Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 983, Jacob Bogardus, New York

SERVICE
SERVICE New York.
Borgardus, Jacob
NUMBER _____
R 983.
CONTENTS

my name was read of office was made day of September in the year 1832
William T. B. Hemenway Clerk
CR
10.068 Declaration of Jacob Bogardus of Greeneville in the County of Greene and State of New York for a pension under the act of the 7 th June 1832

State of New York Greene County ss
On this thirty first day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before me Dorrance Kittredge Esquire first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Greene and State of New York (the said Court being a Court of record). Jacob Bogardus aged between eighty one & eighty two years, a resident of the town of Greencastle in the County of Greene and State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he was born in the town of Coxsackie in the County of Greene and State of New York on the 16 th day of September 1750 - That his sister in Law Elizabeth Bogardus of Coxsackie aforesaid has a family record in which his age is set down - That he continued to reside in the town of Coxsackie until 1777 when he removed to that is now called Greencastle in the same County, where he has resided ever since - That in the commencement of the Revolutionary war he was enrolled in a militia company commanded by Capt. Thomas Houghtaling of Coxsackie aforesaid, in a Regiment under Col: Anthony Van Bergen, both of whom are dead - Henry Van Bergen of Coxsackie also deceased was lieutenant - That upon his enrollment he was ordered to be prepared and in constant readiness for actual duty; that pursuant to such orders he proceeded

himself with arms and ammunition and so remained prepared & ready for actual duty during the whole of said war - That he considered himself bound to military service for the United States during that war -
That previous to the surrender of Burgoyne he went north of Albany and did military duty and was gone sometime but how long he cannot now say; nor does he remember the names of the officers under whose command he then went -
That he also did duty before the surrender of Burgoyne, but the year he does not recollect at Schoharie in a fort - That he was then under the command of two lieutenants of the Militia to wit Schermerhorn Tryon and Leonard Brink both of Coxsackie, both of whom are dead - That he remained there more than a month , it may have been six weeks -
That in the year 1775 in the fall of that year he did duty at a place called Hornenburgh , now Athens in the County of Greene aforesaid - that he was then commanded by Capt. Thomas Houghtaling Lieut. Nyckent Van Den Bergh both of Coxsackie now deceased - that the Militia there protected American boats & convoys & defended the country against the anticipated attacks of Tories - That he did duty there at that time about six weeks
That in the summer of 1777 he was ordered out north against the British forces under

Genl. Burgoyne - that he went under the command of the aforesaid Lieutenants Henry Van Bergen & Ryckert Van Den Berg - That he went about five miles north of Fort Edward - that the American Forces under Genl. Schuyler commenced retreating and that he remained in actual duty then until the army retreated to Saratoga - that he was in actual duty then about six weeks -
That he was also ordered to and did duty for two or three seasons at a place called Passaquacoppe in the town of Catskill in the County of Greene aforesaid - under Philip Corning a Capt. Lieutenant in the New York line of the Continental army and he believes he did actual service there from four to six months -
That he also did duty on the Mohawk river and he believes it was in the year 1779 at Johnson's Hall - That he thinks the aforesaid Henry Van Bergen & Ryckert Van Den Berg were his officers - That he was then on duty not less than two weeks - That Johnson's Hall was at least seventy miles from Coxackie -
That after he was enrolled in Thomas Houghtaling's company as aforesaid, the company was divided into classes to guard a district of country extending along the north River about twenty miles, and west from the said river about thirty or forty miles - That the said classes were alternately called out in such a manner as to have a class out constantly and thus have a guard on duty

every day and night - That the company re- -mained thus clapped & did duty for a number of successive seasons, from the spring until the fall in each year - That he did duty faithfully for three or four successive seasons in that manner - That the duty was done under different officers, both commissioned & non-commissioned; all of whom he believes to be now dead - That he cannot state precisely how much duty he did in each of those seasons, but he has no doubt he was called out & did duty generally twice a week, sometimes once and occasionally once a fortnight - That at each time one or two days & nights were devoted to the fulfilment of the duties aforesaid - That he was also called out on alarms, on other special occasions & on scouting parties - That all the services he rendered were on his own account & not as a full titute - That he has no discharge
That he is now & has been very infirm for several years last past - That his mem- -ory has considerably failed & that he cannot therefore state his services so particularly as he otherwise might be able to do - yet he has no doubt that the actual services he has rendered as a private soldier for the United States during the Revolutionary war exceed the term of two years -
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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 - Summers and subscribed the day of Jan after said before the Corral Hartland First Judge of probate
Jacob Bogart dies
be Peter Branden and Peter Bogardus Jr of the town of Greenville in the County of Greene after said hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Bogardus who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be between eighty one & eighty two years of age - That he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion - Summers subscribed the day of Jan after said before the Corral Hartland First Judge of probate
Peter Bogardus Peter Bogardus Jr
Whereupon the said Judge do hereby declare my opin- ion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department That the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states - & further that it appears to me that Peter Branden & Peter Bogardus Jr who have signed the above Certificate are Residents of the Town of Greenville in the County of Greene are credible Persons & that their statement is entitled to credit and the said Judge do further

Certify that the said applicant cannot attend court to make his declaration from bodily infirmary
Dorrance Kirtland
State of New York
Greene County ss } I William T. B. Heermance Clerk of the court of Com. mon pleas of the said county, being a court of record. do certify that Dorrance Kirtland Esq. before whom the foregoing declara- tion of Jacob Bogardus and certificate of Peter Brandow and Peter Bogardus Junr. were sworn. was at the date of the same. First Judge of the said court, and his signature annexed is his genuine signature. I further certify that Abraham Van Dyck Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit of Henry Bogardus was sworn. was at the date of the same, a commissioner of deeds of the said county and his signature annexed, is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal of office this third day of September in the year 1832
William T. B. Heermance Clerk

Jacob Bogardus
Vol. 8. page 7 - 1778 - new days 1. 6
No rolls of the company prior to 1778
rejected - see let to N. Sickles Apr. 6, 1836
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Hon. N. Sickles H R Hon John Adams House Repy U.S.

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 subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Jacob Bogardus
   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.     77. 1 12 pri Hersthauling Capt. Van Benger Col.   — 1 — do.   76 1 12 — do.   77-81 4 — do   79. 14 — do   did duty as a claps? militia man   3  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES 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) _____, who has 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.

Jacob Boogardus of Greenville, County of Greene, State of New York
Amended decln.
Ex 10 N 20 E 12 1/2
Hon. N. Sickles HR

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of Coxsackie, in the County of Greene, in the State of New York, Jacob Bogardus of Greenville, in the County and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn, deposeth & saith, that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise time 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 to wit, "That previous to the surrender of Burgoyne he went North of Albany as a private with the Regiment to which he belonged & in the same year that Burgoyne surrendered. That the Regiment to which his company belonged was commanded by Col: Anthony Van Brugen. That the company to which he belonged, at that time was commanded by Capt. Thomas Hoghaling and Lieutenant Henry Van Brugen and that he this declarant was in actual duty at that time six weeks."
That he also did duty as a private before the surrender of Burgoyne at Schoharie in a fort under Capt. Thomas Hoghaling or Capt. Henry Van Brugen, that he remained there on duty one month, he thinks six weeks.
That in the year 1776 in the fall of that year he did duty at a place called Somerburgh now Athens, in the County of Greene aforesaid. That he did duty there as a private, at that time, six weeks, under the officers named in the declaration.

4- That in the summer of 1777 he was ordered out against the British forces under Burgoyne as stated in the declaration, and that at that time he was in service as a private six weeks.
5- That he was also ordered to & did duty for two or three seasons at a place called Papa-macopae , as stated in declaration, between the years 1777 & 1781 & that he did actual service there for four months certainly as a private.
6- That he did duty in the fall of 1779 at Johnsons Hall on the Mohawk River, as a private for two weeks.
7- That he did duty and was in service as a clapped Militia man for three months certainly, in addition to the periods of service above stated.
That he did duty & was in actual service during the war of the Revolution, as a private soldier at least one year. That the officers under whom he served during all the time he was in service, were Col. Anthony Van Brugen & Captains Thomas Hoghtaling & Henry Van Brugen, who were Captains at different times, of the Company to which this declarant belonged.
That this declarant was eighty five years old on the sixteenth day of September last past. And further that he does not recollect that he served under any other Lieutenants than those mentioned in the

declaration heretofore made by him in this matter - And further this declarant saith not.
Sworn to me this 16 th day of Jacob Bogardus March 1836
The word "of the Peace" inserted on 1 st Page 2 nd Page figure 8 changed into a 7 - " " word "period" inserted, before Ex. n.
Tallmadge Fairchild Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Greene
I hereby certify that Jacob Bogardus who executed this amended declaration, is to me well known to be the person described in it - 16 th March 1836.
Tallmadge Fairchild Justice of the Peace
State of New York Greene County ss I William W. Keerman Clerk of the said County do certify that Tallmadge Fairchild Esq. before whom the foregoing amended declaration was sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace of the said County duly elected and qualified, and that his signature to said declaration is genuine.
Witness my hand and official seal this Eighteenth day of March 1836
William W. Keerman Clerk
at he did sworn

_____ Ex'r.
INVALID.
REJECTED
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1870.
9803
P. O. Jacob Bogardus
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

2 Jacob Bogardus Mar 30.
with NY
John J. P. Edwards
Washington
(26)
Hon. A. Sickles HR

Am J. L. Grandis,
Washington 29 th March 1836
Sir,
The enclosed papers have been forwarded to me with a request that they should be submitted to the Commission of Pensions, in behalf of Jacob Boyardus applying for a pension.
Yours respectfully Nicholas Sickles

State of New York Greene County ss
Wesell Salisbury of the town of Catskill in the County aforesaid aged about eighty six years being duly sworn saith that he is well acquainted with Jacob Bogardus of the town of Greenvale in the County of Greene aforesaid, and has been acquainted with him from before the commencement of the Revolutionary war - That this deponent did service for the United States in the year 1781 at a place called Passamaquoddy in the present town of Coeymans in the County of Greene aforesaid - That in the same year the aforesaid Jacob Bogardus did duty as a private soldier at the same place under Philip Coeymans a Captain Lieutenant of the New York line of the Continental Army - That this deponent frequently saw the said Jacob Bogardus on duty there, but how long he served there this deponent on account of his age cannot state - This deponent further saith that he knows, that the soldiers commanded at that place, by the said Philip Coeymans were called nine months men , and that their engagement of service was for nine months - This deponent further saith that he himself is a Pensioner - And further this deponent saith not -
Subscribed & sworn before me
Wesell Salisbury
this 16 th day of January 1836
William Salisbury } Commissioner of Deeds
And the Commissioner aforesaid do hereby certify that I am personally & well acquainted with the above named Wesell Salisbury; that he is a resident of the town of Catskill aforesaid, and that he is a person of good character & credit and that his statement is entitled to credit -
William Salisbury

State of New York
Greene County ss. }
I William F. B. Hermance Clerk of the said County do certify that William Salisbury Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit of Wepell Salisbury was sworn, was at the date of the same a Commissioner of deeds of the said County, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
Witness my hand & seal of office the fourteenth day of March 1834
William F. B. Hermance CLERK

State of New York 2 Greene County ss Henry Bogardus of the town of New Baltimore in the County of Greene being duly sworn saith that he is about seventy eight years old - That he is the Brother of Jacob Bogardus of the town of Greenville in the said County - That during the revolutionary war this deponent and his said brother resided in the town of Coxsackie in the said County - That this deponent knows that his said brother performed services in the revolutionary war as a militia man - That he and his brother went out together to Schoharie and kept guard at the middle fort - That this deponent remained there about four weeks and becoming sick returned home and left his said brother there -
And this deponent further says that he knows his said brother to have performed other military services during the said War at sundry different times on scouting parties and on alarms - and that he was truly throughout the War to the American cause - and throughout the whole war he was called out every once in a while and kept him- self constantly ready, when not in actual service
Given this 31 st day of August 1832 before me
Henry his  Bogardus mark
Abel Van Dyke Commissioner of Deeds
And I the said Commissioner do certify that I am personally and well acquainted with the above

named Henry Bogardus and that he is a resident of the town of New Baltimore, and that he is a person of good character and credit, and that his statement is entitled to credit. Robt van Dyck Commissioner
See certificate of Clerk last page -