Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 963, Isaac Blue, New Jersey

SERVICE
New Jersey
Blue, Isaac Amey
NUMBER
R. 963
CONTENTS

14953 Gaac Blw
from J. Ferris Ovid Seneca Co. N. Y.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of New York
County of Seneca ss: On this 12 th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before me Levi Wheeler Esquire one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Seneca in the State of New York Isaac Blev a resident of the town of Ovid in the said county of Seneca and State of New York aged seventy four 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 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
That when he was in the seventeenth year of his age, (it being in the year that the British sailed up Sandy Hook) he was living in the town of Hillsborough in the county of Somerset in the State of New Jersey with his Father, that he then united with or joined an association or class as a private in the militia under one capt. Joseph Babcock in Col. Van Dyke's Regiment as a minute man - That soon after he joined the said association or class, he was called upon and marched to the City of New York, and was there at the time the British sailed up Sandy Hook, and they dropped anchor at a place called Red Bank on Long Island side of the River
That he was in the service about three weeks before he returned home from this tour -
That he continued in the said association or class from that time until the close of the war - That from the time he first joined the association or class, he continued in it until the close of the Revolutionary War, and when it came to his class' turn to go out, he always went out, sometimes he would

be out a month, sometimes two months, and sometimes not more than one week, and sometimes the whole Company would be called out without regard to their being Claped for a short tour and so continued on always serving when called upon until after Cornwallis' surrendered at the Close of the Revolutionary War, That he is unable to tell the exact length of time he was out in actual service, it being rendered in such detached parts sometimes he would not be at home more than one day before he would be called out, sometimes he might remain at home perhaps for a month or two at a time, before being called upon, he therefore cannot tell whether he served more or less than half of the time from his first entering the service during and until the Close of the said War, That while he was in the service recollects of serving under Captain Bayard Capt. John Carroll Capt. Moore Capt. Duryee and Captain James Wheeler, and a number of other Captains whose names he cannot recollect, that the service was rendered as he believes in Col. Van Duyke and Col. Frelinghuysen Regiment, and also recollects of going into the State of Pennsylvania in one of his tours while he was out in the said service
That he has no documentary evidence of his services rendered, but can prove the said services by Frederick Van Gieson, who belonged and served in the same Company with him during the time above set forth in this declaration, and whose Deposition is hereto annexed -
To the Interrogatories propounded by the said Judge to the said Isaac Blew the applicant in conformity to the directions prescribed by the War Department,
1
To the first Interrogatory
He says that he was born in the town of Hillsborough in the County of Somerset in the State of New Jersey in the month of January 1758

2 To the second interrogatory
He says, that he was living in the town of Hillsborough in the county of Somerset in the state of New Jersey when he joined the said Association or class and went into service as above set forth.
That since the Revolutionary war he has resided for twenty years in the town of Amwell in the county of Hunterdon in the state of New Jersey, and for the last twenty five years he has resided and still does reside in the town of Ovid in the county of Seneca in the state of New York
3 To the third interrogatory
He says that he has a Record of his age in his Bible
4 To the fourth interrogatory
He says that he joined an Association in the Militia in the town of Hillsborough in the county of Somerset in the state of New Jersey, and when his turn came he went out into service, and sometimes he and the whole company would be called out without regard being had to their being clapped
5 To the fifth interrogatory
He says that he knew Genl. Putnam Genl. Sullivan Genl. Lee and Genl. Washington
6 To the sixth interrogatory
He says he never received a discharge, but in the pay for his service
7 That he knows and is known by Jonathan Thomas, Capt. Daniel Scott, Thomas Osborne Esquire, William C. Van Horne, and Peter Sherman who all can testify to his character for truth and veracity and their belief of his services rendered as a soldier of the Revolution
That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or Annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state, and that he is unable to appear in open Court by reason of bodily infirmity
Sworn to and subscribed this 12 th day of October 1832 before me Isaac Paine a judge of the Court of common pleas in & for the county of Seneca & State of New York -

State of New York 3
County of Seneca ss: Frederick Van Liew of the town of Lodi in the County of Seneca being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say
That he has heard the above declaration read and knows that Isaac Blew the above Applicant rendered the services as above set forth in his said Declaration during and in the Revolutionary war, and further that he served more than two years
sworn and subscribed this
12 th day of October 1832
before me Levi Wheeler — a judge of the Court of common pleas in & for the County of Seneca & State of New York. —
Frederick Van Liew
State of New York 3
County of Seneca ss: Mr Edward Hodge a clergyman residing in the town of Ovid in the County of Seneca and State of New York and Nicholas Huff of the said town County and State aforesaid being a resident therein, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Blew who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration.
That we believe him to be seventy five years (or upwards) 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 to and subscribed this
12 day of October 1832
before me Levi Wheeler a judge of the Court of common pleas in & for the County of Seneca & State of New York. —
Edward Hodge Nicholas Huff
And I the said Levi Wheeler Esquire do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named (Isaac Blew the) Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, and further

it appears to me that the above named applicant cannot appear in Open Court by reason of bodily infirmity, and I the said Judge do further certify, that it appears to me that Edward Hodge who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Ovid in the County of Seneca in the state of New York and that Nicholas Huff who has also signed the same is a resident in the said town of Ovid in the said County of Seneca and state of New York and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit
Levi Wheeler a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the State of New York Seneca County Clerk's office } County of Seneca & State of New York —
I Seba Murphy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Seneca in the State of New York. Do hereby certify, that Levi Wheeler before whom the foregoing affidavits & depositions and proceedings were had made and sworn to, was at the time or date of the said proceedings and still is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Seneca, Commissioned and sworn and duly authorized and empowered according to law, to administer oaths, take depositions, and such other proceedings as has been had before him in the above matter of Isaac Blee a Pensioner and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts as such Judge, and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Levi Wheeler, and verify to be the signature of "Levi Wheeler," subscribed to the foregoing proceedings to be genuine and in his own proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 12 th day of October 1832, Seba Murphy Clerk

Seneca County, ss. I Seba Mumphey, clerk of the County of Seneca, having been informed that Levi Wheeler, (a Judge of the County Court, and the officer before whom Frederick Van Lew was sworn,) was not acquainted with the said Frederick Van Lew, do certify that I have been acquainted with the said Van Lew for ten Years and upwards, and know his reputation to be that of an honest man, and worthy citizen, and full confidence may be placed in his affidavit. Witness my hand and seal of Office, at Ovid this 7th day of September 1833 Seba Mumphey.

State of New York
County of Seneca ss. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace of the Town of Ovid in the County of Seneca Isaac Blue who being duly sworn deposith 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 2 months under Capt. John Bayard. For 2 months under Capt. John Carroll, For 1 month under Capt. Moore For 1 month under Capt. Duryea, For 20 months under Capt. James Wheeler, in Col. Hunts Col. Van Duyke, Col. Merrick and Col. Frelinghuysen Regiment, and deponent also served under other Captains whose names he cannot now recollect, that the whole of the services he rendered was as a private in the Militia and that the whole of the services rendered from 1776, to the time Cornwallis surrendered Exceeds two years & five months, and during the said service he was not employed in any civil pursuit. For 2, years & five months
I claim a pension
Sworn to and subscribed This 24 day of July 1832.
Isaac Blue
before me Thomas Osburn
A Justice of the peace

State of New York Seneca County Clerks office
I Seba Murphy Clerk of the County of Seneca do hereby certify that Thomas Osburne before whom the within affidavit purports to have been made was at the date of the said affidavit, and still is a Justice of the peace of said County of Seneca, and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Thomas Osburne and verily believe the signature of Thomas Osburne, subscribed to the within affidavit to be genuine and is his own proper hand writing and signature on testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County the 7th day of July 1833.
Seba Murphy, clerk.

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the third Section of the act of Congress of the 4 th July 1836
(State of New York)
County of Seneca { as On the first day of September 1842 personally appeared before the Subscriber a Judge of the court in and for said county & State. Abney Blue (widow of Isaac Blue) a resident of Ovid in the County and State aforesaid aged Seventy nine years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 4 th 1836. That she is the widow of Isaac Blue, who was a private in the militia of the State of New Jersey, residing at the time of the Revolution in Somerset some four miles from Princeton in the State of New Jersey, that he was engaged in the service as a Soldier in the war of the revolution from the commencement or as early as the year 1776, and That he continued in the service through the whole revolution to the close of the war in 1783, That he served under many different officers and some of them as follows, Capt s Sulhammers, Capt s Wheeler, Capt s Bayard, Col d Van Dike, Col d Freelinghausen, and Gen l Hurd & Gen l Freelinghausen, That he served as was then & there the rule or regulation adopted by monthly tours, alternately, but that he was frequently on his return home called back into Service within a day or sometimes within two or three days, that residing in the very heart of the seat of war, he was on actual duty much more than half of the whole time during the revolution, that he was in actual service more than three years, That he was in the Battle of Princeton, She further declares that she was married to the said Isaac Blue in May, Seventeen hundred & seventy nine by the Rev Mr Cole, that her husband the aforesaid Isaac Blue died on the tenth day of Sept r  sixteen hundred & thirty three 1833, And that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. That she

is the widow of the identical Isaac Blue who made application for a pension in 1832 or 1833, but soon after died and his case was not prosecuted but it was dropped
Subscribed & sworn to on the day and year above written before me
Solomon Hove a judge of Seneca County Courts.
Amy Blue
I certify that Amy Blue the above named applicant as the widow of Isaac Blue, is too aged, too feeble, too infirm, to make it practicable for her to appear in court, if not utterly impossible for her to do so, she residing some 20 miles from the place where the next court sits, the Pet court - I also certify that full credit is due and ought to be given to her deposition above named, and that I consider her of the age as stated by her, and that I place the most implicit confidence in the truth of the whole matter stated in her deposition above. Dated 1 st day of Sept 1842
Solomon Hove a judge of Seneca County Courts.

State of New York } County of Seneca } On the 1 st day of Sept 1842 personally appeared before the subscriber, Judge of the court in and for said county & State Amy B. Starrett a resident of Prid in the county & State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law does upon her oath state, That she was present when Isaac Blue died, that the said Isaac Blue died in Prid in the county & State aforesaid on the tenth day of September 1833, and that the said Isaac Blue was the husband of Amy Blue who is making application for a pension as the widow of Isaac Blue, and that the said Amy Blue is the identical widow of Isaac Blue and that she has not since been married, but that she remains the widow of the identical Isaac Blue who applied for a pension in 1832 or 1833, but soon after died and his application was dropped -
Sworn and subscribed before me
Amy B. Starrett
this first day of Sept 1842
John Hoss a judge of Seneca County Courts
I certify that Amy B. Starrett who subscribed the above deposition is of good character and that full faith and credit is due & ought to be placed in her deposition above Dated this first day of Sept 1842
John Hoss a judge of Seneca County Courts

1014 953 Isaac Blew Seneca Co N.Y.
done done done
From Josiah Ferris Esq. Ovid
Hon. N. Halcy from H. R. Josiah Ferris Esq. N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
11 Nov - - 1835
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Isaac Blaw Seneca Cook
Years.    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.     entered 1775 & states that he served at different periods off & on until the end of the war when no call on 21 Private Captain Cole Babeock Dwyer Captain Pratt and Captain Cole Major Freling Captain Hanson Major Pratt Captain Gyles Wheeler Putnam Other Sullivan Captains Lee not recd listed N. York Landy Hook Le Is Pennsylvania red 74 years Hillsboro ugh. Ct Seneca Somerset County Living & Traditional evidence  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
Frederick von Lieuw a witness who served with him states he served more than 2 years

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
Affidavit of Witness and of Applicant

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

Dec 15. '42
NY
Coahuita Porton
Army Blue
Dr. L. Edwards Comd. of Pension Washington D.C.
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Ovid Seneca County N.Y.
Dec 9th 1842
Hon J L Edwards
Dear Sir
You will, if you have not already, receive further proof in the case of Mrs Amey Blue & Charity Sartore, & I beg leave to explain the reason why there is a similarity in those two cases, of the services of their deceased husbands, (to wit) Isaac Blue married Amey Sartore, consequently was a brother in law to Henry Sartore. James Vorhes one of the witnesses married Jane Blue a sister of Isaac Blue, therefore he was a brother in law to Isaac Blue, and it would make the three named persons brothers-in-laws, it had no doubt a tendency of binding them together & was the particular cause of their being out in service together as they always were, messing together as they did, this may account for the personal knowledge of James Vorhes to the service of both Isaac Blue & Henry Sartore as per his deposition.
I would also remark that Samuel Blue a witness, married Rebecca Stout, a sister of Henry Sartore's wife, thus connecting him with Henry Sartore as well as Isaac Blue, this will account for his personal knowledge of the service of both Isaac Blue & Henry Sartore.
Rebecca Blue also being connected, that is a sister to Charity Sartore, caused her to be more fully acquainted with the services of both, &

being younger than her Sister Charity, did at the time of the marriage reside at home & was as she most positively swears at the wedding - thus again the marriage of Amy Blue, the witness Charity Sartore as she swears was brides maid, being about to be married to a brother of the bride - The marriage is also sustained by all of the witnesses, Wm Dwyre & John Sartore & others
I think all the papers once examined together will show a positive case of Service of Blue & Sartore, as to their Service there is no doubt, and it is certain that Isaac Blue, Henry Sartore & James Vorhees were out time after time together & messid together etc.
I respectfully ask a careful examination of all the papers, of all the proof before you, including Wm Dwyre & John Sartore -
Respectfully Yours O.K. Servt. Isaac Joy
Isaac Blue married Amy Sartore, a Sister of Henry Sartore Henry Sartore married Charity Stout Samuel Blue married Rebecca Stout James Vorhees married Jane Blue
as you see, making them all brothers in laws

Recd withdrawal & sent to A. Jay, Ord. 21 1 Augt 1854 A. Jay 7 Sept 1854. A. Jay 3 rd Oct. 1854.
Deb to A. Jay. Oct 24. '42 " " " " Nov. 16. '42 " " " " Dec. 12. '42 " " " " April 14. '43 " " " " Sep. 14. '43

Ex'r.
INVALID.
Doc. 915
REPEALED
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Ames Place
P. O.
1852 Printed list of Rejected and Suspended Claims shows following cause of disqualification:
"suspended for proof by comrades as fortified by the records of New Jersey." 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

14.95 3
New York
Isaac Blue Suspended
Set to 2 Ferris
Set = 5 th 1834
Set to. Strand Jay. Sep. 13. 42

State of New York
County of Seneca } ss Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid Andrew Hagaman of the said county State & after being sworn duly according to law deponeth and saith that he was born in Somerset County New Jersey, and is aged seventy years, that he was when a boy acquainted with Isaac Blau the late husband of Amy Blau who is applying for a pension as a resident of Seneca County New York, as the widow of the aforesaid Isaac Blau, & that the said Amy Blau then applying for a pension is the identical widow of the aforesaid Isaac Blau; this deponent further states that he was acquainted with the Blau family as well as the aforesaid Isaac Blau & that they were Whigs, and that the said Isaac Blau was a Whig & practiced upon his profession, entering the service in the war of the revolution as a soldier in the defence of his country and that he was a good and faithful soldier in the said war of the revolution, serving from time to time as called upon, and that he was the identical soldier who served under that name in the said war of the revolution in the Militia of the State of New Jersey that it was generally believed in the neighborhood there that he was a soldier in the war of the revolution, and the belief is general in the neighborhood in Seneca County New York, where the said Isaac Blau died, that he had been a soldier in the war of the revolution, to the truth of these things this deponent has no doubt
Subscribed & sworn before me } Andrew Hagaman This 8 th day of November 1842
Fayette Allen - Justice of the peace
I certify that the above named Andrew Hagaman is a respectable person & in his deposition above is fully to be believed, as full faith and credit is due to the same
Fayette Allen - Justice of the peace

State of New York
County of Seneca } ss Personally appeared before the subscri- ber a Justice of the peace in & for said county Samuel Blue of said County who being first duly sworn accor- ding to law deponeth & saith that he was born in Som- erset County New Jersey and is aged sixty seven years that he was when a boy & a young man & to the close of the life of Isaac Blue the late husband of Amy Blue who is applying for a pension as the widow of the said Isaac Blue, well acquainted with the said Isaac Blue, that his first acquaintance with the said Isaac Blue commenced from his first recollections, and this depon- ent has from time to time from his boyhood heard of the service in the war of the revolution of the said Isaac Blue, that the general opinion of neighbors & through the neighborhood is & has been that the said Isaac Blue was a soldier in the war of the revolu- tion, in this belief & opinion this deponent fully concurs, and that Amy Blue who is applying for a pension from Seneca County is the identi- cal wife & widow of the aforesaid Isaac Blue
Subscribed & sworn before me his this 4 th day of November 1842 Samuel X Blue
James Starrett Justice of the Peace Mark in and for the County of Seneca
I certify that Samuel Blue above named is a man in good standing, a respectable man & a man of truth & is fully to be believed in his deposition above
James Starrett Justice of the Peace

State of New York } I do hereby certify that Fayette Seneca County. p. } Allen Eay and James Starrett Eay whose several signatures appear to the within proceedings, were each of them, on the several days when the said proceedings bear date; a Justice of the peace in & for said county duly commissioned sworn & authorized to take and certify said proceedings. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand- writing of the said Justices of the peace & verily believe that their several signatures to the within proceedings are severally & respectively Genuine in their own several proper handwriting. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas, and of the County of Seneca aforesaid, this 10th day of November 1842.
A. J. Vansco Clerk.

Onida Seneca Co N.Y. Nov 8th 1842
Hon J L Edwards
Sir
Can you have further proof of service of Isaac Blue - Respectfully Your Ob d . Serv t . Abad Joy

Amy Blue of New York Law of 1838
from Abad Joy

State of New Jersey Somerset County ss } I. Dement Fulinhyse Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Somerset do certify that Rev. J. Stuyvesant before whom the foregoing Depositions were taken was at the time the same were so taken a justice of the peace of said County and by Law authorized to take the same and that the four signatures of said Justice herein contained are the genuine signatures of said Justice given under my hand and seal of office this seventh day of December eight hundred and forty two -
Dement Fulinhyse Clerk

State of New Jersey, County of Somerset ss. Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County William Duryee who on being duly sworn according to law deponeth & saith that he was born in the above named county & state and is aged twenty seven years, that he was personally acquainted with Isaac Blue, the late husband of Amy Blue of Sussex County New York who is applying for a pension as the widow of the afore- said Isaac Blue; that this deponent recollects the aforesaid Isaac Blue from the beginning to the close of the revolution and he also recollects that the said Isaac Blue was a Whig a friend to the independence of the united States, and that he was a faithful soldier, serving in the militia in the war of the revolution, that it was understood & believed generally in the neighborhood at that time that he was a soldier & took his tone in saying I was a faithful soldier from beginning to the end of the revolution, in this belief this deponent fully concurs, and that the said Isaac Blue was married to the aforesaid Amy Portor, now the widow Amy Blue in May 1779 Seventeen hundred and seventy nine, this deponent knew both parties long before their said marriage & well recollects of the marriage when it took place and that the said Isaac Blue continued to serve from month to month & time to time after his said marriage & that the said Isaac Blue was the identical person & soldier who served in the war of the revolution under that name & who was the identical husband of the above named Amy Blue who is applying for a pension as his widow.
Subscribed & sworn before me This 23 rd day November 1842 William Duryee Wm. Duryee Justice of the Peace

I certify that I am intimately acquainted with the within named William Duryee, that I have thus been acquainted with him for more than twenty years, that he is a man of high standing & character & it is due that full faith and credit be given to the within deposition subscribed by him
Wm Lloyd
Justice of the Peace.
Hon. J. L. Edwards will please answer the papers here with to Brad Joy - Ovid Seneca 6 th New York very much oblige your most obed Servt Brad Joy

State of New Jersey
County of Somerset ss. Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for said county John Sartore who on being sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he was born in said county & state, and that he is aged Seventy Seven years, that when a boy he was acquainted with Isaac Blue the late husband of Amy Blue who is making application for a pension from Seneca County New York, as the widow of the aforesaid Isaac Blue, and that the aforesaid widow Amy Blue is a cousin to this deponent, that he was when a boy, and from the commencement of the revolution acquainted with the aforesaid Isaac Blue and of his general character as a soldier in the war of the revolution, being a Whig a friend to the independence of the United States, and that he learned and understood all along during the war of the revolution that the aforesaid Isaac Blue was a good & faithful soldier & took his turn of serving in the war of the revolution, and that it was generally & universally understood through the neighborhood that he was a soldier & served faithfully as such from time to time as called upon, all of which this deponent fully believes - that the aforesaid Isaac Blue was married to the aforesaid Amy, the cousin of this deponent in May 1779 Seventeen hundred and seventy nine, that this deponent well recollects the circumstance of the marriage, & that the above named Isaac Blue was the identical person & soldier who served under that name in the war of the revolution & that the above named widow Amy Blue is the identical widow of the aforesaid Isaac Blue & that her husband the aforesaid Isaac Blue was in the service from time to time after his said marriage Subscribed & sworn before me this 23 d day of November 1842 John Sartore Justice of the Peace

I certify that I am personally acquainted with John Boston within named & that I have been intimately acquainted with him for more than twenty years, & that he is a man of first standing, a man of truth & integrity and is fully to be relied on in the within deposition subscribed by him.
W. H. S. Garrison Justice of the Peace.

State of New York,
County of Seneca ss Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for said County. I read Joy of said County & of Ovid, on being duly sworn according to law, deposeth & saith that he called in person upon Widow Amey Blue, the widow widow of the late Isaac Blue, a soldier of the war of the Revolution That, the said Amey Blue is a highly respectable woman & above suspicion as to integrity & truth, that this depon- ent took down the history of her late husband's services from her lips, that he was then led to believe & still believes that the said Amey Blue from her late husband's services in the war of the revolution is richly entitled to a pension This deponent is satisfied, most perfectly satisfied that any person to hear her history & of her husband's services would fully accord to her a belief in the truth of her statements, and of her being entitled to a pension, this deponent most fully believes it = That this deponent called in person upon Mrs Charity Sortoe & noted from her lips her history of her knowledge of the services of the said Isaac Blue, the late husband of the above named Amey Blue, that the said Charity Sortoe appeared of more than common sense mind of good memory and related circumstances minutely & this deponent fully believed in the statements of fact in the deposi- -tion of her, that this deponent called in person on James Vorhees another witness in this case & took from his lips, his history of the services of Isaac Blue which (he this deponent, had & has reason to believe to be true that this deponent called in person on Samuel Blue & Rebecca Blue & learned from them in person their

the history of their knowledge of the marriage & of the services of the said Isaac Blue, & that both of those witnesses are of good character, of high moral character, that this deponent called in person on Amy Blue a witness in this case & learned from her lips her history of her knowledge of the services in the war of the Revolution of the said Isaac Blue and that the history which — that this deponent called in person upon — Andrew Hagan man of Seneca Co. N. Y. that he called on Mrs. Dreyer & John Portore of Somerset County New Jersey & took down from their lips, the history of their knowledge of the services of the said Isaac Blue, that all three of them appeared to be men of high character & the two last named as this deponent was informed & judged from their appearance, were members of the church in high standing & that this deponent fully believes in the truth of the statements made by them, this deponent would further declare that he has no doubt of the justice of the claim to a pension of the aforesaid Amy Blue, & that he is fully satisfied that she is the identical widow of the aforesaid Isaac Blue, & that the said Isaac Blue, was the identical soldier who served under that name, in the war of the revolution —
Subscribed & sworn before me this 1 st day of April 1843
Abad Joy
James Foster Justice of the Peace in & for Seneca County

State of New York } Seneca County } }
I James Foster the Justice of the Peace before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken do hereby certify that I have been intimately acquainted with the said David Day for ten years or more that he is a person of respectability and of good character for truth and veracity a consistent member and officer in a Christian Church and as I believe is entitled to the fullest credence for the several statements made by him in the foregoing affidavit.
James Foster Justice
of the Peace in for Seneca County
State of New York } I do hereby certify that James Seneca County } Foster Esquire whose signature appears to the preceding jurat & certificate was on the day of the date of said jurat & certificate a Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Seneca duly commissioned & sworn. And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & that his signatures to the said jurat & certificate are severally genuine & in his own proper handwriting. And that I have been acquainted with said David Day four years & upwards & that he is a gentleman whose statements are entitled to full faith & credit on account of his good character for truth and veracity. In Witness whereof I have hereunto subscri- bed my name and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of the

said county this 3 d day of April 1843. C. D. Hanks Clerk of Seneca County.

State of New York
Seneca County ss: Frederick J. van Diew of the Town of Lodi in said County being duly sworn makes this his supplemental affidavit in relation to the services of Isaac Blew a Revolutionary Soldier, and says that he first became acquainted with Isaac Blew in the summer of 1777. at Elizabeth Town in New Jersey who was then in the service as a Militia man under one Capt. John Carroll as deponent believes, should say that he remained there one one month & then went home, Deponent at this time went to live in the neighborhood of the said Blew in New Jersey, Blew after being at home about one month was called out again and went again to Elizabethtown as deponent understood at the time, Blew at that time when he was at home belonged in Captain Duryea's Company if he does not disremember, and his Company was clapped and went out on monthly tours, Deponent understood & believes that the said Blew went to Elizabethtown, Newash, Princeton, generally when out, but a greater portion of the time was served at Elizabethtown that at the other places, recollects of his going to Monmouth & was there at the time of the Battle, Deponent further says, that he understood at the time that the said Blew was placed under diff- erent Captains & Colonels during his service and generally unknown who they were until they got to their Station, Deponent although he knew the said Isaac Blew well acquainted with him & lived within one mile from him yet Deponent belonged in Capt. John Bayard's Company Sworn to and subscribed before me } J. M. a Court clerk New This 4 th day of November 1834. } Nicole H. Wickoff Justice

Certificate of Justice
I Nicoll H. Wickoff Esquire the Justice of the peace who took the within affidavit of Frederick A Van Liew do certify that I have been acquainted with the said Van Liew for twelve years past & upwards, and know that his reputation stands fair in community for truth & veracity, and that full faith & credit is due to his deposition
Given under my hand at Lodi This 4 th day of October November 1834.
Nicoll H. Wickoff } Justice State of New York
Seneca County } James Starrett of the town of Ovid in the County aforesaid being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he was well acquainted with Isaac Blew deceased during his life time and further that the said Isaac Blew departed this life on the tenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty three leaving a widow whose name is Amy Blew
James Starrett Sworn and subscribed the 25 th day of November 1834 before me James Foster Justice of the Peace
I James Foster Esquire the Justice who took the above affidavit of James Starrett do certify that I have been acquainted with the said James Starrett for some time past and know that his reputation stands fair in community for truth & veracity and that full faith and credit is due to his deposition
Given under my hand at Ovid this 25 th day of Nov. 1834
State of New York } James Foster Justice Seneca County Clerk's Office } I Geo Danforth Dep clerk of the County of Seneca do
hereby certify that Nicoll H. Wickoff & James Foster before whom the within affidavits purport to have been made were at the date of the said affidavits notaries public and Justices of the peace of said County of Seneca and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Nicoll H. Wickoff & James Foster & truly believe that the signature "Nicoll H. Wickoff" & "James Foster" subscribed to the within affidavits to be genuine their proper handwriting & signatures. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County the 25 th day of November 1834
Geo Danforth Dep clerk

1. Volunteered at 2. March 1861 3. Montgomery 4. 5 months at
Fort. Union, Collected for 5. March 1861 Wheeler at Fort. Union in the year
5 months under Capt. John Wheeler with he moved New York & Long Island from there to New York from there to Fort Washington & White Plains
3 months enlisted under Capt. Babcock he thinks
9 months enlisted under Capt. Jonathan O'Leary a few Regiment lost Shreveport

Wash n Dec. 23 d 1833
Dr Sir,
The case of Isaac Blue is returned to me with the following objections - to wit "The papers relating to the Claim of Isaac Blue were returned on the 16 th Nov. last with objections indicated under note E. of the printed sheet accompanying them. These Objections do not appear to have been obviated - The Applicant alleges 20 Months service under Capt. Noheln - No claim for service so indefinitely set forth can be allowed. The Militia service in the State of New Jersey consists of short tours, each tour should in all cases be specified. It was further objected in his case that the witness had not stated what he personally knew of claimants services" It think you can remedy the objection in the case of the 20 Months service - get the claimant Blue to set forth in an Affidavit the length of time separately  under in Col. Hunts, Col. Vandikes, Col. Murricks and Col. Frelinghuysens Reg ts and get Mr Fred o Van Liew to state something that he knows of Blue's services in particular if so he can do - You will see by the printed sheet and the above what is considered necessary - do the best you can with them and send them again if you choose It is true I have a great many cases and it is a great deal of labour the Office being 1 1/2 Mile from the Capitol - & nothing can be done in them after 3 O'clock P.M. still I will do all for every case that I can do for any old soldiers
Yrs Truly P. P.
Yours Respectfully Nicol Halsey

State of New York
Sussex County ss. Frederick G. van Dine of the town of Lodi in said county being duly sworn makes this his supplemental affidavit as follows, & says that in the summer of 1777. this Deponent became acquainted with Isaac Bleu at Elizabeth town in New Jersey in the service in the Militia under Capt. John Carroll, should at the time he remained there one month after deponent became acquainted with before he left there and went home, this deponent at that time went to live into Bleu's neighborhood in New Jersey , with deponent's connections after the Bleu returned home he remained there he was called on again & went to Elizabethtown & was absent one month, before he returned home, deponent does not know under what officer he served at this time, deponent says that the said Bleu went out into service under the class system and went to Elizabeth town Newark Princeton & was as deponent understood at the time in Monmouth battle, that the said Bleu went out into service about every other month from the time he first became acquainted with him until the close of the war, that he served a portion greater part of the time at Elizabethtown, than at either of the other places but does not know under what officer, but by hearsay at the time, understood at the time that sometimes he was placed under one Captain & sometimes another Similar as to  as to the Colonels, should say that he served and was out at least one third of the time in the Militia from the time deponent first became acquainted with him until the close of the war, Deponent being in John Bayards Company of Militia when at home & Isaac Bleu belonged in Captain Duryas Company, when he was at home
Sworn to & subscribed
This 21 st day of October 1834 before me

State of New York,
County of Seneca ss
Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for said County & State Rebecca Blue of Ovid in said County who upon first being duly sworn according to law deponeth and saith that she was born in the County of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey and is now aged seventy two years, that she was when a child & from that day onward, acquainted with Isaac Blue, the late husband of Arney Blue of Ovid in said County who is applying for a pension as such widow, and is well knowing to the said Isaac Blue being a soldier in the war of the revolution, that the said Isaac Blue resided near or some four to six miles from Princeton in the State of New Jersey at the commencement of the war of the revolution, and that the said Isaac Blue did serve in the militia in the war of the revolution from the commencement to the close of the said war of the said war of the revolution, that he was classed with other able bodied men in class, each to serve one month, or to serve in monthly tours, & that the aforesaid Isaac Blue did serve monthly after notably through the said war of the revolution that he served under Capt. Bayard, Capt. Dree, Capt. Polhamus, Capt. Wheeler, Col. Hellinghausen, Col. Van Dike, Genl. Hurd Genl. Hellinghausen and that in this way he served more than three years during the war of the revolution, and that this deponent being familiar with the family of the said Isaac Blue, was knowing to his being absent from his family in the war of the revolution after his marriage month after month & that in all he was about

from his family engaged in actual Service in the war of the revolution after his said marriage more than one year; that the said Isaac Blue was married to the aforesaid Amy Blue, now the widow Amy Blue in May Seventeen hundred and Seventy nine by the Rev Mr Cole, and that the aforesaid Isaac Blue was the identical Soldier who served under that name in the war of the revolution as herein set forth & that Amy Blue who is now ap- plying for a pension as the widow of the said Isaac Blue is the identical person, the iden- tical widow of the aforesaid Isaac Blue who was the said Soldier in the war of the revolution as here set forth -
Subscribed & sworn before me, This 11th day of Oct 1842. Rebecca by Blue mark James Harnett Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Seneca
I certify that the above named Rebecca Blue who subscribed the above deposition, & affixed her mark to the same, is a respectable person & is fully to be believed in her deposition that she cannot write her name for want of learning
James Harnett Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Seneca

(State of New York } I, Cyrus D. Hanks, Clerk of Seneca County ss. } said county do hereby certify that John D. Coe Esquire was at the date of the within proceedings, depositions, & certificates purporting to have been had & sworn to before him; a Judge of the County courts of said County duly commissioned and and sworn & auth- orised to take & certify such proceed- ings. And that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Judge & that his several signatures to the within proceedings are Genuine in his own proper handwriting as I verily believe. And I also certify that James Starrett Esq was at the date of the within proceedings, depositions & certif- icates purporting to have been had & sworn to before him; a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & sworn & authorised to take & certify such proceedings. And that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice and verily believe that his several signatures to such proceedings are Genuine in his own handwriting. In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 12th day of October 1842.
C. D. Hanks Clerk.

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Grand Isle Ovid Seneca County New York
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State of New York On the 26 th day of September 1842 Allegany County ss personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the Court in & for said county Charity Sortore of the town of Friendship in said county & State who being first duly sworn according to law deponeth & saith, that she was born in Hopewell, Hunterdon County New Jersey in May 1762 Seventeen hundred & sixty two, that she was intimately acquaint- ed with Amey Blue, the widow of Isaac Blue who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and that the aforesaid Amey Blue who is applying for a pension as the widow of the said Isaac Blue is the identical person, the identical widow of the aforesaid Isaac Blue the identical soldier who served under that name in the war of the Revolution from the county of Somerset in the State of New Jersey, and that the said Amey (Sortore) (now) Blue was married to the said Isaac Blue in May 1779 Seventeen hundred and Seventy  seventy nine by Rev Mr Cole, that this deponent was at the wedding & served as brides maid upon that occasion & was therefore a person- al witness to the said marriage, and that the said Amey Blue aforesaid, the widow of the aforesaid Isaac Blue who was a soldier in the war of the revolution & on account of whose service as the widow of said Isaac Blue the said Amey Blue is making application for a pension, that she is the identical person, the identical widow of the aforesaid Isaac Blue, & that she was married as above stated, and that this deponent was personally acquainted with the said Isaac Blue, and Amey his wife when they were young persons and that they were associated together in parties, at dances and at various meetings for frolicks, and that this deponent was personally knowing to the said Isaac Blue serving in the army in the war of the revolution before & after his said marriage to the said Amey, that this deponent resided at that time, before & through & after the said war of the revolution in the neighborhood & within a few miles of the said Isaac Blue, and that the said Isaac Blue took his regular turns of serving as was the rule or custom & regulation at that time & that he served under, or under Capt. Duer, Capt. Bayard Capt. Pulhamus, Capt. Wheeler, Capt. Col

Col Froelingheism, Col Van Dike, Genl. Hurd Genl. Froelingheism, and that in this way & under those officers and under other officers also, he served in the war of the revolution more than three years, and that one year of that service was rendered in his serving in the army in the war of the revolution after the said marriage of the said Isaac Blue & Amy Blue in May seventeen hundred and seventy nine as before stated.
Subscribed & sworn before me } Charity her  to Sortore this 26th day of Sept 1842 } mark Josiah Utter A Judge of Allegany County Court
I certify that Charity Sortore who affixed her mark to the above deposition is of good character & is fully to be believed, and that entire credit is due and should be given to the deposition above sworn to by her & to which she affixed her mark, not being able to write her name from want of education - Josiah Utter A Judge of Allegany County Court
State of New York } } I hereby certify that Allegany County } } Josiah Utter Esquire Clerks Office } } Before whom the preceding affidavit was taken was at the date of the same a judge in and for the County of Allegany and duly authorized to act as such And further that I am well acquainted with to his hand writing and rightly believe the above signature to be his proper hand writing. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this 27th day of September AD 1842.
William Windson Clerk

V No 5677. Amity Place - N.Y. act 4 July 36
963

State of New York
County of Ontario } ss
Personally appeared before the subscribed a Justice of the peace in and for the county and State of aforesaid James Voorhies and on being duly sworn according to law deponed saith that he was born in Somerset County in the State of New Jersey and is now aged eighty eight years, that he was a Soldier in the war of the revolution, and is a pensioner of the United States, that he was when a boy in 1775 & to 1780 and up to the year 1820. personally acquainted with Isaac Blue, the late husband of Amy Blue who is now applying for a pension as the widow of the said Isaac Blue, and that the said Isaac Blue was a Soldier in the war of the revolution, that this deponent and the said Isaac Blue resided near Princeton in the State of New Jersey during the war of the revolution, and that this deponent and the said Isaac Blue belonged to the same company and served in the war of the revolution in the same company in the Militia, viz, that they, to wit Isaac Blue and this deponent served under Capt. Bayard, Capt. Wheeler, Capt. Pulhamus, Capt. Dese, Col Van Dike Col Frelinghuysen, Genl. Hurd, General Frelinghuysen and being classified, the said Isaac Blue served in monthly tours alternately from the year 1776. Seventeen hundred and seventy six to the close of the war of the revolution, that the said Isaac Blue, the aforesaid late husband of the widow Amy Blue did serve in the Militia in the war of the revolution three years or more, and that the said Widow Amy Blue of Ovid in Seneca County New York, is the identical widow of the aforesaid Isaac Blue -
Subscribed & sworn before me this 7th day of Oct 1842
James Voorhies mark
Benjamin Simmons Justice Peace

I certify that James Voorhis who affixed his mark to the within deposition is a respect- able person, & that I consider him of the age as represented by him, that full faith & credit is due to the within deposition -
Benjamin Simmons justice Peace
State of New York Ontario County Clerks Office ss. I. Thomas. Hall. Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Benjamin Simmons Esqr. before whom the within affidavit was taken and by whom the foregoing certificate was made was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County elected and duly qualified to act as such And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice and verily believe his signatures to the within and foregoing affidavit and certificate is genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at Canandaigua this 7 th day of October A.D. 1842
Thomas Hall. Clerk

Ovid Seneca County New York Oct 14 th 1842
Hon J. L. Edwards
Dear Sir
I send you herewith sundry proof & application in case of Widow Amey Blue widow of Isaac Blue deceased, I hope the proof will appear satisfactory
I am very Respectfully Your most Ob st Serv t Ezra Joy