Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2380, James J Van Vorst, New York

SERVICE
New York
NUMBER _____
Van Vorst, James P. Hulda A.
1/2 2380
B. L. N. 1526-100
B.L.Wt. 244-60-55
CONTENTS

No. of Original payment-985 1621  REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
15 January 1829.
James J. Van Vorst of Schenectady in the County of Schenectady in the State of New York has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Silas Grey - 's company, in the _____ regiment of the New York line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing .
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary F. H. Dickinson
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
19 th January 1829
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to _____ in the _____
It further appears that James J. Van Vorst not is now on the pension list of the any _____ agency, and has been so since the 3 d March. 1826 at the rate of  dollars per month.
The name of James J. Van Vorst cannot be found among those of the New York line, to whom certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars, were issued -
R. H. Hagguir

War Dept: Bounty land Offi- 7 May 1829.
The records of this Office do not show that James J. Van Vorst of the N. York line ever received or is entitled to, bounty land of the United States
Robert Taylor

1421 James J. Van Bost. No. 23 May 1829. 2930.
James J. Van Bost. No. 23 May 1829.

Pension Office May 1, 1829.
Revolutionary claim
Miss Hon: John H. Caton Secretary of War Washington City

County of Schenectady, ss.
John Van Vorst of the town of Glenville in said County, being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that he is the father of James J. Van Vorst, an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress entitled "an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the revolution" approved 15 th May 1828, that his son the said James J. Van Vorst enlisted in the revolutionary army when sixteen years of age, to wit, in the spring of the year one thousand seven hundred seventy-nine in a company of regular troops commanded by one Captain Grey, but in what Regiment or by whom said Regiment was commanded, this deponent did not charge his mind with at the time, and cannot now recollect; that his said son enlisted & served during the whole of the revolutionary war until the end of the same - and further this deponent saith not.
Sworn this 16 th day of May 1829, before me John Worden Justice of Peace County of Schenectady, ss.
John Van Vorst Mark
Ellis Honda of said town being duly sworn saith, that he is well acquainted with the above named James J. Van Vorst, and knows that he was in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary army; this deponent does not remember in what company the said James J. Van Vorst enlisted, but according to the best of this deponent's recollection & belief, the said James J. Van Vorst served during the whole of the revolutionary war , that this deponent as a Captain was present and saw the said James in the performance of his duties several times, especially on

the occasion when the British army under the command of Col. Ross was defeated at East Canada Creek - and further this Deponent saith not.
Given this 16 th day of May 1829, before me John Worlew Justice of the Peace
County of Schenectady, Clerk's Office } ss
I, John S. Mooman Clerk of said County, do hereby Certify, that John Worlew Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits have been taken, was at the time & is now a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths, and further that John Van Vorst & Bellis Fonda the above Deponents, are men of veracity & credibility.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this sixteenth day of May Anno Domini 1829
John S. Mooman Clerk

Schenectady June 30. 1829 Hon J. D. Ingham Secy of the Treasury
The printed letter from your Department forwarding to me a list of the officers &c who have been found entitled to the benefits of the late act "for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the army of the Revolution" approved 15 th May 1828, is received, and agreeably to your request I herewith return the same. Some of the persons on this list whose testimony in my case might prove serviceable, are deceased to wit Capt. Guy Young died last fall, & Capt. Henry Pawling is very infirm & has lost his recollection. James Lighthall of this City, another revolutionary soldier who received his pension under the Act of 1828, was well acquainted with me, but he departed this life in May last. I would beg leave to amend my declaration as follows. I stated in it that I enlisted under Capt. Silas Grey in 1779 & that I served in the revolution till the end of the war, but did not say in what Company I thus served till the end of the war, conceiving that my enlistment under Capt. Grey virtually continued. In 1781, Col. Henry Glen Deputy Quarter Master General under Col. Morgan Lewis & Asst Deputy Commissary in the United States Army, took me with two others out of Capt. Grey's Company as ser- vants or assistants in the discharge of the duties of his office - (officers of that description having the right to select any three soldiers they please out of any Company). In confirmation of

my service during the last years of the war under Col. Glen, I beg leave to produce the affidavits following -
very respectfully
Your obed Servt
In presence of G. Van Landt
his James J. Van Vorst mark
County of Schenectady ss.
Christopher Ward
aged seventy-two years, and Sylvant Van Schaick aged sixty-six years, both of the City of Schenectady make oath, that they are well acquainted with the above named James J. Van Vorst, and that they have been acquainted with him since the year One thousand seven hundred & seventy nine, and that the said James J. Van Vorst served under Col. Glen as specified in the foregoing letter of the said James J. Van Vorst, according to the best of their knowledge & belief
sworn this 20 th June 1829. before me
Chas. S. Ward Sylvant Van Schaick
Garret J. Van Landt J. P.
County of Schenectady
Clerk of office -
I certify that Christopher Ward & Sylvant Van Schaick the above Deponents and inhabitants of this place are men of credibility, and that Garret J. Van Landt whose name appears to the jurats of the foregoing affidavit is now & was at the time thereof a Justice of the peace. In testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 26 th day of June 1829. John S. Woodhull Clerk

11 Van Borsel 1421. 2980.3244. Re: 2 nd July 1829.
144

To the Hon. John H. Eaton
Secretary of War
If there are any officers attached to the Regiment under which Captain Grey served now living, you will greatly oblige by for- warding to me their names & residence. very respectfully
Yours ob't Serv't his James J. Van Vorst mark
Witness Friend
J. H. Ward.

Revolutionary Claim
Declaration.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act entitled "an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the revolution," approved on the 15 th of May 1828, I, James D. Van Vorst of the City of Schenectady in the County of Schenectady, in the State of New York, do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the revolution in a Company commanded by Silas Grey, the name of the officer commanding the Regiment I do not recollect, and I continued without intermission to serve in said army until the termination of the revolutionary war. I understood that I was entitled to, but I have no recollection of ever receiving certificates for the reward of Eighty Dollars under a resolve of Congress passed the 15 th day of May 1778 . I further declare that I was not on the 15 th May 1828, nor have I ever been on the pension list of the United States. Witness my hand this twenty fourth day of December 1828.
James D. his  X Van Vorst Mark
In presence of G. H. [unintelligible]
Before me Eliza L. Davis, one of the Justices of the Justices Court in the City of Schenectady, in said County & State personally appeared this day, Bartholomew Clute & Gershon Van Vorst of said City, who made oath severally, that James D. Van Vorst by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed & believed to have been a soldier in the army of the revolution in manner as therein stated. Witness my hand, this twenty fourth day of December 1828.
Eliza L. Davis Justice of the Peace
I, John S. Vrooman Clerk of the Court of the County of Schenectady in said State, do certify that Eliza L. Davis, before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a Justice of the peace & duly empowered to administer oaths. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this twenty-fourth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight.
John S. Vrooman Clk.

Act 1828 Settled at Greasy Cons'd with Ad O.W. Wood
File # 2,380
[Handwritten signature or mark]

Revolutionary Claims.
[ C. ]
Form of a Power of Attorney.
Know all men by these presents, that I, James J. Van Vorst — of the City of Albany , in the county of Columbia — in the State of New York — do hereby constitute and appoint Col. Joseph Morton of Washington City my true and lawful attorney, with a power of substitution, for me, and in my name, to receive from the United States the amount of pay now due to me, under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828, as a private — in the company commanded by Silas Gray , in the New York line of the army of the Revolution.
Witness my hand and seal, this twenty fourth day of December in the year 1828.
Sealed and delivered in the presence of
G. H. Clarke
James J. Van Vorst Mark
Before me, Eliza L. Davis — a Justice of the Peace in the county of Columbia in the State of New York personally appeared, this day, James J. Van Vorst — whose name is subscribed to the foregoing power of attorney, and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed, and also declared that the same was not given by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever, of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to his personal benefit.
Witness my hand, this twenty fourth day of December , in the year 1828.
Eliza L. Davis Justice of the Peace
I, John S. Vrooman Clerk of the Court of the county of Columbia in the State of New York — do hereby certify that Eliza L. Davis — before whom the foregoing power of attorney was acknowledged, is a Justice of the Peace.
[ L. S. ] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this twenty fourth day of December in the year 1828.
John S. Vrooman Clk
[ D. ]
Form of Affidavit to be taken by Attorneys.
Before me, _____ a Justice of the Peace in the county of _____ in the _____ of _____ the attorney personally appeared this day, _____ named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that the same was not given to him by reason of any transfer, or of any attachment, levy or seizure, by any legal process whatever, of the pay therein authorized to be received, but that the said pay is intended to enure wholly to the personal benefit of the person by whom the said power was executed.
Witness my hand, this _____ day of _____ in the year _____

James J. Van Vorst
e. V. 1526

(Copy)
Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
10 July 1839
Sir :
Your claim, under the abovementioned act, having been examined, you are found to be entitled to the pay of a Private of Infantry in the Continental Line. The amount which may be due, accordingly, will be remitted to you by the Treasurer of the United States.
I am, sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant,
(Signed) S. D. Ingham
Secretary of the Treasury.
M c James J. Van Vorst, Schenectady,
N.Y.
New York line 7/10
True Copy, J. H. Dickinson, Clk. Treas. Dept. 20 July 1839.

James I. Branton
Application
for revolutionary bounty land

State of New York } County of Schenectady }
I, James J. Van Vorst, aged sixty seven years, do, upon oath, testify and declare, that, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine I enlisted for the term of "during the war," and served in the Company of Silas Roy under the command of Colonel _____ of the New York line; and that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war, when I was regularly discharged from the service aforesaid at the end of the war.
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to me on the part of the United States; nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim in any manner whatsoever: therefore,
Know all men by these presents, that I, James J. Van Vorst aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Col. Joseph Watson or Thos. Stoddard to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest,
G. H. Yates
James J. Van Vorst mark
I, Bartholemew Clute aged sixty five years, do, upon oath, declare that I have been long acquainted with James J. Van Vorst who has subscribed the above declaration in my presence, and well know that he is the identical person he therein represents himself to be; and further, I know, or do believe, that he did perform the military service therein stated.
Attest,
G. H. Yates
Bartholemew Clute
Before me, John Worden Justice of the Peace personally appeared the above named James J. Van Vorst subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined, to be his free act and deed; and, likewise, personally appeared Bartholemew Clute who hath subscribed the above certificate of identity, both to me well known to be men of respectability and truth, and made solemn oath to the truth of the depositions by them respectively subscribed, this seventeenth day of July 1829
John Worden Justice of the Peace.
In testimony that the abovewritten John Worden was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c., in the State of New York at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Schenectady this seventeenth day of July - 1829.
J. S. Vroom C. Clerk, &c.
This law expires 3d March, 1830.

1868 New York Albany Cathah Van Vorst widow of James J. Van Vorst who served in the Revolutionary N.Y. war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 3rd February 1853 Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of Sept 53 and sent to
A.A. Beddeo N 76. Ferry St. Albany N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensions under act June 21, 1848, Page 86 Vol. A
Feby 3rd 1853
10988 1828.
166513 Agn.

State of New York } Schenectady County } On this 10 day of June 1853
Personally appeared in open Court before the County Court of the County of Schenectady in the State of New York - Hulda Von Vorst a Resident of the City of Schenectady in the County of Schenectady and State aforesaid, to me personally known, aged Seventy Years, who first being duly sworn, according to law, on her oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed the 3 d February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war that she is the widow of Jacob J. Von Vorst late of the City of Schenectady in the County of Schenectady and State aforesaid who was a pensioner of the United States and was pensioned (as she believing under the act of 15 th May 1828 for Evidence of the Rank he Held, the Services performed, the time he entered and left the Service &c. She refers the Department to the proofs contained in his Application and now on file in the pension office and on which the Certificate granting him a pension was founded, the amount he drew was at the rate of Six dollars & Sixty Six 2 / 3 cents per Month payable Semiannually on the 3 d of March and 3 d of September in each year at the New York, Albany Agency. Should there be any inaccuracy in her quoting the amount of said pension certificate, it must be ascribed to her not having the possession of it. She having surrendered it at the time she made her Application for the Arrearage of the pension which had accrued to her Husband from the 3 d of March 1851 to the 9 th of August same year the day he died, which said arrearage was allowed and paid to her (also at the New York, Albany Agency) as the widow of said Jacob J. Von Vorst
She further declares that she was Married to the said Jacob J. Von Vorst , by Reverend Mr. Michael Esgt. Then a pastor of the Reformed Church for the City & County of Schenectady (who is now dead) on the 10 th day of June 1842 and that the Marriage took place in said City at the House of Jacob Vorst in the presence of

of himself & Elizabeth for his wife that her said husband died on the 9 th day August 1851 that she was not married to him prior to the second of January 1800 but at the time above stated she further declares that she is now a widow }  the word declaration substituted before Deborah signed } Hulda  an  of  ton  most does not write for word of declaration   Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3 rd day of June A D 1853 in open Court — H. Johnson County Judge of Schenectady County —
State of New-York, { COUNTY OF SCHENECTADY, } ss. CLERK'S OFFICE,
I, MARVIN STRONG, Clerk of the County of Schenectady, DO HEREBY CERTIFY,
That J. H. Johnson Esq. whose name is subscribed to the CERTIFICATE of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument and thereon written, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, dwelling in the said County, elected and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same. AND FARTHER, That I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice , and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine, and that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of this State.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, the 8 th day of June 1853.
Marvin Strong Clerk.
The Result of this Application please direct to A. A. Potter No. 74 Ferry Street Schenectady N.Y.
A. A. Potter
L. P. Waldo Esq. Commissioner of the Court.

State of New York } ss. On this 7 th day of June 1853 Schenectady County } personally appeared before me Benjamin K.S. Leader a commissioner of deeds in and for said county duly authorized by law to administer oaths. Peter Banker, to me well known who after being duly sworn doth depose and say that he resides in the city of Schenectady in the county aforesaid and is now Post Master of said city and that he was well acquainted with James J. Van Vorst of said city, during his life time. Thinks he died in the month of August 1851 saw him after he was dead. Attended his funeral and saw him buried, has understood he was a United States pensioner and left a widow surviving him Subscribed & sworn to the day } Peter Banker & year first above written } before me. J.W. VANDER, Com y of Deeds
State of New York } ss Schenectady County } On this 7 th day of June 1853 personally appeared before me Benjamin K.S. Leader a commissioner of Deeds in and for said county duly authorized by law to administer oaths. John Jarvis & Elizabeth Jarvis his wife to me well known & after being severally sworn doth depose and say, that they now reside in the city of Schenectady in the county of Schenectady aforesaid & that they resided in said city on the 10 th of June 1842 and for several years previous, & that they were well acquainted with James J. Van Vorst of said city and Huldah Fuller of the same place the one a widower the other a widow. Deponent further state, that the above named James J. Van Vorst & Huldah Fuller were married in their house & by the best of their knowledge it must be in the neighborhood of ten or eleven years ago, in the forepart of summer. That the marriage was solemnized by Richard M. Michael Esq r a justice of the Peace. Repeated oaths and

and acknowledge as such for the city and county of Montgomery by the inhabitants thereof, which said justice is now dead, as well as James J. Troutman who became the husband of Hulda Fuller by the former marriage, who is reported to have died in August 1851. & the Deponents further state that they understood the said James J. Troutman was a pensioner when he died & that he left a widow who is now living and is as they believe the individual named & described as defendant in the declaration. Answr Subscribed & sworn to the 7 th } day of June 1853 before me } J. H. W. D. D. R., Commissioner.
J. Wm Garrison Elizabeth Garrison

State of New-York, { COUNTY OF SCHENECTADY, } ss. CLERK'S OFFICE,
I, MARVIN STRONG, Clerk of the County of Schenectady, DO HEREBY CERTIFY,
That two  B. V. L. Keeler Esq. whose name is subscribed to the CERTIFICATE of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument and thereon written, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment a Commissioner of Deeds for the City and County of Schenectady, dwelling in the said City, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same. AND FARTHER, That I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Commissioner, and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine, and that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of this State.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, the 8 th day of June 1853.
Marvin Strong Clerk.

1600 Chestnut St Philadelphia
Friend Van Vorst via James J. Van Vorst
John G. Whittier
Priv Van Vorst.
Mr. Rev. Van Vorst
Pensioner
MS. Feb 53-1868
Ad: 60 A. from 26/53
Alfred
E
A. A. Vedder
Schenectady, N.Y.

Application of
1665-13
Hulda Gustafson
FOR BOUNTY LAND,
Under Act March 3, 1855.

DECLARATION
Of a REVOLUTIONARY Widow who claims a Land Warrant under Act of March 3, 1855.
State of New York, } City and County of Schenectady }
On this sixth day of June , A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five , personally appeared before me, a commissioner of deeds within and for the Schenectady county and state aforesaid Huldah Van Vorst aged 72 years, a resident of Niskayuna Schenectady County - in the State of New York, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of James J. Van Vorst deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary War and for whose services she now receives an annual pension of Eighty dollars - by certificate issued to her from the General Pension Office under the Act of February 3 rd 1853, commencing on the 3 rd February 1853 - and Notice 12 th day of September 1853. Signed by R. M. Cliftland Secretary of the Interior.
She further states that she was married to the said James J. Van Vorst  thence in the city of Schenectady on the 10 th day of June as she now recollects A. D. 1842, by one Richard M. Michael a preaching the gospel and that her name before her said marriage was Huldah Miller that her said husband died at Schenectady aforesaid on the 9 th day of August A. D. 1851, and that she is now a widow. She says that her recollection (on which she now depends) may not be correct in every particular if she should happen to be in an error it can easily be corrected by examining the proofs accompanying her application for the pension she now draws - and now on file in the Pension Office to which the department is referred.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855, and she hereby requests the Commissioner of Pensions to forward her warrant to Albert G. Vetter of Schenectady and appoint him my attorney to receive the same for me.
Huldah Van Vorst We John G. Van Vorst and Garret Bensen residents of the city and county of Schenectady in the State of New York , upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Huldah Van Vorst in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
John G. Van Vorst Garret Bensen
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
R. M. Cliftland Com. of Deeds

State of New York,
Whitewater
} I.
Marvin Strong
Clerk of the said
county, do hereby certify that Benjamin P. S. Vander was, on the day of the date of the foregoing certificate, a Commissioner of Deeds within and for the said County, duly appointed and qualified, and that the signature thereto, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this seventh day of June A. D. 1855.
Marvin Strong Clerk

State of New-York, { COUNTY OF SCHENECTADY, } ss. CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I, MARVIN STRONG, Clerk of the County of Schenectady, DO HEREBY CERTIFY,
That Benj V. Vedder Esq. whose name is subscribed to the CERTIFICATE of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument and thereon written, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment a Commissioner of Deeds for the City and County of Schenectady, dwelling in the said City, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same. AND FARTHER, That I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Commissioner, and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine, and that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of this State.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, the
30 th day of August — 185 3 .
Marvin Strong Clerk.

State of New York } Schenectady County }
I Benjamin H. Budded a commission among Deeds in and for said County duly authorized to administer oaths do certify that personally appeared before me John G. Van Vorst and after being duly sworn with D. G. Van Vorst say that he resides in the City of Schen- -ectady in said County and was well acquainted with James J. Van Vorst and Hulda Van Vorst his wife that said James J. died on the 9th August 1851 & left said Hulda his wife surviving him, that said James J. was own uncle to this Deponent (being his father's brother, and in consideration of his being a near kinsman of him he engaged board for said James J. & Hulda his wife at the widow Getty Carpenter's at three dollars per week for both (they being in indigent circumstances) and paid their board at said widow Carpenter's for some where about a year. that since the death of said James J. (which event happened on the 9th August 1851) she has been and now is an inmate of the said Carpenter's free House & believes she is there now now as a pensioner & Deponent further states that he never doubted but what they were man & wife & had ever been together as such and further believes that I am well acquainted with this Deponent and that he is a credible witness.
Subscribed and sworn to the 30th day of August 1853 before me J. VAN VORST, Com. of Deeds
J. O. S. Van Vorst

State of New York } } Benjamin H. Holden a commission Schenectady County } of claims against the said county do hereby certify that the within copy is a true copy of the original that personally appeared before me, Albert A. Holden to me well known, being just such a person described in and who that he resides in the city of Schenectady in said county and was well acquainted with James J. Vankest and his wife who and is well acquainted with Huldah Vankest his wife who is now dead has been for two years last past an inmate of the Schenectady County Poor House, and is as he believes then expected to be poor and further the Defendant says from the opportunities he has had & the acquaintance with the said parties as Defendant knew said wife for about eleven years and various other matters which for brevity sake are here now omitted. he confirms his own personal knowledge foregoing say that Huldah Vankest named in a Declaration & Application for a pension as the widow of James J. Van- kest, and also named & referred to, in the affidavits of John Lewis & Elizabeth Lewis his wife, papers all now on file in the pension office is the identical Huldah Van- kest named & described in the affidavits & the three foregoing affidavits hereby affirmed. And I further certify that Albert A. Holden this Defendant is a credible witness.
ALBERT A. HOLDEN Defendant
Subscribed and sworn to the 30 day of August 1853
before me J. W. VAN DORN, Com. of Asses

State of New York } Schoharie County } I Benjamin H. Leader a commissioner of Deeds in and for said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths do certify that personally appeared before me Melick Von Post the widow of James J. Von Post late of the said County. Remar- ry herewith known to first being duly sworn with. Before me says that she has no knowledge of any other than the believe that there exist any Second Evidence of her Marriage to said James J. Von Post , nor any other Evidence of the fact, but is set forth in her declaration and in the affidavits of John Jervis & Elizabeth Jervis his wife now on file in the pension office subscribed & sworn to } Melick X Von Post this 30 th day of August 1853 } meek before me J. P. WEDDER, Com. of Deeds
State of New York } Schoharie County } I Benjamin H. Leader a commissioner of Deeds in and for said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths, do certify that John Jervis , and Elizabeth Jervis his wife of said County, and whose affidavits that they were joined the Marriage of James J. Von Post to Melick  Von Post & which affidavits are now on file in the pension office and which said affidavits were made before me, and I further certify that they are credible witnesses and whose General Reputation for truth and integrity is unblemished Dated 30 th August 1853 J. P. WEDDER, Com. of Deeds

State of New York } Schenectady County }
I Benjamin H. Leader a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said County duly authorized by Law to administer Oaths do certify that personally appeared before me Gitty Carpenter, and after being duly sworn doth Depose and say that she resides in the City of Schenectady in said County, and that she is the widow of Abraham Carpenter late of said County Deceased. That she is and was well acquainted with James J. Van Vorst of said County now deceased, and that Van Vorst his wife and further that on about the 10 th day of June 1850 the said James J. & Van Vorst his wife during her business were boarded with her until the Month of June 1851 at three dollars per week for the two and that John G. Van Vorst of said County who is as she believes a nephew of said James J. engaged & spent time board during said time & she further states that said Van Vorst has since the death of her Mother as she believes been & now is on a visit of the Schenectady County from where & is there now as a prisoner & Defendant further states that they the said James J. & the said Van Vorst lived & boarded together as man and wife & frequently heard him call her his wife and that she remembers the time about 8 or 9 years ago when she saw them together when they were there were agreed to be married before Reverend Mr. Church and that she never doubted but what they were a man & a woman, and further says she understands that said Van Vorst was applied to get a license & do further testify that said Defendant is a credible witness. Gitty Carpenter being personally known to me Gitty Carpenter such
Subscribed & sworn to the 30 th day of August 1853 before me B.H. Leader, Com. of Deeds

Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2380
Hulda Van Vorst, Widow.
James J. Van Vorst, Prin. Rev. War.
Act: Feb. 3. 1853.
Index:—Vol. M. , Page 294
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Pension Office, 6 th Sept. 1853.
Sir,
Please certify the time to which the Military manual pensioner, was paid on the date of his death.
Yours Respectfully, J. Cole. Acting Commissioner.
James J. Van Vorst, at 16 th May 1828, $80.00 per annum. - Paid to 4. th Sept. 1851 - no date of death on our Books.
F. Burt Auditor.
Francis Burt Esq., Hiring Auditor. Treasury }

D.H.H.
Convers

James
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Brief in the case of Hulvah Van Vorst, widow of James L. Schenectady County and State of New York act 30 February, 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner, under the act of 15" May 1828. Parole proof of Marriage,
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
A. A. Bedder, Esq., N o 74. Ferry Street, Schenectady, N.Y.
Name and residence of Agent
E. B. Brown, Examining Clerk.

NY 182 App. of Huldah
Van Vorst wid. of
James. Schenectady Co.,
New York act 28 no 988
Act 3rd Sess 1850 80 th Par. An - Can. 716: 3,785 3/4, Res:
Colonel A. A. Vadder no 74. Ferry St. Schenectady Schenectady one f.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office. Official Business