Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 20,294, for John Innis, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
or Dennis John Dennis.
R. 20.294.
Polly
CONTENTS
2 & W.

Polley Manus Original papers sent to S. B. Garvin Esq. U. S. District Court Utica N.Y. March 14. 1854

Dr Sir
Sickness & Death has prevented an earlier attendance to the requisition of your letter of August 31 st 1853, relative to the claim of Lydia Ballard, daughter of John Hovey Davis - Said Davis, his father, being a pensioner of the United States &c. You will find a list of all his heirs (living) to said Lydia Ballard, leaving her the only heir in the case - any relative to said claim please address
Your obed Servt Samuel Eaton
Lyanda Mondaga Co. N.Y.
L. Waldo Com. Pensions

Hon. L. P. Waldo
Mem. of Pension Dr. Sir. anything relative to the papers herewith transmitted please address
Samuel Eaton Lysander Onondaga Co. N.Y.

A copy of the family record of John and Polly Innis, written A.D. 1792
John Innis was married to Polly Hosford Feb 18 th 1792
John Innis died April 1 st A.D. 1834
Polly Innis died November 12, 1845
State of New York } Onondaga County } S.S.
Personally appeared of the Peace before me a Justice of the Supreme Court Grandeur Ballard aged 44 years who first being duly sworn according to law says that the above is a copy of the family record of John and Polly Innis and that said Record is genuine having known

The same 20 years, it being in my prop- -erty and Com. and further this Instrument dated under  in presence of Leander Ballard Levi Cook and others as above before me this 31 st day of Dec A.D. 1852 January 1853.
Signed J. H. Sturtevant, Com. of Deeds & Justice of the Peace
Certified as true Chas. R. Mowatt County

Know all men by these presents - That I, Selah Hosford of the town of Albany and County of Albany, State of New York do hereby assign, transfer and set over unto my sister Lydia Ballard all of my right title and interest to a pension due my Mother Mary Davis, deceased, by virtue of an act passed July 1 st 1848 granting pensions to widows of soldiers of the revolution who have not drawn a pension during their lifetime
In witness whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 8 day of October 1852
In presence of {
W m M. Cassidy } SIGNED
Selah Hosford
Know all men by these presents - That on the 8 th day of October 1852

Before me, the subscriber, a Notary of the Peace in and for the City and County of Albany, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Selah Hosford above named, and acknowledged the foregoing instrument executed by him, to be his act & deed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the Day and year last above mentioned
J. P. Nugent
Signed
Notary of the Peace
Clerk Certificate County of Albany

Know all men by these presents, that I Amanda Fitzsimmons of the town of Lynchburg County of Rensselaer and State of New York do hereby assign, transfer and set over unto my sister Lydia Ballard all of my right title and interest to a pension due my Mother Mary Davis, deceased, by virtue of an Act passed July 1 st 1848, granting pensions to widows of Soldiers of the Revolution whose husbands drew a Pension during their lifetime -
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 28 th day of June 1852
In presence of } Amanda Fitzsimmons (25) Matthew Webster }
Signed

State of New York Rensselaer County } ss:
On the 28th day of June 1852 personally appeared before me Amanda Fitzsimmonds to me known to be the same person described in and who executed the above assignment and duly acknowledged the execution thereof
Matthew Webster } Justice
Signed
Clerk's Certificate County of Rensselaer

State of New York Onondaga County } ss:
On this 31 st day of November  January A.D. 1852 personally appeared Nelson m. Daniel Pratt Justice of the Supreme Court in and for the County and State aforesaid duly authorized to administer oaths Lydia Ballard the daughter of Polly Dennis, deceased, late of the town of Leiston in the County of Washington State of New York said Lydia Ballard the declarant aged 48 years who first being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Dec- laration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the "Act of Congress" passed 4 th of July 1836.
That the said Widow, now deceased, was the widow of John Dennis, deceased, who was

a pensioner of the war of the Revolution -
This Declarant further saith that the said Polly Dennis widow of John Dennis was a pen- sioner of the United States at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum and that the said widow Polly Dennis remained a widow until Nov. 12 A.D. 1845, when she died and left four children, Amanda Fitzsimmons, Selah Hosford, Walter Hosford & Lydia Ballard (and Walter Hosford has not been heard from for the space of one year or more diligent means having been used to ascertain his whereabouts without effect) (one being the Declarant and another the only child now living
Chas. K. Certificate
And that the said Polly Dennis was married Feb 18 th 1792 as will more fully appear by the proofs hereto attached
Sworn to & subscribed { G. P. } Lydia Ballard before me this 31 st day of Dec Jan A.D. 1853
Daniel Pratt, Justice Sup Court

(The end of the Old Testament)
Selah Hosford and Polly Cornwell joined in Bonds of wedlock January the 19 in the year of Our Lord 1792
Lydia Hosford was Born May the 3. 1804
Eliza Hosford was Born March 16 1807
Walter Hosford was Born May the 13 1798
Sarah Hosford was Born April the 18 th 1810
Amanda Hosford was Born March the 18, 1801
Amanda Hosford was married in January 1821 to Felix Fitz
Ginnian
Walter Hosford was was married to Maria Farmer in the month of April in the year 1823
Mary Davis her Bible is Presented to her by Miss Smith H. Schenck in the year of our Lord 1825

John Innes was married to Polly Hosford Feb. 18 th 1821
holy Bible of the old and new -
John Innes died Apr 1 st 1834
Polly Innes died Nov 12 1845
Certificate of County Clerk

State of New York Onondaga County } 55:
On this 28 th day of February A.D. 1854, before me I. Harris (his cook) Surrogate of said County aforesaid I read the Ballard of the town of Depew in said County & Lydia Ballard of the place aforesaid upon whose testimony after being duly sworn It was satisfactorily to me proven that the said Lydia Ballard is the wife and heir at law of John Innes & Polly Innes both now deceased - that the said John Innes in Springfield Montgomery County New York April 1 st A.D. 1834 and was a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death that the said Polly Innes died Nov 12 th 1845 at Easton Washington County, New York that their only children and heirs at law now living are Sarah Hosford of

of the City of Albany in this State Amanda Pitts Simmons wife of Felix D. Pitts Simmons of said Easton Washington County, & the said Lydia Ballard & Walter Hosford. That said Walter Hosford has been absent for three years or more from his family during which time no intelligence has been re- ceived from him -
(L.S.)
Given under the hand & Seal of Officer of our said Surrogate at the Surrogate's Office in the City of Syracuse in said County the day & year aforesaid.
J. H. Hiseock
Signed
Surrogate
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8852. New York
John Iams
of Saratoga in the State of N.Y. who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Grop of the Reg t commanded by Col Butler in the New York line for 2 years - Penn
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Eighty Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of April 1833. and sent to Giles F. Yates Simsbury. N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. — $ 160 — Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th July 1833. — 40
$ 200
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk, Book 6 Vol 4 Page 22

12. 455 Saratoga Co. Court
In the matter of the application of John Innes for a pension
Proceedings
no 2
To the care of
Giles F. Yates
Schenectady N.Y.

State of New York } County of Saratoga } ss.
On this sixth day of September One thousand Eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, John Innes , a resident of the town of Stillwater in said County & State, aged Eighty years and upwards, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following statement or declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
On or about the first day of May One thousand seven hundred and seventy seven he enlisted in the town of Lancaster in the state of Pennsylvania , as a private in the Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment for the term of three years , and served the whole of said term of three years without intermission. His Company Officers were Captain Cross and Lieutenant Thomas Campbell . His field Officers Colonel Butler and General Wayne . The names of his other Company and field Officers he does not now recollect. Captain Cross died about one year after he the said John Innes enlisted in his Company, and the Command of said Company then devolved on said Thomas Campbell .
In the fall of the year 1777, he was in the engagements in which the troops under General Wayne were concerned with the British forces

under Sir William Howe previous to the latter taking possession of Philadelphia. Shortly after he was in an engagement at a place in the vicinity of Philadelphia, the name of which he cannot now remember but thinks it was called Becker's town.
In the spring of the year One Thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine, the Company to which he belonged, went with the Pennsylvania troops that formed a part of the detachment under General Sullivan in his expedition against the Indians. He served during the whole of that expedition in the summer and fall of the year last named. He marched through different parts of the State of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and through all the district of country extending from the Hudson river up the Mohawk river in the State of New York, and through Otsego, Tioga, Genesee, Cayuga and other places then settled by the six nations of Indians who were hostile to the American cause. He thinks that some time in the year 1818, he made application for a pension under the act of March 18. 1818. He then resided in the town of Glenville in the County of Schenectady. In this application he was unsuccessful on account of the value of his property. In the month of September 1828, he made application under the act of 15. May 1828, and forwarded therewith evidence of his services in the revolution, which evidence is on file in the Department at the seat of Government. Two of his witnesses under that application, to wit, John Rose and Andrew McKinney are now deceased. Another Andrew McKie resided in the year last named somewhere in the State of Pennsylvania, but whether said McKie still resides in Pennsylvania or is deceased, this applicant cannot determine. He knows of no testimony by which he can prove his services, other than that he has already produced, and which is on file in the Department aforesaid.

We 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 } John his Innes the Day & year first aforesaid } mark in Open Court
Thomas Palmer Clerk
We Esra Buell Crier of the Courts in the County of Saratoga residing in the town of Stillwater in the said County and State of New York and Henry Bacon of the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Innes who has subscribed to the above declaration, that we believe him to be upwards of Eighty years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn in Open Court the sixth } Esra his Buell day of September 1832 } mark Henry Bacon Thomas Palmer Clerk
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 Esra Buell who has signed the foregoing certificate is a resident of the town of Stillwater in the County of Saratoga and State of New York, and that Henry Bacon who has also signed the same is also a resident of the said town of Stillwater, and that they are both credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
Thomas Palmer Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Saratoga do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Innes for

a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office the sixth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Thomas Palmer Clerk

No 12455
John Lewis
N. Y.
up to 1848
G. F. Yates
Schenectady
N.Y.

(Old Case)
BRIEF in the case of  John Innis County of Saratoga  in the State of N.Y. (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Cont.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 80.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1777 May 3 — — As a Private Gen. Wayne Col. Butler, Capt. Croft —  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lancaster Pa.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? refers to his former applications in 1818 & 1828  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Bell Examining Clerk.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
aw Ref. 5490
420294
September 24, 1897.
Sir:
Replying to your request for information concerning John Ennis, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on September 6, 1832, at which time he was eighty years of age and residing at Stillwater, N. Y., and his pension was allowed for two years' actual service as a private in the Pennsylvania troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Cross and Col. Butler. He enlisted at Lancaster, Penna.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Robert M.unkhouser,
3534 Olive Street,
St. Louis, Mo.

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 30 April 1829
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of John Ennis — under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive, the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution.
Almy B. Kimball Acting Secretary.
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
War Dept. Bounty land office 1 May 1829.
The records of this office do not show that John Ennis of the Penn a line ever received or is entitled to bounty land of the United States Robert Taylor

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Polly Annis widow of John of New York
July 29. 1848
Sam l Eaton Augt 31. 1853 S.B. Garrison Sept 28 1854. Same Oct 4 "
5490
July 29. 1848

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John Ennis or Innis - Put- Penn line -
Evidence insufficient New York act 1828
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Concord Del

G. H. Gales for John Ennis Rev. 9 p.m. 1849
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Respectfully John Ennis G. H. Gales Washington City D.C. Respectfully referred to the Hon. the Secretary of the Treasury.
John Ennis
ms

Schenectady, July 3 rd 1829
Ja s L. Edwards Esq r
Sir.
I sent you under cover to the Hon: Secretary of war, on the 6 th ult o a letter on the subject of a claim of John Ennis or Innes for a pension under the act of 1828. This was in answer to the circular which is enclosed. In this letter a request was made for the list of officers &c which in the last clause of said circular is promised to those who request it. I am therefore at a loss to account for the following remarks contained in your communication to me under date of the 15 th ult o unless it be that it was received from a different department. All my letters on the subject of claims of this kind have been uniformly directed to the Hon. Secretary of war. I had sent the enclosed circular to Mr. Innes at Stillwater, & it was not returned to me till this morning.
"you say that a printed circular was sent

"from this Office to you bearing date on the 7 th ult o - This "must be a mistake. We have no printed circular of so "late a date to any one - The information which you "ask for cannot be given consistently with the regulations "of this Department." -
I am very respectfully
Your mo: Oct - Sept
G. H. [unclear] -
for John Innes

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
7 th May 1829
SIR :
YOUR claim under the abovementioned act was examined in due course ; and, if it had been corroborated by the public records at Washington, would have been decided without delay. In your case, however, as in others under similar circumstances, and in regard to which the books usually referred to furnished no information, a decision was postponed until the pressure of business incident to the execution of a new law of this nature, superadded to the other duties of the Department, should so far subside as to afford time for further research. Recourse having, at length, been had to all the sources of information within reach of the Department, I have, now, to acquaint you that nothing is found among the records in the Public Offices here, to corroborate or support your claim. This, however, is not considered a sufficient cause for rejecting it ; inasmuch as the records relating to the Army of the Revolution are known to be incomplete ; yet, as the testimony furnished by you, in addition to your own declaration, does not assert the fact of your having served in the Continental Army in the manner stated by you, but only that you are generally reputed and believed to have done so, it is deemed a sufficient cause for calling upon you for further evidence.
I am, nevertheless, aware of the difficulty that exists in obtaining, after so long a time, any positive or direct proof that your services were such as to entitle you to the benefits of the act. And you may be assured that, in weighing such as you may find yourself able to bring, all proper consideration will be given to this difficulty.
It is believed, however, that the archives of some of the States contain evidence of the rank and service of their regiments or corps on the Continental Line. This evidence may be found either in muster-rolls, settlements, accounts, grants of land, or other rewards for revolutionary services. It may, therefore, be well for you to apply to the proper authorities of the State in whose quota you served, to see whether, in your case, such evidence exists. Where this cannot be obtained, it will be desirable for you to obtain from one or more persons, who know you to have served in the Continental Army an affidavit to that effect, authenticated in the manner heretofore prescribed. Showing the term of your enlistment and length of service To aid you in this undertaking, I will, if you request it, cause to be prepared and transmitted to you, a list taken from the papers which have been received at this Department, under the abovementioned act, of the names and residence of such officers of the line and regiment to which you represent yourself to have belonged, as are known to be now living ; and, on application to them, they may be able to supply the testimony which you need.
I am, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
W. John Ennis
Henry Pickens Acting Secretary

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act entitled "an act for the relief of certain sur- viving officers & soldiers of the army of the revolution" approved on the 15 th of May 1828, I, John Ennis of the town of Millwater — in the County of Saratoga in the State of New York, do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution for & during the war, and continued in its service until its termination, at which period I was a private in the company commanded by Lieutenant Campbell in the fourth Pennsylvania Regiment under the command of Col- onel Butler. I also declare that I was entitled to certificates for the reward of Eighty Dollars, under a resolve of Congress, passed the 15 th May 1778. And I further declare, that I have never been in the pension list of the United States. Witness my hand this twenty second day of August in the year one thou- sand eight hundred and twenty eight.
Witness
John + Ennis mark
L. D. Boyd
Before me David Boyd first judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Sar- atoga in the State of New York personally appeared this day John Rose of said County, who did make oath that John Ennis by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is to him the said John Rose well known to have been a soldier in the army of the revolution as therein stated. Witness my hand, this twenty third day of August Anno Domini 1828.
L. D. Boyd
Before me Samuel M. Jones Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Schenectady aforesaid personally appeared Mary Mc Kinney widow of Andrew Mc Kinney late a soldier in the army of the revolution, and Jellie A. Fonda both of said County, who severally made oath that they are well acquainted with the above- named John Ennis, and that the said John is generally reputed & they believe him to have been a soldier in

The army of the revolution as stated in the foregoing declaration. Witness my hand this twenty-third day of August, Anno Domini 1828.
S. W. Jones
I, John S. Vrooman, Clerk of the Court of the County of Schenectady, in the State of New York, do hereby certify, that Da- vid Boyd & Samuel W. Jones before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn were, the former first Judge & the last a Judge of the Court a- foresaid, & duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, & affixed the seal of said Court, this twenty third day of August, Anno Domini 1828.
John S. Vrooman

8 April 1880.
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Schenectady, April 9 th 1880
Hon. J. D. Ingham
Secretary of the Treasury.
Under the direction of your Department I had the honor in October last, to transmit circulars to a number of pensioners, whose names I found on a printed list furnished me by your Department. One or two, it seems, have declined answering altogether, or are deceased John Boyd of Northumberland Penns. a To whom I wrote, stated that it must have been a brother of his to whom I referred viz, "Thomas Boyd who was an officer under General Sullivan in his campaign against the Indians, and lost his life in that expedition. Lieut. Campbell was also with Gen. Sullivan. I knew him well, (says he) he has been dead several years." I have no doubt Mr. John Boyd is right. My memory fails me very fast. all I remember with certainty is the name "Boyd" his given name I do not remember.
I now take the liberty to enclose the testimony of Andrew McKee of Armstrong County Penns a which with the testimony I have already furnished I trust will be satisfactory. I have it not in my power to obtain any further evidence as to my services. Please direct as before to the care of "G. H. Yates Schenectady" —
very respectfully
Your ob t Servt
John Innes

8 April 1830. Armstrong County Pa
Personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the Peace in and for County of Armstrong Andrew W. the Hove being duly sworn Deposeth and saith that when he was in Revolutionary Army that he was acquainted with a man by the name of John Jones a Private under Genl. Butler and General Sullivan and that they were both on guard at the same time and recollects of seeing him at New York and at Braten Bridge and of seeing him at the place called the Four Horsemen and at the time of the making Cornwallis in Virginia at and further saith that his Andrew W. the Hove before me March 12th 1830 James Adams
Proofs P. 12/p
Pennsylvania Armstrong County Pa
W. Simon Forney Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Armstrong in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Certify, that James Adams Esquire, before whom the foregoing deposition and acknowledgement appears to have been made, was, at the date thereof, and still is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn by the proper authority (and that his signature thereto are genuine)
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Kittanning the eighteenth day of March Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty
Simon Forney Pro

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Sept. 16. 1828.
John Ennis, † of Stillwater, in the County of Saratoga, in the State of New York. has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Lieut Campbell 's company, in the Fourth  (Ed Butlers) regiment of the Pennsylvania line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, H. D. Dickinson.
† Or Innis
The name of John Innis is not on the Pennsylvania line.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
25. July 1829
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
22 nd September 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to John Ennis in the not
It further appears that John Ennis - not - is now on the pension list of the  any - - - - - agency, and has been so since the 3 d March 1826 - - - - - at the rate of  dollars per month.
The name of John Ennis cannot be found among those of the Pennsylvania line, to whom certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars were issued -
John Hagan Adm
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Innis which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? supplied XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? refer to former application in 1818 & 1828 If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡ QUERE XVI.  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 paper 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.
□ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

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J. P. Lewis recd Sept. 15. 1828 amt 0 16
Revolutionary Claim
Recd
Rush
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington D.C.

Hon. Richard Rush Secretary of the Treasury &c
At the request of the within named applicant John Ennis, I have the honor to transmit the enclosed claims very respectfully.
Your ob t Serv t —
G. H. GATES
Schenectady, Sep r 5 th 1828.

Rev
Rejected
Ex'r. OLD WAR.
No. 20294
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
John Ennis } or Innis }
Pri.
4th Pa Line
REJECTED
Died at _____
other claim.
, 187 .
Clerk.
REJECTED
Application filed: _____ , 18 .
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
Ext.
Date.
for papers Act 1828 see O.W. Neff File # 5490

Sept. 24 th 1877 Robt. M. Farmhouse St. Louis, Mo.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
5490 REJECTED
P. O. Polly Innis
Service: Widow of John
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. 5490
Contract.

3534 Olive St.
St. Louis, September 8th., 1897.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly assist me in discovering the military services of my ancestor John Ennis who served in the New Jersey troops during the Revolutionary War ? Did he obtain a pension and can you give me a copy of his papers filed if any? Any information you can furnish, will be gratefully received. Trusting it will not inconvenience you too much,
I am ,
Yours truly,
To Hon. Com'r of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Robt M. Funkhouser,

Office of the United States Attorney, Northern District of New York,
Utica, Oct 21, 1854
Sir,
L. P. Waldo:
Sir
The papers have been in the hands of the Marshal for some time: & efforts are being made constantly to get out the case. I have a letter from one of the deputies of the Marshal this morning in which he says he has a letter of cancellation in his possession, which I shall get in a day or two: will communicate again with you shortly. Please send his letter to you calling up the case - we are mostly troubled about his handwriting

Sincerely yours
J. B. Garvin U.S. Atty.