Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 47,526, for Henry Mooskenug, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
Moosekenug, Henry a Moosekenug.
S47,526
CONTENTS

Albany New York 31, 718
Elizabeth Ruppert, Antie Richtmyer, Lana Emrick, Peter Moose, Adam Moose, Children of Henry Moskowitz, dec?
of Ulster county in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Lieut. Stone of the reg't commanded by Col. Murray in the Penn. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834. To terminate 31 st August 1835, when he died.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of March 1840 and sent to H. H. H. Esq. Staten Island, N. Y. H. R.
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending 7360
Amount due $365.97
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book E. 2, Vol. 4 - Page 46
Re.
Dear Solomon S. Knapp Pension Agent 17 Sep 1840.

29.006 Henry Mooschenig Pension application by Henry Wymkoop Saugerties N. York
Agent Giles H. Yates Schenectady N.Y.
H. M. Stockley J.H.R.
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Im Nahmen Gottes, Heinrich, Trüskenuug
in Maxedanz Ist nach Christlichen Unterricht unser evangelischen Lutherischen Glaubens Lehre, zum erstenmahl zum Heiligen Abendmahl gegangen in dem Jahr des Herrn 1769 in der Kirche in allemängell, auf den Bäth Sonntag Rogate, Bey mir sein Pfarrer Daniel Schumacher in Pensylvanien
Laß dich an Gottes Kind so seinen Jesum liebet Und meidet alles das, was Christi Satz betrübet Im girtel Jesu sitz mit allem wasser und Salz In seinem Abendmahl, aufschauen seiner Gnad Auf du bist jetzt nun von Jesu angenommen Geschrift, Geschnürt Woll, ist er in sein Zelt gekommen Sein Lieb, sein Leben, und auch sein Blut, Amen
Sein Gott So wirst du jetzt auf Erden und ewiglich zu Gott
Sei getreu in deinem Glauben Laß dir Satan den nicht rauben
Laß mich so ist die von frommen Amen! Amen!

DR STAR.
SEPTEMBER 26, 1833.
NUMBER 40.
Adam Morse
distinct recollection of the redoubt, the struggle was be- midst of so thick a thing could be I must have borne was covered with the cry of victory! I saw the ground covered with the red men in the group around; theirs wiping their prisoners were
lining all bloody gun. Some sol- and him. I ap- oldest captain? a very ex- dest lieutenant? arrived yesterday, calm tone. The 'Come sir,' said or-in-chief, fortify and as strongly as is still in force; port us.' 'Colo- e badly wounded.' fellow, the redoubt
DISRESS.
of charity was ex- a Monday, in the to stated he name necessary a men- into the office this poverty and desola- sleeping on one of m of Sunday night. at he found her in the clothing with ntilly covered, was ng her, she opened with difficulty got had she been over- He enquired ceived no satisfac- behaviour was and at his request the watch-house, ters were provided under of the night. ing presented the of 17, robust and it any indications e of any kind, covered with rags tity of poverty.-- me to be found in ve circumstances, of life, she related, sion had been used must in some way was not a common r history in which conspicuous half.
hymeneal altar, and the present abundantly compensates them for the darkness of the past.— Philadelphia paper.
YANKEE ENTERPRISE.
A gentleman, not long since from Mexico, informs us of another specimen of the enterprise peculiar to the American character. Vera Cruz is the seaport of Mexico, distant about two hundred miles. For a long period of time, three weeks had been occupied in passing by the regular conveyances between the two cities, until about two years since, when a regular line of American stages was established. By this arrangement the time occupied by the journey is reduced to five days, and the fare is seventy dollars. Our informant says the sensation is rather a peculiar and gratifying one for an American to seat himself in a can horses, with coach drivers, and go through the mountainous passages of the Andes with the same kind of travelling equipage with which he has been accustomed to cross the Green Mountains. The entire establishment was sent out from this country, and the principal owners now are three of the drivers on the line, one of whom is a native of Brattleboro, Vermont. At first, and even at this day, these coaches are frequently assailed and pelted by the mob, who are indignant at the loss of business which has been wrested from them, as formerly a vast number of donkeys and mules were occupied in the transportation of passengers. The proprietors, it is said, received a nett profit of nearly $40,000 each, the first year of the experiment, but great hazards and perilous encounters are had with the banditti which constantly infest the mountains.— Northampton Cour.
IDOLATRY IN CHINA.
[From a Journal of two voyages along the Coast of China—by Charles Gutzlaff.]
The Chinese are idolaters, and of course superstitious. The propitiations of the "Queen of Heaven," related in the annexed account of the rites observed on the sailing of a junk, and in stress of weather, show how little human reason alone avails to make men wise.
The most distinguished thing on board a junk is idolatry, the rites of which are performed with the greatest punctuality. The goddess of the sea is Ma-tsoo-po, called also Teen-how, (queen of heaven.) She is said to have been a virgin, who lived some centuries ago in Fulkeen, near the district of Fuhchow. On account of having with great fortitude, and a kind of miracle, saved her brother who was on the point of drowning she was deified and loaded with titles, not dissimilar to those bestowed on the Virgin Mary. Every vessel is furnished with an image of the goddess, before which a light burning, and a stand of satellites, &c. stand
ty. Christians are the servants of the living God; who has created the heavens and the earth; at whose command the winds and the waves rise or are still; in whose mercy is salvation, and in whose wrath is destruction; how much more, then, should they endeavor to conciliate the favor of the Almighty, and to be grateful to the Author of all good! If idolaters feel dependent on superior beings; if they look up to them for protection and success; if they are punctual in paying their vows; what should be the conduct of nations, who acknowledge Christ to be their Saviour? Reverence before the name of the Most High; reliance on his gracious protection; submission to his just dispensations; and devout prayers, humble thanksgiving, glorious praise of the Lord of the earth and of the sea, ought to be habitual on board our vessels. and if this is not the case, the heathen will rise up against us in judgment, for having paid more attention to their dumb idols, than we have to the worship of the living and true God.
NATURAL CURIOSITY.
In the township of Clinton, in the district of Niagara, is perhaps one of the most curious caves in America. It is situated about two miles from the main road from Niagara to Hamilton, a little above the base of the mountain. The scenery near the cave is singularly romantic, and aside from the cave, would richly repay the admirer of nature's wonders for the pains of a visit. From the circumstance of the cave containing ice always during summer, it is called the Ice Spring.
Having twice visited the spring during the greatest heat of summer, which is the only time the ice accumulates, I will endeavor to describe the place, although my pen will command but an imperfect sketch.
The entrance of the cave is under an immense rock, apparently solid: its depth or distance to the extremity is about 25 feet; the sides of which are of hugely solid rocks, extending into the mountain, some of which lie partly above the surface. The water which congeals into ice oozes out of the rock that hangs over the cave: it hangs in icicles above, and may be found on the bottom frozen in cakes. A sudden transition from an atmosphere where the thermometer will rise 90, to a region where it will fall several degrees below zero, on entering the cave in summer, renders great caution necessary to visitors, who should never enter in a state of perspiration, nor remain too long. Near the cave are great numbers of rocks, apparently solid and of the largest size that I have ever seen, lying above the ground; they all have the appearance of having been thrown out by some great convulsion of nature. The wild aspect of the place is softened by a festoon of ivy and some beautiful vines, and the corresponding len and array of all

State of New York
Ulster County Clerk's office Yrs. I. Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ulster in the State of New York do hereby certify that Henry Wyrkoth Esq. was on the day of the date of the foregoing proceedings in the matter of the application of Henry Mooskennig, for a pension and also on the days of the dates of the annexed affidavits of Iabez Arnold, William Ostrander and Jeremiah Russell a Judge of the County Court of the said County of Ulster duly authorised to take affidavits &c and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and verily believe his signatures to the said proceedings in the aforesaid application for a pension and to the aforesaid three annexed affidavits to be genuine. —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twentieth day of November 1833.
Jacob Snyder

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of Act of Congress passed 7 th of June 1832 State of New York
Ulster County Vs. On the Eleventh day of November in the year one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before me Henry Wynkoop one of the Judges of the County Courts in and for said County of Ulster Henry Mooskenug a resident of the town of Saug- erties County of Ulster aforesaid aged seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to ob- tain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7 th of June 1832
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein after stated
That on or about the first of July 1776 in the revolu- tionary war he the said applicant volunteered in the said Service of the State of Pennsylvania in the town of Macedonia County of Berks as a private soldier in Captain Mousners Company of Infantry called the flying Camp for 3 months that he marched with the said Company through the State of New Jersey to the City of New York and from thence crossed over to Long Island and was engaged in the battle of Long Island in which he with a number of others were taken prisoner by the British, and were exchanged & returned home about the first January following following and knows of none who can testify to the same
And this applicant further declares that on or about the first of April in the year 1777 he again entered the said United States Service in the revolutionary war and enlisted as a private soldier for three years in the Company company commanded by Lt. Colonel Bull and Colonel Stuart of the 2 nd Regi- ment of the Pennsylvania line that the said regiment marched from the town of Macedonia to Philadelphia

And this deponent further says that the said Moses Moss
and joined the Army commanded by General Washing- ton and marched to the battle of Brandywine in which he was engaged and from thence maneuvered back to Philadelphia from thence to the Battle of Germantown in which he was also engaged and from thence he went into winter quarters at a place called Valley Forge and that on the 19 th day of Jan- uary in the year 1778 he was taken prisoner at Newtown together with James Mose Billy Saffreys & several others and was sent to Philadelphia and put in Jail and being a tailor by trade made clothes for the British for about three months from thence was sent by water to New York and after being confined for a few days he was taken out of Jail and was at liberty to work at his trade in New York until about the first of June of 1778 he with several others were then taken by water to Elizabethtown in the State of New Jersey and returned to the State of Pennsylvania after being reg- ularly exchanged and returned to joined the regi- ment of Colonel Stuart and was in the battle of Monmouth that the said battle was commanded by General Washington in person, that nothing of importance transpired in that season worth mentioning until the Army went into winter quarters at a place called Wintermoot in the State of New Jersey that during the next Summer of 1779 the regiment of in which he belonged marched to the White Plains and remained there a short time from there went to West Point remained there several months from thence went into winter quarters at a place called Morristown in the State of New Jersey that early in the spring of 1780 he marched to Smith's Cove in the State of New York and remained there until on or about the first of June of said year and was discharged and received a written discharge signed by Col. Stuart after a service of three years or more that he immediately proceeded up the Hudson river into the town of Poughkeepsie in the County of Ulster that after remaining here some years he was mar- ried and has resided here ever since that he received

his discharge together with his enlistment without for some years after, but considering it of no value threw them into the fire that in consequence of the lapse of time and the loss of Memory he is unable to particularize the or give more minute detail, of his service except that in the year 1777 a British vessel was blown up by the Americans by firing red hot shot which caused a loud explosion which he thinks was near a place called Mud Island or Mud Port that since his discharge he has visited but twice his friends in his native place and knows of no person living except  except  with who were with him in said service, William Estlander of the town of Woodstock and Isaac Arnold of the town of Shandaken with whom he became acquainted in consequence of his being a tailor by trade and frequently mended clothes for the soldiers of the different regiments during said Service
To the interrogatories prescribed by the war department he answers first
1 st That he was born in the town of Macedonia County Bucks & State of Pennsylvania the 14 th day of January in the year 1734 2 d That he has a record of his in his family Bible 3 d That he lived in the said town of Macedonia at the time he enlisted that he has lived since, and that he now lives in the town of Saugerties County of Ulster and State of New York 4 th That he always volunteered 5 th That he knew that there were in the same service with him soldiers from different parts of the United States all under the command of Genl Washington whom he personally knew that he remembered the names of Genl Greene Wayne and Putnam Col Bull & Stuart Lieutenant Stacy and Hall and several others with whom he was personally acquainted

And this respondent further says that the...
6 th That he received a written discharge which he believes was signed by Col. Stuart and has burnt it up.
7 th That he knows Jeremiah Russell Esquire Post master Tobias Wynkoop Esquire Henry Wynkoop Esquire Asa Biddle Jeremiah Eligh William Sederick and several others who can testify to his character for truth and veracity and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and acknowledges that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me {
Henry X Moosekenag marks
Henry Wynkoop one of the

We John Crawford a clergyman residing in the town of Saugerties County of Ulster and John Dederick — of the same place hereby certify that that we are well acquainted with Henry Moosekenug who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be Seventy five years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
John Crawford John Dederick
Sworn and subscribed the day and year fore-said before me
Henry Wynkoop one of the Judges of the County Court of the County of Ulster And I the said Judge do hereby declare my 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 I do further certify that John Crawford who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Saugerties and that John Dederick who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit And I do further certify that the said applicant from bodily infirmity cannot attend court
Henry Wynkoop one of the Judges of the County court of the County of Ulster
State of New York
Ulster County ss. I do here by certify that I have been personally acquainted with Henry Moosekenug more than thirty years that he is a respectable farmer and citizen of the town of Saugerties that he has always sustained a fair character is a member of the church and is a credible person and his statement entitled to full credit but till very lately have never known him by any other name than Henry Moose
Henry Wynkoop over. S.B.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 9 th day of November 1833
William H. Conner mark

And this deponent further says that it
State of New York
Ulster County ss. Iabez Arnold of the town of Shandaken County of Ulster and State of New York a soldier of the revolutionary war being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is eighty four years of age that in the year 1776 he enlisted in the United States Service in the revolutionary war as a private soldier and served as he thinks during the greater part of the revolution part of the time as a private, corporal, and a Serjeant that he is well acquainted with Henry Moose of the town of Saugerties of said county of Ulster that he has had frequent conversation with him about the events of the revolution that in the time of the revolution while in said aforementioned service he employed a man by name similar to said Moose or Mooseking at different times to mend clothes for him and particularly in the year 1777 and 1778 that he remembers said Moose belonged to one of the Pennsylvania regiments and from a variety of circumstances he has heard him relate about said war although his countenance is somewhat changed yet he is satisfied that the said Moose is the same person who is a tailor by trade but for what length of time he was enlisted this deponent does not know of his own knowledge yet he believes him to be a respectable citizen
Sworn and subscribed before me
This 26 th day of October 1833
Henry Wynkoop one of the County Court the County of Ulster
his Iabez X Arnold marks
State of New York
Ulster County ss.
I do hereby certify that the above named Iabez Arnold is a pious and sincere christian his character for truth and veracity is good and his statement entitled to full credit
Henry Wynkoop

State of New York } William Olander of the town of Woodstock County of Ulster County ss } Ulster and State of New York. A Soldier of the war- -pathway War being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is seventy six Years of age that he is well acquainted with Henry Moose of the town of Saugerties of said County - that this deponent was in the United States Ser- -vice of the Revolutionary War and was in the Company of Capt McMill of the third Regiment of New York and served in said Corps from the fall of the Year Seven -in Hundred seventy six until the end of the Revolutionary War that he was engaged in the battle of Brimantown Brandy wine and Monmouth that during said service the deponent frequently saw the said Henry Moose in said service as he believes in one of the Pennsylvania Regimen- -ts as a private Soldier and became acquainted with him in consequence of him being a Sailor by trade as he frequently with several others employed him in his leisure hours in mending Clothes. That about twenty Years since this deponent removed to the said County of Ulster that although his countenance was a considerably altered (both by a variety of circumstances - which the said Henry Moose has mentioned in a num- -ber of conversations this deponent had with him) he verily believes him to be the same person. but for what length of time said Henry Moose served deponent does not at present know. But that he is a respectable Citizen and a Farmer of the town of Saugerties and believes him to be a man of truth and veracity and entitled to a full pension.
Sworn and Subscribed before me } this 2 nd day of November 1833
his William X Olander mark

of the County Court of the County of Ulster — And I do further that I am personally acquainted with William Astlander who has subscribed the within affidavit that he is a man of truth and veracity and his statements entitled to full credit
Henry Veynkoope

State of New York
Ulster County ss.
Jeremiahs Russell of the town of Saugerties County and State aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted and has been for thirty years past, (part of the time lived in the same house) with Henry Moosekenig a Soldier of the revolutionary war and now an applicant for a pension that this deponent has frequently had conversation with him about the revolutionary war in which he has related a number of events which has transpired during said war, that in consequence of which he this deponent went with him to Kingston shortly after the pension act of 1818 to assist him in procuring a pension under said Law but was informed that his property was an objection — And this deponent further says that it is generally reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides that he was a soldier of the revolution
That he has heard several of his neighbors say that they saw the said Moosekenig in the year 1780 when he came from the army that he then wore the uniform clothes of the United States Army that they saw his written discharge of his Military service which he then had with him, And that he has heard the wife of said Moosekenig say that a few years after they were married being in indigent circumstances they considered the certificate of no value with her husband's consent threw it into the fire, that she had frequently read the contents and that it contained an honorable discharge of the said Moosekenig (her husband) from the United States for three years Military Service

And this deponent further says that the said Moose Kening by industry has obtained a competent support and is a respectable citizen and that he is a mem- ber of the church in full communion and that his statement is entitled to full credit but that to in consequence of his being bred in the German Lan- guage his name since he has resided in this town has been changed to Moose and has not known him by any other.
And this deponent further says that on an exam- ination of his papers his name in a certificate from the church was found to be Hendrick Moose- Keningh which certificate is herunto annexed.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 18 th day of November 1833.
Jeremiah Russell
I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Jeremiah Russell Esquire who has subscribed the above affidavit that he is an opulent mer- chant is a port Master and for several years past has been supervisor of this town and that he is a man of truth and veracity and his statement entitled to full credit.
Henry Veynkroop
State of New York
Ulster County ss. I do hereby certify that in addition to the above statement the said MooseKening informed me that at the time he left the army he passed through Kingston and was suspected as a Deserter but after showing his cer- tificate to the committee of safety they entertained him with a dinner and gave him liberty to proceed.
Henry Veynkroop one of the Judges of the Court of the county of Ulster

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Henry Verbeek
Clamant Saugerties New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Henry Mooshaur - V.Y.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     July 1 st 1776 6 5 priv Col. Housner Colo Bull born Dunk, Co Pa entered in said Co Old age prevents him from being more particular   1 st Apr. 1777 3 " was taken prisoner 3 Living Witnesses Credible prove general service Certificate of clergy and citizen bodily informity prevents his attending Court before Authenticated  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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 days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] 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.

Weisenburg Township Northampton County Sep r 17 th 1784
This is to certify that Henry Moose the Bearer hereof is bred and Born in our Neighbourhood in the State of Pennsylvania and hath all the time he Liv'd in our Parts Behaved himself Faithfull and honest and as becoming And as a Friend to the Cause of America some years Past turned out in the Service of the United States And is hereby Recommended and Permitted to Pass & Repass from this Place to the State of New York Given under my Hand the Day & year above Written
To all whom it may Concern
Mich l Bob t Lloyd

Henry Nooskenug
Act of June 7. 1832
Died 31. August. 1835
Children. Elizabeth Knepp
Auntie Kichlmeyer
Laura Emrich
Peter Moore
Adam Moore
Col John Murray P. from Lieut
Lieut John Hori - agent
Enl age 1777 Giles H. Yates
Ment May 2 d 1780 5 in regt Schenectady
N.Y.
Schmitt Private 2 years
Agent
G. H. Yates
Hon
J. D. Schenectady N.Y.

State of New York New York City County ss
Henry Wynkoop of the town of Saugerties Ulster County and State aforesaid being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he was well acquainted with Henry Moosebaugh deceased late of the same place that he was a man in good standing in society was a member in full communion in the German Lutheran Church in said town of Saugerties.
That as near as deponent can now recollect in the fall of the year 1833 deponent at the request of the said Moosebaugh called at his house and prepared his papers for and administered the oath or declaration for his application for a pension.
That deponent sent said application to the Pension Office and which was sometime after rejected and returned on the ground that his name not being found on the Muster Roll of Pennsylvania, it could not be allowed unless supported by two credible witnesses who could state in detail the time he entered the Service and the time he was discharged from the same.
That in the fall of the year 1835 although at a great expense to the heirs (the appli- cant being then dead) two or three witnesses were produced who stated that they were personally acquainted with said Moosebaugh that they believed he enlisted in in the spring of the year 1777 that they saw him in the service for the term of three years or more that they believed he was discharged in the fall of the year 1780.
And this deponent further saith that depo- nent presented said papers to the pension Office

which after an examination were rejected on the ground that they witnesses were not particular enough in stating the time of Moosekenugh's discharge. Deponent then appealed to Governor Capps the then Secretary of War who confirmed the decision of the Pension Officer.
And this deponent further saith that deponent then requested the Secretary of War to state what would be requisite to entitle him to a pension, that the Secretary replied that as his (Moosekenugh) discharge being lost it would answer the purpose to have the affidavits of two credible witnesses should any exist who could testify that he ever had a certificate of his discharge from said Service.
That the heirs of said Moosekenugh shortly after procured 2 or 3 credible witnesses who stated in detail that they had frequently seen his certificate and read the same that the purport of it was a discharge from a Military Service of three years or more.
That said papers were also sent and rejected on the ground that the witnesses did not state the name of the Officer who signed said certificate.
And this deponent further saith that the foregoing statement was drawn up from her recollection by deponent that deponent may have erred in some particulars but believes to be mainly correct and further saith not.
Henry Wynkoop
Sworn and subscribed to this twenty first day of May 1838 before me.
Sylvester Spencer Notary Public

State of New York } Ulster County } Jerry William D. Dick Being well known to me and on his oath Deposeth & saith that he is of the age of sixty four years that he is the son of Captain Matthew De- -derick D. Dick. - that he is acquainted with his hand writing. - and that the signa- -ture "Matthew Dederick" to the within certificate is the hand writing of his said Deceased Father to the best of his knowledge & belief - also says his Father went by the appellation of Capt. Matthew Dederick up to the time of his death. and further saith not. Jerry Wm Dederick  In presence of Wm H Russell
Sworn & subscribed before me this 2 d day July 1888
Wm H Russell
Notary Public
Notary Public
State of New York } Ulster County } I, John D. Dederick of the County of Ulster do hereby certify that Wm H Russell whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit of Jerry Wm Dederick, was at the time of taking such af- fidavit a Commissioner in and for the County aforesaid commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with such Commissioner and truly believe his signature to the certificate of his appointment is genuine to the best of my knowledge & belief. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 3 rd day of February 1888 John Dederick

West Camp august the 21 th 1704
This is to Certify that the Bearer Henrick moose, has Lived in this Neighborhood this Four years and has behaved himself Faithful, and Honest, and has Appeared to be a Friend to the Cause of America During said time and is Also permitted to pass and Repass from this place to Pensilvania given from under my hand
Matthew Dederick Capt.
State of New York Ulster County To Whom it may Concern

Certificate of the Duties of the

State of Pennsylvania Berks County ss
Peter Stiehler of the age of about seventy five years Being Duly Sworn Deposeth and saith that he was Born in the Town of Reading in said County and that He served in the Revolutionary War in the year 1777 after the Battle of Germantown, and that he was in the Battle of Brandywine, that his Company was under the Command of General Irvine, who was taken Pri- soner, and that Col n Bull got the Command of that Brigade and further says that he was personally acquainted with Henry Muhlen- berg, who was also a Private Soldier in said Army. - But How long said Muhlen- berg served this Deponent cannot say. Sworn & Subscribed Before me this 20 th day of October 1833 in the Town of Reading in said County
William D. Lewis Justice of the Peace
Peter Stiehler
And I further Certify that I am well

Acquainted with Peter Stichter the above Deponent, and that he is fully entitled to be believed truth & veracity.
Edward Stichter
State of Pennsylvania Berks County ss.
I, Fred Gallace Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of said County, do certify that Curtis Lewis Esquire whose name is subscri- bed to the foregoing affidavit and before whom the same was taken was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized & Commission- ed, and that full faith and credit are due and of right ought to be given to all official acts by him done of which the foregoing is one.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, which is the seal of My office, this 30 th day of October A.D. 1835
Fred Gallace, Prothon. 3

and further this Deposition is not sworn & subscribed before me in the town of Reading in said County this 20 th day of October 1835
Valentine Brubaker
[Handwritten signature of Valentine Brubaker]
Justice of the peace
And I the Subscriber further certify that I am personally acquainted with Valentine Brubaker the above Deposer, and that he is fully entitled to truth & veracity
[Handwritten signature of the Subscriber]
Justice of the peace
State of Pennsylvania Berk Co. ss.
I Jacob Sollade Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County. Do certify that Curtis Lewis Esquire whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavits and before whome the same was taken was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace duly authorized & Commissioned and that full faith and credit are due and of right ought to ought to be given to all Official acts by him done, of which the foregoing is one. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court which is the seal of my office this 20 th day of October Anno Domini 1835.
J. Sollade, Proth.

State of Pennsylvania Berks County ss
Valentine Brobst of the age of About seventy two two Being Duly Sworn Depo- -sets and saith that he was Born in the Town of Albany in said County of Berks and that he was personally acquainted with Henry Munsigameth (a Taylor by Trade) of Macedonia Township. that he work d with his Brother Anthony Muns- Keneigh also a Taylor. Saw the said Henry frequently at Henry Muns also in said Town Shop, and that the said Henry MunsKeneigh afterwards - in the year 1776. or 1777 joined the Revolution- -ary army in a Corps called the Flying Camp. and some seven or eight months after he the said Henry returned again, and he this Deponent saw him several times in said County & Town of Reading. and soon after the said

said Henry Mensekamp Enlisted in the Standing army, and marched away with one of the Pennsylvania Regiments and the Deponent did not see him the said Henry for some two or three years, un- -til he saw him in the Army (he this De- -ponent was a Teamster in the Army) and when they met there was great rejoic- -ing, and this Deponent further says not many months after that he the said Henry Mensekamp was dis- -charged in or near the State of New York, after and went away and after which he heard nothing of him, and after heard from this De- -ponent Enquiry of his Brother Anthony what had become of Henry, who said he did not know, - and this Deponent further says, that some years afterwards, saw him the said Henry Mensekamp once more in the said State of Pennsylvania at County of Berks,

Berks County Pa.
Christian Miller of the town of Reading County of Berks Pa State of Pennsylvania being duly Sworn deposeth and saith that he is Seventy Six years of Age that he is a Soldier of the revolutionary war that this de- ponent in the Spring of the year 1777 Enlisted in a Regiment of Artillery of the Pennsylvania line in a Company commanded by Capt Duffy that deponent with said Company Marched to Mud Fort near Philadelphia and there Joined the main army of the Pennsylvania line commanded by Genl Wayne that a Number of said Regiments were there that he remembers one commanded by Colonel Sturt that deponent with said Army went into the battle of Brandy

wine from there went into winter Quarters was also in the battle of Germantown and various other Skirmishes and battles and Marches through the State of New Jersey and New York and was discharged in the month of January 1781 after a Service of nearly four years And this deponent further saith that while in winter Quarters in Valley Forge deponent became acquainted with a private Soldier by the name of Henry Moore being a taylor by trade also of the Pennsylvania line in a Regiment Commanded by Col Stuart that said Moorskenug told deponent he was from the County of Berks & was en- listed for three years that deponent frequently & at different times and places called on said Moorskenug for the term of nearly three years and deponent very likely believes that the said Moorskenug remained with the army as a private Soldier for the term of three years or more and was discharged near the line of the State of New York or Virginia

but at what particular time deponent does not then know further this deponent saith not - Sworn and Subscribed before me this 20 th { Christian Miller of October 1835
Lewis Rees Justice of the Peace
I do hereby certify that I am well ac- quainted with the above named Chris- tian Miller that he is a man of truth and veracity and has oaths entitled to full cred- it and belief
Lewis Rees J P
Pennsylvania
Berks County ss.
I Jacob Dallada Prothonotary of the court of common Pleas of said County do certify that Lewis Rees Esquire whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit and before whom the same was taken, was at the time of taking the same duly autho- rized and commissioned as a Justice of the Peace and that full faith and credit are due and of right ought to be given to all official acts by him done of which the foregoing is one, &c.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court, which is the seal of my office, this 20 th day of October A.D. 1835
Jac. Dallada Protho y
I do hereby certify that I am well ac- quainted with the above named Chris- tian Miller that he is a man of truth and veracity and has oaths entitled to full cred- it and belief
Oct 20 1835

State of Pennsylvania 3 d Dauphin County p 3
Simon Folk of the town of Harrisburg County of Dauphin and State of Pennsylvania being duly Sworn deposeth and saith that he is Eighty four years of age that this deponent was a Soldier of the Revolutionary war and was a private in a corps called Flying Camp for five months nearly at the commencement of the Rev- olutionary war and that the Spring following deponent Enlis- -ted in one of the Pennsylvania Regiments for three years in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Hand in Captain James Ross's Company that deponent enlisted in the town of Lancaster and went with said Company to Philadel- -phia and there joined the Regiment that deponent was well acquainted with Heinrich Moosekenig of the town of Moredonia who was also a Soldier of the Revolutionary war that he first saw the said Moosekenig with the Army in one of the Regiments called Pennsylvania line as a private Soldier and as this deponent believes was in the year 1777 that the said Moosekenig in the same army with deponent was in the battle of Germantown also in the battle of Monmouth and in several other Engagements and Skirmishes during the time in which deponent was engaged as a private Soldier during deponent's enlistment that the said Moosekenig was also engaged as deponent believes for the term of three years that deponent frequently saw the said Moosekenig marching with the Army through the States of New Jersey & New York and in the different Cam- -paigns that occurred during said term of enlistment and this deponent further saith that he was a particular friend of said Moosekenig who was a Tailor by trade and well knew that said Moosekenig served the full term of his enlistment viz three years or more and was discharged in the State of New York or New Jersey and as deponent believes was in the year 1780 and this deponent further says that deponent served under several different officers during said war the names deponent does not recollect that deponent does not know under what officer said Moosekenig served neither has he seen said Moosekenig since and this

deponent further saith not
Simon D. Dole
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 30 day of November 1835
J. Montgomery
On the 30 th of Novem r . 1835. Personally appeared before me Simon Dole the above named deponent and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the foregoing affidavit and I certify that I am personally acquainted with this deponent and that he is fully entitled to credit and belief and is Honorable in his Drayage actions
J. Montgomery Justice of the Peace of Dauphin Co. Pennsylvania
John Roberts Dauphin County Pa
I John Roberts Prothonotary of the court of common Pleas of said county do certify that James Montgomery Esq r whose name appears to the foregoing deposition and certificate was at the time of executing the same and yet is a justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned & qualified to all whom official acts full faith and credit are and of right ought to be given, and that the above signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Harrisburg this 5 th day of December A.D. 1835
For Mr. Roberts Pro Tas. Cowden

State of New York Ulster County ss. I, Adam Moore personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in the County aforesaid, and was duly sworn by me. Depo- -sets and saith, that he is of the age of about 80 years, and that he has been well acquainted with Henry Mooskumugh, of the town of Saugerties, from his infancy, and has, always, understood from the said Mooskumugh that he had been a soldier of the Revolutionary War, that he had been enlisted for three years, and served the full time of his enlistment, that after which he had obtained his discharge, and travelled from the army to Ulster County, that he had been taken up at Kingston by one of the Commanding Officers, as a deserter, and that he had then produced his discharge. - that said Officer there- on production of said discharge, ask d him many questions about the Army &c. - gave him his dinner and what he wish d to drink, and then return d him his discharge & said he could go about his business. - that after he was married, he settled on a new farm, was poor, and had no conveniences to deposit his papers &c. and gave his papers, and his discharge - to his wife for safe keeping, who placed them in a basket with her caps &c. &c. and after many years - these papers &c. were very frequently shifted, and the discharge was not con- -sidered of any value, his wife propos d to throw it into the fire, to which he assented, and it was consumed, and that he heard him, the said Henry Mooskumugh, and also the wife of the said Mooskumugh, very frequently, relate the circumstances, about said discharge, - and the loss of it, many times, before the Pension Act was passed - or even thought of it by either of them, that he has heard said state- -ments, from them, when together, - and also apart from each other, as well before his application for a Pension, as since, - and that he has very often heard the wife of the said Mooskumugh, (she being his mother) regret, that she so foolishly had destroyed said discharge, - but that she has not believ d it worth any thing when she had done it, - and he further deposes and saith that the said Henry Mooskumugh, as also his wife, were members of the Lutheran

assured Church, and here to doth thirty moral & example- -rary in all their transactions. Wants Never, allow any swearing, vulgar language, or any improper conduct whatsoever, in their family, and further he saith not. Given under my hand before me This 12 th day of December 1835
Adam Moore
Henry Wynkoop one of the
Judges of the County Courts of the County of Ulster
Ulster County ss. I Jeremiah Russell of the age of about thirty years. Personally appeared before me and upon his oath de- -poses & saith that he has been acquainted with Henry Muskensugh, & his wife for nearly or quite forty years. that he worked several months for the said Muskensugh. when he this Deponent was fifteen years of age, and upwards and that he has very often heard from him the said Mus- -kensugh, as also from his wife, the same statements in every respect, as set forth in the foregoing Deposition made by Adam Moore, and fully concurs in the parts therein stated, and particularly of his discharge & the loss of it. &c. - all and also that they were strictly moral, honest & religious in their family, and further he saith not.
Given under my hand before me This 14 th day of December 1835
Henry Wynkoop one of the Judges of the County Courts of the County of Ulster
Jeremiah Russell
I do hereby certify that I am personally acquaint- -ed with Adam Moore and Jeremiah Russell the above deponents that they are both respectable persons and that their statements are entitled to full credit & belief Henry Wynkoop
State of New York
County of Ulster ss: I Rodney A. Clipp Deputy Clerk of the County of Ulster and of the Court of Common Pleas of said County. Do hereby certify that Henry Wynkoop Esq whose

whose name is subscribed to the two foregoing certify and before whom the two preceding affidavits were taken and his name thereto subscribed - was on the dates of the said certificate and affidavits one of the judges of the County Courts in and for said County of Ulster.
And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said judge and verily be- lieve that the signature of "Henry Wykkoop" subscri- bed to said certificate and affidavits is genuine
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this eighteenth day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty five
R A Clipp Deputy Clerk

State of New York Ulster County ss 3
subs
Wilhelmus Enrich of the Town of Saugerties County of Ulster State of New York do hereby certify that he is of the about thirty five years of age that he has always resided in the town of Saugerties, that he has been in the service of the Revolutionary War, and that in or about the year 1781 he became acquainted with Henry Muskhung who then came to the town of Saugerties a soldier of the Revolution, that he then became acquainted with the said Muskhung and has been intimate with him and lived near him, (with the exception of a few years) until the decease of the said Muskhung which was about the last of August 1835, that he this deponent had a particular conversation with him the said Muskhung shortly after his arrival at this place concerning the Army, his services, the Battles he had been engaged in &c. And that he gave a minute detail of his arduous sufferings & services of about four years, that he related to him a great variety of facts which this deponent here to be true from good information that he bro't out his discharge purporting to have been signed by one of the commanding officers of the Revolutionary War, that this deponent examined it and verily believes it was dated Kingston N.Y. and was for three or four years services & an honorable discharge from said services that he this deponent is a German & consequently became intimate that the said Muskhung was a Tailor by trade, married his wife a near neighbor of this deponent, and afterword gave up his trade and became a Farmer and finally was in fair circumstances, that he soon became a member of the Lutheran Church with this deponent and was in full communion until the time of his death, that he was always considered honest & fully entitled to truth & veracity this deponent further says that he held a Letter Commission in the Militia of the State of New York after the War and held the same until after he was exempted by Law & further this deponent says that that he the said Muskhung was taken up at Kingston N.Y. on his arrival at that place from the Army as a deserter by Col Snyder & that the said Muskhung produced his discharge to the satisfaction of Col Snyder who then released him gave him a Dinner & said he was at liberty to do as he liked & further he says he not
Sworn and subscribed November 3 rd 1835 before me My mind Part Justice of the Peace his Wilhelmus Enrich Mark

Ulster County ss.
On the 3 rd day of November in the year 1835 Before the undersigned Mr. Preston of the peace of said County came the within Named Deponent and made oath in due form of Law to the truth of the within affidavit. and that formity he was a good Penman. but in consequence of infirmity in his right hand. he cannot conveniently write his name and I certify that I am well acquainted with the said Wilhelmus Emink. the above Deponent. that he is a Man of Truth and veracity and his statement Entitled to full credit -
Mynard Post Justice of the peace
State of New York
County of Ulster ss 3 d I Rodney A Clipp Deputy Clerk of the County of Ulster and of the Court of Common Pleas of said County. Do hereby certify that Mynard Post Esquire whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate and affidavit before whom the preceding affidavit was taken and his name thereto subscribed was on the date of the said certificate and affidavit a justice of the peace in and for said County of Ulster - And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe that the signature of "Mynard Post" subscribed to said certificate and affidavit is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County of Ulster This eighteenth day of December One thousand eight hundred and thirty five
R A Clipp Deputy Clerk
W. L. ... Deo.

State of New York Schoharie County
I Harmonus Bear of the Town of Cobles - Kill in the County aforesaid of the age of about 64 Years Being duly Sworn Deposeth and saith that in or about the Year 1780 he Became acquainted with Henry Mussgang, at West Camp in the Town of Sangerland in the County Of Ulster. Who came to said Town from the Revolutionary War as this Deponent was in- -formed, that he had the appearance of a Soldier, his Cloathing. Hat &c. that he was a Taylor by Trade, and after a few Years got Married to this Deponents Sister, and soon gave up the Taylor's Trade and became a Farmer. that he this de- -ponent was very Intimate with him the said Mus- -gang from the time of his coming to said Town of Sangerland, until his Disease, that he lived a Neigh- -bour to him for a good portion of the time. that he Related to him at various times, the cir- -cumstances of his becoming a Soldier, of the Battle that he had been Engaged in, and that he had been taken prisoner by the British, and that he had worked for them at his Trade while a prisoner, and that he had afterwards been Exchanged, and Joined the American army again, and Mentioned
He ... no ... discharge ...

over many Circumstances About his Services in the Revolutionary War and About his Sufferings and Difficulties in the Army, and this Deponent fur- -ther says, that he the said M c Gehee had two Certificates in his possession, one of which purport- -ing to be his Certificate of Joining the church, and the other purporting to be an Honorable Discharge of the Revolutionary war. Signed by the proper Officer - and this Deponent further says, that he the said M c Gehee soon joined the Lutheran Church and Became a Member, and was in full Communion, as this Deponent Believes, until the time of his Death, - that when he Became a farmer he was Poor, and was Very Indus- -trious, and Raised a considerable Large family Bought a Farm of Wild Land and Laboured hard to pay his Lands and Support his family But Became unhealthy and was obliged to Sell out his Lands, and Bought a farm of old Lands, and his Health became Better and finally was Fortunate and made a good Living and Became in good - Fair Circumstances, and in all his Trans- -actions in Life he was honorable Bore a good Character and was fully Entitled to Cre- -dit and Belief. This Deponent further says

that he lived in the town of Saugerties until the year 1815 and further this Deponent saith not. sworn and subscribed this 14th day of November 1835 before me Henry Shaper a Judge of Schoharie Common Pleas
Harmanus Boon
On the 14th day of Nov. 1835 Personally appeared before me Harmanus Boon, the Above named Deponent and Made oath in Due form of Law to the truth of the foregoing affi- -davit, and I certify that I am personally acquainted with the Deponent, and that he is justly entitled to credit Belief to his Honorall in his transactions.
Henry Shaper a Judge of Schoharie Common Pleas
State of New York Schoharie County } ss
I Abraham A Keyser, clerk of the court of common pleas in and for the county aforesaid, do certify that Henry Shaper Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been taken, and by whom the preceding certificate is subscribed, was on the 14th day of November 1835, a Judge of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Schoharie aforesaid, duly commis- sioned and sworn; that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge, and that his sig- natures above subscribed are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court, this eighteenth day of No- vember 1835. A. A. Keyser Clerk
me, upon discharge re

State of New York Ulster County ss
John Bear of the town of Saugerties County and State aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is Seventy five years of age that he was well acquainted with Henry Moose or Moore Kenney of the same place. that at or near the close of the revolutionary war said Moose Kenney came into the town of Saugerties and worked at the Taylors trade in the neighborhood of deponent and as deponent could speak the German language he soon became intimately acquainted with said Moose Kenney and was informed by him that he was a Pennsylvanian that he had served three years or more in the United States Army as a private Soldier that immediately after being discharged he came in Saugerties through the town of Kingston where he was suspected as a deserter but after showing his written discharge he was well treated by the Committee of Safety and permitted to proceed. that he has had frequent conversation about the Events of the revolution with said Moose Kenney, that said the Moose Kenney has showed his written discharge in the presence of deponent that at one time deponent heard said discharge read that according to the best of deponents recollection it was a discharge from a service of three years or more. And this deponent further saith said Moose Kenney was a Taylor by trade and was a poor man but by that he married into a respectable family and by his industry and economy he became a respectable and independent farmer and was

as deponent believes to the day of his death a member in full communion of the Luthe- rean church in said town of Saugerties and further this deponent saith not
Sworn and subscribed John his Bear before me this 12 th day of mark
December 1835 Judge of the Henry Wynkoop one of the County Court of the County of Ulster
I do hereby certify that I personally acquaint- ed with John Bear the above deponent and believe his reputation for truth and to be good and is a credible witness
Henry Wynkoop
J. Bunn, Deputy State of New York County of Ulster ss } I Rodney A. Cliffs Deputy Clerk of the County of Ulster and of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Do hereby certify that Henry Wynkoop Esquire whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate and before whom the preceding affidavit was taken and his name thereto subscribed was on the day of the date of the said certificate and affidavit a judge of the County Courts in and for said County of Ulster And further certify that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said judge and verily believe that the signature of Henry Wynkoop subscribed to the said certificate and affidavit is genuine — In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County of Ulster this eighteenth day of December one thousand eight hun- dred and thirty five R. A. Cliffs Deputy Clerk

New York Schoharie County ss
I Charles W. Chipp clerk of the Courts in & for said County of Ulster do hereby certify that at a Court of Oyer and terminer held on the Seventh day of October in the year one thousand Eight hundred and thirty five in the village of Kingston in and for said County of Ulster Present the Honorable Addison Gaudner Judge of the Eighth district of the said State of New York, Abraham A. Deyo, Samuel Stillwell Wells Lake and Henry Wynkoop Judges of the County Courts of said County of Ulster It was satisfactorily proved to said Court that Henry Moosekenig of the town of Saugerties of said County and State Died on the thirty first day of August in the year one thousand Eight hundred and thirty five. that he left no widow that Elizabeth Russell wife of Jeremiah Russell Antie Brightmeyer wife of William Brightmeyer Lena Emrick, wife of Peter Emrick Peter Moore and Adam Moose are his only children all over the age of twenty one years and that said Henry Moosekenig Previous to his death was an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed the 7 th of June 1832 that he is the identical Henry Moosekenig named in the annexed declaration returned from the Pension office of the United States
Aug 1835
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court and County at Kingston the day and year first above written
Chas. W. Chipp clerk

INVALID. WIDOW, &c.
Rev y
File No. 47.526
Henry Moosekenug Pri, Col Murray Pen
Act 1832
Index: Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

REJECTED
7360
P. O. _____
Henry Mooskenny
Service: See Soldier Adm t 47.526
4. Wykloop Ct. 24'35" N. Dickles Jan. 26,
Enlisted: May 3, June 30 + Dec. 29, 1836.
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

New York
Rev - 7360.
Henry Mookemuy
Suspended
In Lit to Hanc. Sickles
June 30 th 1836
Same Dec 29. 1836

New York
Rev.
Henry Moonkenny
Suspended
In Lit to Henry Wynn Hoop
Oct 24. 1835
At to Hon. N. Sitchles 26. Jan. 36.
do same with papers May 3? 1836.

Henry Moosekneugh Hon. N. Lickles wants the papers — Let me see them

Mother out a Certificate to Children at $80 to commence 14 March 1831 and to terminate 31 Aug 1835

Hon. John Eli H. R.
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington D.C.
July

Schenectada Feb: 18 th 1840
To J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Sir.
The application of Henry Muskenough has been committed to my agency by Mr. Russell G. Gage, son in law of the applicant. Muskenough died 21 st Aug t 1835, leaving no widow, and the following named children who are entitled to the pension viz Eliz a Russell, Antie Rightmyer Lena Emrick, Peter Moose & Adam Moose.
Mr Russell informs me that the testimony adduced of the service of Muskenough was so strong, that you were pleased to observe, if two reputable witnesses were procured who could testify that they saw Muskenough in the service & knew that he had enlisted & you would grant a pension. Not only two, but four times that number of witness- es it would seem have been produced, and you lastly objected on the ground that his name was not found on any Muster Rolls in your office.
This case, it appears, has already undergone several examinations, and I would not trouble you further in the premises, were it not in my power to produce the documentary evidence wanted.

The original pay Roll will be sent as soon as I can obtain it from the owner who is now from home.
Very respectfully
Yours S r Servt
Giles T. Hales

V. J. L. Edwards Sister. Regularity of life.

War Department Pension Office
Octob 24. 1835
Sir, The papers in the case of Henry Moore Re- dug have been examined. The claimant states in his declaration that he served five months in the year 1776 in Captain Mouseners company of the Corps called the Flying Camp and in 1777 enlisted for three years in the 2 d Regiment of the Pennsylvania line in a company commanded by Lieut Stoy, that in January 1778 he was taken prisoner and confined in jail in the city of Philadelphia and while so confined, being a tailor by trade, made clothes for the British about three months; that on or about the first of June he was sent to Elizabeth town and exchanged. To the town in the 2 d Pennsylvania regiment it is objected that the name of the claimant is not found on the rolls thereof; Several Widowers testify to having seen him in service at different periods.

from 1776 to 1778; but the rule applicable to this case requires proof as to the time of entering and of leaving the regiment; His employment in the service of the enemy for three months during the period of his alleged imprisonment, likewise tends to discredit his claim to the service in question and renders a strict compliance with the rule indispensable.
Respectfully
(Your Obedient
J. L. Edwards)
Henry Wynn Hook Esq. Present

Hon. John Ely H.R.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington D.C.

To J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Sir.
I forwarded to you a few days ago, a copy of an original roll in the matter of the application of Henry Muskemugh for a pension under the act of 7 th June 1832. I now send the original roll , which as it is the property of a private individ- ual (the Rev. Dr. Sprague of Albany) I do not wish to part with it. I shall be obliged to you to have you return it after having been inspected & compared, to. Your ob d Serv t
Giles H. Wells
Schenectada Feby 11 th 1840