived in Scaticook she was told by the Ackerson family and now verily believes to be true that the said John and Elizabeth were married in Schoharie New York to each other some time before the said John Ackerson ended his service in the Revolutionary War and he served in said War a considerable length of time after such marriage. Deponent further saith that the said John and Elizabeth Ackerson were very honest and upright people and reputable for truth and veracity.
The said John and Elizabeth lived together as husband and wife ever after deponent first acquaintance with them till the said John Ackerson died
[signed] Rejoice Baker
Subscribed and sworn to this 8th day of August 1851 before me Arad Thomas Justice of the peace in Orleans County New York

I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above [illegible] Rejoice Baker and that she is a person of good character and reputable for truth and veracity and I place full confidence in her statement.
Arad Thomas Justice of the peace at Orleans County New York

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State of New York
Orleans County Clerk's Office  ss I Dan H Cole Clerk of the Supreme Court and of said County do hereby certify that Arad Thomas Esquire, whose signatures are subscribed to the foregoing proof or affidavit, and certificate was on the day of the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected , sworn, and residing in same County, and legally authorized to take the same, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the Signatures of said Justice to such proof and Certificate to be genuine
Witness my hand and official Seal at Albion this 8th day of August 1851
[signed] Dan H. Cole Clerk

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____ Ex'r.    INVALID
{Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873., crossed out]
[stamped]  REJECTED
Maria

Elizabeth Ackerson
P.O. wed John Ackerson
Prev Capt Mann NY
Service: Certif 14282
File No 46664
Enlisted: admt soldier, 18__,
Discharged:__. 18__,
Application filed: , 18__,
1928 July 18 photos to E. V. Martindale A. N. Y.
Alleges: List of rejected claims, printed in 1852, shows cause of rejection as follows: "He did not serve six months" Elizabeth Ackerson Records correct Dec. 2 1903
A.
Attorney:___
P.O.___

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3-871,
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Briefed by M. Rice
Claim No. R 18
Certificate No.
Claimant
Soldier John Ackerson or Eckerson
Service Rev. War
No ___claim, State records___, 191_
No claim, combination records__, 191_
Remarks:
So Surv, Wid. or Rej. other than above except W21053 (Not identical) Different yrs. of birth, marriage and death and places of residence.  Chief Division
[stamped] JUN 14 1911

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V___
Rejected
Let. to Hon. C. F. Mitchell
20 Jany '38
Let Geo C. Ames Oct 17/39
(John Ackerson)

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[Illegible]

J. L. Edwards
Comd [illegible]
Washington

[vertical] Hon C. F. Mitchell

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[SAME AS PREVIOUS PAGE, ONLY ROTATED]

[Illegible]

J. L. Edwards
Comd [illegible]
Washington

[vertical] Hon C. F. Mitchell

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House Rep Jan y 22 1835

Sirs
I beg [illegible] to call your attention to the several pension applications left by me at your office on the 30th ult. I should like an answer to them as soon as convenient in order to satisfy the growing impatience of those interested . To [illegible] of these unfavourable answers have already been Recd.
Yo obt Svt:
Ch: F. Mitchell

J. L. Edwards
Com Pensions

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NY
Maria E. Ackerson
38

Aug 13
[Illegible]
Mariah E. Ackerson

J. L Edwards Esq
Washington D. C.

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[SAME AS PREVIOUS PAGE, ONLY ROTATED]

NY
Maria E. Ackerson
38

Aug 13
[Illegible]
Mariah E. Ackerson

J. L Edwards Esq
Washington D. C.

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J. L. Edwards Esq
Washington D. C.

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(8)

Albion August 7th 1858
J. L. Edwards Esq

Dear Sir
Sometime last winter or Fall I sent you the papers of Moriah E. Ackerson widow of John Ackerson [illegible] a pension. In return I learned from Hon Charles F. Mitchell Rep from this District that the application was rejected on account of a contradiction or descrepancy between the affidavit made by her on John Ackerson application & her own declaration forwarded to you. How [illegible] is I know not, but under the late law of the last session of Congress I find that widows who were married at any time before 1794 may draw 5 years [illegible]. I think from the [illegible] you can have no limitations in allowing her Pension under the last mentioned Law. Will you reexamine the papers & allow the certificate to be [illegible]
Yours very resp ly

Gideon Hard

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(10)

Washington July 19 1857
James E. Heath Esq

Sir
Enclosed you will please find Powers of Attorney fn the case of Aaron Beach who was an applicant under the act of 7 June 1832, and of Elizabeth Ackerson whose claim under the act of 4 July 1831 has been rejected
May I be allowed the priviledge of examining the papers in support of these claims now in your files?
With Much Respect
Your Obt Servt
Geo C Ames

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(12)

Know all men by these presents that I, David Ackerson of the Town of Carlton in the County of Orleans and State of New York do hereby constitute and appoint George C. Ames of the City of Washington my true and lawful Attorney and Agent for me and in my name as Administrator of Elizabeth Ackerson my mother deceased to prosecute a claim for a Revolutionary pension in which I am directly interested as son and Administrator of the said Elizabeth Ackerson deceased for the Revolutionary serving of John Ackerson deceased my father and husband of the said Elizabeth Ackerson deceased
In witness whereof I have herewith set my hand and seal this Eighteenth day of August A. D. 1851
David Ackerson
In presence of J. B. Skinner 2 d
State of New York
Wyoming County SS On this ninth day of August A.D. 1851 before me personally came John B. Skinner 2 d the subscribing witness to the above power of Attorney to me well known who being by me duly sworn did depose and say that he resided in the Town of Attica in said county - that he knew David Ackerson the individual described in and who executed the said power of Attorney that he was present and saw the said

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David Ackerson sign such and deliver the same as and for his act and deed.
And that the said David Ackerson acknowledged the Execution thereof.
Whereupon the said John B Skinner 2 d became the subscribing Witness thereto.
And I certify that the said Skinner under oath before me that he believed from the most reliable information that the said David Ackerson was and is directly interested in the said power of Attorney
James G. Hoyt
Justice of the Supreme Court

I do hereby certify that the above named James G. Hoyt before whom the above power of Attorney was acknowledged and who has therewith officially subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York duly commissioned and sworn and authorized by [illegible] to administer oaths and take affidavits and acknowledgments in the County of Wyoming and State of New York and elsewhere
H. Putman
late M. C. [illegible]

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(13)
State of new York
Orleans County SS
Betsey Whipple of the Town of Gaines in said County being duly sworn deposeth and saith that she was well acquainted with John Ackerson and Elizabeth Ackerson his wife 26 years ago and from that time to their death and they died in Gaines aforesaid a number of years ago and deponent lived a near [illegible] to them. Deponent further saith that she is well acquainted with all their children except Nicholas Ackerson whose names are Mary Darrow, John Ackerson, Thomas Ackerson, Adam Ackerson, Abram Ackerson, Nicholas Ackerson, Hannah Gardinier, Tunis Ackerson, George Ackerson, and David Ackerson. And the said Mary Darrow and deponent had lived together in the same house and she is the eldest child of the said John Ackerson and is now about 71 years of age and the said David Ackerson is the youngest child of the said John Ackerson and Elizabeth Ackerson deceased and is about 48 years of age.
Deponent further saith that the said John Ackerson and Elizabeth Ackerson deceased were reputed to be husband and wife and lived together as such from deponents first acquaintance with them till the death the said John Ackerson

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the said Ackerson family are highly respectable and of good character and reputable for truth and veracity.
[signed] Betsey Whipple  X her mark

Subscribed and sworn to this 9th day of August 1851 before me [signed] Arba Chubb Justice of the Peace

I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with John Simpson and Betsey Whipple and that they are persons of good character, and are reputable for truth and veracity and I place full confidence in their and each of their statements.
[signed] Arba Chubb Justice of the Peace

State of new York
Orleans County ss
I do hereby Certify that Arba Chubb Esq whose name appears signed to the forgoing Certificate was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Orleans duly qualified and authorized by the laws of this state to administer oaths etc and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and that the signature signed to the forgoing Certificate is in his hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal office and of the [illegible] of the State of New York August 9 1851
[signed Dan H. Cole Clerk of Orleans County & of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

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State of New York
Orleans County SS
John Simpson of the Town of Ridgeway in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth and saith John 
Ackerson and Elizabeth Ackerson his wife deceased died in the Town of Gaines in said county a number of years ago and Deponent was well acquainted with the said John and Elizabeth Ackerson more than thirty one years ago in the Town of  Stillwater in the County of Saratoga and State aforesaid and was well acquainted with them till they died and the said Elizabeth Ackerson named before she was married to the said John Ackerson was Elizabeth Singer and Deponent is well acquainted with all the children of the said John Ackerson and Elizabeth Ackerson and has been well acquainted with them [illegible] he was acquainted with the said John and Elizabeth Ackerson which childrens names are Mary Darrow, John Ackerson, Thomas Ackerson, Adam Ackerson, Abram Ackerson, Hannah Gardinier, Tunis Ackerson, George Ackerson and David Ackerson & Nicholas Ackerson.
Deponent further saith that the said Mary Darrow is more than seventy years of age according to the best opinion of Deponent judging from her appearance and Deponents personal

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acquaintance with her and the rest of the family And the said David Ackerson [and, crossed out] is the youngest of said children and is now about forty eight years of age and the said Mary Darrow is the eldest of said children.
Deponent further saith that from the time of his first acquaintance with the said John Ackerson and Elizabeth Ackerson, they lived together as husband and wife till the death of the said John Ackerson and it has been reputed that they were husband and wife ever since such acquaintance.
The said Ackerson family are of good character and reputable for truth and veracity.
[signed] John Simpson
Subscribed and sworn on this 9th day of August 1851 before me [signed] Arba Chubb Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Orleans County ss I do hereby Certify

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(14)
Washington 14th Aug. 1857

Sir,
Enclosed you will find a Power of Attorney of David Ackerson, a son of Elizabeth Ackerson and John Ackerson, and also an affidavit of Rejoice Baker that Elizabeth Ackerson was the wife of John Ackerson. I ask permission to examine all the papers connected with this case. 
I am very respectfully
Tully R. Wise
for G.C.Ames.
Hon. J.E.Heath
Commissioner of Pensions

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(7)
War Dept.
Pen. Off.
Jany. 23, '38
Sir:
I have the honor to return you the addl. evidence in the case of * * * *
As to the claim of Mrs. Mariah Elizabeth Ackerson, widow of John Ackerson, decd., the claimant herself giving evidence in behalf of her late husband's claim under the Act of 7 June, 1832, declared upon oath that she was married in March, '79 and that her husband was in service after their marriage. It does not escape observation that her name to her declaration in which she swears that she was married in Sept. '77 is written in a good hand and certified to be "subscribed" by her in 1832. The claim of her late husband was improperly admitted. It is very clear from a re-examination of his papers that he did not serve as much as six months in the field or garrison.  The papers in the foregoing cases are placed on our files and the letters of your several correspondents are herewith enclosed.

Hon. C.F. Mitchell,
Ho. Rep.

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(15)
Geo. C, Ames, Esq. Present 
Pension Office 
Oct 17, 1851.
Sir: I have carefully examined the claim of Elizabeth Ackerson, widow of John under Act of 4 July, 1836, and find she is not entitled.
In 1837, the claimant made a declaration in which she set forth that she was married on the 20 of Sept, 1777 & that her husband was a pensioner under Act of 1818 at $96 per annum. The records here show that he was not so pensioned but was placed on the pension roll under the Act of 7 June, 1832, in which application his wife, Elizabeth Ackerson, was one of the witnesses who testified to his service. In her affidavit dated 1st Sept, 1832, she says he served in '77 and then "He joined the army the next year but she does not recollect for how long a time. She knows that he was in the service of the U./S. or in the Army more than two years. She recollects the time & circumstances well & how she felt at the time for they had agreed to marry. They were married in March A.D. 1779 as near
(Over)

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as she can recollect, he did not go with the Army after they were married but remained at Schoharie" &c, &c.
You will thus percieve that the two statements made by her in relation to the date of marriage do not at all agree & the presumption is that the first is most to be relied on and nothing except record evidence will change that presumption.
The claim is therefore again rejected.
Very &c.
J. W.
(Kirby)

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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE  1-681 (18)  PHONE Branch 476

All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 24941-M

Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications
Room G 137.

July 6, 1928

Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering: Pension
Deliver to Room No. 5033

(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)

Title and description of job ... photostatic copies of 2 pages from Rev. War pension claim of John Ackerson, R.18.

No. of copies ... 1 of each
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For further information see ... Mrs. Finch  Room No. 5033  Phone No. 541

Approved: A.D..Wildanson ... Chief Clerk of Bureau
Mrs Finch ... Chief of Branch or Division

NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering ...
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Labels (submit sample) ... Corrections ...
Fill in letters ... Tabulation sheets ...
Photostat X Size ...Actual  Official use? ... Repay? ...yes $.30
Blue Print  Size ... Official use? ... Repay? ...  $
Remarks ...
(OVER)

(stamped)
DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS
RECIEVED
JUL 5 - 1928
DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR

(note in margin)
See receipt in Israel Aber, W.16800

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Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering: Pension
Deliver to Room No. 5033

(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)

Title and description of job ... photostatic copies of 2 pages from Rev. War pension claim of John Ackerson, R.18.

No. of copies ... 1 of each
Shall form be kept standing? ... ... days
For further information see ... Mrs. Finch  Room No. 5033  Phone No. 541

Approved: A.D..Wildanson ... Chief Clerk of Bureau
Mrs Finch ... Chief of Branch or Division

NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering ...
CHECK WORK DESIRED
Duplicate
Multigraph  single or double space? ... Facsimile signature? ...
Mimeograph  one side or both sides? ... Facsimile signature? ...
Folding  once or twice?
Assembling
Stapling  Once?  Twice?  Side?  End?
Electric typewriter  Fill in addresses? ... Dated? ...
Addressograph from lists ...
Envelopes, size ... Cards, size...
Proof list ... Pay rolls ...
Labels (submit sample) ... Corrections ...
Fill in letters ... Tabulation sheets ...
Photostat X Size ...Actual  Official use? ... Repay? ...yes $.30
Blue Print  Size ... Official use? ... Repay? ...  $
Remarks ...
(OVER)

(stamped)
DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS
RECEIVED
JUL 5 - 1928
DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR

(note in margin)
See receipt in Israel Aber, W.16800

Page 57

NOTE: Routine changes of address may be made on this blank without formal reference through or initialing of chiefs of branches or chief clerks of bureaus.
........192 (Date)

INDICATE BY AN X IN PROPER SQUARE ACTION TO BE TAKEN

[] Make new addressograph plate
[] Change present addressograph plate
[] Destroy present addressograph plate
as follows:
Now reads 
1...
2...
3...
4...
5...

Should read
1...
2...
3...
4...
5...

FOR USE OF DUPLICATING AND ADDRESSING SECTION
ADDRESSOGRAPH
The above change was made...192.
Operator ...
MULTIGRAPH
Operator ... Date ... Type set by ... Date ...
Remarks: ...
MIMEOGRAPH
Operator ... Date ... Cut by ...
Remarks: ...