Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1546, Jacobus H Bush, New York

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Service
New York

Bush, Jacobus H.
Hannah

Number
W.1546
BLM.26523-160-55

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New York, 14,676

Jacobus H. Bush
of Solon in the State of N.Y.
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Cartwright of the Regt commanded
by Col. Ledowich in the N.Y. 
line for 10. months

Inscribed on the Roll of N.Y.
at the rate of 33.Dollars 33. Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8. day of June
1833 and sent to 
Saml Hotchkiss - clerk, Cincinatus, Cortland Co.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833.             66.66
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept  -"-     16.66
                                                                       _____

                                                                      $ 83.32

Revolutionary Claim
Act Jun 7, 1832

Recorded by TT Franciosi Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 4 - Page 45.

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Revolution

232 Alby

New York

Hannah Bush
widow of Jacobus H. Bush
who served in the Revolutionary 
N.Y
war, as a Private

I-scribed on the Roll at the rate of
33 Dollars 33
-ents per annum, to commence on
4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the
22nd day of June, 1849.
and sent to

Hon. H.S. Conger
Cortland Village
N. York

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under [torn off] 1848, Page 531 Vol [torn off] Book C

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13184 Act March   3/55
 March 26/55

Hannah Bush wid of
Jacobus H Bush pen

No 26523 of May 17--

Revolutionary War

Husband + wife both pensioners
W: 160-- May, 15756

Illegible

SH -C Babcock June 7 11/55

Vol B2 143

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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832-
State of New York
County of Cortland } ss:
On this twenty second day of February in
the year 1833, personally appeared before me, Oliver Kingman, one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for the said County of Cortland, at the town of Cincinnatus in said county, Jacobus H. Bush, a resident of the town of Solon in said County and State of New York, aged Seventy six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress,
passed June 7th 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated  --
That he was born, at Marbletown, in the County of Ulster, in the State of New York, on the 6th day of April in the year 1756.
That he has a record of his age in an old family psalm book at home, which however is now present before said Judge-
That he was living at said Marbletown, his birth place, in the year 1776, he believes, when the Militia Company to which he belonged
was required to raise a certain number of men -- The company was divided into classes, and each class was to raise a man-- they
drawed for it, and he was drawn as one of the men to go-
It was drafting as it was called. He believes it was in February in said year, 1776 - it may have been in March-- there was snow
on the ground at the time-- On being thus drafted, he soon joined or was put into the
company commanded by Captain
Cartwright, Lieut. Lodowich Hollenbake. The company went away by sleighing, and went thus on the snow a part of the way towards New York, or down the side of the river Hudson, and  then marched on foot to
Tappan in New Jersey, where the company joined the Regiment of Col. Pawling -- Col. Pawling was there in person.  He believes Major Pawling, was also the Major of said Regiment.  He cannot remember the names of the other officers of the Regiment - The Regiment was stationed at said Tappan during the campaign, near the English neighborhood. That he served this tour or campaign for six successive months

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in said company and regiment. The service consisted in guarding the lines against the enemy. During the said service he was
in one skirmish with the enemy, near what was called the English neighborhood -- He thinks there was other troops in company during said service besides Col. Pawling's Regiment;
thinks there was a regiment there or part of one from the County of Dutchess, but he does not remember the names of the officers-- While there he remembers hearing and
understanding that the main army of the Americans was on the other side of the river in the neighborhood of New York --  that he served during said campaign or tour as a private soldier - That after serving for six months, he was dismissed at said Tappan, and then went home-- He received no written
discharge-
That early in the spring of the year, 1777, being the same year Gen. Burgoyne was taken prisoner, he enlisted as a private soldier, at said Marbletown, where he then lived, in the
company commanded by Captain Schoonmaker, for the term of four months, at least, he thinks it was longer, but cannot say for certainty - that he went with said company to Kingston, where they were stationed, chiefly as a guard to prisoners which were kept there-- some of the prisoners were kept in vessels in the river and some in the jail in the Village - The company was called a company of
Rangers-- Some of the company, in small squads, were often sent out in the neighborhood or country, guarding the
frontiers. He went over the river once, and perhaps more times, to [the] log prison which was on the east side of the river, where some prisoners were kept - Capt. Schoonmaker went
with him-- They stayed there a short time & then again returned to Kingston - He served his term out in such services, which, as before stated, he believes was at

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least four months and he thinks it was over when he was dismissed at said Kingston and went home-- He received no written discharge-
That since the revolutionary War, he lived for perhaps two years at said Marbletown his place of birth-- then to Lackawack, then
at Neversink, and from thence he removed to Solon in the County of Cortland, his present residence, where he has ever since resided, which is for the last twenty six years and a few months over-
That he has no documentary evidence of his services, nor does he now know of any person or persons by whom he can prove the same, except his brothers, Simon Bush, &
Henry Bush, and his sister Jemima Bush, whose affidavits are herewith sent -  his said sister is now the widow Jemima Vanleuvan
That he is known to Sarah Niles and Charles Kingman, in his present neighborhood who can testify in regard to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution-
That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
That there is no clergyman in his town or neighborhood with whom he is acquainted-
That owing to his age, and bodily infirmities, he does not feel able to attend the sitting of the court to make his declaration-
[signed] Jacobus Bush (X) his mark

Sworn to and subscribed the day
and year aforesaid
and I certify the reason of his signing
by making his mark, is inability
to write for want of learning, as well

Oliver Kingman, Judge of Cortland Comm. Pleas

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We, Sarah Niles - residing in the town of Cincinnatus in the County of Cortland, and Charles Kingman in the same place,
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with 
Jacobus H. Bush who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration -- that we
believe him to be 76 years of age, that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of
the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
[signed] Sarah Niles
[signed] Charles Kingman

Sworn and subscribed the day
and year aforesaid, before me,
Oliver Kingman, Judge of Cortland Comm. Pleas

And I, Oliver Kingman, a judge of the court of common pleas in and for the County of Cortland aforesaid, do hereby declare 
my 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 I further certify, that it appears
to me that Sarah Niles-- who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the town of Cincinnatus in said county, and that Charles Kingman, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same place, and are credible persons, and that his statement is entitled to credit - And I further certify that I reside
in the vicinity of said applicant myself, and have, ever since he has resided in the County of Cortland, and am well satisfied from my own
knowledge that such is the belief in his neighborhood, and I concur in the same-- I also certify that I am well convinced that
there is no clergyman in the neighborhood or vicinity of said applicant with whom he is acquainted- 
I also certify that said applicant cannot from bodily infirmity and old age, personally 
attend the sitting of the court.
Done the day and year
aforesaid-
February the 22nd 1833
Oliver Kingman Judge of Cortland Com. Pleas

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State of New York
County of Cortland } ss:
Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Judge of the court of common pleas in and for said county, Henry Bush, aged seventy one years, who being duly sworn, deposeth and and saith, that he is the brother of Jacobus H. Bush of Solon in the County aforesaid -- that he, said deponent, also resides in Solon and has for twenty six years past, having moved into said town a few days after his brother Jacobus did  -- That said deponent lived in his father's family with said
Jacobus, at Marbletown in the County of Ulster in said State of New York, in the year 1776, as well as before and after said year. That deponent recollects well that his said
brother Jacobus was drafted in said year, 1776, the latter part of winter or very early in the spring, that snow was on the ground - and that he went away in Capt. Cartwright's Company, and did not return home again till the
fall of the year, after having been absent as deponent believes, over six months. Deponent has always thought it six months service or more. Deponent heard his said brother Jacobus, on getting home, say he had been in the service at Tappan in New Jersey, and then believed, and ever has, and still does believe the same to be true-
That deponent also understood, in his family, as well as from his brother Jacobus aforesaid, that he enlisted in the year 1777, being the year that Gen. Burgoyne was taken,
and that he went to Kingston in Capt. Schoonmaker's company, and that his said brother was absent from home for four months as he believes. His brother, at his return home, said he had been there, in said service. It has always since been so understood and believed by this deponent

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And further deponent saith not --

[signed] Henry Bush (X) his mark

Sworn to and subscribed, by making
his mark, for want of learning,
this 22nd day of February, 1833
before me. And I also certify
that said Henry Bush is well
known to me, and that he
is a person of truth and veracity.
Oliver Kingman Judge of
Cortland Comm. Pleas

State of New York
County of Cortland }  ss. 
Personally appeared before me, the
undersigned, a judge of the court of Common pleas in and for the County of Cortland, Jemima Van Leuvan, who being duly
sworn, deposeth and saith, that she is 73 years of age, that she is the sister of Jacobus H. Bush of Solon in said Cortland County - that she lived in her father's family, at Marbletown
in said State, in the year 1776, as well as before and afterwards.
That she well recollects her brother Jacobus aforesaid, being drafted and going away in Capt. Cartwright's company late in the
winter or very early in the spring, when snow was on the ground, and that he did not return home again till fall or coldish weather - she 
thinks he was absent 6 months or more.
She understood it then & ever has since - has often heard him say he went to Tappan in New Jersey and speak of his service and has always believed he truly served as he stated.
He also went away again the next year and was absent as she thinks four months and over, and she then understood and believed, and ever has, that he went to Kingston and
served that term in Capt. Schoonmaker's company;  has ever heard her brother Jacobus say so and believed it.
[signed] Jemima Vanleuvan (X) her mark

Sworn to and subscribed, by making her mark 
on account of age and infirmity, before me, and I certify that I believe her to be a person of truth and veracity this 22nd day of February 1833

Oliver Kingman Judge of
Cortland Comm. Pleas

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State of New York
County of Cortland } ss:
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a judge of the court of common pleas in and for said county, Simon Bush, who being duly sworn, says that he is sixty
eight years of age, that he is brother to Jacobus H. Bush of Solon in said county-- that he lived in his father's family during the Revolutionary war, at Marbletown in the
State of New York- that he remembers his brother Jacobus was drafted, as he then understood & believed, and went to Tappan
in New Jersey, that he was gone six months, and when he returned home he was sick-- that he went again the next year, being the year Gen. Burgoyne was taken prisoner, to Kingston, as deponent then understood and believed. That he was absent this last tour three
or four months as he believes - That he has always heard the same thing said in the family and has always believed it true --  and was and has been often talked in the neighborhood, and never heard it disputed.
and further saith not.
[signed] Simon Bush (X) his mark

Sworn and subscribed, by making his
mark mark for want of learning this 22nd
day of February, 1833 before me,
And I certify that I am acquainted with
said deponent, and that he is
to be believed, being a credible witness. 
Oliver Kingman Judge of Cortland Com. Pleas

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State of New York
Cortland County} ss:
I, Samuel Hotchkiss Jr.,  Clerk of said county, do certify, that Oliver Kingman Esq. before
whom the foregoing and within proceedings in the matter of Jacobus H. Bush's application for a pension purport to have been had --  before whom the foregoing or within declaration of said Jacobus H. Bush purports to have been
sworn, and also before whom the foregoing or within affidavits of Barak Niles and Charles Kingman purport to have been sworn, and whose name is signed to the opinion as to the services of the said Bush, and also before whom the foregoing or within affidavits
of Henry Bush, Jemima Vanleuvan, and Simon
Bush, purport severally and respectively to have been sworn, was at the date of the same, one of the Judges of the Court of
common pleas in and for said County of Cortland, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said several oaths and opinion, to be his genuine hand writing
and signature-
Witness my hand and seal of office this
26th day of February, A.D. 1833-
The words, "severally and respectively" in the above certificate, interlined before execution
Saml Hotchkiss Jr. Clerk

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Hannah Bush

No. 325
Hannah Bush
widow of Jacobus H.
N.Y.
Act 3 March 1843

Admitted
Pr. 10 mo. $33.33
com 4 March 1848

Act 29 July 1848

Hon. H.S. Conger
Cortland Village
N.Y.

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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the act of Congress of the 3d of March, 1843 and June 17th 1844, or any other acts adopted to meet the case-
.
State of New York
Cortland County   } ss: 

On this 24th day of September, 1847, personally appeared in open Court before the County Court, held in & for the County
of Cortland aforesaid the same being a Court of Record, Hannah Bush, of the town of Solon
in the said County of Cortland, aged eighty years on the 17th day of February, 1847, a resident of said Solon, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the acts of Congress passed March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844, and any other act passed before or since, granting pensions to
widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War: That she is the widow of Jacobus H. Bush, late of Solon aforesaid now deceased, and who was a private in the revolutionary war, and served therein as she believes is stated and set forth in the declaration of the said Jacobus, which is now on file in the War Department pension office
Department, and for which service he received a pension from the United States of Thirty Three Dollars and thirty nine cents per annum
under the act of June 7, 1832.
She also declares that she was married to the said Jacobus H. Bush in the month of June, as she believes in the year 1792, but she cannot state the day of the month; that she thinks it was the forepart of the month - That her husband the aforesaid Jacobus H. Bush, died on the 14th day of March, 1847, at the

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town of Solon aforesaid - That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, to wit, at the time above stated. She further declares that she is still a widow-- her name before her said marriage was Hannah Fordun - There was never any record made of her said marriage to her knowledge - she further declares that she and her said husband resided in the town of Neversink in the County of Ulster in the State of New York at the time of their marriage - that the country there was the new & that they went in company with John Conkling & Mary Chambers, their friends, to Wawarsing, she thinks was the name of the place, in order to be married by the Rev. Van Horn who presided there. That they called at the house of Mr. Cornelius Vance, an acquaintance & friend of her husband, and was there married by said clergyman on the sabbath at noon between the forenoon & afternoon meeting. That many persons were present, but all strangers to her except Mr. Conkling and Miss Chamber aforesaid, who went with them as above.  That both Mr. Conkling and Miss Chambers are both now dead, and she believe Mr. Vance is dead - She knows of no one now living who attended their marriage.  That she has often heard that the minister who married them was dead and she believes it to be true.
She further says that at the time they were married, Henry Bush & Simon Bush, brothers of her husband, resided at home with their father, and that Simon carried the publishment of their intention of Marriage some weeks previous to their said marriage as was then the custom.
That after being married they resided with the family of her

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husband; she thinks about nine months.
She declares that at her marriage she was twenty-five years of age-
She further declares that Margaret, their first child was fifty four years old the 17th day of November, 1846. She has not been here
for 19 years past, and she does not now know where she resides.  -- The last she heard of her, she lived in Genesee County.
John, their second child was born Sept 2nd, nearly two years after Margaret - he died in infancy.
Nelly, their third child, was fifty years of age the 2nd day of April, 1847- she now resides in Ohio as declarant believes, but she does not know in what town or County.
Simon, their 4th child was 47 years old the 22nd day of January 1847. They had eleven other children in all, making 15 children - she has no record of the births of any of her
children, and there never was any made to her knowledge or belief. 
She further declares that when Margaret was a babe, she and her husband went to New Hackensack in Dutchess County to her Grandmother & her grandmother there
named Margaret & she was there baptized Margaret - 
John, Nelly, & Simon, Zachariah, Polly & Betsy, their children, were all born, and baptized at Neversink, before moving from that place.

All which is true, according to her best knowledge, recollection and belief-
[signed] Hannah Bush (X) her mark

Sworn to & Subscribed in
open Court before me this 28th
day of September AD 1847
Saml Hotchkiss Clerk

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No 13184
Widow's claim to
Bounty Land
Act of March 3rd, 1855
-
Mrs Hannah Bush
Widow of Jacobus H. Bush


Chester Babcock
Agent
McGrawville
Cortland Co.
New York

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State of New York
County of Cortland } ss:
On this 19 day of March A. D., 1855, personally appeared before me Horace Newell a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid; Hannah Bush aged 88 years, a resident of Taylor in the County of Cortland and State of New York; who being duly sworn, according to law, declares that she is the widow of Jacobus H. Bush, deceased, who was a private in the War of the Revolution, and was pensioned under the act of 7th June 1832 at the rate of $33.33 per annum, and that she has been pensioned under the act of 1848
at the rate of $33.33 per annum, as the widow of the said Jacobus H. Bush, deceased.
She further declares that she was married to the said Jacobus H. Bush in Neversink
in the County of Ulster and State of New York on the___day of June 1792. 
She further declares that her husband, the aforesaid Jacobus H Bush, died in Solon
in the County of Cortland and State of New York on the 14th day of March 1847 and that she is still a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act of March 3, 1855.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written, before me
[signed] Hannah Bush (X) her mark

Horace Newell
Justice of the Peace

We, Jonathan Bush and William R. Bush, residents of Taylor in the State of New York, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged
by Hannah Bush in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
[signed] Jonathan Bush
[signed] William R. Bush
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents
herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Horace Newell
Justice of the Peace

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State of New York
CORTLAND COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE } ss:

I, RUFUS A. REED, Clerk of said County, Do Certify, that Horace Newell, Esq.
before whom the annexed Affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking the same, a JUSTICE
OF THE PEACE in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same; and further,
that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said JUSTICE, and verily believe the
signature to the Jurat thereof, is genuine
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, this 20th day of March, 1855.
Rufus A. Reed, CLERK

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State of New York, County of Dutchess, ss.
I, Joseph T. Adriance, Clerk of the
County of Dutchess, and of the Courts of said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Adolph M. Brush, Esq. whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavit & thereon written
was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County, duly elected & sworn and authorized to take the same
AND FURTHER, That I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice
and verily believe that the signature to the said Affidavit is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County and Courts, the 26th day of March
A.D. 1849 Jos T. Adriance, Clerk

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State of New York
Dutches County  } ss:

I Cornelius Van Cleef, Pastor of the Reformed Dutch Church of New Hackensack, having the custody of the records of said Church do
hereby certify that it appears by an entry in said records that Margaret, Daughter of Jacobus Bush and Anatje Van Kleeck was Baptised on the twentieth day of June in the year one thousand seven hundred & ninety five. I further certify that said entry is in the words & figures following  --written in fair legible hand and figures; viz:

When Baptised  }  Jacobus Bush
1795, June 20th  } AnatjeVan Kleeck

When born
Margaret Oct. 17th, 1794
---
C. Van Cleef

I, Cornelius Van Cleef, above named depose and say that I hold the office of Pastor of the above named church in New Hackensack, County of Dutchess, & State aforesaid & that the above is a true extract from the records of said church as certified by me-
[signed] C. Van Cleef-

Sworn and subscribed this 26th day of
March 1849 before me
Adolph M Brush Justice of the Peace in and for Dutchess County

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Jacobus H. Bush
New York
No 23929
admitted
10 mo. Private

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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 shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will for men in the margin with a brace, (thus: } . You will when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Jacobus H. Bush

Period when the service was rendered.
(1)  1776 Drafted - 6 months service
Rank of Claimant : Private
Names and Rank of the Field Officers under whom he served : Col. Paulding
Age at present and place of abode when he entered service:  76 years, Marbletown, Ulster Co., N. York
Proof by which the declaration is supported: Traditionary witnesses

(2) 1777 - enlisted - 4 months service
Rank of Claimant:  Private
Names of Officers:  Maj. Capt. Schoonmaker
Age at present : same as above
Proof by which declaration is supported: same as above
[total service] 10 months

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, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 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. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 
DECLARATION. 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. State, Territory, or District of County of } ss. On this ___day of ____personally appeared (a) before __________A B. a resident (b) of____in the county of____and State, Territory or District of aged (c)____years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)_____served in the_____(e) regiment of the_____line, under the following named officers: Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I, _______of the Court of______ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of______for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this_____day of____ & c. If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the____and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with_____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be______years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.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 said Court, in the matter of the application of_______for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this___day of____& c. Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his 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 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. 
6. To a Soldier: Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? 
To an Officer: Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will 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 inquiry 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, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper 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 person or persons of the war when he served. 
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: --For---year----months, and days, I served as a -. For - months and - days, I served as a___ ; and for such service I claim a pension." It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase "about three or four months," is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; places where the service was performed, that the applicant served with all 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 fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. 
Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or 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.
 [picture of a pointing finger] 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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WIDOW, &c.
Rev'y
File No. 1546
Hannah Bush
Widow
Jacobus H. Bush,
Priv.  Rev. War
Act June 29, 1848.
Index -- Vol. A, Page 100
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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26,523

160 acres

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J.L. Edwards Esq
Sir:  I send you herewith
additional papers in the case of
Hannah Bush

H.S. Conger
Cortland Village
N.Y.

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McGrawville April 2d '49

Hon H S Conger
Sir:  I here enclose you a copy from the church
records of New Hackensack of the
baptism of Margaret -  Daughter of
Jacobus Bush and Hannah Van Kleek or Fordun.
Mrs Bush's maiden name was
first Hannah Van Kleek and afterwards
Hannah Fordun.  Her father Van Kleek
died when she was of the age of six or
seven years-- she was then given to her
grand father whose name was Fordun
and after that date she was called--
Hannah Fordun.
Please forward the within to the Commissioner of Pensions and much oblige.
Chester Babcock

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State of New York
County of Cortland } ss: 
On this 29th day of July, 1847, personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the peace, Henry Bush of Solon in said county, to me known, aged Ninety years, who being by me first duly sworn, says on his oath that he is a brother of Simon Bush, now of Solon, and also of Jacobus H. Bush, late of said Solon, now deceased; that deponent lived at his father's in Neversingh or Neversink in the State of New York in the year 1792, as well as before & after, for a time -- that he believes in the forepart of the year, 1792, his brother Jacobus aforesaid, was married to Hannah Fordun - That after being thus married they lived for about a year, perhaps more or less, at home with
his father - that deponent did not attend the
Marriage, and knows they went to Warsing or
Wawarsing to be married, and at their return
they were called married, and have ever since,
to the death of Jacobus, lived together as he
and wife-- that they have had in all 15 children,
 and the reason of deponent knowing
or believing their marriage was in 1792, is
that deponent has a record of his own children,
and that his oldest daughter Mary
is recorded as born September 23, 1794, and
deponent knows that Jacobus' oldest daughter Margaret is nearly two years older than his daughter Mary aforesaid - he therefore
knows it must have been in 1792-
Deponent, and Simon & Jacobus, have always
resided near each other, as neighbors. When
one moved, all have moved - being very near
Neighbors. And deponent also knows that Jacobus and his wife Hannah were married

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many months before the birth of their oldest child Margaret was born-
Deponent was also present and saw several of the children of Jacobus baptized at Neversink. He saw them record child John, who soon after died; also saw Nelly, Simon, Zacharich, Polly & Betsey all children of said Jacobus & Hannah, baptized at Neversink where they were all born-- And further says not.
Margaret was said to be baptized in Dutchess County.
[signed] Henry Bush (X) his mark
Subscribed & Sworn before me
July 29. 1847

Oliver Kingman Justice Peace

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State of New York
County of Cortlandt } ss:
On this 29th day of July 1847, personally came before me the undersigned Justice of the peace in & for said County, Simon
Bush of Solon in said county, to me known,
and being first duly sworn, says on his oath
that he is a brother of Jacobus H. Bush, late
of said Solon, deceased, who was a pensioner of the United States - and that this deponent is aged Eighty four years, and that this deponent resided with his father in Neversink in the County of Ulster in the State of New York, when his brother Jacobus aforesaid
was married, and that this deponent carried
the notice of publication of his marriage to
Hannah Fordun, to Warsing, or Wawarsing,
and gave it to the minister for publishing, in the winter of 1791, as he believes, and
that soon afterwards, his brother & she went to be married, and deponent then understood they were then married but he was not present.  - He has ever since lived as a near neighbor to them & knows they have ever since lived together as husband & wife, and have been known & represented as such.
That Margaret their oldest child was
born the same year after their marriage, and
that she is ten years older than deponent's oldest child who is now forty four years old
and that said Jacobus & his wife had fifteen children after their said marriage - And further
saith not.
[signed] Simon Bush (X) his mark

Subscribed & sworn before me
July 29, 1847
Oliver Kingman, Justice Peace

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State of New York
Cortland County
Clerks office } ss: 

I Samuel Hotchkiss Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Oliver Kingman Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits of Simon Bush and and Henry Bush were made, was on the day of the date of the Jurats thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned & Sworn.  Also that I am well
acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice & verily believe his signature subscribed to the Jurats of said affidavits to be Genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of said County at Cortlandville this 28th day of September AD 1847
Saml Hotchkiss Clerk

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Jacobus Bush, dec'd.
NY 1833

26523  160 ac.

[written sideways]
Free
M. Vernory
P.U.

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.


Kerhonkson
Dec. 18th

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Mr. Ames

Jan. 1 1849
fr. C. Babcock
McGrawville
NY

Hon. H.S. Conger

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State of New York
Cortland County } ss: 
On this 21st day of December 1848
personally appeared before me Stephen Kellogg a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Hannah Bush, a resident
of the town of Solon in said County aged Eighty one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that she is the Widow of Jacobus H Bush who was a private and received a pension
at the rate of $33.33 per annum and was pensioned under the act of of Congress of the 7 June 1832; that she now claims a pension under the act of 3d March 1843 -  June 17th 1844 and February 2 1848 and that she now makes application to have her case again opened by the commissioner of Pensions.
[signed] Hannah Bush (X) her mark
Sworn and subscribed
Before me this 21st day of
December 1848
Stephen Kellogg Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Cortland County Clerk's office ss:
I, Samuel Hotchkiss Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Stephen Kellogg Esq before whom the above affidavit was made
was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned and sworn. Also that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice & verily believe his signature subscribed to the Jurat of the above affidavit is
genuine.

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In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County at Cortlandville this 25th day of
December AD 1848
Saml Hotchkiss Clerk

[written sideways]
Mr. Ames

Jan. 1 1849
fr. C. Babcock
McGrawville
NY

Hon. H.S. Conger

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No
Hannah Bush
NY
Let to B. Niles
Novr 29th 1847

Hon. H. S. Congers
Jany 10, '49  same Apl. 11, '49

Act 3 March 1843

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State of New York
Cortland County
Whereas I Hannah Bush Widow of
Jacobus Bush of Solon do by these presents
accept of a pension under act of 29th July
1848 and hereby relinquish all claims to
former acts.

Witness my hand this
11th day of June 1849

[signed] Hannah Bush (X) her mark

Witness
C Babcock

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Cincinnatus, Cort. Co. N. York
October 29. 1847

Hon J.L. Edwards

Dear Sir:
I have most respectfully to say that I
transmit herein the evidence of a claim for a pension in behalf of Mrs. Hannah Bush- I hardly know the rule of your Department as to proof of marriage.  But I suppose the proof of so long cohabitation as husband & wife, and the birth of children proved as set forth in the accompanying papers, to be sufficient, and
she can easily add any amount of proof of Cohabitation as set forth - birth of children, reputation, etc.  No one who knows them ever had any doubt of their marriage. But if any thing further is required she will of course try to procure it.
Tho' she is aged and poor.
When passed upon please make return
to me-
I am with great respect
your Obt Servt
B. Niles