Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11839, Jacob Widrig, New York

SERVICE
New York
Widrig, Jacob
NUMBER
S. 11839
CONTENTS
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20.188  New York  Jacob Widney  of New Haven in the State of N. Eng who was a private in the Comp — commanded by Captain Sterling of the Reg. — commanded by Col ————— in the N York line for 2 Years —
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Aug 1833 and to the G. R. Jacob Broadhurst
Arrears to the 14th of Mar '33 $ 160 Semi-annual allowance ending 12/33 40 $ 200
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }  Col. Steele Clerk,
Recorded by Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 39

Letl. James Macand do - do - - - Duplicate cert. 25. April 1837, and Macaulay, York
for a (blank) Copy Mar. 1: 37 Apr. 11: 37 first copy sent to James in an N.Y.R.

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BRIEF in the case of  Jacob Weidrig  of Schuyler of Herkimer Co in the State of New York.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 78 years.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1775, — 1 — private Gen. Putnam   1776. — 9 — — " — Col. Starling   1777 — 9 — — " — Col. McKee   1778 — 2 — — " — Col. Demaruth.   Cannot state particulars time but the whole was more than two years  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? With Indians at Schuyler & Ft. Muke  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Schuyler Herkimer Co N.Y.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary Living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not attached as required. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
X Seven altered to none
M. A. B. Batts Examining Clerk.
4 Prisoners

State of New York } Berkshire County } ss:
On the Eleventh day of October in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before Michael Hoffman first judge and John Mahon, Augustus Beardsele & Sherman Worcester judges of the court of Common Pleas in the County of Berkshire and State of New York, now sitting. Jacob Wicking a resident of Schuylkill in the County of Berkshire and State of New York aged presently  eighty  light seven years last September, who being first duly sworn according to Law, cloth on his oaths make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June the seventh, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two: That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
1. m.
The first term or campaign, he volunteered and entered the service in the first year of the revolutionary war, and served one month under captain Dygot Dygot, and assisted to cut a road through from Fort Miller Miller in Schuylkill to Chisholm . That this was his business during this term or campaign. That he was regularly and honorably discharged from the service at the expiration of his said eleventh service but that he cannot state the particular day or month when he volunteered and entered or was discharged from the service.
9. m.
That the second term or campaign he volunteered and entered the service the second year of the revolutionary war and served five  four months, under Captain Stanting . That during this term or campaign he was in a battle and fought against the Indians.

near the Captain's House in Schuylkill in the County of Schuylkill and State of New York, and that in this engage- ment there were killed, one taken prisoner - the whole of the company under Captain Hart and five escaped to Fort Mifflin - except the Captain, one John Smith, and their declarations were either killed or taken prisoner. That he was stationed during this term or campaign, at Fort Mifflin in Schuylkill aforesaid and that his business was standing sentry, guard and scouting. That he was regularly and honorably dismissed discharged at the expiration of his said term of three months service, but that he cannot state the partic- ular day or month when he volunteered, enlisted and entered or was dismissed from the service -
That the third term or campaign he volunteered, enlisted and entered the service of the United States the third year of the war, and served nine months under Lieutenant in Captain Williams company Smith, that he was stationed during this term or campaign at different places principally at Forts Plain, Schuylkill House, Dayton and Mifflin that his business was scouting standing sentry, and guarding boats and fat cattle up and down the Mohawk river. That he was regularly and honorably dismissed at the expiration of his said nine months service but that he cannot state the particular day or month when he volunteered, enlisted and entered or was dismissed from the service.
That the fourth term or campaign he volunteered, enlisted and entered the service in the fourth year of the war under Captain Sammons who had command of the Alleghany Hengus. That after he served served under him about two months and was in two engagements with the Indians one at Fort Mifflin, and the other at Fort Dayton, and that in the engagement at Fort Dayton he, the Captain, Frederick Hugh, and John Forst  Forst  Harter were taken prisoners,

by the Indians and carried to Niagara where he was sold by the Indians to a British officer, as a guide, that the officer took him to Dutch Island where he staid during the winter, where he returned with the officer to Niagara and staid until late in the fall, when he took him to Dubuque where he staid during that winter and then returned with the officer to Niagara, where he staid until the war was over, when he and two other persons by the names of O'Connor and Myles got a bark canoe and made their way home. That while he was the British officer waiting here and Jacob Piper, Scornas Dygnt, in Center, and one B Spell, and one Babole also an American prisoners were tried for an attempt to escape, that he thought the influence of his British Master was acquitted but and Jacob Piper, Scornas Dygnt, in Center, B Spell, and Babole were found guilty and sentenced to be whipped a thousand lashes each, that he saw them whipped, that Piper during the execution of his sentence, that the whole of this time, or campaign, and imprisonment exceeded two years and a half, but that he cannot state the particular time when he entered the service or when he got released and got home from his said imprisonment. That his services were all in the militia, that he was born in Germany  as he calculates by his age in the year seventeen hundred and fifty four, that he came to Schuylkill in the County of Berks and State of New York, where he was about two years old when he was raised, when he entered the service in each case, and that he has ever since resided and now resides in said Town of Schuylkill. That he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can produce who can testify to his services, except those whose affidavits are hereto annexed.
4. 2 years & 6 months in 4. 2 years & 6 months in all Prisoners
4. 2 years & 6 months in all Prisoners

First. When and in what year were you born?
"I. was born in Germany State in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four -
Second Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
"I. have no record of my age I had one but it got destroyed in the revolutionary war -
Third When were you living when called into service when have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
"I. was living in the Town of Schuylkill in the County of Berks and State of New York when I was called into service in each case, where I have since and now live -
Fourth How were you called into service? were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute for whom?
There was almost a continual call for men to go into the service and I was a volunteer in each case stated by me
Fifth 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 service -

"I don't recollect the names of any regular officers that were with us when I served. Colonel Bellinger and Majors Andrew Fink, and Ben Scantle of the Militia were with us a part of the time, and I knew General Hokin, but he never took any particular command over us to my knowledge, nor do I recollect any particular regiment, either continental or militia my services were company services against the Indians and Tories. I had little knowledge of regimental or field officers.
Sixth Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it -:
"I never received any other discharge than a verbal dismission.
Seventh 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.
Rufus Smith I refer to Doctor Silas Clark of John  John  Eden of Albany
And that 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. Sworn to and subscribed this day  and year aforesaid in in Open Court
His Jacob X Widing mark
J. C. Skinner Dept. Clerk

We Silas Clarke & John Goo - Rufus Smith hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Winding who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolutionary war and that we concur in that belief or opinion.
Silas Clarke Rufus Smith
Sworn and subscribed this day and year aforesaid in Open Court -
A. E. D. Pinner Dep Clerk
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the war department, that the above named appli- cant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further certify that it appears to them that Bart. Silas Clarke & John Goo of Schuyler
who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of Schuyler in the county of Herkimer - and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled is entitled to credit
I Julius C. Nelson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Herkimer do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Jacob Winding for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 14 th day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
Julius C. Nelson Clerk

January 7, 1938
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Mr. Roger F. Williams 2 Rock Street Alexandria Bay, New York
JACOB WIDRIG S. 11839 BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Jacob Widrig who was pensioned on account of his service in the Revolutionary War, and in 1840 was a resident of Schuyler, Herkimer County, New York.
You are furnished herein the record of the only Jacob Widrig found in the Revolutionary War records of this office. The data therein were obtained from pension claim, S. 11839, based upon his service in that war.
Jacob Widrig was born in January, 1754, in Germany; when about two years of age came to America and settled in Schuyler, Herkimer County, New York, where he was reared.
While a resident of Schuyler, New York, Jacob Widrig volunteered in the first year of the Revolution and served one month as private in Captain Deygert's company, Colonel Herkimer's New York regiment. He volunteered during the second year of the war, served nine months as private in Captain Staring's company in the New York troops, during which tour he was in a battle near his captain's house in Schuyler. He volunteered in the third year of the war and served nine months as private in Captain McKean's company, Colonel Peter Bellinger's New York regiment. He volunteered in 1779 or 1780 and served two months as private in Captain Demouth's company, Colonel Bellinger's New York regiment; during that tour was in two engagements with the Indians, one at Fort Mike and the other at Fort Dayton in which he was taken prisoner by the Indians, carried to Fort Niagara and sold to a British officer to whom he served as a waiter during his imprisonment of more than two years.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed October 11, 1832, while a resident of Schuyler, Herkimer County, New York. He was still living there in April, 1837.

It is not stated whether the soldier ever married.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of Jacob Widrig, the soldier, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Jacob Widrig, certificate #20168, issued August 7, 1833, rate $80 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

In the matter of Jacob Widrig an applicant for another Pension Certificate by having lost his original Certificate
J. Macaulay atty for applicant
Ms. A. 1. 10

State of New York
Herkimer County ss: Jacob Widrig of the town of Schuyler in the said county of Herkimer a pensioner under the act of June 7-1832 being duly sworn doth depose and say that on or about the 4 th day of September last past he called on Ira Curtis in the annexed affidavit named at the store of the said Ira Curtis in the town of Frankfort in the said county of Herkimer in order to have the said Ira Curtis make out his pension affidavit so as to enable deponent to draw his pension then due which was from the 4 th of March 1836 to the 4 th of September 1836 being deponent's semi annual payment and handed his pension certificate to the said Ira Curtis. That deponent then went home and on the next day being the fifth day of September 1836 as aforesaid deponent called again on the said Ira Curtis at his store in Frankfort aforesaid pursuant to an agreement made with the said Ira Curtis and that deponent and the said Ira Curtis went

to Gaylord Campbell Esq r a Justice of the peace residing in the said town of Frankfort and also named in the affidavit of the said Curtis hereto annexed whereof before the said Justice deponent made affidavit in the usual form to draw the aforesaid semi annual pension due him and empowered the said Ira Curtis to draw his said pension - That said pension papers namely the affidavit power of attorney were duly authenticated by the said Gaylord Campbell Justice of the peace as aforesaid and that the said Ira Curtis named in the annexed affidavit handed to deponent deponent's said pension certificate which deponent lost on his way home to Schuyler aforesaid deponent's place of residence - That deponent has made diligent search for his said certificate but has been unable to find the same; and that in consequence of this deponent having lost his certificate he is unable to draw his pension - That deponent was entitled to eighty dollars per annum by his said pension certificate lost as aforesaid. sworn and subscribed ?

before me this 3 d day } Jacob his  X  Mark Widrig of April 1837 -
John B Dyger, Judge Herkimer County Court
I certify that Mr Jacob Widrig made his mark in my presence that he never wrote his name having no education John B Dyger, Judge Herkimer Co. Court
State of New York
Herkimer County ss: Warner W. Dyger of the town of Frankfort in the said county being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is acquainted with the above named Jacob Widrig and has been acquainted with him for ten years and upwards and that the said Widrig has uniformly sustained a fair char- -acter and that all credit is due to his deposition. sworn this 3 d day of April 1837 before me John B Dyger Judge Herk. Co. Court
I certify that I am well acquainted with

Warner W. Deyo above named and that full faith and credit is due to his affidavit -
John B Deyo Judge Herk Co Courts
Since I further certify that I am well acquainted with Jacob W. Kitzig within named and that full faith and credit is due to his affidavit - Frankfort, Herkimer County April 3 rd 1837
John B Deyo Judge Herk Co Courts

State of New York
Herkimer County
Clerks Office Ye I John Dyer Clerk of said County do testify that John B Dyer Esq: before whom the Annexed affidavit purports to have been taken and sworn Was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Herkimer County courts and further That I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and firmly believe that signature subscribed to the same is genuine
Witness my hand and Seal of Office This 4 th day of April 1837
Dyer Clerk

In the Matter of Jacob Widrig for a Pension certificate in lieu of the one he has lost -
Supplementary affidavit
J. Macaulay Atty

Herkimer County Ys: On this nineteenth day of April 1837 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the court of common pleas of the said county of Herkimer personally appeared Jacob Widrig of the town of Schuyler in the said county who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company of militia commanded by captain Dygert in the regiment commanded by colonel Herkimer afterwards gener- -al Herkimer who was killed in the year 1777 in the Oriskany battle - That subsequent to the Oriskany battle in 1777 he was commanded by a Captain McKee and belonged to the militia regiment commanded by colonel Peter Bellinger it being the regiment which the aforesaid gen- -eral Herkimer commanded before the Oriskany battle - That in 1779 or 1780 he served in a militia company commanded by a captain Barnood and in the said regiment

of the said Colonel Schuyler - That while out on a tour of service under the last named Captain he & the Captain and three others were taken by the Indians and carried prisoners through the woods to Fort Niagara on the river Niagara & that they were taken in the town of Herkimer in said county of Herkimer about two miles from Fort Dayton in said town - That his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of New York; that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature of the Secretary of War which certificate on or about the fifth day of September last past in the year 1836 he lost on his way home from the office of Gaylord Campbell Esq. - was a justice of the peace of the said County of Herkimer, resident of the town of Frankfort in said county -
turn of years since his deaths and subscribed a col X W. King to before me the Day & mark and year aforesaid John B Dyer, Judge of Sherman County Courts

I John B Dygert do certify that I wrote the name of the above named Jacob Witting being unable to write his name and that he made his mark above in my presence And I also certify that I am acquainted with the said Jacob Witting that he sustains a fair character and that full faith is due to his deposition - John B Dygert, Judge
Herk. Co. Courts
Herkimer County Ys: Frederick Remeau of the town of Schuyler in said county being sworn says that he is well acquainted with the above named Jacob Witting who has made the above affidavit and that he has been acquainted with him for a number of years past and that he sustains a fair character and that full credit is due to his deposition - Frederick Remeau
Sworn and subscribed to this 20 th Day of April 1837 before me John B Dygert, Judge Herkimer County Courts
And I also certify that I am well acquainted with Frederick Remeau the above named that he is a person sustaining a fair character and that full faith and credit is due to his deposition April 20 th 1837 John B Dygert, Judge Herk. Co. Courts

State of New York
Herkimer County
Clerks Office So I John Dyer Clerk of said County do certify that John B Dyer Esq- whose Signatures appears to the annexed affidavits Was at their dates one of the Judges of the Herkimer County Courts duly commissioned and qualified And that I am Well acquain- -ainted With the hand Writing of the said Judge And do hereby believe that the Signatures John B Dyer Judge Herk- -imer County Courts are genuine
Given Under my hand And Seal of Office This 20 th April 1837
Dyer Clerk

New York - 28,168.
Jacob Wiegand of Herkimer in the State of N. York who was a Pri — in the Comp. commanded by Captain Starling of the Regt. commanded by Col. — in the New York line for 2 Years.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Aug. 1833 — and sent to G. R. Judit, Frankfort.
Arrears to the 14th of Mar. 1833. $160.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Sep r 33 — 40.00 $ 200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Entered by G. C. Stiles Clerk, E — Vol. 3 — Page 39 —
Duplicate certificate issued 25 th Apr 1837 — and sent to James Macaulay, Herkimer, N. Y.
Note of death not on file.

State of New York } Herkimer County } ss Adam Hartman of the Town of German flatts in the County of Herkimer was duly sworn and maketh oath upon the holy Evangelist and says that he was well acquainted with Jacob Widrig from his youth and that he is knowing of the said Jacob Widrig of having served as a private in the Militia of the Revolutionary War and also did duty and served up the Nine or Six months Enlisted service apart of the time during the said Revolutionary War from and after the Oriskany Battle until the said Jacob Widrig was taken prisoner by the British and Indians - and that the said Jacob Widrig was taken a prisoner in an engage- ment on the Herkimer flatts and carried to Canada as a prisoner of War
Subscribed and sworn } Adam his Hartman This 20 th day of June } X mark 1832 Before me -
George Fox Justice of the peace of the County of Herk
I Julius C Nelson Clerk of the County of Herkimer do hereby certify that George Fox before whom the above affi- -dit was taken was at the time of the taking of the same a Justice of the Peace of German Flatts said County duly commissioned according to Law and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and believe the name of George Fox annexed to said affidavit to be his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this Eighth day of October AD 1832. Julius C Nelson Clerk

State of New York Herkimer county 3/15:
I, Christian Hoffstadter of Schuylerville in said county do hereby certify that I was ninety four years of age last January and that I have known Jacob Wirtz of Schuylerville since he came into the America which was when he was about two years of age and that he this deponent is a revolutionary soldier and now enjoys a pension under the laws of eighteen hundred and eighteen and that he this deponent well recollects and knows the times that said Jacob Wirtz served in the Revolutionary war under captains Dygert, Sterling and Darnorth and Lieutenant Smith and the names and ranks of the other officers his being taken prisoner and detained and the general circumstances of his service to be as stated by said Wirtz in his declaration filed annexed and that said Wirtz was a good and faithful soldier
his Christian X Hoffstadter mark
— Subscribed and sworn to the eighteenth day of July 1832 before me Andrew Joslin one of the Justices of the Peace of the county of Herkimer —:
State of New York Herkimer county 3/15:
I, Jacob Sints of Schuylerville in said county do hereby certify that I was seventy four years of age last fall and that I have known Jacob Wirtz of Schuylerville in said county since about seven years before the Revolutionary war and that he this deponent well recollects and knows the times that said Jacob Wirtz served in the Revolutionary war under captains, Dygert, Sterling and Darnorth and Lieutenant Smith and the names and ranks of the other officers his being taken prisoner and

detained and the general circumstances of his service to be as stated by said Voischig in his declaration herein annexed and that said Voischig was a good and faithful Soldier -
his Jacob Voischig mark
Subscribed and sworn the eighteenth day of July 1852 before me Andrew Joslin one of the Justices of the Peace of the County of Herkimer
State of New York Herkimer County ss:
I, Andrew Joslin the justice before whom the above affidavit was taken do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above named Christian Hoffstadt and Jacob Lintz and that they are reputable men and their statements are entitled to credit
Dated July 18 th , 1852 Andrew Joslin
I, Julius C. Nelson Clerk of the County of Herkimer do hereby certify that Andrew Joslin before whom the above affi- davit was taken was at the time of the taking of the same a justice of the Peace of the Town of Frankfort in said County duly commissioned according to law, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and believe the name of Andrew Joslin annexed to said affidavit to be his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this Eighth day of October A.D. 1852 -
Julius C. Nelson Clerk

State of New York
In the matter of Jacob Wising a Revolutionary Pension
Under the act of 1832
144 84
Prisoner
adrep
C. B. Liddle
Frankfort
Herkimer Co
N.Y.
adm d
24 mo. pri.
804

1938 Jan 6 - Hecht to Roger Williams - W.P.B.
Reuben
11839 ✓ INVALID.
File No. 11839 Jacob Widrig Briv. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: — Vol. A , Page 412
[Arrangement of 1870.]

2 Rock St Alexandria Bay, NY. December 29, 1937
Veteran's Administration Washington D.C. Gentlemen: inquire
✓ Jacob Hidrig was a soldier of the American Revolution who drew a Pension for his services. In 1840 he was 79 years of age and resided in Schuyler, Herkimer County, New York.
If your records disclose the record of Jacob Hidrig I would like an abstract of it. War record and any family data
Sincerely, Roger F. Williams

ap 10 Mr. Brundage
Dear J. L. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions Washington
Frank Hasen ap 15

Frankfort April 5-1837
Dear Sir,
Enclosed I send you the affidavit of Jacob Widrig of Schuyler in the county of Herkimer a Pensioner under the act of June 1832 to the end that the department may make him another certificate to enable him to draw his pension he having lost his original certificate -
By his affidavit you will perceive that he lost his certificate the 5th day of Sept r last while on his way home from the office of G. Campbell Esq before whom he had had his papers authenticated to draw his semi annual payment then due - There is also the affidavit of Mr Curtis who made out his papers to draw his money &c
I wrote to the department for forms and instructions how to make out papers in case of the loss of a certificate but the wrong kind of papers were sent which I now return -
Yours &c
To J. L. Edwards Esq Comm r of Pensions
Jamies Macaulay

In the matter of Jacob Widrig a pensioner under the act of 1832. } In Curtis of the town of Madison in the County of Madison and State of New York being Sworn Says that for many years previous to his remov- ing to the Said town of Madison his present residence he resided in the town of Frankfort in the County of Franklin in Said State and was in the habit of making out the papers for the Said Widrig a resident of Schuyler in Frank- lin County. and Other pensioners to draw their pension monies and that on divers occasions he drew Said Widrigs pension for the Said Widrig, that on or about the 10 th day of September last past the Said Widrig called on deponent at deponents store in the Said town of Frankfort and handed deponent his pension Certificate that deponent might make out his affidavit to enable him to draw his back pay which was from 1 st March 1836 up to the 10 th of September 1836 - that deponent made out his Said papers and on the 5 th of September the Said Widrig called again and deponent went with him to Gaylord Campbell a Justice of the peace of the Said town of Frankfort where the Said Widrig was Sworn to the affidavit made out by deponent and that the Said Campbell Swore him and certified his Said affidavit to be and that after this was done deponent as deponent thinks and fully believes to be true deponent not being able to find Said Widrigs pension Certificate among deponents papers handed the Said Certificate to the Said Widrig - That Said Widrigs name as written in Said Certificate was written Jacob Wildrig which deponent supposes must have been a mistake in the pension department as his name is Jacob Widrig deponent having been intimately acquainted with him for several years
Subscribed & Sworn Before me this 14 th day of March 1837
William Manchester Justice of peace

I hereby certify that I was acquainted with the within deponent before he removed to Frankfort from this town and since his return here and allway considered him a man of strict honesty and good morals Madison March 14 th 1837
William Manchester Justice Peace
State of New York County of Madison I John W. Garwell (Deputy Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that William Manchester Esq. before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County and was acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature Witness my hand and seal of office this 17th day of March 1837 John W. Garwell Deputy Clerk

State of New York
Delaware County ss. I Lodowick Moyer of Hainesville in said County do hereby certify that I am seventy years upwards of age and that I have been acquainted with Jacob Widrig named in the annexed declaration since we were boys, that we were brought up & boys together in the same town (Sheske) that I have heard his declaration hereto annexed read and know the contents thereof and that said Widrig served under Lieutenant Captain Smith in Captain Wren's company for the term and as stated by him in said declaration, that I served in the same company at the same time and for the same term, and that I knew of the circumstances mentioned by said Widrig in said declaration personally and by reputation at the time, and I knew at the time when he was taken a prisoner & carried off by the Indians and I believe that his services and imprisonment were as he has stated, and that I have always so understood it.
Sworn & subscribed
the 11th day of October 1832
Lodowick X Moyer
Before me Hiram Hotten
Mark
a Justice of the peace of said County
I Hiram Hotten the Justice of the peace before whom the above affidavit was taken do certify that I am well acquainted with the said Lodowick Moyer and that he is a reputable and worthy man and that his statement is entitled to full credit. October 11th 1832
Hiram Hotten Justice Peace

State of New York Herkimer County - } ss; I Julius C. Nelson Clerk of said county do certify that Hiram Holton before whom the within affidavit & certificate was purports to have been taken & made was at the date thereof a section of the Piere of Fairfield in said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and when this name subscribed to said affidavit is his genuine signature
In Witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said County & subscribed my name this 11 th day of October A.D. 1832 Julius C Nelson Clerk

Jacob Widrig
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J. L. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions Washington
Received Aug 22

Frankfort Feb. 22-1837
Sir,
Jacob Widrig a Pensioner under the act of 1832 and a resident of the town of Schuyler in the county of Herkimer (N.Y.) lost his Pension Cert- -ificate in the early part of September last past and as he thinks on the day that his papers were made out to draw the amount of his Pension which had accrued be- -tween the 4 th of March & the 4 th of Sept r 1836 and while on his way home from this place he living about 3 miles distant - He drew $80 per annum -
Will you write me what wil- -ness is required by the department in order to get another certificate as I am unacquainted with the mode of proceeding - also if you have any forms be so obliging as to send me a set -
Yours &c
James Macaulay
To J. L. Edwards Esq Comm r of Pensions -

Jacob Widorig

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jacob Weidwig which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? - it was made in his county - IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no clergyman
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
no the Service are proved in fact in this case - besides there is the proof by two respectable witnesses to the service certified by the court
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? there is the testimony & excuse proofs in this case -
XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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 shewn 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

Jacob Widrig, Pri. #80. In Ann. Albany - 7: June. In what town was he last paid?
Pen affinity
3: son of the P. b. 4 Sept 1836 - 1937 not in 1/4
Apr. 25: 37
R. B.

Apr 25
Mr. Bruns
J. L. Edwards Esquire Comm. of Pensions Washington

Frankfort April 20 th 1837
Dear Sir,
Enclosed is an additional affidavit of Jacob Widrig as to the loss of his pension certificate authenticated in the usual way which with his former affidavit & that of Ira Curtis lately sent on to you (and which you stated was defective in this: not naming some of his officers) will it is thought enable the department to make him out a certificate. The affidavits alluded to were sent about 4 weeks ago -
Yours &c
James Macauley
To J. L. Edwards Esq - Comm. of pensions -
N. B. The original Papers of Widrig are on file in the Pension Office and by reference to them the names of the officers under whom he served are given