Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9525, for Thomas T Shoemaker, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Shoemaker, Thomas T.
R. 9525
Elizabeth
or Betsey
CONTENTS

Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the acts of the 6 th April 1838 from 1 Sept 1836 to 16 Feb 1837 the day of his death - Agent no 15 Feb 5 th Nov 1838
Set to Giles H. Galt
Sept 28 '47
Set to W. Tappan Dec. 16 '47
20365
New York
Thomas T. Sherman
Station in the State of N. York was a Private in the Comp. commanded Captain Hart of the Regt. commanded Col. in the N. York 8 1/2 Mch.
scribed on the Roll of N. York to rate of 25 Dollars 33 Cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of Aug 1833 and to Mrs. C. Gray Widow
Arrears to the 4th of Jan " $ 56.66 Pemi-ant. allowance ending - Sept " 14.16 $ 60.82
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. C. [unclear] Clerk, Book C. Vol. 1. Page 19

15932
Thomas L. Shoemaker
Herkimer co
N.Y.
Original declaration of captivity amount to 8 1/2 mo
P. 16 66
May 11. 1833
P. 392
Charles Gray, Herkimer, N.York.

BRIEF in the case of Thomas T. Shoemaker of Herkimer co in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 68  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. As a Gen.     Drafted In 1778 2 or 3 weeks At least 2 weeks 1 week 6 months prisoner Private Capt. Harter Capt. Frank Capt. Staring embracing with his guarding the Fort Herkimer) the period from 1778 to the close of the war.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Germantown Flats, New York.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
Not corrected as required
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
E. Bradford. Examining Clerk.
266 116 2833

Thomas T. Phoenix
15932
✓
Unrecd service disallowed
1 mo. pri. 12 mo. service adm d
8 1/2 mo. pri.
$28.33

State of New York } Herkimer County } ss
Troost
On this first  Troost day of October, in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and thirty, I personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, now sitting Thomas J. Schoenaker a resident of the Town of Germanflats in the said County of Herkimer and State of New York aged sixty eight 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 from the time that he attained the age of sixteen years which he now believes was in the year 1778 he was enrolled in the Militia of the State of New York that he served in the Militia from the time of his enrollment to the close of the Revolutionary war - that during said period he was repeatedly drafted, and that he repeatedly volunteered also into the service of the United States, and served under the following named Officers in the  service hereinafter stated - that soon after he was enrolled he was drafted and was ordered to Fort Dayton under the command of Captain Henry Clarke and remained upon duty at said Fort a fortnight or three weeks when he was discharged - That he was drafted at another time and ordered to Fort Herkimer where he remained upon duty in guarding said Fort under Captain Frederick Frank for the space of at least two weeks - that at another time he was drafted and went to Fort Stanwix under the command of Captain Henry Staring as a guard to conduct Boats loaded with supplies for the American Troops stationed at Fort Stanwix - that at the time that he went as such guard to Fort Stanwix they accompanied a Regiment of nine months or six months  or six months  under the command of  one officer  under the command of under the command of who at the same time marched to Fort Stanwix and that he served in said guard for the space of one week That at another time he was again drafted and under the command of said Captain Staring marched to Fort Stanwix to guard Boats loaded with provision for the American Soldiers at said Fort that at the time of said last mentioned service to Fort Stanwix they were accompanied by a party of Regulars under the command of Captain Andrew Fish who was afterwards a Major in the continental line and with whom he was well acquainted

That he does not recollect the years in which the aforesaid service was rendered but that it was during several years from the year 1778 and before the close of the war — and that the said Thomas G. Shoemaker further states that afterwards the year he does not distinctly recollect but believes it was the same year peace was concluded and as early as the month of May of the same year, he was under arms and proceeding from Fort Schuyler where he was then stationed to the Little Falls about six miles below as a guard for the purpose of guarding boats transporting wheat and other grain to be ground into flour at a Grist Mill at the Little Falls where he and others before by whom he proves some of his service and imprisonment and then others who accompanied them and a party of Regulars stationed at the said Mill at Little Falls were attacked by a party of British Troops and Indians and Tories, and when he was taken prisoner, and carried to Onequatchie now Ogdensburgh on the St Lawrence River — that the grain which at the said time of his capture was transported to the Little Falls was intended for the subsistence of the Militia and inhabitants then collected at Fort Schuyler and guarding the said Fort — that from the Little Falls where he was taken prisoner he was carried to Onequatchie as aforesaid from there to Montreal where he was imprisoned about six months in a Gaol — that before he arrived at Montreal and about six miles distant therefrom he was compelled by the Indians to run the gauntlet — that after his imprisonment at Montreal he was sent to Quebec and from Quebec to Boston where he was exchanged and sent home to Germantown where he arrived about Christmas of the same year — that from the time of his enlistment in the Militia in the year 1778 until the close of the Revolutionary war in obedience to orders issued to all the Militia of Tryon County and which orders proceeded as he is informed and believes from a Resolution of the old Congress of the United States passed in May 1775, he armed and equipped himself and kept himself in constant readiness to march at a minutes warning — that except the absence of the Fort on the

occasion herein before mentioned and also the above thunderous in pursuit of the enemy as herein after mentioned he was stationed and remained at Fort Hickinsire at Germanflats aforesaid from the year 1878 until the close of the said war - that whilst so stationed at said Fort he with others of the militia, repeatedly volunteered in pursuit of the enemy that the occasions of such pursuits were the frequent plundering and murders committed by the enemy upon the inhabitants in the neighborhood of said Fort - that he cannot now recollect the number of such excursions nor the places where but remembers that at one time he with others of the militia went to Shats- luck in Hickinsire County in pursuit of the enemy where a Captain Elsworth Sergeant King and a private belonging to the nine months men had there been killed by the enemy - that at another time he went to Germantown now Schuyler where the enemy had made an attack upon the inhabitants of that place and had murdered and taken off prisoners some of them - that another time when the enemy had murdered a Mr. Miller in the lower part of Germanflats he and others pursued the enemy that at the time Nicholas Bell was killed he pursued the enemy to Conradstown in said county of Hickinsire - that at another time he alone was sent with despatches to Fort Brown at Stone Arabia now in Montgomery County - that when at said Fort Hickinsire and not on other duty he used to perform the usual guard duty of said Fort - that he and the other militia in the vicinity of Fort Hickinsire were kept at said Fort to guard said Fort and to protect and defend the inhabitants old men women and children assembled at said Fort - that the year after the Bunking Battle which he believes was in the year 1878

No. 10 D. 1. 1812 The year of his enlistment in the militia as aforesaid the houses and dwellings of all the inhabitants in Germantown except one immediately adjacent to said Fort Schkiner were burnt by the enemy - that from that period until the close of the war - the inhabitants of that place left and continued to reside in said Fort - that occasionally a small party of Regular Troops was stationed at said Fort to aid the militia to defend the same - that the occasion of his being at said Fort and on duty from the year 1778 to the close of the war except the time of his absence on other duty as aforesaid was the necessity of defending the said inhabitants collected and living at said Fort as aforesaid - that when on duty at Fort Schkiner as aforesaid he was under the command of Captain Frederick Frank who was a Captain in the militia that he has no documentary evidence of his service and cannot prove his service any further than is proved by the papers here annexed - that he has no record of his service - that he was enrolled in the Militia and performed his Militia Service aforesaid except when he volunteered and was drafted in a company commanded by Captain Frederick Frederick Lieutenant Jacob Bapshorn and Ensign Patrick Campbell in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Peter Bellingr Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Bellingr and Major Denis Clapsaddle -

That he was born at Germantown then in the County Tryon - in year 1754 August 8 th
That he has a record of his age - that his age is recorded in a book of sermons which he owns and which he has at home -
That he was living at Germantown at said time he entered the service as above stated -
That since the Revolutionary war he has lived in Germantown and continues to live at the said Germantown -
That he now lives in in Germantown in the County of Wilkesboro
That he was drafted a number of times was taken Prisoner and carried to Canada - that he was imprisoned at Montreal and sent from Montreal to Quebec and from Quebec he was sent to Boston where he was exchanged and sent home - that his Militia service was performed under orders issued in pursuance of a resolution of Congress passed in the year 1775 as he is now informed and believes - that he volunteered a number of times - that the exact number of times he cannot now recollect
That he does not recollect the names of any of the Regular Officers with whom he served except Major Joseph Phipps although there were occasionally regular troops stationed at Fort Wickiwa where he served during said war
That he served in the Militia Regiment commanded by Colonel Peter Bettinger Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Bettinger and Major Denis Clapsaddle -

That he does not know that he ever had any written discharge for any of his services -
That he is known to Conrad Hepp and Frederick Bellingrue junior
who reside in his present neighborhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his service as a soldier of the Prussian
And 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 Thomas J. Shoemaker the day and year aforesaid in Open Court Julius C. Bruns Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after perusing the Interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states - and the Court do certify that it appears to them from their acquaintance with Peter Falagga

State of New York } Rochester County } ss
We Peter Flagg and Frederick Bellingr Junior of Germantown in said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas T. Shoemaker who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixtyeight years of age - that he is reported and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion -
This Peter PF Flagg mark Frederick Bellingr Jr
Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid in Open Court
Julius C Wells Clerk
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 and was imprisoned as he states - And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Peter Flagg & Frederick Bellingr Junior who have signed the preceding certifi- cate reside in the Town of Germantown in said County of Rochester and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit - And the court further certifies that Conrad Hess who was sworn in open court to the Affidavit
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That the annexed subscription by him is a person also known to the Court, and that said person is a person of credibility and that his statement contained in this Affidavit is entitled to credit—

State of New York } Ulster County } ss
Andrew Piper of the Town of Frankfurt in said County being duly sworn saith that he is seventy two years of age - That he is well acquainted with Thomas P Shoemaker of the Town of Germantown in said County - That this Deponent has been acquainted with said Thomas from his infancy and prior to the revolutionary war - That this Deponent and the said Thomas were both born at Germantown on the Mohawk River in the County aforesaid and both resided during the whole revolutionary war at said Germantown - That the said Thomas and this Deponent were both enrolled in the Militia of the District in which they resided the said Thomas under Captain Frank and this Deponent under Captain Gethman - That this Deponent has repeatedly during said war seen the said Thomas on duty as a Militiaman - That he has seen him on duty at Fort Dayton and also at Fort Ulster where he the said Thomas was drafted as this Deponent understood and believes to guard said Forts and that he has seen said Thomas on duty on other occasions - That in the month of May as this Deponent believes and in the same year that peace was determined which this Deponent believes was in the year 1782 the said Thomas and this Deponent were under arms and proceeding from Germantown to the Little Falls a place on the Mohawk River six or seven miles below for the purpose of guarding certain Boats then transporting wheat & other grain to be manufactured into flour at that place where the said Thomas and this Deponent & eleven others including some of the troops belonging to the Regular Army of the United States were attacked by a party of British Troops Indians & Tories and taken prisoners and carried to Ogdensburg then Kingston on the St Lawrence River - That the said grain which at the said time of the capture of the said Thomas

That this Defendant as aforesaid was transported to the Little Falls was intended to be manufactured at said Falls into flour for the subsistence of the Inhabitants and Militia of Germanflats then collected at and guarding Fort Schuyler at Germanflats — that from the Little Falls the said Thomas and this Defendant and others were taken by the Enemy to Ogdensburgh on the St Lawrence River then called Osgoodburgh and from thence to Montreal where the said Thomas and this Defendant were imprisoned for about six months then next ensuing — that after their imprisonment for the term aforesaid the said Thomas & this Defendant were sent to Quebec in Lower Canada and from Quebec to Boston where the said Thomas and this Defendant were exchanged and sent home to Germanflats where they arrived either a few days before or a few days after Christmas of the same year — that since the Revolution they have the said Thomas and this Defendant have always resided and still continue to reside in Schuyler County aforesaid and have always been well acquainted with each other and further saith not
Sworn to this 21 st day of August 1882 before me
his Andrew & Piper mark
Skullgryg Sessio XXXIIII
on the 21 st day of August 1852 before me Charles Gray Commissioner of Deeds &c personally appeared Andrew Piper. Duly sworn and subscribed and made oath to the foregoing Affidavit - and I certify also that the said Andrew Piper is a person of credibility -
Chas Gray

State of New York } Herkimer County } ss:
Conrad Heß of the Town of Germanflats in said County being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is aged seventy years that he has been acquainted with Thomas T. Shoemaker of the Town of Germanflats from his infancy - that he knew him during the Revolutionary War - that said Thomas was enrolled in the Militia during said War in company common with Captain Friedrich Frank Lieutenant Balthazar and Captain Polich Complete
That said Thomas except when he was absent a prisoner was stationed at Fort Herkimer and served in the Militia during the whole of the Revolutionary War - from the period of his enrollment that said Deponent was also stationed at said Fort during the said period - that the militia service required of the Militia at said Fort was almost continual service and this Deponent saith he has no doubt but the said Thomas T. Shoemaker did serve in the manner set forth by him in his declaration hereto annexed which this Deponent has herein read and further saith not
Sworn to & subscribed this 12 day of October 1832 before me in Open Court Julius C. Nelson Clerk
Conrad Heß

40 . D . Julius C. Nelson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Herkshire do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Thomas J. Pinemaker for a Pension. And I do hereby further certify that Charles Gray before whom the Affidavit of Andrew Piper appears to have been sworn was on the date of said Affidavit a Commissioner of said County of Herkshire and duly authorized to take Affidavits and that the signature of the said Charles Gray is the signature and proper hand writing of the said Charles Gray — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office this 12th day of October 1832
Julius C. Nelson Clerk

State of New York,
COUNTY OF Onondaga
On this 18 th day of August A. D. 1853, personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of Court Sessions within and for the county and state aforesaid Betsy Shoemaker aged Eighty Seven years, a resident of the town of Manlius in the county of Onondaga and state of New York who being 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 approved the 3d day of February, 1853:
Who says that she is the widow of Thomas J. Shoemaker deceased, who was a Private in the war of the Revolution, and was pensioned under the act of June 7 th 1832 at the rate of $ 28.33 per annum, and was paid at the New York agency. She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas J. Shoemaker on the 22 nd day of July 1817 in the town of Germantown in the county of Herkimer in the state of New York by the Rev. Mr. Spina a Presbyterian Clergyman. That she has no Public or private record of her said Marriage, or of her said Husband's death and does not know of the existence of any such record.
She further declares that her husband, the aforesaid Thomas J. Shoemaker died in the town of Germantown in the county of Herkimer and state of New York on or about the first day of March A. D. 1836.
She further declares that she was a widow at the passage of the act, and is still a widow, and that she has never before made application for a pension.
That proof of her widowhood and of the death of her husband was filed in the Pension Office at the time she drew her last pay up to the time of his death.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, before me.
Attest A. Wetmore A. Murphy
Betsy Shoemaker her mark
J. Durs & Suster of Sessions Cyer & Serminer
I hereby certify that the above named deponent is unable to attend the sitting of the Court, is consequence of the infirmities of old age; and I further certify that I have no interest in the result of this case, and am not concerned in its prosecution.
J. Durs & Suster of Sessions and Cyer & Serminer

State of New York Onondaga County Clerks Office ss I hereby Certify That J. Hurst Esq. whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Surat of Affidavit & Certificate was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Court of Sessions and Oyer & terminer in and for Onondaga County duly Elected qualified and authorized to take the same and that said Courts are such Courts of record in & for said County and further that the fore- going are his genuine Signatures Witness my hand and the Seal of the Courts of record of said County this 18 th day of August 1853 Bernard Bloomer Clerk

- State of New York County of Cayuga
On this 22 nd day of August A. D. 1853, personally appeared before the undersigned, a Notary Public within and for the county and state aforesaid, Conrad Fulmer aged Sixty Three years, a resident of Marlins in the county of Onondaga and state of New York who, being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say
That he was formerly a resident of Herkimer County , State of New York that he was well acquainted with Thomas I. Schoenmaker of said County from the year A. D. 1805. That the said Thomas I. Schoenmaker was married to one Betsy Fulmer the mother of this de- ponent in the town of German Flats  Herkimer County N. Y. on the 22 nd day of July A. D. 1817 That this deponent was present & saw the Marriage Ceremony performed This deponent farther says that the said Thomas I. Schoenmaker and Betsy his wife lived & cohabited together as Husband & Wife from the time of their said Marriage up to the time of the death of said Thomas I. Schoenmaker who died in the town of German Flats  Herkimer County N.Y. on or about the 1 st day of March A. D. 1836 and this deponent attended his funeral. That at his death he left the said Betsy Schoenmaker his widow, him surviving who still remains his widow & resides in Marlins  Onondaga County N.Y. in the family of this deponent and is the identical person who was married a. aforesaid and who is the widow of said Thomas I. Schoenmaker and who is an applicant for a pension as his widow & in whose behalf this affidavit is made. That said Thomas I. Schoenmaker in his life time was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, before me.
Conrad his  X  Fulmer mark
V. H. Wetmore Notary Public
I certify that the above named deponent is a reputable witness; and I further certify that I have no interest in the result of the case where this is to be used, and am not concerned in its prosecution.
V. H. Wetmore Notary Public

State of New York County of Cayuga
On this 22 nd day of August A. D. 1853, personally appeared before the undersigned, a Notary Public within and for the county and state aforesaid, Charity Fulmer aged fifty five years, a resident of Manlius in the county of Onondaga and state of New York who, being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say
That she was well acquainted with Thomas J. Shoemaker and Betsy Shoemaker his Wife of Herkimer County N. Y. That she became acquainted with them on or about the year A. D. 1818 that they lived & Cohabited together as Husband and Wife from the time of their first acquaintance with them as aforesaid up to the time of the death of said Thomas J. Shoemaker who died in the town of German Flats Herkimer County State of N. Y. on or about the 1 st day of March A. D. 1836. That this deponent attended his funeral that at his death as aforesaid he left the said Betsy Shoemaker his Widow him surviving who still remains his widow & resides in Manlius Onondaga County N. Y. And is the identical person who lived & Cohabited with said Thomas J. Shoemaker as his wife and whom he left a widow at his death, and who is an ap- plicant for a pension as his widow & in whose behalf this affidavit is made. This deponent further says that the aforesaid Thomas J. Shoemaker in his life time was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States
Charity Fulmer
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, before me.
J. H. Wethey Notary Public
I certify that the above named deponent is a reputable witness; and I further certify that I have no interest in the result of the case where this is to be used, and am not concerned in its prosecution.
J. H. Wethey Notary Public

State of New York Cayuga County Clerks Office ss I hereby Certify that D. H. Whitney Day whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Affidavits and Certificates was at the time of taking the same a Notary Public within & for Cayuga County duly Commissioned Sworn and auth- orized to act as such and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Notary and that the foregoing are his genuine Signatures
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Courts of record of said County This 27 th day of August 1853
E. B. Marvin Clerk Cayuga County

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
9525
P. O.
Betsy Shoemaker
Service:
wd. Thomas Shoemaker
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized, _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

No 117
Betsy Shoemaker widow of Thomas Shoemaker Lot a. Leaver Oct 13/53 (B6)
9525
Rev. Oct 3 Feb 1853

Sept 7 th 1853.
App. of Betty Shoemaker, widow of Thos. J. Shoemaker, Onondaga Co., N. Y.
20365 Act 153.
Rev.
Ambrose Calver Locke, Onondaga Co., N. Y.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business

Albany N.Y. Sep r 8 th 1847.
Sir. When forwarding to your office yesterday, a letter of inquiry relative to the claim for increased pay due Thomas Shoemaker under the act of 7 th June 1832, I overlooked the power of Attorney given to me in that case, which I now enclose.
I am very respectfully Your Ob t Serv t
S. P. Hild.
W Col. J. L. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions.

Thomas S. Shoemaker
5. 16
Charles Gray Hoboken N.Y.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Thomas T. Shoemaker, of Perkins Co. N.Y. which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 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? yes  no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes  yes  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? yes
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's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? all 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 each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

In the matter of the application of Thos Shoemaker deceased for increase of stipend under the act of 7 th June '32 Letter of Col n G. H. Stites with appr of widow & Compt ble Certificate May 26: 1848.

Col. J. L. Edwards Commr of Pensions. Albany, N. Y., May 26 th 1848.
Sir.
On the matter of the application of the late Thomas Shoemaker deceased for an increase of pension, I received your communication dated 28 th Sep r 1847 in reply to my letter of inquiry to the effect, that the widow should file an application for increase, and furnish evidence showing that her husband was entitled to a higher rate of pension than he received before his claim could be reopened.
Not having been informed of the full details of his service, and consequently not knowing in what different quarters to look for proofs, I have not adduced most probably all the testimony that is attainable in the case.
You will receive herewith the application of the widow for arrears of increased pay due her husband & payable to her from the 4 th March 1831, till the day of his death 15 th Feby 1837. It is alleged that he received a pension for service as a Balteauman and for some militia service, only of $28 33 / 100 per annum.
What Mr Shoemaker declared for and what service he  was proved, and on what & for what he was allowed I have not been informed; and therefore cannot strictly comply

with the requisition to furnish proof that he served more or longer than he was allowed for. What service he rendered in 1775, if any, and in 1776, 1777, 1778, as well as in the subsequent years of the war of the revolution, the Comptroller's Records furnish very imperfect proof for & none at all for the years first named, except in a few isolated cases for Commanding Field and Staff Officers & for Regiments.
Some years ago I found a payment of about £1 for service of Thomas Shoemaker in the fall of 1780, which the Comptroller or his Clerk cannot now find. But all the proof found in his office is no doubt on file with the papers already. By certificate of Comptroller herewith sent (see Doc t N o 2) it will be seen that for service and Captivity up to 1 st Sep r 1779, 1 st Apr 1780 & Dec r 14 th 1782, the sum of £20:17:09 3/4 was paid-equivalent to $26:11 half pay or pension annuity. From a Roll of Capt s Edick or Attig in Compt r office not on the Books 64 days service is shown for Shoemaker as Corporal in 1778, which will increase the stipend    7:81         This alone will add to the stipend  33.92    of $28 33 / 100 the sum of  28.33        To say nothing of the Boat service of 9 months or a year in 1777 already allowed.  $ - 5.59  
I am very respectfully, &c G. F. HALL S.

To Mr Giles F. Yates.
Sir.
My late husband Thomas Shoemaker died on the 15 th February 1837, in the receipt of a pension of about $ 28. 00 per annum. He served as a Batteryman & also performed considerable militia service & was besides a prisoner of war - and for all this service & his captivity the amount of pension he received was not an adequate allowance. I understand that you have proofs which will prove available to increase the stipend he received during his life-time, and that the arrears of his increased pension pay if allowed, will be payable to me as his widow. I authorize you hereby to act as my Attorney in this matter & present the claim for such increased pension. Let me hear from you at your convenience.
I am Yours truly Elizabeth Shoemaker
Oliver Taylor Hiram Fulmer Dated Mechanics June 2 nd 1847

Power of Atty to G. H. Yates to present claim of Eliz a widow of Tho. Shoemaker, under act of 7: June 1832,

Albany N.Y. Sep 7 th 1847
In the matter of the Thomas Shoemaker under the act of 7 th June 1832.
Sir.
Unwilling to occupy the time of your office & to subject myself to trouble and expense unnecessarily, I beg to be informed for what revolutionary service Thomas Shoemaker received his pension during his lifetime. He died 15: Feby 1837. His widow Elizabeth Shoemaker has engaged me to attend to the prosecution of his claim for an increase of pension. On her own account she is entitled to no pen- sion, since she was married after 1794. He received an annuity of about $28.
I am very respectfully Your mo: ob t serv t
G. F. YATES.
To Col: J. L. Edwards Com ee of Pensions.

In the matter V c of Thos Shoemaker under act of 7 th June '32.
Letter of G. F. Yates Sept. 1847

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Nov 1. 1838.
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," Elizabeth Shoemaker widow of M c . J. Shoemaker a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany N.Y Agency, at the rate of Twenty eight Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1836 to the 16 th February 1837, day he died.
Respectfully, yours,
Wilson B. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Manlius N.Y. Dec 2 nd 1847
Dear Sir
I am requested by the family of the late John Post of this town to inquire whether application has been made by Mr. Yates of Schenectady or any other person for a pension for the services of the said Post in the war of the revolution. You will oblige the family by answering this at your earliest convenience — I have the honor to be
Very Respectfully
Your Obedient William Taylor
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comt. of Pensions
Since writing the above I am called upon to make a like inquiry relation to the case of the widow of the late Thomas Shoemaker supposed to have been found by G. F. Yates or Mr. Van Horn.
Yours & William Taylor

Sir.
My case N o 6. — is that of the late Thomas Shoemaker deceased for an increase of his pension under the act of '32, from the 4 th March 1831 to the 15 th day of February 1837 — when he died — payable to his widow Elizabeth, who is entitled to nothing on her own account, as she was married to him only about 20 years ago.
Had the Comm ee furnished me as I requested with a statement of his service declared for or reported , I would have been able to have proceeded more understandingly in this case.
He rec d a stipend of $28 33 only — it is alleged for 9 months or a year's service as a Battlesman, at least 6 months service as a militia man & between 5 & 6 months as a prisoner of war. I have furnished proof from the Comptroller's Records showing payments for militia service & captivity which will yield a stipend of nearly $34. So that to say nothing of the Battle service in 1777, the stipend is too small by nearly $6 for the other service.
So far as the amount due is concerned this case is less important than

many others. But justice should be done in all cases.
Please request examination of this case as the sixth in order & oblige Yours to serve
G. W. DAVIS.
Rev Geo: Petrie M.C.

In the matter of Tho s Shoemaker dec d - pending before Comm ee of Persons Case N o 6. of J. P. Yates

Col. J. L. Edwards, Dept. of Agriculture, etc. Please give his note a recommendation to College Yours Respectfully Geo. P. Allen

Col. J. L. Edwards, Court of Pensions, Sir, Please give this case a reexamination & Oblige Your Obedt. Servant Geo. Pitkin

Thomas Schoemaker deceased - Act 1832
Application of widow for arrears of pension. Janr 1848.
G. H. Ladd Sols r
1.
Giles & Yates
Giles & Yates, Esq s
Albany Syracuse

State of New York County of Onondaga } ss:
Commissioner of Pensions.
To Col. J. L. Edwards
The Petition of the Subscriber respectfully represents -
That her late husband Thomas P. Shoemaker died on the 15 th day of February (1837) One thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, in the receipt of a pension under the act of 7 th June 1832, of about $28 33 per annum. That your petitioner is advised and believes, that he was entitled to a higher rate of pension than he received, by reason of his services in the war of the revolution exceeding the term of nine months, for a less period of service than which he has been allowed. Evidence of such service for more than nine months, your petitioner will endeavor to furnish by her attorney Mr. Giles F. Yates of Schenectady N.Y. and which evidence will accompany this petition. Your petitioner would further represent that she is the widow of said Thomas Shoemaker, and as such as she is advised by counsel and believes is entitled to the increase of pay that may be awarded for the revolutionary services of her said husband for the period exceeding nine months as aforesaid, which she hopes and believes she will be able to establish as aforesaid.

That she was not married to said Thomas Shoemaker previous to the 1 st January 1794, & therefore makes no claim for a pension on her own account - That she was married to him about twenty — years ago, and from her own personal knowledge is unable to give any account of his revolutionary services - and although she has heard him often previous to his death, give an account of his said services, yet as she did not charge her memory therewith she is unable to give any detailed account of the same - according to the best of her recollection he served under the following named officers among others & at the following named places.
In the Company of Batteaux commanded by a Captain whose name she does not recollect - in the beginning of the war
He was a prisoner during the last year of the war for about nine months He served in the Companies of Captains whose names she does not recollect at Forts Schuylkill, Fort Plain & at Briskany
She understood that he was allowed for his batteau service and a little militia service, and claims that his pension should have double what it was, and prays that it may be awarded to her. her
In presence of } Elizabeth X Shoemaker John Heatson mark

On this tenth day of January 1848, personally appeared before me the undersigned Elizabeth Shoemaker within named to me well known, and whose name appears to the petition hereto annexed, and she made oath that the facts set forth in the said petition, are true and correct according to the best of her knowledge information and belief.
John Watson Justice of the Peace
State of New York, Onondaga County, } ss: Clerk's Office,
I certify that John Watson Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, residing in said County duly Elected and qualified, and that his signature above is genuine. — Given under my hand, and the seal of said County, at Syracuse, this 10 th day of January, 1848.
V. W. Smith, Clerk.

State of New York Herkimer County
Personally appeared before me Charles Gray Commissioner of Pleas & Thomas J. Shoemaker who being duly sworn, deposed & said that by reason of old age and the want of 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 ment- ioned below and in the following order
For seven months I was a prisoner - I was actually a prisoner in the service of the United States when I was taken prisoner by the enemy and served as a private in the company of Capt. Hildreth Fleck as is stated in my declaration, that from the time I was taken prisoner until I returned home again was seven months which is an extra bounty and to seven months service and for which I claim a pension - (My superintendent stopped in the year 1712 as I now believe -
That I was drafted and served as such draft at different times and under different officers as stated in my declaration for the space of two months as I believe to wit all my drafts service collectively - and for this service I claim a pension -
That from the time of my enrolment in the Militia which was in the year 1778 as I now recollect and the time, with the exception of the time of my imprisonment and draft service

as aforesaid. I served in the Militia to the close of the Revolutionary - That I frequently during said period volunteered for short periods but do not now recollect how long I served as a volunteer at any one time - That during the whole of the period of said War from the time of my enlistment to the close of the War, except when absent on duty as aforesaid. I was stationed and lived in Fort Mifflin at Germantown - That although there were short periods when no duty was performed by me at said Fort yet those periods were few and of but short duration - That I served at said Fort and discharged the usual garrison duties therein both in the Summer and Winter Season and am quite certain that I was actually engaged in the discharge of actual duty in the Service of the United States for more than one half of the period that I was stationed and lived in said Fort - and I therefore state and am quite certain that I served in the Militia at said Fort including my volunteer service and excluding my drafted service and my imprisonment, as a private in the Company of Capt. Frederick Frank, Lieut. Jacob Bachman & Ensign Patrick Campbell, in the Regiment of Col Peter Bellinger, Lieut. Col. Frederick Bellinger, as Major Lewis

Clapsaddle for the space of two years and I believe longer and for this service I claim a pension — Thomas J Shoemaker
State of New York } Rutland County } ss. On the 27 th day of May 1833 before me Charles Gray the aforesaid Commissioner came Thomas J Shoemaker and subscribed and made oath in due form of law & Depositional Affidavit, and I do further certify that I am well acquainted with said Thomas and that he is a person of truth and veracity and entitled to full credit — Charles Gray
State of New York } Rutland County } ss. I Julius C. Nelson clerk of Rutland County do hereby certify that Charles Gray before whom the foregoing Affidavit was sworn was on the date thereof a Commissioner authorized to swear Affidavits, and that I am acquainted with the handwriting of said Charles and that the signature thereof is genuine and the proper hand writing of said Charles Gray In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 27 day of May 1833 Julius C Nelson Clerk

In the matter of
Tho: Shoemaker do
(No 2.)
Comptroller's Cert.

[Persons making application at the Comptroller's, or Secretary of State's Office, for searches, or certificates of service of any person, in the army of the U. S. during the revolutionary war, should give the name and ranks held by such person; the nature of the service; whether in the Infantry, Cavalry, or Artillery &c.; in the regular army or militia; the names of the officers commanding the regiments and companies at the time of enlistment, service, and discharge, as near as can be given.]
In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their service in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz:
  1779. Sept 1 Thos Shoemaker private No of Cert 20726 £ 00 10 08   1780 April 1 Thos Shoemaker " " 20621 £ 04 17 09 1/3   1782 Dec 14 Thos Shoemaker " " 39.395 £ 15 09 04   £ 20 17 09 1/3 
I certify that the name of Thos Shoemaker, corporal appears on an original "payroll of Capt Micheal Stitz's Co, & Col Peter Bellenger's Regiment of Militia of German Flatts District, in the County of Tryon and State of New York, being on service at sundry times, from February the 28 th to November the 20 th 1778." And that the length of service given, is sixty four days at the rate of Seven dollars & one third per month.
Philip Schuyler Compt r
STATE OF NEW-YORK,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany,
May 24 - 1848.
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 508 now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz:
  First — under Lieut Geo Helmer in Col. Peter Bellenger Reg't.   Second " Capt Fredk Frank " " Do Do "   Third " " While in Captivity " " Do Do "   Fourth " " for which see page 265. " " Book A. Audited "   Fifth " " Accounts " " " "   Sixth " " " " " "   Seventh " " " " " "   Eighth " " " " " "   Ninth " " " " " "   Tenth " " " " " "   Eleventh " " " " " "   Twelfth " " " " " " 
Philip Schuyler Compt r
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