Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,132, Jacob Bovee, New York

SERVICE
New York
Boree, Jacob
NUMBER
S. 23,132
CONTENTS

D. Aug 21. 1853
New York, 24.833
Jacob Booe
Hennelaer, in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Brown. of the Reg't. commanded by Col. Bates in the N.Y. mna. time for 13 mo. 5 days.
Enscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 43 Dollars 88 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of March 1831. and sent to Geo. R. Davis. Troy. N.Y.
  Arrears to the 4th of March '31.  $131.64    Hemi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. '34  21.99         $153.63  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Ele Brown Clerk Book E. Vol. 4 Page 109

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7, 1832.
Form for State Troops, &c.
Printed & Sold by Kemble & Hooper, 8 State-st. Troy, N.Y.
State of New York, } ss. County of Rensselaer }
On this Twenty fifth day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Rensselaer now sitting, Jacob Bovee a resident of Hoosick county of Rensselaer and State of New York, aged seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That the regiment in which he served was commanded by Peter Yates and the company was commanded sometimes by Capt Bratt and sometimes by Capt Brune - that he entered the service about the 1st of September 1777 when he was in service four or five weeks - that he again entered the service in 1778 and was engaged therein some years more and some less till 1783 - that he belonged to the militia and served at times when he was called out in the company commanded by the above named Captains at times and at other times by Capt Brune - that he does not recollect precisely the time that he served but is confident that he served in all not far from two years, having entered the service in September 1777 and being liable to be called out and being actually called out every year during the continuance of the war - that when he entered the service he lived in the town of Hoosick, in the county of Rensselaer Albany and State of New York - that he was out on scouting parties and often marched to Lake George - Lake Champlain - Crown Point - the head of the Hudson River and in that section of country - that in the year 1780 he was under the command of General Gage Clinton then Governor of the State of New York being employed at and near Ticonderoga and Crown Point - that he has no proof in any evidence of his service and knows of no person, except those whose affidavits are annexed, whose testimony he can produce
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 the agency of any State, (if any,) only on that of the agency of the State of
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Jacob Bovee mark
Archibald D. Bullock
I Solomon Wilson a Clergyman, residing in the town of Hoosick hereby certify that where I am acquainted with Jacob Bovee who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that I believe him to be seventy 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 I concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Solomon Wilson mark
Archibald D. Bullock

at an Scituate place and after marched to Lake George - Lake Champlain - Crown Point - the head of the Hudson River and in that section of country - that in the year 1780 he was under the command of General George Clinton then Governor of the State of New York being employed at and near Scituate and Crown Point - that he has no personal knowledge of his service and knows of no person, except those whose affidavits are annexed, whose testimony he can prove.
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 the agency of any State, (if any,) only on that of the agency of the State of
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Jacob his Bove mark
Archibald Bull Clerk
I Solomon Wilson a Clergyman, residing in the residing in Stockbridge aforesaid hereby certify that we are I am acquainted with Jacob Bove who who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that he believe him to be seventy - 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 he concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Solomon his Wilson mark
Archibald Bull Clerk
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
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the  and that Solomon Wilson who has also signed the same , is a resident in the Town of Stockbridge and is a credible person, and that their his statement is entitled to credit.
I, Archibald Bull Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Rensselaer do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Bove for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Twenty fifth day of September 1832.
Archibald Bull Clerk

State of New York
Rensselaer county ss } William Powell of the town of Oppenheim in the county of Montgomery in said State be- ing duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is personally acquainted with Jacob Bovee of the town of Hoosick in the county of Rensselaer in said State and that the deponent was personally acquainted with said Jacob Bovee in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight in which year the deponent removed from the town of Cambridge in the county of Washington to the said town of Hoosick in the said county of Rensselaer, then called Hoosick district. That the deponent then and during three years next following belonged to the same company of militia with the said Jacob Bovee and was often present with him in the militia service in the American Revolutionary war in the year seventeen hundred and seventy-nine eighty and eighty-one the said company being divided into two classes for the purpose of guarding the lines and of marching at a moment's warn- ing or notice to repel any attack or incur- sion of the enemy. This deponent and the said Bovee belonging to the same class - that said company was at first under the com- mand of Captain Gerrit TenBroek afterwards commanded by Captain Breese in Col. Peter Yates regiment. That the class of said company served in their turn and were commonly out from their homes two or three weeks at a time in the said service principally on or near Lakes George and Champlain in the State of New York and is of opinion from the best of his recollection that himself &

said Bovee were out from their homes in said service a term in each year which would average three months in the year including principally the summer and fall months - and recollects that they were in said service together in the year seventeen hundred and eighty under the command of General George Clinton then governor of the state of New York being then at Ticonderoga and at Brown Point in said state and that from their acquaintance with said person  James Bovee  person  James Bovee this deponent considers and believes him to be a person of strict integrity truth and veracity.
William Dowe
Subscribed and sworn before me this 18th day of September, 1832. Seth Parsons Commissioner State of New York: Rensselaer County, ss.
I hereby certify that Seth Parsons whose signature is subscribed to the above and also to the annexed decree of affidavit was on the day of the date thereof one of the Commissioners of the county of Rensselaer, duly authorized to take such affidavits and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and justly believe the signature "Seth Parsons" thereto subscribed to be his proper hand writing.
Powells Creek
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name & affixed the seal of said county this twenty fifth day of September one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
Archibald Dillman

State of New York Rensselaer County ss
Frederick Duder- dickark of the town of Hoosic in said coun- ty being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is personally acquainted with Jacob Bovee of said town and person- ally knew him in the year seventeen hundred and seventy-seven and ever since as well as before that time and knows that he was in the militia ser- vice in the war of the American Revo- lution this deponent then belonging to the same company of the militia in which said Bovee then also belonged command- ed by Capt Bradt and afterwards by Captain Brewer in Colonel Gats Regiment and that this deponent was several times with said Bovee in said service and saith that from his person- al acquaintance with him and with his general character he considers the said Bovee to be a person of strict integrity and veracity
Subscribed and sworn the 14 th day of September AD 1832 before
Frederick his Duder- kark mark
John D. Dyer
Commissioner etc
the Troops. and was appointed that in the year 1781. he served as a sergeant

State of New York
Number one county of On this 4 th day of February 1834. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of the Town of Housatonic in Litchfield County, Jacob Brown who being duly sworn, deponeth and saith, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot devise positively as to the precise height 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 in the year 1777. this deponent served as a private in the Regiment, commanded by Col. Yates and in a company commanded alternately by Capt. Garet T. Bratt. and Matthew Brown for five weeks. this deponent thinks he was called into service in September 1777 - and this deponent further says that in the year 1778. he was again called into the service of the United States under the above named officers as a private soldier, that in the last mentioned year, he served as aforesaid for the term of three months and this deponent further says he served as aforesaid in the year 1779. under the above named officers for the term of three months. and this deponent further says that he served as aforesaid under the above named officers in the year 1780. for the term of three months that George Clinton Esquire for the last mentioned year was the Commander of the Troops. and this deponent further says that in the year 1781. he served as aforesaid

10.5 3 13.5
Under the officers first mentioned for the term of three months. That in the fore part of 1782. he was again called into service under the officers first named, served for the term of six weeks.
And this deponent further says that his aforesaid services were performed at Saratoga Fort Edward, Crown Point Ticonderoga, Bennington and in various other places in the neighborhoods of this deponent where the enemies of the Country and Tories made it necessary that the defenseless inhabitants should be defended against their attacks.
And this deponent further says that the recollection of Captain Pratt is frail from age & disease, and that the papers kept by him during the Revolutionary war. Are so many of them as were by preserved by him, have been transmitted to your department, and, to the Muster Roll, on file this deponent says have to refer.
And this deponent further says that he claims a pension for his services above stated,
his Jacob + Povey mark
State of New York Repealed on oath
I certify that on the day herein first above written the said Jacob Povey subscribed & took before me the above affidavit and further certify that I am
personally acquainted with the said Jacob Povey and that his statements are entitled to full credit.

State of New York
Respeakers own aff
I certify that on the day before first above written the said Jacob Barnes subscribed stock before me the above affidavit and further certify that I am
personally acquainted with the said Jacob and that his statements are entitled to full credit
Moses Warren Justice of Peace
We Israel Beach a clergyman residing in the Town of Hoosick and Gordon Cole — residing in the same Town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Barnes who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be over seventy years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to be a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion —
Subscribed and Israel Beach Sworn before me Gordon Cole This 4 th day of Feb. 1834
Moses Warren Justice of the Peace State of New York Respeakers

State of New York Rensselaer County ss.
I Henry R. Bristol Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Moses Warren Esqr. before whom the within affidavits purport to have been taken was on the day of the date of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County. And that his signatures subscribed thereto are genuine. In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 8 th day of February 1834.
Henry R. Bristol Clerk per T. Howard Junr. Depy.

May 31, 1938
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BA-J/EEL an Jacob Bovee-S.23132
Mrs. George H. Fasset 1621 E. 46 th Street Ashtabula, Ohio
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the name of the father of Philip Bovee, whose record was furnished you May 10, 1938, who may have been a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched, however, without the full name of the person whose record you seek, no record could be identified. You state that Philip Bovee was born in Albany County, New York, about 1790. The Revolutionary War record has been found of a Jacob Bovee, who enlisted in Hoosick, Albany County (that part which was later Rensselaer County) New York. His record follows as found in pension claim, S.23132, based upon his service in that war. It is hoped that this record will aid you somewhat in your research.
Jacob Bovee S.23132
The data which follow were obtained from the papers filed in pension claim, S.23132, based upon the military service in the Revolutionary War of Jacob Bovee.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Jacob Bovee are not shown.
While a resident of Hoosick, Albany County, New York, Jacob Bovee enlisted about the last of September, 1777, and served at various times, five weeks in 1777, three months each in 1778, 1779, 1780 and 1781 and six weeks in 1782, as a private in Captains Gerrit Tunnels Bratt's, Matthew Brewer's and Henry Breece's Companies, Colonel Peter Yates' New York Regiment.

Jacob Bovee was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy years and resided in Hoosick, Rensselaer County, New York.
He died August 21, 1853, place not shown.
There are no data as to soldier's family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and the name and address of person paid in the case of Jacob Bovee(S.23132), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city and cite the following data:
Jacob Bovee Certificate No.24833 Issued March 10, 1834 Rate $43.88 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

12 6 18 Henry Bovee Jacob
Specification Admitted Private 13 mo 15 aug
Geo. B. Davis J. R. Ketchum Esq Troy New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
October 1833
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. These 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 Boree
   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.      
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)                      , 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. 
G. { 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.
The foregoing is a list of the interrogatories to be used in the War Department, with the declaration.

Rev.& 1812 Wars Section EEL
October 3, 1930
Mary A. Haswell 7 John Street Hoosick Falls, New York
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.23132, that Jacob Bovee, while residing in Hoosick, Albany County, New York, enlisted about the last of September, 1777, and served at various times, five weeks in 1777, three months each in 1778, 1779, 1780, and 1781, and six weeks in 1782, as a private in Captains Gerrit Tunnes Bradt, Matthew Brewer and Henry Bress' Company, Colonel Peter Yates' New York Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy years and resided in Hoosick, Rensselaer County, New York.
He died August 21, 1853.
It is not stated that soldier was ever married.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Jacob Bovel a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. File 23,132
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Last Sept. 77 5 wks. Pri. Garitt T. Bradt Peter Yates N.Y.   78 3 mos. Matthew Brewer   79 3 mos. race Brewer   80 3 mos.   81 3 mos.   82 6 wks.  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hoosick Rensselaer Co., N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Sept 25, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Hoosick N.Y.
Age at date of application, 70 d. Aug 21 1853 (Agency book)
Remarks: _____
Very respectfully,

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Jacob Bovee a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S. File 23,132
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Last Sept. 77 5 wks. Pri. Garritt T. Bradt Peter Yates N.Y.   78 3 mos. Matthew Brewer   79 3 mos. Brice   80 3 mos.   81 3 mos.   82 6 wks.  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hoosick Rensselaer Co., N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 25, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Hoosick N.Y.
Age at date of application, 70 d. Aug 21 1853 (Agency book)
Remarks: _____
Very respectfully,

May 12 - 1938
Mr. A. D. Hiller :- Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Hiller :-
I do thank you for the 1812 war record and history of Philip Bovee which I received from you today. But, you may be able to understand, that this reply calls for another question, if you please.
A friend is trying in every possible way to procure eligibility in D. A. R. and not knowing all the ways.

I am helping her, through your office .
Philip Bovee was her mother's father. He married Hannah Dolph daughter of Aaron and Catherine (_____?) Dolph
Philip Bovee was born in Albany Co. N.Y. about 1790-1 died in Rome Ohio May 30. 1865 age 75 years (Tombstone record)
Now, I am hoping that his father was a Revolutionary soldier, do you have a
_____? Bovee from New York State who served in that war and if it would be possible according to Phillip's dates

that he could be his father?
I have been working on the Dolph line for a long time - but do not seem to find the father of Aaron Dolph, whose daughter Hannah married Philip Bovee.
Thanking you for all past favors and hoping you may be able to find Phillip Bovee's father, I am.
Gratefully Yours
Mrs Geo. H) Julia F. Fasset 1621 E. 46 St.
Ashtabula O.

7 John St. Hoosick Falls. N.Y. Sept. 10, 1930
Commissioner of Pensions, Department of Interior Wash. D.C.
My dear Sir; -
Will you kindly give me the pension record of the following soldiers if recorded in your department; i.e. - Nathaniel Bishop, enlisted man in the Line Artillery Regiment, Lieut. Col. Ebenezer Stevens as per Robert's New York in the Revolution, p. 65; ✓ Also Nathaniel Bishop, officer in U.S. Army as per marker (head stone)
Major Samuel Douglas, died Sept-14th, 1811, age 57.
✓ Jacob Borie, died Aug. 21, 1853; age 90 yrs - John Van Waert, " Oct. 1836, Buried Johnsonville
Ahel Harwood, Buried Boynntonville, Rens. Co.
* Harwood Your assistance will be much appreciated in this work of proving the services of Revolutionary soldiers, as it has been in the past, by the Hoosac Walloomsac Chapter of the D.A.R.
Thanking you for an early reply,
I remain yours truly,
Mary A. Haswell Chapman
Com. Vn Rev. Soldiers Graves. Hoosac Walloomsac Chap D.A.R.
Address, as above.
* Also, Nathaniel Garnett, born Feb. 9, 1755, died Jy 8, 1846

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L. D. L.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Jacob Bowie
Service M. Y.
Additional Service Reo War
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No claim, except J. # 23132 " # 23135

Pen
Dear
Gloversville Gloversville. N.Y. Nov-5-1908
Will you inform me if Jacob Boria received a pension after the Revolutionary war? Born in N.Y. or N.H. He was born July 5 th 1763 and died 1779 at the age of 16 yrs. Died 1854 at Hoosac or (Hoosick) New York.
Yours early reply will greatly oblige A. L. Collyer. 16 Elm St.

Resolution
23/32 INVALID.
1908 Nov. 17 Hettie A. C. Clyde f. 1930 Oct 3 - Dist. to Mary A. Haswell - EOL 1938 May 31 - Dist to Mrs Geo. H. Fasset. EOL
File No. 23/32
Jacob Bruce Per Rev. W. A. ...
Act: June 7 th 39 th
Index: - Vol. 2 , Page 14
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New York Rensselaer County, Clerk's Office I Henry R. Bristol clerk of said county Do hereby certify that Henry Patterson whose name is subscribed to the annexed affida- vits was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said county duly authorized to take the same and also that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his signature subscribed thereto is genuine In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of Office this 19 th day of June 1833
Henry R. Bristol Clerk

State of New York } Rensselaer County } ss William Powell of the town of Sperine in the County of Montgomery and State aforesaid being duly sworn according to law maketh oath and saith that he is 78 years of age that in the spring of the year 1779 in the month of April he thinks he moved into what is now called the town of Hoosick in the County above named and then became acquainted with Isaac Bonee and that he has been acquainted with him ever since that he knows that said Bonee was in the service of the United States as a soldier of the Revolution in the years 1779, 1780 & 1781, that he this deponent said Bonee belonged to the same company of militia which company was classed into two classes, the first of the above named years and was called out one of said classes at a time and went alternately each class and upon alarm, or invasion by the enemy both classes turned out that during the year 1779 each class was obliged to stay when called out 15 days and it generally took 3 days to go & 3 days to return making at each time 21 days that the head quarters of said company when called out was generally at Fort Edward they were or Fort George they were employed in keeping guard on the northern frontier, this deponent knows of said Bonee being frequently called out to the above named places during the war that in Peter Yates was their colonel during the above named years & by whose order they turned out John Van Rensselaer was Lieutenant Colonel and Abraham Van Brock of the City of Albany was their General Brigadier General

That the captains, who had command of said Company during the said years, were Gerrit J. Bradt, Mathew Brewer and Henry Breese who came in a short time before the close of the war, that this deponent cannot state the precise times at which said Breese was out during the above years, but that he well remembers of his being out in the service frequently in the above named years, and that his very situation was similar to that of this deponent and was liable to be must have been called out during those years, as frequently as he this deponent was, and that he this deponent has no doubt his terms of service during each of those years, amounted to at least three months, making in the whole nine months, and that whenever called out they were obliged to be did remain until discharged or dismissed by the officers commanding on the frontier which were sometimes Col. Yates, sometimes Col. Van Rensselaer and sometimes a continental officer Col. Warner or Major Chipman and this deponent further says that said Breese is a man of strict integrity and that his statement is entitled to full credit.
William Powell
State of New York Rensselaer County ss. On this tenth day of June 1833 personally came before me the subscriber William Powell and being by me duly sworn according to law made oath that the facts contained in the above affidavit by him subscribed are true as the same are therein stated and I do further certify that the said William Powell is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
Harry Patterson Justice Peace

State of New York
Rensselaer County } ss. Frederick Underwick of the town of Hoosick in the above named county being duly sworn deposes and says that he is personally acquainted with Jacob Bouse and has known him from his youth until the present time and has always resided in the same neighborhood with said Bouse that he was a corporal in the militia during the revolutionary war in a company com- manded by Captain Garrit J. Brack who was succeeded as this deponent thinks by Captain Matthew Brewer who was captain until near the close of the war and then was succeeded by Captain Henry Breece that said Bouse belonged to the same company during the war and this deponent well remembers warning him out frequently in the years 1778. 1779. 1780 & 1781. that the first time he was called out was in the fall of the year first above named when they went to Fort Edward and was at that time absent in service at least one month this deponent was out at the same time, that this deponent cannot enumerate and specify each particular time when the said company were called out during the above named years, but that they were frequently called out during that time and frequently turned out on alarm and upon invasions by the enemy that said company was generally called out on the northern frontier at Fort Edward Fort George and Skeneborough now White Hall and was employed in guarding the lines that their colonels name was Peter Yates and John Van Rensselaer was Lieutenant Colonel and Abraham Ten Broeck was Brigadier General and this

deponent further says that he has no minute or memorandum of the number of times said Bounce was by him warned out during said years above named but from the best of his recollection & belief he was out in service of the United States during the years 1779, 1780 & 1781 not less than three months in each year making nine months in those three years that he warned said Bounce and the rest of said company by order of his captain and when called out they were obliged to & did remain until discharged or dismissed by the officers, who had command of them which was sometimes there Colonel & sometimes the officer in command at one of the Forts above named that he the said Bounce was also called on to a place called Palmentown in the county of Saratoga and this deponent further says that said Bounce is a man of strict integrity & truth & his statement is entitled to full credit
Frederick his X Onderkark mark
State of New York,
Rensselaer County } ss On this tenth day of June 1833 personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace in & for said county Frederick Onderkark above named & being by me duly sworn made oath that the facts contained in the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed are true as the same are therein stated and I do further certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Frederick Onderkark and that he is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to full credit -
Henry Patterson Justice Peace