Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1813-100, for John More, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Moore, John Moore or Moor
B.L.Wt. 1813-100
CONTENTS

John Moor e 1813

BOUNTY LAND FOR REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES--CLAIM OF HEIRS.
(NO. 1.)
STATE OF New York } ss. County of Onondaga }
I, Henry Moor Son and one of the heirs at law of John Moor late of the County of Onondaga and State of New York but now deceased, do, upon oath, testify and declare, that to the best of my knowledge and belief, the said John Moor was a Private in Cooper's Creek Regiment of Infantry belonging to the New York line, on Continental establishment, during the Revolutionary War. I do further testify and declare, that I have never received a warrant from the United States , for the quantity of land due the said deceased, from the United States ; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his right to it in any manner during his life time.
Therefore, KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, Henry Moor as aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Gen. S. K. CHAMBERLAIN, or Col. JOSEPH WATSON, my true and lawful Attorneys for me, in my name, to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States , for the time being, a warrant for the quantity of land due in right of said deceased. And my said Attorneys I do hereby fully authorize and empower to constitute and appoint, one or more substitutes or Attorneys under them, for the special purpose herein expressed, and the same to revoke at will.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this fourteenth day of February A. D. 1832 In presence of Jonathan W. Tyler } J. Smithwick } Henry Moor
(NO. 2.)
PERSONALLY appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the above named county, the above named Henry Moor signer and sealer of the foregoing declaration and power of attorney, and made oath in due form of law to the one, and acknowledged the other, as his voluntary act and deed for the purposes therein named.
Sworn, subscribed, and acknowledged before me, this 14 th day of February
A. D. 1832
J. Smithwick } Judge of Onondaga Court of Pleas Counselor etc. }
(NO. 3.)
STATE OF New York } ss. County of Onondaga }
PERSONALLY appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid, Jonathan W. Tyler and Job Ben Brainerd both credible and disinterested persons, who, being duly sworn, did depose and say, that they verily believe that John Moor named in the within declaration, signed by Henry Moor served in the New York line, during the Revolutionary War: That they have understood that he died about one half a year since, viz: on or about the 5 th day of September 1831 at Lee within the County of Onondaga leaving no widow, and that the above named Henry Moor who now lives in Rome in the County of Onondaga State of New York , is the only son, and
the reputed and only heir at law of him, the said John Moore
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 14 th
day of Feb A. D. 1832
J. Smithwick J.P.
Jonathan W. Tyler Job B. Brainerd

(NO. 4.)
STATE OF New York
County of Onondaga
} ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this day, to wit: the fourteenth day of February Anno Domini, 1832, there has been adduced satisfactory proof
by deposition of Nathan Tyler & Izabell Barnard and Henry Moore two credible witnesses, and other explanations and information submitted, that Henry Moore who has made the declaration on oath, and has subscribed the power of attorney herewith connected, is the son  and one of the heirs of and only son of John Moore late a Soldier in the continental army of the Revolutionary War, and that the other heirs of the said  said John Moore  were left left in number, viz: no other heir  who  is  of the said  and resides, or is supposed to reside at and that within the  said Henry Moore resides in the town of Rome in the County of Onondaga and State of New York . that the said Tyler and Barnard had been acquainted with the said John Moore and Henry Moore for the last ten years and that during all that time it was peacefully well understood in the family of the said John Moore and in the neighborhood that the said Henry was the son and the only son of the said John Moore
the above named persons are the only heirs of the said  living.
IN WITNESS OF ALL WHICH, I have hereunto affixed my hand and seal official, in my capacity of a Surrogate this fourteenth day of February Anno Domini, 1832.
Alanson Brannett Surrogate
(NO. 5.)
New York County of Oneida
} ss.
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Joshua Hathaway Esquire, before whom the declaration, power of attorney, and deposition hereunto annexed appear to have been signed and made, was, at the time of signing and making the same, one of the Justices of the Peace, in and for the county of Oneida aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified as such, and to all his official acts as such, due faith and credit should and ought to be given.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, at Utica  Oneida County this sixteenth day of February A.D. 1832.
Geo. Brown Clerk
It appears from the Pension Agent at Albany N. York. Report ending 30. December 1831. that John Moore 2 d of Oneida County died from Sept 1831 to 30 Sept 1831 .
J. D. Brace 90 Clerk P. Office