Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8224, for John Pickard, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Pickard, John Kinyet Kynset or Kynset
R 8224
CONTENTS

Albany 30.812
John Pickard
of Livingston Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Minnie of the Regt. commanded by Col. Cox in the N. York line for 1 year
File 47643
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of Aug. 1836 and sent to Isaac Endress, Dansville Village, Living
Arrears to the 4th of March '36. 200.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 6 Sep. " 20.00
$400.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832, } 28. 1730
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E. 2. Vol. 4 Page 54

John Lickard
Declaration For Pensions

Original Claim
Declaration in order to be placed on the Pension List under the act of the 18 th March 1818
Cayuga County ss On this 15 th day of September 1828 Personal Appear'd in Open Court vis the September term of Cayuga Common Pleas And several sessions of the Peace John Pickard + resident in said County aged Seventyfive years who being first duly Sworn According to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 And the 1 st of May 1820 That he the said John Pickard enlisted for the term of far and during the war About the first of August A D 1776 in the State of New York in the Company Commanded by Captain John Winn in the Regiment not recollected in the line of the State of New York in General Schuyler's Brigade that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the Company was disbanded having served in Continuation more than one Year when he was duly discharged in Montgomery County in the State of New York that he relinquishes Every Claim to a Pension except the present that his name is not on the role of Any other State except the State of New York And that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a Pension And that he did make an application for a Pension April 6 th 1818 but owing to some irregularity in his application he is induced to believe that the said application was never acted upon at the War Office John Pickard
And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States On the 18 th day of March 1818 And that I have not since that time by Gift Sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of An Act to provide for Certain Persons engaged in the Land And naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me Any

Property or Securities Contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereunto Annexed and by me subscribed
(over)
Schedule of Property
  2 Cows 20 - 00 } Amount bro't up 39 - 75   8 Sheep 6 - 00 1 Old Table   5 Hogs 10 - 00 3 - 00   1 Awl 0 - 75 1 Old Chest   2 Small dish Kettles 2 - 00 } Knives & Forks Crookery Ware & other Kitchen furniture 0 - 50   4 Old Chairs 1 - 00   39 - 75 5 - 00   Dollars 48 - 25 
And that Since the 18 th of March 1818 There has not been Any material Change in my Property
Sworn to and declared on the 15 th day of September 1828 Before J. S. Richardson First Judge of Cayuga County Courts
I Abraham Gricley Clerk of Cayuga Common Pleas do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said John Pickards did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement on the Continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing Oath and the schedule thereto Annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court and that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is forty eight dollars and twenty five cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the Seal of the said Court on this 15 th day of September 1828
A Gricley Clerk of Cay. Com. Pleas

State of New York Cayuga County ss
John Packard of the Town of Peweeso & County of Cayuga being duly sworn deposeth & saith that in the year seventeen hundred & seventy six  eight  he thinks, he enlisted for during the war in Captain John Winer's company in a Regiment raised by order of Governor Clinton in the State of New York for guarding the frontiers and that he served as a private soldier in said company during the term of two  one year or more years, when the Captain was imprisoned & the Lieutenant died & the company was disbanded, & the soldiers disarmed subject to the call of the government. And this deponent further saith that he is so reduced in circumstances as to require assistance from his country for support.
And this deponent further saith that the Regiment to which he belonged as aforesaid was one of the  Montgomery Continental establishment & was raised in Cayuga County at the German Flats in said State & that General Schuyler had the command of the troops to which this deponent belonged, but he does not know the Colonel's name. John Packard

State of New York Cayuga County
Personally appeared before me John Grover Esq. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga John Pickard also within mentioned and to me personally known; And made oath that the contents of the within affidavits by him subscribed are true.
And I the said Judge do certify to the Honourable the Secretary of the War Department that I am satisfied as to the truth of the within affidavits.
Dated April 6th 1818. John Grover Judge of Cayuga Com. Pleas
State of New York County of Cayuga I hereby certify that John Grover Esquire before whom the within Affidavits appear to have been made was at the time of taking the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid acting under the authority of this State that full faith and credit are due to his Official acts in that Capacity and that his Signature thereto subscribed is Genuine - In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said County the Sixth day of April in the year of our Lord 1818.
E. H. Throop Clerk
pr. J. D. Casey Deputy

Olson County Is
Personalty appeared before me Joshua Ransom Esquire one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County Joseph Cramm of the town of Danube County of Herkimer a Creditable Person known to me the said Justice and made oath oaths that in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six as near as he can recollect John Pirkard intitted into one of their Companies of Rangers that were under the Command of Lieut Schuyler that the Company was commanded by Capt John Winn in the County of Montgomery and State of New York that the three Companies aforesaid mentioned were intitled during the war that the said John Pirkard served in the Company for one year and until the here discharged in the said witness is no means interested in the event of the application of the said John Pirkard in the event of the application for a pension that the said witness served in the same Company and the said John Pirkard together with the witness received ten Dollars County when they intitled that the said John Pirkard now resides in the town Auburn in the County of Cayuga and State of New York
Subscribed and sworn this twenty ninth day of March AD 1819 - Before me
his Joseph H Cramm mark
Joshua Ransom Justice of the Peace

State of New York Essex County Clerk's Office I certify that Joshua Conner whose signature appears to the within affidavit was at the time thereof a Justice of the Peace acting under the authority of this state.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Essex County this tenth day of April 1848 Daniel Spofford Dept. Clerk

20,736
John Packard

Dutchess County Pa)
Personally appeared before me Caleb Bannister Esquire one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County, Nicholas Stansell a credible person known to me the said Justice and made oath that in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty six as near as he can recollect, John Pickard enlisted into one of three companies of Ranging, that were under the command of Gen. Schuyler, that the company was commanded by Capt John Win, in the County of Montgomery & State of New York. That the three companies above mentioned, enlisted during the pleasure of Congress, that the said John Pickard, served in the said company about eight or nine months, and until the said companies were discharged; that the said witness is so away interested in the event of the application of the said John Pickard for a pension, that the said witness served in the same company, and that the said John Pickard together with the said witness received Bounty money when they enlisted but does not recollect the exact amount. That the said John Pickard now resides in the Village of Auburn in the County of Cayuga and State of New York
Sworn and Subscribed Nicholas Stansell this 14th day of September 1818
Before me
Caleb Bannister (J.P.)

In the matter of the claim of John Pickard for a pension under Act Congress passed June 7. 1832
Livingston County ss. William Pickard being duly sworn doth depose & say that he is the brother of the said John Pickard - that on the sixth day of July last he was sixty years of age - that repeatedly since the war he has seen the Ensign's Commission by which the said John Pickard was empowered to take the office of Ensign in Nicholas Wheeler's company of Militia, in Major  Colonel  Wheeler's Campbell's regiment, said commission was signed by Gov t Clinton, and sealed with the seal of the State - saw it for the last time about five or six years ago - that he knew of said John Pickard acting as Ensign for several years during the Revolutionary war - that he resides in the town of Hada, County of Livingston and further saith not - William Pickard Sworn & Subscribed before me this 24. day of Jan. 1833 J. Shannon Com d of Deeds
Livingston County ss. Samuel Hill of the town of Hada County aforesaid being duly sworn says; that he has seen and read the commission under which John Pickard acted as Ensign to a company of militia during the Revolutionary war - Nicholas Wheeler, Capt of same, Lieut nt Bratt of the same - Samuel Campbell mentioned in said commission as Col nel and Samuel Clyde as Lieut. Col nel and John Whittaker Major of the regiment - the commission was signed by Gov t George Clinton & sealed with the Seal of State - and further saith not -
I Samuel Shannon Com d of Deeds for & in the County of Livingston having examined the above deponent on oath certify that he declared he has been blind for several months last past that he is now unable to write his own name, but has several

to the above affidavit as true to the best of his knowledge and belief - this 24 th January 1832 -
S. Shannon Comr. of Deeds
I Samuel Shannon before whom foregoing affidavits were made do certify that I am acquainted with the deponents who have made the same - and believe them to be men of credibility and their statements entitled to credit -
S. Shannon
Sparta July 11 th 1833 -
State of New York Livingston County
I certify that Samuel Shannon before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the said affidavit and also at the date of the subsequent certificate of credibility a legally authorized just commissioner of deeds and duly authorized of administration in the said county. And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verify believe his name subscribed to the first of the said affidavit and to the said certificate of credibility as his own proper hand writing & signature.
Witness my hand and seal of office at Geneseo July 22. 1833
One Erasure & two interlineations in the certificate by the Clerk S. G. Haven
Chauncey R. Bond Clerk of Livingston County (absent) By S. G. Haven Dep Clerk
Off. Ls of W. B. Richard & Samuel Hill -

In the matter of the Application of John Pickard for a pension under Act Congress June 7, 1832 -
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In the matter of the application of John Pickard for a pension - Under Act Congress June - 1832 -
State of New York
Livingston County ss: On this 28 th day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County aforesaid now sitting John Pickard a resident of the Town of Sparta, County & State aforesaid aged 76 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. 1832 -
That he the said John Pickard was born in the Town of Springfield, Albany (now Otsego) County on the seventh day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty six - knows of no record of his birth but derives his knowledge from the memory of what was told him in his youth - enlisted into the New York militia in the summer before Gen l Herkimer fought the battle of Eureka - served in the company called the New York Rangers - was present & fought at the battle of Eureka - was a volunteer & a private - remained in this service about eighteen months -
After leaving the service as a private, continued perhaps nine months as to military duty unengaged -
This deponent then (but what was the date of the month or year he forgets, except that it was in the summer season) received from Governor George Clinton the commission of Ensign in Captain Nicholas Weiser's Company of New York militia - Henry Bratt, Lieut nt - Samuel Campbell, Col nel of the Regiment - The station at which this deponent was placed was the garrison at Stone Arabia, town of Palestine in Montgomery County - the employment was the defending of the frontiers - scouting against the Indians - and going out to battle when called upon - was at two battles during this time - the battle of Johnstown in which Major Ross commanded the British & Col nel Willet of the regular army commanded the American troops - And in the battle at Stone Arabia in which Sir John Johnson commanded the British and Col nel Brown the Americans - by orders from Gen l Van Rensselaer - was not more than three yards distant from Col nel Brown when he was shot and helped to carry him in - Acted under this commission about five years as he thinks - About the close of the war received from Gov r Clinton the commission of lieutenant, but the war being over this was returned - Saw and accompanied Gen l Clinton a part of the way at the time he went to meet Gen l Sullivan on an expedition against the Western Indians -
After the peace law, and with Captain Bratt guarded Gen l Washington to the frontiers that he might make an

estimate of the injury done by the British -
The Ensign's Commission above mentioned is now lost - it was carried away and lost by his grand children about five years ago -
This Deponent in corroboration of his own testimony offers the affidavits of Samuel Hill & William Pickard -
He offers the certificates of James Brien and Alexander McArthur for the reason that there is no evidence that they are in proof of his character for veracity and the belief of his being a revolutionary soldier -
And this deponent further declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State and he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity other than the present -
Sworn to and subscribed the day Vyear aforesaid before me in open court S. S. Heaven Def. Clerk
John D. Pickard
We James Brien of Spartan and Alexander McArthur residing in the Town of Mount Vernon County of Livingston and State aforesaid and residing in the town of Mt Morris Spartan County of Livingston State here by certify that we are well acquainted with John Pickard who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be seventy six years of age that he resided with us in the town of Springfield County of Allegany State aforesaid ten - years six  until  since and that he is reputed & believed in that neighbourhood to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion -
Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid in open court S. S. Heaven Def. Clerk
Alexander McArthur James Brien
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 James Brien and Alexander McArthur are residents in the town of Spartan Mt Morris County of Livingston - state aforesaid and are credible persons and their statement is entitled to Credit -

I Chauncey R. Bond
Pleas in and for the County of Livingston do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Pechara for a pension —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said Court this 29th day of January in the year eighteen hundred and thirty three —
C. R. Bond Clerk. By S. G. Haver Def. Clk.

State of New York Livingston County ss:
Personally appeared before me Hannah L. Endup one of the Judges of the County Courts of said County, Kynyet Pickard, of the Town of Sparta in said County, who being duly sworn doth depose and say, that she is about eighty seven years of age according to the best of her knowledge - That she is the widow of John William Pickard late of the Town of Sparta aforesaid deceased - That the said William  John Pickard was a Pensioner of the United States, but this deponent cannot tell under what Act of Congress he drew said Pension - And the deponent saith that she was married to said William  John Pickard as near as deponent recollects about the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy two - That said deponent was nearly nineteen years old and the said William  John Pickard was about ten months younger - That they were married at Cherry-valley by the Revd Mr. Doolittle before the War of the Revolution and had two children Margaret and John who were prisoners with this deponent in the course of the War - That this deponent well remembers her said husband William  John Pickard serving as a soldier in the War of the Revolution - That at the close of the War the deponent had three children, the youngest of whom Conrad was born during the war at Fort Keyser at Stone Arabia in Montgomery County - The said John Pickard her son is now dead, but the said Margaret Pickard now Margaret Hill is still living in the said Town of Sparta, and the said Conrad Pickard is still living in the Town of in the County of Cayuga - That her said husband John Pickard died nearly

four years ago - that this deponent is so infirm as to be entirely unable to appear before any Court of Record in the said County of Livingston - That this deponent has not been able to go out of the House for many months without help and is not now able to leave her room without help -
Subscribed & sworn to this 13 th August 1840 before me
her Kinyet P Pickard Mark -
Isaac L. Endrup
Judge Livingston County Courts
Counsellor at Law
Livingston County ss:
I certify that having personally examined the above affiant Kinyet Pickard, I find that that she is utterly unable from disease and old age to appear at any Court of Record in said County, that through age and infirmity the said Kinyet Pickard is nearly deprived of hearing, sight, speech & the power of motion - And further that the residence of the said Kinyet is about fifteen miles or more from the village of Geneseo where the Courts of Record of said County hold their Sessions on Witness my hand August 13. 1840
Isaac L. Endrup
Judge Livingston Co. Courts Counsellor at Law -

State of New York Livingston County ss:
Personally appeared before me Hannah L. Endrup one of the Judges of Livingston County Court Margaret Hill of Sparta in said County, who being sworn saith, that she is the wife of Samuel Hill of Sparta, aforesaid, and the daughter of John Pickard, late of Sparta aforesaid deceased, and of Kynyet Pickard who has taken and subscribed the foregoing affidavit, - That this deponent has allways been informed and rightly believes that she was born on the twenty sixth day of January in the year seventeen hundred and seventy four and is now sixty six years of age - That deponent remembers well of her father the said John Pickard having served in the war of the Revolution - That said John Pickard died on the twenty second day of December in the year eighteen hundred and thirty six - That the said Kynyet has been sick and infirm for many years - That this deponent has lived with her said Mother over five years since the month of June eighteen hundred and thirty six and taken care of her - That the husband of this deponent served in the war with Great Britain in the years eighteen hundred twelve, thirteen & fourteen, but is now blind and resides with this deponent in Sparta aforesaid -
Subscribed & sworn to this 13 th August 1840 before me
her Margaret X Hill Mark -
Hannah L. Endrup Judge Livingston County Court Counsellor &c. -

State of New York Livingston County ss:
William Pickard of Sparta in said County being sworn saith, that he was born on the sixth day of July in the year seventeen hundred and seventy two in the town of Springfield in the County of Montgomery, now County of Otsego in the State of New York - That deponent is a brother of John Pickard late of Sparta deceased who was a pensioner of the United States - That deponent well remembers that said John Pickard and Kynyet Pickard were husband and wife in the war of the Revolution that they the said John & Kynyet lived in the family of this deponent's father in the time of the war, that this deponent well remembers that during the said John Pickard was in active service in the said Revolutionary war - That this deponent allways lived on the same  said Farm with or very near to the said John Pickard until his death, that the said John Pickard and Kynyet have allways been reputed to be man and wife - That since the death of the said John Pickard the said Kynyet his widow has lived unmarried in the same house with this deponent in a very infirm state of health - That deponent has allways understood that said John Pickard was born in the month of March seventeen hundred and fifty four and the said Kynyet was a few months older than her said husband John Pickard - That deponent is well acquainted with Margaret Hill who has made the foregoing affidavit, that her age is as about sixty six

years - That this defunct was present when the said John Pickard departed this life which took place the twenty second day of December eighteen hundred and thirty six -
Subscribed & sworn to the 13 th August 1840
William Pickard
before me -
Isaac L. Endres
Judge Livingston County Court
Counsellor at Law -
State of New York.
Livingston County, ss:
I hereby certify that after an acquaintance of many years with the above affiant William Pickard, I believe him to be entitled to entire credit - That I was well acquainted with John Pickard late of Sparta deceased and of whom mention is made in the foregoing affidavits, and that he was the same person who is described in the annexed pension certificate, which was procured from the Pension Office by me. Witness my hand August 13. 1840
Isaac L. Endres
Judge Livingston Co. Court Counsellor at Law -
State of New York
Livingston County Clerk's Office, ss I William H. Stanley Clerk of Said County, do hereby certify that Isaac L. Endres Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken & subscribed, was at the time of taking the same, a Judge of the County Courts in & for Said County, duly Commissioned & sworn and authorized to take the same.
That I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his signatures thereto are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said Courts & County, this 25 th day of August A.D. 1840. W. H. Stanley, Clerk.

State of New York Livingston County
Surrogates Office } for Benjamin F. Angel in said County do hereby certify that at a Surrogate Court held at my Office in Geneseo in said County on the 17 th day of July 1846, satisfactory evidence was adduced before me in said court, that John Pickard late of said County, who was pensioned under a special act of Con- gress of the 28 th of June 1836, at the rate of forty dollars per annum, died in said County on the 22 nd day of Dec- ember (1836) aged then and eight hundred and thirty six, that he left him a widow surviving viz. Remnet Pickard, who did not intermarry after his death but remained a widow until her death, which took place on the 5 th day of January (1841) Eighteen hundred and forty one, that she left the following named children her surviving which are her only children her surviving viz. Abraham Pickard, Margaret Hill residents of Livingston County New York bound Richard of Cayuga county New York and that each one of the age of twenty one years and upwards,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and impressed my seal of Office the 17 th day of July 1846
Benj t F. Angel Surrogate of said County N.Y.

State of New York Livingston County
Personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Margaret Hill, and Abraham Pickard also being duly sworn according to law, deposed and saith, that they are children of John Pickard, who was pensioned under a special act passed 28th June 1836, - and of the late Myrnt Pickard, his widow who made application for a pension as such, under act of 4th July 1836, - that their said father John Pickard, the pension died on the 22nd day of December 1836, and left said Myrnt Pickard with the application for a pension his widow who also died on the 5th day of January 1841, that these dependents as heirs, & claimants for the pensions of pensioners who had relinquished their claim for a pension under act of 4th July 1836 & request that the claim may be allowed under act of 7th July 1838, sworn and subscribed before me this 20th day of July 1841.
Samuel Scribner J.P. Margaret Hill his mark Abraham Pickard his mark
I certify that the above several affidavits of the persons they represent themselves to be in the full and lawful and entitled to the pensions of their respective fathers. Samuel Scribner Justice

35210 John Pickard Livingston Co.
d.c.
e Rep to Sec of State of N.Y. for p.f. Identification mfd March 15. '34
Isaac T. Endicott Esq. Danville Livingston Co. N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 31 1837
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 subjjoined 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 John Pickard. Livingston Co. New York
   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.     At state about 1 6 Pvt Not stated Not stated Busha N.Y. 76 years Traditionary   For a few years 5 " " Ensign Capt. N. Wheeler J. B. D. L. Col. S. Campbell & Willet Shenecto un. Stone & Aralies Garrison St. Lawrence Had a commission but it is lost Two witnesses have seen it.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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
By application to the Secretary of the State of New York. Proof of the applicant's having been commissioned may be obtained.

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 such 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.
can not with precision
done
done
No claim for service not specified Joseph Rowen Esq. etc. in the manner pointed out in the Note & can be allowed

REJECTED
8223
P. O.
John Pickard
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contr. ct.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

REJECTED
8222
P. O. _____
John Pickens
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contr
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

STATE OF NEW-YORK, LIVINGSTON COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE,
ss.
I Certify, that Harlem G Chamberlin Esquire, was, at the date of the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument in writing, a
Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly authorized to take the same; that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe that the signature to said certificate is genuine. And that the annexed instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of this State.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County, this 21 . day of January A. D. 18 50 .
Deane D. Root Clerk.
Printed by A. Strong & Co., Rochester.

20776
John Pickard Cayuga County New York Act 18 March 1818
Claim Rejected see letter 27 October 1828 to John Grover Esq.
8222

New York
Revs Act 7 June
John Dickson suspension
See letter 28 th Aug t 1834 to J. L. Endicott Let to Hon. H. C. Fuller 8 Jan y 1835
8223

N. York Kynyet Pickard
let to J. L. Enders 18. Sep. 1840 " " same 2. Nov. 1840.
" " Hon. J. J. Boome Dec: 9. 1842
" " J. L. Enders Mar 16. 1843
let to Mr. C. B. Robbins
August 29. 46
let to Mr. G. W. Wood Apr 7/45 " Hon. W. D. Jackson 13 th Mar. 1848

REJECTED
8224
O.
Kyset Pickard
Service: Wid. of John Pickard
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Isaac L. Conrad Esq. Danville New York

War Department Pension Office March 19 th 1834
Sir
The papers of John Pickard have again been examined. No part of this claim can be allowed unless specified in conformity with the regulations — The terms of the Militia were short, not exceeding generally twenty one days. The claims that have been allowed for service in the expedition to Johnston Town, shew that it lasted about fifteen days. The act provides for actual service only — The papers are herewith returned
I am very respectfully Your Obedt Servt J. L. Edwards
Isaac L. Enory Esq — Danville New York

July 18. Psh act.
Let to S. C. Gump, July 18 1836
Revolutionary War
FREE
Secretary of War Department
Washington City -

Dansville Village, Livingston Co. New York July 11. 1836.
Sir.
A pension having been granted to John Pickard of this County by Act of Congress approved 28. June 1836. May I pray the favour of having the certificate of the place at which the same is to be drawn forwarded as soon as practicable.
respectfully
Sam. L. Endres.

Anderson

Washington Oct. 18. 1852
Sir Herewith enclosed is a Power of Attorney from Abraham Pillsbury son of John Pillsbury then a prisoner under the act of June 7. 1832. The son claims that his father's prison was unjustly suspended in 1840 or about that date. An opportunity of examining the papers in this case is requested.
Respectfully Your Ob't serv't Vincent Luce
J. E. Hunt Esq. Comm'r Pensions

Rose, New York July 8th 1846,
Sir,
I beg leave to request the favour of being informed, whether or not the proof on file in your Office, in the matter of the application of Rymut Pickard widow of John Pickard, for a pension under act of Congress of 4th July 1836, - will be admitted as satisfactory, in establishing the Marriage  other under act of 7th July 1838,
It is asserted by John L. Andrews Esq of Dansville N.Y. the former agent, that no report has been made since the affidavit of Adolphus Pickard was forwarded in support of the other marriage, some two or three years since.
I am Respectfully Your Obedient Servt J. L. B.
Hon. J. H. Edwards Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C.

To all whom this may concern I the undersigned William Lusk Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in the Town of Cherry Valley in the County of Otsego and State of New York, do certify that on searching the records of said Church I find no entry or record of the marriage of John Richard to Kinzyet Bradt by the Rev. Mr. Dunlap former Minister in said Church; before the Revolutionary War. and I further certify that there are no records of said Church preserved, of proceedings previous to said Revolutionary war or during the same - and I find no record kept by said Dunlap during the time he so officiated in said Church -
Signed,
William Lusk Pastor
State of New York County of Otsego ss
of 1 st Presb. ch. in said Town.
On this 12 th day of August 1841 came before me William Lusk and subscribed & acknowledged the above certificate and I certify that I know the said Lusk to be the individual described in, and who made the said acknowledgment
Lefferts Basinger Commissioner of Deeds

Rose New York March 15 th 1847.
Sir,
Herewith I enclose some additional proof of the marriage of Rymint Peckard, an application for a pension under act of Congress of 4 th July 1836,
This proof, with that already filed in your Office & doubt not will be satisfactory, that the marriage took place, several years before the service was performed.
It will be noticed that one of the children has died since the death of the widow, as mentioned in the certificate of the court, hereto for forwarded.
I am Respectfully Your Obedient Servt W. G. Wade
Hon J. L. Edwards Counsel of Pensions, Washington

In the matter of the Application of Kynyer Pickard, widow of John Pickard, a Revolutionary soldier, for a Pension —
Revolutionary Claims
To J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dansville Oct 14. 1840.
Sir,
11 Your favor of date Sept. 18. 1840 stating in substance that the above widow can not be allowed a Pension for 12 months, but may for eight months and 12 days, if she will signify her acceptance has been duly received, and submitted to the Applicant. She does hereby through me give her assent.
You will perceive by your books (I presume) and by the date of the death of John Pickard as stated in the affidavit I have forwarded to you in support of this claim, that there is due to the widow about $9 or $10. of his pension. Be good enough to turn your attention to that fact, and if you find it correct, let me know whether it will be allowed to her.
Very Respectfully I. L. Endres.
Isaac L. Endres
Dansville.
New York.

Richard
Jan 6.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Pension Office
Hon P. C. Hall CHL

H. of R. 6. Jan. 1836.
Sir
If it be not improper I will thank you to send me the papers, upon the application of — Pickard (I believe John) for a pension. His Petition is now before a Committee of this House. I am respectfully Yr. obbt. servt.
R. C. Fuller
J. L. Edwards Esq.

Petition of
John Pickard praying a Pension for various services in the Revolutionary War
John Pickard
Jan. 26. 1835
Ref d to Com ee on Rev. Pensions
Dec. 16. 1835
Ref d to the Committee on Rev d Pensions -
Jan y 5. 1836
Com ee disch d to lie
Jan y 15. 1836.
Ref d with add l documents to the Com ee on Revolutionary Pensions
Jan. 23. 1836 - Bill N o 210
76 P C Fullon the Rev Pensions
Fry. 53. Disc & Collee
B. C. Fuller

N.Y.
Aug. 18. 1870
Returned
Revolutionary Claims -
FREE
J. S. Edwards Esq re
Washington City -

Sauville - Livingston Co. New York Aug t 11. '34
Mr Edwards Will, I hope, excuse my not having in the declaration mentioned the particulars of Mr Pickard's service, after he received his commission - The applicant never let me into the secret that it was a minute-man's service until after I received the letter from the Pension Office of March 19 th 1834 - For the inaccuracies which exist in the declaration and the differences between it and the present affidavit Mr Edwards will I hope find some room for allowance in the old age and loss of memory sworn to by the applicant, and the ignorance in which the writer must necessarily be, of the New York militia frontier operations - I had an infinite deal of trouble before I could make the applicant understand the necessity of accuracy in his statements - and then a greater trouble to preserve him from mingling and confusing events and dates - very respectfully Isaac Lewis End rep -

No 5168
N.Y.
July 4. 1836
Kenyit Pickard
Revolutionary Claims
1840
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm'g of Pensions Washington City -
6651 99 0281

Dansville Livingston Co., New York Sept 4. 1840-
Col. J. Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions
Sir,
I enclose to you three affidavits, and a certificate issued by the War department that John Pickard was entitled to a Pension - In these papers his widow Kymmet Pickard makes application for a Pension - Your answer you will please address to me -
Is 2 Enclos.

To J. L. Edwards Esq. Counr of Pensions -

Tansville Feb 11. 1843
DSir
In answer to your letter inclosed, I send the within document — It has been lying neglected in my office for some time —
I hope as it it shows the non-existence of the church Records of the day when John Pickard & Kynnyet Bradt were married, that you will now be inclined to allow the weight of the secondary Residence heretofore transmitted to you and now on file in your Department —
May I beg that you will re-examining these papers to which I refer
Very Respectfully
Isaac L. Endres
To J. L. Edwards Esq Com te of Pensions
In the matter of the Application
of Kynnyet Pickard of Sparta, Livingston Co. N.Y. for a pension as the widow of John Pickard a Revolutionary Soldier

24th CONGRESS, 1st Session.
H. R. 210.
JANUARY 23, 1836.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Mr. STORER, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill:
A BILL
For the relief of John Pickard.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That 3 the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, required to place 4 upon the roll of revolutionary pensioners, at the rate of forty 5 dollars per annum, the name of John Pickard, of Livingston 6 county, New York, and that said pension commence on the 7 fourth day of March, anno domini, eighteen hundred and thirty- 8 one.
Approved 28 th June 1836
A true copy compared with the Rolls in this Office
Dept of State } June 30 th 1836 }
Henry Bicknell Chief Clerk

H.R. 210.
John Pickard.
act 28 June 1836. Albany roll. at $40 per Ann. from 4 Mar. 1831. Send cert. to
Isaac L. Endress, Danville Village Livingston Co. N.York.
Com: on Pensions
Ent.

Affidavits in amendment of Declaration -
John Bickard. Claimant
Direct in reply to
Isaac Enders Dansville Livingston Co. N.York -

State of New York } Livingston County ss. }
Personally appeared before me Samuel Scribner a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid who being duly sworn deposeth & saith - that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he can not 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 not less than one year and six months I served as a private in the New York militia called the New York Rangers - For not less than four years I served as an Ensign in the New York militia - and for such service I claim a pension -
And further this deponent saith - that when he served as a private in the New York Rangers - his officers were Capt n John Winne - Lieut t Laurence Groff - Ensign Peter Schrembling - General Schuyler - And this deponent saith that the reason why these officers in the Rangers were not named in the declaration heretofore transmitted to the War-department was that he wished to lay the whole force of his claim upon his second service namely as Ensign in the militia - in which office he served long enough to come within the terms of the act June 7 th 1832 -
And further this deponent saith - that it has quite escaped his memory at what time he entered the service - that it was the summer before the battle of Eureka when he entered as a private - And he thinks it was the summer after the declaration of Independence when he received his commission as Ensign - but with any further certainty it is beyond his power now to say -
And this deponent further offers the affidavit of Margaret Hill in further testimony of his service

and procures to the affidavits already made the certificate of credibility and County Clerk's seal as required by Pension Office
In further amendment of the declarations above mentioned this deponent says - that at the time he enlisted and all his life before such enlistment he had lived in the Town of Springfield, Albany (now Otsego) County - continued to live there after the revolution until about seventeen years ago - then moved to the town of Owasco County of Cayuga - from thence moved two years ago to his present place of residence - and further saith not -
Sworn to & subscribed this 26 th day of June 1833 John Pickard before me Samuel Scribner J.P.
Personally appeared before me Samuel Scribner Justice of the peace as aforesaid - Margaret Hill who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that she is the daughter of the aforesaid John Pickard, that she well knew him knew him to be an Ensign in the Revolutionary war that she was about nine years old when he became Ensign and that to the best of her recollection he served not less than four years and further saith not - Margaret Hill mark Sworn to and Subscribed this 26 th day of June 1833 before me Samuel Scribner J.P.

I Samuel Scribner Justice of the Peace before whom the fore going Affidavits were made do certify that I am acquainted with John Pickard & Margaret Hill who have signed the for going affidavits and that they are persons of truth and veracity entitled to credit In Witness whereof I have subscribed my name this 26 th of June 1833
Samuel Scribner J.P.
State of New York
Livingston County ss I Chauncy B. Board Clerk of the said County certify that Samuel Scribner before whom the proceeding affidavits of John Pickard & Margaret Hill purports to have been sworn was at the date thereof and also at the date of the subsequent certificate of credibility a legally authorized Justice of the Peace of said County. And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the first of the said affidavits and to the said certificate of credibility is his own proper hand writing & signature
Witness My hand & Seal of office July 22. 1833
C. B. Board Clerk
By S. G. Hance Dep. clerk

Extract from the Minutes of the Council of Appointment of the State of New York.
Dated March 4. 1780.
"Resolved that Peter S. Deygart Esquire be a Major in the Regiment of Militia in the County of Tryon commanded by Colonel Campbell and That John Pickerd be Ensign of a Captain Nicholas Weser's Company in the said Regiment."
State of New York } Secretary's Office } I certify the above to be a true Ex- tract from the Minutes aforesaid and that Commissions were issued to the Officers above named.
Given under my hand and the Seal of this Office at the City of Albany the ninth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Arch d Campbell Depr. Secretary

In the matter of the application of John Pickard for a pension - act 1832
Chauncy R. Bond Clerk

State of New York Livingston County } ss.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the town of Sparta in said County John Pickard who being duly sworn doth depose and say - that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service in the revolutionary war - but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades - For one year and six months I served as a private in the New York Rangers - For four years I served as an Ensign in the New York Militia - and for such services I claim a pension -
And this deponent further saith - that he verily believes his service as an Ensign commenced on the 4 th March 1780, according to a certificate under the seal of the Office of Secretary of State of New York herewith transmitted to the pension Office - and that the same service continued until Peace was established - and further saith not
Sworn & subscribed before me this 28 th day of Dec r 1833 J. Shannon Com d of Secy
John Pickard
I certify that I am acquainted with the above named John Pickard and that I believe him to be a man of truth & veracity - Sparta, Livingston County
J. Shannon

I, Chauncy R. Bond, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Livingston State of New York do hereby certify that the within named Samuel Shannon is a Commissioner of Oaths in & for said County authorized to administer oaths - That I am acquainted with his handwriting and that the within affidavit signature and handwriting - name subscribed to the jurat of within affidavit in certificate of credibility in his own proper handwriting & signature.
Witness my hand and seal of office at Geneseo Jan'y 30. 1854
one erasure and one interlineation in the certificate of the clerk Chauncy R. Bond Clerk
Off the matter of the application of John Pickard for a pension - act 1832

To the Honorable the Congress of the United States of America The Petition of John Pickard of the town of Sparta Livingston County State of New York respectfully sheweth That your petitioner was a soldier of the Revolution and fought for the liberties of his country at the times and places and in the manner following, to wit -
1. In a Company of New York Rangers, commanded by Captain John Winne, Lieutenant Laurence Grops, Ensign Peter Schrembling at the fort of Otsego Lake in the State of New York - and for a term of service commencing in the summer of the year 1775 and continuing until the Autumn of the year 1776 - a continuous service of not less than one year, two months and nineteen days - 2. In the militia of the State of New York from the said Autumn of 1776 to the summer of 1780 commanded by General Herkimer and Colonel Cox - at various places and upon repeated calls - and for times which your petitioner cannot now recollect and reckon together, but which calculating some important services where he was present and which were impressed on his memory lasted at least nine weeks and five days - 3. After receiving his Commission as Ensign from the summer of 1780 until the end of the war in the said militia sometimes as such Ensign, sometimes as a volunteer private in various companies, at various places and again for times which your petitioner's memory no longer serves him so well as to enumerate, but some of which at the present enumerated remembered and reckoned together make up a term of at least thirty seven days -
And your petitioner sheweth that he has made an application for a pension under the law of June 1832 and has filed his declaration and proofs in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions in Washington City - that when required by the said Commissioner new affidavits corroborative and explanatory of his declaration and new proofs have been added from time to time as your petitioner was advised to be necessary - and to these papers filed in the office aforesaid in prosecution of the said claim your petitioner for greater certainty prays leave to refer -

And your petitioner further sheweth that about the twenty eighth day of August last a letter was received by his Attorney dated at the Pension Office and signed by J. L. Edwards informing the said Attorney that your petitioner's case was suspended and stating among other things the following "Upon the whole the loose statement in the first instance and the subsequent contradictory statements are render it unsafe to rely upon them at all - No part of his claim can be admitted unless it be sustained in essential points by direct and credible evidence" And also the following "The service as Ranger appears to have been that of a patrol rather than that of a regularly organized corps under military orders & discipline" to which letter of the said Edwards, to this petition annexed your petitioner for greater certainty prays leave to refer -
And your petitioner sheweth that he is a feeble old man that he was eighty one years of age on the seventh day of March last that he is unable to gain for himself a livelihood, is without property and dependant upon his family for the necessities of life - that his learning is very small and during the said Revolutionary war he could neither read nor write - And that of late years his memory has failed very much and that the greatest part of the circumstances and dates mentioned in the papers filed in the office aforesaid have been called to mind and refreshed in his memory (since first making the said application) by conversation and recollection -
And further your petitioner sheweth that he has not now the said papers so filed as aforesaid nor copies of all of them at hand and therefore cannot positively state, but your petitioner thinks and therefore urges, that his said application was "sustained in essential points by direct & credible evidence" other than the affidavit of your petitioner and further that it is now out of the power of your petitioner to procure any new testimony

or throw any new light upon his said services, for he does not know that there is any other witness living than those whose testimony has already been forwarded to the Pension Office aforesaid - And that your petitioner was endeavouring to procure the affidavit of one John Casler in the town of Brownville Jefferson County but your petitioner has been informed that the said Casler has recently died -
Wherefore your Petitioner prays the relief of Congress and that such pension may be allowed to him under Act June 7. 1832 as his said services in the Revolutionary war may deserve - Danville Feb 1835
John P. Dikeman

We the Undersigned citizens of the Town of Sparta, Livingston County New York have been for a long time well acquainted with John Pichard who has subscribed within Petition and we believe him to be a man of veracity and his statements made in said Petition to be correct - and further that the said Pichard is a feeble old man, dependent on his children for support and his mental powers appear to be weakened by age, but we have not the any doubt of his moral integrity.  Dated Sparta Jan'y 1835.
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In the matter of procuring Passport certificate of John Richard.
App t

State of New York Livingston County ss:
John Pickard of Sparta in said County being duly sworn doth depose and say - That deponent was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and served at various times and places but particularly in the years 1775 and 1776 in a company of Rangers commanded by Captain John Wmose Lieutenant Laurence Grop and Ensign Peter Scremling and was stationed at the fort of Otsego Lake now called Cooperstown in the State of New York, but the number of the Regiment and Company and the name of the Colonel who commanded deponent is not able to recollect and did not state in his application to the Pension Department or in his Petition to Congress for a Pension - That deponent served among the Rangers as a private more than one year - That deponent was likewise with Colonel Mullett in the battle of Johnstown, with General Herkimer at the battle of Oriskany and with Colonel Broin at the Battle of Stone Arabia - That deponent's claims were presented to Congress at deponent's request by the Honorable Philo C. Fuller Member of the House of Representatives, from the Counties of Livingston and Allegany in the State of New York as deponent has been informed and believes and that deponent has been informed by a letter from said Fuller and verily believes that the Act passed granting deponent a pension was approved by the President of the United States on the Twenty eighth day of June eighteen hundred and thirty six - That Isaac Lewis Endrip att of Dansville village in said County is duly authorized by deponent to receive deponent's pension certificate from the Pension Office of the United States - and further saith not. John Pickard
Sworn to and subscribed this 11 th day of August 1836 before me
James Faulkner Judge of } Livingston County Court }

State of New York Livingston County ss.
Clerks office } I certify that James Faulkner whose name is subscribed to the jurat of the within affidavit of John Pickard is a judge of Livingston County Courts and was, at the time when such affidavit purports to have been sworn to before him, duly qualified & sworn as such judge and authorized by the laws of this state to take affidavits. that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & solely believe his name subscribed to said jurat, to be genuine & his proper hand.
Witness my hand and the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County at Geneseo. August. 15. 1836.
C. Clarke clerk

Remont Pickard Oct. 1836

State of New York County of Livingston
vs Abraham Beckhard of said County, being first duly sworn according to law, deponeth and saith that he is one of the children of Reynel Beckhard late widower of John Beckhard an appli- -cant for a pension under act of 6th of July 1836, -which claim deponent relying entirely for the benefits of act of 9th July 1838, but the claim not coming within the pro- -visions of said act, - he would now assert, anew, the claim under the first men- -tioned act, - for the evidences the justifying the claim he would refer to deponent's to proofs now filed & herewith forwarded - that this deponent's eldest sister would now be of living upwards of twenty two years of age, that from his earliest recollections he has heard from his parents that his eldest brother & sister were taken prisoners in the Revolutionary war at the time Springfield was destroyed, and that he has always understood that his father was only about fifteen years of age when married, which was before the commencement of the Revolu- -tionary war.
Abraham his Beckhard mark
Sworn and subscribed before me this 26 day of February 1849 by Abraham Beckhard and I certify as a credible witness for want of greater ability to write Samuel Scribner justice of the peace

State of New York, County of Livingston
ss. Personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, William Peckard Esq. of West Sparta in said County, aged Seventy four years of age, and upwards, who being first duly sworn according to law, deposes and saith, that he is a brother of the late John Peckard, who was a pensioner of the United States, and an account of whose Rev- olutionary Services, a pension was claimed by his late widow Ryneth Peckard, that the deponent was born in the year 1772, and his brother John, as he has always understood and believed, was born in the year 1756. John Peckard and was married to Ryneth Peckard, when in his 19th year, or soon after he was seventeen years of age. He further states that said John Peckard was some five years older than their brother Adolphus, who was in service, and wounded at the battle of Oriskany, on the day he was sixteen years of age, that deponent has always understood and believed, that soon after they were married they removed into the house with deponents parents, and resided until after the birth of their two eldest children, which was before their parents left the town of Springfield, New York, with this deponent & parents which was soon after the battle of Oriskany, that they moved to the Mohawk River, and lived a short time when de- ponents parents, one sister a young brother, and deponents brother John, his wife and their two children, removed back to their farm in Springfield to gather the crops and cut their hay while they were engaged in cutting hay in securing their crops. The place was attacked by Indians and Tories the houses mostly burnt, and took deponents Mother, a young brother, his brother John, wife, and their two children, pris- oners, deponents father & his brother John being at work at some distance from their house, on the opposite side of a piece of woods, from their house.

heard the firing of guns - and made their escape to Cherry Valley they soon after moved to Stone Arabia, where they lived in a kind of fort - for several years, after the close of the war, they returned to their farm, in Springfield, where they continued to reside until the year 1846. That this deponent has been intimately acquainted with his mother's family from his earliest recollections, that he has always understood and fully believes that they were married, some time before the Declaration of Independence, that he was very intimately acquainted with their eldest children from his earliest recollections, and that he has always understood and known, from his intimate acquaintance with her, that their eldest child named Margaret, was not two years younger than this deponent, that having lived with this deponent more than ten years past, and having been very intimately acquainted from child hood, he can not be mistaken, that an old record of her marriage shows that she was married in the year 1793. I further declare and affirm, that from his personal acquaintance, with the family, and from the afore mentioned facts, with other circumstances, deponent knows, that said John Pickard and Rynart Bratt, was married, previous to the declaration of Independence, that the eldest child of mine living, could be upwards of seventy five (75) years of age, that Margaret Pickard died in November last & there is now only two children of said William Rynart Pickard living.
William Pickard
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26 day of February 1847. By William Pickard as his affidavit is a credible witness.
Samuel Scribner Justice of the peace

State of New York, County of Livingston } ss. Personally appeared before the subscriber, a justice of the Peace in and for said County, Mary Pickard of West Sparta in said County, aged Seventy two years, and ap- pears to have been first duly sworn according to law, deposes and saith that she was personally acquainted with the late John Pickard & his wife Reynet Pickard, (whose maiden name was, Reynet Bratt,) and with their family, that she has been personally acquainted with the family more than fifty years, that from her earliest acquaintance with the family she has always understood and believed, that said John Pickard & Reynet Bratt, was married, before the commencement of the Revolutionary War, that she fully believes this was so from the fact, that she has always understood, and believed, that they had ten children who were taken prisoners at the time Springfield was burnt, & destroyed, the eldest of which she has always understood and believed, was not two years younger than William Pickard whose affidavit is hereto an- nected (who is deponent's husband) who was Seventy two (72) years of age on the 1 st day of July 1846 - that she has always understood from her husband, & his mother & wife that his mother the said John Pickard, was married to Reynet Bratt, when said John was very young only about Seventeen years of age, - that she is positive from her personal acquaintance with the family, that their eldest child would now be of living, more than Seventy two years of age, - & she further states, that the Eldest child named Margaret is now dead, & only two of their children, David & Abraham & Cousin Pickard are living. Mary Pickard
Subscribed before me this 26 day of February 1847 by Mary Pickard who certify is a credible witness
Samuel Scribner justice of the peace

State of New York.
Singston County Clerks office
I William H Whiting clerk of said County do hereby certify that Samuel Scribner Esq. before whom the foregoing Affidavits appear to have been taken and subscribed, was on the day the same bear date a justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Elected Sworn and authorized to take the same, and further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature subscribed to the said Affidavits to be genuine.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at Seneca this fifth day of March 1847.
W H Whiting, Clerk
Raymond Pickard
Oct 15 1836

State of New York } County of Livingston ss, William Pickard whom I know & certify is a respectable person, after being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he was born in 1772, that John Pickard late a pensioner deceased, and late husband of Keynget Pickard also deceased, was this deponents brother that application for a pension has been made in behalf of the surviving children of the said widow; that this deponent was a child with, and resided with the children of the said John Pickard and his wife Keynget, that he knows well that the eldest child of the said parties was not two years younger than this deponent, he knows that she Margaret Pickard, the eldest child of the said parties was born as early as 1774, that the said widow Keynget Pickard, with her two eldest children together with this deponents mother, Brother and sister were all taken prisoners by Col. Brant and his Squad. This was at the time Springfield in Otsego County New York was burned by the Indians during the revolution; that they were all held as prisoners till Springfield was burned, one house only remained and that was an old Tories whose name was Michael. That this deponents Mother, Brother, and sister the said widow Keynget Pickard, and her then two children were all released after Springfield was burned; and that all were left with the said old Tory (Michael). This deponent gives the above facts, as a date of the facts that the said John Pickard and his wife Keynget, had at the date of the burning of Springfield two children, of this fact this deponent is not and cannot be mistaken as he to this day remembers it. This deponent further deposes and says that the eldest child of the said John & Keynget Pickard to wit Margaret Pickard was married to Samuel Hill Aug. 4 th 1793; that they are both deceased, that this deponent was himself married (Apr. 2 d (1797) seventeen hundred and ninety seven. All of the circumstances and facts here stated are fresh in the mind of this deponent, having made a lasting impression.
Subscribed and sworn before me } William Pickard this 1 st day of January 1850 } Harlin S. Chamberlain J.P. }

State of New York } (County of Livingston) ss. Mary Rickard whom I certify is a respectable person after being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that she was born in 1775, that more than fifty years she had been personally and intimately acquainted with Margaret Hill who was before marriage Margaret Rickard daughter of John Rickard late a pensioner and of his widow Hennyet Rickard deceased, that this deponent from her first acquaintance was informed and believed that the said Margaret Rickard the said daughter of the said John Rickard late a pensioner and daughter of the said widow Hennyet Rickard was older than this deponent, that this deponent for more than fifty years has been told and believed that the said Margaret Rickard was taken a prisoner when Springfield was burned, that she and a brother, with her mother the said Hennyet Rickard were all taken prisoners by Col. Brants party when Springfield was burned, and that after the conflagration they were all released; that this deponent was herself married Apr. 1798 that the said Margaret Rickard had then been married to Samuel Hill four or five years, and that she had two children when this deponent was married, that this deponent for more than fifty years had lived with, & near neighbor to the said Margaret Rickard (lastly Margaret Hill) till her death Mary Rickard Subscribed and sworn before me this 1 st day of January 1850 Warren G. Chamberlain C. J. P.

Whereas I, Abraham Pickard of the Town of Sparta in the County of Livingston in the State of New York, am a son of John Pickard deceased who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and was allowed a small pension under the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 - on account of his services in said war - And whereas I am advised and believe that he was entitled to a larger, or increased amount of Pension on account of his said services - Now therefore I do hereby constitute and appoint Samuel Scribner of the City of Albany and Virial Luce Esq. of the City of Washington D.C. My true and lawful attorneys for me and in my name, and on account of all the children of the said John Pickard deceased to examine into and fully prosecute the claim of said children, to any increase, or arrears of Pension that may be due to us, as the children of the said John Pickard, and according to law - And I do also fully empower and authorize the said Marks and Luce, to prosecute the claim of My Mother Fanny Pickard deceased (who was the widow of the said John Pickard) said who died on the 5 th day of January A.D. 1841 - to any amount of pension she may have been by law entitled to - Witness My hand and seal this 7 th day of October A.D. 1852 - Executed in presence of Samuel Scribner Abraham Pickard
State of New York County of Livingston ss - On this 7 th day of October A.D. 1852 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally came Abraham Pickard above named, and to me well known and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be his act and deed - Samuel Scribner justice of the peace
State of New York County of Livingston ss - Abraham Pickard of the Town of Sparta in said County and State, being by me duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is a son of the above named John Pickard and Fanny Pickard both now deceased - and that he is directly interested in the application set forth in the foregoing power of Attorney - Subscribed and sworn to at Sparta this 7 th day of October A.D. 1852 before me Samuel Scribner justice of the peace Abraham Pickard

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. LIVINGSTON COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I CERTIFY, That Samuel Scribner  acknowledgment Esquire, was, at the date of the foregoing or annexed affidavit, a Justice of the Peace
In and for said County, duly qualified and authorized to take the same; that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe that the signature of said Justice to the acknowledgment Jurat thereto is gen- uine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, this 8th day of Oct A. D. 185 2
Israel J. Root Clerk.

State of New York Jefferson County
112 V I, Wolphus Pickard of the town of Sileay in said County aged 78 years being duly sworn saith that he was in the service of the Revolutionary War in the year 1775 and knows John Pickard who was enlisted on or about the first day of August 1775 - that the said John Pickard belonged to a Company of Rangers, commanded by Capt. John Minne, Laurence Grop 1 st Lieutenant and Peter Scramlin 2 nd Lieutenant and was stationed at the foot of Otsego Lake now called Cooperstown in the State of New York This deponent further saith that the said John Pickard served one year at the above named place (Otsego Lake) that at the conclusion of said year's service the largest part of the company was removed to & stationed at Philadelphia Bush but a part remained, of whom John Pickard was one, at Otsego Lake, to guard the stores and that the said John remained there till some time in December or January following.
And this deponent further saith that the said John Pickard was drafted into the militia service at Springfield, Otsego County in the winter of 1777 and that soon after he was drafted, he was ordered to Tienderoga, and that he was out on this service six weeks and that the company to which the said John belonged at this time was in Colonel Coxe's Regiment - And this deponent further saith that the said John Pickard and himself sometime in the month of June or July of the year 1777 were ordered out and served two weeks in the company commanded by Capt. Nicholas Weaser at the mouth of the Una-dilla River - And this deponent further saith that the said John Pickard served in the same company with him during the battle of the Briskany about four miles from the City of Utica and that the said John was engaged in that action and according to the best recollection of this deponent the said John Pickard was out at that time about two weeks - That the said John was at the battle of Johnstown where he served one week and also at the battle of Stone Arabia where he served two days - That the said John was at one time out on service up the Mohawk River to a place now called Rome - three days - And further this deponent saith that Stephen Pickard his next

Not. — Sworn & subscribed before me this 15 th day of July 1834
I A Shwing Esquire before whom the above affidavit was made, do certify that I am acquainted with Adolphus Richard, that I believe him to be a man of truth and that his statement is entitled to credit — Witness my hand this 15 th day of July 1834 A Shwing J.P.
State of New York } Jefferson County } Clerks Office — }
I Poley Purchard Clerk of said County do hereby certify that A Shwing Esquire — before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace — in and for said County fully Commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same — And further that I am well acquain- ted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to the same to be his proper hand writing & signature — Witness my hand and Seal of said County this Nineteenth day of July in the year 1834 —
Poley Purchard Clerk By Perry & Little Deputys Clerk

Livingston County ss:
John Pickard of the Town of Sparta, in said County being duly sworn doth depose and say - that he is an applicant for a pension under Act June 7 th 1832 - That he enlisted during the War of the Revolution in a Company of New York Rangers, commanded by Captain John Minne, Lieutenant Laurence, Grop Ensign Peter Scremling. That this deponent entered the service during the time of Harvest in the summer of 1775 on or about the first day of August - That this deponent cannot state the date with certainty but knows that it was not later than the early part of August - very few persons had commenced their harvest when this deponent enlisted - And this deponent on his oath saith that it was not any later than the twelfth day of August in the year 1775 when he enlisted into the Company of New York Rangers as aforesaid -
And further this deponent saith that the company into which he was enlisted was stationed at the foot of Otsego Lake at a place now called Cooperstown in the State of New York - and that their principal duty was scouting against the Indians - that their service was an active service in which they were all the time employed and pursued no other business whatever - in the month of August 1776 the major part of the army were removed to Philadelphia Bush, but a small part of whom this deponent was one remained at Otsego Lake under the command of Lieutenant Laurence Grop to guard the stores - and there this deponent remained until some time in the month of December or January - and this deponent upon further reflection saith that it was in the month of November in the year 1776 that the Company was disbanded and this deponent released from duty and permitted to return home - And this deponent desires to add that above where he says a part of the army were removed to Philadelphia Bush he desires to add that a short time after such removal, Captain Minne was put into prison on a charge of murder and that part of Company which had removed were ordered back to the foot of Otsego Lake; Lieutenant Grop took the command of the Company thus

brought together - after which they remained a short time at Otsego Lake and then guarded the shores to Canajoharie thence across the Mohawk River to Palatine in same County Montgomery County on the Mohawk River, at which last mentioned place they were stationed about two months and then were disbanded -
And this deponent says that he knows from circumstances attending the birth of his second child that it was in the month of November when the company was so disbanded and this deponent returned home, but what day in that month he cannot with certainty state, but is willing on his oath to say that according to the best of his recollection it could not have been later than the first day of said
14. 15
month of November 1776 -
And further this deponent saith
that in the month of February in the following Spring, to wit the year 1777 this deponent was drafted into the New York Militia and was ordered to Tienderoga - The company was commanded by Captain Nicholas Weaver - Ebenezer Cooxe was Colonel and Nicholas Herkimer General - In this tour this deponent served six weeks -
6 weeks
In the same Company under the same Officers this deponent was ordered and went to the mouth of the Unadilla River where Herkimer met Joe Brandt the Indian Commander and made a treaty - at which this took place in the month of June or July of the year 1777 and there this deponent served two weeks - In the same Company and under the
2 weeks
same Officers on the sixth day of August in the year last mentioned this deponent was called out and marched to the Briskany, near the place where Utica now stands, was present at the battle of the Briskany where General Herkimer was wounded and served this time twelve days -
12 days
And this deponent saith that after the Taking of Burgoyne and before he received the Commission of which a certificate is annexed to the application heretofore transmitted to the Pension Office, he was very often ordered out upon service, but the occasions on which his service was so demanded were of so little consideration and the duration of each term of service so short that

This deponent cannot now state them
And further this deponent saith that after he received the commission above mentioned this deponent acted as a minuteman but that the service was again become arduous, and this deponent was called upon very often - That sometime in the month of July 1780 the Company of which this deponent was Ensign and which was commanded by Captain Nicholas Weaver Lieutenant Henry Bratt was ordered up the Mohawk River having the charge of Stores and Pack-horses and guarded them to a Fort called Stanwicks ; there were more companies than that in which this deponent served and the whole was commanded by Major Peter S. Deygart - Fort Stanwicks was situated at a place now called Rome in Oneida County and this deponent served at that time about ten or twelve days and says at least eight days - And this deponent further saith that after receiving the commission aforesaid the said Nicholas Weaver who lived on the side of the Mohawk River opposite this deponent's residence, seldom called out his Company into service; but whenever he did this deponent accompanied him as Ensign - but this deponent saith that he very often served when Captain Weaver and his Company did not turn out at all - That when this deponent did so serve as a volunteer, he was in companies commanded by various officers and then generally acted as a private and carried a gun, but always carried a sword also -
After the march to Fort Stanwicks as aforesaid this deponent (always under Major Deygart and Colonel Brown , until after the death of the latter at Stone Arabia Colonel Willet took his place) served two days at Yunker's Bush in the Company of Captain Koch - another time at German Flats three days under Captain Seely - another time under Captain Seely two days up the Mohawk River to Windischer's Fort another time to Borman's Creek three days - Another time one day under Captain Koch at Frey's Bush - Another time under Captain Weaver at Sharon two days - Another time under Captain Kapelman at the battle of Stone Arabia two days - Another time at the battle of Griffintown commanded by Captain Weaver five days - Another

time under Captain Koch and Colonel Willet on a false alarm up the Mohawk River three days - Another time to sit on a Court Martial one week - Another time under Colonel Willet to draw boats and military stores from Rufus Tavern now called Rufus's village on the Mohawk river to the head of Otsego Lake on the Mohawk river to the head of Otsego Lake - This deponent drove a team and served 13 days (thirteen days) - That occasions of being called out like the above (with the exception of such occasions as the battles of Johnstown & Ha-Adaria and the teaming service) occurred very frequently -
That after the close of the war this deponent was called out under Captain and Lieutenant Bratt Weaver, to accompany Gen l Washington and Governor Clinton on a tour through the valley of the Mohawk and towards Otsego Lake to inspect and estimate the amount of damages done to the frontier settlers - and was on this service one week -
And this deponent further saith - that on account of old age his memory has very much failed - that this deponent can no longer remember precisely the dates of events which took place in the Revolutionary war - That at the time they took place this deponent very seldom directed his notice to the dates - And further this deponent saith that without considerable reflection he can not always recollect the order of time in which events occurred to which this deponent was a party -
And this deponent further saith that in his declaration heretofore transmitted to the Pension Office mention is made of the "battle of Euska" - by which this deponent intended to signify the "battle of Oriskany", so called from a creek in the vicinity of the present City of Utica - and that whereas in said declaration as as he has stated as though said battle of Euska (properly Oriskany) was fought during the time this deponent served in the Rangers under Captain Nimme and Lieutenant Grop, now on further reflection this deponent saith that the battle aforesaid was fought the year after this deponent was discharged from service in

said Company of Rangers; and also it is stated that this deponent enlisted in said Company of Rangers the summer before the said battle of Busha (properly Briskany) whereas on more reflection he says it was in fact two summers previous to said battle when he enlisted -
And further this deponent saith that in the said declaration it is stated that this deponent accompanied and accompanied General Clinton to meet Genl Sullivan H. by which this deponent intended the service under Colonel Willet in teaming for thirteen days as above mentioned - Genl Clinton lay at Rufe's Tavern above mentioned (where this deponent saw him) until the goods were carried to Otsego Lake as aforesaid then moved onward to meet Sullivan - Colonel Campbell in said declaration mentioned was a Colonel at the time this deponent received his Ensigns Commission, but afterwards removed to Schenectady - And this deponent in further confirmation of his services offers the Affidavit of Adolphus Richard and further this deponent saith not -
John Pickard
Sworn & subscribed before me this 7 th August 1834 -
(one line inserted before signing)
J. Shannan Comd. of said
I J. Shannan before whom foregoing affidavit was made do certify that I am acquainted with John Pickard who has subscribed the same and believe him to be a man of veracity and that his statements are entitled to credit - Dansville Village, Town of Sparta - August 7. 1834 -
J. Shannan

Chauncy R. Bond Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Livingston State of New York do hereby certify that the within named Samuel Shannon is a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said County authorized to administer oaths that I am acquainted with his handwriting and that the name subscribed to the jurat of within affidavit and certificate of credibility is his own proper handwriting and signature Witness my hand and seal of the Livingston County Clerk's Office at the village of Geneseo this ninth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty four -
Chauncy R. Bond Clk By. S. G. Haven Dep. Clk.
In the matter of the Appl. of John Pickard of Livingston County New York
Aff te of Amendment - Aff te in confirmation -