Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25200, Jerone Barhydt, New York

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New York
Barhydt, Jerone   W. 25200.
or Barheydt, Jeron
Cornelia

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State of New York
Schenectada County} Ss  Jacob Van Vechten being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he resides in the City of Schenectada [Schenectady] in Said County and has resided there for the share of thirty years and upwards, that he was well acquainted with Jerome Barhydt (named in a pension certificate [?] from the war office hereto annexed), and also with Cornelia his wife and been acquainted with them for twenty five years & upwards that said time they lived in said City, and lived together as man & wife, and were publicly reputed as such untill the day the said Jerome died, which event happened on the 10th day of July 1849 or thereabouts & this Deponent further says that during his residence in said City as above stated (with a Small Exception leaving the state) he was Pastor of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church located in said City, that within the year last past and previous to the Sixth day of March last past he resigned the Pastoral charge of said Church which said Resignation was accepted by the Constituency of said Church and ratified by the Class of Said Church of which this deponent is a member on the said Sixth day of March above mentioned and verily purports.
And this deponent further says that during the time he was Pastor of his said Church he had the Custody of the Church Records & particularly therein which Marriages are Registered and since his Dismissal of his said pastoral charge the said Records have not been removed but have remained ever since and now are in his Custody and that he finds a entry Recorded therein by which it appears that Jerome Barhydt & Cornelia Becker were Married on the 4th day of January 1789 That the same is Expressed on the record with the exception of the date in four legible figures as follows "Jerome Barhydt met Cornelia Becker bryde Vant Gebirt Von Schenectady Bevestight Jany 4 1789" This deponent further says that he visited the said Jerome Barhydt during his last sickness saw his corpse after he was dead. Attended his funeral and officiated as Clergyman in performing the rites Customary in the City of Schenectady on such occasions this deponent further states the above Extract from the said

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[a few words at the top, from another document]:
said Record with the date before [illegible]
 
State of New York
Schenectady County } Ss: -

On this 4th day of August 1849, before me Benjamin V.S. Vedder, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid, duly authorized
by law to administer oaths, personally appeared the Revd. Jacob Vechton [Vechten], who Subscribed the foregoing certificate, and being first duly sworn, according to law, did, on his oath, depose and say, that the matters set forth in [?]  certificate, by him subscribed, are true. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day & year last above mentioned
 B.V.S. Vedder  J.P.

State of New York
Schenectada County
Albert A. Vedder being duly sworn doth depose and say that he resides in the City of Schenectada in said County and has resided their for twenty five years & upwards last past
and that he well knew Jerome Barheydt (named in the pension Certificate annexed) now dead and have been acquainted with him fifty years and upwards, that he was called a married man where he first knew him and that his then wife ^ was a daughter of Gerrit Becker
(whom this deponent well knew, and never heard of his having been married but once
this deponent further states that he saw said Jerome at his House in bed on the morning of the 10th of July last alive, to all appearances but a few hours to live and speechless and again saw him said Jerome on the morning of the next day 11th July a lifeless corpse & laid out in his grave  wherein this deponent further says that he is well acquainted with the 
Reverend Jacob Van Vechten whose affidavit accompanies this & has known him thirty years and upwards ^ as pastor of the church as in his affidavit stated and that the statement in the above affidavit Subscribed by
by him (which this deponent has carefully read) with respect to his having been pastor of the reformed protestant Dutch Church, his resignation of the pastoral charge of said Church, and his final [removal?] by the Classes of said Church and also with respect to the Custody of the Records of said Church this deponent know to be literally & substantially here, he having been personal[ly]
in Church when said Van Vechten published his resignation & also during the action of Classes, and when the vote was taken by which his dismissal of his pastoral ^ charge was granted also on the 2d day of August 1849 saw the book containing what purport to be the marriage records belonging
to said Church in the Custody of said [?] Van Vechten together with ^ the entry in said book of ^the Marriage of said Jerome Barheydt with Cornelia Becker as stated in Mr Van Vechtens affidavit and further this deponant says, Cornelia Becker now Cornelia Barheydt is now living
Subscribed & sworn before me, Aug. 9. 1849; and I certify that the affiant, A.A. Vedder, is a credible witness, entitled to full credit.
B.V.S. Vedder. J.P.

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State of New York
County of Schenectady
Clerk's Office
I, Silas H. Marsh, Clerk of said county,
do hereby certify, That Benjamin V S Vedder, before whom the foregoing affidavits were subscribed and sworn was at the time of taking the same a justice of the peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified as such; that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signatures to said Affidavits and Certificates are genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this 10th day of August 1849. 
S. H Marsh, Clerk

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New York -28.717
Jerone Barheydt  Barhydt. 
of Schenectady in the State  of New York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Hale of the Regiment command by Col Wemple in the New York line for 8 months 4 days private. 
Transcribed on the roll of New York 
at the rate of 27 dollars 10 cents per annum and commence on the 4th day of March 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of May 1834 and sent to G F Yates Schenectady NY

Arrears to the 4th of March '34 
semi-and allowance ending Sept. 4 '34

$81.30 
  13.55
-------
$94.85

Revolutionary Claim 
Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Sam H Page Clerk,
Book E Vol.4  Page 117

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18143
In the matter of the application of Jerone Barheydt for a pension
Proceedings

No 40-
To the case of Giles F. Yates
New York
Schenectady

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State of New York
County of Schenectady ⎬ SS

On this twelfth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County now sitting Jerone
Barheydt [Barhydt] a resident of the City of Schenectady in said County & State aged sixty Eight years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the 
make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832

He was born in the then township of Schenectady in the then County of Albany, in the then Colony the State of New York on the twenty-eighth-day of October 1764 - He has no record of his age except that contained in his family Bible

When he was called into the service of the United States in the army of the revolution he was living in said township at a place called Norman's Creek, and since the revolutionary war he has lived at the same place and in the City of Schenectady aforesaid - & he now lives in the City of Schenectady aforesaid, & has lived there for the last four years.

He entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.

In the year 1779 he volunteered with a party of soldiers under the command of Major
Abm. Swits in pursuit of tories at the Heldebergh. He was out in this expedition about fourteen days as nearly as he can recollect.

In the fall of the year 1780, he was enrolled in the militia Company in his beat

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to wit the company commanded by Capt.
Thos. B. Benton in the Regiment whereof Abraham Wemple a Colonel and he served in said Company until the spring of the year 1781 when he enlisted in Captain Daniel Hales Company of State Troops. His other Company and field officers whom he recollects were - Low Lieutenant Van Ingen Ensign Dubois Commanding Officer. Under this enlistment he served at the middle fort of Schoharie for the term of four months. He was in the battle that took place at the upper fort with a party of Mohawk Indians under a tory by the name of Chrisler. In the fall of the previous year when the enemy under Sir John Johnson made a descent on the Mohawk settlements he was with the troops under General Van Rensselaer.

After his term of service in Captain Hale's company had expired he again entered the
aforesaid Company of Militia, and served therein without intermission until the end of the war.

In the fall of the year 1781, he was in the the battle of Johnstown, and joined the troops that went in pursuit of Walter Butler and the detachment under his command as far as West Canada Creek.

He was often called out on alarms, some of which proved to be without foundation and when not out in these expeditions, performed
his quota of duty in mounting guard at
Schenectady which was surrounded with pickets and where works of defense had been
erected by order of government. It is impossible for him to specify all the particular periods he served in these excursions, and tours of duty while in the militia yet knows they exceed in

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the whole twelve months

THE FOLLOWING are the names of some of the regular officers whom he knew, or who were with the troops where he served, and such continental and militia regiments or companies with which he served, or as he can recollect, viz: Colonel Van Schaick
Gaansvoort Harper Willett, Captain Jellis Fonda, Adjutant Jellis A. Fonda, Captain John
Mynderse, & Abraham Oothout, & their companies

He never received any written discharge from the service.

He has no - documentary evidence, and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except those whose depositions accompany this declaration

The following are the names of persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood, and who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution, to wit

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
Subscribed and sworn to the
day and year last aforesaid}
Jerone Barhydt
John S. Vrooman Clerk

County of Schenectady Ss.
On the day & year first aforesaid personally appeared in open Court before the Judges aforesaid Gershom Van Derheyden of said City, a revolutionary pensioner of the United States who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Jerone Barhydt who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that he this Deponent was a private in the same company of Captain Hale referred to in said declaration, and knows that said Jerone served also in said Company for a term not less than four months & further saith not -  Gershom Van Derheyden  his X mark
Subscribed & sworn the day & year aforesaid John S. Vrooman Clerk

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On the day and year first aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County David Van Derheyden of said City of Schenectady, who being duly sworn, maketh oath and saith, that he is well acquainted with said Jerone Barhydt, and knows that he served for the term of four months at least in Captain Hale's Company aforesaid at Schoharie aforesaid, as set forth in the preceding declaration of said Jerone Barheydt of & Deposition of Gershom Van Derheyden 
David D Van Derheyden  his X mark 
Subscribed & sworn the day & year aforesaid John S. Vrooman Clerk

On the day & year aforesaid in like manner personally appeared in open Court before the Judges aforesaid John Quackenboss of said City who being duly sworn maketh oath and faith, that he saw said Jerone Barhydt perform military duty with the detachment of militia that marched from Schenectady in pursuit of the enemy under Major Ross & Walter Butler in the year 1781, & further said Deponent saith not 
John Quackenboss
Subscribed & sworn the day & year aforesaid John S. Vrooman Clerk

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State of [New] York
County of Schenectady } SS. 

On this eighteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County now sitting, George Passage- a resident of the town- of Duanesburgh [Duanesburg] in the County of Schenectady
who being duly sworn, doth depose and say, that he was in the time of the revolutionary war and is now well acquainted with Jerone Barheydt who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding declaration, that this Deponent
knows said Jerone served at Fort Hunter when
Warrensbush was destroyed by the enemy as
set forth in said declaration and further saith not
George Passage

Subscribed & sworn the day & year aforesaid John S. Vrooman Clerk

I John S. Vrooman the Clerk aforesaid before whom the foregoing depositions of Gershom Van Derheyden, David Van Derheyden, John
Quackenboss & George Passage were taken, do certify that I am well acquainted with said Gershom, David, John & George, that they are all men of respectability & character & that their statements are entitled to full credit

Witness my hand & Seal of Office, this 4th day of June One thousand Eight Hundred and thirty three
John S. Vrooman Clerk

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County of Schenectady Ss
Jerone Barhydt of the City of Schenectady in said County being duly sworn saith, that he is the applicant for a pension under the act of of June 1832, named in the annexed, and subjoined papers-- that 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 in the grade of a private soldier.
In the spring of the year 1781- he enlisted in Captain Daniel Hale's Company of State Troops & served therein for the term of of four months in manner particularly set forth in his declaration hereto annexed.
The term of his service under General Van Rensselaer against the enemy under Sir J. Johnson was not less than Eight days.
The term of his service under Colonel Willett against the enemy commanded by Walter Butler in the fall of the year 1781, was not less than Eight days.
This deponent served in various short tours to the Heldebergh, Ballston & other places in the neighbourhood of Schenectady as a spy, and was sometimes called out with the intention of marching to different places when the enemy were expected to make an attack, but the alarm subsiding he was ordered home. It is impossible for this deponent to particularize all these tours, yet he unequivocally testifies that the whole period of his service in these tours exceed one month- and further that the whole period for which he performed garrison duty at the Schenectady fortress exceeds nine months [nine months is underlined] this service was performed

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in different years, at different periods of the
year, sometimes for a week at a time some
times two or three weeks, and sometimes only for few days. For which service of at least fourteen months & sixteen days this Deponent
claims a pension-
Jerone Barheydt

Subscribed & Sworn this 4th day of June 1833 
before me Wm Strong Just peace

I, John S. Vrooman Clerk of said County do hereby certify that William King before
whom the foregoing deposition has been taken, was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the peace in and for said County
that I am well acquainted with his handwriting & verily believe that the signature to the jurata of said deposition purporting to be his his genuine. Witness my hand & seal of office this 4th June 1833-. John S. Vrooman, Clerk

WE John Corl residing in the City of Schenectady in the county of Schenectady aforesaid, and James J. Van Vorst residing in the same place do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jerone Barhydt who has subscribed and sworn to the above  declaration; that we believe him to be sixty eight 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
James J. Van Vorst X his mark John Corl

Subscribed and sworn the
day and year aforesaid}
James S Vrooman

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 John Corl & James J. Van Vorst who signed the foregoing certificate reside the City of
Schenectady aforesaid & are both
--- credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I John S. Vrooman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of
Schenectady do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jerone Barheydt [Barheydt] for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twelfth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
John S. Vrooman Clerk.

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18143
Jerone Barheydt 
Schenectady co.
New York 

CJ

admd

Giles F Yates 
Schenectady N.York

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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 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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
Statement, showing the service of Jerone Barheydt [Barhydt], Schenectady N. Y.

Period when the service was rendered | Duration of the claimant's service | Years. | Months | Days | Rank of the claimant. | Names and Rank of the Company officers under who he served. | Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers. | Battles in which the applicant was engaged. | Country through which he marched. | Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. | Evidence by which the declarant is supported.
Volunteer 1779 | - | - | 14 | Private | Capt. | Maj Swits | - | - | 68 | tradition
1780 | not stated | - | Capt Banker | Col Wemple | - | - |Albany Co.N.Y. | [illegible]  service of 4 mos.
Enlisted 1781 | - | 4 | - | - | Capt Hale | - | Johnstown | Fort Hunter Schoharie | - | -
Volunteer term not stated
[illegible] in the whole | 1 year | - | 18 | [illegible]

I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

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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 in stance, 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    

Sessions
County of
day of
A.B. a resident (b) of appeard (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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the year (d)     , with      and 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 day 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 se     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 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 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 be fore 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
low 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 Every man must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language definite as to 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 --- days ---,  I served as a---,
For ___ months, and --- days, I served as ---;
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 to 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 objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of such 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
[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 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
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] 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 we the region in company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witness the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [g] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n]The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

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Jerone Barheydt [Barhydt]
admd 8 mo. 4 ds [days] pri.

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State of New York
County of Schenectady}SS

Jerone Barheydt [Barhydt] of the City of Schenectady in said County, being further duly sworn and examined, doth depose and say that
upon a reconsideration of the services in the
war of the revolution by him alleged to have been rendered in his declaration under the act of 7th June 1832, and his affidavit supplemental thereto, and exclusive of the four months services in the State troops of this State as in said declaration & affidavit are set forth, and upon
consultation with persons who performed the like services, he is now enabled to state more particularly, that in addition to his volunteer service of eight days at the Heldebergh [Helderberg] & Eight days in fall of the year 1780 & four months at Schoharie in the service of the State troops in Captain Hale & Dubois's Companies as set forth in said declaration, this deponent served as follows - As a private at Fort Plain in said State under Captain Mynderse and some other officer of the company of said Captain Mynderse

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and while there was engaged in the performance of Garrison duty for a term exceeding fourteen days-

As a private as aforesaid in said Company of Captain Mynderse with a detachment of Militia from Schenectady, this deponent went in pursuit of the celebrated Spy Joseph Bettis near Ballston Lake under command of one of the officers of said Company, neither whose name nor in what year this deponent cannot recollect & served in this tour not less than ten days

When not out in distant expeditions from Schenectady where this Deponent resided, he mounted guard at Schenectady for different terms of time & at different times during the years 1778, 1779, 1780, 1781 & 1782, for a period not less than six weeks each year, and this Deponent believes for period in the whole exceeding two months each year for for a period during the whole of said war exceeding twelve months, but the particular periods of his service as such sentinel this Deponent cannot possibly specify, except that he is certain he
served (he thinks in the year 1778) for a
term exceeding six weeks at Schenectady
aforesaid performing garrison duty under
Jacob Clute Captain of the guard & in the year 1779 under Rykert Van Vranken Captain of the guard for the like term of six weeks - during the other years of said war this deponent remembers that different officers of said Regiment of Colonel

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Abraham Wemple had the command
of the Schenectady Garrison - he recollects
in particular captain Jellis J. Fonda Captain Mynderse & Ensign Nicholas Barhydt and this Deponent further testifies that during the aforesaid period of more than twelve months
military services, for which this Deponent claims a pension, he was not engaged in any civil pursuit whatsover -
Jerone Barhydt

Subscribed & from
this 15 Sept before me
J. D. Harman
Justice of the peace}

State of New York
County of Schenectady}SS
Clerk's office
I, Giles F Yates Deputy Clerk of said County
do hereby certify that I Joshua D. Harman- 
before whom the preceding deposition of
Jerone Barhydt purports to have been sworn
was at the time thereof a Justice of the peace
in & for said County, & that his signature thereto is genuine. Witness my hand & Seal of office this 12th day of September 1833
Giles F Yates Deputy Clerk

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J1 [cut off]
New York. Alby
Cornelia Barheydt [Barhydt] widow of Jerome Barheydt [Barhydt] who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private---

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
27 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on
the [crossed out - 4th day of March, 1848.] 10th
July 1849-

Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of October 1849.
A. A. Vedder- Schenectady N. York

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act of
February 2, 1848, Page 14, Vol. 4

New notification sent Oct 17, 1849
Let, to A.H. Vedder & certificate returned Dec
1[9?] 1849

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13961
Declaration
State of New York
County of Schenectady }SS

On this 31st day of July in the year one thousand Eight Hundred and forty nine personally Appeared before me Samuel W Jones County Judge of Schenectady County in the Surrogates Court of said County in open Court Cornelia Barheydt [Barhydt] a resident of the City of Schenectady in the County of Schenectady and State of New York aged Eighty years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit the provision made by an act of Congress passed July the 7th 1838.
Entitled an act Granting half pay and pensions to Certain widows, and act Explanation of & Amending the same passed June 17th 1844 & that she is the widow of Jerone Barheydt [Barhydt] late of the City of Schenectady in the State of New York who served in the war of the revolution as herein after stated that her Husband the said Jerone Barheydt [Barhydt] [underlined] Resided in the District of Schenectady so called in the line of the Revolution and within the Military Beat Commanded by Col Abraham Wemple, that he served in the Regiment of Militia commanded by Said Colonel & otherwise Served as is particularly set forth in his papers in the Matter of his Application for a pension under the act of the 7th June 1832 and now on file in the Pension Office. That he served under the
last mentioned act first named and enjoyed till the time of his death an annual pension of $27.10 mentioned in a pension certificate dated 22nd day of May 1834 from the U.S. War office- 

And Declarant further Saith that the said Widow was married to the said form Jerone Barheydt [Barhydt]on the 4th day of January 1789 by the Reverend Derick Romney who was their Pastor of the protestant Reformed Dutch Church of the town of Schenectady and that her Marriage was solemnized and took place in the house of said Paster in said Town of Schenectady on the 4th of January aforesaid and that the following persons were present at her marriage (to wit) her own sister Mary Berker, Sarah Pick & John E. Barheydt [Barhydt] all of whom, together with the Revd Derick Romney the said pastor

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have long since died that previous to her Marriage she resided in said District of Schenectady and bore the Maiden
name of Becker that her Husband the said Jerone Barheydt died on the 10th day of July Eighteen Hundred & forty nine that since his death she remained single & unmarried and is still unmarried, and the declarant further saith that she has [lea?rst?] to write and could
formerly sign her name but owing to an injury
to her right arm and the infirmity of old age she cannot now sign her name with any distinctness-
  Cornelia Barheydt  her X mark
Subscribed and sworn the 31st
July 1849 in open court before
me her name being written by me
on account of her bodily
infirmity and she making
the mark within said name
S. W. Jones, County Judge &c

Schenectady County of
Surrogates Court ⎬ Ss:
On this tenth day of August in the year one thousand Eight hundred and forty nine before me Samuel W. Jones County Judge of said County in said Court on behalf of the above named Cornelia Barheydt and for the purpose of obtaining the pension above mentioned to be continued to her and the arrears thereof paid to her was produced to me the annexed pension certificate in favor of Jerone Barheydt dated the 22d day of May one thousand Eight hundred and thirty four Signed Lew Cass Secretary of war also the annexed affidavit of Jacob Van Vechten certified to have been subscribed and sworn before Benjamin V.S Vedder a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Schenectady on the 4th day of August 1849, and also the affidavit of Albert A. Vedder certified to have been subscribed and sworn before the said Benjamin V. S. Vedder on the 9th August 1849 and also the foregoing declaration of the

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said Cornelia Barheydt It heretofore made in this Court and the said Judge hereby gives it as the opinion of the Court after an examination of the matter that the said Jerone Barheydt served in the war of the Revolution as stated in the preceeding declaration, that he died on
the tenth day of July in the year 1849, that at the
time of his death he was a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress the seventh of June 1832, that he was
married to the said Cornelia Barheydt on the fourth day of January 1789 and that she is now his lawful widow - The words "the seventh" interlined by me being first omitted in this certificate by mistake. I Samuel W. Jones
County Judge of Schenectady County do certify the foregoing to be the original proceedings in the Surrogates Court of said County in the matter of the application of Cornelia Barheydt at the widow of Jerone Barheydt late of said County for a pension and for payment of the arrears thereof - In testimony where
of I have subscribed my name and of
fixed hereto the seal of said Court this
tenth day of August in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
forty nine ---
S. W. Jones
County Judge

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WIDOW, &c.
File No. D3200

Cornelia Barheydt
Wid of
Jerome Barheydt
Pri Rev War
---
Act Feb 2nd 1848
Index: Vol 9
Page 41
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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New York
Revo.

Jerone Barheydt
Suspended
let G.F. Yates 9 
Sept 1833
G.F. Yates
April 1834
Act 7 June '32

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Cornelia Barheydt
widow of Jerome
N.Y.
Act 2 Feb 1848
Married 1789
Husb died 10 July 1849

Adm 8 months, 4 days
pri. $27.10 per annum
Commencing 10 July 1849

A.A. Vedder,
Schenectady
N.Y.

10 July 1849

Col. J.L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions

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Schenectada 10th August 1849
Dear Sir,
Enclosed you have the declaration of Cornelia Barheydt with the accompanying vouchers, constituting her Application for a pension of a Corresponding Arrears the one received by her husband now deceased in the marriage since the 3d March 1849 until the 10th July the day he died the result of her application will be transmitted to me
Respectfully Yours &c
A.A. Vedder

Col. J. L. Edwards
Com of Pensions

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James L. Edwards Esqr
Com of Pensions
Home Dept
Washington
D.C.

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Albany Pension Agency
October 15, 1849
James L. Edwards Esquire,
Commis of Pensions,

Sir,
By your letter of the 11th inst. we are instructed to inscribe the name of Cornelia Barheydt widow of Jerone under act of 20th July 1848 and pay her from 4 March 1848. It appears by our Books that he died on the 10th of July 1849. Shall we pay her as now instructed?
Very respectfully
Your obt Servt
Thos. W. Olcott
Pens agt 
L Jenkins

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J.L. Edwards Esqr.
Com of Pensions
Washington

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State of New York
County of Schenectady
I Jerone Barheydt of the City of Schenectady in said County being duly sworn do depose and say that I am the identical applicant for a pension under the act of 7th June 1832, whose papers are now on file in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions in the War Department on the United Sates. And whereas I have not been able to give such a specification of my service as a private solder in the war of the revolution under said act, as the regulations of said Department require for a longer period than eight months and four days. I hereby relinquish my claim as a private as aforesaid under said act for all services by me rendering as aforesaid other than or beyond said eight months and four days, and for said eight months and four days I claim a pension. 
Jeron Barhydt
Acknowledged
Subscribed and sworn this 13th May 1834 before me J D Harman
Justice of the peace
I John S Vrooman Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that J D Harman Esq before whom the foregoing deposition of relinquishment purports to have been taken was on the day of the oath thereof a Justice of the peace in and for said county and that his signature thereto is genuine. Witness my hand & seal of office May 13th 1834
John S Vrooman Clerk

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J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions

Dr Sir,
As you directed in your letter to me of the 30 ulto. Jerone Barheydt an applicant for a pension under the act of 7th June 1832 has executed a relinquishment of all claim under said act except for eight months and four days which relinquishment is hereto annexed. 
I have the honor to be your obt Servt
Giles F. Yates

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May 19. 1836

Jerone Barhydt
Relinquishes all
but 8 mo & 4 days
New York

J L Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions
Washington

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Nov 30/44

W Cole

Col J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

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State of New York Schenectada 27 November 1849
Dear Sir
the Enclosed certificate I herewith return
I think there must be a mistake. It gives the widow 1 1/2 year  pension which I suppose was not so intended I drew the papers in the usual form & had them Signed by the widow, and sent them down through the Mohawk Bank to the Agent at Albany for payment &
they were returned with the objection that the Agent was only authorised from the 10th July last, I did suppose there was a mistake but thinking I had no right to assume it, I did the papers so as to correspond with the Certificate
I had received from the pension office. If the
Certificate I herewith return should only be allowed so as to read 1849 instead of 1848 would answer all the purpose and superceed the necessity of applying for the arrears of the pension of Jerone Barheydt  from 4th March to 10th July in 1849 it was so done in the case of
Maria Corl widow of Wm Corl who died on the 19th of March he had drawn to the 4th his widower certified Commenced on the 4th and saved the trouble of applying
for the 15 days Overage
Respectfully Yours &.C.
[Signature]  A.A. Vedder

Col J. L. Edwards
Commsr &.C.

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REPEAT OF PREVIOUS PAGE

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State of N.Y
Schenectada 5th October 1849
Dear Sir,
I duly inform [with?] [in?] answer [illegible]
but he has claimed to know you [illegible] to papers [illegible] somewhere about the 10th or 11th of August 1849, which concerned the Declaration &c of Cornelia Barheydt widow of Jerone Barheydt, who was a pensioner under the act June 7th 1832 and drew an annual pension of $27.10 which said Jerone died on the 10th of July last and left the above named Cornelia a widow surviving him & wishes to pension [illegible] to her as provided for by act of 2d Feb 1848 - also the Certificate I.W.  Jones our County Judge & Surrogate and the [affed?] [illegible...]

I think there must be a mistake somewhere, the papers must have [illegible] in the revolutionary war or war of 1812 or Mexican war would not have been made - The papers [illegible] for pension office (if not lost). I could not [illegible] lot has been forwarded
Respectfully your obt Servt
  A.A. Vedder