Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33224, Zadock Ward, New York

SERVICE
Ward, Gadock
NUMBER
S. 33224
New York
CONTENTS
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See letter 17 March 1835 to H. Lord See cir. Tra. 15 th Apr 1835. Transferred to Massachusetts from 4 th Mar. 1834 - Apr 26 th 35
30 14 16/20 4/31
11 8 1818 12 1819 22 1820 2 1821
34 8 272 4.28 1 3 277 29
18 1/2 x Massachusetts + 111 11/16
Ladock Ward.
of Columbia Co. in the State of New York who was a private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Van Cortland of the New York line, for the term of three years - war.
Disbursed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 10 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd of June 1821 and sent to James Strong, Esq. Hudson New York
Arrears to 4 th of March 1821 $ 277.29 Semi ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sep 1821 48. 34 mo 1/31 4/31 325.29
{ Revolutionary claim. } { Act 18th March, 1818. } 1 May 1821

Miss Edwards Ladys Ward
Application for Pension.

District of Massachusetts } Berkshire County ss:
On this 28 th day of June 1821. Personally appeared in open court, in the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for s d County (being a Court of record proceeding according to the course of the Common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings & having the power of fine & imprisonment) Zadock Ward aged sixty years and resident in the Town of Egremont in the said County of Berkshire, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818, and the 1 st May 1820, that he the said Zadock Ward enlisted for the term of during the war in June or July, in the Year of our Lord 1778 in Johnstown in the State of New York in the Company commanded by Captain Seder in the regiments commanded by Colonel Wimpfelf in the line of the State of New York in the Continental establishment. That he continued to serve in the said Corps until the close of the war in June 1783, when he was discharged from the s d service in Newburgh in the State of New York, at the time of his discharge he belonged to Col o Philips (Van Cortlandts) Regiment in Capt. Hantmann's Company. That he was in the Battle in which Gen l Burgoyne of the British Army was taken prisoner by the American forces also in the Battle in which Gen l Earl Cornwallis surrendered to the American troops & that he has no evidence now in his power of his s d services except what may be derived from his own solemn declaration upon  on oath and in pursuance of the act of the 1 st of May 1820, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, & that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with

intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18 th day of March 1818, And that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed - And I do also swear that my occupation is that of a Shoemaker - which I am able to attend to only a part of the time on account of my age & particularly on account of a weakness at the breast, that I have in my family residing with me a Wife named Elizabeth, who is 47 years of age & is in full health. I have two daughters, who reside with me a part of the time, that is, Polly who is twentytwo years of age & Susan who is 15 years of age, my two daughters are unable to assist me but on the contrary want my assistance. I am unable by my labor to obtain a decent & comfortable support for myself & family I have no other means, but to depend upon public or private charity, neither have I any property except that which is mentioned in the annexed Schedule. -
Schedule referred to by me Ladock Ward, in my declaration on Oath hereto annexed, my necessary clothing & bedding excepted.
I have no real Estate whatever -
  I have one Cow worth twelve dollars $12.00   1 Swine worth two dollars 2.00   2 old chairs worth 75 cents each 1.50   6 common house chairs worth 2.50   2 Iron pots worth fifty cents each 1.00   1 old set knives & forks worth fifty cents .50   1 dozen old plates worth fifty cents .50   1 dozen tea cups & saucers worth thirty seven cents .37   1 Tea kettle worth fifty cents .50   2 pails worth seventy five cents .75   1 spinning wheels worth one dollar 1.00   $22.62 
(Sign) Ladock Ward I sworn to declare on the 28 th day of June 1821, before the Justices of S th Court. (Sign) Chas. Sedgwick Atty

I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common
Pleas within and for the County of Berkshire do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule there- to annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court ; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is twenty two dollars and sixty two cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this twenty ninth day of June 1820.
Chas. Sedgwick } CLERK OF THE COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE.

Jadock Ward
Private Van Cortlandt Regt
On Roll 1780. war
ad
admitted
under 10th act
Com: 15. April 1818
Sent to
James Strong Esq
Hudson
June 22. 1821

State of New York } Columbia County } On this 30th day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court the Court of Common Pleas of said County and State and being a court of record for the County and State aforesaid duly constituted by a statute of said State having the power of fine and imprisonment a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and keeping a record of its proceedings a resident of the county aforesaid Isaac Weed aged fifty nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 and the first of May 1820 that he the said Isaac Weed enlisted for the term of during the war in the summer of 1780 at Johnstown in the State of New York in Capt. Folsom's Company in Col. Hesselbaldt's regiment in the line of the State of New York on the continental establishment. This regiment served in the same Corps until the New York regiments were consolidated into two regiments after which he belonged to Capt. Hentrich's Company in Col. Van Courtlandt's regiment of Infantry in the New York line. He continued to serve in the same Corps until the close of the war when he was discharged at Newburgh in said State. That he was at the capture of Lord Cornwallis and in several other actions of little note. That he has no other of his services except the affidavit annexed to his first application & which was sent on to the War department and have never been heard from since.
And in pursuance of the act of the first of May

1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 13 day of March 1818 that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed the 13 th of March 1818" that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained here to annexed and by me subscribed - that I am by trade a Shoemaker but that I have not been able to work at my trade so as to contribute much to various my support - I have no Children living with me - my wife Elizabeth lives with me & is aged about forty seven - she is able to labor so as nearly to support herself - we now live in a little Turnpike house where we tend gate and receive toll on Commission on receiving toll is about $30 a year - I now find it impossible to live on the said $30 & my labor and if I do not receive a pension I must shortly apply to the town for assistance -
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Haddock Ward
   1 old set of Tools worth 1. 00   1 Hog - do - - - $5. 00   1 Heifer - - - do - - - 12. 00   Some old Books - do - - - 1. 50   5 Chairs - - do - - - 2. 00   1 Table - - do - - - 3. 00  

  5 Knives & Forks  - do  0-25    Shovel & Tongs  - do  0-50    12 Plates  - do  0-75    2 Pots  - do  2 00    1 Tea Kettle  - do  0 50    2 Chests  - do  2 00      $30.50  
Ladock heard
Sworn to and declared on the 30 th day of August 1820 before me John Schiller first Judge of Col. Com.
Columbia County Be it known that
I Almon B. Weston Esquire clerk of said Court and clerk of the court of Common Pleas certify that the foregoing are truly Copied from the records of the said Court. Value of property estimated at $30.50. In the opinion of the court is the true amount. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 21 st February 1821
Almon B. Weston Clerk of Col. Com. Pleas

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State of New York } for Zadock Ward in Duly Sworn Columbia County } Deposition D Smith and Smith
State of New York } for William Havens of the town of Antwerp Columbia County } in said County being Duly Sworn Deposeth and Smith that he this Deponent knows Zadock Ward and that he served in the Company of Battery Fowler and Battery of Phillip Courtlandt and also that he Zadock Ward was transferred into the Light Company of Hamtramck in the same Regiment in the New York Line in which Company he Zadock Ward served as a soldier as this Deponent Virely Believes until Discharged in the year one thousand Seven hundred and Eighty three and further this Deponent Smith not Sworn Before me this 14 th Day of April 1818 William Havens
James Platt one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County
State of New York Columbia County for David B Ferguson of the town of Shellkille County and State aforesaid being Duly Sworn Deposeth and Smith that this Deponent has been personally acquainted with the within named Zadock Ward for about two years and this Deponent Virely Believes that the said Zadock Ward is in as low circumstances as is stated in the within affidavit and further this Deponent Smith not Sworn this 17 th Day of April 1818 David B Ferguson Before me James Platt one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County

States of New York } for Gadock Wood of the town of Hillsdale Columbia County } County and State aforesaid being Duly Sworn Deposeth and Saith that he this Deponent enlisted in the army of the United States During the War as a Private Soldier under Capt. Patrons Fowler Phillip Courtlandt Commandant Second Regiment New York Line in the year one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy nine that this Deponent was transferred in to the light Company Commanded by Francis Hamtramck Same Regiment in which Company this Deponent Served until Discharged in the year one thousand Seven hundred and Eighty three that this Deponent had an Honourable Discharge Signed and Sealed with and in the name of George Washington Edgar which Discharge this Deponent has lost and this Deponent on his oath further states that this Deponent is in the fifty eighth year of his age and capable to labour a little at making shoes that this Deponent has a wife but no other family that this Deponent is not does not own any Real Estate and not more than fifty or sixty Dollars worth of personal Estate which consists in household furniture and that this Deponent has not any children or children that is able to assist him in the least and prays the assistance of his Country which assistance he needs for his Support
Taken and Sworn this 14 th Day of April 1818 Before me
James Platt one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County

I James Platt one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the the County of Columbia in the State of New York Do Certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Zadock Ward Did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the foregoing affidavits against the common Enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the provisions of the aforesaid act of Congress — Austerlitz April 27 th 1818 Columbia County State of New York
Columbia County ss
I the said James Platt Do hereby James Platt further Certify that the foregoing named Zadock Ward at the time of taking his foregoing affidavit and claim was and is now in Indigent Circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for his support and I again transmit the same to the Secretary for the War Department Austerlitz 8 th August 1818 James Platt
State of New York ss I hereby certify that the above named Columbia County ss
James Platt is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Columbia and the above signature is in the true handwriting of the said
James Platt Given under my hand and the seal of the said County the 27 th day of April 1818
Celler's bluffs Feb 10

(to Maps etc)

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Berkshire ss.
On this twenty eighth day of March 1835, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Berkshire personally appeared Zadock Ward , of Egremont in said County , who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Hann Brandick in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Philip Cortlandt , in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of Massachusetts where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The follow- ing are his reasons for removing from the town of Hillydale in the state of New York , to Egremont, in the state of Massachusetts , - he could procure employment in E. Egremont as tender of a Turnpike gate, whereby his means of obtaining a livelihood was improved by such removal, Sworn and subscribed to, before me, ? the day and year aforesaid. S
Isaac Sumner Jus. Peace, Zadock Ward
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The county Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the Pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify, that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Berkshire ss.
On the twenty eighth day of March 1835, before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Berkshire, personally appeared Henry Loop of Great Barrington in said County who on his oath declares that from personal knowledge he knows that Zadock Ward is the identical person named in the within affidavit - that Z. Ward is the identical person who has signed said affidavit, and also that Z. Ward is the identical person, named in the pension certificate which he has exhibited this day before the Z. Loop & me the said Justice numbered 18,171. and bearing date at the War Office the Twenty Second, day of June 1821. and signed by J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War. Sworn & subscribed to (The word "Ward" written in three places over erasures before this affidavit was subscribed & sworn to.) before me this day and year aforesaid. - I certify that said Loop who is well known to me is a person of veracity for
Henry Loop
In witness whereof, Jus. Peace,

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Berkshire. Charles H. Dugmore Clerk of the Inferior Courts for said County Commonwealth do hereby certify that Frederick Simmons Esquire is and was on the 28 th of March last a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that the foregoing signatures (purporting to be his) are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas this eighth day of April A.D. 1835. C. H. Dugmore Clerk

Judge Platts off in Ward's case

State of New York County of Columbia
James Platt one of the Judges of the common pleas in the County aforesaid being duly sworn saith that on the fifteenth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, Ludlow Ward made application to this deponent, who was at that time a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the the county aforesaid, to take his affidavit and make out the papers necessary for him to draw a pension agreeable to the act of Congress passed the 18 th day of March in the year 1818 - That in compliance with his request this deponent made out the writings, as he thought correctly, and after getting the certificate of the Clerk, sent them on to Washington - That they were returned stating that all was correct except the judges certificate which did not certify that the applicant was in indigent circumstances, That this deponent then made an amendment and sent them again on to Washington in the month of August 1818, but since that time has received no returns - This deponent further swears that in January on or about the 10 th day of January 1820, he made a new application, to which no return was made - I further this deponent saith not
Sworn before me this 30 th day of August 1820
James Platt
John S. Miller

State of New York County of Columbia Clerk's office
{ I Abraham B Vanderpool Clerk of Columbia County do hereby certify that on
the fifteenth day of June 1818 & through the month of August in that year James Platt whose names appear to the within affidavit was a judge of the court of
common pleas in & for the county aforesaid & that his signature to said affidavit is genuine
I further certify that John I Miller before whom the said affidavit of James Platt was taken is now & has for many years been first Judge of the court of common pleas aforesaid & that I know his signature to said affidavit to be genuine
Witness my name at the county seat the twentieth day of February 1821
A. B. Vanderpool Clerk of Columbia County

Lenox Mass. April 13 th
Apr. 13
Prudence
Red Rock
Ward
Home
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Great Bangor, Mass.
April 8, 1835
Edward Egan
Sir,
At the request of Mr. Ward, I enclose & forward his paper for transfer. He requests that the voucher for the transfer be forwarded to me at Great Bangor.
One year's pension is now due him, and he is much in need.
I am Sir
Respectfully
Yours,
J. Sumner

33 224 Rev INVALID.
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File No. 88 994
Jadock Mrs
Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 1818 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 189
[Arrangement of 1870.]