Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8860, Isaac Goodale, Mass.

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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of congress passed June 7, 1832.
State of New York
County of Tioga
On this 19th day of November 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of a court of 6 years & [Teninay] held at the Court House in Owego in the said county of Tioga now setting, Isaac Goodale a resident of Berkshire in the county and State aforesaid, aged seventy seven 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 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officer and served as herein stated.

That about the 1st day of May of the year 1775, he enlisted in the town of Amhurst, in the county of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts and marched to Cambridge in a company commanded by Capt. Nodiah Leonard of Sunderland; that the names of the other officers under whom he served at this time were -- Woodbridge of South Hadley was his colonel, -- Smith of South Hadley, was his Lieutenant. I cannot remember the Christian names of either the Lieutenant or Colonel and Samuel Gold of Amherst aforesaid was his Ensign; that the Regiment to which he belonged were stationed at Cambridge aforesaid under Gen. Putnam, that this deponent was at the battle of Bunker Hill in June of that year; that after this he was at a place called Litchmones Point and helped break the first turf there in order to build a Fort at that place. That on the last day of December of that year col. Woodbridge requested the Regiment to tarry until the next morning, which they did, he then furnished them one days provisions to return home, and gave them his sincere thanks for their faithfulness, while under his command and bid them all good buy, which was all the discharge this deponent had; making from the 1st day of May aforesaid, the time at which he enlisted, to the last day of December following his time of service to be eight months. That he was born in the town of Amherst aforesaid in the year 1755 and has a record of his age in his bible at home. That since the Revolutionary War he has resided in the towns of West Hampton of Pittsfield in the State of Massachusetts and in the town of Berkshire in the county of Tioga and State of New York. That he has no documentary evidence and

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State of New York
Tioga county Joseph Belcher of the town of Richford in said County of Tioga being duly sworn deposes & says that Electa Goodale who has signed & sworn to the forgoing declaration is the widow of Isaac Goodale late of the town
of Berkshire in said county of Tioga & that she is [illegible] to this deponent to be the identical person therein mentioned & described & further that this deponent saw her sign her name _________ to the said declaration or
application & that therefor he became a 
subscribing witness thereto.
And this deponent  further says that he resides in the town of Richford in the county of Tioga & State of new York.
And this deponent further says that he was
of present at the time of the marriage of the said Electa Goodale to the said Isaac Goodale but that he distinctly recollects that event & some of the circumstances attending the same & that immediately upon the performance of the ceremony & upon the day of said marriage which was according to the best recollection
& belief of this deponent in the month of January D1828 she the said Electa went to reside in the house of the said Isaac Goodale in the said town of Berkshire & that they continued to live together, in said town of
Berkshire, as man & wife & were so respected & recognized by the community is which they lived from the time of this said marriage down to the time of the death of the said Isaac Goodale which took place in November D1834
Subscribed & sworn in due form before me this 2nd day of January
D1854
Joseph Belcher [signature]
Charles P Avery [signature]
County Judge of Tioga County New York