Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11705, Samuel Winegar, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Winegar, Samuel
R 11705
CONTENTS

Act of June 7. 1832.
Saml. Winegar. (N.Y.)
Power of Attorney.
To examine claim
Mobile
Apr 11/53
Chas. L. Tucker.
Atty.
Present.

Power of Attorney.
Know all men by these presents, that I Samuel Parr of Fort Ann in the County of Washington N.Y. - a legal heir of Samuel Springer deceased do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint CHAS. C. TUCKER, of Washington City, D. C. My true and lawful Agent and Attorney to prosecute the Claim of Samuel Springer for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of Pension that may be due under the provisions of the Act of
7th June 1832
or any other Act or Resolution of Congress, and I hereby authorize My said Attorney to examine all papers and documents in relation to said Claim on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed: and to do all things that I might or could do, were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that My said Attorney may lawfully do in the premises.
Witness my hand and seal this 28 day of March 185 3 .
In presence of Geo. W. Thorne W. Wheeler
} }
James Parr
STATE OF New York  Washington COUNTY—ss.
On this 28 day of March 185 3 , before me a Justice of the Peace , in and for the County and State above mentioned personally appeared Samuel Parr and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be his act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned.
Geo. W. Thorne Justice of the Peace
STATE OF New York } ss. Washington COUNTY. }
On this 28th day of March 185 3 , before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Samuel Parr a resident of said County, and made oath according to law that he is the identical Samuel Parr who executed the foregoing power of Attorney, and that he is directly interested in said Claim, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my said Attorney may use in prosecuting said Claim.
James Parr
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written.
Geo. W. Thorne Justice of the Peace
STATE OF New York } COUNTY OF Washington }
I, Philander C. Kitchcock Clerk of said County & Courts therein do hereby certify that George W. Thorne Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavit and acknowledgment were made and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my official seal this 1st day of April 185 3 .
P. C. Kitchcock Dep. Clerk

No 25724
Samuel Winigan Reupelcar (sic) New York
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Lett to Hon. B. C. Martin esq. June 15. 1835.
Hon H. C. Martindale
John Mops Soudy Hill Washington County N York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Aug. 10 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Samuel Wingar Washington County New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol May 1778 1 - - teop Cap Depira G. Schuyler 69 years County of Rensselaer New York Traditionary evidence, papers Correct.   Served 1779 - 3 - " Same officers  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
It cannot readily be admitted that so long a term of service is required to strengthen the belief that under favorable exertion, it might

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
¶ The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
holly insusceptible of proof, the names of previous holders of that  to be obtained?

In the Matter of Samuel Hinegan Revolutionary Service
Declaration for a Pension
for Revolutionary Service 1811
to the Rev. Samuel Hinegan for services rendered during the Revolutionary War
to the Rev. Samuel Hinegan for services rendered during the Revolutionary War
to the Rev. Samuel Hinegan for services rendered during the Revolutionary War
to the Rev. Samuel Hinegan
to the Rev. Samuel Hinegan for services rendered during the Revolutionary War

State of New York } County of Washington } f
On this twenty eight day of May 1833.
personally appeared in Open court before us the Judges of the Court of Washington Co. N.Y. Now sitting Samuel Hinegan resident of the town of Fort Ann in the County of Washington and State of New York aged Sixty nine years on the twenty seventh day of March last past who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 4 th 1832 That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named Officers and Served as herein stated That while he lived in the town of Schaghticke County of Rensselaer & State of New York and in the latter part of May A. D. 1778 he volunteered and entered the Service in a Company of Rangers of New York State Troop commanded by Capt. Deprise. Lieut. John Sunday, he thinks there was no Ensign, that John Hagan was the first Sergeant and sometimes he acted as the Ensign for the term of one year - That he was marched to Ticonderoga where he was Stationed as a Guard and was employed in ranging through the woods and sent out in small scouting Parties when ever it became necessary to discover the enemy and defend the inhabitants from the ravages of the Indians and Tories. That he went to Housatonic and at one time he was sent to one Michael Cook, whose house had been Robbed of all its effects by the Tories forced him & family destitute of every thing except their clothes they had on from thence he pursued the enemy to Leonore Rogers who was suspected to be a Tory & made diligent search for them thence he went into a neighborhood that were called Tories particularly to Peter Hearn Thomas Hagan John Youngs thence through the woods found their Tents in which we or he traced and came to where they had encamped in the woods in one about which he found horse harness - Cuffs chains and other farming utensils & wearing apparel, bedding etc which had been stolen by the enemy he took said property to one Haines in the core of the Town committee who distributed them to the owners. That he was engaged in thence scouting and ranging in the woods from Dan to plane fighting out the Indians & Tories as they were constantly committing their depredations until in December thinks the 20 th when he was marched to Schaghticke with a part of the company while the rest went to Albany for winter Quarters when

he remained as a Guard until in the month of April then he was Marched to New City near Lansingburgh by the order of Staff Colonel Gilman one of the town committee and by the direction & command of Genl Stryker who commanded the movements in that region of all the Troop, that all the Town committee assembled also after which he was marched to John Haynes on the Housatonic road where he was stationed & was detached on a sent duty in small parties against the enemy Indians and Tories who were commit- -ting their Robberies taken cattle calves - Sheep - fowls - bedding - and wearing apparel and many other things that he continued thus engaged until in the month of May A.D. 1779 when his term of engagement expired for one year - but as there were lurking in the woods an enemy it was considered improper to leave the Inhabitants without protection. he was solicited to continue and remain in the Service he with several others volunteered to continue until the fall when the enemy would retire probably to Canada Several left and went home while there were new recruits he was under the same Officers as just above mentioned and employed and sent out in scouting parties and in one of his tours he came into a very dark hollow grown up with small timber and thick brush on unfrequented place one mile he thinks from any Clear land or dwelling house and entering into its center he found by the appearance it was occupied by human beings for there were strips of bark fastened from one tree to another in such a manner as to make mats also he discovered bones of almost every kind of Animals Stewed about and fresh human tracks although he saw no individual except those with him yet he believed it a place for the retreat of the enemy That he was afterwards sent there but it had been evacuated no more signs to be seen the Indians and Tories left for some other place Some time after this one of the inhabitants named John Bleeker was taken prisoner by the enemy two days after he was detached with a party and sent in pursuit of them he found a boy who had seen a party of Indians pass through the wood having one white man prisoner and was held by a rope with one man behind with a tomahawk he went with the said boy to the place and found their footprints in wet places he pursued them through the woods to what he thinks Tittabawse now called

when he discovered two men come up to them and found the said John Blucher under the charge of one John Brackman who had found the enemy and was going to Canada he had the tomahawk and followed after Blucher he made him prisoner he this deponent was informed by Blucher that a few minutes before he saw the Indians were disconcerted and very suddenly left them that he would not account for it the but was of the opinion they saw the deponent & party that the news of the Indians or Tories he pursued them until he was satisfied they were gone beyond his reach - that he took Brackman to Lansingburgh as it is now called from thence he took him to Albany and he was imprisoned him and he returned - That sometime in August he was sent out on the information that Erick Mosher the Capt of the party of Indian and Tories was in a certain house he went and his party surrounded the said house he Mosher came out and ran to make his escape and as he was getting over the fence was fired upon and wounded in the back and legs with ball and buckshot on look- -ing for him he had crawled into the weeds near the fence he had taken a watch from some of the inhabitants which he hid under the fence which was heard while looking for him he was found and taken to Albany was tried and condem- -ned as a Tory commending the enemy and he died of his wounds in prison - after the said Mosher was taken the Indians and Tories left these parts and there appeared no more a longer necessity of remaining there with the troops he remained until the latter part of August when he was discharged by parole - This deponent further saith he served and did his duty faithfully fifteen Months as a Tirolo 15 Mo Soldier for which he claims a pension
That there were no other troops in the Service during this Campaign that he saw or was acquainted with - This deponent further saith he was well acquainted with the woods in these parts and was sent out continually with the Hunting parties sometimes as a guide or conductor that they were under the command of Gen. Selye - That he while and during the Campaign took upon suspicion of being Tories Harmon Doty - Briger Ketchum John Hetherway - David Hetherway - Jacob Sipply and several others and marched them to Albany for examination Some was fined Some was acquitted others dealt with according to the rules & articles of War at the time

That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his Service That there is no Clergyman living in his neighborhood to whom he is known or who can testify as required by the forms That he is known in the neighborhood where he lives to John Crosberg Collins Pitchwick - Ruben Foss - John Hillebrant - Israel Loomb John Simmens George Clark Benjamin Copedon and several others who can testify to his character as a Soldier of the Revolution
1 That he was born Ulster County of Dutches & State of New York in the year of 1764 2 That there is no record of his age he had it recorded in his Family bible which was burnt up in his house some years ago 3 That he lived in the town of Cheethwick county of Penns la and State of New York when he was called into the Service and since the revolutionary War he has lived in Cheethwick aforesaid in the town of Shaftsbury once in the town of Fort Ann when he has lived forty four years and where he now lives 4 That when he entered the Service he volunteered 5 That he cannot more distinctly recollect the circumstances of his Service than he has detailed in his declaration 6 That he never received a written discharge 7 That he is known in the neighborhood where he resides to John Crosberg - Collins Pitchwick - Ruben Foss - John Hillebrant Israel Loomb - John Simmens - George Clark Benjamin Copedon and several others who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his Services as a Soldier of the revolution
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State or territory
Sworn to and Subscribed The day and year aforesaid J. S. Leigh CLK
Samuel Wingar
We John Crosberg residing in the town of Fort Ann and Benjamin Copedon residing in the town of ... hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Wingar who has Subscribed and Sworn to the above declarations that we

believe him to be Sixty nine years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution and we concur in that Opinion Sworn and Subscribed } John Crossin the day and year aforesaid } Benj - Copeland J. S. Leigh CLR
And the Said Court do hereby certify and declare their Opinion after the investigation of the Matter and after putting the inter- rogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applica- -nt was a revolutionary Soldier and Served as he States - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Crossin who has Signed the preceding certificate resides in the town of Fort Ann and that Benjamin Copeland who has also Signed the Same is a resident in the Same town are both respectable and credible persons and that their statement is entitled to Credit
I Jesse S. Leigh clerk of the Court of Washington Co. Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Hinegar for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal of my Office this 28 th day of May 1833 J. S. Leigh CLR
I have long been acquainted with the above named Samuel Hinegar, he has been for many one of the Magistrates of the County, and ever considered among the No. of our most respectable citizens, I have therefore perfect confidence in his statement,
Sandy Hill June 18. 1833
Nath. S. Pitcher

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
R.F. 11/7/05-
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Samuel Kinzgar a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1778-79 — Guard Scout Dupiege Rangers N.Y.                                                   
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Schaghticoke, Rensselaer Co. N.Y.
Date of application for pension, May 28 1833
Residence at date of application, Fort Ann Washington Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, born in 1764 at Oklong, Dutchess Co. N.Y.
Remarks: The claim was rejected on the ground of insufficient proof of six months military service as required by the Act of June 7, 1832 under which he applied for pension.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
In 1853 Samuel Farr of Ft. Ann relationship is not stated, and stated he was a legal heir.

1915 Sept. 30 Hist. So H. de Var- ney V. L. M.
11795
P. O. Samuel Wineger
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra

25724 New York
Saint Winegar Suspended
Lett 15 Jan y 1835 to Hon H. G. Martindale this letter is re Israel Brown N.Y. P 1307
11705

War Department Pension Office Mar. 3 1834
Sir,
I have the honor to inform you that the claim of Samuel Winegar has been again examined. He alleges that at the age of 14 he entered a company of rangers in the County of Rensselaer and State of New York for one year. The information of the Department, respecting that service, discredits the allegation of its being continuous. It is supposed to have been like other (minute service, intended for emergencies occasional and composed of short tours; If so, each tour should be separately and circumstantially recited. It should distinctly appear that while stationed at Schaghticoke, he was on camped with his embodied company, under the daily discipline and obligation of a soldier. His age furnishes an objection to his claim, which should be removed (by evidence). It cannot be admitted, that there are no survivors of the militia service of Rensselaer County, and if those survivors, are unable to attest, his alleged service, it is, in connection with his age, a presumption against. He should make an affidavit, in which he should state the tours of that service, and especially the

the character of that alleged to have been rendered at Schaghticoke. As the regulations require the best evidence in the power of a claimant to produce, it is again suggested, that this service must be susceptible of some evidence, if due diligence was used to procure it where it is most likely to be found. The certificate of the attorney, that there is no evidence &c, is not overlooked in the above remarks.
The case of Israel Brown is liable to the same objections upon the subject of proof, and all the considerations, except that of age, which impose upon Mr Winegar the duty of producing some proof, apply with equal force to his case.
Their papers are herewith returned.
I have the honor to be Very Respectfully Yr. Obt Servt. J. S. Edwards
Hon. H. C. Martindale House Representatives

It is in vain to meet the preceding objections with argument They must be removed by proof, or the rules of the office modified to meet that proof. The latter cannot now be done
I have requested page Whalen to send me the cases still under consideration. I will certainly avail myself of all assistance in my power to obtain pensions for the old Revolutionaries I have received the certificate of Mr. Bately and submitted it for amendment
Yesterday I received the three cases of Rufus Mason, Samuel Bacon and Stephen Porter and have resubmitted them to the office
Your Friend & M c Servant
March 5 th 1832 George Martindale
John W m Ely Darius Hall

Be it remembred that this 10 th day of July in the year 1834 appeared before me Andrew Follet a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Rensselaer and State of New York. John Benjamin Who being duly sworn Testifies that he is well acquainted with Samuel Winegar and has been for acquaintance with him for about Forty years and believes him to be a man of Truth and Veracity. That he called on said Benjamin for certain persons who he supposed to find living but which On enquiry I found was dead, which he said Samuel supposed would know of Service in the Revolutionary War John Benjamin
Given this 10 th day of July 1834.
Andrew Follet Justice of the Peace
I the said Justice further State that I have been acquainted with said Samuel for about Forty Five Years and believe him to be a man of good Character and a person of Truth and Veracity Andrew Follet

State of New York Rensselaer County p s I Henry R Bristol clerk of said County do Certify that Andrew Frollet Esquire before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County — Also that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe his signature within written to be genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this 10 th day of July 1834
Henry R. Bristol clerk.

State of New York } Washington County }
Samuel Bacon of the town of Fort Ann County and State of said being duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that before the revolutionary war he was well acquainted with Samuel Hinegar that after the War commenced he this deponent moved with his Father family into the town of Easton acquiring the town of Schatzieke during the war he this deponent well remembers that there was a Company of Rangers Commanded by Capt. Hinegar raised in those parts and was informed that Samuel Hinegar whose declaration hereto annexed was one of the Soldiers belonging to the said company this deponent further saith he frequently heard that Samuel Hinegar of said was out in the Scouting parties - also heard and was informed at the time that the Tories were in and about those parts - That Bleeker was taken by the Tories That Ezekiel Moser was shot who commanded the Parties of Tories - And further That since and immediately after the War he has heard the said Samuel Hinegar tell and speak of his Services in the revolution and verily believes he served as he has stated in his said declaration and further this deponent saith not subscribed and sworn
This 28 th day of January 1834
I also certify that I am well acquainted with Samuel Bacon and that he is a
Man of truth and veracity John Mott a Judge of Washington County Courts
State of New York } Washington County }
Samuel Hinegar of the town of Fort Ann county and State of said being duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that he has made his declaration for a pension which has been set back for more proof and is hereto annexed - And further he saith on his oath that he has made diligent search and enquiring himself and has employed others but has not been able to find one individual who was out and with him in the Revolutionary War Now living neither does he even expect to find any one now surviving the dead he very well knows he was out and in the Service as a Private
Samuel Bacon

Soldier as he has stated in his declaration for which services he claims a pension -
Subscribed and Sworn
Samuel Hinegar
before me this 28 th day of
January 1834. I also certify that I
am well acquainted with Samuel
Hinegar and that he is a man
of truth and veracity
John Mott a Judge of Washington County Courts
State of New York
Washington County
I Jesse S. Leigh clerk of said County do certify that John Mott before whom the preceding Affidavits purports to have been sworn as at the date of the same one of the Judges of Washington County Courts in and for said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the affidavit to be his proper hand writing and Signature Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 31 st day of January 1834 J. S. Leigh CLE
I John Mott Judge of Washington County Courts hereby certify that there has been every suitable exertions made possible to procure more proof and it has not been obtained and I do not know of any Officer or Soldier Servicing belonging to Col t Defiance Company and further I have no doubts of his having served as he has stated in his declaration Given under my hand this 1 st day of February 1834 John Mott

State of New York } County of Washington } p
Samuel Winegar of Fort Ann & County aforesaid in addition to his former declaration for a pension being duly Sworn according to law deponeth and Saith that (although the War department say with them it cannot be admitted that there are no Survivors of the Militia Service of Rensselaer County) he has very recently visited the town of Schaghticoke and County of Rensselaer and has made diligent search Search after Survivors of the Company he served in (I.E. Capt. Depeue) during the Revolutionary War, and those he was then acquainted with at that time and could not find one living. — He this declarant on his Oath further Saith that while he was stationed at Schaghticoke for winter quarters as set forth in his declaration he was encamped with a part of his embodied Company under the daily discipline and obligation of a Soldier stationed as a Guard in said town aforesaid. — He this declarant further Saith that from reflection and Search he has found some dates that has established him in the belief that he was mistaken in the year as set out in his declarati on that it was in the year of 1779 instead of 78. — And he on his Oath further Saith it was not as the War department has supposed it to have been composed of Short tours — but that it was continuous and we were kept together as a Guard except when we were sent out in Scouting parties — That he has not been able as yet with all his effort to procure other testimony or evidence of his Service although he served the and performed his duty faithfully as a Soldier fifteen Months —
Samuel Winegar
Subscribed and Sworn before me this 13 th day of August A.D. 1834
I also certify that Samuel Winegar who has subscribed to
the above Affidavit is reputed to be a man
truth and veracity & I have no doubts of his being a man of truth.
John Mott a Judge of Washington County Courts

State of New York County of Washington } ss
I Jesse S. Leigh Clerk of the Said County do certify that John Mop before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of Washington County courts in and for Said county and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to said affidavit to be his proper proper handwriting and signature.
Witness my hand and seal of office this fifth day of December 1834
J. S. Leigh Clerk

Sandy Hill December 12 th 1834
Hon H. C. Martindale
Sir
Samuel Skinegar, 3, Papers on returned with this note at the foot of the printed sheet 22 It cannot readily be admitted that so large a body of Service is wholly insusceptible of proof, the number of surviving Soldiers of that period strengthens the belief that with suitable exertions it might be obtained 23 — and this note is then made with reference to 24 Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power" — You will find two additional Affidavits to prove that the Applicant has produced the best proof in his power and it is all he could do he has visited the town of Schaghticoke where the Service was performed once every exertion has been made, wherefore the above objection must be removed — But is not this rule a new one and wholly different from the first rules adopted — The following are those who are pensioned without any proof if I mistake not except their own and traditional proof to wit Jonathan Draper Samuel Haddock Israel Lombe Israel Root George Clark Jonathan Tully & Comfort Goff 22 with others they are all the neighbors of Samuel Skinegar now if he should be refused a compensation would it not be unequal — I have been on objection as to his age when he entered the Service being 15 years of age it will be remembered he volunteered and at that time it was necessary to take any one who could shoulder a Gun, for then this country was a Wilderness and it required all the strength the wilderness could produce and was it extravagant to receive a Soldier at 14 or 15 years of age when they were compelled at 16 years but for an example look at the Application of Charles Baker in his declaration he states he entered the Service at 13 years of age and he is pensioned why not pension at 14 or 15 years This application if refused must be done in violation of former rules — and it is stated to "compell every one at this late date to prove their Service by living witnesses would to deprive the most of them of any compensation for their Services
Will you present these remarks in substance in person — as I am credible informed nothing will be done unless you stand by and appeal from left to greater authority that the Clerks is very inattentive — It does appear

to me that unless there are particular prejudices against this applicant he must be presumed - then it would be as it should be a Country of equal rights
Yours with due respect
John Clapp

STATE OF MINNESOTA Office of Public Examiner
W1 Red Sec
ANDREW E. FRITZ, PUBLIC EXAMINER
J. O. DAVIS FIRST Ass'T. CORPORATION EXAMINER GUSTAV CEDERBERG SECOND Ass'T. CORPORATION EXAMINER GEORGE F. RAGATZ H. C. VARNEY ASSISTANTS TO CORPORATION EXAMINER
C. E. JOHNSON M. F. KAIN J. O. CEDERBERG C. R. BOOSTROM ELIZABETH M. BAKER O. H. HAVILL J. F. ROOT S. B. MOLANDER ASS'T. PUBLIC EXAMINERS
SARAH A. MORAN EXECUTIVE CLERK H. ROBINSON CHAS. L. GOVE A. H. KURK CLERKS
St. Paul, Minn. Sept. 20t h. 1915.
Commissioner of Pensions. Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
I wish to inquire if your records of Revolutionary Pensioners show a Samuel Winegar or Vinegar of Fort Ann Washington County New York, or possibly Chatauqua County New York, he served in the Burgoyne Campaign, but it is not known whether he was a pensioner. Should his name be found will you kindly send me his record and the cost of same.
Respectfully yours,
H. C. Varney
743 Iglehart Ave. St. Paul, Minn.
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