Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7757, for Jared Oakley, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Oakley, Jared
R 7757
CONTENTS

State of Pennsylvania
County of Pike ss Elizabeth Sirrine of the Township of
Sackawawan of the County of Pike aforesaid being duly sworn doth depose and say that she lived in Philipstown in the County of Dutchess, during the American Revolution, and was brought up in the House with Mr. Jared Oakley and was well acquainted with him and also was acquainted with his father Robert Oakley who was killed by the Tories and was also knowing to Mr. Jared Oakleys services in the American Revolution, under Captain Lane, Colonel Henry Luddingtons Regiment or a greater part of it, He was called out in the Spring of 1778, and continued until fall, but the day he commenced or ended in that this deponent does not recollect. Also in the Spring of 1779 and returned in the fall, also in the Spring of 1780 and staid until late in the fall of that year also in the Spring 1781. and served that season and returned home late in the fall also he again was called out in the Spring of 1782 and did not return until the snow fell, which was late in the fall. In the last year Mr. Oakley's Father Robert Oakley was Robbed and killed by the enemy which was on the 19th day of June 1782 and a few weeks previous Mr. Robert Oakley had three horses stoled from him, and the said Jared Oakley with his father and other of his Company pursued the Enemy, who stole the horses, three in number to wit John Winn who harboured, John Statrop and Elijah Nilson the Tories who stole the horses, all three were brought to Poughkeepsie Goal, tried condemned and executed for the offence, yet Mr. Robert Oakley never obtained his horses, and during all of those years above mentioned during the different seasons Mr. Jared Oakley was active, and vigilant in the service of his Country, and was considered

a faithful and Courageous Soldier, and from the services which the said Jared Oakley performed for his Country while this deponent was an intimate of the family of Mr Oakley She verily believes, in all would exceed more than two years. 2 and farther saith not. -
Sworn before me this 16th Elizabeth Surrine Sixteenth of December - 1837
C. B. Ridgway
Justice of the Peace
Township of Lackawanna County of Pike
I
I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Mrs Elisabeth Surrine who took the above oath and and subscribed her name thereto in my presence, and that She is a credible witness
C. B. Ridgway Justice of the peace
I am?
Pike County ss.
I Daniel W. Dingman Junr. Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Pike County and do Record do in and for said County do hereby certify that C. B. Ridgway Esq. of Pike County before whom the within Affi- davit was taken was at the time thereof and still is an Acting Justice of the Peace duly commissioned as appears from the Records and that full faith and credit is due to his official acts
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Office at Honesdale This 29 th day of Decr. 1837 -
D. W. Dingman Jr.

Jared Catley
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J. E. Clarke retires expit-
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In Vol 2 p 58 " " - 9 - 89 not on index of Capt Geo. Lewis Company

State of New York Herkimer County
On this 30 th day of October, 1832 personally appeared in open court before Nathan Williams Esq. Vice Chancellor of the State of New York for the fifth Circuit at a Court of Chancery now sitting Jared Batsley a resident of the Town of Schuyler County of Herkimer and State of New York aged seventy 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
That he was born in the Town of Phillips County of Dutchess State of New York in the year 1762 and lived there until he was about 26 years of age when he removed to the County of Albany in the Town of Coeymans where he resided about 12 years then he removed to the County of Herkimer State of New York where he has resided ever since his removal from Albany County & where he now resides. That he is now seventy years of age that when he was eighteen years of age he was enrolled in the Militia of the State of New York under Capt George Lane Col Henry Lordington

and served as a volunteer and minute man during the whole or residue of the war of the Revolution —
That he very repeatedly called out on various expeditions and served from two or three days to a week or more at a time and in this manner he was in actual service of the war of the Revolution more than half his time during more than four years of said war — These services were performed part of the time as a corporal in said company and a part of the time as a pilot to various parties whose object was the apprehension and punishment of felons and detached parties of the British as they invaded the country — That he cannot now particularly state his services but they were mostly performed in the manner aforesaid — That in the year 1778 he was drafted on a three months tour under the same captain and this applicant's father hired one William Carrigan as a substitute who served out the full term of three months — He never held a commission — has no record of his age never received any written discharge — I know no person living who can attest to his services and has no documentary evidence — is acquainted with Joshua Mather Esquire of Schuylkill County of Arkshire and Joseph Nylles a Clergyman of the same place who can attest to his reputation and veracity — 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 agency of any State or Territory whatever
Given the 30 th day of October 1832. before me
Jared Oakley
J. Williams notary public.

State of New York,
Herkimer County ss We Joseph Wyllis a Clergyman and Joshua Deather a Justice of the Peace residing in the town of Schuylerville of Herkimer and State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Oakley who has submitted and sworn to the above declaration that he believes him to be seventy years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Given under our hands the 30 th day of October 1832. before me N. Williams Clerk.
Joseph Wyllis Joshua Deather
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after investigation of the matter and after hearing the interrogatories presented by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary and served as he states - And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Joseph Wyllis who has signed the foregoing certificate is a Clergyman residing in the town of Schuylerville of Herkimer aforesaid and that Joshua Deather who has also signed the same is a resident in the said town of Schuylerville aforesaid and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
N. Williams Clerk
I James Mason Williams clerk of the court of Chancery for the fifth circuit of the state of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of the said David Oakley for a pension -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set

my hand and seal of Office this thirty first day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
J Watson Williams:
Clerk in Chancery.
St. Louis N.Y.

ujy 5 u REJECTED
P. O. _____
Jared Oakley _____
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

18.215. N. York Jared Oakley Disbursed
(See letter to Hon. S. Bradsby 12. Dec. '35
Let to claimant - July 5. 1836
to Hon. A. Mann. 19. Dec. '36
✓ Set. to Thos. E. Clark, July 16, 183
7757

N. York
Jared Oakley
Suspended
See letter to Applicant
1. Feb. 1836
Let to Hon A Mann - Jan 1 st
1837

(Copy)
War Department Pension Office July 5. 1836
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 27 th ult. containing the affidavit of Joanna Christian in support of your claim to a pension under the act of June 7. 1832 I have to state that the witness is mistaken as to the length of the service in Capt. Lane's company. The militia were called out occasionally only, and were discharged as soon as the particular cause for calling them out had ceased to operate. It is shown likewise by the pay rolls of the company for the year 1779 that the service rendered therein consisted of two terms only, amounting to no more than one month and fourteen days. Your name not being found on Capt. Lane's roll for the year 1779, you must, in order to sustain your claim to service therein, produce the testimony of two credible witnesses, setting forth the time of entering and the time of leaving the company in each term. The service in 1778, 1780, 1781, and 1782 should be specified in the manner pointed out in my letter of the 12 th December last, before any opinion can be formed as to the extent of it.
I am respectfully &c.
(Signed) J. L. Edwards
W. Jared Oakley West Schuyler Herkimer Co. N. York

Jared Oakley
ut. May 22, 35 to J E Clark
Ch. 28.
Fork Beards
J. L. Edwards Esq. Pension Office Washington
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Jared Oakley
ut? May 22, 33 to J E Clark
Feb 1: Ready
Ch. 28.
ms.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Pension Office Washington
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Utica Apr. 23. 185-
J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir, during the last session I sent papers to you for Jared Oakley of an applicant for a pension. May I ask what was done on them. I am &c. yr
S. Beard
Index No. 18215

The applicant will cheerfully accept such allowance if any as the department upon the residence before it may deem just.
Yours sincerely A. Mann Jr Dec. 29. 1836 M.C.

War Department Pension Office Dec. 19, 1836
Sir,
For an answer to the letter of Jared Oakley, who claims a pension under the act of June 7, 1832, dated the 6 th inst. I beg leave to refer you to my letter addressed to Mr. Oakley on the 5 th July last, a copy of which is herewith enclosed.
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
J. L. Edwards
Hon. A. Mann House of Representatives

1821/5 Jared Oakley.
In pay rolls of Capt Geo. Lumber Company Vol. 3. p. 58 - 2 not on them " 9. " 39 - 8 rolls
Wm. S Beardsly

State of New York
Herkimer County ss, Iared Oakley being duly sworn doth depose and say, in explanation of his services rendered the United States, in the revolutionary Army as a Volunteer, and Watertown Man, in add- ition to his former declaration in being more particular as to the different periods, of time, in which he served there, he doth depose and say that in the year 1778, he thinks about the first of May in the same year he Volunteered under Captain George Sane, and Continued in Service untill untill the first of September following, and was then discharged, and in the month of May, in the year 1779 this deponent again Volunteered under the above named Captain and Continued his services untill some time in October there next following, And that in the year 1780. this deponent thinks about the middle of April of the same year he again Volunteered under the said Captain George Sane, and Continued in the Service untill some time in October there next following, and that in May 1781 he again Volunteered under the above named Captain and Continued in Service, untill some in the month of October next following And again in the year 1782 this deponent thinks some time about the middle of July April of the same year he again Volunteered under the same Captain & Continued in the Service untill some time in December following and was then discharged, and besides those different periods, he during the years aforesaid, Volunteered at different times for short periods, to drive off the enemy, which time this deponent cannot accurately calculate, and this deponent further saith that at all times when he was discharged by his Captain, it was done without writing. and this deponent further saith that he served his Country faithfully in the different periods set forth, more than two years. And further saith not, —
Jared Oakley
Sworn before me this 8th day of January 1835
Joshua Wether Justice
I hereby Certify that Iared Oakley who took the foregoing oath is a man of Truth and Veracity and strict reliance may be placed on his Testimony.
Joshua Wether Justice

State of New York
Herkimer County ss Iemimah Christian being duly sworn doth depose and say that she lived with the within named Jared Oakley during the different periods mentioned in his annexed affidavit he then resided in the Town of Phillips in the County of Dutchess, (Now County of Putnam) and has been acquainted with him ever since, and that in the Springs of each year mentioned in his annexed affidavit the said Jared Oakley volunteered under Capt George Lane whom this deponant at that time was well acquainted with, and continued in service under the said George Lane as such Captain as it was said untill the fall of each year, and then the said Jared Oakley returned to the family, and this deponant is acquainted with all of the facts set out by him the said Jared Oakley in his annexed affidavit, and verily believes them to be just and true, - And further that Mr Jared Oakley's father and family suffered great losses in property from the enemy, in horses, and other property, besides his father and the best horse, was shot, and murdered by the enemy. And further this Deponant saith Not
Subscribed & sworn before me this 8th day of January 1835 -
Joshua Mather Justice
Iemimah Her Christian Mark
I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with the above named Iemimah Christian who took the foregoing affidavit for about thirty six years, (or upwards) and she is a woman of truth and veracity, and the utmost reliance may be placed on her testimony -
Joshua Mather Justice

State of New York
Herkimer County ss, Joseph Willis of the Town of Schuyler in the County aforesaid being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is now well acquainted with Mr. Jared Oakley and has been acquainted with him for forty or forty five years and lived in the County of Dutchess when the said Jared Resided there and it was generally Reported there and believed that the said Jared did serve his Country in the American Revolution, as a Militia Man & Volunteer for as much as four or five Months, in Each Year. Commencing in the year 1778, untill the year 1782 in all as much as two years, under Captain George Lane, and that he did serve faithfully according to General Report and that the said Jared's father was Robed of his horses & killed, by the Enemy and the family Suffered Otherwise Materially, and that the said Jared during all the time that I have been acquainted with him has sustained a fair honourable and upright Character for Truth and integrity and truly believe the facts sets out in his Declaration and Supplementary affidavit to be correct and true -
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3rd day of January 1835
Joshua Mather J. peace
Joseph Willis
I hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with Joseph Willis who took the foregoing oath, and that his oath may be strictly relied on, as for truth and veracity and that he is a Regular Clergyman, Residing in my neighbourhood, -
Joshua Mather J. peace

State of New York Herkimer County ss, John Barber and Calvin Wood both residents of the County aforesaid, do hereby severally depose and say that they have been acquainted with Jared Oakley for more than thirty years and during all that time has sustained a fair and up- right character for truth and veracity, and it is generally reported and believed that the said Jared did serve as a Militia Man, & Volunteer in the American Revolu- tion for more than two years, in all of the service which he rendered in the different years, between the years 1778 and 1782, and further say not.
Sworn before Me this 80 d day of January, 1835
John Barber Calvin Wood
Joshua Mather I peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Calvin Wood and John Barber, the latter a Regular Clergyman of the Methodist Order, both Men may be strictly relied upon, for truth and veracity.
Joshua Mather I peace

State of New York Clerks Office, Herkimer County
Is John Dygert Clerk of The Court of Common Pleas for the County before said do hereby certify that Joshua Mather whose signature appears to the within affidavit of John Barber & Calvin Wood and also the Certificate of Credibility, purporting to have been taken on the third day of January 1835 and also whose signature appears to the Affidavit of Joseph Willis & the Certificate of Credibility purporting also to have been taken on the said third day of January 1835 hereto Anne- xed And also whose signature appears to the affidavits of Jared Oakley and
Jeremiah Christian and their Certificates of Credibility purporting to have been taken on the Eighth day of January 1835, was a Justice of the peace of the County of Herkimer on the several days mentioned in the above named and annexed Affidavits and duly Elected and Qualified as such, And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and fairly believe the signature to each affidavit & Certi- ficate to be genuine, and I further certify that the above named affidavits were all all attached in my presence under with a purple ribbon under my seal of Office Given under my hand & Official Seal of Office this 12 th day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty five. —
John Dygert Clerk

696
July 2, 1836 Pension Office
Dear Sir,
City of Washington of the United States of America
June 1, 1836

To the Hon. the Secretary of War of the United States.
Dear Sir. I find it will be impossible for me to get living testimony to prove the day at each and every time I entered the service and the different days on which I left the service, but I think from the enclosed affidavit and the affidavit of Jesse Cromwell heretofore sent you there cannot be a doubt remaining but that I served as much at least as two years, but should the testimony fall short of that time in your Opinion, send me a Certificate for such a proportion as I am justly entitled in your opinion, from the proof already adduced, I am very low in circumstances, and my days are most spent, and if I am to receive a share of the bounty from Government for my revolutionary services as my other fellow Soldiers do, agreeable to merit, it would be very acceptable, and you would confer a great favour on your Most O bt Humble Servant
Schuyler 27 th June 1836 - Jared Oakley
P.S. Please direct to Me at West Schuyler Post Office Rensselaer County —

J. L. Edwards Esq
Dec 5.
Dear Sir,
James L. Edwards
Pension Office
Wm Brady M.C.

Washington Dec. 5. 1855
Sir, The enclosed is supplementary to an application now pending for a pension in favor of Jared Oakley of Herkimer Co. N.Y.
Yr H.
T. Beard

G. B. Mar. 14.
Jared Oakley add. prof.
2,
Co. One and
Commissary Pensions
Washington

Secaucus
I enclose you an affidavit in aid of Isaac Oakley's application for a Pension — It is hoped this affidavit will supply the deficiencies of the original application & entitle him to his pension
Please send the answer to me
Utica 8 March 1835 Thos. E. Clark

State of New York
Dutchess County ss, Jonathan Gilbert, Asa Willis, William H. Knapp, James Carder, John Budlong & Ebenezer Tallman, being severally sworn do depose and say that they severally reside in the town of Schuyler in the County of Dutchess, and are neighbours to Mr. Jared Oakley and have known him for twenty or thirty years past; that from General Report they severally believe that Mr. Jared Oakley was a faithful Soldier in the American Revolution that he served a great portion of the time, and was always ready to defend the Country when called upon, at every alarm, and that Mr. Jared Oakley is, and always has been considered a true Man to his Country & that the strictest reliance may be placed on his Testimony in all cases
Subscribed & sworn before me this 18 day of January 1836
Asa Willis Wm Knapp
Joshua Mather
Justice of the peace
James Carder Ebenezer Tallman
John Budlong
State of New York
Dutchess County ss
vs — Joshua Matthews one of the Justices of the peace for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Jonathan Gilbert Asa Willis Wm H Knapp James Carder John Budlong & Ebenezer Tallman who took the foregoing Oaths & subscribed the above Affidavit, are all respectable Men, and the strictest reliance may be placed on their Testimony
Joshua Mather
Justice of the peace

State of New York
Warren County ss Samuel Ferguson, James Ferguson & Joseph French being severally sworn as before and say that they reside in the Town of Frankfort in the County aforesaid and they have been acquainted with Mr. Isaac Oakley for thirty or forty years, almost ever since he came to this County, that they have but a few miles from him, and that from General report they severally believe that Mr. Isaac Oakley did serve in the American Revolution, as a Volunteer, in the defense of his country, for a great portion of the time during the American Revolution, and it was generally reported and believed that he was a faithful soldier, and rendered great services to the American cause, and they severally believe Mr. Isaac Oakley is a Man of truth and veracity, and that greatest reliance may be placed on his testimony -
Sworn and subscribed before
me this 19 day of January 1836
Joshua Mather I hear
James E. Ferguson Samuel Ferguson Joseph French
I hereby Certify that I am acquainted with Samuel Ferguson, James Ferguson & Joseph French, who were severally sworn & subscribed the above affidavit, and they are Men of truth and veracity and are Men of respectable standing in the neighborhood where they live.
Joshua Mather } Justice of the Peace
State of New York } Warren County } ss Clerks Office }
I John Dycent Clerk of said county do hereby certify that Joshua Mather before whom the affidavits of Samuel Ferguson, James Ferguson, Joseph French, Asa Willis, William St. Joseph, James Canan, Ebenezer Tallman, and John Budlong purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace of said County and duly qualified as such - And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing of the said Justice and do hereby believe that the signature subscribed to the said affidavits is a genuine - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said County January 19 th 1836 at Hudson -
John Dycent Clerk By E. A. Minton Deputy

Land Oakley
pension £11
Am Beardly

Herkimer County To Jesse Bromwell of the Town of Herkimer in the County aforesaid being duly sworn doth depose and say that in the years of Seventeen hundred Seventy Eight, and untill the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty two he this deponant, lived in the Neighbourhood where Jared Oakley and his father Robert Oakley then lived, which was then in the Town of Philips in the County of Dutches but now in the County of Putnam State of New York, and at that time this deponant was well acquainted with the said Jared Oakley, and his father Robert Oakley that his father Robert Oakley was Plundered and Robed of property to considerable amount in Horses by the Common enemy, and that on or about the Nineteenth Day of June in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty two, the said Robert was Shot dead by the Common Enemies of his Country, and his horse also shot dead from under him while he was defending his Country And it was then & there reported and generally believed that the ene- my robbed him of Considerable gold and silver. — And this deponant further saith that ever since the first above mentioned period down to the present time, he has known the said Jared Oakley and knows him to be the same Identical Jared Oakley that he had formerly been acquainted with, during the years of 1778, 1779, 1780, 1781 & 1782, and during a part of the time in each year, and more than one half of the time in each year this deponant is fully confident that he saw the said Jared Oakley doing duty as a Common Soldier, under Captain George Lane, who was then a Captain of the Militia under Colonel Henry Sindington, this deponant further saith that he was well acquainted with Colonel Sindington also Captain Lane, at the time, this deponant further saith that he was acquainted with Daniel Wilsey the first Lieutenant, and also John Drake the second Lieu- tenant & also Henry Wilsey ensign of the Regiment afore- said in which the said Jared Oakley then served, and did duty. This deponant further saith that he is fully confident that he has seen the said Jared Oakley

under arms, and doing duty (during the above mentioned periods) in the regiment aforesaid in all between two and three years, and that it was generally reputed and believed true, that the said Jared Oakley was a courageous, and faithful soldier and always, on his post to attend duty when called upon, and that he has sustained always a good moral upright character, and further this deponent saith Not. —
Subscribed and sworn before me this 11 th day of November 1835 — Edward P. Seymour justice of the Peace
State of New York
Herkimer County ss.
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Jesse Cromwell who took the foregoing affidavit, and that he is a credible witness and strict reliance may be placed on his testimony.
Edward P. Seymour } Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Blanks Office
Herkimer County ss.
I John Dyer Blanks of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Edward P. Seymour whose signature appears to the above affidavit, and Certificate, was at the time mentioned therein, a justice of the peace for the County of Herkimer duly elected and qualified according to the Laws & Statutes of the State of New York, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal at Herkimer this 14 th Nov r 1835
John Dyer Blanks By E. A. Munson Deputy

State of New York Oneida County ss
Semina Christian being duly sworn doth depose and say that she was well acquainted with Jared Oakley in the year 1778 and was an inmate in the family with Mr. Oakley and has been acquainted with him ever since, that sometime about the first of May 1778 he volunteered in Captain Sane, Company under Col. Henry Sudding ton and remained in service untill some time the last of August of that year before he returned and is fully confident that he served more than four months in that year. and in the month of April, or May of the year 1779 he en- =ed into that Company again and staid in the Company untill he returned which was in the latter part of September of that year and is confident he served as much as five months — and in May he entered into the same Company in the year 1780. he continued in the Company untill late in the fall of the same year and is confident he served as much as six months in that year and in the month of May or April of the year 1781 he entered into the same Company and continued untill as late as the last of September before he returned and is convinced that he served as much as five months, and that in April or May of 1782 he again entered the service in the same Company and continued untill the following winter before he returned and is convinced that he must have served in the last four as much as seven or eight months, — and further saith not —

Sworn And Subscribed before me this fourteenth day of June 1836
James Dean } Justice of the peace } I affirm that Christian
I hereby Certify that Emma Christian who sub- scribed and took the foregoing Oath before me is a Credible Witness
James Dean } Justice of the peace }
State of New York } Onion County ss } I John D. Leland Clerk of the Court of Sessions of the County and State aforesaid do certify that James Dean Esquire is a justice of the Peace within and for the said County of Onion duly authorized to act as such, that his commis- sion is dated on the first day of January A.D. 1833 - and will expire on the 31st day of December A.D. 1836 - and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said James Dean, and verily believe his signature to the above cer- tificate is genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 27th day of June A.D. 1836.
John D. Leland Clerk By John Brodhead Deputy
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27 Aug. 1836. Pension Office My.
Honorable Lewis Cass Secretary of War City Washington
ms 9 the 10

To the Honorable Lewis Cass Secretary of War of the United States City of Washington!
Sir I herewith
return My declaration for a pension exemplified by the Court of Chancery for the State of New York, Sometime since I have submitted you My supplementary affidavit Identifying the term of My services More particularly than did My declaration and as near as my memory would serve. I at the same time sent you an affidavit the affidavit of Deborah Christian, setting forth her knowledge of My services while in the service of the American Revolution but it was not in her power, No more than it was in mine, to set forth with particular exactness the time of entering the service Each time, As Your humble servant was at times ready when Called upon at every alarm, and was the Most of the time, sent out on a scouting excursion as a pilot in apprehending Tories and Horse thieves, and watching the movements of the British, and therefore served the greater part of the war. I since have discovered a Witness by the Name of Jesse Cromwell, who was well acquainted with me and My services whose affidavit I obtained of My services and sent that, to your department Also but he knows that I was a faithful Soldier and served More than two years in all but cannot designate Each time, nor the beginning of each time, in Each year precisely — And as to the year 1779. with respect to the return of Col. Jones Master roll being returned to the war department, was in all one month and seventeen Days, I cannot tell what his returns may have been but this much I know we were constantly kept on duty that year as well as the rest and was actually called out by our Subaltern Soldiers officers and actually did duty More than five months that

Years, - Therefore I think I have brought myself within the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, - and I have endeavoured to satisfy you, by other witnesses as well as myself of My Services, Although the exact time Cannot be ascertained, yet from the strength of the testimony I think I have made out two years in all, and if your honor should think that it ought to be kept from the testimony heretofore sent, and what I enclose in this letter you will perceive it as you may find it, after weighing the testimony, the fact is I have served My Country faithfully for two or three years in all, and have lost a father in the defense of his Country, he lost all of his property and I mine, and never received one single cent for My services from Government, Although I suffered more than tongue can express, and if I must be turned off and neglected while many of My Neighbours & fellow Citizens, less deserving than myself are enjoying the benefits of the Government under the Act aforesaid, I am willing to bear My lot, or fate. (although Aged and In- =gent in Circumstances) with fortitude & Christian resignation. I therefore hope you will have the Goodness to write and direct your communication to Me at West Schuyler Herkimer County, the result of your investigation And Obey an Aged Soldier & friend - David Oakley
State of New York
Town of Schuyler
Herkimer County January 20th 1836.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Oakley, John GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 6250 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Oct. 10, 1791 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.