Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42609, John Way, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York.
Way, John.
8 42609
B.L.H. 7992 - 100 a. - part. Issued Mch. 19, 1792 No papers
CONTENTS

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New York. John Way dec d
of in the State of who was a Pri & Corp in the Comp y commanded by Captain Arsen of the Reg t commanded by Col Gannent in the line for Pri. 10 : 18 = Corp y 1 : 12 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of $4 Dollars 12 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834. Sent 20 th February 1843, when he died
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of De- cember 1849 and sent to Mrs J. J. Slingerland. Pres t
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending
Payable to surviving children
Mary Anderson
Sally Tripp
Margaret Spung { Revolutionary Claim, }
Abbe Emmens { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. P. Chase Clerk.

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New York Albany
John Way deceased, of _____ in the State of New York who was a Sergeant in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by Col Gansevoort in the Revolution and for two years
Inscribed on the Roll of _____ Albany at the rate of $20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 30 th day of March, 1826 1826, and February 20 th 1843
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of February 1834 and sent to J. S. Stingerland Arrears to the 4 th of East Cobblekill Semi-annual allowance ending N. Y.
Paid from $84:42
Act May 15/28
by _____ { Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. May 15 th 1838 W. B. Weightman Clerk,
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Canada West } On this seventh day of September Victoria District } A.D 1849 personally appeared before So wit } me Richard Lazure Justice of the Peace in and for the aforesaid District of Victoria in Canada West duly authorized by Law to administer oaths, the Revd Philip J Roblin a resident of the Township of Dym- -denaga in said District of Victoria aged fifty two years and upwards, with whom I am personally acquainted and whom I well know to be a man of good standing and a clergyman reputable in his profession and who being by me duly sworn accor- -ding to law doth on his oath depose and say, that he formerly resided in the Township of Ameliasburg in the District of Prince Edward in Canada West and was there well and intimately acquainted with John Way who died on the Twentieth day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty three in the said Township of Ameliasburg That Deponent as a clergyman preached the funeral- -Sermon officiated at the funeral of the said John Way and saw his remains properly interred. That Deponent was well acquainted with the said John Way for the space of thirty years previous to the said day of his death and was also well acquainted with the family of the said John Way. That the said John Way was at the said day of his death a very aged man and was always respected and beloved by the inhabitants of said District of Prince Edward, to have lived during the War of the Revolution in Fishkill in County of Dutches and State of New York and to have been a soldier of the United States during the War of the Revolution This has long been the common and current report Among—

among the inhabitants of the said District of Prince Edward and from Deponent's own personal acquaint- ance and this current report Deponent firmly believes that the said John Way lived during the War of the Revolution in Fishkill in the State of New York, and from thence entered the service of the United States, and that the said John Way was a Soldier of the United
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States, from Fishkill aforesaid in the time of the Revolution
And that the said John Way has now four Children living to wit Mary Anderson Margaret Sprague and Letty Dripp- all living in said District of Prince Edward (and Abbe Emmass said to be living in Fishkill in said State of New York)
Subscribed and sworn to before me } this 7 th day of September A.D 1849 } Richard Laziur Justice of the Peace }
Philip J. Roblin Clergyman

Province of Canada Victoria District To wit
William Fitz Gibson, Clerk of the Peace in and for the District of Victoria and Province aforesaid, do hereby certify
That Richard Lazier Esquire before whome the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn and executed was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said District, duly appointed and qualified and authorized by law to administer oaths, And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Richard Lazier as such Justice and verily believe the said deposition to be in the handwriting of the said Richard Lazier, and that the name of Richard Lazier set and subscribed to the Jurat of the said affidavit is the handwriting of the said Richard Lazier
Dated 10 th September A.D. 1849
William Fitz Gibson Clerk of the Peace District of Victoria
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set and affixed the seal of my office this tenth day of September in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and forty nine at Belleville in the District aforesaid
By James Gerald Fitz Gibson Deputy Clerk of the Peace District of Victoria

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J. S. Slingerland Esq re
Barner villa -
Schoharie Co.
N. Y.

District of Prince Edward Canada West,
Personally came before Me John Howell one of her Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the District aforesaid, Elizabeth Foster (Widow of the late Joseph Foster, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that she is now about Eighty five Years of age, that she resided in Dutchess County the State of New York, during the war of the Revolution, and resided in the family of John Way occasionally, who served as a soldier during a part of the time of said war, in the United States Army - This deponent further saith, that she frequently saw his uniform Coat and Epaullettes which he received while in the said United States Army - This deponent further deposeth & saith, that she moved into Canada about fifty two Years ago, and that about forty two Years ago the said John Way also moved into Canada, and resided near this deponent, until the day of his decease, which took place in the Winter of One thousand Eight hundred and forty three four, that his remains was interred on the farm of this deponent - that the said John Way left no Widow - As his Wife died previous to himself - But has left a family of children, four of them are now living, viz. Mary Anderson, Margaret Sprague, Elisabetta Knapp, Abby Cummings - the rest of his children are dead - This deponent further saith, that there was another John Way, living in or near Dutchess County; who was a much older man than the above described John Way, and who from his advanced age was incapable of performing Military duty -
Subscribed to and sworn before me This 15 th day of June 1847
John Howell J. P.
Her Elizabeth X Foster Mark

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the within named Elizabeth Foster, that I know her to be a person of integrity, respectability, and credible Witness
June 15 th 1847 Sophiasburgh (P.E.I.) Canada West
John Howell
Canada District of Prince Edward to wit I hereby certify that the above named John Howell of Sophiasburgh in the said District Esquire is an Acting Magistrate in and for the said District. Picton the 15 th June 1847.
The Hon Clerk of the Peace District of Prince Edward Canada.

Declaration
In order to obtain the pension due John Way at the time of his death under the act of June 7, 1832.
State of New York Oswego County } ss.
On this Eighth day of June Anno Domini (1847) Eighteen hundred & forty seven personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Oswego now sitting Margaret, Sprung a resident of the Township of Ameliastburgh in the District and County of Prince Edwards in Canada West, aged (47) years & upwards who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the arrears and pension due her father John Way at the time of his death under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That her father said John Way died on the 20 th day of February 1843 in Canada aforesaid.
That her father said John Way was a soldier during the War of the Revolution. That during said War of the American Revolution her said Father resided in Fishkill in the County of Dutches in said State of New York. That, as Declarant has always heard her said father relate, and verily believestrue, That in the year in which Burgoyne was captured he enlisted into the Company of Captain Arson in the Regiment of Colonel Schuyler as a regular soldier and continued to serve therein for a number of years and until the close of said War. That he was a Sergeant in said Company of Captain Arson. That he went from Fishkill aforesaid in Dutches County to West Kayuna near Schenectady in the then County of Albany at which place he entered said service. That he was a regular soldier for five or six years in said War and was a Sergeant. That after the War he was an Ensign in the Militia and that the accompanying is his commission to act as

ensign in the Militia after the close of said War. That her father said John Way died as aforesaid on the Twentieth day of February Eighteen hundred and forty three in said Township of Ameliasburgh in the aforesaid County and District of Prince Edward in Canada West. That for many years previous to his death as aforesaid he was afflicted with disease and for sometime before he died was very infirm. His friends from the States Wrote to him and informed him that he was entitled to a pension for his ser- vices in the Revolutionary War and that in order to obtain said pension he must visit the United States and have the requisite papers made out & executed but owing to his in- firmities of body he was unable to do so and could not make so long a journey. That he once employed Declarants husband Richard Spring, to assist him in collecting the proof &c. to obtain his pension but that her said father not becoming able to take the necessary journey to the States as aforesaid, died with- out asserting his claim for his said pension. Declarant now visits Oswego aforesaid for the purpose of making this appli- cation for his said pension.
She further declares that her said father, John Way, had Eight Children only five of whom survived their said father, to wit, John Way, Mary Anderson, Abbe Emmons, Letty Tripp, & Margaret Spring this Declarant. That her brother said John Way died on the seventh day of Novem- ber Eighteen hundred & forty five in Ameliasburgh aforesaid. That there are now only four children living who survived their said father, to wit, Mary Anderson, living in Amelias- burgh aforesaid, Letty Tripp, living in the Township of Hillier Margaret Spring, (the Declarant) living in said Township of Ame- liasburgh and all in said District and County of Prince Ed- wards in Canada West, and Abbe Emmons, living in Fish- kill in said County of Dutches & State of New York; that the last mentioned four are the only now surviving children of her father said John Way, and all four of whom

are as Declarant verily believes still living. That her father said John Way left no widow him surviving Declarants Mother having died previous to the death of Declarants said father. That each and all of the said surviving children are over Twenty one years of age.
Subscribed & sworn the day and year first aforesaid in open Court being the said Court of Common Pleas now sitting.
Margaret X her Sprung mark
John G. L. Clark (Clerk absent)
State of New York Oswego County
I do hereby Certify
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County (the same being a Court of Record) do hereby certify that at a Court of Common Pleas held in & for said County at the Court House in the Village of Oswego, before the Judges thereof on the 8 th day of June Anno Domini (1847) Eighteen hundred & forty seven it was proved by the adduction of testimony satisfactory to the said Court that John Way named in the foregoing Declaration died on the Twentieth day of February Eighteen hundred & forty three in the Township of Ameliasburgh in the County and District of Prince Edward in Canada West; that he left him surviving no widow, his wife having died previous to the said time of his death; but that he left him surviving the following named children, to wit, John Way, Mary Anderson, Abbe Emmons, Letty Lipp, and Margaret Sprung, (the above Declarant); that the said child John Way died on the seventh day of November Eighteen hundred and forty five in the Township of Ameliasburgh aforesaid.

That there are now only four children of said John Way now living who survived their said father, to wit, Mary Anderson, living in Ameliasburgh aforesaid, Letty Tripp, living in the Township of Hillier, (Margaret Spring, the declarant) living in Ameliasburgh aforesaid, & all three of them in said District and County of Prince Edward in Canada West, and Abie Ermenton, living in Fish Kill in the County of Dutches & said State of New York. That the last mentioned four are the only now surviving children of the aforesaid John Way (the soldier) and all four of whom are now still living, and are each of them over twenty one years of age. I further certify that the foregoing are the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of said Margaret Spring for a pension & that the said Court have full confidence in the foregoing declaration of said Margaret Spring.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court this 8 th day of June A.D. 1847.
D r M c Cart Dep Clerk At absent,

State of New York, Onondaga County } ss Clerk's Office, -
I certify that it appears from the Records in this Office that John Way drew Lot number Sixty Three , in the township of Manlius, for Military services in the Revolutionary War, - And from an examination of the Record of Filed Deeds, it appears that John Way deeded the said Lot purporting to contain 600 acres, to Joseph Tinker, for the consideration of $30, which said Deed is Dated the 26 th day of January 1792, was rec d & entered on the 7 th day of March 1794, as appears from the Record thereof, in this Office, No other person appears to have signed & acknowledged the said Deed, and from an examination of the Records by the Alphabetical Indices, I find no Deed recorded for said premises which appears to have been executed by the Wife of said John Way, (if he had one.)
Given under my hand and the Seal of said County, at Syracuse, this 28 th day of February 1848,
V. W. Smith Clerk By S. J. Miller, Deputy

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Way, John GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7992 ACREAGE 100 ISSUE March 19, 1792 To — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

August 19, 1939.
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Mr. Glenn C. Way 1631 Niagara Avenue, Niagara Falls, New York.
BA-J/CC John Way S.42609
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Way, of Halfmoon, Albany County, New York and who served in the 8 th Regiment, Albany County Militia.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S.42609, based upon service of John Way in the Revolutionary War, and is the only pension record found based upon service in that war of a John Way who served with the New York troops.
John Way and his wife had eight children, the name of his wife, the date of their marriage, the date of her death, their ages or names of their parents are not shown. He died February 20, 1843, in Ameliasburg Township, District and County of Prince Edward, Canada, West, leaving no widow. He was survived by five children, whose names are shown as follow: Margaret Sprung, Abbey Emmans, Mary Anderson, Letty Tripp, and John Way, Jr., The names of the other three children are not shown.
On June 8, 1847, Margaret Sprung aged forty-seven years "add upwards" made application for pension in Oswego County, New York, on account of the service of her father John Way, in the Revolutionary War. Her residence was then Ameliasburg Township, District and County of Prince Edward, Canada, West. She made this application in behalf of herself and her three sisters then surviving, her brother, John Way, Jr., having died November 7, 1845, in said Ameliasburg.

The residences of her sisters at that time are shown as follow:
Mary Anderson of Ameliasburg Township, Canada. Letty Tripp, Hillier Township, County of Prince Edward, Canada, West. Abbey (or Abbe) wife of John Emans or Emmans of Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York, aged about fifty-one years.
The husband of Margaret, was Richard Sprung. The names of the husbands of Mary Anderson and Letty Tripp are not designated.
In the application for pension it is shown that John Way (name shown also as Wey), while a resident of Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York enlisted June 4, 1777, served as private, corporal, and sergeant in Captain Aaron Aaronson's company, Colonel Peter Gansevoort's 3" New York Regiment, and in Colonel Van Schaick's 1" New York Regiment, served against Burgoyne at Saratoga in the expedition down the Susquehanna River and Chemung against the Indians, served at Fort Stanwix, Morristown, and Pompton, New Jersey, served also at West Point, Ver Plank's point and other posts on the Hudson and Delaware Rivers, his service terminating at the close of the war. He was subsequently commissioned March 22, 1796, in New York City, ensign of a company of Dutchess County militia, in the regiment commanded by Isaac Vail, Lieutenant Colonel, Commandant.
The pension which was due said children on account of the service of their father, John Way, in the Revolutionary War was granted.
One Elizabeth Foster, the widow of Joseph Foster, stated in 1847, at which time she was aged about eighty-five years and resided in the District of Prince Edward, Canada, West, in which providence she had lived for about fifty-two years, that she resided in Dutchess County, New York, during the Revolutionary War, occasionally in the family of John Way, the soldier, and that he removed to Canada about 1805, and resided near her until he died and that he was buried on her farm. She stated further that there was another John Way living in or near Dutchess County, who was a much older man than John Way, the soldier, and who because of his advanced age was incapable of performing military duty. She did not state whether or not these two men were related.

In 1849, one John B. Way was Justice of the Peace in the District of Prince Edward, Canada, West. In 1852, one John S. Emans was Justice of the Peace of Dutchess County, New York. Their relationship to the family not stated.
In 1849, the following persons were living in the District of Prince Edward, Canada, West. Their relationship to the soldier's family not shown:
Reuben B. Way, George R. Way, William C. Way, Isaac Tripp, Daniel Sprung, Richard Sprung, David Sprung, John Anderson, George Anderson, William Anderson, Sr., William Anderson, Jr., James W. Anderson, and Levi Anderson.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Canada West } County and District } of Prince Edward } p
Charles Kellogg, a resident of the Town of Ameliasburgh in the said County and District of Prince Edward, of lawful age, being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with John Way who died in said Township of Ameliasburgh on the Twentieth day of February, Eighteen Hundred and forty three. That Deponent is a Carpenter and Joiner by trade and made the Coffin for the said John Way and finds from examination that he made the Coffin for the said John Way on the Twenty first day of February Eighteen hundred and forty three. At the said day of his death the said John Way was a very aged man, not less than years of age. That it is the common and current report among the inhabitants of said Ameliasburgh that the said John Way lived during the War of the Revolution in Fishkill in the County of Dutchess and state of New York and that he had been a regular soldier in the service of the United States during said War of the Revolution. That upon all public occasions and collections of the people which the said John Way was accustomed to attend he was always looked upon by the people as having been such soldier and it is generally believed by the inhabitants of said Ameliasburgh that the said John Way had been such Revolutionary soldier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this Sixth day of September A.D. 1843.
Charles Kellogg
John B. Way justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that the within Deponent said Charles Kellogg is a credible witness whose testimony upon any subject is entitled to full faith and credit
John B. Way J.P. Justice of the Peace

Canada West Prince Edward District } On this eleventh day of September A.D 1849 personally appeared before me John Howell justice of the Peace in and for the aforesaid District of Prince Edward, in Canada West duly authorised by Law to administer oaths, Jacob Howell Esqum, a resident of the Township of Sophia-burgh in said District of Prince Edward aged sixty two years, with whom I am personally acquainted and whom I well know to be a man of good standing and who being by me duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say, that he has been well and intimately acquainted with John Way who died in the adjoining Township of Ameliasburgh in said District of Prince Edward on or about the 20 th day of February A.D. 1843 during the whole of the residence of the said John Way in the said District of Prince Edward, which was for about forty years, That the said John Way has often told Deponent that he came from Fishkill in the County of Dutches and State of New York, where he had resided during the Revolutionary War, to said District of Prince Edward, That the said John Way always looked upon by the inhabitants of the said District as having been a soldier of the united States from said Fishkill during the war of the Revolution, He always manifested a great partiality for the Government of the united States while living in said District as aforesaid, That upon all Publick occasions and gatherings which he attended (which were many) he was always looked upon by the people

people as such Revolutionary Soldiers of the United States, and by them recognised and acknowledged to have been such. That the said John Way left no widow him surviving but that he left the following Children him sur- viving, to wit, Margaret Sprung Mary Anderson and Letty Tripp, all of said District of Prince Edward, and Abbe Emmens said to be living in Lish Kill aforesaid Subscribed and sworn to } Jacob Howell before me on the day and } year first aforesaid, John Howell J. P.
I hereby certify that Jacob Howell Esquire the above deponent is a Magistrate in and for the aforesaid District of good repute, and is a creditable witness whose statements can be implicitly relied upon -
John Howell J. P.

1 1 1 Township of Sophiasburgh District of Prince Edward Canada West
Be it known that on the 11th day of September A.D. 1849, person- ally appeared before me Jacob Woodell a Justice of the Peace in and for the aforesaid Dis- =trict of Prince Edward, duly authorised by law to administer oaths, the undersigned persons who be- =ing by me each and all of them separately and sing- =ly duly sworn according to law, do depose and say that they are all and each of them residents of the aforesaid Township in said District of Prince Edward, and are of lawful age, That they were each and all of them well and intimately acquainted with John May who died in the adjoining Township of Ame- =lidsburgh on or about the twentieth day of Februa- =ry Eighteen hundred and forty three. That at the said day of his death the said John May was a very aged man and was always believed by the inhabitants of the said District of Prince Edward to have been a Revolutionary soldier of the United States. That it has always been currently reported and believed by the inhabitants in the said District of Prince Edward that the aforesaid John May lived during the War of the Revolution in Fishkill in Dutchess County in the State of New York and that he had there been a soldier in the service of the United in the said War of the Revolution. That upon all public occasions, and gatherings which the said John May was accustomed to attend, he was always looked upon by the people as having been such Revolutionary soldier of the United States, and was by them recognised and believed to to have been such soldier, and from their prev-

= soral acquaintance with the said John Way and from the common and current report, Deponents verily believe the said John Way to have been such soldier from Fishkill as aforesaid.
David W. Laggart Joseph R. Borden William Foster Isa Foster Daniel Baker J. D. Wayan Daniel Lay for Nicholas Osborn Samuel Osborn Parker A. Way Isaac Frick J. M. B. Maricon
Jonathan Grafting Joseph Brutter Sam H. Benton Hugh McGuire James Hart Abel Hart John Allison gestis of the present Isaac Eaton William Wood Nathaniel Parker James Orabane Valentine Rightmyer Daniel Sperry John H. Fox Fleet Brown
The above named persons each and all of them being duly sworn according to law, on the day and year first aforesaid, did Depose and say that the foregoing statements by them subscribed is true and correct. And I do hereby certify that the above Depo- = nents whose names are subscribed to the said depo- = sition are each and all of them highly reputable citizens, are credible witnesses, and in point of character, rank among the most respectable citizens of the aforesaid District, and that the above statements by them subscribed is entitled to full faith & credit.
Jacob Boudell J. D.

Canada West } County and District } ss of Prince Edward }
Be it known that on the sixth day of September A.D. 1849 personal- -ly appeared before me John B. Way Esq. a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and District aforesaid, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, The undersigned persons who being by me each, and all of them separately and singly duly sworn according to law, being all of them residents of the Town of Ameliasburgh in said County and District in Canada West, and of lawful age; do de- -pose and say that they were each and all of them well acquainted with John Way, who died in said Town of Ameliasburgh on or about the Twentieth day of February One Thousand eight hundred and forty three. That at the said day of his death he was a very aged man and was always believed by the inhabitants of said District to have been a Revolutionary sol- dier of the United States. It has always been currently reported and believed by the inhab- -itants in the said District of Prince Edward That the aforesaid John Way lived in the War of the Revolution in Fishkill in Dutchess County in the State of New York and that he had there been a soldier in the service of the United States in the War of the Revolution. That upon all public occasions and gatherings which the said John Way was accustomed to attend, he was looked upon by the people as having been such Revolutionary soldier of

the United States, and was recognised and believed to have been such, and from our personal acquaintance with the said John Way and from the common and current report we verily believe him to have been such soldier from Fiskkill as aforesaid.
Griffith Howell
John Anderson
Richard Sprung
George B. Way
George Anderson
William Andersonsen
James W. Anderson
William T. Giles
William Anderson Jun
William C. Way
Levi Sprung Levi Anderson
The above named persons each and all of them personally appeared before me on this 6th day of September A.D. 1849. and being each and all of them by me duly sworn according to law did depose and say that the foregoing statements by them subscribed is true and correct. And I do hereby certify that the above named persons are each and all of them credible witnesses, and in point of character, rank among the first and most respectable inhabitants of the aforesaid Town of Ameliasburgh.
John B. Way Justice of the Peace

Heirs of John Nary Application for additional Pension Acts May 15. 1828. & June 7. 1832.
Additional Evidence
J. S. Slingerland Atty East Cobleskill Schoharie Co. N. York

Declaration
In order to obtain the balance and amount of Pension money due to John Way at the time of his decease under the act of 15th May 1828,
State of New York County of Dutchess
On this nineteenth day of July in the year One Thousand Eight hundred and fifty three before me John L. Emans, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, personally appeared Abbe Emmons a resident of the town of East Fishkill in the aforesaid County of Dutchess and State of New York, of lawful age, who being by me duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the balance due, and amount of Pension money due to John Way at the time of his decease under the act of Congress passed, May 15th, 1828, entitled "an act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution."
That she this Declarant is a daughter of, and one of the children of the said John Way deceased,
That as Declarant verily believes her father the said John Way died on the twentieth day of February in the year Eighteen hundred and forty three in the township of Ameliasburgh in the County of Prince Edward in Canada West.
That as Declarant has always understood and verily believes true her father the said John Way was a soldier of the United States in the War of the American Revolution from the town of Fishkill in the aforesaid County of Dutchess from whence he enlisted into the Company of Captain Anson in the Regiment of Colonel Gansevoort of the New York Line (3rd New York Regiment) to serve for during the War, and that he continued in actual service in said War of the Revolution until the close thereof having served some six years as Private, Corporal and Sergeant and after the close of said War he drew 600 acres of Bounty Land for his said services

And Declarant further saith that as she verily believes application was made for the sum and amount of Pension money due to the said John Way under the act of June 7 th . 1832, in or about the year 1847, by Margaret Spring a sister of Declarant who now lives in the aforesaid Township of Ameliasburg in Canada West.
That as Declarant further believes a pension was subsequently granted to the heirs of the said John Way on said application of her said sister under the said act of June 7, 1832, for his said services as a Private and Corporal, at the rate of $84. 42 / 100 per annum.
That her father the said John Way deceased, left no widow surviving him, but that he left the following named children and which are his only children him surviving to wit, Mary Anderson , Letty Tripp , Margaret Spring , and this Declarant.
That Declarant makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the balance sum and amount of Pension money unpaid and due to the said John Way at the time of his death under the act of 15 th May 1828, for the services of her said father as a Sergeant, as Declarant verily believes that her father the said John Way did serve for more than two years as a Sergeant previous to the close of the said War in the Regiments of Colonel Gansevoort and the Regiment of Colonel Van Schaick.
That as she verily believes a Pension has also been granted under said act of 1828, at said rate of $84. 42 / 100 per year, but as her said father served for more than two years as a Sergeant in said War she verily believes that he was entitled to Sergeants Pay.
Declarant hereby appoints Terrius S. Slingerland of East Cobleskill in the County of Schoharie and State of New York her Attorney to act for her in the premises and to receive the Certificate for said Pension from the proper Officer of the Department of the Interior of the Government of the United States, and to act for the heirs of the said John Way deceased, in the

Department of the Interior of the Government of the United States, and to act for the heirs of the said John May deceased, in the premises, and to do all business necessary to be done in order to establish said claims.
Declaration refers to the proofs on file in the Pension Office at the City of Washington for the evidence of the Revolutionary services of her father the said John May deceased.
Subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and year first aforesaid:
John V. Emmons
Justice of the Peace of Delaware County

the premises, and to do all things necessary STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. COUNTY OF DUTCHESS. }
I, GEORGE H. TOMPKINS, Clerk of the County of Dutchess, and of the County Courts of said County DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That John J. Emory, Esq. whose name is subscribed to the annexed Jurat or Certificate and thereon written, was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County, duly elected and sworn and authorized to take the same. And Further , That I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature to the said Jurat or Certificate genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the 20 day of July A. D. 185 3
Geo H Tompkins CLERK.

State of New York
Secretary's Office I certify that in pursuance of the Military Register of the Continental line of the State of New York in the Revolutionary War, remaining in this office, that John Wey, enlisted as a private, on the fourth day of June 1777. To serve three years, that he was a corporal in April 1779, and that he mustered at the end of the war as a Sergeant. Dated Albany January 24, 1854,
A. H. Johnson, Dep. Sec. of State,
State of New York Secretary's Office
Albany June 19. 1852
I certify that it appears by the Military Register in this office that on the 4 th day of June 1777 John Wey enlisted as a Soldier in the Third New York Regiment commanded by Col. Peter Gansevoort Capt. Mersers Company for three years - Was a Corporal 1. April 1779, and mustered at the end of the war as a Sergeant.
Arch d Campbell Dep. Sec. of State

Hon. L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions
February 1. 1854.
Dear Sir:
The claim of the heirs of John May, for Pensions was first presented in 1847. In Dec r of 1850, the claim was allowed under the act of June 7, 1832, at $84 42 / 100 per annum, and in January of 1853, another allowance was made at the same rate per year under the act of May 15, 1828.
It appears from the proofs now on file at the Pension Office in this case that the said John May was entitled to a Sergeant's Pay of $120. per annum for his services in the Company of Captain Arson in the Third and First New York Regts. and enclosed herewith I send you an application of Abby Emmons and a Certificate from the Secretary of this State showing that John May was a Sergeant as claimed.
Leah Adriana, whose affidavit is now on file in this case, states that John May was a Sergeant in said service.
Isaiah Birch, a Revolutionary Pensioner swears that John May was a Sergeant while in said service.
John Wilson, also a Revolutionary Pensioner swears that he was a fellow soldier with the said John May and served in the same Regts. with him from 1778 to the close of the War. This Witness swears that said May was a Sergeant and served as such in the Regiment of Colonel Gansevoort before that Regiment was disbanded (which I think was in 1780) and that when the Regiment of Colonel Gansevoort was disbanded the Company of Captain Arson to which said John May belonged joined the Regiment of Col. Van Schaick wherein said May served as such Sergeant until the close of the said War.
Ephraim Blowers, also a Revolutionary Pensioner in his second affidavit dated January 12, 1850, swears that he was a fellow soldier of, & served with the said John May in the Regiments of Col. Gansevoort and Col. Van Schaick for a period of nearly three years during all of which time said John May served as a Sergeant in said Company of Capt. Arson, and that he well knows that said John

Way did serve as such sergeant for about three years in said Company of Captain Arson.
John Brooks, also a Revolutionary Pensioner, and a fellow soldier with John Way in said service swears that said John Way served as a sergeant in the Company of Capt. Arson in the Regt. of Col. Gansevoort before the Company of Captain Arson was transferred to the Regt. of Col. Van Schaick which was in about 1780, and that after that Way served as such sergeant in said Company of Capt. Arson & Regt. of Col. Van Schaick until the War closed in 1783. Deponent well knows that said John Way did serve as a sergeant in said Company of Capt. Arson for a period of between three and four years.
Numerous other affidavits are on file in this case & the credibility of the several witnesses duly established by certificates from Members of Congress &c.
The enclosed Certificate from the Secy of State shows that Way was a sergeant in said service, the witnesses Wilson, Blowers, & Brooks each swear that they served with Way in the same Regiments & that Way did serve as such sergeant for more than three years. Several other witnesses also swear that Way was a sergeant from which evidence I think it clearly appears that the heirs of said John Way are entitled to a sergeant's Pay.
I am Sir Very respectfully Your Obt. Servt. T. S. Slingerland East Cobleskill Schoharie Co. N.Y.

38,447 Heirs of Sept. 16/52 John Way, dec Application for Pension under the acts of May 15th, 1828, and June 7th, 1832,
T. S. Slingerland Atty. East Cobleskill Schoharie Co. N.Y.

Declaration
In order to obtain the amount of Pension money due to John Way at the time of his decease under the act of 15th May 1828, &c.
State of New York } County of Dutchess }
On this twenty fifth day of August in the year One thousand Eight hundred and fifty two, personally appeared before me, John L. Beman , a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, Abbe Emery , a resident of the town of East Fishkill in said County of Dutchess, of lawful age, being about fifty six years of age, who being led me duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the sum and amount of Pension money due to John Way at the time of his death under the act of Congress passed on the 15th day of May in the year 1828, entitled an "Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution;" and also for any sum or amount that may be due to said John Way or his heirs at law under the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832,
That she this declarant is a daughter of, and one of the children of the said John Way dec d .
That as declarant verily believes her father the said John Way died on the twenty eighth day of February in the year One thousand Eight hundred and forty three in the Township of Ameliaburgh in the County of Prince Edward and in Canada West.
That as declarant has always understood and verily believes true her father the said John Way was a soldier of the United States during the War of the American Revolution from the town of Fishkill in Dutchess County aforesaid from whence he enlisted into the Company of Captain Arson in the Regiment of Colonel Ganservoort of the New York Line to serve for three

years of for during the War, and continued in actual service in said War until the close thereof, having served some six years in the capacity of Private, Corporal and Sergeant, and at the end of said War drew 600 acres of Bounty Land for his said services.
And Declarant further saith that as she verily believes application was made for the sum and amount of Pension money due to the said John Way under the act of June 7th 1832, in or about the year 1847, by Margaret Spring a sister of Declarant who now lives in the aforesaid township of Ameliasburgh in Canada West.
That as Declarant further believes a Pension was subsequently granted to the heirs of the said John Way on said application of her said sister under the said act of 7th June 1832, for his said services as a Private and Corporal, at the rate of $84 42 / 100 per annum.
That her father the said John Way left no widow surviving him and that there are now only four children of the said John Way living to wit, Nancy Anderson , living in the Township of Ameliasburgh, Letty Tripp , living in the Township of Hespeler, Margaret Spring , living in said Ameliasburgh, and all three in the County of Prince Edward and Canada West, and this Declarant of East Fishkill aforesaid. To wit, Albe Simmons .
That Declarant makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the sum and amount of Pension money due to the said John Way under the act of Congress passed May 15th, 1828, and also for the sum and amount of the balance of Pension money due to her father the said John Way under the said act of Congress passed on the 7th day of June A.D. 1832, for his services rendered in the capacity of a Sergeant for which service as such Sergeant she verily believes no pay was allowed to the said heirs, and she therefore now applies for Sergeants Pay.

Declarant hereby appoints Jennie S. Slingerland of the Town of Cobleskill in the County of Schoharie and State of New York her true and lawful Attorney for her to act in the premises and hereby authorises the said Slingerland to receive the Certificate or Certificates of Pension that may be so issued for the heirs of the said John Way, from the Commission of Pensions or other proper Officer at the City of Washington and authorises said Slingerland to do all business necessary to be done to establish the claim to said Pension money.
Declarant refers to the proofs on file in the Pension Department at the City of Washington for the evidence of the Revolutionary services of her father the said John Way deceased and the other necessary proofs to establish this claim.
Subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and year first aforesaid John C. Mound Justice of the Peace of Delaware County

State of New York County of Dutchess Clerk's Office
Henry M. Watts Deputy Clerk of the aforesaid County of Dutchess in the State of New York, and also Clerk of the Courts thereof, do hereby certify that John S. Emans Esq., before whom the foregoing Declaration purports to have been sworn and executed, was at the date of the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Dutchess duly elected and qualified, and duly authorized by law to act as such Justice and to take the same; and that his signature to the jurat of the said Declaration is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said County at Poughkeepsie in said County on this 30 th day of August A.D. 1852.
Henry M. Watts Deputy Clerk

East Cobleskill N.Y. September 13th, 1852,
Hon J. B. Heath Comm r of Pensions
Dear Sir:
Enclosed herewith
I send you Declaration of Mrs. Abbe Brummons daughter of John Way dec d for Pension under the act of May 15th, 1828.
The said John Way was a "Quitting War d man" and drew 600 acres of Bounty Land, of the New York line, & consequently was entitled to Pension under the above mentioned act.
Please examine this claim and send the Pension Certificate to me as soon as convenient.
I am Sir Very Respectfully Your Ob t . Serv t . T. S. Slingerland East Cobleskill Schoharie Co. N.Y.
Attorney for the heirs of John Way dec d

7 E. Haplin Feby 23 1883
1.170
New York
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John May deceased
of
in the State of
who was a
privat in the
commanded
by Captain
of the
commanded
by
in the
line for
Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll of
Albany
at the rate of
84
Dollars
42
Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836
to end
20. February 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of
January 1853 and sent to
J. S. Glazierland
E. Cobleskill
N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending
former payments under act of Jan 1832 to be deducted.
Revolutionary Claim,
15. May 1828
Recorded by
K. McKee
Clerk,
Book
Vol.
Page

Canada West On this 13 th day of September A.D. 1844 District of } personally appeared before me Robert Williams Prince Edward } one of her Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the District of Prince Edward in Canada West John Noble Esquire a resident of the Township of Hollowell in said District of lawful age who being duly sworn made the oath and saith that he was personally acquainted with the late John Way of this District who died in the Township of Ameliasburg in this District in February 1843 and that he has been acquainted with him from the earliest of his departing recollection that the said John Way was reputed to have been a former resident of Fishkill in Dutchess County in the State of New York and that it was well understood and admitted by all who knew him that he had served in the Revolutionary forces during the struggle with Great Britain and that he apparently personally retained and manifested during his life strong attachments to the Government of the United States and that at all public meetings and on all public occasions he did not fail to manifest his predilections for the institutions of the United States and he was often known to have been a soldier in the service of the said United States in the Revolution of 1776 from Fishkill in said State of New York aforesaid And that he left no widow but deponent believes he left four children three of whom he knows viz Mary Anderson Lettitia Troup Margaret Sperry and he believes one daughter now residing in Fishkill in the State of New York married Abbe Dumond and deponent knows Charles Kellogg Jacob Howell Esq Rev Philip J Roblin John Allison Esq Joseph R Mordell Nehemiah Osborn Samuel Osborn John Thorne Greely Joseph Butler Hugh McGuire James Hart William Wood

in that with all the names appended to an affidavit now presented to me and known before I was Howell Justice of the Peace
That he knows them all and each to be men of veracity and whose word can be implicitly relied on in any case and that their statements are without full faith and credit
Given before me this 13 th day of September 1849. John P. Roblin
Caleb Williams Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above Deponent Honorable John P. Roblin is a person of Good Standing and one of our most influential Citizens. That he has held many responsible Stations having repre- sented this District for many years in the Provincial Parliament. That he now holds the office of Register of this District and is the Collector of Customs in the District of Prince Edward. Dated this 13 th day of September in the year of our Lord 1849
Caleb Williams Justice of the Peace
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State of New York } Dutches County } ss
Isaiah Birch a resident of the Town of Pawlings in said County of Dutches aged 88 years being duly sworn according to law deposith Vsaith that during the War of the Revolution he resided in said Town of Pawlings in said County of Dutches, & was a soldier of the United States. That he first served in the Militia of said County of Dutches & afterwards enlisted into the Regular Army into the Company commanded by Captain Tiebout in which company he continued to serve until the close of said War. Deponent is now a Revolutionary Pensioner. That during said War he was well acquainted with John Way who then lived in Fishkill in said County of Dutches and was also a soldier during said War. Said John Way belonged to and served in the Company of Captain Arson in the Regiment of Colonel Gansevoort and served until the close of the War. He was a Sergeant while in said service. He served against Burgoyne at Saratoga, Went down the Susquehannah River to Chemung against the Indians, Was at Fort Stanwix, to Morristown and Pompton in N.J. Served also at West Point, Ver Plank's Point and the different Posts on the Hudson River and also to the south on the Delaware River &c. Deponent does not now remember of serving in the same company with John Way but the different Companies to which they were attached frequently met and Deponent living near said John Way was well acquainted with him & frequently saw him while in said service. He returned to said Fishkill after the close of said War where he lived until about forty years ago when he moved to Upper Canada where as Deponent has been informed he died four or five years ago and left a family of children one of which is Abe who married John Emans and now still lives in Fishkill aforesaid. Said John Way drew his Bounty land in Onondaga County. Deponent was well acquainted with him both in the service, during the War, and also after the War and well

knows him to be the identical man who served as aforesaid and is positive that he is the identical man represented to be.
Subscribed & sworn before me this Twelveth day of August
his Isaiah Birch mark
A.D. 1847. And I certify that said Isaiah Birch is a highly reputable Citizen & a credible witness whose affidavit upon any subject is entitled to full faith & credit & that the fore- going affidavit was read to him by me & by him declared to be true & correct before execution, he having communicated the facts therein contained, to me without the aid of any one. Joshua White
Justice of The Peace

State of New York Dutches County } ss-
Isaac Adrianus a resident of the Town of Fishkill in said County of Dutches aged 87 years being duly sworn according to law deposes & saith that during the War of the Revolution he resided in said Town of Fishkill & was a soldier in the Militia of said County of Dutches in the service of the United States in which with whom he served on numerous occasions & very many different Tours & expeditions through said War. Deponent applied for a pension some two or three years ago through the Agency of Esq. Ellison of Sullivan County, N. Y. but as yet has not received his said pension. That during said War he was well acquainted with John Way who also lived at that time in said Town of Fishkill & was also a soldier in said War of the Revolution. Said John Way moved from said Town of Fishkill into Upper Canada about forty years ago where he lived the last that Deponent heard from him. Deponent did not serve in company with said John Way and cannot particularly describe his services. He can only now state that said John Way left home in Fishkill aforesaid and served in the Company of Captain Aron and Regiment of Colonel Gansvoort for some time. He believes that he was a Sergeant in said service. He returned home to Fishkill after he was discharged from said service and at the close of said War where he lived until he moved to Canada as aforesaid. He was an Ensign in the Militia in Fishkill after said War and before he moved to Canada. He has a daughter named Abbe who married John Emans and always has lived in Fishkill and now still lives a neighbor to Deponent. Deponent has always understood and verily believes that he drew his Bounty or Land in Onondaga County. Deponent having lived a neighbor to said John Way in

said War and being well acquainted with him well knows him to be the identical man who served as aforesaid. Subscribed & sworn before me } this tenth day of August A.D. 1847. And I certify that said } Isaac Adriance is a highly reputable person & a credible witness whose testimony upon any subject is entitled to full faith & credit.
Isaac Adriance
Wm Homan Justice of the Peace.
State of New York Dutches County ss. Clerk's Office
I Joseph T. Adriance Clerk of said County of Dutches do hereby certify that William Homan Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit of Isaac Adriance & also that Joshua White Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit of Isaiah Birch purport to have been sworn & executed were each & both of them on the days & at the time said affidavits respectively bear date acting Justices of the Peace in & for said County duly elected & qualified & authorized by law to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of said Justices & verily believe their respective signa- -tures to the jurats & certificates of said affidavits genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed my Official Seal this fourteenth day of August A.D. 1847.
J. T. Adriance Clerk

State of New York Oswego County
William Anderson a resident of the Township of Ameliasburgh in the County & District of Prince Edward in Canada West of lawful age being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he was well acquainted with John Way formerly of the aforesaid Township of Ameliasburgh and also with his family. Said John Way departed this life on the Twentieth day of February Eighteen hundred & forty three in the aforesaid Township of Ameliasburgh. Deponent attended the funeral of said John Way & saw his remains properly interred. That said John Way left no widow him surviving, his wife having died previous to the said day of his death; but that he left him surviving the following named children, to wit, John Way Junr. Mary Anderson, Abbe Emmons, Letty Tripp, and Margaret Sprung; that the said child John Way Junr. died on the seventh day of November Eighteen hundred & forty five in the aforesaid Township of Ameliasburgh. Deponent was also at the funeral of the said John Way Junr. & saw his remains properly buried. That there are now only four children of said John Way (the elder) now living who survived their said father, to wit, Mary Anderson, living in Ameliasburgh aforesaid, Letty Tripp, living in the Township of Hillier, and Margaret Sprung, living in Ameliasburgh aforesaid, and all three of whom live in said District and County of Prince Edward in Canada West; and Abbe Emmons, living in Fish Kill in the County of Dutches in said State of New York. That the last mentioned four are the only now surviving children of the aforesaid John Way (the soldier) and all four of whom are now still living and are each, & all of them over Twenty one years of age.
Said
John Way was always reputed in Ameliasburgh aforesaid, to have been a soldier of the United States during the War of the American Revolution. That he has often conversed

with said John Way respecting his services in the Revolutionary War aforesaid and has on numerous occasions heard him relate that he resided during said War in Fish Kill in the County of Dutchess & said State of New York, & rendered a vast amount of service in said War. Deponent not having charged his mind with the particulars related to him from time to time by said John Way is now unable to call them to mind, He has however frequently heard him relate that he served for five or six years under Captain Arson & Colonel Gynsevoort.
William Anderson
Subscribed & sworn in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Oswego now sitting before me this 14 th day of June A.D. 1847.
John Carty Deputy Clerk (Clk absent)

Pension Office January 19. 1848
Sir,
The affidavits of Francis Giles and Timothy Wood in the case of John Way deceased is not at all satisfactory to identify him with the service of the New York Line bearing his name. Neither of these witnesses had any personal knowledge of Way's service and therefore cannot give the specific narrative of that service which is required by the regulations,
The requisitions as regard the transfer of the bounty land reserved by the service of the New York Line, contained in my letter to you of the 18 th of September last should be completed with,
This Claim as it now stands is wholly unsustainable by such by any proof that can be admitted,
J. S. Kingsland Esq Parnassille NY

150 Pension Office September 23 rd , 1848
Sir,
The additional evidence in the Case of John Way dec d . does not identify him with the Soldier to whom the Lot of Land No 63 in the Township of Manlius for Military Services in the Revolutionary War was granted.
Isaiah Birch is not found upon the records of the New York Line with John Way and Isaac Adame shows establish his own Claim before his testimony can be received as evidence of this Case. If Way was the Soldier for whose services this Claim is made, there should be no difficulty in showing by those of his acquaintances that he was the identical person who signed the deed of Conveyance to Joseph Tinker for the Lot of Land in Manlius Township referred to above. The failure of Way to prosecute his claim during the 12 or 13 years he was after the passage

of the act of 7 June 1832 said, a presentment do stand against the said his identity with the Centennial Society of the New York Line for where soever the application is now made that the Cleanest and Most Satisfactory Proof will be required before the Claim can be admitted.
Ways Character as a Revolutionary Society should be sustained by persons of high Character standing known to this Office as such.
J. V. Morgan Com. Sept. 23. 48
J. S. Singland Esq Ramsdell MS

Sir
173 I'm off Sep. 18 th 47
In the case of John Way dec d of Canada who is represented by his daughter born in 1800 to have been the John Way who served in the N. Y. Line from Spring of 77 to June '83 & to have died in 1843, no specific ratio of service as required by the rules is furnished — But that soldier rec d bounty land from the United States in 1792 & also rec d land from the State of New York which will afford the means of establishing the claimants identity with that soldier by evidence of the most conclusive kind — The titled or deeds with his wifes relinquishment of dower & the testimony of leading & respectable men in Deddels Co

connecting him with those titles or conveyances where the means referred to - If he rec d those bound titles it is repeated that it may be proved conclusively The testimony of witnesses who subscribe with a crop mark will be unavailing unless drawn by the Magistrate who should certify that the facts stated by the witness were communicated to him without the aid or prompting of any one The date of his death etc. be proved by a public record or by the testimony of credible witnesses before & sworn - ased to the authority of one of the A. Tales -
Oct 18. 47
J. S. Skinkerland Esq Parnersville Schokarie N.Y.

Barnsville December 4, 1847.
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Dear Sir:
I herewith enclose you two additional affidavits in support of the claim of the heirs of John Way for pension under the act of June 7, 1832. These are men who were intimately acquainted with John Way both during the war and after the close thereof, & with his family. I know him to be the man or soldier which his children represent him to be.
I am Very Respectfully Your Obt Servt
T. H. Hingerland Barnsville Schomake Co. Va.

Barnerville July 17, 1847.
Dear Sir:
I herewith enclose you the evidence in the case of John Way deceased. He died without asserting his claim, in Upper Canada, & his heirs now make this application. He was an invalid & for many years previous to his death confined to his house & was unable to perform a journey to this country in order to obtain his proof & make the application.
Very Respectfully Your Obedt. Servt. J. S. Slingerland Barnerville Schoharie Co. N. Y.
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commr. Pensions Washington.

Brief in the case of Jno May dec County and State of New York act May 15 th 1828
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Record proof, found upon the finding Rolls, as a Man's man, and is admitted in 1848
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent J.S. Stengerland Esq F. Cobleskill NY
Horatio Lippitt Examining Clerk.

Barnerville N.Y.
April 13, 1848.
Sir,
The letter of Mrs. F. S. Coombs under date of 3 rd inst t , containing the enclosed affidavits is to day received. These affidavits and the certificate of the County Clerk of Onondaga County are intended to be used in support of the claim of the heirs of John May for the Pensions due him at the time of his death under the Act of 7 th June 1832.
They are not to be used for Bounty Land , But for the arrear of Pension for which the application has been made by Margaret Young

daughter of said John May, Her Declaration is dated June 13, 1847, and with several affidavits, and evidence is now on file in the Department, The evidence in this claim appears conclusive, and there can be no doubt but that the claim is a just one, I trust this evidence in connection with that on file will prove satisfactory for the issuing of a Certificate,
I am Very Respectful Your Obedt Servt, J. J. Slingerland Barnesville Lohaville, N.Y.
Hon. Jas Edwards Comt. of Pensions Washington

John May Dec adm o NY act 15 May 1828 Pri 10 - 1828 corp 1 12. $84.42 per annum from 4 March 1826 to 20 Feby 1843 when he died
deduct former payments under act June 7 1832
Pay to Mary Anderson Sally Trippe Margaret Sprague & Abbe Emmons surviving children
Cert to J.S. Stengerland Esq East Cobleskill Schenebec Co NY

Barnerville Sept. 6. 1847.
Dear Sir: On the 19 th of July last I sent you the evidence in support of the claim of the heirs of John Way, and on the 24 th of July I mailed you the evidence in the claim of the heirs of Daniel Cook containing Declarations &c. I have received no returns in either of the above mentioned claims, may be owing to some error or irregularity of the mails. Please inform me respecting these claims
Very Respectfully Gamble Stevens P. O. Slingerland Barnerville Schoharie Co. N. Y.
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comm te Pensions Washington D. C.

John Way, deceased
New York
Act May 15. 1828
for increase -
Admitted - Sergeant
at $120 per annum from March 3. 1826 to Feby 20 th 1843, when he died, deducting former payments at $84, \frac{42}{100} per annum.
Certificate payable to Mary Anderson Letty Frisby Margaret Spring & Abbe Emmons. His only surviving children
Agent
J. S. Slingerland East Cobleskill N. Y.

Brief in the case of John Way, deceased County and State of New York - N Y agency act May 15. 1828
Claim, ( original ) "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
No additional proofs of service. Rolls show most conclusively that he was a war's man and was a sergeant at the end of the war.
Name and residence of Agent
J. S. Slingerland East Cobleskill N. Y.
J. G. Dodge Examining Clerk.

John Way Corpse from 1 st Augt '80
Same S er gt Mar 83
do Jan'y " for the "war"
do Decr 82
" Nov "
" Sep "
" Aug "
" May " last must 28
" Apr " enlisted Feb n 82
Corpse Apr & May 81
do Aug to Decr 80 8 mos
Line 3 d Regt - enlisted 4 June 77 - for 3 yrs private
Corp 1 Apr 79 - on at end of was as sergt
1 yr 8 Mos Ser gt - probably 2 yrs
Corps at least 7 mos
21 Mos Ser gt 3 mos Corp e
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Claim for Military Service.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7 th June 1832, John Way, dec d late of New York, who was a Corporal and Private in the Revolution and died on the 20 th February 1843, is inscribed on the roll of pensioners at the rate of Eighty four dollars and forty two Cents, per annum, commencing 4 th March 1831 & ending 20 th February 1843 when he died
The amount is due and payable to his only surviving Children, to wit Mary Anderson, Letty Tripp, Margaret Sprung, & Abbe Coomans
Given at the Department of the Interior, this 11 th day of December one thousand eight hundred and forty= nine
Examined and } Countersigned. }
Secretary of the Interior.
Commissioner of Pensions.

Washington Dec 6 th 1850
Hon J. C. Heath Commr of Pensions
Dear Sir
Enclosed herewith I send you additional evidence in the case of the heirs of John Way deceased for additional pension under the Act of June 7 th 1832
Very Respectfully Your Obedt Servant Hiram Walden

Reg. to Oct 1, 52 Revolutionary Pension
John Way
New York
Risley
filed 1 Oct 1852 L. E. Hassler

Washington City D.C. October. 1 st 1852
Honorable J. C. Heath Commissioner of Pensions Sir,
As attorney of, for. Sir behalf of the Heirs of John Way. I respectfully request a reexamination of the case, upon the ground that there is an evident omission in the calculation of the time said Way. served - viz - 10 August to 19 Decr 1775 - 4. 9 ds 14 May 1777 to 25 March 1778 = 10. 11 as 1775 With Van Schaick " 1. 15. 1781. Under Capt. Welch - 12 - - 1778 to 1780 " Phelps = 24 - - 1780 to 1782 " " = 24 - - which would entitle them to a full Pension according to his grade, in either the Army ranks or the Quartermaster's department of the Army. I hope you will cause a certificate to issue for a Pension at the rate of $100 per annum placed on the New York Rolls. I am respectfully
J. C. Hassler

Washington December 10 th 1849
Sir.
In reply to your letter of the 4 inst (which was sent to Albany by mistake,) I have to say that I will accept the certificate in the case of John Way for services as a private and corporal.
Yours tru
Thos. S. Singtonland

Sir
Pension Office
April 5 th 1848
Your letter of the 11 th ult o is received together with the Affidavits of Isaiah Birch, and Isaac Adrianed, also the Certificate of the Clerk of the County Court of Onondaga, N. York, all of which are herewith returned. — In reference to the bounty land granted by the State of New York, to John Way, who was a Sergeant in the New York line, or to his conveyance of said land to Joseph Tinker, I have to inform you that the General Government, had no concern whatever in the Military bounty lands granted by the State of N. York, to her own troops, and located in said State. Of course there are no papers here relating to the Deed from Way, to Tinker. — John Way, acquired a right to 100. Acres of bounty land from the U. States, and a Warrant for that quantity was issued in his favor on the 19 th March 1792. —
Resp. y r Ob. Serv t H. S. Evans for Com er of Pensions
M c T. S. Stingerland Barnerville N. York

Pension Office Jny 19 1853
My Rolls, Albany } Ino way dec Act June 7 1832 } To what time paid? $ 84.42 per an }
J.S. Gallaher Esq 3 Auditor
J. Triplet
Died 20 th February 1843,
Paid to his death.
B.L.B.

State of Vermont } ss Ashington Jan y 12 th 1850 Bennington County } ss
Personally appeared before me Samuel Hawley a Justice of the Peace in and for the aforesaid County of Bennington. Ephraim Blowers, a resi- dent of the Town of Ashington, in said County of Bennington aged 87 years and upwards, who is a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and with whom I am well acquainted, and who being by me further duly sworn, according to law does depose and say, that he has made a previous affidavit in which he stated he was well acquainted with John Way, who served in the Company of Captain Aaron Arson as a Sergeant and in the Regiment of Colonel Vanschaick; Deponent now states, that he, Deponent, enlisted into the Company of Captain Cornelius T. Jansen in the Regiment of Col. Gansevoort and continued to serve therein until the said Regiment of Col. Gansevoort was disbanded when Deponent was transferred to the Regiment of Col. Vanschaick wherein he served until the close of the war. That the said John Way was serving as a Sergeant in said Company of Captain Aaron Arson in said Regiment of Col. Gansevoort when Deponent first enlisted into said service and continued to serve therein as a Sergeant of said Captain Aaron Arson's Company, in said Regiment of Colonel Gansevoort until said Regiment was disbanded, when the Com- pany of said Captain Aaron Arson was transferred to the Regiment of said Col. Vanschaick and the said John Way then continued to serve as a Sergeant of said Company of Capt. Arson, in said Regiment of Col. Vanschaick until the close of said war when he was duly discharged as such Sergeant. Deponent cannot positively state how long the

Said John Way served as such Sergeant, in said Captain Arson's company, but deponent served with said John Way for nearly three years and during all this time said John Way served as such Sergeant in said Company of Captain Arson. Deponent well knows that the said John Way served as such Sergeant in said Captain Arson's Company for a period of about three years, as deponent and the said John Way served together in the same Regiment for about three years as aforesaid. Subscribed and sworn to Epbraim Blowers before me This 12 th day of January A.D. 1850.
Lemuel Hawsley, Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above affiant, Epbraim Blowers, is personally known to me, and is a person of good standing, of truth and veracity & a credible witness, and is a man of good memory and sound mind for a person of his age. He does not write his own name on account of the trembling of his hands.
Lemuel Hawsley Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont Bennington County ss
{ I Saml. H. Blackmer Clerk of Bennington County do hereby certify that Lemuel Hawsley whose name is subscribed to the above was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace within for the County of Bennington duly empowered to administer oaths & that his signature is genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of said County this 10 th day of July A. D. 1850 - Saml. H. Blackmer Clerk.

State of New York } Schenectady County }
John Burk a resident of the town of Neskaguna in said County of Schenectady, aged 88 years, being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that Deponent was a Soldier of the United States in the war of the Revolution and is now a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States. That during the said War of the Revolution Deponent was well and intimately acquainted with John Way who lived during the said War of the Revolution in Fishkill in the County of Dutchess in said State of New York, and who was also a soldier of the United States in said War of the Revolution and served in the Company of Captain Aaron Orson in the Regiment of Colonel Gansevoort as a Sergeant. Deponent and the said John Way served together at Fort Stawreix in the same service. That the said John Way served as a Sergeant in the said Company of Captain Orson and Regiment of Colonel Gansevoort before the Company of Captain Orson was transferred to the Regiment of Colonel Van Schaick. The said John Way served in the said Company of Captain Orson for a period of between three and four years to the knowledge of this Deponent. That the said John Way served as a Sergeant in said Company of Captain Aaron Orson before that Company was transferred to the Regiment of Colonel Van Schaick which was in or about 1780, and after that said John Way served as such Sergeant in said Company of Captain Orson and Regiment of Colonel Van Schaick until the said War closed in 1783. Deponent served with the said John Way in said Regiment of Colonel Gansevoort and knows well that the said John Way was such Sergeant while serving in said Regiment of Colonel Gansevoort. That said John Way served at least three years as such Sergeant in said Company of Captain Orson. That said John Way moved from Fishkill aforesaid into Upper Canada where he died in or about 1843 as Deponent was informed, and verily believes true.
Subscribed and sworn to before me on this third day of May A.D. 1850. Garit. B. Vanranken Jun.
John his Burk mark Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that the within Deponent John Burn is personally known to me. That he is a man of truth and veracity and a credible witness whose testimony upon any subject is entitled to full faith and credit. That he is not able to write his own name and that he signed the within affidavit before me by making his mark or cross to the same. And that the facts set forth and contained in the said affidavit were by him communicated to me before the drawing up and execution thereof. Dated at Neskayuna N.Y. this third day of May A.D. 1857.
Garit J. VanVranken Jun Justice of the Peace
State of New York Schenectady County Clerk's Office
I, David E. Forrest Clerk of the aforesaid County of Schenectady in said State of New York do hereby certify that Garit J. Van Vranken Jun. is, and was at the date of the foregoing affidavit, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, duly elected and qualified and duly authorized by law to administer oaths and to take the same, and that his signatures to the jurat and Certificate of the said affidavit is genuine and in the proper hand writing of the said Garit J. Van Vranken Jun. as said Justice of the Peace.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County at the City of Schenectady on this second day of October A.D. 1857. N. P. Forrest Clerk

Cobleskill N.Y. Novm 30. 1850.
To Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:
The claim of the heirs of John Way, for the Pension due to him at the time of his decease, was first presented in 1847. Additional proof was from time to time obtained and forwarded on to the Department until last December when a Pension was granted for $84 \frac{42}{100} . per year under act of June 7, 1832. John Way as appears from the proofs adduced in this case enlisted in June of 1777, in the Company of Captain Arson & Regt. of Col. Gansevoort & served to the end of the War and was a Sergeant for some three years of the time, in the New York Line.
The proof in this case is clear & conclusive, and, as I think, there can be no doubt but that the heirs of Way, are entitled to a Sergeants Pay vis: $120. per year.
Upon an application to the Secretary of State, of New York, it appears from the Records in his Office that John Way enlisted into the Company of Captain Arson in the 3rd Regt. June 4th 1777. & was a Corporal April 1, 1779. and Mustered at end of War as Sergeant .
The evidence and proof on this point to which your attention is respectfully called is that part of the affidavit of Isaiah Birch in which he says "Said John Way belonged to and served in the Company of Captain Arson in the Regiment of Colonel Gansevoort and served until the close of said War. He was a Sergeant while in said Service."
Isaac Haviland, in his affidavit says "That said John Way left home in Tishkill aforesaid & served in the Company of Captain Arson & Regt. of Col. Gansevoort for some time. He believes that he was a Sergeant in said Service."
John Wilson in his affidavit states "That I was well and intimately acquainted with John Way, who served as a Sergeant in the Company of Captain Arson and in said Regiment of Colonel Gansevoort." When said Regiment was disbanded the Company of said Capt. Arson joined the Regiment of Colonel Van Schuyler, and the said Sergeant John Way and I then served together in said Regiment of Colonel Van Schuyler until the War closed.

The additional proof of the service of Way as a Sergeant, now submitted is an affidavit of Ephraim Blowers who swears that John Way, served to his knowledge as a Sergeant in the Company of Captain Aaron Henson for nearly three years. That he Blowers served in the same Regiment with Way for nearly three years and that during all of that time said Way served as a Sergeant. That the said John Way was serving as a Sergeant in said Captain Henson's Company in Gansevoort's Regiment when Gapon entered the service in that Regiment which was in the Spring of 1783, and that Way continued to serve in Gansevoort's Regiment as such Sergeant until that Regiment was disbanded, when Henson's Company was transferred to Van Schaick's Regt. wherein Way then served as such Sergeant until the close of the War, when he was duly discharged as such Sergeant.
John Burk, whose affidavit is now presented, also swears that Way served with him in the Regiment of Col. Gansevoort and that Way was a Sergeant in that Regiment and served as such in the Company of Captain Aaron Henson for about three years.
These witnesses are all intelligent persons, respectable citizens, and credible witnesses as has been fully shown by Certificates from Members of Congress &c. &c.
Wilson, Blowers, and Burke, all three belonged to and served in Gansevoort's Regiment with Way. They are Revolutionary Pensioners of the United States for this service.
From the evidence and proof in this case it plainly appears that Way was a Sergeant in Henson's Company before Gansevoort's Regiment was disbanded, and that he served in that Company some three years as a Sergeant. The Rolls at Albany show that Way was a Sergeant when he was discharged from the service. From the proofs now submitted in connexion with that on file at the Department you will find that Way is entitled to $120. per year in stead of $84 \frac{42}{100} allowed when drawn. A Certificate should be issued in favor of his children for the balance due to them which will be $35 \frac{58}{100} per year.
I am very truly Your Ob. Servt.
J. S. Klingender.

37530 July 24 47 John May Jr NY Act 7 June 1832
admitted
Pr & Corp 2 yrs
Pr: 10; 18 = $35.32
Corp: 1: 12 = 49.10 2.00: 50 $84.42
for an com 4 March 1831 to 20 th Februy 1843, when he died
Children, Mary Anderson, Letty Tripp Margaret Sprung, & Abbe Simmons
Non I. I. Stringland Prest

State of New York } ss. Herkimer County }
Aaron Bick a resident of the Town of Norway in said County of Herkimer aged eighty six years & upwards being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he was a soldier of the United States during the War of the Revolution & served under Colonel Warner Colonel Gansevoort and various other officers during said War. Deponent served also on numerous occasions and different scouting parties during said War under different officers. That during said War he was well acquainted with John Way who lived for at least a portion of said War in the Town of Fishkill in the County of Dutches in said state from whence he entered the service in said War. Said John Way enlisted in the early part of said War into the Company of Captain Arson in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Gansevoort in the New York Line of Troops. Deponent verily believes that said John Way served in said Company to the close of the War and for a period of five or six years. Deponent did not serve in the same Company with the said John but was well acquainted with him and frequently saw him while in the service as aforesaid. Deponent served as a Teamster in said Regiment of Colonel Gansevoort at, and during a part of the time that said John was serving under Captain Arson as aforesaid. They were both under Colonel Gansevoort at the same time together. Deponent lived during said War in Nine Partners in said County of Dutches and not far distant from the residence of said John Way. and was intimately acquainted with him. Said John Way moved into Upper Canada about forty years ago where he lived the last that Deponent heard from him. Said John was a Sergeant in said Company of Captain Arson.

Subscribed & sworn to this third day of February A.D. 1847 before me And I certify that Aaron Buck the above deponent is a credible witness and a reputable person Henry Tillinghast Justice of the peace
Aaron Buck

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Herkimer County, }
I certify that Henry Tillinghast Esq whose name is subscribed to the Amended Journal of Affidavits was, on the day of the date of the final settlement of the Peace in and for said county duly elected and qualified. And that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe his signature to said Journal genuine.
Witness my hand and official seal. at Herkimer this 16 day of July A.D. 1847 Isaac D. Barry. Clerk

37 530
John Way, dr. New York
Let to J. S. Hungen Land
Sept 18th 1847
Let to same June 19/48
Let to J. S. Hungen Land
Sept 23 48
act of June 18th 1842

John Wagg, del d New York
Suspended
Letter to Hon d J. J. Slingeland Pat ce 4/29
Set 7 June 1832

J.R.W. Ex'r.
42609-Inv. Rev. War.
Oct. 13, 1904.
Madam:--
In reply to your inquiry you are advised that Margaret Sprung, aged 47 years, residing at Ameliasburg, Canada, then temporarily at Oswego, N.Y., on June 8, 1847, applied for pension on behalf of herself and other heirs of John Way, alleging that he enlisted in June 1777 at Fishkill, N. Y., under Capt. Arson and served in the N. Y. Line under Cols. Gansevoort and Van Shaick.
Said soldier died at Ameliasburg, Canada, February 20, 1843, and pension was allowed to Margaret Sprung, Mary Anderson, Letty Tripp and Abbe Emmons, only surviving children of John Way, for his service of two years as a sergeant.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. Sarah J. Wilton, Eagle, Wis.

1631 Niagara Avenue Niagara Falls, N.Y. July 18, 1939
12 John Way NY
Bureau of Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Re JOHN WAY, 8th Regiment Albany County Militia.
My ancestor, John Way of Halfmoon, Albany County, N.Y. served in the 8th Regiment, Albany County Militia, during the Revolutionary War according to published records contained in New York in the Revolution. The place and date of his death are unknown to me.
Will you kindly send me a copy of any records that you have showing the date of his enlistment, date of discharge, engagements in which he had a part, if any, names of his wife and children, whether he ever applied for a pension and any other records that may be on file.
This John Way was born about 1725 at or near Newtown, Long Island, lived in Dutchess County prior to his removal to Albany Co. which, according to a History of Saratoga County from which was created from Albany County, was during the Revolution.
Several men named John Way are shown in New York in the Revolution in various military units. It seemed to me possible that they may be the same person.
If there is any charge for this service please let me know and I shall be glad to pay it.
Respectfully
Glenn C. Way

Wm
Eagle Wisconsin
September 26. 1904
David or John Way
Revolutionary war
New York
Mrs Sarah J. Wilton desires information concerning service of her great grand Father whom she believes served under the name of David Way. But some of her relatives claim his name was John Way states he was given a land grant at Manley Center N.Y. on account of his services in the Revolutionary war. To the Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Mrs Sarah J. Wilton
Eagle Waukesha Co Wisconsin

42609
INVALID.
Rev 
File No. 42,609
John May John May Jr
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 585
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Oct. 13, 1904 His to Mrs Sarah J. Wilton Eagle Wis.
9 - Aug 19 His to Mrs E way cc

13, 1904 His wife J. Wilton Eagle Wis.
1939 - Aug 19 Hirt to Glenn Elway cc

The People of the State of New-York,
BY THE GRACE OF GOD, FREE AND INDEPENDENT:
To John Way Gentleman
GREETING.
WE, reposing especial trust and confidence, as well in your patriotism, conduct and loyalty, as in your valour and readiness to do us good and faithful service, HAVE appointed and constituted, and by these presents, DO appoint and constitute you the said John Way Ensign of a Company in the Regiment of Militia in the County of Dutchess whereof Isaac Vail Esquire, is Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant: YOU are, therefore, to take the said Company into your charge and care a Ensign thereof and duly to exercise the Officers and Soldiers of that Company in arms, who are hereby commanded to obey you as their Ensign and you are also to observe and follow such orders and directions, as you shall from time to time receive from our General and Commander in Chief of the Militia of our said State, or any other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of war, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you; and for so doing, this shall be your commission, for and during our good pleasure, to be signified by our Council of Appointment; IN TESTIMONY whereof, we have caused our seal for military commissions to be hereunto affixed. WITNESS our trusty and well-beloved John Jay Esquire, Governor of the State of New-York, General and Commander in Chief of all the Militia, and Admiral of the Navy of the same, by and with the advice and consent of our said Council of Appointment, at Our City of New York — the twenty second day of March — in the year of our LORD one thousand seven hundred and ninety six and in the Twentieth year of our Independence.
Passed the Secretary's Office, the 9 th day of April 1796
Louis A. Scott SECRETARY.
John Jay
Dutchess County N.Y. the 7 th May 1796 At our Court at Poughkeepsie this day before the Honorable as an Ensign of Militia
Before me
John Jay

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with John B May, Jacob Howell John Allison and John Howell and they are each of them Justices of the peace for the District of Prince Edward and hold their appointment from the crown and that I know their signatures to the documents herunto attached to be their proper hand writing and that I am personally acquainted with David McTaggart Wm Foster Asa Foster Daniel Baker J D Noron R B May, Isaac Iripp J H Burton O Rightmyer, Daniel Spragg Fleet Brown and Philip J Roblin. That they are with one exception Freeholders, and are all of them respectable and credible men, residing in this District and that their statements are entitled to full faith and credit
Town of Pictou District of Prince Edward Province of Canada Sept 12 1849
D B Stevenson Warden P. E. Dist Member Provincial Parl't

Will the Comm ee of Union Mr Edwards Please Report this case to me, at National Hotel Washington D.C.
J. M c Straviland

Canada West Prince Edward SS District Clerk's Office
I Philip Saw Clerk of the Peace in and for the said Dis- -trict of Prince Edward in Canada West, do hereby certify that John B. May Esq. John Bo- -ell Esq. Jacob Howell Esq. and Caleb Wil- -liams Esq. before whom the annexed affida- -vits purport to have been sworn, were each and all of them acting Justices of the Peace in and for the aforesaid District of Prince Edward, duly appointed and qualified to act as such, and duly authorised by law to administer oaths, at the respective dates of the said depositions, and at the time the said depositions were taken and executed before the said Justices respectively, and that the signatures to the affidavits and Certificates of the said affidavits purporting to be those of the said Justices are genuine and in the proper handwriting of the said Just- -ces respectively.
And I do further certify that the Honorable John W. Mowbrin whose affidavit is hereto annexed has for many years been a member of the Provincial Parliament from this the said District of Prince Edward, and that he now holds the office of Register of the said District and is the collector of Customs at this place, and one of our most noted citizens.
And further that the Honorable David B. Stevenson whose Certificate is hereto annexed is now

the Member of the Provincial Parliament from this the said District of Prince Edward , and also the Warden of the said District.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal at Newton in the said District this thirteenth day of Septem- ber A.D. 1849.
Philip Low Clerk of the peace for the District of Prince Edward by M c Paterson Deputy.

State of New York } Putnam County } ss
Francis Giles a resident of the Town of Philipstown in the aforesaid County of Putnam aged 86 years being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that during the War of the Revolution he lived in the Town of Fishkill in the County of Dutches in said State. That he was well acquainted with John Way who also lived in said War in said Town of Fishkill in less or within two miles of each other in less than two miles of Deponent at that time. Said John Way moved from Fishkill aforesaid into the Town of Ameliasburgh in Upper Canada about forty years ago in which Town said John Way died about four years ago. Deponent knew said John Way well in time of said War & also thereafter. Deponent has visited said John Way & his family at his residence in Canada aforesaid in said Town of Ameliasburgh. Said John Way was a soldier in the United States Army during the War of the Revolution and Deponent well knows the aforesaid John Way to be the identical person who served in the War of the Revolution in the Company of Captain Arson and Regiment of Colonel Gansevoort. He went from Fishkill aforesaid up the River to West Kayawa where he entered said Company of Captain Arson and served through said War. He served on an expedition to the North through Saratoga and in that vicinity and as Deponent verily believes he served also up the Mohawk River to Fort Stanwix and also down the Susquehannak River to Chemung and vicinity against the Indians. He was also to the South West Point, White Plains, Morristown and other places. Deponent lost an eye during said War of the Revolution which prevented him from joining the Army himself and as he did not serve in company with said John Way

he is unable fully to describe the services of said John Way in said Army, but as Deponent lived a neighbor to him when he entered said service and well remembers when said John returned home from said Army after having been duly discharged therefrom and having at different times visited him and his family while living in Canada aforesaid he well knows him to be the identical person who rendered the aforesaid service. Said John Way had a family of Children all of whom as Deponent has been informed are dead except four, to wit, Mary Anderson, Letty Tripp, Margaret Sprung and Abbe Emmons who still now lives in Fishkill aforesaid. Deponent understood and verily believes that he drew his Bounty Land in Onondaga County. Subscribed & sworn this 11 th day of { August A.D. 1847, before me. And } I certify that said Francis Giles is { a highly reputable person & a credible witness whose testimony upon any subject is entitled to full faith & credit. Thomas Davenport justice of the peace

State of New York } ss Putnam County }
I Timothy Wood being duly sworn according to law depose and say that I now live in the Town of Philipstown in the aforesaid County of Putnam and am upwards of 88 years of age. That I was a soldier in the War of the Revolution and now a Revolutionary Pensioner. That during a portion of said War I resided in the Town of Fishkill in the County of Dutches in said State. That I served under different Officers in said War among whom were Captains Delam, Ostrander, and Van Dusen. That while at Fishkill I became and was well acquainted with John Way who also lived in Fishkill aforesaid. I then lived a neighbor to said John Way & knew him well in Fishkill aforesaid where he then resided. Said John Way was also a soldier during the War of the Revolution. He served in the Company of Captain Vroom and Regiment of Colonel Gansevoort through said War, but as I did not serve in company with him I am not able now to describe his services. I believe however that he served to the North, against Burgoyne, at West Point, Fort Stanwix, Morristown and the other places to which his Regiment was called to March & serve. I believe that he performed the duties of Sergeant while in said service for at least a portion of the time. After the close of the War he returned to Fishkill where he continued to live until about forty years ago when he moved to Upper Canada where as I have been informed he died some four or five years ago and left a family of Children one of whom is Abie and now still lives in Fishkill aforesaid. I always understood & verily believe that he drew his Bounty Land in Onondaga County, N.Y.
Subscribed & sworn before me
Timothy Wood
this third day of August A.D.
1847. And I certify that said Timothy Wood is a highly reputable person & a credible witness.
Thomas Davenport Justice of the peace

State of New York Putnam County ss. Clerk's Office
I N. D. Barnum clerk of said County of Putnam do hereby certify that Thomas Davenport before whom the within affidavit of Timothy Wood & the annexed af- -fidavit of Francis Giles purport to have been sworn & executed was at the time said affida- -vits respectively bear date an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly elected & qualified & authorised by law to take the same. And further that I am well acqu- -ainted with the hand-writing of the afore- -said Justice & verily believe this signature to the respective jurats of said affidavits to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed my Official Seal this eleventh day of August A.D. 1847.
N. D. Barnum clerk