Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7770, for Gilbert Ogden, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New York
Ogden, Gilbert
19 7770
CONTENTS

7770
Adel June 1 Gilbert Ogden or heirs Greensboro Warren Co N.H.
Miss Agnes Church Deep River N.Y.

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
STATE OF New York } ss : COUNTY OF Warren }
Be it known, that before me, a
Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly authorised by law to administer oaths, personally appeared * Elizabeth Ogden — — — a resident of Queensbury in the county of Warren — — — in the State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, states that She is † the widow — — — of Gilbert Ogden in the county of Warren — — — and State of New York who was a revolutionary ‡ Soldier and that She believes the United States are still indebted, under existing laws, for the pension that was due under the application heretofore made, and that She is directly interested as a claimant in the pension for which application was heretofore made as aforesaid, and constitutes and appoints WILLIS G. WADE, of Washington, D. C., her true and lawful attorney, with irrevocable power to examine into, investigate, and establish the claim for said pension, and do all acts necessary thereto.
In Witness Whereof, Elizabeth Ogden has on this 9 th day of February 185 3 , hereunto signed her name, and affixed her seal.
Witness ; William Robinson Francis B. Bennett
Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me, on this
Elizabeth Ogden 9 th day of February
[L. S.]
185 3
William Robinson Justice of the Peace J. P.
* Here, if the soldier or officer is living, insert his name ; if he is dead, and the widow is living, insert her name ; if both dead, insert one of the living children's names ; if the children are all dead, and either of them survived the former unsuccessful applicant, insert the name of the administrator of that former applicant.
† Here, if the soldier or officer is living, insert his name again ; if the widow is living, insert the words "widow of," and the name of her husband ; if both dead insert the words, "son or daughter of," and the name of the former unsuccessful applicant.
‡ Here insert the word "soldier," or "officer," whichever he was.
NOTE.—When a female is the person who executes this paper, please put the letter s before the word her in every place where it occurs.

State of New York Warren County
I Thomas Archibald Clerk of the County of Warren do hereby certify that William Robinson before whom the within Power of attorney purports to have been sworn and acknowledged as one of the acts of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County and that
I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Robinson and duly believe his name subscribed to said Affidavit and acknowledgment of the within Power to be his proper hand writing and signature In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this 11 th day of February 1853
Thomas Archibald Clerk

State of New York
County of Warren
On this 22 day of April one thousand eight hundred and forty, personally appeared in open court before the court of common pleas of the county of Warren now sitting, Gilbert began a resident of the town of Queensbury in the county of Warren and State of New York, aged seventy six 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 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. He entered the service as a private soldier, he thinks in the month of September one thousand seven hundred and eighty two in the militia. That he volunteered rather than be drafted. That he served under Captain John Purdy, Sub William Wright, don't recollect the other name the name of the Colonel under whom he served was Thomas, don't recollect the name of any other Field officers. That he served but one term, thinks he was discharged in the spring following. That he served six months as a private soldier that he was discharged in the month of April cannot tell what day. That he resided in the town of North Castle in the county of Westchester and State of New York when he entered the service that he was not in any battle that he was stationed at North Castle in Westchester county, and that all his service was performed there that he did not serve with any continental troops that he saw once General Washington during the time he served that the company and Regiment with which he served were stationed at North Castle in Westchester county, and their duty was to protect,

the inhabitants from the depredations of the savages Tories and British soldiers, that he stood sentry and was engaged with patrolling parties that he has no documentary evidence of his service, nor did he receive any written discharge, that he knows of only one person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service, and that no clergyman residing in his neighbourhood that soon after the Revolutionary war he removed to the town of Queensbury in the county of Warren State of New York, where he now resides and has lived here ever since, that he has no record of his age, that he was born in the town of North Castle in the county of Westchester and state of New York in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty four years of his age He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the the agency of any State Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Gilbert his  mark O'Gara Thomas Archibald Clerk
Mary We Alfred Pitcher & Polly Pitcher residing in the town of Caldwell in the county of Warren and formerly for many years in the town of Queensbury in said county, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Gilbert O'Gara who has subscribed and sworn to the above declara- tion, that we believe him to be seventy six years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
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P. O. _____
Gilbert Ogden _____
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

N. York
• Gilbert Ogden
Let. to Hon. D. Russell 2 June 1860
Hon. J. C. H. Tomlinson
Sept 7 th 84
Letter to Henry B. Northrup
May 14 th 1842
Act June 7. 1832

May 13. 1842
Ms.
gogen
15
J. L. Edward
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D. C.
✓

Sandy Hill Wash. Co New York May 10 th 1842
Dear Sir
Gilbert Ogden of Queensbury Warren Co. a Revolutionary soldier whose application for a Pension was made to the Pension department somewhere about a year ago last fall or winter by Grant Paddock Esqr of Glens Falls in Queensbury aforesaid has been so unfortunate as to differ with Mr Paddock and he declines to furnish Mr Ogden with the correspondence with the department and pretends he cannot inform Mr O. what more if any thing is required by the department to enable it to forward Mr Ogden his certificate
I am under these circumstances requested by the old soldier to ascertain what further the department requires to authorize the giving a certificate
Will you have the goodness to furnish me with the necessary information as soon as convenience will allow and I will furnish if it can be procured the necessary supplemental evidence if it shall be required
Yours &c
J L Edwards Esq Com. of Pensions
Henry B. Northrup

State of New York
Warren County ss Obadiah Ogden of Queensbury in the county of Warren being duly sworn saith, that he was well acquainted with Gilbert Ogden at North Castle in the county of Westchester in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty two and for several years before and ever since that time up to this day and knows that the said Gilbert Ogden served as a soldier in the time of the Revolution, he thinks in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty two in the militia of Westchester county for the term of six months as a volunteer at North Castle in Westchester county in the State of New York that in the said Gilbert Ogden entered the service in the fall of that year and served till the next spring, that he served under Captain Purdy in Col Thomas Regiment that this Respondent entered the service as a volunteer at the same time with the said Gilbert Ogden and served in the same company and regiment with him and was discharged at the same time and knows that in the said Gilbert Ogden served as a soldier of the Revolution as mentioned in his statement herunto annexed and further saith not.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Thomas Archibald Clerk
Obadiah Ogden
Hon D. Russell H.R.
Gilbert Ogden Ad. June 7. 1832
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a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid  Alfred Pitcher Mary Pitcher Thomas Archibald 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 stated and the court further certifying that it appears to them that Alfred Pitcher & Mary Mary Pitcher who have signed the foregoing certificate are residents of State Town and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Thomas Archibald Clerk of the court of common pleas of the County of Warren do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Gilbert, began for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 23 rd day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight, hundred and forty  Thomas Archibald Clerk

Elizabeth Ogden
N. Y. suspended!
Hanlon

12 J C Hassler Dear friend ...
I now take the opportunity to see what you have done in behalf of the children of Gilbert Ogden Elisabeth Ogden His wife it seems that the will be something in her behalf that is fore mentioned surmises on record And it seems very hard that the part be something done for her support I wish you would see all you can This is from your most affectionate friend Thomas B Bennett February the 20 1856 Glens Falls I wish you would write right of
And let me know how it is with you And you will believe yours J B Bennett Glens Falls February the 20 1856