Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23723, for Jonathan Hyde, Connecticut

SERVICE
Hyde, Jonathan
NUMBER
S. 23723
CONTENTS

New York 24.7.02
Jonathan Hyde
Madison Co in the State of New York was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Bolton of the Reg t commanded by Col. Cuyler in the 6 th Div n in for 21 mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 70 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Feby. 1834 and sent to Hon. W. H. Fuller H. Rep.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 - $175.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending March 34. 35 00 $210.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. G. Williams Clerk, Book E Vol. 11 Page 111
Collected first bill to Mr. Jonathan Hyde? the bill to Mr. Fuller 15 Aug 34

15. 984 Jonathan Royce M c Cusack N York
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Prof. Hoar, off. 6th. Ebenezer Holmes Morrisville Madison N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Jonathan Rejole.
   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.     1776 new 1 Private Capt Bottom En d Fitch Nore Neck 72 years Canterbury Connect. Declaration of & Witness   1778 9   April 1779 1 Capt Miles Col o Mansfield  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Jonathan Kidis application for a pension -
W. O. 110
15984
✓

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of New York Madison County
On this 8 th day of October in the year of our Lord 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Madison (born 7 January 1760 in Canterbury Connecticut) now sitting Jonathan Hild, late a resident of Canajoharie in the said county now maintained at the poor house of the said County aged Seventy two years in January last (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 in the year 1776 when he was sixteen years of age at Canterbury aforesaid he was drafted into the Service of the United States to work in building a fort on town Hill near New London in Connecticut and that he continued there at work unless when sick and unable to work near one month as near as he can recollect. This Fort was then called Fort Mousence. He was at the end of about one month discharged. That in the year 1778 after he was eighteen years of age at Canterbury aforesaid he enlisted into the Service of the United States under Captain Joshua Bottom Lieut and Ensign Welch for nine months and served this time out. The whole of this time he lay at Horse neck and near this place. When his time was out he was discharged Verbally by the same officers that enlisted him -
That he was

That afterwards in the year or about the first of 1779 in Connecticut on the April in the town of Canterbury he enlisted for one year into the state troops in the service of the United States under Captain Charles Miles Lieut and Ensign Cuther in Col Canfields regiment of which regiment Walter Hough was the doctor. That he served this time out and was discharged in April 1780 by the officers who enlisted him by verbal dis- charge. After he enlisted he was embodied with the regiment at the fort near old Stamford on Byram river. That this term his principal service was keeping fort at the place last aforesaid, and cont'g of Forries. I have had Amadon where he now resides and Barak Beckwith can testify are acquainted with him
can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution —
That has no documentary evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. That he lived in the town where he was born the principal part of the time till about 30 years ago when he came into the state of New York and has lived the principal part of the last thirty years in Pompey and Canajoharie. Amadon town former 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. He has no need of his age and never need a written discharge.
Sworn to and subscribing the day and year aforesaid A. S. Sloan Clk.

11 We Barak Beck with a judge of this Court, residing in the town of Gazenoovia. in the said county of Madison and Ichabod Amadon Keeper of the Poor house of the said county of Madison where the said Jonathan Hick is maintained hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said Jonathan Hick who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be at least and the said Barak Beck with says he believes him to be an  of the  age of twenty two years of age, that he is reputed  and  the said Ichabod Amadon says that he is believed  he is believed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that he concurs in that opinion
Sworn & Subscribed } Barak Beckwith the day and year aforesaid } Ichabod Amadon A. S. Sloan Clk
And the 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 Barak Beck with — who signed the preceding Certificate is a judge of this Court resident in the town of Gazenoovia in the aforesaid county of Madison. and that Ichabod Amadon who has also signed the same is Keeper of the poor house of the said County of Madison

where the said Jonathan Hild is maintain- _____ and is a credible person and their state- ment is entitled to credit.
I, Andrew S. Sloan Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Madison in the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Jonathan Hild for a pension.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office. This ninth day of October in the year of our Lord 1832
A. S. Sloan Clk

State of New York Madison County ss: Be it remembered that on this 28 th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the peace of the town of Eaton in the said County Jonathan Hise who being duly sworn deposes and says 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 that according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades to wit For not less than thirty days I served as a private soldier the first term mentioned in my declaration to which this is annexed. For not less than nine months I served as a private soldier the second term mentioned in my said declaration. And that for not less than one year I served as a private soldier the third term mentioned in my said declaration all of which services were performed under the officers mentioned respectively in the statements of the said terms contained in the said declaration and for such service I claim a pension, and I cannot remember so as to state the Regimental or general officers under whom I served any more particularly than they are stated in said declaration Subscribed and sworn to before me the 28 th day of May 1833 Robert Henry S.P. of Madison County
Jonathan Hise

State of New York Madison County Clerk's Office
A. S. Andrew S. Sloan, Clerk of the said County, do Certify that Robert Henry before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn, was, at the date of the same, One of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County. And that I am acquainted with his hand writ- ing and verily believe his name, subscribed to the said Affidavit, to be his proper hand writing and signature - Witness my hand and seal of Office this 21 st day of May 1833. A. S. Sloan Clk.

Resolution
23723. INVALID.
File No. 23,728
Jonathan Hoyle His Rev. Mad
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 201
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New York Revoc.
Jonathan Hyde Suspended
See letter to
Ebenezer Holmes 8 August 1832
Act 7 June 1832

Neosho Falls } Jan'y 23
Iowa
Hon. W m H. Fuller Mem. Congress Washington.
E. Holmes - as to the application of provisions there for a pension -

E. Holmes - as to the application of Jonathan Hyde for a pension -
Hon. Wm H. Miller Mem. Congress Washington
November { Jan'y 23 Jan

Morrisville January 23 o 1834
W m K. Fuller Esq r
Dear Sir I am the agent of Jonathan Hyde, an applicant for a pension, and long since sent his papers to the pension office. These papers were once returned to me, & amended by the applicant, and then by me sent back to the pension office. After this I was informed by a line from that office, that objections still remained and that his papers were put on file. Then in his behalf I sent to the Comptroller of public accounts of Connecticut and obtained further evidence, in a certificate from him, which certificate I sent to the pension office and have heard nothing since. Will you do me the favor to ascertain in some way, if it may consist with your convenience, if this last certificate was received, and if any thing further is necessary, & what should be done, and inform me. Of there is an honest applicant in the circle of my acquaintance this is one, and I am very anxious that he may succeed.
Very Sincerely
Yours &c
Ebenezer Holmes

War Department Pension Office 8 August 1833.
Sir,
The papers of Jonathan Hyde, have again been examined. The regulations, a copy of which is enclosed, require the applicant to state in every case the names of the officers under whom he served, the particular place, or places where the service was performed &c. These specifications not having been made the papers are placed on file.
I am, respectfully Your ob t serv t
J. Edwards
Mem.
From printed sheet sent from Pension Office
1. Name of Col. & other officers 2. Duration of each term of engagement 3. Place or places where the service was performed 4. That the applicant served in an embodied corps 5. That he was either in the field or garrison
Ebenezer Holmes, Esq. Morrisville N.Y.

1 st Term of 1 mo not alarmed. working in Ford
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21 m of pri
70 D
Yrs W. H. Fuller

Comptroller's Office Aug. 28 th 1833
I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Connecticut, do certify that under date August 21 st 1781, there is charged to the United States upon the books of the Pay Table £2030, 8, 4 for the pay roll of Capt. Joshua Bottoms company, Lewis Wells Regt in 1780.
And that there is also charged to the United States under date March 25 th 1782 for the pay roll of Capt Charles Miles company Waterbury's Brigade £1798, 8, 3. And that I cannot find any master or pay rolls of these companies. Neither can I find any roll of the men who were detached for the purpose of building the fort on the hill near New London done by order of the Council of Safety.
E. Phelps.
The State records show that in January 1780 Lewis Wells was appointed Lt Col. of a Regiment raised to serve until Jan. 1 st 1781, & Joshua Bottoms was appointed Capt. that then Waterbury Brigade was in Feb. 1781 organized ... have the annexed Certificate

to serve until the first of March 1782 & Cho Miles was appointed a Captain in it.
E. H. [unclear]
0 1
P. [unclear] 1782

State of New York
Adison County ss: Be it remembered that on this third fourth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace
of the said County Jonathan Hyde at the Poor House of said County who being duly sworn deposes and says, in addition to what is contained in his declaration and affidavit supplementary thereto, hereto give sent to the pension office in order to obtain a pension, that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory he cannot state anything more particularly than in his said declaration, and affidavit he has stated relative to his first term of service in said declaration mentioned but he refers to the annexed certificate of Elisha Phelps Esq. Comptroller &c. of Connecticut to show that such a fort as he has mentioned in said declaration was built by order of the Council of Safety.
That in regard to the second term of service in his said declaration mentioned when as he therein states he enlisted under Captain Joshua Bottom the Col. of the Regiment in which he served was Levi Wells, as he is inclined to believe from the annexed certificate of Elisha Phelps Comptroller &c of Connecticut He remembers that when he enlisted he received a bounty which he thinks was about twenty dollars, and that he was put under obligation when he enlisted to submit to inculcation for the Small pox, which he did and had it at Canterbury before he joined the regiment, that he was by the agreement when he enlisted to be considered under pay from the time he received his bounty and while he was having the Small pox

and that as soon as he got well enough, he with others who had it, were ordered to Horse-Neck where he joined his regiment, and that all the nine months for which he, this time enlisted as stated in his said declaration he lay at Horse-Neck and near this place with said regiment, and that their service was to keep guard. Horse Neck being their station, and that they were absent only occasionally when ordered out, and then returned in the course of a day or two, or some short time when the duty on which they were sent was done. And that at the end of this term he was honorably discharged. That in his said declaration he stated as well as he could remember the time when he enlisted and served, but that from the said certificate of Elisha Phelps he is induced to believe that he may have made a mistake as to the time he enlisted and served, that the time when which may have been the time (1780) mentioned in said certificate for which the said Company was paid, but that he has not sufficient memory positively to determine.
That the second time he enlisted as stated in his said declaration, which was under Captain Charles Miles as stated in his said declaration, he was immediately after his enlistment ordered to the fort near old Stamford on Byram River in Connecticut, and that at this place he served out the term of this enlistment which was one year with the company of said Miles in keeping garrison, and being out occasionally when ordered by his officers on scouting parties. That from the said certificate of Elisha Phelps Esq. he is induced to believe that he may have been under a mistake as to the regiment to which Capt. Miles Company belonged and that it may have been Col. Wells Regt. or some other regt. instead of Col. Cramfield's, and that he may have stated in the said declaration the time incorrectly when

this enlistment was and this service performing, but that he has not memory enough to determine certainly, but this he certainly knows that he enlisted and served under the said Bolton and Miles as he has in said declaration and affidavit before stated, and he has no doubt for the length of time in said declaration and affidavit stated.
And this deponent further says that he was not during any of the above terms of service employed in any civil pursuit.
Jonathan Hyde
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4 th day of September 1833 Robert Henry Justice of the Peace
State of New York Madison County Clerk's Office } p: J. Andrew, Sloan, Clerk of the said County, do certify that Robert Henry before whom the preceding Affidavit purports to have been sworn, was, at the date of the same, One of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal of Office this 5 th day of September 1833- A. Sloan Clk.

Mornsville Madison County New York Sept 12
To J. L. Edwards Esq. Comr. of Pensions
Sir Since the information contained in the enclosed letter from you of Aug. 8. Jonathan Hester has obtained a certificate which with an additional affidavit he has made I send you in his behalf in the hope that the evidence in his case may prove satisfactory of his services, being the best he has been entitled to from the Government.
Ebenezer Holmes

Morrisville May 21. 1833
Sir. The application of Jonathan Hyde and papers connected with it were handed to me by Mr. Sloan to whom they were mailed, and have been presented to the applicant who has added his affidavit all of which I return to the Pension office. On conversing with him I do not discover that he can furnish any further evidence. The final decision in this case may may be sent to me at Morrisville Madison County N. York.
Ebenezer Holmes
Agent for Jonathan Hyde