Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [BLANK], Isaac Vander Cook, New York

SERVICE
New York
Vanderbook, Isaac
CONTENTS

2 1/2 2 1/2  Y 11 1/2 1/2 Isaac Van Der Cook of Monroe Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Hooper of the Regt. commanded by Col. Suydam in the New York line for 15 months and 26 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 52 Dollars 86 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Nov. 1833 and De Witt H.R. Selden Clerk.
Arrears to the 14th of Feb. 33 $132.15 Post-ant. allowance ending Apr. 33 26.43 $158.58
Revolutionary Claim, Aged June 7, 1832. G. C. Stiles Clerk, Book C. Vol. 1. Page 85
order to pay Nov. 4. 1834 - see letter T.P.G. See Cir. Dra. - June 11. 1835 To Michigan for 4. Sept. 1834 June 20. 1835 Sir William C. Heyt 10th Oct. 1849
He died Sept 28 - 1838 A.B.
286
105 72 26.43 132.15

Isaac Van Der Loock Application for a Pension
18959
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State of New York
Monroe County ss. On this 25 day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court in the court of sessions of said State before the Honorable Ad- am Ely Esquire Vice Chancellor of the Eighth Circuit at New Du Fork of the Town of Clarkson in the County of Monroe & State of New York of the age of Seventy Six years old the 6 th day of July last past, who being first duly sworn according to law, did on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. Had some time in the year 1777 in the month of December, that General Burgoyne was taken he entered the Service of the United States, was drafted out of the Militia, and was marched to Johnstown in the County of Montgomery State of New York where he remained about one month.
Had sometime in the month of April following (think the year 1777) he entered into the Service for the term of some months under Samuel Dodge Captain, and was marched to Lake George in the State of New York, the Regiment to which he was attached was under the command of Col Van Egra and Van Dyck, the one was Col and the other Lieut Col but which was the Col he cannot now remember. Remained at Lake George a short time, then was ordered to Albany and on their arrival at Albany was mar- ched back to Fort Edward on the Hudson River in the County of Washington - State of New York. Remained there sometime and then was marched to Fort Ann on the same River and in the same county as last aforesaid - and was duly discharged.

on the 8 th day of December - 1777 -
That in the Summer of 1778. he was drafted as a militia man and went to Palmerstown in the County of Saratoga two times during the summer. Some eight weeks in all, but whether at one time. he now cannot now remember.
That in May 1779. he joined the New York Volunteers. under the command of Captain Henry Vanduffoff, who was attached to the Regiment. Commanded by Col. Grosebeck of the County of Albany - and was marched to the North. On Lake George to intercept the passage of Sir William Johnson into the County - James Clinton was the Commander in Chief of the part - how long he remained in that expedition cannot now remember.
That in the year following he was drafted in the New York Militia for the term of nine months - that sometime in the month of April was marched to Fort Edward on the Hudson River, where he remained for some length of time when he employed a substitute for the balance of the time paid him ten dollars. his mustered & accounting after pay - The Captain's name in the Col. he cannot now remember -
That he was born in the County of Morris in the State of New Jersey. The town he cannot remember, lived there about six years. When he moved with Father to the Town of Schaghticoke in the County of Albany

in the State of New York and remained there for a great many years, that he moved from that place about thirty years ago to the town of Hunsden in the County of Montgomery State of New York and there lived about two years and from there he moved to Harkness in the County of Harkness State of New York and there remained about a year from which he moved to the County of Seneca in the Town of Seneca and there lived about one year and then moved to Phelps town in the County of Ontario in the State of New York and there resided about two years. He then moved to the village of Waterloo in the County of Seneca and there remained about two years and then removed to Canoga Springs near Cayuga Lake in the County of Seneca and there remained about five years. And he then moved to the Town of Canandaigua in the County of Ontario State of New York where he lived about three years from which place he removed to the Town of Clarkson in the County of Monroe where he has ever since remained
That he never received any notice discharge to the knowledge of the Defendant That he has no record of his age and does not know that any of his cousins has any record of his age - That he will refer to Sisters Clarkson Merchants Abel Darrow Harkness and Charles E. Furman Clergymen of the Town

of Clarkson in the Court, of Monroe & State of New York as prisoner to whom he is known in the neighborhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity and the belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution And he hereby relinquishes any claim whatssoever 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 -
Sworn to & subscribed
before me the 25 day of Oct 1832.
J. Gane Vandercook
J. Gardner
We Chas. Furman clergyman & G. G. Clark Merchant & Aba Baldwin Farmer of the Town of Clarkson County of Monroe & State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Van Derhook who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be seventy six years of age, that he is a United States soldier in the neighborhood where he resides & have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion -
Sworn to & subscribed
this 25 day of Oct 1832
before me -
Chas. E. Furman G. Clark
J. Gardner

And the said Vice Chancellor does hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the said Isaac Van Derloek was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states - and the said Court further certifies that it appears to him that Charles E. Gurnea who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Clarkson and Gustavia Clerk Merchant of the Town of Clarkson County of Monroe, who has also signed the same are credible persons and that their Statement is entitled to credit -
W. Gurnea
I Samuel L. Selden Clerk of the Court of Chancery for the Eighth Circuit of the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceed- ings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Van Der Cook for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty fifth day of October in the Year of Our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two -
Sam l L. Selden Clerk

18959
Isaac Van Der Cook Monroe County New York
†
Adm 1. year 3 Months 8 26. days.
Henry R. Selden Clarkson Monroe County New York

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. These 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.
A Statement, showing the Service of Isaac Van Dercook Monroe Co. N.Y.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom 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 declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1777 9 pr. Serjt Col. Hodge Col. Ten Eyck N. Jersey 76 Traditionary   1778 2 " Van Dyck   1780 x 9 "   1 8  
hired a substitute
1 9 1. 2 1/2 3 3
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions:
proof of service reg. 2 & 4 may probably be obtained from the archives of New Jersey.
+ In New York, along the Hudson River, not in New Jersey - The Applicant lived in New Jersey only to 6 years of age and then moved with his father to Albany County, New York - (See his declaration)

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 } ss. 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 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 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

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 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 traditional 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 mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the 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 _____; 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 , 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; 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] 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.
[l] This traditional 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.
H. Nownan

April 1, 1931
Mrs. Charles R. Folsom Hawthorn Lodge Fayetteville, New York
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section AWF:MLB
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 29520, that Isaac Vander Cook was born July 6, 1756 in Morris County, New Jersey, and when six years old, moved with his father, whose name is not given, to Schaghticoke, New York.
While residing in said place, he served with the New York troops, as follows:
One month, no specific date or officers given; from April, 1777, in Captain Samuel Hodge's company in Colonel Ten Eyck's or Van Dyck's regiment, and was discharged December 5, 1777; in the summer of 1778, eight weeks, no officers given; from May, 1779, three months in Captain Henry Van Der Hoff's company, Colonel John Groesbeek's regiment; from April, 1780, three months, no officers given.
After the Revolution he lived in the following places in the State of New York;- Johnstown, Herkimer, Seneca, Phelps, Watertown, Cazenovia Springs, Canandaigua and Clarkson.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 25, 1832, at which time he was living in Clarkson, New York.
In 1835 he had moved to Michigan where several of his children and grandchildren were living.
In 1835, one William Vander Cook testified in Monroe County, Michigan, no relationship to soldier stated.

The soldier died September 25 or 28, 1838, leaving a widow whose name is not given.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

MRS. CHARLES R. FOLSOM HAWTHORN LODGE FAYETTEVILLE, NEW YORK
February 26, 1931
Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Do the Pension Records give the birth and death date of a pensioner Isaac Vandercook whose wife was Vashti Ashur? He was a corporal in Capt. VanderHoof's company Col. Rensselaer's Regiment, Albany Co. N.Y. Militia, Revolutionary War.
Thank you.
Yours truly
Clara A. Folsom (Mrs. Charles R.)

29520 Rev  INVALID.
File No. 29.520
Isaac Banister Cook
His Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1894
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 295
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1931. mch. 31. Hish to Mrs. Chas. R. Folsom aug

ask? inform? July 1840 resp? pens? laws
Pension office Washington D.C.
H
Chas

Milford, July 2, 1849.
Dear Sir. I am requested to communicate with you for the purpose of obtaining information about the pension laws of the U. S. Isaac Vanderkook a Revolutionary Pensioner died on the 25 th day of Sept. A. D. 1838 leaving a widow. He drew his pension up to the time of his death - I am requested to enquire if there is any pension law which authorizes the widow of a deceased pensioner to draw a pension except for arrearages due to said deceased pensioner? Can she draw a pension except for the amt due to him. I have the pension laws printed in 1833. Has there any law been passed since?
Yours very respy. William H. Hoyt.

June 1
Mr. Blundell
J. J. Adams P.M.
407-2
J. J. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

1835 (Monroe, M. T. May 28 th )
Sir
In turn I send you the application of Isaac Van Der Cook for a transfer of who is desirous of being transferred to the Pension Roll of this Territory that he may hereafter receive his pension at Detroit instead of the City of New York - Please notify me as soon as the transfer is made
Respectfully Yours
J. I. Adams
J. L. Edward Comr. of Pensions (Washington City)

State of New York
Monroe County ss On this 30 day of September 1833 personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace of the Town of Clarkson in the County and State aforesaid Isaac Van Derook 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 ser- -vice, but according to the best of his recol- -lection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades Tours. He served as a private in the year that General Burgoyne was taken, in the Ser- -vice of the United States as a drafted militia from the State of New York. One month - He enlisted with the Service of the United States for the term of nine months in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Seven as a pri- -vate with a company under the Command of Capt Samuel Hodge sometime in the month of April, and that he served as such private until the 5 th day of December thereafter - that the term of service was not less than seven full months - That in the year 1778. he was a second time drafted as a militia man, and actually served the term of eight weeks - as a private in the Town of Palmertown in the County of Saratoga - That in the year 1779. he volunteered under the Command of Capt Henry Van Der Huff and was marched to Lake George and there served as a private not less than three months -
That in the year 1780. he was again drafted from the militia of the State of New York. sometime in April was marched to Fort Edward on the Hudson River, where he actually served as a private at least three months before hiring a substitute - and for such service he claims a pension -

Subscribed from and further saith not— before me this 30 day of Isaac Vanden Cook of September 1832 Sam Mead Esq.
State of New York
Monroe County ss:
I certify that Samuel Mead Esquire before whom the above affidavit was sworn was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace in and for said county, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his name above subscribed is his proper hand writing, and sig- nature— Witness my hand and seal of office this first day of October 1832— Leonard Adams clerk

Isaac VanderCook
at Albany
to
Michigan

Application for a transfer
Michigan Territory } County of Macomb } On this twentieth day of May A.D. 1835 - before Me the subscriber, a Justice of the peace for the said County of Macomb personally appeared John  Isaac Van Dyke who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Samuel Hodge, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Vandeike & Lenczyk in the service of the United States, and on his oath he further declares that he is the same person who for- merly belonged to the Company of New York Militia commanded by Captain Henry Vanderhoof in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Groesbeck also in the service of the United States, that his name was then placed on the pension roll of the State of New York from whence he was lately re- moved, that he now resides in the Territory of Michigan where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there pay- able in future. The following are his new reasons for removing from the State of New York to the said Territory, first that several of his children and Grand Chil- dren had emigrated to said Territory of Michigan where they now reside and he was anxious to reside near them and where he could by the aid of his pen- sion procure a small tract of land to cultivate at a lower rate than he could procure it for in the State of New York, in which State from his limited cir- cumstances & the high price of land he was wholly unable to procure land to cultivate. These were the main reasons

That instead him to remove to said Territory of Michigan
The name of Isaac van De Cook Isaac Vander Cook was interlined near the top of the affidavit previous to its being sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year first aforesaid
J. Adams - Justice of the peace Territory of Michigan County of Monroe
On the 20th day of May A.D. 1835 before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for said County personally appeared William Vander Van Der Cook who on his oath declares that Isaac Van De Cook is the identical person named in an original certificate of pension in his possession from the War Department and is also the same person who has sworn to and subscribed the above affidavit
Sworn & subscribed before William D. Cook Me this 20th day of May A.D. 1835
J. Adams Justice of the peace
Territory of Michigan County of Monroe
I do hereby certify that the within
affidavit is a person of truth and validity James I. Adams Justice of the peace

Territory of Michigan County of Monroe ss
I Laurent Durocher Clerk of the Circuit Court of said Territory for said County, Certify that James D Adams is a magistrate as within stated, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office and Subscribed my name this twenty seventh day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty five.
Laurent Durocher, Clerk

Clarkson N.Y. 6 Oct — }
My Friend
Fru
J. L. Edwards Esq
Plurin Department
Wellington St,

J L Edwards Esq
Sir
The Panels  connected of Sage  the  deposits for a pension under the Law of 7 June 1833 - Will you have the goodness to give your earliest Attention to the Subject - The old Doctor is quite Anguish, inasmuch as he is destitute of any means of support -
Yours Resh
Henry A Selden
5 Oct 1833
Clarkson
Munroe Co

State of New York } Ontario County } }
Isaac Vandercook of the Town of Claveron in the County of Monroe, being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is Seventy-Six years of age: That in the year preceding the defeat of General Burgoyne's army, he enlisted into the service of the United States, in the town of Schoharie in the County of Rensselaer State of New York. That he enlisted into the company company commanded by Samuel Dodge, in the Regiment commanded either by Col. Ten Eyck or Col. Vandike, but which was the Colonel which the Lieut. Col. of the Regiment. This deponent cannot now recollect. That this deponent then served in the said Company & Regiment, of the New York Line of the American Army for nine months; and was then regularly discharged.
About the year after the capture of Burgoyne, he this deponent, was drafted for the nine months service; but also was the Captain & Colonel this deponent cannot recollect. About soon after he was thus drafted, he this deponent hired a substitute, and paid him $80. in addition to his pay, & gave him his gun, canteen box, a suit of clothes, & a pair of shoes.
And further that he this deponent, was several times out as a volunteer in the service, for a short period at a time.
Subscribed the 17th of Isaac Vandercook day of January A.D. 1832 }
Isaac Vandercook being duly sworn before me Elisha Pratt a justice of the peace of the town of Gorham in the County of Ontario & State of New York, deposeth and saith that the within Certificate is true according to his best knowledge belief Gorham January 17th 1832 Elisha Pratt Justice of the peace

State of New York Ontario County ss
John Francis being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was an officer in the service of the United States, in the Continental Militia of the State of New York during the Revolutionary war. That he resided in the town of Schoharie in the County of Rensselaer; that he was well acquainted with the said Isaac Vandacook within named, and that the facts set forth in the affidavit of the said Isaac Vandacook are true, according to the best recollection and belief of this deponent. Sworn and subscribed the 17 th day of January 1832
John Francis
Personally appeared before me John Francis and testified on oath that the above certificate is true according to his best understanding and belief
Elisha Pratt Justice of the Peace
Gorham January 17 th 1832
State of New York Ontario County ss
I certify that Elisha Pratt whose signature appears to the above certificate, was at the time of taking the affidavit hereby certified, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, duly authorized to take affidavits, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Elisha Pratt and verily believe his signature to the said certificate to be Gen- uine —

In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal at Canandaigua the 18 th January 1832 Charles Crane Clerk By Josiah J. Martin dep Clk
State of New York Monroe County ss. 3 Personally appeared before me Isaac Vandercook the undersigned a Justice of the peace of the town of Clarkson in said County of Monroe Isaac Vandercook who being duly sworn says that at the time when the declaration of this deponent was made for the purpose of ob- taining a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7-1832. This deponent recollected having obtained the above affidavit of John Francisco, and searched for the same and could not find it; and came to the conclusion that it had been destroyed, as this deponent con- sidered it of no use having been informed shortly after it was obtain sworn to that he could not obtain a pension for the services men- tioned therein. That since the declaration of this deponent was made in October last and forwarded to Washington as he was informed, this deponent found the said affidavit and preserved it. That the said John Francisco died a short time before the said declaration of this deponent was made. And that this de

ponent does not know of any person now living who was in the army with this deponent or by whom he could prove his service therein -
Sworn to and subscribed Isaac Van den Cook before me the 27 th day of May 1833 - Am. Military Justice - of the Peace
State of New York,
Monroe County ss. I certify that Samuel Mead Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace in and for said county, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verify, that his name subscribed to said affidavit, is his proper hand writing and signature.
Witness my hand and official seal, this third day of June 1833. Leonard Adams Clerk