Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5409, for Jeremiah Huntington, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
From Hampton Bay (New York) Huntington, Jeremiah
P. 5409
CONTENTS

In the matter of Jeremiah Huntington an applicant for a Pension. note Dec.
Oct. 15 - February 1859
Benjamin Davis Justice
Hon. J. H. Prentiss N.D.

State of New York Otsego County } S. James D. Hammond of Cobleskill in said County being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is the person mentioned in the affidavit of James Breckhutt Esq. hereto annexed, that this Deponent took the affidavits as mentioned in Mr. Breckhutt's deposition that altho he can not now recollect the particular contents of said affidavits he well recollects that in the judgment of this Deponent the credibility of Solomon & John Fuller was sufficiently proved and that from an examination of the directions from the War Department at that time by the said James Breckhutt and this Deponent, the Deponent was and the proof to support the claim of pre- vick Huntington in the annexed paper mentioned, to a pension, this Deponent was then and is now of opinion that that the proof was sufficient to entitle him to a pension. according And further this Deponent saith not - Sworn and subscribed James D. Hammond on this 18 th day of February 1839 Before me Benjamin Davis Justice of the Peace

State of New York. I, Jesse Rose clerk of said County do Albany County ss I hereby certify that Benjamin Davis Esq before whom the annexed affidavits of Oliver D. Hammond James Brattle & Benjamin Huntington purport to have been sworn over on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly Elected and qualified and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice so only believe his name subscribed to the annexed affidavits to be his genuine hand writing and signature
(Witness my hand & seal of office this 20th day of February A.D. 1839.
Jesse Rose Clerk
Second Amendment State of New York ss James Brattle as

In the matter of Jeremiah Huntington An applicant for a pension, was de
{ State of New York Otego county }
ss: James Brackett as law agent of the said de-
ceased applicant for a pension being duly sworn deposeth & saith that sometime in the month of March 1808 he went with James B. Morse Esq., then being first Judge of the court of Com. Ples of said county, now deceased, to the residence of the said Huntington, who was then in- firm in body & mind to draw up his declaration to entitle him to such pension for his services as a militia man in the revolutionary war; that he said applicant then made such declaration, setting forth the extent of his services as to time & man- ner; & though his memory seemed impaired, he stated that he was at the retaking of Ticonderoga; was out under Col. Warner; was out at different periods in the whole near a year; & in several skirmishes & battles; that it was certified by the Judge, that by reason of bodily infirmity he could not attend a court of record to make his declaration in open court; & the proceedings were duly authenticated according to the direc- tions of the war department; that the said applicant was about six months of his service a sergeant; that there were several affidavits appended, confirming his statement, & swearing to services, in the revolutionary war, of said applicant for nearly the period stated by him; that shortly after the said declaration was made, it was forwarded to the war department with such papers appended, confirmatory of the statement, as in the opinion of said Judge & this deponent would entitle the applicant to about a year's pension as a militia man, & sergeant; that afterwards in the same year, as this deponent believes, in the month of August, this de- ponent as such agent for the applicant received the said de- claration & papers back again in a brown paper envelope, postmarked city of Washington Aug. 8. J. L. Edwards Com- msr. of pensions. James Brackett Esq. Cherry Valley, Otego county N.Y., with a printed sheet enclosed with remarks, with a pen & in red ink on the same, pointing out the defects & omissions in the original papers; that the said applicant still continued in firm, as this deponent is informed & believes; it was thought useless to try to elicit any further information

on the subject from him; that other confirmatory evidence was finally obtained especially of two witnesses, the main witness as to the services of the applicant, who resided in Vermont, & who were not certified by the magistrate, before whom they were sworn, to be credible, whose names were Solomon Fuller & John Fuller as this deponent is informed & believes; that when this further evidence was received & on or about 12 th Day of March last the said declaration & papers together with the confirmatory evidence of the credibility of the two said witnesses together with the printed sheet containing the criticisms of the pension agent J. L. Edwards Esq. were again forwarded by due course of the mail to the war department, enclosed in a letter of which the following is a copy: "In the matter of Jeremiah Huntington an applicant for a pension To the Honorable the secretary of war: Herewith are the papers of Jeremiah Huntington applicant for a pension. It is believed that the objections made to the first set of papers are substantially obviated by the new affidavits of Ichabod Griggs, Nathaniel Antisdell, Simon Antisdell & Benjamin Huntington; They show the credibility of the two witnesses, Solomon & John Fuller not before certified to be credible; & that the bodily & mental infirmities of the applicant not only continue, but are increased since the first application. They account also for the top of the sergeant's warrant. Pray communicate on the subject with the subscriber, Cherry Valley Otsego county, New York. Your obedient servant James Brockott, Cherry Valley 12 th March 1830". That from information derived from the war department & from the said commissioner of pensions, through the agency of the Hon: John H. Pratt, member of congress of said county, this deponent believes that said last mentioned papers never reached their place of destination, or have been lost, mislaid or destroyed without any decision or action of the proper officer relative to the same. That the Hon: Jabez D. Hammond then & at present the first judge of the said court of common pleas authorized the last mentioned papers, & took the last mentioned affidavits; which were verified as having been taken by him according to the directions of the war department by the

seal of said court be and that according to the opinion of said opinion of said last mentioned Judge, as expressed to this deponent at that time, the said papers were such as to entitle the said applicant to a pension, according to the construction of the said commissioner of pensions: that the said applicant is now dead, as this deponent is informed & believes; & that this deponent knows of no better evidence of the said declaration & accompanying papers, now existing, than is herein set forth & herewith sent; and further this deponent saith not.
James Brackett
Sworn & subscribed this 16 th Day of February 1859 Before me
Benjamin Davis Justice of the Peace
State of New York } ss: Benjamin Huntington son of the before named Owego county } deceased applicant for a pension, being duly sworn, saith, that he was present when the deponent made out his declaration to obtain a pension, & when most, if not all, the affidavits accompanying the same were made; and deponent has heard the foregoing affidavit of James Brackett read, & knows most of the facts therein stated, especially those mentioned as being embodied in the said declaration at the time; and he believes all the facts & circumstances therein set forth to be true; that this deponent, with whom the said Jeremiah his father lived for eight the last years of his life, has been put to great trouble & expense in procuring the necessary evidence to get him on the pension list, having expended at least forty dollars besides much time for that purpose: & this deponent has no doubt from what he has heard his deceased father say & other aged men on the subject, that he actually served for the time & in the manner set forth in the said declaration; that this deponent is certain, that it was stated in the said declaration, that the said deceased applicant was in the battle of Princeton.

ington & at the taking of Burgoyne; that, when he said deceas- ed applicant made his said declaration he was in his eighty fourth year, & that when he died, to wit on first day of July last he was in the eighty ninth year of his age: that in the said declara- tion this deponent is confident it was stated, that, in the retreat of the American army from Canada, after the death of Montgomery, the said deceased applicant was marched out to meet the retreating army & said then, & was then out at least four months; & in this part of the said declaration the said deceased applicant was supported & corroborated by the evidence of Solomon Fuller mentioned in the affida- vit of James Brackett, according to his best knowledge & belief. & further saith not.
Sworn & subscribed this 16 th Day of February 1839 Before me Benjamin Davis Justice of the peace Benjamin Huntington
I further certify that I am well acquainted with the fore named James Brackett Benjamin Huntington and John D. Hammond and each & every of them is a credible witness dated 18 th February 1839
Benjamin Davis Justice
In the matter of Jeremiah Huntington an applicant for a pension under Dec.
Hon. J. H. Benton A.D.

Power of Attorney

State of New York } Otsego County } ss
Know all men by these presents that I hereby authorize & appoint J. H. G. McMath Attorney at Law of Washington City D.C. my true & lawful Attorney for me in my name behalf & stead to prosecute my Claim for Pension for services rendered by my deceased father Nathaniel Huntington deceased who served in the War of the Revolution & to examine all proofs & papers on file in the Pension office touching said Claim for Pension
STATE OF NEW YORK, OTSEGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, WILLIAM C. FIELDS, Clerk of the County of Otsego, do hereby certify that Albert Cotes whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE of the County of Otsego, dwelling in said County, duly authorized to take such proof or acknowledgment, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that his signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine, and that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws of the State of New York.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said County, the day of March A. D., 185 5
Wm C Fields CLERK.
witness for the papers therein mentioned Albert Cotes Justice of the Peace

State of New York } Albany County } }
Know all men by these presents that I hereby authorize & appoint J. D. McQuattee Attorney at Law of Washington City D.C. my true & lawful Attorney for me & in my name behalf & stead to prosecute my Claim for Pensions rendered by my deceased father Jeremiah Huntington deceased Who served in the War of the Revolution & to examine all proofs & papers on file in the Pension office concerning said claim for Pensions Benjamin Huntington
Signed & sealed in presence of us Kent & McQuattee
State of New York } Albany County } }
Personally appeared before me, Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Albany, State of New York Benjamin Huntington who acknowledged that he signed & executed the foregoing power of Attorney for the purpose therein mentioned Albert H. Cotes Justice of the Peace

34941 Jeremiah Huntington NY.
ad 7. June 32.
FREE
Hon: John H. Prentiss Member of Congress Washington District of Columbia

Cherry Valley 19 th Feby 1839.
Dear Sir,
Enclosed are papers for a pension for Jeremiah Huntington Dec d . on his representative; which Benjn Huntington, his son & representative, wishes you to lay before the Comm ee . of pensions J. L. Edwards Esq r . I am inclined to the opinion, that he has no power to grant what we desire, but Messrs. Hartshorne & Crippen, good lawyers you know, are, as I am informed, of a different opinion, & think that Jeremiah Huntington can be placed on the pension roll as of the date of his first application.
If, however, nothing can be done by the comm ee . of pensions for our benefit, congress has the power, & I trust will have the disposition to grant the desired relief. It is so near the heel of the present session, that you can do nothing about it, I fear, during the present sitting. But you can be prepared for action, when the next or 5th week. Mr. Huntington relies on you to consult his interest, & to do you can for him, consistently with your duty to the country. The claim is every way meritorious.
Your obedient servant
Hon: John H. Prentiss } member of congress
James Brachett agent for Benjn Huntington

N. York
Jeremiah Huntington
Letter to Hon. J. H. Prentiss 4 Jan. 1839
Declaration not recd.
Let. to Sec. War. 23 Jan. 1839
do. Hon. J. H. Prentiss,
Apr. 3 - 39
✓ 409
Act. Jan 1832

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
5409
P. O. _____
Jeremiah Hunter
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18. .
Discharged: _____, 18. .
Application filed: _____, 18. .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

In the matter of Jeremiah Huntington Applicant for a Pension
James Brackett of Brewer Valley, Phelps county, New York Agent
Ad: prof.
Hn. J. H. Prentiss H. R.

State of New York } ss: Benjamin Huntington of Springfield in said county, Oneida county } being duly sworn, deponeth & saith that he is son of Jeremiah Huntington late of said town of Springfield deceased, applicant for a pension, whose papers were forwarded a second time, as amended, to the war department about the 12 th day of March last; from which papers this deponent has heard nothing since they were forwarded; nor has James Brackett of Cherry Valley agent of said Jeremiah deceased heard any thing as this deponent has been informed & believes; that the said Jeremiah died on the first day of July last at Springfield aforesaid; that for many years before his death the said Jeremiah was very infirm in body and mind, & this deponent was necessarily put to great trouble & expense in taking proper care of him; that, if the said Jeremiah's claim for a pension was or shall be allowed, this deponent is desir- ous of knowing it; that he may govern himself accordingly: and further saith not.
Subscribed & sworn to this 20 th } George Huntington day of October 1839 before me Benjamin Davis Justice of the Peace
State of New York } ss: Samuel Brewer of Springfield in said county, being duly Oneida county } sworn, deponeth & saith that he has lived a neighbor to & been intimately acquainted with Benjamin Huntington & Jeremiah Hun- tington named in the foregoing affidavit for the last ten years; that he has heard the said affidavit read & noted its contents, & knows the facts detailed respecting the said Jeremiah therein to be correct; & that from this deponent's best recollection the said Jeremiah died on or about the first day of July last; & further saith not.
Sworn to & subscribed this 20 th day } Samuel Brewer of October 1839 before me Benjamin Davis Justice of the Peace
I the said Justice further certify that I well know the above named deponents; & that they are credible witnesses.
October 20 th 1839 } Benjamin Davis Justice

State of New York } Albany County } ss. I, Jesse Rose Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Benjamin Davis Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits were presented to have been sworn to on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly elected and qualified and further that I am well acquainted with the hand- writing of the said Justice and verily believe that his Signature subscribed to the within affidavits and the annexed Certificate of Credibility is his genuine Handwriting and Signature
Witness my hand and seal of office This 25 th day of Oct. A.D. 1838.
Jesse Rose Clerk
In the matter of } Jesse Rose then living } Applicant for a License
James Brackbill of Brooklyn, New York County, New York Agent
(100: mwf)
Hon. J. H. Prentiss H. R.