Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19,568, Tunis Van Houten, New York

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New York
Van Houten, Junis Jane
N. 19,568
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New York 24.505
Junis Vanhouten of Rockland Co in the State of New York who was a Corporal in the Company commanded by Captain Underwood of the Regt - commanded by Col - in the N.Y. M. - line for 15 1/2 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 57 Dollars 83 Cents per annum. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of January 1834 and sent to Hon A Ward - H Rep -
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1833. $ 142.07 Semi-ant. allowances ending March 34. 28.41 $170.48
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk. Book E Vol. 4 Page 85

Declaration of James Van Houten

State of New York.
Rockland County. §
On this twenty eighth day of November in the year A.D. 1832, personally appeared in Open Court, before the judges of the the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting. Tunis Vanhouten, a resident of the town of Ramapo, in the County of Rockland and State of New York, aged seventy one years, the thirteenth day of April, 1832, 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, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That in the spring of the year 1777, he entered the service in a Company commanded by Capt Jacob Onderdonk. Preslovent Vanhouten was Lieutenant, and served therein as a Corporal until about the first of August following, when he enlisted at Haverstraw, in the now county of Rockland, for three months, in a Company commanded by Capt. Gardner, in the aforesaid Regiment, and served that time at Nyack and along the river as a guard, and after that time of service was expired, he again entered the service under the aforesaid Capt Jacob Onderdonk and served therein until the close of the Revolutionary war. That during the time he served under the said Capt. Onderdonk he was a Corporal, and the Militia being divided into classes of four men in a class, and one man of each class had to be out so as to keep a continual guard along the Hudson River and some to be out a scouting through the the county of Bergen where the enemy was almost continually on the march plundering the inhabitants of every thing valuable, and taking the inhabitants prisoner and taking them to New York, and the company to which he belonged was ordered to different places wheres they was most needed and the man out was relieved by an other of the class so that each man had to serve one fourth part of his time at least, and often two men out of the same class was out at the same time especially in the years 77, 78, & 79 when the trouble was great and almost continually the enemy was out at one place or the other but in the years 80, 81, & 82 they had much more rest but there was all the time a guard kept, and exclusive of doing any duty of the class, those that were at home had to hold themselves in readiness to march at a minutes warning when ever there was an alarm made, when they joined the first officers they met, (and was sometimes under one and then an other officer) and had to march in pursuit of the enemy sometimes to Haverstraw, some times to the Liberty pole, to Hackensac, to near Hoboken, a distance of near thirty miles and in some of the expedition was out ten days, so that those

that were at home had but little more rest than those that were out and many enlisted as their services were not so laborious. That the time he served putting all his services together he is now impossible for him now (after the lapse of so many years) precisely to state but he is confident that it exceeds twenty one months that he has no documentary evidence of his services, and the only positive testimony he can offer is some of his fellow soldiers in the war. That he has always resided in the now town of Clarkstown, in the County of Rockland, until a few years back when he removed to the now town of Harnappo aforesaid. 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, the day and year aforesaid.
In open Court
Junis Van Kortena
David Pyle Clerk
John E. Smith being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was well acquainted with the above deponent during the revolutionary war that he served with him in the company commanded by Capt. Jacob Underdonk and knows that he served as a Corporal in the said company, and verily believes that he served therein at least eighteen months that he has been well acquainted with him since the revolutionary war, and that he has always had an unblemished reputation and that his character as to veracity is indisputable.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
In open Court
John E. Smith
David Pyle Clerk
I Jefferson Wynkoop a clergyman residing in the town of Harnappo aforesaid, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Junis Van Kortena the applicant for a pension, that I believe him to be of the age of Seventy one years, and that he is a regular Member in good Standing in the church of which I am Pastor, and has so been for many years that his character is unquestionable and his testimony in the matter may be fully relied, upon
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid in open Court - David Pyle Clerk
Jefferson Wynkoop

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, as served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Jefferson Wynkoop, who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Ramapo aforesaid and that John E. Smith who has also signed the preceding certificate, is a resident of the town of Clarkstown, in said county, and Henry Cooper, who has signed the annexed certificate is a resident of the township of Saddle River in the county of Bergen, in the state of New Jersey, and are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit. And also, that they are well acquainted with the said Jefferson Wynkoop and John E. Smith, and know them to be credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. And also, that all the above proceedings were in open Court.
Per Curiam. David Pyle Clerk
I, David Pyle, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Tunis Vanhanten, for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty eighth day of November, 1832.
David Pyle

Declaration of Junius Vanhouten
21400

State of New York } Rockland County }
On the second day of October 1832. personally appeared before me Henry Cooper - a resident of Saddle River Township. aged 78 years who being duly sworn according to Law, doth depose and say that he was well acquainted with Junis Kanhoruten a resident of Rockland County during the Revolutionary War that he knew him to have served for three month in a company commanded by Capt Garmen, and also in a company of Militia commanded by Capt Jacob Onderdonk from the beginning of the year 1777. until the close of the war the three month above stated excepted, that he acted as Corporal and he was always a faithful Soldier for and verily believes that the time he was out on duty was eighteen month -
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid before me Abm B Stephens Justice of the Peace
Henry Cooper
I certify that I am acquainted with Henry Cooper, and believe him to be a man of veracity whose oath is entitled to credit
Abm B Stephens Justice of Peace
I David Pyle, Clerk of the county of Rockland, Do hereby certify, that Abraham B Stephens Esq. before whom, the above affidavit was made, was on the day of the date thereof a justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid. And further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature of Abm B Stephens subscribed to the same, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this second day of October, 1832
David Pyle

State of New York State of New York We Cornelius Onderdonk and Isaac Finch Residents of the town of Pameapso, in said county, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Tuni's Van houten, who has subscribed and sworn to the above and annexed declaration, that we believe him to seventy two years of age, that it is reputed and believed in the Neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revo- lution and we concur in that opinion Cornelius Onderdonk Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid Before me Daniel Johnson I. Finch

I Daniel Johnson Judge as aforesaid do certify that I am acquainted with Cornelius Brundonk and Isaac Finch residents of the town of Ramapo who signed the foregoing Certificate they are creditable persons and their statements are entitled to credit and further that all the Interrogatories presented by the War departments was put to the said Tunis Vanhouter and satisfactorily answered in the court of common Pleas on the twenty eighth day of November last of which court I was one of the Judges
Daniel Johnson Judge
The undersigned, also Judges at the said court, hereby certify that the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department were all read, satisfactorily answered and in all respects correct.

State of New York
State of New York
State of New York
Rockland County On this 10 th day of December 1838. personally appeared before the subscriber, a justice of the peace in and for said county. Tunis Vanhouten, a resident of the town of Ramapo, in said county, aged 72. years, and personally well known to the subscriber, and in the said county, as a man of truth & veracity, who being duly sworn, saith: That he is the same Tunis Vanhouten, who on the 28 th day of November 1832, before the Court, made a declaration under oath, of his Revolutionary services in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7. 1832, whose declaration has been returned as defective in its specifications, and also as to the interrogatories.
As to the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, and put to him by the Court, on the 28 th day November 1832, he did answer the said court as follows. Viz-
To the 1 st — That he was born in the town of Clarkstown on the thirteenth day of April, 1761.
To the 2 d — That the record of his age was in his family Bible transcribed from his Father —
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated —
That on or about the middle of April 1777, it was but one or two days after he had attained the full age of sixteen years, he volunteered his services in a company commanded by Capt Jacob Onderdonk, in a regiment commanded by Col n A. — Henochs Hays, (and being appointed corporal by his officers, but did not receive a written commission as such) they were marched to Nyack and was stationed, doing guard duty at Nyack and along the river to Haverstraw, until the first of August following, in which tour he served three months and a half.
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That then he Enlisted for three months, in a company — commanded by Capt n John Garmy, in Col n Hays Regiment, at Haverstraw, and was stationed at Haverstraw, Nyack and at Clarkstown, and was discharged at Haverstraw — after having served the full term of his enlistment.
That in the spring of the year 1778, in the month of April he volunteered in the company of Capt n Jacob Onderdonk — aforesaid in said Regiment, and served one full week in

every four weeks, until near the last of September, and served the said tours (doing Corporals duty) guarding at the long Gove, at Haverstraw, and along the North River to the lower part of Nyack, in which several tours he served one month and a half.
Then, in the month of September of the same year, he enlisted at Haverstraw, for three months, in a company commanded by Capt John Garner aforesaid in said Regiment, and served as a corporal, and was stationed at Haverstraw, along the North River at Nyack, and as low as Sneekens Landing and at Clarkstown, and while stationed at Clarkstown some of the men was sent to guard at Nyack who were duly relieved, and he was discharged at Nyack, a day or two before Christmas having served the full term of his enlistment, doing guard duty. This last recited services he omitted to have inserted in his original declaration, as it had entirely escaped his recollection at the time his declaration was made, and it was some time after the sitting of the court, that it with other services was brought to his recollection.
That in the month of April 1779, he was ordered out into the service under his aforesaid Capt Underdonk, and served by tours of two weeks at a time (the half of the company being out at a time) until the last of May, doing guard duty at the short Gove, at the river at Haverstraw, and served not less than six weeks, when the British army came up and took Stony Point, when he was ordered out to guard the inhabitants from the enemy, when almost all the company was ordered out, and he served until the Point was stormed and taken by Gen Wayne, in which tour he served one month and a half doing guard duty, at different places in the town of Haverstraw, about Stony Point.
That in the month of August, of the same year, the British having again taken possession of Stony Point, he was again ordered out to do guard duty as aforesaid, and remained doing duty at Haverstraw aforesaid until the British left the Point, the exact time he does not recollect, but it was late in the fall or beginning of winter, in which last mentioned

3 mo tour he served not less than three months.
That in the Month of April, 1780 he was ordered out in his aforesaid Company under Capt Bunderdonk, in the said Regiment, and served one full week in each and every four weeks, until the first of December, doing guard duty, at Haverstraw, Slaughter's Landing Nyack and Snedens Landing - and marching from Station to Station as the British war Vessels moved up and down the Hudson River, in which several tours he served not less than two months.
2 mo That in the Month of April 1781 he was ordered out, under the aforesaid Capt Bunderdonk, in the said Regiment, and served one full week in each and every four weeks, until the News of the taking of Cornwallas was received, which he believes was near the last of October, doing guard duty at the different stations, and manner aforesaid, in which several tours, he served not less than one month and a half.
1-42 That in the 1782, he was also ordered out to do guard duty but his tours not being regular he is unable correctly to say what time he served in said year and doth therefore relinquish all claim therefor.
In all the above recited services except the first three months under Capt Grenier , he acted as a Corporal.
In the foregoing recital of his revolutionary services, this deponent has stated none but such as he conscientiously knows he has performed. He very well knows that there is other tours of duty which he has not stated, and particularly some which were rendered for some short periods of a few days or a week a scouting, which he cannot particularis nor specify. From his age and the lapse of years since his services were performed, he knows that it is probable that in some instances he may have mistaken the period. He has however narrated the events and his services, with a conscientious regard to truth and has stated the events and periods as precise as his memory will now enable him to do, and is fully satisfied that he has faithfully served his country, in the War of the Revolution for the full period of Twenty Months and a half, in different tours, in actual service in the field for each term alledged, and was not employed in any

in any civil pursuit during the time for which he claims a pension under the act of June 7. 1832. Francis Van Horsten Sworn and Subscribed before me the day and year above mentioned
Daniel Johnson Justice
State of New York Rockland County ss.
I, David Pyle, Clerk of the said County. Do hereby certify. That Daniel Johnson, before whom the foregoing amended Declaration was sworn, and whose name is subscribed thereto, is a justice of the peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn. And that John T. Blanch, before whom the annexed affidavits of Henry Cooper, Peter Stephens and Abraham Van Houten, was sworn and whose name is subscribed to the said Cer- tificates, is a justice of the peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that their respective names subscribed thereto is their genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Eighteenth day of December, 1833.
David Pyle

State of New York 3 Rockland County 3 fs
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Rockland, Henry Cooper aged Seventy two years, of the County of Bergen in the State of New Jersey, who being first duly sworn doth depose and say, That he is well acquainted with Tunis Van Kouter who has made an application under the Law of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 for a pension. That he was well acquainted with the said Tunis Van Kouter "during the Revolutionary war. That the said Van Kouter was a soldier therein. That this deponent well knows that the said Van Kouter was enlisted and did serve for the term of three months in the year 1778, in a company commanded by Capt John Garner, of which Col. Hawkins May. was Colonel. That this deponent was a fellow soldier in the same company. That said company was stationed at Haverstraw Blankstein in Rockland County, down the River as far as Sneens Landings doing guard duty, and were marched from Blankstein to Nyack on the Banks of the Hudson River doing guard duty and at Nyack remained until the three months was expired, and was discharged at said last place about Christmas - That the said Van Kouter acted as a Corporal during the said three months specified and this deponent further saith that he knows that the said Tunis Van Kouter, also served as a Corporal in the company of Capt Jacob Onderdonk in the Regiment of Col A. Hawkins May, in the year 1779. That he saw the said Van Kouter on duty in said company, from the first of the Spring until late in the fall of said year said company was stationed at the Short Clove near Haverstraw, some times at Nyack.
Sworn & Subscribed Before me This 27 th day of Nov. 1833
John T. Blanche Justice of the peace
Henry Cooper

I John P Blanch Do certify that I am acquainted with Henry Cooper who has signed the preceding affidavit and Believe him to be a man of good character and entitled to credit
John P Blanch Justice of the peace

State of New York } Rockland County } ss
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Rockland Peter Stephens of the town of Clarkstown in said County aged seventy two years, who being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with Tunis Van Houten who has made application for a pension under the Laws of Congress passed June 7. 1832. That he was well acquainted with him in the war of the Revolution, that he was a soldier therein. That the said deponent has a perfect recollection that he the said Tunis Van Houten, in the year 1777 served as a soldier in the company of Captain Onderdonk from the time of its organization until the first of August of that year. That the said deponent being a fellow soldier with him in the same company, Regiment of Col. A. Hawkes Bay, the said Tunis Van Houten being Corporal in said company. That the said company being stationed at Nyack, and at Haverstraw, and up and down the shore of the North River as occasion required.
3 mrs And this deponent further saith that the said Tunis Van Houten did serve as a Corporal in the company commanded by Capt. Gurnee in the year 1777 for the full period of three months in the year. That the said deponent being at the same time a fellow soldier with him in the same company and were stationed at Haverstraw, Nyack, and the Stout Landing up and down the North River as the movements of the enemy required.
This deponent further saith that he has also a perfect recollection, that he the said Tunis Van Houten did serve as a Corporal in the company of Capt. Onderdonk, Col. A. Hawkes Bay's Regiment, from the Spring of 1779. until the fall of said year.

but in particular during the summer and fall of said year. The said Company being stationed at the Short Clove, and along the shore of the North River, doing guard duty, as the movements of the enemy require.
The said deponent further saith that he also knows that the said Louis Van Hooker, also in the year 1780 did serve in the company of the said Underdonk from the Spring until the winter of said year, and performed his regular tours of duty, according to the arrangement made for the service of the Company, as stated in the declaration of the said Louis Van Hooker. The said Company being stationed at Revere's Creek, Plantation Landing, Nyack and, at Smedens Landing and marching from place to place, as the shipping moved up and down the River, doing guard duty —
Subscribed & sworn to before me
This 14 th day of December 1833
John F. Blandy Justice
Peter Stephany

State of New York Rockland County ss
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Rockland, Abraham Van Buren of the County of Rockland, aged Seventy three years, who being duly sworn doth depose and say That he is well acquainted with Lewis Van Buren who has made application for a pension under the law of Congress passed June 7. 1832. That he was well acquainted with him in the war of the Revolution, that he was a Soldier therein. That he the said deponent has a perfect recollection, that he the said Lewis Van Buren, did serve in the company of Jacob Onderdonk, in the Regiment of Col. A. Hawkes Key, from the month of April to August 1777 - the particular time he served he cannot say, although the said deponent was a fellow Soldier with the said Lewis Van Buren, but has good reason to believe that he served at least three months and half - being The said Company being stationed at Nyack and along the North North River to Haverstraw doing guard duty
The said deponent further saith that he also has a perfect knowledge and recollection that the said Lewis Van Buren, in the same year above stated to wit 1777, served in the  said company of Capt Garner in said Regiment from the first of August when he the said Lewis Van Buren enlisted until the expiration of three months, the term or period for which he enlisted - That the said deponent was a fellow Soldier with him at the same time in the same Company - That the said Company was stationed, at Haverstraw Station Landing, Nyack and Mendeus doing guard duty along the North River -
This deponent further saith, that he also knows that the said Lewis Van Buren served in the said Company of Captain Jacob Onderdonk, in the years 1779 1780 - 1781, that he this deponent, was serving part

of the time in the same Company, but cannot say how long precisely he served but only that but that he the said Tunis Van Houten was a true and faithful soldier — Subscribed & sworn to before me Abraham Van Houten This 14 th day of December 1833
John T Blanch - Justice
I do Hereby Certify to the Secretary of War and commissi- =oners of pensions that Henry Cooper Peter Stephens Alvah Van = =houten whose affidavits with their signatures now attached to the amended declaration of Tunis Vanhouten are Creditable persons and fully intitled to belief
John T Blanch Justice

306.
New York, City.
Reported
Sarah Vanhousen widow of Lewis Vanhousen who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Corporal
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 56, Dollars 83
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of June 1848 and sent to
Pierre M. Irving New York City
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 239 Vol. 4

3322
2849 Declaration of Jane Van Houten
W. M. Nov. 1886 H. S. March 1835
Admitted Corporal 15 1/2 months
David Pyle Esq., Clarkstown N.Y.

State of New York, } ss. On this twentieth day of November, Rockland County. } 1830, personally appeared in Open Court, before the judges of the court of Common Pleas, in and for said county. — Jane — Van Houten, a resident of the town of Clarkstown in said county, aged Sixty Nine — years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7. 1830. entitled "An Act grant- ing half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Sunis Van Houten, who was a Private, and served during the Revolutionary under Capt Jacob Briderdonk, Capt. John Garner, and other officers, in Col n A Henshaw's Hays Regiment, as will fully appear by the declaration of the said Sunis Van Houten, made before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in said county, in the month of November, 1832, and more particular- ly set forth in the amendment by him made to the said decla- ration, and filed in the pension Office in the latter part of Dec- ember 1833, for which services, the said Sunis Van Houten was allowed a pension, amounting to fifty six dollars and eighty eight cents per Annum. — — —
She further declares that she was married to the said Sunis Van Houten, on the fourteenth day of November, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty six; that her husband, the said aforesaid Sunis Van Houten, died on the Second — day of March — in the year 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 to and subscribed, on this
day and year above written — in Open Court M rs Hogenkamp Clerk
Jane Van and Houten mark

Brookland county, ss.
I, Abraham Hogenkamp, Clerk of the county of Brookland, Do hereby certify, that the foregoing Declaration was sworn to and subscribed in Open Court.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said county, this Twentieth day of November, 1838.
Abm Hogenkamp Clerk

Extract from the Record of Marriages of the formerly United Congregations of Tappan and Clarkstown, of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church.—"Tunis Van Houten met Jennite Jersey, bride Van Kakeat"—I, Isaac D. Cole, Pastor of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, at Tappan, certify, that I am in possession of the Book, being the Record of Marriages of the formerly United Congregations of Clarkstown and Tappan, that the above extract is a true copy of the Record of Marriages of the said United Congregation, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the said Record in fair legible figures, as follows. "1786 (one thousand seven hundred and eighty six) 14 th (fourteenth) X mo (November) State of New York"
Isaac D. Cole V. D. M. Rockland County. } I, Isaac D. Cole, above named, depose and say, that I hold the Office of Pastor of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, at Tappan, in the town of Orange, county and state aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said United Congregations, with the exception above named, as certified by me Sworn before me, the 5 th } Isaac D. Cole V. D. M. day of October, 1838— }
Walter Stephens Justice

State of New York, Rockland County. ss On this twentieth day of November, 1838. personally appeared before me Peter T Stephens, a Justice of the peace in and for said county. John T Vanhouten and Peter Jersey Resident of the town of Clarkstown, in said county who being first duly sworn, according to law, do depose and say, that they were well acquainted with Janis Van Houten, the late hus- band of Jane Van Houten, and knows that he died on the second day of March Eighteen hundred and thirty five and that the said Jane has remained a widow ever since that period Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before me
John T Vanhouten Peter his Jersey Mark
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named deponents and know them to be men of truth and veracity whose statements is entitled to credit
Peter T Stephens Justice
Rockland County. ss.
I, Abraham Hogenkamp, Clerk of the county of Rockland, Do certify, that Peter T Stephens Esq. before whom the above affidavit, and the annexed Affidavit of the Rev. Jonas D Gola and John T Vanhouten and Peter Jersey was taken, is a Justice of the peace in and for said county, duly com- missioned and sworn, and that the signature annexed to each affidavit, is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and the seal of the said county, this twentieth day of November, 1838.
Abraham Hogenkamp Clerk

Mar. 1. 1880
James Vanhousen Rockland County New York
20
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Admitted
Corporal 15 3/4 months
In Vol A p 30 Corp $14.17 2 21 Pn 3.
Capt End of month
Feb 1779
44
1.83
56.83
113.86
28.41
142.07
Ward
David Rye agt Clarkstown P.C. Rockland County New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 28 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 subjoined 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, showing the Service of Louis Vanhouten Rockland Co. N.York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Entd 1777 not stated 3 1/2 Corporal Capt Onderdonk Lt Vanhouten 71 years Rockland Co. N.Y. Living witness Traditionary   Enlis 1777 2 Private Capt Gardner at Nyack   Entd 1777 1 9 Asst Capt Onderdonk To Haverstraw Sloat's Ferry Hudson   The statuts Service as a recruit 1 15 Private   ing 1 9 Corporal   2 Private   1 15 do   15 15  
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 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 day 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 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Daniel D. Davidson Exam. Clk.

19-568 Ref WIDOW, &c. am
File No. 19568 Jane Vanhousen Wid. of Louis Vanhousen corp. Rev. War.
Act: Feb. 2 d  1/2
Index:—Vol. M , Page 297
[Arrangement of 1870.]
my

New York 563
Reported
Jane Vanhouten
widow of Junis Vanhouten who was a Corporal in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 56 Dollars & 83 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of June 1843 and sent to David Pye Clarkstown, N. York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 115

New York 2849
Jane Van Houten widow of Juris Van Houten
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7. June 1832 and who died on the 2. March 1835 of Rockland Co. in the State of N. York who was a Corporal in the Company commanded by Captain Onderdonk of the Regt. commanded by _____ in the N. York line for 15 1/2 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 56 Dollars 83 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17. th day of May 1839 and sent to David Pyle Clarkstown, N.Y.
Arrears to the 14th of March '39 170.49 Semi-annual allowance ending 4/1/39 28.41 $198.90
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book A. Vol. 2 - Page 108

New York May 13. 1848
Sir
I herewith transmit application of Jane Van Au- ten for a continuance of her pension under act 2 d Feb 1848
Very respectfully
Your obedient Servant
Alene M. Irving
32 Wall Street

Cancelled by letter to 3rd Auditor of Ohio 19th

Treasury Department Third Auditor's Office October 6 th 1854
Sir
Jane Vanhouten, was returned (L. gr. 1848) from your Office as pensioned at the New York City Agency under Act of 2 d Feby 1848, at $56.33 per annum, the copy of the certificate is at the rate of $56.88. Please cause the error to be corrected.
Very Respectfully Your Ob t Serv t Rich d V. M c Manus Auditor
L. P. Waldo Esq. Comm r of Pensions

Jane Vanhouter
Admit private
$56. tot 83.
Send to New York City Agency
David Pyle
Clarkstown
N. Y.

State of New York, Rockland County, ss.
On this fourteenth day of April 1843. personally appeared before me Peter T Stephens a justice of the peace in and for said county, Jane Vanhouten, a resident of the town of Clarkstown in said county, aged seventy three years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 d March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Turi's Vanhouten, who was a private and served in the Regiment commanded by Col d A Hawks Key. That the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 7, 1838, was fifty three dollars and sixty six cents. — She further declares that she is still a widow. —
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written before
her Jane X Vanhouten mark
Peter T Stephens Justice
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me to be such widow and further that she is illiterate and unable to write her name and therefore makes her mark
Peter T. Stephens Justice of the peace
Rockland County, ss.
I, Abraham Hogenkamp, clerk of the said county, Do cer- tify, That Peter T Stephens is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his, is genuine In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name, this Eighteenth day of April 1843.
Abm. Hogenkamp Clerk

Affiliation of Jane Van Horn for under Act 2 o Feb 1898

Adm
Admitted
Pierre M Irving New York

State of New York } p: On this Twenty seventh Day of April Rochester County } 1848, before me, Peter J. Stephens — a justice of the Peace for said County, personally appeared Jane Van Houten, aged Seventy Eight — years, who being duly sworn according to law, did on her oath made the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2 d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Dennis Van Houten, who was a Private in the War of the Revolution, and that she received a pension at the New York city agency of Fifty Six Dollars and Eighty Three cents (under the Act of 17 June 1844) per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow. Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before me her Jane X Van Houten Peter J. Stephens mark Justice of the peace Witness John D. Van Houten
I certify that the above named Declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing declaration.
Peter J. Stephens Justice of the peace
When the above is executed, the County Clerk must attest the official character & signature of the Magistrate.

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } s. s. ROCKLAND COUNTY. }
I, Isaac A. Blauvelt Clerk of the County of Rockland, do hereby certify that Peter J. Stephens whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed instrument and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement a justice of the peace — in and for said County, dwelling in the said County, and duly authorized to take the same, And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said justice and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgement is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County the Tenth day of May 18 48  Isaac A. Blauvelt CLERK.

New York City
Twins Van Houten on sole act of June 7 th 1832 at the rate of $56.83 per Ann to what time paid?
V.L.
John Harry Esq.
Disc 2 d March 1835 / St. that paid J.H.