Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1775, for John Huyler, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey War 1812
Kuyler, John John G. or Phebe
N. 1775
CONTENTS

26.070 Pennsylvania
John Hays
Roller. Co in the State of - who was a 1st Sgt in the Company commanded by Captain Hays of the 1st Regt. commanded by Col. - in the New Jersey for Militia -
1 Yr 5 Mo 15 Days $ 61.66
Enscribed on the Roll of 1832 the rate of 51 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of March 1833 J. Emery, Melville, Pa
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 154.15 3/4 Pemi-ant. allowance ending 4th March '34 30.83 3/4 $ 185.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. Sprague Clerk Book C Vol. 3 Page 24
Letter to Messrs Lyman and Gard Phil a June 2 nd 1842
Letter to John McQuade, and Pension Agent at Philadelphia Pa Aug th 17 th 1842

2327 Pennsylvania Phil a Phebe Huyler widow of John Huyler
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a priv. & serg t . Penn Service
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 61. Dollars 66.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of October 1853 and sent to
B. B. Smith Wellsboro Pen s
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 105, Vol.
(1832)

State of Pennsylvania Tioga County ss.
On this 3 rd day of May 1853 personally appeared before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas now in session at Wellsboro' in & for the said County of Tioga Phebe Huyler a resident of Westfield township in the County of Tioga and State aforesaid aged sixty five years who first being 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 rd February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow of John Huyler, who was a private in the said war and served she cannot tell how long - that he was a pensioner under the act of 7 th June 1832 at the rate of sixty one dollars and sixty six cents per year - that the original pen- sion Certificate from the War Department to her said husband is now in her possession and which is herewith attached - She believes from what she has heard her husband say in his life time that he served in the war of the Revolution for a longer period than what he obtained a pension for, but she cannot state the particulars of his service - She thinks and is quite certain that he was at the battle of Yorktown and the surrender of Cornwallis - She further declares that she was married to the said John Huyler on the 10 th day of May 1807 at Burlington, County of Otsego & State of New York by Tho s Aiken Esq a justice of the Peace of said Burlington - that her husband died on the 10 th day of September 1846 at Westfield township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania

that she was not married to him prior to the second of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow - For proof of her marriage she refers to the deposition of Sally Butler taken before Charles Hammond Esq. J.P. of Otsego County N.Y. which was forwarded to the Pension Department with her application for Bounty Land, on the 23 d March last - and for the proof of service she refers to her husband's Pension certificate herewith forwarded to the records in the Pension Office - She also refers to the affidavit of Geo. Huxler for further proof of her marriage and of the death of her husband, which also accompanied her application for Bounty Land, made on the 23 d March aforesaid -
The words "that he served in the war of the Revolution for a longer period" and "1807" interlined before signing -
Sworn to & subscribed before me in open court May 8. 1853 J. H. Wmaldson, Prothon.
Rebecca Huxler

State of Pennsylvania Tioga County } ss.
Personally appeared also in open Court at the same time Benj y B. Smith a Resident of Wellston in the said County & State aged sixty two years who being duly sworn in open court before the judges of the Common Pleas did depose and say that he was well acquainted with John Haylor the deceased pensioner in the foregoing declara- tion of Mike Haylor mentioned, for many years previous to his death - assisted him for several years to make out his papers to draw his pension at Philad a - that he is also acquainted with Mike Haylor his widow & knows they lived together as man & wife up to the death of the said John and that they have always as far as this deponent knows and believes, been reputed to have been husband & wife - and have raised a family of children - He further saith that he is fully satisfied of the truth of the facts set forth in the foregoing declaration of the said Mike -
Sworn & Subscribed in B. B. Smith open court May 3. 1853
in presence of the judges hereof before me. -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affix- ed the seal of the said court the day and year aforesaid H. H. Smallison, Proth.

State of Pennsylvania } ss. Tioga County }
On this fifth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Tioga George Hoyer a resident of Glymer township in the County of Tioga aforesaid aged sixty years who upon his solemn oath duly administered according to law doth depose and say
That he is the son of John G. Hoyer who was a Soldier in the war with Great Britain in 1812 and for which service his widow Phoebe Hoyer has lately received a forty acre warrant for Bounty Land - Deponent further saith that his said father was a Revolutionary Soldier and drew a pension of $61.66 per year - that his said father in the Revolution went by the name of John Hoyer with the G. omitted and so was his name written in his pension certificate - Deponent further saith that his father on receiving his said pension certificate expressed his surprise at the amount being so small as the above named sum and said he expected to have drawn a full pension of $96. a year - that his father went to Wellsboro to see Joseph Emery Esq the Attorney who had made out his papers to enquire the reason of his not getting a larger sum - that on his return from Wellsboro he informed this deponent that he had seen Mr Emery who informed him that he had made a mistake in stating the different periods of service and had not got in all the time he served, but advised him to let the matter rest as it was then, as

He feared if they attempted to correct the statement then it might endanger the application and lose the whole — Deponent further saith that not long previous to the decease of his father which was in Sept. 1846 — he asked him to release to him an account of his service in the Revolution, giving the different periods and length of time, with the dates & names of his officers &c. which he did, and Deponent took a minute of the same on paper which memorandum he has now with him — In that conversation his father stated that he first entered the service 1 st April 1777 under Capt John Haysler of New Jersey who was uncle to his father and served eight months in that year — That on the 1 st of April following, 1778 he again went into the service under the same Captain and served six months — that he again entered the service in the Spring of 1779 under Capt Thomas Blanch and served six months — The next year 1780 he enlisted under Capt. Smalley for the term of eighteen months and was soon transferred to the Continental service and went to Virginia under Capt. White, in Col. Sprout's Regiment under Gen. Lafayette — Deponent neglected to put down on his memorandum how long his father stated that he served in this last Campaign, but thinks he said the whole 18 months — Deponent made this enquiry of his father with the view of getting the balance of Pension at some future period for the benefit of his father's widow who

is step mother to this deponent, if it could be brought about after his father should die - As deponent fully believed and so did his father as he often expressed himself, that he had not been pensioned for the account he was entitled by his services, and that by reason of the error committed by Lt Emery at the time of writing his declaration -
Deponent further saith that he now makes this affidavit for the benefit of his said step mother Phebe Huxler who is now an applicant for a pension in order to increase the amount of pension granted to her husband in case the services should be found upon examination of the records to be as is herein set forth - Deponent further saith that he should have made affidavit of this conversation with his father at the time his step mother made her declaration, but he had mislaid the memorandum referred to which he has since found, & could not correctly state the contents without the said paper -
Deponent further saith that from all his information upon the subject gained from his father during his life time he firmly believes he was not pensioned for the sum that his services entitled him to, and that the Records of the War Office will upon examination show the fact - He also swears that he has no interest in the claim of the said Phebe Huxler to a pension - Geo Huxler
Sworn & subscribed before me the 3 5th of July 1853 B. B. Smith J.B.

State of Pennsylvania } ss. Tioga County }
On this 8 th day of August 1853 personally appeared before me Josiah Emery Esq a resident of Wellsboro' in the said County of Tioga aged forty eight years, who being duly sworn according to law did depose and say - He has a recollection of some such case as mentioned in the deposition of George Haylor, within, and his impression is that it was Mr John Haylor's case though he should think it was not till after he had sent in his declaration that Mr Haylor made the discovery that he had omitted a part of his services. It is a long time since and he had a number of cases and could not therefore swear positively that it was Mr Haylor's case, tho' the statement made by Mr George Haylor is entitled to confidence & he might from that say he had no doubt it was the case of his father -
Sworn & Subscribed before } me the day & year aforesaid } B. B. Smith J.P. }
I further certify that George Haylor and Josiah Emery who have subscribed the foregoing affidavits, respectively, are both of good repute for truth and veracity, and that I have been well acquainted with them for many years B. B. Smith J.P.
Tioga County ss. I John H. Donaldson prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of Tioga County Pennsylvania do certify that Benjamin B. Smith, Esq. is a magistrate in and for said county as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, the 18 th day of August 1853 - J. H. Donaldson, Protho.

22,086
John H. Taylor
8/11
Adm 1. year 6 Months and 15 days.
Hon Mo Laporte Ho Rep J. Emery Wellsboro. Tipton Pa.
John H. Taylor - 1 year 6 months 15 days

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
April 6 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. These 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 John Haysler of Potter County, Pennsylvania
   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.     Enlisted 1779 3 Waiter Capt. Haysler Major Gutches Some small skirmishes, Scouting this N. Jersey Bergen County Traditional   " " 1780 from April till the fall 1 Private " " March thru N. J. to West Point New Jersey Witnesses   " 1781 does not say what time he served in his last tour Sergt Smalley Sprout aged 69 years  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
Smalley & Sprout my mistake. J. Emery

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the 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 he 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 _____; 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 three or four months , 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 [c] 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.

John Huxler,
Supplement

Pennsylvania
Tioga County ss.
On this twenty eighth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared in Open Court of Common Pleas being a court of Record, held in Wellsboro in & for said County of Tioga John F. Hougle aged about sixty nine years resident for a number of years till last December in the County of Tioga but now resident in Potter County adjoining this, but having no Court of Record within its borders, who being first sworn according to Law doth on his solemn oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions of the Pension act passed by Congress on the seventh day of June in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty two
I John Hougle do solemnly swear that I was born as I verily believe, in the believe, in the precincts of Hackensack Bergen County State of New Jersey on the fourth day of October A.D. Seventeen hundred & sixty three and am now aged a little rising of sixty nine years. I resided there except when in the service till 1797. then removed to Greenfield Saratoga County New York, remained there till about 1804. then removed to Union, Broome County, New York, resided there till June 1820; then removed to Shippen Township, Tioga County Pennsylvania; resided there till the 20 th day of December 1831, then removed to Harrison, Potter County, where I now reside - And the reason of my appearing at this Court is that there is no Court of Record held in Potter County
I went into the service in April 1779, in a company in a company of rangers com-

manded by my Uncle John Hoyle, Lieutenant Samuel Demarest. Orderly Joseph Demarest were in Major Gutches Battallion. Do not recollect the Col. of the regiments name. The first three months I acted as waiter to Capt Hoyle, the next month as a substitute for Rufus Demarest. Our head quarters during this four months was at Closter near Tappan in New Jersey - during this time we out on scouting parties and had a number of skirmishes.
In April 1780 I again enlisted as a regular soldier in Capt John Hoyle's company and had the rank & warrant of a fourth sergeant from this time I entered his company until left it. Our business was in scouting as a house - We had one considerable battle - I was out with three others scouting when we met with Capt Wood's company of Refugees we drew up near them it being dark, fired fell on the ground till their shot passed over us then rose and retreated till we met a part of our company & a part of Capt Blanchet's company who the firing had alarmed we all met them in an orchard, had a fight - killed two - took two prisoners, one had one of our men wounded in the arm his name was James Blouvelt - In July I think a regiment came into Closter, burnt 13 houses - 14 barns & a grist mill - They began to burn about 4 miles above the Liberty Pole. The inhabitants turned out armed - gave us the alarm we being in Scramlingburg - we met them - had a fight - retook about 90 head of cattle which they had stolen, we continued scouting till late in the fall then went home - In April 1781 I enlisted in Capt - Miley's company of Somerset - His Lieutenants name I think was Brockman - We called him Brockleface - In May we marched to Trenton and there tarryed 2 days - then were or

to the head of Elk near Maryland staid there several days - Then joined Fayette brigade at James River - On leave, was. Spent from Massachusetts - We continued flying and skirmishing all summer till General Wash- ington came on with his and the French Ar- my - This was last of September or first of October - On fortifications or breastworks about 600 hundred paces from the enemy, Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown. He remained there till Cornwallis surrendered on the 19 th of October - We then moved to West Point where I was discharged. My discharge and Sergeant's Warrant was burnt with my house in Saratoga County - I am not ac- quainted with any Benjamin in this neigh- borhood - Nor have I any record of my age - The whole time of my service except the first three months was about 15 or 16 months
Depon & subscribe in open court this day and date above
John Huggler
Jonah Brewster Deputy Clerk Simon Babcock being duly sworn in open court do depose & say that they are acquainted with the above deponent John Huggler that he is in our opinion and by common report a man of truth & veracity and reported in his neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary Warrior Soldier Depon & subscribe in open court this 26th day of Dec 1832 Jonah Brewster Deputy
Isaac Greenleaf Ebenezer Jackson Simon Babcock
And the board do certify that the above Appli- cant & the deponents to his character, have been examined in open court, and that the said board do believe the above Men- tioned John Huggler is entitled to a pension
Saratoga County ss. I Jonah Brewster Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said board in the matter of the application of John Huggler for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal at office this 26th day of December A.D. one thousand eight hundred & thirty two. Jonah Brewster Deputy

John Hays
1 22086
State of Pennsylvania Tioga County
On this 29 day of December anno Domini 1832 personally appeared before me One of the Justices of the Peace in & for Tioga County John Hays who on his solemn oath doth depose & say that he is not on any pension agree- -ment that he is not in the receipt of any pension and that he renounces all claim to any pension except the one herein applied for - And that the reason of making this Supplementary Affidavit is that the particular herein sworn to was not entered in his decla- -ration made before the Court and that said neglect was not known till after the adjourn- ment
Subscribed & sworn to before me John Hays the day & date aforesaid David Ellis Speare Justice of the Peace
open court the 23 Dec 1833 Sarah Breasted Shattuck Tioga County ss
I Sarah Breasted Shattuck of Tioga County do certify that David Ellis whose signature is appended to the above affidavit is a regular commissioned and acting Justice of the Peace for Tioga County, that I am well ac- -quainted with his signature and believe the above to be in his own proper hand writing In Testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of Tioga County, this 18 th day of January A.D. 1833
Sarah Breasted Shattuck

State of Pennsylvania
Sioga County ss.
On the 23 rd day of Decem- ber A D 1833 personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas of Sioga County Pennsylvania John Hayler aged about seventy years and makes the following supplementary declaration to the one made on the twenty sixth day of Decem r A D 1833 in this same Court - That the second time he entered the service was near the first of A- pril 1780 - He continued in the service this time like a- bout the last of November - making in all eight months - The company he was then in were Mititia Hoagins - On the middle of April 1781 he enlisted in Capt Smalley Company this Col. was Sprout - He was discharged at West Point as near as he recollects on the first of November 1781. by Genl Washington with a badge of Honor. He served this time six and a half months - that he is not in the receipt of any pension - that he renounces any claim to any pension other than the one now sought for -
Sworn to & subscribed in } John Hayler open Court this 23 rd day } of Decem r A D 1833 }
Isaac Bennett Proof.
And the Court do certify that after the investiga- tion of this matter and after the interrogatories prescribed were answered in the declaration to which this is a supplement - they are of opinion that the above John Hayler was a Revolutionary War- and served as he states and the Court do further certify that Israel Greenleaf and Ebenezer Jackson who also signed the certificate in the declaration to which this is a supplement are residents in the Borough of Wellboro' and that Simon Babcock who also signed the same is a resident of Shippensburg in this County that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to

to credit
Tioga County ss
I Jonah Brewster Prothonotary of Tioga County do hereby certify that the foregoing contained on this half sheet as well as that to which this is appended contain the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Haylor for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this tenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty four
Jonah Brewster Prothon.

Leigh County ss.
We Ebenezer Jackson & Israel Greenleaf residing in the Borough of Wellsborough in the County of Tioga hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Hays who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that to which the above is a supplement; that we believe him to be seventy years of age that he is reputed and believed in this neighbourhood where he has till lately resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed this tenth day of January AD 1834 before me Daniel Hilsy
Ebenezer Jackson Israel Greenleaf
And I do further certify that Israel Greenleaf & Ebenezer Jackson who have signed and sworn to the above certificate are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Daniel Hilsy
Tioga County ss.
In testimony that Daniel Hilsy before whom the above affidavit was taken, and who made the foregoing certificate is an acting Justice of the peace, and that I am well acquainted with & do sincerely believe the signature of Daniel Hilsy is in the proper hand writing of the said Magistrate, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court at Wellsboro the tenth day of January 1834.
Isaiah Bement Justice.
a company in a company of rangers Com.

Hon J. L. Edmuns
Since hi I send you again the papers of John Huggins. The witnesses were not in town at the sitting of our Court and of course they could not amend their depositions and certificate there, and were under the necessity of going before a justice when they returned -
The certificate of the Court, I be- lieve is now in form -
Permit me to request an early decision of his claim upon the evidence now furnished.
Yours &c J. Ormsby
Feby 2 1834

State of Pennsylvania
Tioga County } ss.
On this 16 th day of September 1853 before me a justice of the Peace in & for the said County of Tioga personally came Phebe Houyler a resident of the township of Westfield in the said County, aged sixty five years, who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say - That she is the widow of John Houyler late a Revolutionary pensioner, deceased, and who afterwards in the war of 1812 was called John G. Houyler, and is the identical person who was lately an applicant for, and obtained a Land warrant for forty acres, Claim No. 163,070, and is also now an applicant for a pension under the Act of 3 rd February 1853 and made her declaration before Benj W. B. Smith a justice of the peace in March last. She further states that the only explanation which she can give of the fact of her husband, John Houyler, afterwards writing and calling his name John G. Houyler, is, as it was explained to her by her husband, as follows: - He had an uncle John, who had a son John, and there was another Cousin by the same name, and to designate him from the other John's, they all being in the same neighborhood, it was suggested by his mother that he should incorporate into his own name the first letter of his father's (whose name was George). She does not recollect how far this matter was explained in her declaration made as aforesaid, but gives this now as the true and only explanation of the matter as far as she knows and believes. - She further states that to the best of her knowledge there is nor never was any record evidence of

of her marriage — nor does she know that she can obtain any further parol testimony of the same than that of her sister Sally Butler already obtained taken before Charles Hammond Esq of Otsego Co. N.Y. and already furnished in the case of her application for Bounty land.
There were quite a number of persons present at her marriage with the said John Houyler, or as he was then called John G. Houyler — many of them elderly persons nearly all of whom she has ascertained are dead — She has as yet only been able to find the aforesaid sister Sally Butler whose testimony she could obtain. She had two brothers and one sister younger than herself beside the said Sally who she thinks were present at the wedding, but has not seen either of them for near thirty eight years. They all removed to the west soon after the war of 1812 many years ago & Deponent left the place where she was married & they then lived, soon after the war of 1812 — She, however, while on a visit to her said sister Sally last fall, heard that the said younger brothers were residing at Painesville, Ohio, and has recently written or caused a letter to be written to the elder of the said brothers and does not know but she may be able to procure further testimony of the marriage from this source — Should she fail in this she does not know or believe that any further evidence can be obtained.
Deponent further saith, that she was advised by persons familiar with Pension matters that one positive witness to the marriage

with other corroborating testimony would be sufficient - that she made the journey to Otsego County N.Y. last fall at a great sacrifice of her means - that she is very poor and unable to make the journey again - and prays that the same testimony of her marriage which sufficed to procure her the Land County may be used in the present application for a pension -
Sworn & Subscribed this } Phebe Huxley 15 th of Sept. 1853 before me, B.B. Smith J.P.
State of Pennsylvania Tioga County Yb.
On this 15 th day of September 1853 before me a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County of Tioga personally came Ansel Purple a resident of Westfield Township in the said County aged fifty two years, who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he was well acquainted with John Huxley late a Revolutionary Pensioner - resided in the same township with him up to the period of said Huxley's death, which took place some six or seven years ago - knew him as early as the year 1832 -
Was and is also acquainted with his widow Phebe Huxley - knows the said John Huxley and Phebe lived and cohabited together as man and wife while the said John lived - and had a family of several children - three boys and two girls - they were reputed husband and wife and I never heard the fact disputed or questioned that they were really such.

Deponent has time and again heard the said John Hoyler speak of his services in the war of 1812 and also in the war of the Revolution and knows that he drew a pension for his services in the Revolution — He has recently heard that his widow has drawn Bounty Land on account of the services of her said husband in the war of 1812 — Does not know whether the said Hoyler wrote his name with a G. or not — thinks he has seen him write, but does not remember anything about the G. in his name — There is no other man of that name (except a son of the said Hoyler) ever lived in the said township of Westfield and has no doubt that the said John Hoyler who drew a pension as above mentioned is the same John G. Hoyler on account of whose services, in the war of 1812 the said Phebe his widow has lately drawn Bounty Land. Sworn & subscribed before me this 15 th day of September 1853 — B. B. Smith J.P. } Ansel Purple
I hereby certify that Ansel Purple Esq. who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing deposition is well known to me — that he now holds the office of County Commissioner for the said County of Tioga and that he is a man of good repute for truth and veracity — I also certify that I personally know that the same John Hoyler who was a revolutionary pensioner at $61.66 a year, is the same John G. Hoyler for whose services Phebe Hoyler his widow has lately obtained forty acres Bounty Land, claim

163,070, I being & having been well acquainted with the said Hoveyler & his widow Phebe, and having for several years made out the pension papers - took the oath of identity, and drew the pension for the said Hoveyler - B. B. Smith, Just. Peace
State of Pennsylvania
Linn county ss
I John F. Donaldson, prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of the county and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Benj. B. Smith Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his sig- natures above and within written are genuine - and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the foregoing named Ansel Phipple and Benj. B. Smith and that their statements are entitled to full credit. - Given under my hand & the seal of the said Court, this seventeenth day of September 1833. J. F. Donaldson, Protho.

Box 4 1812
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1775
Sheba Huxter Widow John Huxter Pr. & Sgt. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 3, 1853
Index:—Vol. A , Page 354
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Pension Office Aug 1/53
Sir
In the enclosed case I have to request information of the time of the death of the within named pensioner or the time to which he was pensioned.
Very Respectfully
J. Cole for Count
H. Burt Esqr 3 and Present
(See other side.)
(Gray)

John Huyler, Act 7 th June 1832 at $61. 66. p.a. Paid to 1 st Sept. 1846: no date of death on our Books.
F. Beach Auditor.

Wellboro' Tioga Co. Pa. Aug. 8/53
J. P. Waldo Esq. Comm d Pensions
Sir. Enclosed is two additional affidavits in the case of Phoebe Ayler widow of John Ayler, an applicant for a pension for the Revolutionary services of her husband - Her declaration was forwarded last Spring -
M rs Ayler believes the amount which her husband received as a pensioner was less than his services entitled him to, in consequence of a mistake in his declaration in not embracing an account of all the service he performed - and that the amount of pension should be increased to her - and in proof of her position she offers the enclosed depositions - and refers to the evidence in the Pension Office to sustain her position -
Respectfully Yours B. B. Brattle

Payments to be made at Philadelphia, Pa. by Saml Girard B.R. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of P a
Phila. Agency Westphal 1000 Co. Pa.
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 5
Page 24 by C. T. Sprague Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, John Hoyer of the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private during the Revolutionary War , is entitled to receive Sixty-one dollars and Sixty Six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this First day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four
L. D. Bishop Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edward Commissioner of Pensions.

Brief in the case of Mrs Phebe Hoxley widow of John Tioga County and State of Pennsylvania act of Feb. 3 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner under act of June 7. 1832. at $61 \frac{66}{100} per annum
Private & paid to 4 Sept. 1846 Died Sept 10. 1846
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by credible witnesses Death by credible witnesses Identity " " certificate of sub- scribing magistrate
Name and residence of Agent
C. B. B. Smith Wellboro Tioga Co. Pa.
Examining Clerk.
J. S. Gray

Watsboro' Tioga, Co. Pa. Sept. 21. 1853
S. P. Waldo Esq. Comm Pension
Sir - I herewith forward in behalf of Phebe Haylor, widow of John Haylor late a Revolutionary Pensioner, proof which I presume will be satisfactory, that the John Haylor of the Revolution, is the John G. Haylor of the war of 1812, and that Phebe, his widow, who is now an applicant for a pension on account of the Revolutionary services of her husband, is the identical person who lately obtained Bounty Land, Claim No. 163.076 u
In relation to the requirement of the Department of further proof of her marriage, she desires me to say, that she is not aware that she can procure any other evidence than the deposition of her sister, Sally Butler, produced in her bounty land application - and she respectfully suggests, that as this deposition sufficed on that occasion, that it also should be satisfactory in the present application for a pension - She has written to Painesville Ohio to enquire after some younger brother, who were at her marriage & if successful in her enquiries, their testimony will be had & forwarded - She hopes, however, she may not be delayed or put to more costs, as she is not in circumstances to incur further expense
Very Respectfully
B. B. Smith