Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,453, Hendrick Vanderveer, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Vanderveer, Hendrick # 16453 or Vanderbeer,
Rachel
CONTENTS

New York 14. 642.
Dead. See letter to F.W. Olcott, ag P. Agt Sept. 25. 1835.
Hendrick Van der Beer of Florida in the State of New York who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain H. Smock of the Regt. commanded by Col. Scudder in the line for
2 Years Sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 120. Dollars 00. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8. day of June 1833. and sent to Plate Potter, Mina ville, Montgomery, N.Y.
  Arrears to the 4th of March 1833.  240. 00    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept.  60. 00    $  300. 00.  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Nov June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. Francini Clerk, Book E, Vol. 4, Page 84.

State of New York
Montgomery County ss Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of the County of Montgomery Hendrick Van Der Veer who being duly sworn deposith 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 One Year and four Months I served as a private. For two Years and Six Months I served as a Serjeant. and for such service I claim a pension. and further the amount of service above specified was actual service and that the above is in addition to his declaration made in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County on the 20 th day of September 1832
Subscribed & Sworn to this 26 day of January 1833 before me
Hendrick Vanderveer
James Voorhees. Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Montgomery County Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of the County of Montgomery Jonathan Claytor who being duly sworn saith that he is well & intimately acquainted with Hendrick Van Der Veer whose deposition is above. and has been so acquainted with him since the Year 1777. that the said Hendrick served as a Serjeant in the same Company with this deponent, that this deponent was an ensign. and that he knows that the said Hendrick Van Der Veer served his regular tours of duty in said Company from the Year 1777 until the end of the War in 1783.
Subscribed & Sworn this 30 th January 1833 before me James Voorhees Justice of the Peace.
Jonathan Claytor
And I the said James Voorhees do hereby certify that the above named Jonathan Claytor is a Credible Person and that his statement is entitled to Credit.
James Voorhees.

State of New York Montgomery County, ss:
I George D. Ferguson, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Mont- gomery County do hereby certify that James Voorhies before whom the within affidavits of Hendrick Van Dusen and Jonathan Clayton purport to have been sworn, was on the date thereof a justice of the Peace of the said County. And that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said justice & truly believe that the name of the said justice subscribed to the said affidavits & also to the within certificate of Character of Jonathan Clayton, is Genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this first day of February 1833.
Geo: D. Ferguson

State of New York
Montgomery County ss personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Montgomery now sitting John Van Der beer of Florida in the County aforesaid who being first duly sworn saith that Hendrich Van Der beer of the said Town of Florida an applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 is a brother to this deponent, that during the Revolutionary War the said Hendrich served in the Army of the United States according to the knowledge of this deponent from the Year 1776 to the close of the War, that he is unable to state the actual amount of service the said Hendrich performed but that his father Gerrit Van Der beer was a member of the same Company. That he understood at that time & believes that the Company, served by turns, each half of the Company served alternately one month. that his father the said Gerrit belonged to one division and his brother Hendrich to the other division. that when the monthly tour of his father was to serve Hendrich served as a substitute for him & that the said Hendrich in this manner served his own time and also that of his father the said Gerrit Van Der beer
The word "performed" above in 8 th line intended before sworn to
Subscribed & sworn this 19 th September 1832
John Van Der beer
Geo: D. Ferguson. Clerk.

State of New York
Montgomery County, ss. On this twentieth day of September in in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty two, personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Montgomery now sitting Hendrick Van Der Veen a resident of the Town of Florida in the County of Montgomery and State of New York aged Seventy two 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 act of Congress Passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as here in stated
That he was born on the 11 th day of January 1760 at Bascour- ridge Morris County New Jersey that he has a record of his age in a Bible the same as was kept by his father and which he believes to be Correct. That he entered the Service of the United States at Monmouth New Jersey sometime in the Month of August 1776 as a private soldier in a Company of Militia then commanded by Captain Hendrick Smock. Benjamin Van Cleef Lieutenant, that this Company Company was attached to the first Regiment of Monmouth Militia then commanded by Col Nathaniel Scudder. Lieutenant Col Asker Holmes and that he served in the same Company and in the Service of the United States from the time he so entered until the close of the War in the Year 1783. That some time in the Year 1778 as he thinks he was made first Sergeant of said Company and from that time served as such Sergeant till the end of the War. That he resided in such said Monmouth County New Jersey when he entered the Service. & that he entered said Service as a volunteer. that his first service was at a place called Long Branch where he was stationed on guard & remained about six weeks there he taken sick & was unable to do duty as he thinks nearly three months that he cannot recollect the order of their movements or marches but they were continually one half the Company at a time stationed on guard. one half the Company every alternate month. during at least nine months in the Year. that their monthly tours of duty were confined principally to the guarding the frontier along the sea board in Monmouth County at the following places to wit. Middletown

Shrewsbury. Long Branch. Sandy Hook. at Monmouth Court House and other dangerous posts. He also declares that his father Gerrit van Derbeer was a private in the same Company with him, and and when the monthly turns of duty came he Hendrick van Derbeer served as a substitute for his father the said Gerrit van Derbeer. That in this manner he continued to serve one month for himself and the next for his father & as his substitute, that only one half the Company was called out at a time. That his father was in one division of the Company & himself in the other. & that he continued in this manner (except when the whole Militia were called out in cases of alarm or for action) until the end of the war - making full eight months actual service on duty in every year. That He was in the Battle of Germantown in October 1777. with the Jersey Militia under the Command of General Forman. That he was in several slight skirmishes with foraging parties of British & Tories. He was also with the Militia under the Command of General Morgan at the Battle of Monmouth in June in the Year 1778 that Lieutenant van Cleef was during this term promoted to Captain. in the place of Captain Smock who left the Company. This van Derbeer now dead Lieutenant and Jonathan Clayton Ensign. That at the close of the war he was discharged but never received any written discharge nor has he any documentary evidence of his service. That after the close of the war he resided at Monmouth till the Year 1788 when he removed to the Montgomery County where he has resided ever since, he is able to prove his services or a part by his Ensign Jonathan Clayton who served in the same Company with him from January 1777 till the close of the war and by his brother John van Derbeer both of Florida he can produce evidence of his character by the Rev d Nicholas Hill of Florida - and John French late Sheriff of the County. He hereby relinquishes every 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.
Subscribed & sworn the day & year aforesaid
Hendrick van Derbeer
In 1 st page 18 th line a blot after end of the line 2 nd page "Florida" erased before sworn to

Geo: D. Ferguson. Clerk.
We Nicholas Hill - a Clergyman residing in the town of Florida in the County of Montgomery and John French of the same place do hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Hendrick Vander- veer who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy two Years of age. that he is reputed & believed in the neigh- borhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that We concur in that opinion
Subscribed & sworn to in Open Court the day & year aforesaid
Geo: D. Ferguson, Clerk
Nich: Hill
John French

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & 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 Nicholas Hill who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Florida in the County of Montgomery and that John French who has also signed the same is a resident of Florida in said County and is a credible person that their statement is entitled to credit.
I George D. Ferguson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Montgomery do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Hendrick Van Der Beer for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 20 th day of September 1832.
Geo: D. Ferguson
State of New York Montgomery County, ss
Personally appeared in Open Court before the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Montgomery now sitting on this 20 th day of September 1832, Jonathan Clayton a resident of the Town of Florida in the County aforesaid, who being sworn saith that he is well and intimately acquainted with Hendrick Van Der Beer who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration and has been so acquainted with him since the Year 1777, that he this deponent was an Ensign in the same Company of Militia with the said Hendrick Van Der Beer in the Revolutionary War - that the said Hendrick was a Lieutenant and that he has heard the above declaration made subscribed & sworn to by the said Hendrick Van Der Beer read and knows the facts of service as

therein stated are true.
Sworn and Subscribed in open Court } Jonathan Clayton the day and Year aforesaid }
Geo: D. Ferguson. Clerk

Albany 4226
Rachel Vanderveer widow of Hendrick Vanderveer
who was a pensioner under the Act of June 1832 and who died on the 23. January 1835 of Montgy Co. in the State of New York who was a Pr. Sergt. in the company commanded by Captain Smock of the reg't commanded by Col. Holmes in the N. Jersey line for 4 mo. Pr. 13.33 " " 20 days, Sergt. 18.33 $31.66
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 31 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 24th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of Sept. 1839 and sent to Jacob Johnson Minaville, N. York
Arrears to the 24th of Sept. '39 110.81 Semi-annual allowance ending 4. Mar. '40. 15.83
$126.64
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk. Book 1. Vol. 2. Page 108
copy of dec d husband's papers sent to M. J. Bovee, Amsterdam, Ny. June 13. 1840.
Letter to M. J. Bovee April 5 th 1842
Letter to 3 rd Auditor 22 April 1843
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of 6. April 1838, from 4 March 1836 to 5 May 1839. Agt Notified 24 May 1843
Head.

Montgomery County ss. I certify that I am well acquainted with the Rev. Abraham Van Home who has subscribed and sworn to the within affidavit, that he is a man of truth and veracity and his statement is entitled to credit Dated this 10 th day of December 1838
Richard H. Cushman Court of Assizes
State of New York
Montgomery County ss. I certify that Richard H. Cushman Esq. whose name is subscribed to the first &c of the foregoing affi- =davit and certificate was on the day of the date thereof a Commissioner of Oaths in the said County duly appointed & sworn And that the signature subscribed as aforesaid to the same is his genuine signature. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this eleventh day of December 1838
J. Conner Clerk

Montgomery County ss Abraham Van Horne being duly sworn says that he has been the Pastor of the Reformed Dutch Church in the village of Cluynenwag a for more than thirty six years - that it appears from the records of said Church that the Rev. Thomas Romynne his predecessor married Hendrick Vander Veer to Rachel Snackerbush on the eleventh day of March in the year 1790 - that said record was in his possession during the whole time that he was Pastor of said Church and he believes the same to be correct that he is well acquainted with the said Rachel Van Der Veer an applicant for a pension and knows her to be the same person mentioned in said Church record which is now in his possession
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 10 th day of December 1838 P. H. Cushing Com t of Deeds
Abraham Van Horne F.D.M.

State of New York Montgomery county ss: On the eleventh day of December 1838, personally appeared before the subscriber, John Hand, a judge of the County Courts of said county, Rachel Vanderveer, late a resi- dent of the town of Florida, in said county, but now a resident of the town of Galway, in the county of Saratoga, aged sixty six years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declara- tion, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, pas- sed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Hendrick Vanderveer who was a Sergeant in the Militia, (as she be- lieves) in the Revolutionary Army, and at the time of, and for a certain period, se- rious to his death, a Pensioner of the United States, under the act passed June 7, 1832, drawing a pension of one hundred and twenty dollars a year; that the Declara- tion of her said husband, made in pursu- ance of said last mentioned act, and on file in the office of the Secretary of War, will show the particulars of his servi- ces in the war of the Revolution, and the

grounds upon which said Pension was granted to him; that in order to draw the back pay, due to her husband at the time of his death, she returned his Pension certificate to Washington, during the year 1835, where she presumes said Certificate is also on file. She further declares that she was married to the said Hendrick Vanderbeer on the eleventh day of March, in the year seventeen hundred and ninety, that her husband, the aforesaid Hendrick Vanderbeer, died on the twenty third day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty five; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz; at the time above stated.
Sworn and subscribed on the Rachel her X Vanderbeer. day and year above written, be- mark.
Fore John H and a judge of the County Courts of the County of Montgomery
I, John Hand, a judge of the county courts of the county of Montgomery, do certify, that the above named Rachel Vanderbeer made her

mark to the foregoing Declaration, because she never learned to write, and I give the certify that said Declaration was made before me, because the above named Rachel Vanderbeek could not from bodily infirm- ity attend the court. Dated this 11 th day of December 1838. John Howard a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Montgomery
State of New York Montgomery county ss. Jacob Johnson of the town of Florida, in said county, being duly sworn says, that he was well acquaint- ed during his lifetime, with Hendrick Vanderbeek who is described in the fore- going Declaration as having been a Con- singer of the United States; that said Hen- dick Vanderbeek died on the twenty third day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty five, leaving a widow, the above named Rachel Vanderbeek who made and executed the foregoing Declaration in his (this deponent's) presence; that said Rachel Vanderbeek has not intermarried since the

death of said Hendrick Vanderker, but still remains his widow; and this deponent further says, that he is duly authorized by the said Rachel Vanderker, to make this application as her agent, but that he has made no contract with her as to any compensation for his services as such agent, and further this deponent says not.
Sworn and subscribed Garv Johnson This 11 th day of December, 1838.
before me John Haind a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Montgomery
I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the deponent who subscribed the foregoing affidavit & know him to be a creditable person - and the statements by him made in said affidavit are entitled to full credit.
John Haind a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Montgomery
State of New York Montgomery County Clerk's Office I certify that John Haind Esquire whose name is subscribed to the jurats of the foregoing affidavits and certificates was on the day of the date of the same a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Montgomery duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature subscribed to the same is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & official seal this Eleventh day of December 1838.
J. B. Buel
3963
V Rachel Vanderker Act 1838 Hendrick H. Vanderker husband died 23 Jan 4 1835 Col Holmes Capt. Johnson John Haind August 3 1838 Jurat 4 - 7.20
Jacob Johnson Esq. Albany N.Y. New York

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
April 27 th 1843.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The adm: of Rachel Vanderveer, dec d , a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Thirty one Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th July 1838 — has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1836, to the 5 th Aug: 1839, Respectfully, yours,
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

No. 11877
Hendricks van der Beek
adm d
S. H.
Specific of claim & all things re: d
Shall Potter
Mina Mille
Mary Mary Coy
28 Sep 1832 27 Dec "
184.

No 11877
BRIEF in the case of Hendrick van der Beer of Florida  County of Montgomery in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Before a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy two years - 72  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.      Enlisted some time August 1776 and alternated with his Father, month & month about so as to make 8 months in each year until the close of the war, being one half of the time a private for himself & the other half a substitute for his Father, making together the whole term of service from 1776 to 1783  As a private  Gen. Col. Macaulay Fending 1st regt  Monmouth Militia Lt. Col. Ashmun  Holmes, Capt. Hendrick Smock  Lieut. Benj. Van Cleef   
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Germanstown, Red Bank - Monmouth N.J.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Monmouth, New Jersey  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By a living witness & by traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No riband 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. G. Willes Examining Clerk.

N.Y.
Re WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16453
Bachel Vanderveer Widow of Wendrich Vanderveer Sergt Rev War
Act July 6th 38
Index: Vol. M , Page 296
[Arrangement of 1870.]
✓

Albany Friedrick Vander Veer act June 7. 1832 to what paid?
V.L.
Disc 23 d Jan. 1835 p to that period JH

Disallowed Aug 1 13/51.
See Report.

3963. Rachel Vanderveer, N. York. Act 7 July, 1838. Let. to Jacob. Johnson. May 28, 1839.
7 July '38

Hereditary Tendency a full Proportion as a subject act of 1832
M. J. Boree Wisconsin

I hereby certify, That the accompanying pages numbered from one to ten inclusive, are truly copied from the original papers in the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions, Department of War.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
Be it remembered, That James L. Edwards, who has signed the foregoing certificate, is Commissioner of Pensions; and that to his attestations full faith and credit are and ought to be given.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and caused the seal of the Department to be affixed, on this 19 th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty forty
W. Poinsett
Secretary of War.

Apr 14. 1870
Rachel Vandorn Myrtle.
J. J. Colborne
Mr. Adair 1 Set.
Council of Friends
Washington
Del.

Amsterdam April 9. 1849
Sir
Yesterday my attention was called to the case of Rachael Vanderveer Widow of Hendrick Vanderveer, who has been allowed a small pension but has declined to draw it - her Husband Rec d a Pension for $120 per Annum - in order to do justice to the Widow I will be under the necessity of asking you for a copy of the declaration of Hendrick Vanderveer his Husband - so that I can have her case examined by the Secretary of the State of New Jersey
I am yours respectfully
Mathias J. Boyle
Wm J. L. Edwards

Report in the case of Rachel Vanderveer

Pension Office Aug 8 th 1857.
Sir, I have examined the case of Rachel Vanderveer claiming an increase of pension under the act of July 7. 1838, and can find no reason whatever there for. Henry Vanderveer her husband was a pensioner under the act of 7 th June 1832 and received the full pension of Sergeant up to the time of his death. His widow subsequently applied under the act of 7 th July 1838 and after a careful adjustment of her claim, was allowed a pension at the rate of $31 \frac{66}{100} per annum. The pension to Hendrick Vanderveer her husband was granted without any adequate proof of service and, very properly, this office on the application of his widow entered into a new examination of the evidence and allowed her, as I think, more than she was justly entitled to. It is believed that the Agent in this case is more dissatisfied than the Claimant herself with the allowance made, as it appears she never complained of it. The simple truth is that some years

Since pensions were granted under the Act of 1832 without any reference whatsoever to the evidence of service. Subsequently it was thought proper to investigate matters more thoroughly the consequence of which was the reduction of many pensions and the suspension of others entirely. This case seems to have been one among the number of reductions and if strict justice had been done, the pension would in my opinion have been stopped altogether.
Very Respectfully Yr ob t Serv t J. H. D. Davige Examiner.
James E. Heath Esq. Comm r of Pensions.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of which require further proof or explanation.
Hendricks Van der Beek
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? 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? No The affidavit should specify the periods of actual service in the field in each grade 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? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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?
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? No
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
No a witness should detail in his own language all the facts he intends to verify of his personal knowledge
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?
No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
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 the 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.
†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 authenticated 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 end 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.

5 Apr 1849
for 16
Michael Vanderveer
Wm J. G. Edwards
Coast. of Linnons Hastings
D.C.

Amsterdam March 31. 1842
Sir
Enclosed I forward you a certificate in the case of Richard Vanderveen Widow of Hendrick Vanderveen under the Act of July 1838 - H. Vanderveen in his life time drew $120 per annum as a surgeon & you allowed the Widow about $30 per annum She has now drawn one dollar on her certificate she & the family think she is entitled to full pay I am yours respectfully
Matthias J. Bleecker
Hon. J. L. Edwards

Minaville N.Y. December 11 th
Free
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com te of Pensylvania
Washington
D.C.
7 th July
Dec 19 3963 38.

Minamilla Dec. 11 th 1838
Dear Sir -
I send you the papers containing - the application of Rachel Voorhies for a pension - any communication you will please direct to me at Minamilla Post office in the County & State of New York - - yours L. B. Jacob Johnson J. L. Edwards bearer of pension

Receipts for cash paid the fourth years interest on Militia Notes.
   No. of Receipt No. of Certif. Date Signed by Payable to Amt. Int. Int.     99 439 1 May 1784 Tho s Henderson Hend r Vanderveer 4.11.8 .5.6   102 457 1 May 1784 Do Do 6.17.6 .8.3  
State of New Jersey
I Charles G. McChesney Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true abstract from a book headed as above, as taken from, and compared with the original now remaining of record in my Office.
And I do further certify that Thomas Henderson Esquire was by the fifth Section of an Act, passed by the Legislature Dec r 20. 1783 appointed a Commissioner for the County of Monmouth for the purpose of settling & adjusting the payrolls of the Militia Troops of this State and also for signing and delivering out to each and every person a note for the payment of what may be justly due them
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office at Trenton in said State this third day of July A D Eighteen hundred & forty one. Charles G. McChesney Sec y of State

Rachel Van Klief
Maria Van Klief June 20
June 17 Hon. J. L. Edwards. Comm. of Finance
NY Washington

Minaeville June 11 th 1839
To the Honorable J. L. Edwards Dear Sir yours of the 28 th May came to hand informing me the part of the Pension granted to Hendrick Vanderveer was granted for insupportant testimony I wish you to examine the affidavit of Jonathan Clayton Tunis Vanderveer some others which is in presence of file if you have not examined them. which if or file must satisfy you of Justice of his claim to the Pension that he draw as the witnesses all dead except Jonathan Clayton that resided in this part of the State - the Widow is unable to get any more Testimony as to the services rendered and unless you can be satisfied that the services was rendered, she must except of the amount you think proper to allow her on the testimony before you. you will please forward the certificate as convenient - Respectfully yours Jacob Johnson

1 State of New York Montgomery County. ss.
On this twentieth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Montgomery now sitting Hendrick Van Der Veer a resident of the Town of Florida in the County of Montgomery and State of New York aged seventy two 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 act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated.
That he was born on the 11 th day of January 1760 at Bascouridge Morris County New Jersey that he has a record of his age in a Bible the same as was kept by his Father and which he believes to be correct. That he entered the service of the United States at Monmouth New Jersey sometime in the month of August 1776 as a private soldier in a Company of militia then commanded by Captain Hendrick Smock, Benjamin Van Cleef and

Lieutenant, that this company was at- tached to the First regiment of Monmouth militia then commanded by Col. Nathaniel Scudder. Lieutenant Col. Asker Holmes and that he served in the same company and in the service of the United States from the time he so entered until the close of the War in the year 1783. that some time in the year 1778 as he thinks, he was made First Sergeant of said company and from that time served as such Sergeant till the end of the War. that he resided in Freehold Monmouth county New Jersey when he entered the service & that he entered said service as a volunteer, that his first service was at a place called Long Branch where he was stationed on guard & remain- -ed about six weeks there was taken sick & was unable to do duty as he thinks nearly three months that he cannot recollect the order of their movements or marches but they were continually one half of the company at a time stationed on guard one half the company every alternate month du- -ring at least nine months in the year. that their monthly tours of duty were confined principally to the guarding the frontier along the sea board in Monmouth coun- -ty at the following places to wit: Uid.

dletown, Shrewsbury, Long Branch, Sandy Hook, at Monmouth Court House and other dangerous posts. He also declares that his father Gerrit Van Kerveer was a private in the same company with him, and and when the monthly tours of duty came he Hen- drick Van Kerveer served as a substitute for his father the said Gerrit Van Kerveer, that in this manner he continued to serve one month for himself and the next for his father & as his substitute, that only one half the company was called out at a time, that his father was in one division of the company & himself in the other & that he continued in this manner (except when the whole militia were called out in cases of Alarm or for ac- tion) until the end of the war - making full eight months actual service on duty in every year. that he was in the battle of Germantown in October 1777, with the Jersey militia under the command of Genl. Forman - that he was in several slight skirmishes with foraging parties of British & Tories, he was also with the militia under the command of Genl. Morgan at the battle of Monmouth in June in the year 1778, that Lieutenant Van Cleef was during this time promoted to captain in the place of Capt. Smock who left the company, Janis Van Kerveer now dead, Lieutenant and

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Jonathan Clayton Ensign, that at the close of the war he was dismissed but never received any written discharge, nor has he any documentary evidence of his service, that after the close of the of the war he resided at Monmouth till the year 1788 when he removed to Montgomery County where he has resided ever since, he is able to prove his services or a part by his Ensign Jonathan Clayton who served in the same company with him from January 1777 till the close of the war and by his brother John Van Kleer ever both of Florida he can produce evidence of his character by the Rev d Nicholas Hill of Florida, and John French late Sheriff of the County. 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.
Hendrick Van Deusen
Subscribed and Sworn the day and year aforesaid
Geo. H. Ferguson clerk.
We Nicholas Hill a clergyman residing in the Town of Florida in the County of Montgomery and John French of the same place do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with

Hendrick Van Riper who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy two years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Nich s Hill
John French
subscribed & sworn in open court the day & year aforesaid
Geo. R. Ferguson, Clerk.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & 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 Nicholas Hill who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town Florida in the County of Montgomery and that John French who has also signed the same is a resident of Florida in said County and is a credible person & that their statements is entitled to credit.
I George R Ferguson Clerk of the court of Common Pleas of the County of Montgomery do hereby certify that the

foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Hendrick Van Kleer Veer for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 20 th day of September 1832.
Geo. H. Ferguson
State of New York
Montgomery County ss. } } }
Personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Montgomery now sitting on this 20 th day of September 1832, Johnathan Clayton a resident of the Town of Florida in the county aforesaid, who being sworn saith that he is well and intimately acquainted with Hendrick Van Kleer Veer who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and has been so acquainted with him since the year 1777, that he this deponent was an Ensign in the same company of militia with the said Hendrick Van Kleer Veer in the Revolutionary War that the said Hendrick was a Sergeant and that he has heard the above declaration made subscribed & sworn to by the said Hendrick

Van Kleer ver read and knows the facts of service as therein stated are true
Jonathan Clayton Sworn and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid.
Geo. H. Ferguson Clerk State of New York Montgomery County ss
Personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Montgomery now sitting John Van Der Veen of Florida in the County aforesaid who being first duly sworn saith that Hendrick Van Kleer of the said Town of Florida an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, is a brother to this deponent, that during the Revolutionary war the said Hendrick served in the Army of the United States according to the knowledge of this deponent from the year 1776 to the close of the war. That he is unable to state the actual amount of service the said Hendrick performed, but that his father Garret Van Kleer was a member of the same company, that he understood at that time & believes that the company served by turns. Each half of the company served alternately one month, that his father the said Garret belonged to

one division and his brother Hendrick to the other division. that when the monthly tour of his Father was to serve Hendrick served as a substitute for him & that the said Hendrick in this manner served his own time and also that of his Father the said Gerrit Van Der Veer
John Van Der Veer
Subscribed & sworn this 19 th September 1832.
George R. Ferguson Clerk
State of New York Montgomery County ss
Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of the County of Montgomery Hendrick Van Der Veer 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 one year and four months I served as a private. For two years and six months I served as a sergeant, and for such service I claim a pension and further the amount of service above specified was actual service and that

the above is in addition to his declaration made in open Court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County on the 20 th day of September 1832
Hendrick Van Der Veer
Subscribed and sworn to this 26 th of January 1833 before me
James Voorhees Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Montgomery County. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace of the County of Montgomery Jonathan Clayton who being duly sworn saith that he is well and intimately acquainted with Hendrick Van Der Veer whose deposition is above, and has been so acquainted with him since the year 1777 that the said Hendrick served as a Sergeant in the same company with this deponent, that this deponent was an Ensign, and that he knows that the said Hendrick Van Der Veer served his regular term of duty in said company from the year 1777 until the end of the war in 1783
Jonathan Clayton
Subscribed and sworn this 30 th January 1833 before me
James Voorhees Justice of the Peace
And

And I the said James Voorhies do hereby certify that the above named Jonathan Clayton is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.  James Voorhies
State of New York Montgomery County ss.
I George M. Ferguson, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County do hereby certify that James Voorhies before whom the within affidavits of Hendrick Van Kleef Vier and Jonathan Clayton purport to have been sworn, was on the date thereof a Justice of the Peace of the said County and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice & truly believe that the name of the said Justice subscribed to the said affidavits & also to the within certificate of character of Jonathan Clayton, is Genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and seal of Office this 1 st day of February 1839
Geo. M. Ferguson