Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,538, for Thomas Lodowick, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Lodowick, Thomas
S 11538
CONTENTS
carded

Q 4. 82 New York
Lodowick Thomas
Guessed in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Chapman of the Regt. commanded by Col. Keuper in the New York line for 2 Years — " "
Inscribed on the Roll of New York , at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Oct. 1833 — and due to J. Fitch Batavia
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 33 $200 Sem-ant. allowance ending 4 M'34 40 $240
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Col. Stiles Clerk Book E Vol. 4 Page 81

18047
Loamick Thomas Greene Co N.Y.
Y.
Debit as a private 2 years $80.
Timothy Fitch, Esq. Batavia

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 17 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. 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 Laddick Thomas Geneseo Co 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.     May 1780 enlisted 9 Pri capt Chapman ens t Jones Col Harper Fort Edward St Anne Montreal as a prisoner Stephenstown New York Living Witness as to 7 months   
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 _____; 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.
[t] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Lodowick Thomas Pension papers
Please direct the pen- sion certificate to Clinton Tarnham Otsego County New York

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
State of New York } ss. Lodowick On this 16 th County of Greene } sixteenth day of October in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting in and for the said County of Greene Lodowick or otherwise called Laddick Thomas a Resident of the Town of Sheldon in the County of Greene and State of New York aged Twenty two years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated -
That on or about the first day of May last what day precisely he does not know in the year Twenty hundred and Eighty he the said Lodo- wick Thomas at Stephentown in the County of Rensselaer in the State of New York enlisted as a private soldier under Ensign James Jones for the term of Nine months into the Militia of the State of New York - That in about a week after he so enlisted the said James Jones Ensign as aforesaid ordered him to go to Albany and draw quipage and

then he, Nathan Miles and Gideon Tanner who enlisted for the said term of Nine months went to Albany in the State of New York and there drew provisions and equipage and from there he and the said Miles and Tanner went up the Hudson River about Seven Miles and called the muster master who inspected them and swore them and from there they went to Fort Edward and joined the company commanded by Captain Gripman who was the Commander of the fort and who was a Continental Captain at that time as he understood and he was stationed there at the said Fort Edward about a month in said company and while he was there there was about Sixty men stationed in said Fort; That he does not know who was the Lieutenant or ensign in said company - One Bouette a Frenchman was the drum Major - That while he was there at the said fort a Continental Regiment arrived from down the River and staid at the said Fort about three days and then returned down the River - That he does not and never did know what Regiment it was nor who commanded it - That they were stationed outside the said fort and he had no intercourse with them - That he was detached from said company with about thirty or forty other sol- diers to go to Fort Anne, and arrived at Fort Anne in the month of June 1780 and was there and there put into the company commanded by Captain Sherwood and while he was stationed at Fort Anne there was about One hundred men stationed in said Fort Anne - That the said

Captain Sherwood was the commanding officer at Fort Anne while he the said Thomas was stationed there. That he was stationed there a month or upwards. That he has forgotten the names of the lieutenant and ensign of said company. That one David Ford sometimes headed a scouting party and one Ballard went with him. That while he was stationed at Fort Anne he went in Governor Clinton's expedition to Crown Point and was gone about a week & Governor Clinton went with him on said expedition and then he returned to said Fort Anne. That it was said at that time there was nearly a thousand men went on the said expedition. That he saw Governor Clinton during said expedition but never saw him afterwards. That in the month of August 1780 he was detached from said company with about fifty others to go to the Blockhouse at Parmachenee about twenty miles west of Fort Edward aforesaid. That he went to the said Blockhouse and was stationed there about a month and while he was there he thinks about one hundred troops were stationed at said Blockhouse. That he has forgotten the officers names at said Blockhouse. That he thinks in the month of September 1780 he with about sixty troops marched by orders from the said Blockhouse to Schenectady and was there about ten days. That while he was there he thinks about five hundred men was stationed at Schenectady aforesaid. That he with about three hundred marched from Schenectady with orders to go to Fort Stanwix North West of Utica.

in the State of New York - That he and the Rest of the Soldiers had not marched but a few miles when they joined the Regiment commanded by Major Hughes who was said at that time to be a Continental officer. - Our Father was Colonel of said Regiment but never joined it and in the said Thomas never saw him - That the said Regiment marched directly to said Fort Stanwix and arrived at Fort Stanwix he thinks in the fore part of the month of October 1780 - That while he was stationed at Fort Stanwix which was about a month the said Major Hughes commanded at the said Fort - That about seven hundred men was stationed there at Fort Stanwix while he was there - That while he was stationed there a mutiny took place among the Soldiers on account of provisions which was all the cause of any consequence that hap- pened while he was stationed there - That he thinks in the latter part of the month of October 1780 he the said Thomas was detached with about sixty privates to go on an expedition to get some provisions belonging to the British not far from Seneka River - That he went on said expedition under the command of Captain John Roman Lieutenant Phelps and Ensign Acker That he thinks there were sixty two besides the said three commissioned officers to wit Roman Phelps and Acker - That they marched three days from said fort and arrived near the Salt Lake in Onondaga County in the State of New York and on the third day after they left the

said Fort Stanwix towards night he the said Thomas and all the others were taken prisoners of war by a party of British Tories and Indians about six hundred in number - Two of the said party escaped and were not taken prisoners - The said Lieutenant Phelps, S er E. Knapp and two other privates were killed - That General John Johnson, generally called Sir John Johnson was the commanding officer of the British when he and the said party in the said expedition were taken prisoners as aforesaid - That Butts and Brant were also officers among the British at that time - That a man by the name of Allen who was a private among the Americans under the said captain Worman on the morning of the day the said party of Americans were taken prisoners as aforesaid feigned himself sick and obtained per- mission to return to fort Stanwix and was taken prisoner by the British in Onida and when he was taken he told the British when the said party of Americans were going; and by that means the said party of Americans was taken prisoners - William Hatch, Killen Winner, Hawkins, Rowland Potter were privates who were taken prisoners with him the said Thomas - That after he and the said party were taken prisoners as aforesaid they were immediately marched to Oswego On Lake Ontario; and at Oswego he and the other prisoners were put on board a sloop of the British and was landed on an Island in Lake Ontario and there staid there one night and then he and the other prisoners went in Battrams to Montreal -

That the said Johnson Bulter and Brand left them on said Island and he never saw them after - That he was kept during the winter next ensuing after he was taken prisoner in a stone house more than a hundred feet long about a mile below the City of Montreal and was continued prisoner there till November in the year 1781 - That he and the other American prisoners were removed from the said stone house and went about forty miles above Montreal and were landed on an Island in the River St. Lawrence called Prison Island and remained a prisoner there with the other American prisoners till about the first of October in the year 1782 that he and the other prisoners were kept in log Barracks on the said Island - That while he was kept a prisoner in the said stone house he thinks there were about three hundred American prisoners there and when he was on said Prison Island there were about as many - That in the forepart of the Month of October in the year 1782 he and the other prisoners were taken from the Island and put on board a vessel and soon after he was so put on board a vessel he the said Thomas was informed that he was exchanged and would be carried to the City of Boston - That he was landed at Quebec and staid

there about nine days and then was put on board a vessel commanded by Captain Phillips which vessel was a British vessel and from Quebec aforesaid he was carried on board of said vessel and was landed in Boston in the State of Massachusetts in the forepart of November in the year 1782 and that in the said Thomas returned to Stephentown aforesaid where he resided when he enlisted as aforesaid on the twenty fifth day of November in the year 1782. That while he was a prisoner as aforesaid he knew Ensign Congham and Lieutenant Mc Gillivray tory officers in the British Army - That he has stated all the particulars of his service as near as he recollects them and the names of the officers and companies and Regiments with which he was acquainted -
That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his Revolutionary service except by man Jackson Simon Howard Job Thomas named in the affidavits which annexed That he was born in the Town of Richmond in the State of Rhode Island in the year 1766 as he thinks - That he has no record of his age -
That when called into service he lived in Stephentown Rensselaer County New York -
That since the Revolutionary War he has lived in Stephentown aforesaid - and in the Town of Sheldon

Genesee County, New York and that he now resides in Sheldon aforesaid
That the names of persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution are Rufus Cheney a clergyman the nearest to my neighborhood and John C. Salisbury
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pen- sion or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Ladawick his Thomas mark
Sworn to and subscribed } the day and year aforesaid } in open court
Timothy Fitch Clerk
We Rufus Cheney a clergyman residing in the Town of Attica in said County of Genesee and John C. Salisbury residing in the Town of Sheldon in said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ladawick Thomas who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration That we believe him to be seventy two 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 } in open court
Timothy Fitch Clerk
Rufus Cheney John C. Salisbury

and the said board 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 serve as he states and the board further certifies that it appears to them that Rufus Cherry who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Attica in the said county of Greene and that John C. Salisbury who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Sheldon in said county and credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Isaac Wilson James Saggart Robert Earl Jr William Mitchell
Lodowick Thomas
I Timothy Fitch Clerk of the board of common pleas in and for the county of Greene do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said board in the matter of the application of Lodowick Thomas for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office this sixteenth day of October in the year 1832
Timothy Fitch Clerk

State of New York } ss personally came before the Genesee County } undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said county, Lodowick Thomas of the Town of Sheldon in said county who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is the very same identical Lodowick Thomas who has subscribed and sworn to the declaration for a pension herunto annexed And further he the said Lodowick Thomas deposeth and saith that he enlisted on the first of May 1780 he enlisted into the company of Captain Chipman in Colonel Hurlbut's Regiment and served therein as he has stated in said declaration. That he served as a private therein in the field and Garrison for the full term of five months before he was taken prisoner as therein stated - And that he further deposeth and saith that he was taken prisoner as in his declaration mentioned in the month of October 1780 and that he was a prisoner at Montreal by the British and confined there as such for the full term of two years - That he served the said term of five months with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority and while he was in the line of his duty and during the term of his enlistment he was taken a prisoner of war as aforesaid by the British and for the term during which the said service was before ended and while he was a prisoner of war as aforesaid he was not employed in any civil

pursuit - That he served in the whole and was a prisoner of war as aforesaid the full term of two years and five months and for which service he claims a pension - That he enlisted for the term of Nine Months and before that time expired he was taken a prisoner of war as aforesaid - Ever further saith not -
Sworn to and subscribed - this first day of June 1833 before me
Ladovick his X Thomas mark
Charles Wilder Justice Peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Ladovick Thomas and that he cannot nor dares he write his name - June 1 1833
Charles Wilder Justice Peace

Personally before me One of the justices of the peace in and for the County of Erie and being sworn agreeable to law deposeth and saith that Ludawick Thomas was a soldier in Capt Vrooman's Company Col d John Harpers Regt in seventeen hundred eighty myself a soldier in the same Regt our term of Service was seven Months our Station was on the Mohawk river fourteen a little before our term Expired Capt Vrooman had the command of eighty men on an Expedition to the head of the Oneida Lake where they were all made Prisoners except two which were Sgt Ashley and Cor l Dacked and Ludawick Thomas was there taken prisoner by our Enemies with the rest of that Command under Capt Vrooman when we were discharged from Service the first week in of December when our term Expired sworn to and subscribed before me this 15 th day of September 1832 Lyman Jackson
Filed Sanford
State of Pennsylvania } I Calvin J. Meeu Erie County ss } Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Erie. No. Cursy that Gies Sanford Esquire before whom the above Deposition was taken. was at the time of taking the same. an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County Witness my hand & Seal of office this 15 Sept 1832 Calvin J. Meeu Pro

I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the within named Lyman Jackson who has subscribed and sworn to the within affidavit before me and that he is a credible person and reliable for truth and veracity and strict integrity - Dated on 17 July 1833
Gilbert Sampson Justice of the peace

State of New York } ss Simon Hoard of the Town Genesee County } of Sheldon in the County of Genesee and State aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Ladawick Thomas who has subscribed and sworn to the declaration for a pension hereto annexed and that he was acquainted with the said Thomas in the Town of Stephentown in the State of New York - That the said Ladawick Thomas went from Stephentown as it was said and as this Deponent believes into the American Army in the Spring of the year he thinks 1780 and was gone from home two years or more - This Deponent believes that the said Ladawick Thomas was during the time above stated a soldier of the Revolution in the American Army and a prisoner of war And further saith not -
Sworn to and subscribed this day of June 1853 before me
JOSEPH HOARE
Herman Fisher Justice of the peace
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Simon Hoard who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit before me and that he is a credible person and reputable for truth and veracity and strict integrity. - Dated June 19 th 1853
Herman Fisher Justice of the peace

State of New York Genesee County
ss. Job Thomas of the Town of Sanden in the County of Erie and State aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Lodowick Thomas who has subscribed the declaration for a pension herewith annexed. That he this Deponent is a Brother of the said Lodowick Thomas and knew the said Lodowick Thomas and lived in his father's family during the Revolutionary War. In the Spring of the year 1780 the said Lodowick Thomas said he had enlisted in to the American Army and immediately thereafter left home at Stephentown New York saying that he was going into the American Army and was gone and was said and believed by all the family near three years in the American Army. That this Deponent fully believes that the said Lodowick Thomas was during the time above stated a soldier in the American Army and a prisoner of War. He thinks he enlisted in the year 1780 but does not know - And further this Deponent saith not
Sworn to and subscribed this 17 th day of June before me 1833 Job Thomas Herman Fisher
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Job Thomas who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit before me and that he is a credible person and reputable for truth and veracity and strict integrity - Dated June 17 th 1833
Herman Fisher Justice of the peace

State of New York } 3
Genesee County } 3
He is known that before me Herman Fisher a Justice of the peace in the County aforesaid Com - Simon Hoard and man said that he was acquainted with Ladawick Thomas in the town of Stephentown State of New York - That Ladawick Thomas went from here as was said and as this deponent believes into the American Army thinks it was in the Year 1780 - said Thomas was gone from here two Years or more - cannot tell exactly This deponent believes that said Ladawick Thomas was during the time above stated a soldier in the American Army
Given and subscribed } Simon Hoard this 6 th day of October 1832 } before me } 3
Herman Fisher Justice of the peace
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Simon Hoard who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit before me and that he is a credible person and reputable for truth and veracity and strict integrity - Dated June 17 1833 - Herman Fisher Justice of the peace

State of New York } Greene County } ss. It known that before me Herman Fisher a Justice of the peace in the county of Greene in case Job Thomas and man with ind an form of law That he is the brother of Solomon Thomas and knew him since birth in his father's family during the Revolutionary war. That said Solomon Thomas said he had enlisted in the American Army That he went from home saying he was going into the Army and was gone as was said and believed by all the family more than three Years in the American Army - That this deponent fully believes that said Solomon Thomas was during the time as above stated in the American Army - Says he cannot tell what Year he enlisted but from the town of Stephentown Rensselaer county State of New York Sworn and subscribed } the 6 th day of October 1832 } before me  J. C. THOMAS  Herman Fisher Justice of the peace
State of New York } ss I Timothy Fitch Greene County } Clerk of the said county of Greene do hereby certify that Herman Fisher before whom the foregoing affidavits of Simon Hazard and Job Thomas purports to have been taken were on the day of taking the same a Justice of the peace in and for the said county of Greene and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his acts in that capacity and further that I am well acquainted with the signature of the said Justice and verily believe that his signature subscribed to the said affidavits is his genuine signature -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 22 nd day of October 1832 Timothy Fitch clerk

I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the within named Job Thomas who has subscribed and sworn to the within affidavit before me and that he is a credible person and reputable for truth and veracity and strict integrity - Dated June 19 th 1883.
Herman Fish. Justice of the Peace
Lodowick Thomas's Pension papers
18047 v

State of Pennsylvania
County of Erie
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ss Lyman Jackson of the Town of Conneaut in the County and
State aforesaid being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is well acquainted with Lodaewick Thomas who has subscribed and sworn to the declaration for a pension herunto annexed. And further this Deponent saith that the said Lodaewick Thomas was a soldier and served as a private soldier in the Revolutionary War in Captain Vroman's Company in Colonel John Harpers Regiment in the year 1780 - and this Deponent was a soldier in the said Regiment - That my term was seven months and I supposed the said Thomas enlisted for the term of seven months and our station was on the Mohawk River frontier - a little before our term expired in the month of October 1780 Captain Vroman had the command of nearly eighty men on an expedition to the head of Onondaga Lake where they were all made prisoners of war except two who were Serjeant Ashley and Corporal Orde and the said Lodaewick Thomas was there taken prisoner by our enemies the British with the rest of the men under the command of the said Captain Vroman - That the said Thomas was a prisoner a long time as he did not return to the American Army and I was discharged on the first day of December 1780 when my term expired - And further saith not
Sworn to and subscribed this 22 nd day of June 1833 before me Shepherd Beals Justice of the Peace

I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the within named Jackson Lyman Jackson who has subscribed and sworn to the within affidavit before me and that he is a credible person and reputable for truth and veracity and strict integrity - Dated June 22 nd 1833 Shepherd Beals Justice of the peace
State of Pennsylvania } S. Eliza S. Kelso Prothonotary Erie County ss - } of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Erie do hereby certify that Shepherd Beals Esquire before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been taken, was at the date of the same an of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and sworn In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 17. Day of July 1833
Eliza S. Kelso Pro

State of New York } Genesee County ss } I Timothy Fitch Clerk of the said County of Genesee do hereby certify that Horatio Fisher before whom the two affidavits herunto annexed of Simon Hoard purport to have been taken and made and the certificates of credibility accompanying the same and also before whom the two affidavits of John Thomas and the certificates of credibility accompanying the same were on the several days of taking the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Genesee and that full faith and credit are to be given to his acts in that capacity that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that his signatures subscribed to the said affidavits and certificates are his genuine signatures - And I further certify that Charles Wilder before whom the affidavit of Lockwood Thomas the declarant for a pension herunto annexed which affidavit is his amendment to his original declaration for a pension herunto annexed and the certificate that he could not write his name accompanying the said affidavit purport to have been taken and made on the day of taking the same a Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Genesee and that full faith are to be given to his acts in that capacity and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that his signature subscribed to the said affidavit and certificate is his genuine signature - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 24 th day of July 1833
Timothy Fitch Clerk By B. Pringle Deputy

Perham
11538 INVALID.
File No. 11538
Ladwick Thomas
Br. Br. was
Act: June 1858
Index:—Vol. A , Page 373
[Arrangement of 1870.]