Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9149, Elijah Cady, [BLANK]

NUMBER
Elijah
S 9149
barred

14538 New York
1883 AD history to DC Eaton of New Haven
Elizah Gady
of Columbia in the State of New York who was a Private in the Com y commanded by Captain Gady — of the Reg t commanded by Col Whiting — in the New York line for 7 Months 28 days 2 " 28. "
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 87 — Dollars. 75 — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of May, 1833 — and Part 16. of the same thereof — — —
Arrears to the 1 st of March 1833. . 175 50 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 th Sep r 1833. . 43. 87 $219 37
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk, Book C o Vol. 4 Page 50
Pensioner Chatham Columbia

State of New York Columbia County
On this 24 th day of January of the year 1833. personally appeared before me J. Mansfield, out of court, one of the justices of the justice court of the City of Hudson in said county. Elijah Cady a resident of the Town of Chatham in said county, aged eighty five years last March, who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he was born in the town of Coeymans in the State of Connecticut on the 8 th day of March in the year 1747 that he has the records of his age in his family Bible now in his possession presented before me the justice aforesaid - That he lived in said county till he was seven years of age. Then his father moved to the town of Otis in Berkshire County in the State of New York. He lived in said town till 1762 when his father moved to Canaan in Columbia County aforesaid - a part of which town is now called Chatham.
That in January of the year 1775 he volunteered a private in the company of Captain Ebenezer Cady & Regiment of Col. Wm. B. Whiting to go & disarm Sir John Johnson. Lieutenant Col. Asa Witehead had com- mand at this time. When they arrived at Albany Genl. Schuyler took command - they marched to Johnstown & effected their object & returned after an absence of one week. Again in the month of June in the same year viz 1775 he volunteered as a private in the same company & Regiment aforesaid commanded by the same Officers & he was with that Major Beman was in the same Regiment They marched via Albany, on to Fort Edward where he was in service one month, returning

hoops the first of July in the same year In the month of May of the year 1776 he received a commission of ensign in the company of said Captain Dorrance body & Regiment of said M c R. Whiting, signed by Governor Clinton. During the months of June & July of the same year he was ordered out in said company aforesaid to join a detachment under command of Major Hose of Kinderhook. He then acted under his said commission for the first time. They scoured the woods & hiding places in every direction through the county in search of Tories who had hide- ed one man wounded there. He was in actual service during said months - one full month at Poughkeepsie when his company was discharged Again about the first of August of the same year 1776 his company was ordered out to Cherry Valley. Captain Dorrance being sick, the applicant was ordered to take command of the com- pany. They marched via Albany & Schenectady to Cherry Valley. There Capt Dorrance joined them & Colonel Gage. He then had command of all the troops stationed there. They were out on scouts at different times & were only discharged at the expiration of six weeks, about the middle of September. Again about the first of October of the same year, his said company was ordered out to go to Fort Edward. Colonel Whiting had command of the Regiment as usual. On ar- riving at Greenbush, Gen Schuyler came over the River from Albany & told Col. Whiting he must send some one back for provisions to be conveyed to Fort Edward. Master Josiah Warner was sent back accordingly & the Regiment pushed on to Fort Edward. This applicant was in service there till about the middle of November when the Regiment was duly discharged after a service of six weeks

Again about the first of July of the year 1777 said Colonel Whiting's Regiment was ordered to Fort Edward on a part of it. This applicant company was said last body in command of the ensign as aforesaid. They marched via Greenbush & camped at Wolfsonoon point. He went to take George to bring away & dis- troy the provisions &c. He assisted in setting fire to two sloops & blow up the magazine there. He recollects that Colonel Lewis gave orders to des- troy the grain in the fields. He thinks it will be thinks they were joined by the troops from Ticonderoga. After returning from Lake George, Genl. Schuyler gathered the troops around him & made an address & then discharged half of the militia to take care of their farms. The applicant was then sick with the camp complaint & was brought home & remained sick & unable to go out till the sur- render of Burgoyne or about the first of October when his company arrived home. He thinks alone remained with his company & had he not been sick he would have been there to be present at the surrender.
Again in the autumn of 1778 on an alarm of Indians at the north he was ordered out of Greenbush & arrived in same company regiment to go to Schenectady where he tarried 2 weeks two weeks — Again on a similar alarm in the summer of 1779 he was ordered out in same company & regiment to Schenectady 2 weeks & lay there two full weeks —
Again on another alarm in the autumn of 1780 he was ordered out in same company & regiment, marched to Schenectady & there awaited for further orders — One day in the after- noon they discovered the flames of Schoharie They immediately marched in pursuit of the In- dians. They pushed on to Fort Hunter & found no provisions there. They pushed on a day & a half without any food. Governor Clinton was with them & advised to discontinue the pursuit.

They then returned to McMinnville & then returned home after a service of one full month 1 month during this time he saw the skirmish across the River Mohawk when Col. Brown was killed - And this applicant further declares that by reason of old age, senescence, loss of memory he can not swear positively as to the precise time of entering service at each particular period, but he can swear positively that he was in actual service during the revolution as a private five weeks - 5 weeks as an ensign in Capt. Hardy's company & Col. Whiting's Regiment ten full months, making in all his said service eleven months & a quarter And he further says that he has never had any written discharge - that he has lost his said dis- mission within a few years & can nowhere find it - that he has always served a good term & has above stated the names of officers as near as he can rec- ollect - that he has no other military evidence & records of nothing witnesses whose testimony he can obtain besides those given with such that he hereby relinquishes all claim to any pension or annuity except the present & that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. That he is acquainted with any clergyman who resides in town & can refer the Department to his neighbors Andrew Pratt & Doctor Eleanor Root who can testify to his character for truth & veracity & his reputation as a soldier of the Revolution - That since the Revolution he has resided in Chatham aforesaid
his Elijah Hardy Munk
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid J. W. Fairfield Justice of the peace

State of New York
Columbia County } ss Ebenezer L. Cady being duly sworn says that he is a son of the above named Applicant that he has frequently for forty years back heard his father the said applicant speak of his services of the Revolution & that what he has heard him say coincides truly with the above declaration. That he has frequently seen his father's said commission of Ensign many years since dead it & knows that it was an Ensign's Com- mission to said Elijah Cady —
Sworn & subscribed this
24 th day of Jan y . 1883
J. W. Fairfield Justice as aforesaid }
Ebenezer L. Cady
(We Anson Pratt & Eleazer Root hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elijah Cady who has subscribed hereto to the above declaration - that we believe him to be eighty five years of age - That he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Subscribed hereto this
Thirtieth day of January 1883.
I do hereby certify that the above named A. Pratt and
Eleazer Root
A. Pratt
Eleazer Root our Men of
truth and veracity and good
Moral Character — Russell B. Fishke Justice

I, William Field , the aforesaid Justice of the Justice Court, hereby declare my opinion after investigating the matter & putting the interrogatories pre- scribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution & served as he states. And I further certify that the said applicant is very infirm & totally unable to appear in open court. And I further certify that Anderson Pratt & Eliza Pratt, who have signed the preceding certificate, could not appear in open court without much trouble & expense. That they are both men of truth & veracity & their statement is intitled to credit. And I further certify that Eliza Pratt, who has subscribed her name to the pre- ceding affidavit, is a man of good moral charac- ter. This statement is intitled to credit. William Field Justice as aforesaid
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22613
Elijah Lady Columbia co. New York
W. Fairfield, Hudson New York.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Elijah Cady, Columbia county, 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.     Volunteer 1775 1 private Elijah Cady Col. Whiting Johnstown Albany 85 Columbia N.Y. tradition   do 1776 1 Ensign do do   do — 1 12 do do do Cherry Valley two witnesses prove being in service under Ensign Cady   do — 1 12 do do do Fort Edward   do 1777 4 do do do Greenbush   1778 14 Fort George Lieutenant Warner of the said company, proves being a member of campaigns with applicant to the north.   1780 14 Sandy Hill   1 Tiadesaga   Schenebady  
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

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

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Elijah Cady a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( original ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. File 9,149
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775 5 wks. Private   1776 4 mos. Ebenezer Cady Wm B. Whiting N. Y.   1777 4 mos. Ensign   1778 2 wks.   Summer 1779 2 wks.   autumn 1780 1 mo.  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Canaan, Columbia Co., New York.
Date of application for pension, Jany. 24, 1833. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Chatham, Columbia Co., N. Y.
Age at date of application, born Mch. 8, 1747 at Coventry, Conn.
Remarks: son Ebenezer J. Cady alive in 1833.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev War
9149
1911 Hl. 13. Hist to Mrs. E. J. Slemmons
INVALID.
File No. 9149
Elijah Bady Ensign Rev War
Act: June 14 32
Index: Vol. 102 , Page 59
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Elijah Cady Application
W Fairfield Hudson

We Benjamin Lovejoy and Isaac Webster do certify who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we are well acquainted with Elijah Gady, and believe him to be about Eighty five years of age -
As I Benjamin Lovejoy do further certify that some time during the Revolutionary War I belonged to Capt. Ebenezer Gady's company of Militia as a private and that I believe in the year 1777 or 8 (as to the time I am not certain) said company was called out to oppose the Indians in the vicinity of the Mohawk River and that Elijah Gady was the Ensign of said company and acted as such during the time we were out which was one month or more as near as I can recollect
And I Isaac Webster do also further certify that I belonged to Capt. Ebenezer Gady's company of Militia as a private and that same time during the Revolutionary War said company was ordered out to go to Cherry Valley and that Elijah Gady was Ensign in said company and acted as such during the time we were out and until said company was discharged -
And we Benjamin Lovejoy and Isaac Webster do say that Elijah Gady is reported and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been out in the service of his country at several times during the War and to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion -
Subscribed & Sworn this second day of February 1833 -
Benj m Lovejoy Isaac Webster
P. P. Fisher Justice
I do hereby certify that the above named Benjamin Lovejoy & Isaac Webster are Men of truth and verac- ity and good moral character { P. P. Fisher Justice

State of New York Columbia County ss
I Joseph Warren of the Town of Athens in the County of Green and State of New York do hereby certify that he is well acquainted with Elijah Cady of the Town of Chatham and many years (and during the American Revolution) knew a near neighbour to him that he was ensign in a Company commanded by Capt. Ebenezer Cady in a Regiment of New York Militia commanded by Col. William B. Schuyler and that this defendant was a Lieutenant in the same Company and that he the defendant further saith that he has been with the said Elijah Cady a Number of Campaigns to the North and West at different times & years that the said Elijah Cady served as ensign in the said Company about five years during which time was frequently called into actual service that the said Elijah Cady during the Revolution was a diligent and active man and marched out all times and all occasions when the safety of the Country required that he can not state the precise number of Months that Cady was in actual service But will state with confidence that the whole service performed by the said Elijah Cady was not less than one year
Sworn & Subscribed the 26 th day of June 1832 before me
Elijah Warren
Dwight Pettibone Comt. of clerk

State of New York { I, Joseph D. Monell Clerk of said County do Columbia County } certify that J. M. Fairfield, before whom the preceding declaration, affidavit & certificate were taken, was at the date thereof one of the justices of the justices court in & for the city of Hudson; that R. B. Friesen, before whom the preceding certificate & affidavit purport to have been sworn, was, at the date of the same a jus- tice of the peace in & for said County, that David W. Patterson, before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same a commissioner of Deeds in & for said County - that I am acquainted with the hand writing of each of the said officers & be- lieve their respective names, subscribed to the aforesaid papers to be their proper hand writing & signatures
(Witness my hand & seal of office this 12 th day of Feby 1833.
J. D. Monell

I certify that I have frequently taken the deposition of the above named Josiah Warner, & that he was a man of truth & veracity & his statements worthy of credit. I make this certificate because the officer before the statement was taken is absent & his certificate cannot now be obtained. It was omitted through mistake, at the time it was taken.
J. W. Fairfield Justice of the peace
1. Deposition of Josiah Warner taken before me this day personally appeared Josiah Warner to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing deposition and acknowledged that he executed the same for the purposes and considerations therein expressed. Given under my hand and the seal of said Justice this 13th day of March 1843
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J. W. Fairfield

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State of New York } L. Joseph D. Monell Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that the above named Mr. Fairchild before whom the preceding declaration, affidavit & certificate purport to have been taken, was at the date thereof one of the justices of the justice court in & for the city of Hudson; that the above named R. B. Frisbee, before whom, the preceding certificate & affidavit purport to have been sworn, was at the date thereof of the peace in & for said County
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State of New York Columbia County ss
I Jonah Warner of the Town of Athens in the County of Greene and State of New York do hereby certify that he is well acquainted with Elijah Cady of the Town of Chatham and many years (and during the American Revolution) was a near neighbour to him that he was Ensign in a Company commanded by Capt. Ebenezer Cady in a Regiment of New York Militia commanded by Col. William B. Whitcomb and that this deponent was a Lieutenant in the same Company and that he this deponent further saith that he has been with the said Elijah Cady a Number of Campaigns to the North and West at different times years that the said Elijah Cady served as Ensign in the said Company about five years during which time was frequently cut into tactical  several  times that the said Elijah Cady during the Revolution was a diligent and active man and turned out  at all times and all seasons when the safety of the Country required that he can not state the precise number of Months the said Cady was in tactical  several  times But will state with confidence that the whole time performed by the said Elijah Cady was not less than one year
Elijah Warner
Sworn & Subscribed the 26 th day of June 1832 before me
De Witt Clinton Comt. of clerk &c

77 Glenwood Ave. Grand Rapids Mich. April 6-1911.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington. D.C.
Dear Sir: Can you give me in full the Revolu- tionary records of Elijah Cady (Ensign) in the 17 regiment, Albany Co. militia. Shall be very grateful for such informa- tion. Yours respectfully (Mrs.) E. J. Slemmons.