Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,018, for William M Spingger, New York

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Service - New York


Spingger, William M.
or 
Springger



Number - R.10018

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State of New York
Cattaraugus County 

On the twentieth day of June 1833 personally appeared in open court - before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Cattaraugus and State of New York now sitting William M. Springger now a resident of the town of Randolph County and State aforesaid aged seventy 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 was born in the town of New Castle County of Westchester and State of New York in the year 1763 as recorded in his Father's Bible:  That on the tenth of April 1778 he volunteered as a private in the New York Militia under Lieutenant Daniel Bowton, Captain Samuel Delevan, and Colonel Timothy Benedict; we were marched to Croton Creek or River, Harlem Heights to White Plains where I was one of a small number who killed fourteen of the British, and what was called Horse Thieves, who had surrounded Ward's House at White Plains: The next morning after they had killed the fourteen, they went to examine and take care of them, one of our company (Franchor - discovered one of them killed to be his uncle who had joined the British - and immediately took up a large stone and with an oath dashed it onto his head:  We had but little to do; was in some small skirmishes  - and was dismissed the twelfth or thirteenth of October 1778, having served six months - he then lived in Salem Westchester County New York.  Had no written discharge.
On or about the first day of May 1779 I volunteered as a private in the New York State Militia under Captain Jesse Smith and Colonel Samuel Drake and marched to West Point staid a short time and proceeded to Tappan Bay and staid about four weeks: Then marched back to West Point on the Hudson River, thence to Fishkill Barracks and to Fort Edward where we remained untill the seventh or eighth day of November 1779 being six months service.  While at Fort Edward - A Drummer -

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Fifer and a private of our Regiment took a walk out of the Fort something like a mile or two and were surprised by three Indians (as they supposed). They ran for the Fort but the Private (Ostrander) was overtaken and instantly cut all to pieces - the Musicians arrived as the Fort gave the alarm when a number of us under Lieutenant Berry went in pursuit of the Indians and soon succeeded in taking them and found one of them to be a white man painted and an old neighbor of my fathers' whom I recognized - and whom the Lieutenant ordered hung on a tree on the Spot - his name was Palmer and had joined the enemy.
On the seventh day of March 1780 I enlisted in 2nd Regiment New York State Troops under Capt. Isaac Smith, Colonel Phillip Van Courtlandt and General James Clinton and Major Rosencrantz for three years - we marched to West Point on the Hudson River staid about two months worked on the Fort and Redoubts and I did duty on guard and Then we went to Fishkill Barracks and remained about four weeks.  then again to West Point staid a few days and went through Haverstraw on the North River to a place called Plimpton in New Jersey to Trenton, where we staid very short time and marched to what was called the English neighborhood staid a few days and marched to Tappan Bay staid a few weeks and marched back to West Point which was I think about the last of October 1780 where we staid untill the first of May 1781 when we started to go south, I went with the Regiment about twenty miles was taken sick with the Camp distemper staid about three weeds was so recovered that I followed on after the Army by Belvedere, Elizabethtown, Trenton, and found them at Yorktown in Virginia in July but when arrived there was too unwell to do duty but little- and most of the time was sick and wholly unable to do duty at at all and was taken by Nicholas Burgy who obtained liberty of my Colonel to take me to his house where I staid

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and was nursed and doctor about one mile and a half off untill the Army, after the surrender of Cornwallis on October 19th started on their return when I came with them through Maryland Delaware, and New Jersey to Stony Point on the East side of the Hudson River in the State of New York where I staid untill the 28th day of Nobember 1781 at which time my father (having heard of my arrival at that place and out of health) Major Isaac Springger came and obtained  my discharge.  My father took my discharge and kept it untill it was lost - I took no care of it not thinking it would ever be of any use to me.  I served at this time not less than Twenty months and twenty days.  I lived in Phillipstown.  I well knew General Putnam, Greene, Lafayette, and General Washington and many others.  I suffered extremely on my march from Yorktown being so much out of health.  The deponent further saith he has no documentary evidence of his service nor does he know of any person living whose testimony he can procure who can testify as to his service and he doth hereby relinquish every annuity whatever to a pension except the present - and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of the United States and that Frederick Sampler and David Salisbury of Randolph will testify as to my character.  Since he left the army he has lived in Phillipstown - Long Island, New York City, Beaverkill Ulster County New York.  Vernon New Jersey then in Chenango County of Broome, New York then in Williamson Wayne County then in Farmersville Cattaraugus County then in Randolph where I now live and have lived for seven years.  I have not served less than the times before mentioned.

William M. Springger


Subscribed and sworn in open Court this 20th day of June 1833 before me Isaac Day
a Judge Cattaraugus Common Pleas

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Cattaraugus County ss.

We Frederic Samples - residing in the town of Randolph and County aforesaid and David Salisbury residing in the same place do hereby testify that we are well acquainted with William M. Springger of the town of Randolph who has subscribed and made oath to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be seventy 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 and also that he is a creditable person and his statements are entitled to credit.

Frederic Samples
David Salisbury

Subscribed and sworn 
this 20th day of June 1833
in open Court before me
Israel Day a Judge of the 
Cattaraugus Common Pleas

We Willam Bidel a Clergyman residing in the town of Napoli County of Cattaraugus and Jonathan Hodges a resident of Randolph hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with William M. Springger who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of teh Revolution and that we concur in that opinion and that he is a person of good, moral character.

William Bedle
Jonathan Hodges


Subscribed and sworn in open
Court this 20th day of June 1835
before me Israel Day a Judge 
of Cattaraugus Common Pleas

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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 and 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 William Bedle who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in Napoli and that Jonathan Rodgers who signed the same is a resident in the town of Randolph and are creditable persons and their statement entitled to credit and that Frederick Samples and David Salisbury who signed a foregoing affidavit are residents of the town of Randolph and persons of good character and their statements entitled to credit. 

Thomas J. Wheeler
Israel day
Dan Allan

Judges of Common Pleas

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State of New York
Cattaraugus County ss.

I John W. Staunton Clerk of the said county, do certify that Israel Day Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Cattaraugus and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature.

In Witness thereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county this 27th day of September AD 1833.

John W. Staunton Clerk

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State of New York
Cattaraugus County ss.

I John W. Staunton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William M. Springger for a Pension 

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office June 22 1833

John W. Staunton Clerk


State of New York
Cattaraugus County ss.

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Judge of the court of Common Pleas in and for the county aforesaid William M. Springger to me personally known to be the identical William M. Springger who signed the within application for a pension who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was born in the town of New Castle county of Westchester and State of New York in the year 1763 now aged 70 years, that on the tenth of April 1778 he volunteered as a private in the New York State Militia under Captain Samuel Delevan and Colonel Timothy Benedict, and served six months  - he lived in Salem Westchester County New York. He had no written no discharge.
When living in Phillipstown Putnam County and on or about the first day of March 1779 he volunteered as a private in the New York State Militia under Capt. Jesse Smith and Col. Samuel Drake and served six months - had no written discharge.
On the 7th day of March 1780 when living in Philippstown he enlisted for three years as a private under Capt. Isaac Smith from whom he received Eight Dollars bounty Major Rosencrafts Colonel Phillip Van Cortland and General James Clinton (of which he cannot be mistaken, and with Col. Van Cortland, he was unusually intimate, for a soldier) and served twenty months and twenty days, when on account of his health was dismissed with a written discharge, which was taken by his father, who was then an officer in an other Regiment, and by him kept until lost. The discharge was signed by Col. Van Cortland as he well remembers.

William M. Springger

Sworn and subscribed
this 19th day of September
1833 before me
Israel Day a Judge of 
Cattaraugus Common Pleas

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No. 25913
William M. Springger Cattaraugus
County New York



m  proof

not found on final settlement certificates



Israel Day Ellicottville Cattaraugus
County New York

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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
Aug. 15. 1833
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 find marked 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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
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A Statement, shewing the Service of William M Springger Cattaraugus County
New York
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Period when the service was rendered.┃Duration of claimant's service.
┃Years.┃Months. ┃Days. ┃Rank of claimant. ┃Names and rank of Field officers under whom he served┃Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.┃Pfoof by which the declaration is supported.
Vol 10 April 1778┃-┃6┃-┃privt┃Cap Delevan, Colonel Benedict┃70 years County of Westchester New York┃Traditionary evidence, papers correct
Vol
1779 ┃-┃6┃-┃"┃Cap Smith, Col Drake┃
Enlist Mar 1780 ┃1┃8┃20┃Cap Smith, Colonel VanCortland┃

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.
           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, mucicians 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.                         }
   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).  , with.  And served in the —-(e) regiment of the —-line, under the following named officers :
      [Here set forth the names and Rand 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 clai (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name i 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
     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, th names o 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 subcribed and sworn not the above declaration ; that we believe him to be—————years of age; that he i 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 inscribed the days and year aforesaid.
     [And then will follow the certificate of the Court]
     And the aid Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after pouting 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 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 he original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party willl so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at lest one credible witness, stating g 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 witnes 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 n the comparison of his narrative with the events of he period of his 
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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?}
6. {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 he 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, 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 in 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 claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his 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 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 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 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 in 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.
applicant name not on the rolls of Col Van Cortlands Regiment

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July 15, 1938
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/MMHF:MLB
Mrs. W. W. Wood
3015 - 56th Avenue
Oakland, California
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the names
of the percent of your great-great-grandmother, Ann Springer, who
married Jesse Chew. You state that the Census of New Jersey during
the period which she lived as missing, which make your search difficult,
so you desire that the Revolutionary War pension records be
searched under the surname Springer as a possible scarce of information.
The Revolutionary War pension records of all Springers have been
searched in your behalf and the record found of one Springer, only,
who served in the New Jersey troops, that of Jacob. Another was found
of a William M. Spingger (or Springger) who served in the New York
troops at some time subsequent to his service, lived in Vernon,
New Jersey, but in his claim for pension, R. 1001S, he did not give the
names of any children. Another was found of a Uriah Springer, who had a
daughter Anna; his record and that of Jacob Springer of New Jersey
are furnished you herewith. No other Springer pension record revealed
the name of a daughter Anna (Ann), nor was the name Jesse Chew shown
in any Revolutionary War Springer pension record.
It is hoped that these two records will aid you in some way in
your research.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

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J L Edward
Commissner of Pensions
Israel Day Esq.
Ellicottsville
N. Y.
[postmark] City of [illegible]
Dec 6

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State of New York
Cattaraugus County ⎬ I certify that William Elder who made the
foregoing affidavit is a person with whom I
have been personally acquainted for many years that he is
a man of truth and veracity and his statements entitled to
full credit Ellicottville Jany 11th 1834 Isaac Day a Judge
and for the County aforesaid
Mr Springer informs me he has made all the
inquiry that will be of any use and must set it as it is
I Day

State of New York
Cattaraugus County Clerks Office [Ys]. I, John W Staunton, clerk of the
County aforesaid do hereby certify that Israel Day Esqr.
before whom the preceding affidavits purpose to have been
sworn was at the date of the same, to wit, on the 7th and 10th
days of January 1834 a Judge of the court of Common
Pleas in and for the said county. And that I am well
acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed
to the said affidavits to be his own proper handwriting and signature-
Witness my hand and seal of Office this 17th day of January 1834
.
John W. Staunton, Clerk

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State of New York
Cattaraugus County ss.

Personally appeared before me Israel Day of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid William M. Springer to me known to be the identical William M. Springer mentioned in the within letter and an applicant for a pension who being duly sworn according to Law testifyeth and saith that he has taken many pains and all the means he thought could be of any service (by inquiry and writing to different and numerous places to obtain the knowledge of any persons living who could testify to his service  in the Revolutionary Army also employed others to do the same, but have been unable any one who can do it.

William M. Springer

Sworn and subscribed this 7th day of January 1834 before me
Israel Day a Judge


State of New York
Cattaraugus County ss.

William Older of Franklinville County aforesaid being duly sworn according to Law testifyeth and saith that he is sixty three years old and that he is personally acquainted with William M. Springer who signed the above affidavit.  thirty eight years ago in Dutchess County and have been acquainted with him and have heard him speak of his service in the revolutionary army and from his fair character and his relation of his service with me and others, do believe he was a soldier of the revolution and that he is  a man of truth and veracity.

William Older

Sworn and subscribed before me
this 10th day of January 1834 Israel Day a Judge
of the Court of Common Pleas

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War Department
Pension Office
Dec. 4, 1833


Sir,

The papers of William M. Springer have again been examined.  The proof of service required on a former examination to rebut the presumption against his claim, not having been furnished, his case is suspended, and his papers place on file.

I am Respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J.L. Edwards





Israel Day Esq.
Ellicottville
N.Y.

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New York
Rev.


William M. Springer
Suspended
letter Israel day 4 Dec. 1833

letter to Israel Day June 17 1834.


10018

Act 7 June 1832

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Rejected

10018


William M. Springger

?
Aug. 10 1906



Left side

1938 July 15 Mrs. W.W. Wood adv.
no names of children in 
this case - ?
Her letter in Jacob Springer S.40488