Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3717, for Philip Peterson, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New York
Peterson, Philip Barnah
W. 3717 B.L.W. 26138-160-55
CONTENTS

New York 25. 504
Philip Peterson
Schenectady in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Smith of the Regt commanded by Col Alstine in the New York Militia for 18 months Private
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Sixty Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the fourth day of April 1834 and sent to Hon J. Cramer H Rep.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834 $180.00 Sem-ant. allowance ending Sept 4 '34 30.00
$210.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Sam H. Page Clerk, Book E Vol. 4, Page 114
Letter to B. F. Johnson 21 March 1840 do. to J. H. Van Eps May 5. 1840
6 June 1840 duplicate certificate issued - and sent to John H. Van Eps Schenectady New York on 8 th June 1840 -

1012 New York - Hannah Peterson widow of Philip Peterson N.Y. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 60 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of May 1853 and sent to J. M. Thayer Present.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under Act July 29, 1848. Page 91 Vol. 14
Reg 8 m 55-43246

W. H. Foote, Sept. 12/55, St. Louis, Mo. Feb. 15/56
June 5/57- Lett. to St. Louis- Morrisville- N.Y. enclosing Duk. Cr. for Commissions in regard to Genl. and publications.
Aug. 23 rd Lett. to Genl. Genl. Land Office - Has Central been filed?
Nov. 21/57 Lett. to St. Louis Morrisville N.Y. regaining p. 16. and 17. the up
Febr. 15/58 Spec. duplicate to be sent to Hon. H. Bennett H. R. most. lost
p. page 55.
4/246. act 3 March/55 April 6 1855.
Hannah Peterson Philip Peterson Mrs
N.Y.
26 138 Revolutionary War Pension
W. July 48- no 1012
Will 10/12/54 May 16/56 B. B. B.
W. H. Bennett, H. R. Rep.
W. H. Foote Morrisville Madison Co. N.Y.

In the matter of the application of
Philip Peterson for a pension
Proceedings 19844
1 st 67 to the care of Giles F. Yates
Schenectady N.Y.

State of New York County of Schenectady
On this twentith day of october in the Year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and thirtytwo personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County now sitting Phillip Peterson a resident of the town of Glenville — in said County & State, aged Twenty five 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.
He was born at the little nine Partners in the County of Dutchess — in the State of New York on the second day of March 1756 he has no record of his age except that contained in the family Bible — When he was rolled into the service of the United States in the army of the revolution he was living in Kinderhook N.Y. and since the revolutionary war he has lived at Kinder hook, & De Ruyter N.Y. and he now lives in the town of Glenville — aforesaid. He entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
In the spring of the year 1776 he enlisted and served for the term of one year in Captain John Smith's Company of Rangers — of this Company Henry Stevens was first Lieutenant & Henry Yeager Second Lieutenant The places he marched to while in this service were Kinderhook, Spencertown, New Lebanon

New Concord & Claverack
He received a discharge from said Company signed by Lieutenant Stevens aforesaid - which discharge has long since been lost
In the year 1777, he was pursuant to a draft called out in the militia & served under Captain Abraham Van Buren in Colonel Van Alstine's Regiment. His other Company & field officers whom he recollects were Jas Wynkoop Lieutenant - House Ensign, & House Major - and he the Claimant continued to serve in said Company of Captain Van Buren until the end of said war. The different terms he served in expeditions alone while in said Company of Captain Van Buren greatly exceeded one year.
He was out to Johnston & Canajoharie in the fall of the year 1781, when Walter Butler was killed for the term of seven or eight weeks
He served as a scout for 8 or nine weeks in the Country North of Fort Hunter & took several Indians prisoners & escorted them to Fort Hunter aforesaid.
He has performed garrison duty at Stone Arabia one week - also at Fort Plain fort Ann, Fort Edward - upper fort in Schoharie two weeks under said Captain Van Buren.
He moreover engaged in many expeditions & tours not now recollected.

THE FOLLOWING are the names of some of the regular officers whom he knew, or who were with the troops where he served, and such continental and militia regiments or companies with which he served, or as he can recollect, viz: Captain Harman Fosberg his company, Lieut. Crawford. Colonels Van Schuick & Dubois, General Van Brock, Captain John Phillips -
He never received any written discharge from the service.
He has no — documentary evidence, and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service by David Jackson & John Brown
The following are 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, to wit David Jackson & John Brown
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.
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first aforesaid
John S. Brown
Clerk.
Philip his + Peterson Mark

WE David Jackson residing in the town of Glenville in the county of Schenectady aforesaid, and John Brown residing in the same town of Glenville do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Philip Peterson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five 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.
Subscribed and sworn the } day and year aforesaid John S. Vrooman
Clerk.
John Brown David Jackson
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 John Brown & David Jackson who signed the foregoing certificate who are signed the same, are residents in the said town of Glenville & are both credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I John S. Vrooman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Schenectady do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Philip Peterson for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twentieth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- two
John S. Vrooman Clerk.

119844
Philip Peterson Peterson
Schenectady N.Y.
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Hon. J. Cramer
Gibbs  Telegraph Agt
Schenectady N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 Philip Peterson Schenectady Co. N.Y.
   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.     Enlisted 1776 1 Private Capt Smith Ranger Col Van Alstine N.Y. Schenectady Spencer Knox Anadellam New Boston Glacemack 75 Schenectady Declaration   Discharged 1777 to the end of the war 1781 1 and over 49 256 56 63 1/2 7 Capt Van Buren Lt Major Johnstown Stony Creek Ticonderoga Plattsburg Battles  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
[Faint handwritten notes at the bottom of the page, likely bleed-through from the reverse side.]

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 _____. 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 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 [j] 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.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Declaration &c of Hannah Peterson to obtain Bount Land under the act of 8 March/55
47246

State of New York } Madison County } ss On this 30 th day of March 1853 personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace in & for the County & State aforesaid Hannah Peterson aged 73 years resident of the town of Eaton in the county & State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Phillip Peterson deceased who was a soldier in the War of the revolution & a prisoner of the United States at the time of his death at the rate of sixty dollars per year the name of the company & regiment in which said Phillip Peterson served & the name of the Captain & Colonel under whom said Phillip Peterson served nor the time he entered said service nor when discharged. she said Hannah Peterson is now unable to state but as she has been informed & believes to be true proof of the above facts will fully appear by the pension papers of said Phillip Peterson filed in the department of the interior at the time said pension was granted to said Phillip Peterson to which she refers for proof of said facts
And she further states that on the 18 th day of May in the year 1853. she was inscribed on the pension list at the rate of sixty dollars per year by virtue of the act passed by Congress July 29. 1848. And she refers to her petition & the proof thereon produced & filed for proof of her marriage to said Phillip Peterson & of the death of said Phillip Peterson. And she further states that she is now a widow & that her said husband Phillip Peterson did not during his lifetime to the knowledge information or belief of her the said Hannah Peterson

receive any bounty land of the United States She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act passed March 3 rd 1855 whereby having received Bounty Land or know- ing that she is entitled except for the above services. She hereby revokes any application for Bounty Land previously made, or that may have been presented in her name & she hereby constitutes & appoints John Whitney of Eaton in the county & state aforesaid her true & law- ful attorney to prosecute the above mentioned claim & to receive for her benefit the Bounty Land Warrant to which she may be entitled Witness N. Foote Hannah her Peterson Mark
Sworn to subscribed & acknowledged before me the day & year first above written, & on the same day personally came before me Nathaniel Foote a resident of Morrisville in the county & state aforesaid and Martha Brown a resident of Eaton in the county & state aforesaid to me known as credible credible witnesses who being duly sworn declare that they are per- sonally acquainted with Hannah Peterson widow of Phillip Peterson deceased who has made & subscribed the foregoing declaration that they know her to be the identical Hannah Peterson to whom was issued a pension certifi- cate by the department of the interior at Wash- ington bearing date the 18 th day of May 1853 in which she is described as the widow of Phillip Peterson who was a private in the revolutionary war and receiving a pension of sixty dollars per year

that said Certificate is now in the possession of said Hannah Peterson and they further swear that they are disinterested. and said Nathaniel Foote further says that he in the year 1853. Applied said Hannah Peterson in procuring said pension that said pension certificate was sent this deponent from Washington & that this deponent ever since the receipt of said Certificate as above stated has assisted said Hannah Peterson in drawing her pension money and said Foote & Brown further say that said Hannah Peterson is still a Widow
Nathaniel Foote
Nath Brown
Sworn to & subscribed before me & certify that I am not interested in the claim or concerned in its prosecution
the first part of the pen-
STATE OF NEW-YORK, Clerk's Office, Madison County,
ss.
I, LUCIUS P. CLARK, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that O. Hunt whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected or appointed, and qualified, and authorized by the laws of said State to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe the signature to the said certificate is genuine, and that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of said State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, the of March 1855
31 st day
Lucius P. Clark Clerk.

Hannah Peterson Peterson Papers
N o  111 1. 216
New York
Oct 29. July 1848
Hannah Peterson widow of Philip
Husband died 1 July 1845
17 May 53 $60 per annum
Comm 9. 4 March 1848
J. M. Thayer Present.
death also in the year of 1845 minutes of proceedings taken in court -

State of New York County of Madison } }
Be it known that on this 8th day of March A.D. 1853. before me Sidney T. Holmes County Judge & Surrogate in & for the county of Madison & State aforesaid personally appeared Hannah Peterson a resident of the town of Stockbridge in said County and made oath according to law that she is the widow of Philip Peterson who was a soldier in the War of the revolution & a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death at the rate of sixty dollars per annum. that she was married to said Phillip Peterson on the twenty seventh day of November in the year Seventeen hundred & ninety eight in the town of Chatham Columbia county in the State aforesaid. That her marriage ceremony was performed by a Rev. Mr. Morse then a clergyman of Green River in the same county, who died soon thereafter that after diligent search, inquiry & examination she has been unable to find any public or private record of her marriage & that she verily believes there is none, that any person present at her wedding is dead & that her said husband died on the first day of July in the year 1845. That she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining such amount of pension as may be due under any of the laws regulations or decisions that have been or may hereafter be adopted.
The said declarant further states that she hereby constitutes & appoints Nathaniel Foot of Morrisville in said County of Madison her true & lawful attorney & agent to prosecute said claim with power of substitution to examine all papers & documents in relation to it & to do all things necessary & lawful in the premises.
Hannah Peterson Mark
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid before me in Open Court Sidney T. Holmes County Judge

I Sidney J. Holmes county judge & surrogate in & for the county & state aforesaid do hereby certify that Hannah Peterson above named is a respectable resident of this county & is the same person she represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration as I believe; she has this day appeared before me & acknowledged the above power of attorney to her act & deed
Sidney J. Holmes County Judge of Madison County
State of New York } Madison county } ss.
I the above named Attorney for Hannah Peterson by virtue of the above power of attorney executed by her & by virtue of the power of substitution contained therein do hereby substitute J. M. Wagon of Washington city D.C. in my stead as atty for said Hannah Peterson with all the power I have by virtue of the above power of atty except as to the drawing of the money which will hereafter be provided for Dated March 14 th 1853, Nathaniel Foote
State of New York } Madison county } ss.
I Sidney J. Holmes judge & surrogate in & for the county aforesaid do certify that on the 14 day of March 1853 personally appeared before me Nathaniel Foote to me known to be the person who executed the above substitution of Mr Wagon as atty for Hannah Peterson
the same nathaniel Holmes Judge of Madison County
STATE OF NEW-YORK, Clerk's Office, Madison County, } ss.
I, LUCIUS P. CLARK, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that Sidney J. Holmes Esq whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, County Judge in and for said County, duly elected or appointed, and qualified, and authorized by the laws of said State to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe the signature to the said certificate is genuine, and that said instrument was executed and acknowledged according to the laws of said State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, the 14 day of March 1853
Lucius P. Clark Clerk

I Sidney T. Holmes county judge & surrogate in & for the county & state aforesaid do hereby certify that Hannah Peterson above named is a respectable resident of this county & is the same person who represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration as I believe ; she has this day appeared before me & acknowledged the above power of attorney to her act & deed
Sidney T. Holmes County Judge of Madison County
State of New York } Madison county } ss
I the above named Attorney for Hannah Peterson by virtue of the above power of attorney executed by her & by virtue of the power of substitution contained therein do hereby substitute J. M. Thayer of Washington city D.C. in my stead as atty for said Hannah & invest him with all the power I have by virtue of the above power of atty except as to the drawing of the money which will hereafter be provided for Dated March 14 th 1853. Nathaniel Foote
State of New York } Madison county } ss
I Sidney T. Holmes judge & surrogate in & for the county aforesaid do certify that on the 14 day of March 1853 personally appeared before me Nathaniel Foote to me known to be the person who executed the above substitution of J. M. Thayer as atty for Hannah Peterson & acknowledged that he executed the same for the uses & purposes therein mentioned
Sidney T. Holmes County Judge of Madison County

State of New York Madison County ss
Gilbert Peterson of Stockbridge in the county aforesaid being duly sworn deposes & says that he is a son of Philip Peterson formerly of Chatham Columbia county in the state aforesaid described in the foregoing declaration of Hannah Peterson, that this deponent was sixty five years old on the twenty ninth day of October last past, and this deponent further says that he is well acquainted with Hannah Peterson the widow of said Philip Peterson & step mother of this deponent, that this deponents mother died when this deponent was ten years old, at which time this deponent & his sister Margaret went to live with an uncle of this deponent who resided some forty miles from this deponents father and after residing there less than a year this deponent & his said sister were taken home to his said father at Chatham aforesaid where this deponent found his said father & said Hannah living together as husband & wife that this deponent was then & there informed by his said father that said Hannah was this deponents mother & from that time down to the time of the death of said Philip Peterson they have lived together as husband & wife & have been considered as such by all their acquaintances according to the best knowledge recollection & belief of this deponent that at the time of the death of this deponents father he & said Hannah resided with this deponent
And this deponent further says that after this deponent & his said sister returned from this deponents uncles & found this deponents father & said Hannah living together as husband & wife as before stated, news was received by this deponents father of the death of Gen George Washington & that on the Sabbath following a funeral discourse would be preached by the Rev. Mr. Moore on the death of Gen Washington that this deponents father & said Hannah went to

hear said discourse & on their way home their horse took fright & threw said Hannah from the sleigh & broke one of her arms & three of her ribs. which cir- cumstance this deponent distinctly recollects & has often heard his father & said Hannah relate the same to their acquaintances in after life. and this deponent further says that he has always thought & still believes that his father was married to said Hannah some- time during the year seventeen hundred and ninety eight. that said Hannah still remains the widow of said Philip Peterson, and this deponent further says that he does not expect to be benefited pecuniarily in any way by said Hannah obtaining a portion Gilbert Peterson is now top subscribed before me this 12th day of March A.D. 1853. I do certify that I am an Yrs. F. Bonney justice of the Peace granted with the above named Gilbert Peterson that he is a respectable & worthy citizen & that he is entitled to full credit as a witness & that I am disinterested in the above matter.
William F. Bonney justice of the Peace

State of New York
Madison County
{ Margaret Spaulding of Stockbridge in the county aforesaid being duly sworn deposes & says that she has heard the foregoing affidavit of Gilbert Peterson read & knows the contents thereof, that she is the person referred to therein as the sister of said Gilbert Peterson, that the facts & circumstances therein stated so far as they same relate to herself are true of her own recollection, that this deponent was sixty three years old the twenty ninth day of January last past. And this deponent further says that a short time before the death of this deponents Mother & during her last illness, this deponent heard her say to this deponents Father while he was standing by her bedside, that could she only know that Hannah Nobles (now this deponents step Mother) would have the charge of her children after her death she should be reconciled to leave them and requested Father to marry her which he promised to do. And this deponent further says that when she returned from her uncle's to live at her Father's as stated in her brother's affidavit above referred to this deponents Father & said Hannah were living together as husband & wife & always have since that time until the death of this deponents Father in the year 1848; and this deponent & all their acquaintances so far as this deponents knowledge extends have supposed them lawfully married to each other sometime during the year 1798. That this deponent has a distinct recollection of the circumstance stated in her brother's affidavit above referred to (viz.) of her stepmother being thrown from the sleigh on her return from the funeral services delivered for the death of General Washington & breaking one of her arms & three of her ribs which was sometime after this deponents Father was reported to have

been married to said Hannah and this deponent further says that said Hannah still remains the widow of said Philip Peterson and that this deponent expects no pecuniary benefit by said Hannah Peterson obtaining a patent. Margaret X Spaulding Mark
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 12 th day of
March A.D. 1853 & I do further certify that I am William H. Bonney Justice of the Peace acquainted with the above named Margaret Spaulding & that she is a respectable person and State of New York, entitled to full credit as Respectfully & sincerely that I am disinter
STATE OF NEW-YORK, Clerk's Office, Madison County,
ss. I, LUCIUS P. CLARK, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that William H. Bonney Esq whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected or appointed, and qualified, and authorized by the laws of said State to take the same; and that I am well acquaint- ed with his handwriting, and verily believe the signature to the said certificate is genuine, and that said instrument is executed and ac- knowledged according to the laws of said State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, the 14 th day of March 1853
Lucius P. Clark Clerk.
The Peace

been married to said Hannah and the deponent further says that said Hannah still remains the widow of said Philip Peterson and that the deponent expects no pecuniary benefit by said Hannah Peterson obtaining a petition her Margaret X Spaulding, Mark
Subscribed & sworn to
before me this 12 th day of
March A.D. 1853 & I do further certify that I am Wm F Bonny justice of the Peace acknowledged before me that above named Margaret Spaulding & that she is a respectable person and State of New York , entitled to full credit as Madison County, N.Y. witness & that I am disinter- ested in the above matter
William F Bonny justice of the Peace

Know all men by these Presents.
That I Hannah Peterson of Madison County State of New York Widow of Philip Peterson deceased & a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed March 4 th 1848. do hereby constitute and appoint Henry Bennett a Member of Congress from the State of New York my true & lawful Attorney for me in my name & behalf to prosecute in the United States Court of Claims & before Congress & the Department of the Interior my claim for Bounty Land under the act passed by Congress March 3 rd 1855 & to receive her warrant for the same. With full power to obtain from the proper authorities at Washington City or else where certified copies of any Army record documents in which the service of her said husband may be recorded & to examine the papers & documents & all the evidence on file or recorded in the Department of the Interior or else where upon which her said husband's pension & her own pension were granted & to procure certified copies of the same & to procure any & all other evidence that may be necessary to establish her claim as fully as she might or could do if personally present & hereby revoking & countermanding all other authority that may have been given to any other person for the above specific purposes.

Witness my hand & seal this 19 th day of January 1856 executed in the presence of
her Hannah Peterson mark
Wit-
William Burrage Francis Rihney State of New York County of Madison
On this 19 th day of January 1856 before me a justice of the Peace in & for the said County personally came the above named Hannah Peterson and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be her act & deed
S. B. Kern Justice of the Peace
STATE OF NEW-YORK, Madison County Clerk's Office, } ss.
I, Chas L Kennedy Dep Clerk of said County, and of the Courts of Record thereof, do hereby certify, that the annexed Instrument is executed and proved or acknowledged in due form, according to the laws of the State of New-York, to entitle it to be recorded therein.
Also that S B Kern Esquire, before whom the same was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected, sworn and authorized to take the same. And I further certify, that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgement is genuine, and that I have no interest in said claim.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, this 30 day of January A. D. 1856
Chas L Kennedy Dep CLERK. (Clerk absent.)
Hannah Peterson Power of Attorney to obtain Bounty land
H. Peterson atty

Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3717
Hannah Peterson
Widow
Philip Peterson
Put Rev. War
Act: July 29, 1848
Index:—Vol. M. , Page 119
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rev New York Suspended act p 32 letter 17 Oct 1833 to G. F. Yates Schuylkill

26.138
160 acres

n o W 121.6
New York
Act 29, July 1848.
Hannah Peterson widow of Philip

47246 Hannah Peter and Phillis Boynton 20138 168 26.138 FREE Mrs. General Washington D.G. The George Maria Willie J.G.

26/38-160
May 19/66
Hon. H. Bennett
H. Report
C.S. Butts Esq. Washington D.C.

On OH
May 16, 1893
Please say to what time Philip Peterson, of Schenectady, NY. Pensioned at $60 per ann, Act of 7 June 1832, was last paid for why he died.
Col Johan G 2d and OH }
W. M. Vale
Died 1 st July 1845, Paid to the day of his death. — B. L. Boyan

Morrisville Mead Co N.Y.
June 2 d 1886
Hon. J. Mennet
Sir
Upwards of a year ago I sent to the depart- ment the application of Hannah Peterson Widow of Phillip Peterson deceased for bounty land under the act of 3 d March 1855; last fall I received notice from the depart- ment of the suspension of her claim for the want of record proof of her husband service in the Revolutionary War. I understand Congress at its present session has amended the act of 55 so as to admit parol proof of such ser- vices. if so what prevents the Widow Peterson from now claiming her bounty land on the papers I sent you, taken in connexion with with the papers filed in your the department at the time Philip

Petersons pension was granted & also the papers filed when said Hannah Peterson was granted the same pension her husband drew which was granted some two years ago - If any thing more is needed please inform me what? and you will very much oblige Yours Obedt Servt H. Fools

✓ Genl Land Office Nov 16. 1857.
Sir,
In reply to the enquiry contained in your letter of August 23 d in reference to Bounty Land Warrant No 26.135 issued under Act of March 3 d 1855, in the name of Hannah, widow of Philip Peterson, I have the honor to inform you that an Affidavit has been filed in this Office by Hannah Peterson of Madison County, State of New York, setting forth the fact of the loss of said Warrant in its transmission through the mails between Washington City and Stockbridge, New York.
The affidavit above mentioned has been noted on the Records of this Office as a caveat to arrest the issue of a Patent in the case.
I am Sir,
Very Respectfully,
Your Obt Servt
Thos. Alexander Commissioner
Geo. C. Whiting Esq Comr of Pensions

My dear Sir.
3 April 1857.
The Land Warrant, of Hannah Peterson, I received, & sent to you by mail from the city of Washington the same day - If you have not received it - make an affidavit of the fact, & of its loss, & send with this letter to the Court of Pensions - She will send you a duplicate warrant in the place of it -
Truly yours &c.
N. Foote Esq.
H. Bennett

Hon. J. Minott Courtesy Rev

House of Reps. 12 Feb 1856
Sir,
Endorse is a power of atty sent to me by one of my citizens citizens, please file it - & I will take such action in her case as may be necessary yours &c
H. A. Smith

State of New York Madison County } ss. Nathaniel Foot of Morrisville in the county & state aforesaid being duly sworn says that he has read the above affidavit & knows the contents thereof that the deponent has acted as agent for said Midown Peterson in trying to procure said Warrant. That on the 28 th of Dec last past this deponent received intellig the enclosed letter from Col. S. Bulls Eye relative to said Warrant & that soon thereafter this deponent informed said Henry Bennett of the substance of said letter & that in the forepart of April last past this deponent received the enclosed letter from said Bennett and this deponent further says that he has never received said Warrant nor has he in any way disposed of the same nor has this deponent any knowledge of said Warrant being issued except what is contained in the two enclosed letters. Subscribed acknowledged & N. Foot sworn to before me this 22 nd day of May 1857 L. B. Kern justice
for the matter of Hannah Peterson to obtain duplicate of her Land Warrant Appellee
N. Foot, Morrisville N.Y.

State of New-York } Madison County } ss. Hannah Peterson of Stockbridge in the county & state afore- said being duly sworn deposes & says that some two years ago she applied for bounty land under the act passed 3 d March 1855 & that afterwards to wit on or about 19 th day of May 1856. a Warrant was issued by the Commissioner of Pensions No. 47.246 for 160 acres & forward- ed to the deponent by Mail as the deponent has been informed & believes to be true And the deponent further says that she has never received said Warrant & has never sold transferred or disposed of in any manner whatever her right to or interest in said Warrant Witness Hannah X Peterson Meach N. York D. B. Kern Subscribed, sworn to & acknowledged before me this 21 st day of May  April 1857 J. B. Kern Justice Peace
State of New-York, CLERK'S OFFICE, MADISON COUNTY,
ss.
I, W. E. Lansing Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that D. B. Kern whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected or appointed, and qualified, and authorized by the laws of said State to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the signature to the said certificate is genuine, and that said instrument is executed and acknowledged accord- ing to the laws of said State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, the 22 nd day of May 1857. W. E. Lansing Clerk.

Phillip Peterson -
State of New York Madison County
Notice. ALL persons are forbid purchasing or receiving Land Warrant No. 26,138, for 160 acres, issued under the Act of March 3d 1855, to Hannah Peterson, widow of Gilbert Peterson. Said Warrant having been lost during transmission by mail, a caveat upon its location has been filed; and at the expiration of six weeks from the first publication of this notice an application will be made for a duplicate. HANNAH PETERSON. Morrisville, N. Y., June 10, 1857. 44
Edward Norton of the town of Eaton in said county being duly sworn, deposes & says that he is the printer
& publisher of the "Madison Observer" a newspaper of general circulation, printed & published at Morrisville in said County. And that a Notice of Application for a duplicate Land Warrant (of which the annexed printed Notice is a true copy) has been regularly published in said newspaper once in each week for six weeks successively since the thirteenth day of August last past.
E. Norton
Sworn to subscribed & acknowledged before me this 24 th day of December in the year 1857 & I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Edward Norton & know him to be the person he represents himself to be & that his character for truth and veracity is good & that I have no interest in the above described Warrant.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 24 day of December 1857 William F. Bossey Justice of Peace

Madison county ss Hannah Peterson of Stockbridge in the county aforesaid being duly sworn depon- d says that she is the Hannah Peterson mentioned in the above printed notice that as yet she has not received said Land Warrant described in said notice nor has she sold assigned or vol- untarily parted with her interest to said Warrant & that she desires the issuing of a duplicate of said Warrant to this deponent
And the deponent further says that she employed or caused to be employed one Matthew Foote Esq of Monishville in the county aforesaid as her Attorney or agent to procure said Land Warrant for this deponent & that the deponent also gave a power of Attorney to the Honorable Henry Bennett then a Member of the House of Representa- tives of the United States to assist said Foote in procuring said Warrant
Witness my hand Hannah X Peterson Mark
Sworn to subscribed & acknowledged before me this 23 rd day of December in the year 1857
warrant in detail

I Certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Hannah Peterson & know her to be the person she represents herself to be & that her character for truth & veracity is good & that I have no interest in the above described Warrant
William F. Bonney Justice Peace
Madison County ss. Attest the facts of Morrisville in the county of you said being duly sworn depose & says that some time ago he was retained to obtain the War- rant described in the above notice & that a power of Attorney was sent to said Henry Bennett to assist the deponent in obtaining said Warrant as set forth in the above affidavit of said Hannah Peterson and the deponent further says that at or about the 19th day of May in the year 1886 the said Warrant descri- bed in the above notice was forwarded to the deponent by said Henry Bennett from Washington by mail directed to the deponent at Morrisville As the deponent has been informed & believes aforesaid, and the deponent further says that he has never received said Warrant nor has he any knowledge as to the where- abouts of said Warrant

that the deponent believes said Warrant to have been lost on its transmission by mail from Wash- ington to the deponent
And the deponent further says that he has no interest in said Warrant except as above stated At Foot
known to me subscribed & acknowledged before me this 24 th day of December in the year 1887 & I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named passenger to Nathaniel Foot & know him to be a man of truth & veracity & that I have no interest in the above described said Warrant
William F. Bonney Justice Peace
Hannah H. H. H. Application for De- posite Land Warrant Affidavit of publication
Special Col. Com. C. C.
Mon Henry Bennett No. of R

State of New-York, CLERK'S OFFICE, MADISON COUNTY,
{ ss.
I, William E Lansing Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that William F Bonney whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected or appointed, and qualified, and authorized by the laws of said State to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the signature to the said certificate is genuine, and that said instrument is, executed and acknowledged accord- warrant ing to the laws of said State. + I have no interest in the above described.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, the 25 th day of December 185 7
W. E. Lansing Clerk.

J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions -

Schenectady July 4 1833
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Sir
I return herewith the papers of Philip Peterson under the act of 7 th June 1832. He has contrary to his expectation succeeded in procuring the testimony of two witnesses.
Yours respectfully
G. H. Weeks

To J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner etc

J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Sir
I have re- ceived your favor of the 17 th Oct ult o in which you state that the specifica- tion indicated by notice of the printed sheet accompanying Philip Peterson's papers has not been complied with. I must have overlooked that requisition when I returned the papers for your decision. I now send the specification required Yours with respect
J. H. W. [unclear]
Schenectady Nov. 6: 1833

Philip Peterson
adm d 18mo. pri 60¢

State of New York. 3 County of Schenectady } ss.
Philip Peterson of the town of Glenville in said county, being duly sworn and examined doth depose and say, that he is the identical person who has subscribed and sworn to a declaration under the act of 7 th June 1832, now on file in the War Department of the United States, in which declaration he this deponent is named as an applicant for a pension under said act; and this deponent 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 in the following grades.
This deponent sometime in the month of March or April 1776, he was living in the town of Kinderhook in the County of Columbia in said State, and he then enlisted for the term of one year in a company of Rangers commanded by Captain John Smith, whereof Henry Stevens was first Lieutenant and Henry Yeager Second Lieutenant. This company in connection

with those raised in said State, were organized for the express purpose of ranging the woods to search out and apprehend disaffected persons, who were aiding the enemy. The rank this de- ponent held while a member of said Company was that of private - and altho' enlisted for only one year, this Deponent served at least fourteen months before he received his discharge - The following are the names of places this Deponent served at during his said engagement of one year; viz Nobletown, New Canaan, Spencertown, Claverack New Lebanon, New Concord, Green River, New Britton, Wallopa & other places in the vicinity of those here enumerated. This Deponent believes that said Company had been raised by what was then termed the Committee of Safety, & by them were the Officers of the same commissioned - Whenever persons suspected of Toryism were apprehended by said Company they were brought before said Committee for examination - and this Deponent further saith, that while said service exceeding twelve months was performed by him, he was not engaged in any Civil pursuit whatever. After this Depo- nent had served nine months in said Company, his Captain the said John Smith departed this life, and , and the first Lieutenant aforesaid was then raised to the rank of Captain & took the Command of said Company.

This Deponent remembers distinctly that he served at the following places, but he cannot possibly recollect with more precision than he has below stated, during what years, or in what parts of the year he thus served, nor under what officers— After the term of his service in said Company of Rangers had expired he was enrolled in a company of Militia commanded by one Captain Mervy in Colonel Philip Van Alstine's Regiment of Militia, but does not remember that he engaged in any expedition under said Captain Mervy. In the fall of the year 1777, (which he remembers from the circumstance of its being the same year in which Burgoyne surrendered) he this Deponent was drafted and served in Captain Abraham Van Buren's Company of Militia in said Regiment. His other officers whom he recollects were James Winigord Lieutenant— House Ensign and Isaac House Major. He marched with said Company in the fall of the year last named from Kinderhook to Albany, from Albany to Schenectady— thence to Fort Hunter

12 Oswego and other places & posts not now recollected in the western part of said 1.16 State - The design of this expedition was the relief of fort Stanwix which had been besieged by General St. Leger. In this expedition he was under arms from home for a period exceeding one month and sixteen days - The grade in which this respondent served was second sergeant -
In the year 1778, this respondent was drafted & served in Captain Harman Vosburgh's Compa- ny of Militia - One Crawford he believes was lieutenant of said company, & his field officers were the same as those above enumerated, with Colonel Van Alstine at their head. The du- 1.20 ration of this term of his engagement was more than fifty days - during which term he was all the time under arms, and performed garrison duty at Fort Herkimer & Stone Arabia. He this respondent also performed garrison duty under said Captain Vosburgh at Forts Ann & Edward for a term not less than six weeks. This respondent also performed garrison duty under

Said Captain Vosburgh at the Upper Fort in Schoharie for a term of at least fifteen days, he believes in the year 1779.
In the year 1780 (which he remembers from the circumstance that Coughnawaga was destroyed by the enemy in that year) he performed garrison duty at Fort Hunter under said Captain Van Buren - and while stationed at that fort, he served as a scout for at least three weeks in the country north of said fort & took several prisoners of the Indians & escorted them to Fort Hunter aforesaid. In this expedition he this Deponent was from home & under arms not less than 1.12 seven (weeks) if not two months -
In the year 1781 in the fall of that year, this Deponent was drafted to serve under one Captain Hans Philip in said Regiment of Colonel Van Kliefen, and marched with the soldiers under their command to Johns- town & Sarajoharie. In this expedition he was under arms for a term exceed- 1.12 ing seven weeks - and for the aforesaid service of more than twenty months

and twenty-one days this Deponent claims a pension - and this Deponent further saith that his rank or grade while in said service was that of private except for the term of three months & eight days this Deponent served in said company of Captain Van Borne when this Deponent held the rank of Second Sergeant - and this Deponent further saith that while for the time during which said service was performed he was not engaged in any civil pursuit whatsoever. Philip X Peters
Subscribed & sworn } (mark) this 5 th day of November in 1833 before me John Alan Esq. Justice of the Peace
State of New York } County of Schenectady } ss Clerk's office _____ S. John L.

Vrooman Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that John H. Van Eps before whom the preceding deposition of Philip Peterson has been taken was at the time thereof a Justice of the Peace in Yonkers said County, and that his signature thereto is genuine. Witness my hand & Seal of Office This 8 th day of November 1833-
John S. Vrooman Clerk

May 20. 1844
Mr Stewart
FREE
new art
To J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.
Philip Peterson of New York - for new certificate.

County of Schenectady ss.
On this Eighteenth - day of May 1840. before me, the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Schenectady personally appeared Philip Peterson who, on his Oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain John Smith, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Philip Van Alstine in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New York - that he received a Certificate of that fact under the Signature and Seal of the Secretary of War; which Certificate on or about the fourth day of September 1839. — at or near the Village of Rom in the County of Onida he lost the same, and that he has not been able to find it since that time —
Sworn and Subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Philip his Peterson mark
John M. Van Eps
Justice of the Peace
State of New York ss. May 18 th 1840. I, John M. Van Eps a County of Schenectady ss. Justice of the Peace in the County above named, do hereby certify, that I have the most Satisfactory Evidence, viz the Oath of John Van Eps — and my own personal knowledge That Philip Peterson who has this day appeared before me to take the Oath of Identity, is the identical person named in, & who subscribed the above Affidavit —
And I do further certify, that John Van Eps — above named who made Oath of the identity is a credible witness and a man of truth & veracity — Given under my hand, the day and year above mentioned —
John M. Van Eps — J.P.

State of New York County of Schenectady Clerk's Office
I Theodoric R. Van Ingen Deputy Clerk of said County, Do hereby Certify, That John H. Van Eps Esqr before whom the foregoing Affidavit was subscribed and sworn was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified as such and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said John H. Van Eps the Justice aforesaid and verify be- lieve that the signature to said affidavit and certificate are Genuine: In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 18 th day of May 1840.
J. R. Van Ingen Dep. Clk

Schenectady May 18 th 1840
To J. L. Edwards Esq Sir
Annexed is an affidavit of Philip Peterson &c &c agreeable to printed circular I believe - praying for a duplicate Pension Certificate - your compliance will confer a favor
Yrs Very Resp y &c
John H. Van Eps

Columbia County ss Town of Phars 3 William Peterson of Phars in Columbia County being sworn says that Philip Peterson named in the foregoing declaration was formerly a resident of Columbia County that to the best of this deponent's recollection & belief the said Philip Peterson was drafted as a militia man under Captain Abraham Vanburen as this deponent thinks some time in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy eight, and that this depon- ent knows of the said Captain Vanburen marching with his company (of which the said Philip Peterson was one) from Kinderhook, but where they marched to this deponent does not know but this deponent thinks and believes that the said Philip Peterson was at this time absent on duty some five or six months, and this deponent further says that the said Philip Peterson was drafted a second time as a militia man in the service of the United States under Captain Vanburen but in what year this deponent does not now recollect and as this deponent thinks the said Philip Peter- son served something like three months, at which time the company marched from Kinderhook but to what place this deponent does not know
Subscribed & sworn to before me the 27 th June 1883. William M. Bunker Justice
William Peterson

Columbia County Town of Great Falls John Cornelius of Great in the County of Columbia, being duly Sworn says that he now is and has been acquaint- -ed with Philip Peterson named in the foregoing proccasations before the Revolutionary war that the said Philip Peterson served as a Militia Man in the Service of the United States as this deponent thinks some time in the year one Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Seven. Eight that he served under Captain Abraham Van Buren that that the Company Marched from Kinderhook to Fort Hunter from there to Fort Plain. But when the said Philip Marched to from there or how long he served this deponent does not now rec- -ollect as this deponent was discharged at Fort Plain and this deponent further says that from the best of his recollection and information, and from this deponent own age the said Philip Peterson is about Seventy five or Seventy Six years of age and further this deponent says not
Subscribed and sworn to before me the 29th day of June 1833. William M. Bunker Justice
John Cornelius I certify that the before named Depo- nents William Peterson & John Cornelius have the reputation of being & thereby certify them to be men of credibil- ity. Witness my hand this 29th June 1833
State of New York } Columbia County } Richard Carrigins Deputy Clerk in the ab- sence of Joseph D. Monell Clerk of the said County do certify that Wil- iam M Bunker before whom the above and preceding Affidavits were first to have been Sworn, was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to said Affidavits to be his proper hand writing and signature Witness my hand and Seal of Office the first day of July 1833 Richard Carrigins Dep. Clk