Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,375, John Woolaver, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Woolaver, John
N. 18,375
Woolover
Wolever
CONTENTS
Wolover
Wolever
Catharine

Albany 3360
Catharine Woolaver
widow of John Woolaver
N. Y. who died on the 13 th August 1838 of Madison Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Dygert of the regt. commanded by Col. Clyde in the N. York line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of June 1840 and sent to New P. J. Wagney, M rs of Representatives
Arrears to the 4th of March 1840 720.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. " 40.00 $760.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book C. Vol. 1. Page 134.

Woolaver
Wampsville N.Y. March 13 th 1840
Paid
19 1/2
Giles T. Yates Esq. Schenectady N.Y.

State of New York ss.
Madison County On this twelfth day of March 1840 personally appeared before Horatio Gates Horatio Gates Warner a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Madison in said State Catherine Woolaver, a resident of the town of Cerox in said County aged nearly seventy nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4. 1836 That she is the widow of John Woolaver who was a soldier during the war of the Revolution. Declarant owing to old age & consequent loss of memory cannot now relate (if she ever knew) all the particulars of her said husband's revolutionary services. She well remembers hearing him relate particulars of the service which he performed previous to her intermarriage with him which took place in the month of January 1781, to wit, his service with a company of boatmen, under Captain Peterson upon the Mohawk River. This

having served in various expeditions with the Militia. And Declarant further testifies that after her said marriage with the said John Woolaver, he the said John was taken prisoner by the Indians, conveyed to Canada, and con- fined for a period of Eighteen months, (or at least that period elapsed before his return to his home after his said capture.) That he was then taken prisoner in the summer of the same year after which her said marriage occurred, about five or six months after said marriage. She further declares that she was married to the said John Woolaver on the 14 th day of January 1781 in the Church at Palatine in said State by the Rev. Mr Gross then Pastor of said Church. Declarant does not know of any person now living who was present at her said mar- riage except Peter Woolaver her husband's brother. That her husband the said John Woolaver died on the 13 th day of August 1838. (while he was engaged in applying for a pen- sion) and that she has remained a widow

ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Subscribed & sworn on the day herein above written, before me.
I certify that the Declarant the said Catharine Woolaver is unable to attend court by reason of old age & bodily infirmity Horatio Gates Warner Judge Mad. County Courts
Catharine Woolaver her X mark
In presence of Gideon Raymond
State of New York } County of Madison } ss Clerks Office
I Alexander Donaldson Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Horatio Gates Warner before whom the above declaration of Catharine Woolaver purports to have been taken was at the time thereof a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County duly com- missioned & sworn that his signature to said declaration is genuine.
Witness my hand & official seal this 13 th day of March 1840.
Alexander Donaldson Clerk

Widow of 3092 John Woolaver vis Catharine Woolever under the act of 4 th July 1836.
Maria 14. Jan 1781 Husband died 13 Aug 1838
Adm Col Clyde } Capt. Dugdale }
Prisoner
Admitted May Prison 16 & 23 days do Potomac 7 mo & 7 days 2 years —
Report to Hon. P. J. Wagner H. R.
Agent Mrs. Yates Schenckada M. H.

1782
Dec 11,
State of New York Dr to John Woolver To my pay as a private in Capt Tyger's Coy Lt Col Samuel Clyde's Regt Militia during my Captivity from 18 th July 1781 to this day is 16 m o & 23 days @ 53 3/4 per m o  44. 14. 2
Audited 3 rd May 1785
State of New York Comptroller's Office Albany July 5 th 1840
I hereby Certify the above to be a true extract from Books & Audited Accounts now remaining in this Office.
Richard D. Webb Comptroller
for 34 th
Capt Dyger

John Woolver

John Woolaver
The deposition of Christopher Ward of the City of Schenectady in the County of Schenectady & State of New York, aged eighty one years & upwards, being duly examined & sworn deposes & saith that he was a Soldier during the war of the Revolution, and is now a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That during said War this Deponent was well acquainted with John Woolaver the same person referred to & described in the accompanying papers. That early in the Spring of 1778 this Deponent saw said John Woolaver with a company of battalions commanded by Capt. William Peters (the same Peters who afterwards became a Major in the regular army) upon the Mohawk river at Schenectady N.Y. That this Deponent frequently saw said Woolaver with said company during said year at Schenectady aforesaid & believes that he served with a

Company upon the Mohawk River between Schenectady & Fort Stanwix for & during the whole of said year 1778.
Chas. Ward
On this 29 th day of August 1838 personally appeared before me the undersigned Christopher Ward & made oath that the facts set forth in the above certificate by him subscribed are true & I certify that he is a credible witness.
John H. Van Eps Justice of the peace
STATE OF NEW-YORK, SCHENECTADY COUNTY, } ss. CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, William H. Treadway Deputy Clerk of said County
Do Hereby Certify, That John H. Van Eps before whom the annexed affidavit of Christopher Ward purports to have been sworn and thereon written, was at the time of taking such affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, dwelling therein, commissioned, sworn and duly authorized: And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said John H. Van Eps. and verily believe that the signature to the the Certificate thereon written by said John H. Van Eps is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, the 31 st day of August 1838
W. H. Treadway Dep. Clerk.
copy of said cert

State of New York
Montgomery County ss. Laurence Gros of Munster  Ganajoharin in the County aforesaid being sworn says that he was personally acquainted with the Rev. Johan Daniel Gros during part of the Revolutionary war and since up to the time of the death of said Johan Daniel Gros which took place the 25 th day of May 1812. that said Johan Daniel Gros was uncle to this deponent and that said Johan Daniel had charge of the Dutch Reformed Church at Fort Plain in the town of Munster aforesaid during said Revolutionary war. That to the knowledge of deponent said church was destroyed by fire in the latter part of said Revolutionary war & the deponent thinks in the year 1781 or 1782. and that all the records of Marriages kept by said Johan Daniel were destroyed at the burning of said church by the enemy. as informed by said Gros and believes to be true That this deponent has been informed by said Johan Daniel frequently since said Revolution & by others that all the Records of Marriages kept by said Gros during said Revolutionary war were destroyed as aforesaid & which this deponent believes to be true. that this deponent has in his possession all the papers of said Johan Daniel Gros (this deponent being one of the heirs of said Johan) & that no records of Marriages during said war appear amongst said papers. and that this deponent is now upwards of sixty three years old & further says not.
Subscribed & sworn this 2 nd day of April 1840 before me -
Laurence Gros
D. F. Saria Judge of Montgomery County Courts Commissioner in Sup. Court
State of New York Montgomery County ss. I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Laurence Gros and that he is reputable. This affidavit is entitled to full credit - April 2. 1840
D. F. Saria Judge of Montgomery County Courts Commissioner in Sup. Court

State of New York
Montgomery County
Clerk's Office ss. I Certify that the within named David F. Lacia whose name is subscribed to the Sworn of the foregoing affidavit was on the day of the date thereof a Judge of the Montgomery County Courts Committee & as therein stated and duly authorized by the Laws of the said State to administer Oaths and that his signature subscribed to the same is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of my office this 3 rd day of June 1840
A. J. Bonner Clerk
Affidavit of Laurens Bros.

State of New York } Herkimer County }
On the fourth day of April 1840 Personally came before me John P. Snell Esq. a Justice of the Peace in said County Peter Woolver who resides in the Town of Manheim in said County - Being duly sworn testified and said that he his seventy five years old and upwards that he was born at a place called Honaarika now the Town of Palatine in the County of Montgomery and State of New York and that John Woolver late of the Town of Lenox in the County of Lenox  Gloucester deceased was his brother and that on or about the fourteenth day of January 1781 he this deponent was present at the House of Col. Jacob Klock in the then Town of Palatine in said County of Montgomery when and at that time his said brother John Woolver was then newly married to Catharine Mc Naughton to me then personally known and that I have since that time been acquainted with the said Catharine and that the same person is now the Widow of the said John Woolver deceased and that the Rev d Daniel Grops then an officiating Clergyman with whom I was then personally acquainted married and performed the marriage Ceremony between the said John Woolver and Catharine Mc Naughton and that they ever since to the day of his brothers decease resided together as man & wife The said Peter Woolver says and Testifies that according to the records kept by his father that his brother John Woolver - deceased was born the 13 th day of September 1760 and that his said brother John Woolver died the 13 th day of August 1838
Sworn & subscribed before me this day & year above written
John P. Snell
Justice Peace
Peter Woolver
I certify that I have been personally acquainted with above named Peter Woolver for upwards of Twenty years and know that he resides in the Town of Manheim in the County of Herkimer and State of New York and that I do believe him to be a man of truth and veracity and of good moral character Given under my hand at Manheim this 4 th day of April 1840
John P. Snell Justice Peace

State of New York
Herkimer County ss. I John Dyer Clerk of said County do hereby certify that John P Smith Esq r before whom the within Affi- -davit purports to have been taken Was at its date a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly elected and qualified and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and hereby believe the signature of said Justice to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the Seal of said County this 6 th April 1840
Dyer Clerk
John Woodson

State of N. York Montgomery County ss
On the 29 th day of June 1838 personally Appeared before me John Everson a Commissioner of deeds, in and for the County aforesaid, John Walker a resident of the Town of Seneca County of Madison and State aforesaid, aged Seventy eight Seven years past, who has been duly sworn, according to law, deposeth and saith Under Oath, that he has been a Revolutionary Soldier, and that he hath Applied, and had a Mr Root Employed as his agent, to prepare and to prosecute his claim in order to obtain his Pension, It failed, and the Objections made to the same by his hon ble the Pension Commissioners, never was instructed or informed by Mr Root It left in abeyance, and by the information the claimant could gather no return was obtained until late in summer or fall
Claimant further states, that himself had a Mr Lady Engaged, for his 2 d agent Claimant relied in 1834, and again disappointed,
When Claimant again Employed a Mr Chatman for his 3 d agent who also failed and the and the Applicant again disappointed for the 3 d time,
That the Applicant again Applied to Mr Johnson at Rome, says that he has returned the former returns, and reports to Mr Fuller who told that he had left them at Washington, prepared with his hon ble the Pension Commissioners Claimant further saith that about a year past, he having Engaged for his Agent Mr Jacob Suel from Palatine Montgomery County, in hopes that a more Specific, just, and Satisfactory Statement contained in his declara- tion, to both, as well to the United States, as to the claimant, and against which could not have been exhibited to his hon ble the Pension Commissioners
The Applicant further states that it could not have been possible that a Poor distressed Old Soldier of the Revolution, a Soldier who has suffered all but death itself, would or could have been disposed like himself by his Government, which he has so faithfully served
Which the above, Claimant Apologizes for reason in causing the delay for such length of time, conformable to his hon ble requisition
Claimant further saith that he has made through a thorough search, endeavouring to find some additional Testimony, in support of his boat Service, Under the command of Capt William Peters, from the latter part of March 1778, before the ice had been cleared off, of the Mohawk than engaged & ordered by the deputy Quarter master Q t Henry Glancy than at Schenectady, to render United States Service otherwise, until

Until the ice was cleared off, from the said Mohawk river Claimant further states, that as soon the Mohawk was clear of ice fitt in transporting Provisions and supplies to Fort Stanwix, Capt Peters with his company of Boatmen were engaged in transporting Provisions & other supplies from Schenectady up along the Mohawk River to Fort Stanwix in support of the Garrison and so con- =tinued during the whole season, until the progress of Boating was again stopped in consequence of the ice, latter part of November
The Applicant further declare that he cannot remember or re- =collect any single one, who is yet living, then belonging to Capt Peters company, neither can he recollect the names of each and every boat man then belonging to Capt Peters company. Excepting the following vizt Joseph Loucks and Michael Kern, were his associates, in the same boat with himself from the early part in Spring until the Mohawk river was closed with Ice, at least 8 Months and the only names Claimant recollects of the men belonging to the said company besides those in the same boat with himself, were as follows vizt George Kelly, Peter Keyser, Andrew Gray, Francis Frealig, Mathias Wormwood, Charles Kern, of Canajoharie & Palatine, and Andrew Bearuff, David Van De Kyden, and John Van Charles of the City of Schenectady, although there were more belonging to the same company, but do not remember their names
Claimant will only beg leave reminding his hon. of the Original Declaration transmitted by M c Jacob Snell on my behalf containing and embracing, Applicants Services and his just claim to which he says his honorably & justly entitled to, his hon. the Commissioner of Pensions, will please to pardon the poor distressed, suffering, Applicant by soliciting his hon. to reconsider the Declaration, Documents and papers appertaining to his claim as contained in the aforesaid declaration Referring your hon. to some of the most prominent Services appertaining to his claim.
Claimant first beg leave to refer your hon. to his first tour which was to Tioughnioga, for three Months to which he considers himself honestly entitled
As to his boat service in hope will no more be disputed at least entitled to Eight months

Claimant State that he shall for ever consider himself honorably Entitled for his imprisonment taken by the Indians and kept in Captivity for the length of One year & Six months, when returned to his place of residence, Claimantattering himself with a firm belief that his hon ble the Commissioners will feel satisfied that at the time when made a Prisoner that he was actually Engaged in the Service of the United States, neither was he unmindful in being on his Guard, see declaration transmitted heretofore by M c Sull
Claimant State, that his hon ble the Pension Commissioners will be Satisfied that claimant was Engaged Under the Command of Gen l Herkines at Oriskany Battle, 8 th Aug t 1777
Claimant further declare that he was Engaged in Battle Generally Called the Brown Battle on the 19 th Oct r 1780, in Palatine Stone Arabia When Col l Brown was in in Battle besides forty four killed and several wounded,
The Applicant further beg leave to solicit the attention of his hon ble the Commissioners of Pensions, to the Testimony of Capt o Frederick Sammons and M c Henry Shultz, who both have testified that, he the said Claimant with themselves had been kept in Prison. Vgt o on Rebel Island, and there kept in Captivity from October 1782, during Winter 1783 Until sometime for part in summer when the said Frederick Sammons, Absconded, him and a M c Nathan seen away from the Island, and with Great difficulty made a Safe return home When the said Claimant, M c Henry Shultz, & two others, brothers of Shultz were kept on the said Island, and continued in Captivity Until sometime in fall 1783 When sent to Montreal and Exchanged, and not returned Until between Christmas and New Year, and as left Creditable, both, Capt o Sammons aged about Eighty, and honored previous to the last Presidential Election, there and Elected one of the Electors, and M c Shultz aged About Eighty Eight years and always considered a man of truth and veracity.
Claimant further declare that he has an Impression On his mind, that exclusive of the foregoing mentioned Occurrences if practicable, to ascertain all his services rendered to the United States would not fall much short of two years,
John his Wolber mark
Sworn to and subscribed this 29 day of June 1838 before me
Notary Public (me) Entered & the word (by) Grand before me
John Everson Com of Deeds

State of N. York } Montgomery County } ss
This may certify that I the subscribers a Commission of deeds, have been personally acquainted with John Wolleber of the Town of Lenox, County of Rensselaer and State aforesaid some considerable time past and I further certify, that the said John Wolleber says that he always has to signify his name in making his crop marks, and for reason, he never was taught to write — and that he always signifies his name by making his crop mark, and further certify that he is a man of truth and veracity —
Dated at Palatine this 29 th day of June 1838
John Everson Com of Deeds
State of New York Montgomery County
Bliss Office ss. I do hereby certify that the above named John Everson whose name is subscribed to the Joint of the foregoing Affidavit & proceedings was on the day of the date of the same a Commissioner of deeds
in and for the said county and duly authorized by the Laws of the said State to administer Oaths, and that his signature subscribed to the same is genuine
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of my Office this 13 th day of August 1838
A. Jerome Bliss
John Wolleber

In the matter of John Wolven
To J. L. Edwards Esq

I, Andrew S. Sloan, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Madison, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceed- ings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of John Wolaver for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this tenth day of October 1834. A. S. Sloan Clk
State of New York Madison County ss Peter Wolaver of Manheim in the County of Delaware being Duly Sworn in open court, deposes and saith that he is well acquainted with John Wolaver who signed and swore to the foregoing Declaration hereto annexed - and knows of all the contents as stated in the said Declaration except the three months at Fort Bull & second Creek which he does not know but knows that he left the neighborhood that year and every other year & went into the Army and this deponent was with the said John at the time and place above stated by him in the said Declaration when the said John was taken Prisoner and carried off by the enemy he was in actual service in the Revolution under an Order of Col. Mott as a Volunteer and this deponent escaped from the Enemy and was not taken Prisoner. That he has known the said John for more than fifty years.
Peter Wolaver
Sworn before me this 6th day of Oct. 1834. in Open Court -
A. S. Sloan Clk
I certify that I am acquainted with Peter Wolaver, the deponent in the above affidavit, and that he is a man of truth and veracity and that his statements are entitled to credit -
A. S. Sloan Clk

Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832 State of New York } ss On this                      day of October County of Madison } in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four Personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas it being a Court of Record held in and for the County of Madison John Wolaver a resident of the Town of Sullivan in the County of Madison and State of New York Aged Seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration That he was drafted into the Service of the Revolution in the Spring of 1777 for the term of three months in Capt Joseph Tygett's Company in Col d Coxes Regiment. and served during the whole of that period of time he lived at and entered the Service at Canajoharie in the County of Montgomery State of New York and was marched to Fort Stanwix and was stationed there and at Fort Bull on Wood Creek and was engaged in watching the movement of the Enemy and in blocking Wood Creek by felling trees into the same to stop the Enemy from coming up said Creek and was discharged the latter part of July as he believes and returned home where he staid but a short time before he was pressed into the Service of the Revolution and Marched forthwith to Fort Dayton and from there to the Oriskany and was there engaged in the well known Battle called the Oriskany Battle in which Gen l Herkimer was mortally wounded under whom he served in the same Company & Regiment and under the same Capt. & Col d as in the first Service and was stationed at Fort Dayton and kept on duty and marched to Schenectady and back again and was in

actual Service on Scouting parties and country for the space of more than three months and was discharged about the first of November 1777 - That in the Spring of 1778 he enlisted at the Place of his Residence aforesaid, for the space of nine months under Capt Peter Peterson - in Col Willets Regiment and was stationed at Fort Storks and was engaged in watching the movements of the Enemy - and some part of the time in carrying Prisoners from Schenectady to Fort Stornwick for the Army and was discharged late in the fall of that year or first of Winter after having served the whole term of nine months for which he entitled - That he was drafted in the Spring of 1779 for three months & served in the same Company as the first Service in Col Leeser Regiment and at the same place and was stationed at Fort Dayton, afore said now the town & County of Herkimer and was a part of the time engaged in carry- ing dispatches from that Place to Fort Plain and that he served the whole of that term and was discharged verbally as on all other occasions - That in the Spring of 1780 he was again drafted for three months at the place aforesaid in Capt Tyrets Company & Col Leeser Regiment aforesaid and Captain Genl Brown & was stationed at Stone Rawls on the Mohawk River, and was in the Battle called Browns Battle, in which the Genl was killed - and that he was frequently called out on alarms for short periods

at one time under an Order of Col l Willet - he entered the Service as a volunteer not for any length of time and while on an excursion for Provision was & fat cattle was taken Prisoner by the Enemy in the Month of July 1781 from his best recollection and was carried Prisoner into Canada and there kept for the space of Eighteen Months & until he was exchanged for prisoners on the other side
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 known to and submitted the day and year aforesaid in Open Court before me - John his K. Walcutt mark Atty
And the said Applicant answered the several interrogatories required by Law when the same were put him by the Court in answering the 1 st he says 1 st That he was born in the town of Johnstown in the county of Montgomery N.Y. in September 1765 2 nd has no record of his age 3 rd Lived at Canajoharie in the county of Montgomery N.Y. when he entered the Service and before & some time after the war and moved from there to the Royal Grant N.Y. lived there a short time and then moved to the town of Sullivan in which town he now resides in the county of Madison & State of New York which took place about forty years ago in which he has resided ever since 4 th He was called into the Service by being drafted always except when he once enlisted for nine Months and once volunteered for no particular length of time and was taken Prisoner by the enemy and carried to Canada and kept as such for Eighteen Months

5th
He was acquainted General Perkins and was present when he was Mortally wounded in the Bunker Hill Battle was acquainted with Col Willett General Brown Col Cox Capt Samuel Cherry Capt Andrew Fish Capt Peterson Capt Tyger and many others whose names he does not now recollect
6th
He never received a Written Discharge was always discharged verbally
7th
He never received a Commission
Mr Henry Wolener
of Sullivan
Stephen Chapman
of the town of Lenox in the County of Madison hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Wolener who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy four 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
Subscribed in open court this 8th day of October 1834 before me
Henry his Wolener mark Stephen Chapman
Adloan Clk
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented 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 there is no clergyman residing in the neighborhood of the said applicant and that Henry Wolener who signed the foregoing declaration is a resident in the town of Sullivan near said applicant and that Stephen Chapman who also signed the same is a resident in the town of Lenox near Sullivan and acquainted with the said applicant and in the neighborhood of his residence are credible persons and that the State not is entitled to credit

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John Woolavers Madison County, New York
Rejected letter D B Lady, Chittendingo NY 20 May 33
Daniel B Lady Chittendingo Madison County New York

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, shewing the Service of John Woolaver Madison County New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted. 1797 - 9 - private Capt Patterson Col Glenn 73 years Montgomery County New York Revolutionary, and one living witness certified credible no original papers not properly attached   1776 assumptive gen of dispatches Col Willett  
The applicant states that he was employed from the time above stated last as a messenger to carry dispatches, collect cattle, and other business of public nature as a soldier, & in person also gotten for the term of applicant's days leave to refer to papers now on file in the proper department
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 procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person.

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

Whereas I, Catherine Raymond, wife of Gideon Raymond of the Town of Lenox, in the county of Madison in the State of New York, am a daughter of John Wolaver late of said Town, and also of Catherine Wolaver of said Town, both now deceased - And whereas the said John Wolaver was a soldier in the War of the Revolution and made application for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th A.D. 1832 - which said application was not allowed - And whereas My Mother the said Catherine Wolaver was allowed a pension on account of the services of the said John (her husband) - And whereas I am advised that the said John Wolaver was intitled to a pension and that the said Catherine Wolaver may have been intitled to a larger or increased amount of pension
Now therefore I do hereby constitute and appoint Saml H Marks of the city of Albany and Vinal Suer Esqr of the city of Washington My true and lawful attornys, and agents for me, and in my name, and on account of all the children of the said John and Catherine Wolaver deceased to examine into, and prosecute the claims of said children to such amount of pension or increased or arrear of pension as they may be by law intitled to. And I do hereby make this power of attorney irrevocable during one year from this date -
Witness my hand and seal at Lenox on this 6 th day of October A.D. 1852 -
Executed in presence of Sophia D Loonis Thomas T. Loonis Catherine Raymond
State of New York County of Madison ss - On this 6 th day of October A.D. 1852 - before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Catherine Raymond above named and to me well known, and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed
Thomas T. Loonis
State of New York County of Madison ss - Catherine Raymond of the Town of Lenox in said county being by me duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that she is a daughter of John and Catherine Wolaver above
Notice of the Plea

named, and that she is directly interested in the claim and application about to be made for a pension, and increase of pension on account of the services of the said John Willson deceased as set forth in the foregoing power of attorney - Subscribed and sworn to on this 6 th day of October A.D. 1852 before me. — Katharine Brumfield
Thomas T. Loomis Attorney of the Plaintiff
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Clerk's Office, Madison County, }
I, LORENZO D. DANA, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Thomas T. Loomis Esq. whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected or appointed, and qualified, and authorized by the laws of said State to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe the signature to the said certificate is genuine, and that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of said State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, the eleventh day of October 1852. L. D. Dana Clerk.

Approved
John Woolaver Application for a Pension.
18184
Chittenden Co. Vt. N.Y.
J. M. Ledy atty.
John Woolaver - 1832
John Woolaver - 1832
residing in Chittenden
John Woolaver, of the town of Chittenden, Vermont, do hereby certify that he is the person entitled to the pension herein mentioned, and that the facts stated in his application are true to the best of his knowledge, information and belief.

State of New York Madison County } ss:
On this 8 th day of October, 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting, John Woolaver, a resident of the town of Lenox, in the County of Madison, & State of New York, aged Seventy Three years on the 13 th of September 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. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, & served as herein stated.
1 st That he enlisted in the forepart of the year 1772, for the term of nine months, into the Company of Capt. Peter Pierson, belonging to the regiment of Col. Henry Glenn. That he resided in the town of Minerva, in the County of Montgomery N.Y. That he was employed in the transportation of provisions &c. on the Mohawk River, from the City of Schenectady to Fort Stanwix, (now Rome.) That he served the full term of nine months, & was discharged. That he was armed & equipped, in all respects like a militiaman, & subject to be called into active service, besides doing the duty for which he was more immediately enlisted.
2 d That in the year 1776, he was employed by Col. Marinus Willett, as a messenger, for the purpose of carrying letters, and parcels, & messages to the officers stationed in various places on the then frontier. That he was most frequently engaged in carrying letters from Fort Plain, in the County of Montgomery aforesaid, to Fort Stanwix, (now Rome,) in the County of Oneida N.Y. That he was engaged in this service from four to five years, as often as once in each month. That he was exempt from militia duty in consequence of such employment. That he always traveled on foot, & in the night time only. That he recollects in particular ever was brought down the River a prisoner that was

of carrying one package from Stone Arabia, in the County of Montgomery aforesaid, to Fort Herkimer N.Y. to one Maj. Wabbell. That he also recollects in particular of carrying letters &c. to Col. Gansevoort, who was stationed at Fort Stanwix aforesaid.
That while he was then in the employ of Col. Wittet, he, (Col. Wittet,) sent word to applicant, that he wanted to purchase some fat cattle, or exchange Milch Cows for them, & requested that applicant would procure some for him. He wanted them for the Soldiers. Col. Wittet was then stationed at Fort Plain. In pursuance of the request of Col. Wittet, applicant did procure several head of fat cattle, & he, (the applicant,) together with three of his brothers drove them to Fort Plain, & exchanged them with Col. Wittet for Milch Cows. On their way home, on the 18th of July 1780, as they were crossing the East Canada Creek with their Cows, they were surprised & taken by the Indians. Two of his brothers were killed, & one wounded, & himself taken prisoner. That the Indians retained him as a prisoner for twenty two days, & then delivered him up to the British at Niaga N.Y. That he was then conveyed to Newburgh, & confined in prison for about two months. He was then taken sick, & transferred to the hospital, & remained there about one month, & was then taken to an Island in the River St. Lawrence, called the Prisoners Island, & remained there one year & one day, & was then sent to Boston, & then exchanged. There were three or four hundred prisoners on the Island. Lieutenant M c Kelhe had the command a part of the time. Sergeant Morse was also on the Island. Applicant had a wife & one child at the time he was taken prisoner. From the time he was taken prisoner until he returned home, was about eighteen months.

That applicant two or three years, since made applica- tion for a pension, by petition directly to Congress. To which petition was attached the affidavits of Lothario Miller, Peter Woolaver & Nicholas Schuyler. That the petition was referred to the Committee on pensions. That he believes the petition & affidavits are now on file in the proper department, to which he begs leave to refer. That since the presentation of the said petition he has discovered a witness who can testify more particularly to the facts set forth, whose affidavit is hereto attached. That he has no documentary evidence & that he knows of no other person whose testimony he can procure, other than those referred to, who can testify to his services. That he was born at Stone Arabia, (now town of Palatine,) in the County of Montgomery aforesaid, on the 13 th day of September 1759. That he has a record of his age in the family Bible, at Leaven aforesaid. That he lived in the town of Minerva, in the County of Montgomery aforesaid, at the time he was engaged in the service. That since the Revolu- tionary war, he has resided in Leaven aforesaid, where he now resides. That he entered the service under an enlistment, & at the request of Col. Wiltill as above stated. That the particulars of his service, & the names of the regular officers, & the continental & militia regiments with which he was acquainted are as above stated. That he is well known to James Stewart & Gideon Raymond of the town of Leaven aforesaid who reside in the neighborhood of the applicant, & can testify as to his character for veracity, & their belief of his services as a soldier, & otherwise, in the revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & de- clares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.

Sworn to, & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. A. S. Sloan Clk.
John X Woodaver Madr
We James Stewart & Gideon Raymond residing in the town of Lenox, in the County of Madison aforesaid, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Woodaver who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; That we believe him to be seventy three years of age; that he is respected & beloved, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.
James Stewart Gideon Raymond
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid A. S. Sloan Clk.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, & served as he states. And the Court for their certifiers, that it appears to them that James Stewart & Gideon Raymond who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the town of Lenox aforesaid, & are credible persons, & that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Andrew S. Sloan, clerk of the County of Common Pleas in & for the County of Madison aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains

The original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Goddard for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office, this ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
A. S. Sloan Clk

State of New York
Herkimer County
I, of the County of Herkimer, State of New York, do hereby certify that I, David A. Schuyler of the town of Danube in said County of Herkimer, being duly sworn, deposes & saith that he makes the following Statement for, & at the request of John Woolver who now as he is informed & believes true, resides in the town of Leroy in the County of Madison & State aforesaid, that this deponent has known said Woolver since a boy, & that he is now reputed to be about seventy two years of age, which he believes true, that this deponent & said Woolver both resided in the County of Montgomery on the Mohawk river in the now town of Danube in the said County of Herkimer, that they both resided in the same neighborhood at the commencement of the war, & were both enrolled in the militia, in the same Company, commanded by Captain Joseph Dyert, Lieutenant John Windecker, Henry Moyer Ensign, & Peter McVorton first Sergeant. This deponent further saith, that said Woolver was frequently out on scouting parties. That said Woolver was as an express to several parts of the County of Montgomery & now County of Herkimer the militia were called out every few days & said Woolver, was a smart active young man, & was very ready & willing to go & do, in cases of alarm when the militia were called out. Said Woolver was absent from home at the time the battle was fought at Oriskany between the American & British Indians & Tories. & was, as this deponent has always been informed & believes true, in said battle. That this deponent in the forepart of the summer in the year Seventeen hundred & Eighty one, was taken prisoner by the Indians on the Mohawk River in the now town of Danube & was taken to Ogdensburg, on the River St. Lawrence, that this deponent has been a prisoner at Ogdensburg about three or four days  days , when said Woolver  was brought to Ogdensburg he was carried to Montreal in Canada & has just there about three weeks when said Woolver was brought down the River a prisoner, then was

put into prison & kept there about three months - & was then sent up the river to what was called Rebel's Island & was as this deponent was informed kept there, till he was brought back to Montreal which was about a year, and then this deponent & David Woolner was put on board a ship & sent to Quebec, where they were put on board another ship & sent to Boston, where they were exchanged & then came home on foot to the New town of Danube in the Fair County of Herkimer - this deponent further saith that in the for Twenty Seven or Twenty eight. David Woolner was enlisted & served as a boatman on the Mohawk River to carry provisions & ammunition &c from Schenectady to Fort Stanwix & has been informed & believes that David Woolner served nine months in the Boat Service. Sworn & Subscribed this 7 th day of September 1832 before me { David A. his Schuyler - Johnny Dygert Just. Rev. mark
State of New York
Herkimer County
Town of Little Falls { } : I John Dygert the above named Justice of the Peace do hereby certify that I have known the above named David A. Schuyler for a great number of years - & that he has always sustained & does sustain a fair character for truth & veracity -
Little Falls Sept. 7 th 1832 - Johnny Dygert

State of New York Herkimer County } ss. Clerks Office }
I Julius C Nelson Clerk of the Said County do, certify that John Dygert Esquire, before whom the foregoing Affidavit purports to have been
Sworn, was, on the date of the Same one of the Justices of the peace in and for Said County and duly authorized to act as Such, and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and sincerely believe his Name subscribed to the Said Affidavit, is his own proper hand writing and Signature —
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed my Official Seal this third day of October 1832 Julius C Nelson Clerk

June 15 NY John Waldo
FREE
Hon J. Edwards Commissioner Pensions Washington

Rome, Oneida Co. N.Y. June 9 th 1855.
Wm J. L. Edwards.
Sir, I am desired by John Wolaver an applicant for a pension to write to your office and ascertain what are the objections to his application - Returns are most respectfully requested by the subscriber.
I am most respectfully Your obed Servt J. D. R. Johnson

John Woolever asks return of papers
FREE
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr. of Pensions War Department Washington "
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J. S. Edwards Esq.
Little Falls Aug t 19. 1834
Dear Sir
Please to enclose to me at this place, the papers & application for a pension to me, which according to your letter to Daniel B. Gady Esq. attorney at law at Chittenden of 20. May last were placed on file in your office & much oblige
(Your obed t Serv t ) his John F. Woolaver mark
We certify that the mark in above signature was made by John Woolaver of the Town of Sullivan Madison County, & that the above letter was written pursuant to his request & read to him, he at the same time showing Mr. Edwards letter to Mr Gady of 20. May 1834
George H. Hule J. D. Littlejohn
John F. Woolaver
John F. Woolaver of the Town of Sullivan Madison County New York

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State of New York
Madison county ) ss. On this 8 th day of October, 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting John Wobblaver, a resident of the town of Lenox, in the county of Madison, & State of New York, aged twenty three years on the 13 th of September 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, 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, & served as herein stated.
1 st That he enlisted in the forepart of the year 1772 for the term of nine months, into the Company of Capt. Peter Peterson belonging to the regiment of Colo Henry Gleason. That he resided in the town of Minden in the County of Montgomery N.Y. That he was employ- ed in the transportation of provisions &c. on the Mohawk River from the City of Schenectady to Fort Stanwix (now Rome) That he served the full term of nine months, & was discharged. That he was armed & equipped in all respects like a militiaman, & subject to be called into active service, besides doing the duty for which he was more immediately enlisted. 2 nd That in the year 1776, he was employed by Colo Marinus Willett, as a Messenger, for the purpose of carrying letters, dispatches & messages to the officers stationed in various places on the then frontiers. That he was most frequently engaged in carrying letters from Fort Plain, in the County of Montgomery aforesaid, to Fort Stanwix (now Rome) in the County of Oneida N.Y. That he was engaged in this service from four to five years as often as once in each month. That he was exempt from militia duty in consequence of such employ- ment

ment. That he always traveled on foot, & in the night time only. That he recollects in particular of carrying one package from Stone Arabia, in the county of Montgomery aforesaid to Fort Herkimer N.Y. to one Maj Habbell. That he also recollects in particular of carrying letters &c. to Colo Ganserort, who was stationed at Fort Stanwix aforesaid. That while he was thus in the employ of Colo Willett, he, (Colo Willett) sent word to applicant. That he wanted to purchase some fat cattle, or exchange Milch cows for them, & requested that applicant would procure some for him. He wanted them for the soldiers. Colo Willett was then stationed at Fort Plain. In pursuence of the request of Colo Willett, applicant did procure several head of fat cattle, & he, (the applicant) together with three of his brothers drove them to Fort Plain, & exchanged them with Colo Willett for Milch cows. On their way home on the 18th of July 1780, as they were crossing the East Canada each with their cows, they were surprised & taken by the Indians. Two of his brothers were killed & one wounded & himself taken prisoner. That the Indians retained him as a prisoner for twenty two days, & then delivered him up to the British at Niaga N.Y. That he was then conveyed to Montreal & confined in prison for about two months. He was then taken sick, & transferred to the hospital. & remained there about one month & was then taken to an Island in the River St. Lawrence called the Prisoners Island & remained there one year & one day, & was then sent to Boston & then exchanged. There were three or four hundred prisoners on the Island Lieutenant M c Kelbe had the command a part of the time. Sergeant Morse was also on the Island. Claimant had

a wife & one child at the time he was taken prisoner from the time he was taken prisoner until he returned home. was about eighteen months. That applicant two or three years since made appli- cation for a pension, by petition directly to Congress. To which petition was attached the affidavits of Catherine Beller Peter Woolver & Nichos Schuyler That the petition was referred to the committee on pensions. That he believes the petition & affi- davits are now on file in the proper department to which he begs leave to refer. That since the pre- sentation of the said petition he has discovered a witness who can testify more particularly to the facts set forth. whose affidavit is hereto attached. That he has no documentary evidence & that he knows of no other person whose testimony he can procure, other than those referred to, who can testify to his services. That he was born at Stone Arabia, (now town of Palatine) in the county of Montgomery aforesaid, on the 13 th day of September 1759. That he has a record of his age in the family Bible, at Lenox aforesaid. That he lived in the town of Minden in the county of Montgomery aforesaid, at the time he was engaged in the service. That since the Revolutionary war, he has resided in Lenox aforesaid, where he now resides. That he entered the service under an enlistment, & at the request of Colo Willett as above stated. That the partic- -ulars of his services, & the names of the regular officers & the continental & militia regiments with which he was acquainted are as above stated. That he is well known to James Stewart & Gideon Raymond of the town of Lenox afore- -said who resides in the neighborhood of the appli- -cant & can testify as to his character for veracity

veracity, & their belief of his services as a soldier & otherwise in the revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declare that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
his John X Woolver marks
A.S. Sloan clk
We James Stewart & Gideon Raymond residing in the town of Lenox in the county of Madison aforesaid, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Woolver who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy three years of age; that he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion
James Stewart Gideon Raymond
sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
A.S. Sloan clk
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, & served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that James Stewart & Gideon Raymond who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the town of Lenox aforesaid, & are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit
I Andrew S. Sloan clerk of the court of common Pleas in & for the county of Madison

aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Woolover for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office. This ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
A. S. Sloan Clerk
State of New York Herkimer County
Deponent of Little Falls, David A. Schuyler of the town of Danube in said county of Herkimer being duly sworn deponent saith that he makes the following statement for & at the request of John Woolover who now as he is informed & believes true resides in the town of Lenox in the county of Madison & state aforesaid, that this deponent has known said Woolover since a boy & that he is now reputed to be about seventy two years of age, which he believes true. That this deponent & said Woolover both resided in the county of Montgomery on the Mohawk river, in the now town of Danube in the said county of Herkimer that they both resided in the same neighborhood at the commencement of the war & were both enrolled in the militia in the same company commanded by Captain Joseph Dygert Lieutenant John Windacker Henry Maye Ensign & Peter McHorton first sergeant. This deponent further saith, that said Woolover was frequently out on scouting parties & was sent several times as an express to several parts of the county of Montgomery & (now) county of Herkimer the militia were called out every few

days & said Woolver was a smart active young man, & was ever ready & willing to go & aid in cases of alarm when the Militia were called out said Woolver was absent from home at the time the battle was fought at Oriskany between the Americans & British Indians & Tories & was, as this deponent has always been informed & believes true in said battle. That this deponent in the fore part of the summer in the year seventeen hundred & eighty one was taken Prisoner by the Indians on the Mohawk River in the now Town of Danube & was taken to Ogdensburgh on the River St Lawrence. That this deponent had been a prisoner at Ogdens- -burgh about three or four days when he was carried to Montreal in Canada & had been there about three weeks when said Woolver was brought down the River a prisoner and was put into prison & kept there about three months & was then sent up the river to what was called Rebels Island & was as this deponent was infor- -med kept there till he was brought back to Montreal which was about one year and there this deponent & said Woolver was put on board a ship & sent to Quebec where they were put on board another ship & sent to Boston where they were exchanged & then came home on foot to the now town of Danube in the said County of Herkimer this deponent further saith that in the year seventy seven or seventy eight said Woolver was enlisted & served as a boatman on the Mohawk River to carry provis- -ions ammunition &c from Schenectady to Fort Stan- -wix & has been informed & believes that said Woolver served nine months in said Boat service Sworn & subscribed this 7 th day of September 1832 before me — John Dygert Just Peace  David A. his Schuyler Mark

State of New York Herkimer county
Town of Little Falls } ss I John Dygert The above named Justices of the Peace do hereby certify That I have known the above named David A Schuyler for a great number of years & that he has always sustained & does sustain a fair character for truth & veracity
Little Falls Sept. 7 th 1832 John Dygert
State of New York Herkimer county } ss
Clerks office } I Julius C Nelson Clerk of the said county do certify that John Dygert Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn, was on the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for said county and duly authorized to act as such and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit is his own proper hand writing and signature
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal this third day of October 1832 Julius C Nelson Clerk
State of New York Herkimer county } ss
Thobald Moyer Manheim in said county being duly sworn saith that he is well acquainted with John Wolover of Sullivan in the county of Madison and has known him for seventy years and knew him when he was in the service of the Revolution as stated in his

declaration herunto annexed knows that he served one year and nine months and as he believes in the same years as stated by him in his declaration and that the said John Wolover was taken prisoner by the enemy while in service as a volunteer under an order of Colo Willett and was taken into Canada as was reported and there remained a prisoner for one and a half years when he was exchanged and returned home and further saith not
Sworn to and subscribed this } Theobald Moyer 4 day of October 1834 before me } John Dygert Just Peace
I John Dygert the Justice of the peace before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken do certify that I am well acquainted with Theobald Moyer who made the foregoing affidavit and know him to be a man of truth and veracity and that his affidavit is entitled to full credit. Dated October 4 th 1834
John Dygert J.P.
State of New York } Herkimer County } ss Clerks Office } I Francis G. Spinnner Deputy of Julius C. Nelson Clerk of the county of Herkimer and of the county of the said county do certify that John Dygert before whom the foregoing affidavit of Theobald Moyer was taken and who also has signed the foregoing certificate of character is a Justice of the peace in and for said county and duly qualified to act as such and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and do believe the signature to the said affidavit and also to the said certificate to be his signature

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county this fourth day of October 1834
(A. E. Skinner D st . Clerk.)
Declarations
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832 State of New York ) county of Madison } SS on this day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four Personally appeared before the court of Common Pleas it being a court of Record held in and for the county of Madison John Wolover a resident of the Town of Sullivan in the county of Madison and State of New York aged seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration That he was drafted into the service of the Revolution in the spring of 1777 for the term of three months in Capt. Joseph Dyeets company in Col. Coxes Regiment and served during the whole of that period of time - he lived at and entered the service at Canajoharie in the county of Montgomery & State of New York and was marched to Fort Stanwix and was stationed there and at Fort Bull on Wood Creek and was engaged in watching the movements of the Enemy and in blocking Wood Creek by falling trees into the same to stop the Enemy from coming up said creek and was discharged the latter part of July as he believes and returned home where he staid but a short time before he was pressed into the service of the Revolution and marched forthwith to Fort Dayton and from there to the Onondaga and was there engaged in the well known Battle

called the Oriskany Battle in which Genl. Herkimer was Mortally wounded under whom he served in the same company & Regiment and under the same Capt. & Col d as in the first service and was stationed at Fort Dayton and kept on duty and marched to Ticonderoga and back again and was in actual service on scouting parties and Country for the space of more than three months and was discharged about the first of November 1777. That in the Spring of 1778 he enlisted at the Place of his residence aforesaid for the space of nine months under Capt. Peter Peterson in Col Willetts Regiment and was stationed at Fort Stanwicks and was engaged in watching the move- -ments of the Enemy and some part of the time in carrying Provision from Schenectady to Fort Stan- -wick for the army and was discharged late in the fall of that year or first of Winter after having served the whole term of nine months for which he enlisted. That he was drafted in the Spring of 1779 for three months & served in the same captain as the first service in Col Coxe's Regiment and at the same place and was stationed at Fort Dayton aforesaid now the town & County of Herki- -mer and was a part of the time engaged in carry- -ing dispatches from that place to Fort Plain and that he served the whole of that time and was discharged verbally as on all other occasions That in the Spring of 1780 he was again Drafted for three months at the place aforesaid in Capt. Ayguts Company & Col d Coxe's Regiment aforesaid and Brigadier Genl. Brown & was stationed at Stone Row by on the Mohawk River and was in the Battle called Browns Battle in which the Genl. was killed. And that there was frequent- -ly called out on alarms for that period

at one time under an order of Col l Willett he entered the service as a volunteer not for any length of time and while on an excursion for Provision & fat cattle, was taken Prisoner by the enemy in the Month of July 1781 from his best recollection and was carried Prisoner into Canada and there kept for the space of eighteen Months & untill he was exchanged for prisoner on the other side. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court before me
A. S. Sloan Clerk
John J. Moloven Judge
And the said applicant answered the several Interrogatories required by law when the same were put him by the court in answering the 1 st he says 1 st That he was born in the town of Johnstown in the County of Montgomery N.Y. in September 1760 (2 nd ) has no record of his age 3 rd Lived at Canajoharie in the County of Montgomery N.Y. when he entered the service and before at some time after the war and moved from there to the Royal Grant N.Y. Lived there a short time and then moved to the town of Sullivan in which town he now resides in the County of Madison & State of New York which took place about forty years ago in which he has resided ever since. 4 th He was called into the service by being drafted always except when he one enlisted for nine months and one volunteered for no particular length of time and was taken prisoner by the enemy and carried to Canada and kept as such for eighteen months

5 th He was acquainted General Hickman and was present when he was mortally wounded in the Oriskany Battle was acquainted with Col. Willett General Brown Col. Cox Capt. Samuel Cherry Capt. Andrew Tink Capt. Peterson Capt. Tygret and many others whose names he does not now recollect  6 th He never received a written discharge was always discharged verbally.
7 th He never received a commission  We Henry Wolover of Sullivan & Stephen Chapman of the town of Seneca in the county of Madison hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Wolover who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy four 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 & subscribed in open court this 1 st day of October 1834 before me  A. S. Sloan Clerk  Henry Wolover Stephen Chapman
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 there is no Elyeman residing in the neighborhood of the said applicant and that Henry Wolover who signed the foregoing certificate is a resident in the town of Sullivan near said applicant and that Stephen Chapman who also signed the same is a resident in the

town of Senox near Sullivan and acquainted with the said applicant and in the neighborhood of his residence are credible persons and that this statement is entitled to credit
I Andrew S. Sloan Clerk of the court of common pleas of the County of Madison do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Wolaver for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this tenth day of October 1834
A. S. Sloan Clerk
State of New York
Madison County
ss Peter Wolaver of Manheim in the county of Herkimer being duly sworn in open court Deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with John Wolaver who signed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration herunto annexed and knows of all the services as stated in the said Declaration except the three months at Fort Bull & Road Creek which he does not know but knows that he left the neighbourhood that year and every other year went into the Army and this Deponent was with the said John at the time and place above stated by him in his said declaration when the said John was taken prisoner and carried off by the enemy he was in actual service in the Revolution under an order of Col. Willett as a volunteer and this Deponent escaped from the enemy and was not taken prisoner that he has known the said John for more than sixty years sworn before me this 6th day of October 1834 in open court
A. S. Sloan Clerk
Peter Wolaver

I certify that I am acquainted with Peter Wolver the deponent in the above affidavit, and that he is a man of truth and veracity and that his statement are entitled to credit
A. S. Sloan b/k

New York John Woolaver
B. Johnson Esq.
Dec 25 44
I believe Mr.
Woolaver must be mistaken in that part of his statement which represents Henry Jan as Colonel of the Regt. - Col. Glen held the place abt 2 nd Master General but I am not aware of his ever having held rank in the line - It is true however that there was under his control and direction a Boat Guard of one or more companies - one of the Captains of the Guard resided near me & received a pension for one years service - The command consisted of 20 men -
Am W.K. Yours truly Fidler W.K.P.
Dear W.K. Fidler,
I think you had best print his paper. It is chiefly war work not even his Colo - and I think a common sense would not vary allow his claim
Yrs. B.P.

Chittenango (N.Y.) July 26 th 1836
Dear Sir,
Yours of the 12 th inst- on the subject of Mr Richtmeyer's invalid pension has been shown to him - The only explanation he can give in regard to the entry on the rolls is, that the Dutch people on the Mohawk River among whom he was raised & until a few years since resided, always called him "Hendrick" which is the Dutch word for Henry - When he applied for his pension he says his name was entered by the Clerk of the Board of Commissioner's without any particular examination on his part - The Clerk was a Dutchman by the name of John Hauser & would therefore under the circumstances very naturally have entered the name as it is - Mr Richtmeyer tho' of dutch descent was educated in the English language & has always written his name Henry -
You say you have directed the Pension

agent at New York to pay the pension on the production of the proper vouchers" - There are no vouchers in the hands of Mr. B. The only voucher (as stated by him) he ever had, was appended to his application under the act of 1832 for the purpose of substantiating his claim under that act. A return of that paper or something equivalent under the seal of the Department will I presume be requisite before a draft can be made upon the agent in pursuance of your direction - If the money can be obtained in any other way, please inform me, & if not, then I must beg of you the favor to forward such vouchers as may be necessary to authorize the payment - With much respect
Your Obt Humble Servant
W. K. Fuller
Hon: J. S. Edwards -
P. S. an old soldier by the name of John Woolaner who is an applicant for a pension called on me to day & desired to write for a copy of,

his papers on file in your office - His counsel (he says) thinks he entitled to a perusal - Can you consistently with your rules furnish him with the copy? -
W. K. F.

I HEREBY certify, that the accompanying pages numbered from one to fifteen, inclusive, are truly copied from the originals in the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions, Department of War.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That JAMES L. EDWARDS, who has signed the foregoing certificate, is Commissioner of Pensions; and that to his attestations full faith and credit are and ought to be given.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and caused the seal of the Department to be affixed, on this ninth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- six
C. A. Harris Acting Secretary of War.

Washington Nov 13. 1852
Sir
Enclosed herewith is a Power of Attorney from Catherine Raymond daughter of Catherine Wolaber deceased who was a prisoner under the act of July 4. 1836 - An opportunity of examining the papers in this case is requested
Respectfully Yours &c V. Luce
J. E. Hunt Esq, Comm'r Pursuer

Chittenango City July 23 } Aug 18
7222- W. K. Fuller W. K. Fuller
Mr. Richtmyer Moorhouse
J. S. Edwards Com te of Penricut- Washington- D. C.
W. K. Fuller

18, 184 New York Rev:
John Woolaver
Rejected, less Beady, Chittenden 20 May 33
see lett 28 Aug 1834 to Applicant Little Falls let to B.P. Johnson 22 June 1835 Copy of paper sent to Hn WK Dullen Aug 9. 1836 Act. 7 June 32 Same Jan 10. 1837
with Hon. Mr. Fisher 13 Feb 1835

Catharine Weston
Ms. A. 9. 2-36-
Heath Crags
Comm n Pensions
Nov 13-1852
By N. Hall

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18375-
Catharine Wodaver Widow of John Wodaver Pri New War
Act July 4 th 86
Index: Vol. M , Page 357
[Arrangement of 1870.]

5092 June 13. 1840
N.Y. July 4 1836.
P. J. Wagner ms. 6.
Hon: J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
P. J. Wagner ms. 6. H. D.

State of New York } ss. Theobald Moyer of Mankim Herkim County } in Said County being duly sworn saith that he is well acquainted with John Wolaner of Sullivan in the County of Madison and has known him for Seventy years and knew him when he was in the Service of the Revolution as stated in his declaration he unto affixed knows that he served one year and nine months and as he believes in the same years as stated by him in his declaration and that the said John Wolaner was taken Prisoner by the Enemy while in Service as a Volunteer under an order of Col Willitt and was taken into Canada as was reported and there remained a Prisoner for one and a half years when he was exchanged and returned home - and further saith not Sworn to and Subscribed this 3 4 day of October 1834 before me
John Dyer Just P.C.
Theobald Moyer
I John Dyer the Justice of the peace before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken do Certify that I am well acquainted with Theobald Moyer who made the foregoing affidavit and know him to be a man of truth and veracity and that his affidavit is entitled to full credit Dated October 4 th 1834
John Dyer, J.P.

State of New York Herkimer County ss. Clerk's Office
I, Francis C. Skinner Deputy of Julius C. Nelson Clerk of the County of Herkimer and of the County of the Said County do certify that John Dy- ger before whom the foregoing affidavit of Theobald O'Brien was taken and who also has signed the foregoing Certificate of Character is a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County and duly qualified to act as such and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and do believe the signature to the Said affidavit and also to the Said Certificate to be his signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Said County this fourth day of October 1834
F. C. Skinner Dpt. Clerk