Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,514, Russel Brockway, New York

SERVICE
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New York
Brockway, Russel Mary
N. 16,514
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New York, 1967.
Mary Brockway widow of Russell Brockway who died on the 7 th February 1830 of Oswego in the State of New-York who was a private in the Compy commanded by Captain N. V. of the Regt commanded by Col Van Courtland in the N. York line for two years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Honor at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents, per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of April A. D. 1838, and sent to Hon. J. P. Grant, H. O. Reps.
Arrears to the 4 th of March 1838 $560.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Sept 38 40.00
$600.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d }
Recorded by J. M. Coombs Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2. Page 104

10,002 New York
Lettr. from A. P. Grant March 9. 1838 -
Conts. before Mar 23. 1838 to
Russel Brockway
of Oswego in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Van Cortland of the New York line, for the term of Five years 1778
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of April 1818 and sent to Darriet Mooney in Granby New York
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 , 93 3/4  76.12 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4th Sep 1819 - 62.48
Continued  $124.12
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Duplicate issued Dec 23. 1819 sent to Judge Mooney, Oswego Falls, New York
John D. Smith Mar 10 11

THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL GREEK; AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED, By His MAJESTY'S Special Command.
Appointed to be Read in CHURCHES.
EDINBURGH:
Printed by MARK and CHARLES KERR, His Majesty's Printers.

Rufel Brockway Was born November AD 1754 Mary Brockway born May the 12 AD 1757 And were Married October the 12 1775
Phoebe Brockway Daughters of Rufel Brockway born Stephentown in the County of Albany and state of New York
April the 7 AD 1773 Died August 90 188 1796 Diadama Brockway was Born at New Gallaway September the 21 AD 17805
Charlotte Brockway was Born at Brookline in this stat in the AD 1782 May 18

Before CHRIST cir. 587.
|| Or, subdue the stones of the sling.
|| Or, shall fill both the bowls, &c.
|| Or, break, or, speak.
|| Or, lightnings.
a Jerem. 12. 9. Habak. 2. 18. † Heb. teraphim. || Or, answered that, &c. † Heb. visited upon.
|| Or, they shall make the riders on horses ashamed.
15 The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling-stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.
16 And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.
17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
CHAP. X.
1 God is to be sought unto, and not idols. 3 As he visited his flock for sin, so will he save and restore them.
A Sk ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
2 For the † idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lye, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.
3 Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I † punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.
4 Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle-bow, out of him every oppressor together.
5 And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them; and † the riders on horses shall be confounded.
6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.
7 And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine; yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.
8 I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.
9 And I will sow them among the people, and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.
10 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria: and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon, and place shall not be found for them.
11 And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up; and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.
12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD, and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.
CHAP. XI.
Before CHRIST 587.
1 The destruction of Jerusalem. 4 Under the type of Zechariah is shewed Christ's care for the flock, the Jews; and their rejection for ingratitude, and light estimation of him. 15 The type and curse of a foolish shepherd.
Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.
2 Howl, fir-tree; for the cedar is fallen, because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.
3 There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.
4 Thus saith the LORD my God, Feed the flock of the slaughter,
5 Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.
6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will † deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king; and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.
7 And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
9 Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh † of another.
10 And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.
11 And it was broken in that day: and † so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
12 And I said unto them, † If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
13 And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prized at of them! And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
14 Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
15 And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd:
16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be † cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor † feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.
17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

Before CHRIST 587.
CHAP. XII.
1 Jerusalem a cup of trembling, and burdensome stone, to her adversaries' confusion. 6 The victorious restoring of Judah. 10 The repentance of Jerusalem.
T He burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him;
|| Or, number, or, poison. 2 Or, and as against Judah shall be as a cup of trembling against Jerusalem.
2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of || trembling unto all the people round about, || when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
|| Or, There is a fountain to me and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, &c.
5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, || The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.
6 || In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left; and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.
7 The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David, and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, do not magnify themselves against Judah.
|| Or, feeble. 8 Or, as the angel of the LORD before them.
8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and he that is || feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.
9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
|| Or, look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.
10 || And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications; and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.
b Acts 2:37. c 2 Chron. 35:24.
11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
|| Or, families.
12 And the land shall mourn, † every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;
13 The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;
14 All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
CHAP. XIII.
1 The fountain of purgation for Jerusalem. 2 The extirpation of idolatry and false prophecy. 7 The death of Christ, and the saving of a third part after a severe trial.
† Heb. families. ‡ Or, for unclean spirit.
I N that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for † uncleanness.
Before CHRIST 587. a Ezek. 32:15.
2 || And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
3 And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.
4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear † a rough garment ‡ to deceive:
† Heb. a garment of hair. ‡ Heb. to lie.
5 But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.
6 And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.
7 || Awake, O sword, against my Shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
b Matt. 26:31. Mark 14:27.
8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them; I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
c 1 Pet. 1:6, 7.
CHAP. XIV.
1 The destruction of Jerusalem. 2 The coming of Christ, the graces of his kingdom, and Jerusalem's restoration. 12 The plague of Jerusalem's enemies. 16 The remnant shall turn to the Lord. 20 All that belong to them shall be holy.
B Ehold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
3 || Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east: and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
|| Or, the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yet, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah; and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee. 6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that light shall not be clear nor dark: 7 But
5 And ye shall flee to the valley of || the mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yet, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah; and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that light shall not be clear nor dark:
7 But

State of New York Onondaga County
Russel Brookway being duly sworn - layeth that he resides in the town of Volney in said County and that about the month of April in the year 1775 this deponent enlisted in the company of Capt John Armstrong belonging to the Pigeon Hill or commanded by Col. De Bois but was shortly after his enlistment turned over to a Company commanded by Capt. Vandebury and of the Regiment commanded by Col. Van Cottance of the line of the State of New York in the service of the United States that he enlisted for and faithfully served in said Regiment during the revolutionary war and received an honorable discharge signed by Gen Washington the Commander in Chief at the Cantonment in the rear of Newbury State of New York but from some unavoidable occurrence he has lost his discharge that he served at the siege of York-town in the State of Virginia and was in some other small actions - This Deponent further sayeth that he has never received any pension from the Government of the United States and that he this Deponent is in such reduced circumstances that he stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
sworn before me This 20th day of May 1818
Russel X Brookway mark
Barnet Hooney, first Judge Onondaga County Pleas
I Barnet Hooney, first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Onondaga and State of New York do Certify that it appear to my satisfaction that the above Russell Brookway did serve his country in the Revolutionary war as stated and set forth in the above affidavit signed by him the said Russell Brookway - Dated at Granby in said County this 20th day of May 1818
Barnet Hooney
I do further certify that on the oath and examination of the said Russel Brookway a respectable neighborhood of the above Russell Brookway that I am satisfied that said Russell Brookway stands in need of the aid of his country for support Dated at Granby this 6th day July, 1818 Barnet Hooney

I certify that Barnet Munn is the first Judge of the court of com. pleas in and for the county of Onondaga. Witness the Seal of said court August 22 d 1818
Joseph Davis clerk
Isabel Brookway Payee for Benfion Lt. Gov. Courtlandt New York June 1798. L. 1753 Dec. 20 th May 1818
Admitted

State of New York
Orange County ss. On this First day of February Eighteen Hundred and Thirty Eight personally appeared before me Enock Robbins a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid in the State aforesaid. Mary Brockway a resident of said Town aged Eighty one Years, who being first duly sworn ac- cording 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 4th 1836. That She is the widow of Russel Brockway who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution.
She further declares that She was married to the said Russel Brockway on the twelfth day of October in the Year one thou- sand seven hundred and Seventy Five That her husband the aforesaid Russel Brockway died on the Seventh day of February in the Year eighteen hundred and Thirty. That she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto.

annexed. And this Applicant further declares that the said Russell Brockway was at the time of his release a prisoner of the United States, and that he was the same person described in a prisoner Certificate No 10,002 dated Dec 13 th 1820 and. Intra annexed.
for Mary X Brockway mark
Sworn to and Subscribed on the of February. days & Years above written before me. & I hereby certify that the said Mary Brockway is unable by reason of bodily infirmity to appear in Court. & I further certify the word "Image" & Court in the 5 th line of the first Page and the whole of the 6 th line on said page were written on an erasure before signing
E. Hubbard

State of New York Osceola County ss
As Com. pleas
On this nineteenth day of Septem- ber in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy personally appeared in open court being a Court of Records for the said County Rev. Lee Brookshire aged Sixtytwo or Sixty three years resident in the town of Osceola in the County of Osceola being first duly sworn according to law saith on his oath declares that he served in the revolu- tionary war as follows to wit in a company com- manded by Captain John Stantummuch in the regiment commanded by Colonel Lewis Debois but was afterwards transferred to the Regim- ent commanded by Colonel Phillip Schuyler in the gate line and that the time he so served was upwards of five years. And this declarant upon his oath of office further says that his first application or declaration to the war department for a pension was dated on the 20th day of May in the year 1818. in conse- quence of which declaration or application a pension certificate was issued in his favor numbered 10.002. And this declarant further says that he was a resident citizen of the united States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that he has not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of his property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish so as to bring himself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provi- de for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the united States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18th day of March in the year 1818. And that he has not nor has any person in trust for him any property or securities contracts or debts due to him nor has he any income other than what is contained

in the schedule hereto annexed and by him subscribed.
Real estate he has none — Personal Property as follows to wit —
one chest — $1.50 one pot — 1.50 1 Tea Kettle — 1.00 1 Spider — .75 1 Tea Pot — .25 1 Sugar Bowl — .15 1 Milk — .12 1 Set Cups & Saucers — .30 2. 1. 2. Bowls — .25 4 Table Spoons — .62 4 Tea Spoons — .62 1 Set Knives & Forks — .75 7 Old Barrels — 1.75 1 Wash Tub — .75 1 Water Pail — .30 5 Chairs — 2.50 1 Trunk — 1.00 1 Table — 1.50 2. Linens — .75 1 pitcher — .12 6 plates — .38 $18.84
Most of the above articles are old and much worn some of them having been in use for thirty years — wearing apparel none but what is absolutely necessary for himself & wife and three children and that of an ordinary quality
his Russel X Brockway mark
And this deponent upon his oath of office further says that he is by occupation a Farmer and generally in ill health owing to a disorder he contracted in Sullivan's expedition against

The Indians from which he has never recovered and is unable to do but little work. And this deponent further says upon his oath of office that his family is composed of the following persons, his wife aged fifty six in as good health as generally belongs to persons of that age who have spent most of their days at hard work, a child aged twenty one years a female laboring under a natural infirmity and wholly unable to support herself and is a charge upon this deponent a second one a female aged eighteen in good health, the third a female also aged sixteen of a strong constitution. And this deponent further says that he has one debt due him from James Easton of the Town of Volney in the County of Oswego amounting to twenty dollars which is not worth one silver, and that he owes the following debts to his son Russell Brockway Junr. The sum of one hundred and eighty dollars for work labor and services performed by him for this deponent during one year and six months - And further that he owes in small debts in his own neighborhood to the amount of eight or ten dollars.
And further this deponent says that he is indebted to - Bowers of the Town of Coopersstown & County of Otsego State of New York sixty one Bushels and one Peck of Wheat being due him for five years rent of fifty acres of Land rented by this deponent from him, also twenty dollars to John

Gasper of the Town of Volney and County of Onondaga Subscribed and sworn to his in open Court this 19 th  Rufus & Brockway day of September in the masters year 1820 John Grant Jr. Inter Judge As. Cty
State of New York § Oswego County §
I Joseph Davis clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Oswego do hereby certify that the oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copies from the Record of the said Court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property which lies in the aforesaid schedule is sixteen dollars and Eighty four cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 28 th day of September 1820 J Davis clerk
Rufus Brockway pen. / 20/1820 1820 The residence of the appellee and should be stated.

C. W. & N. Div. I. 16514 L. W. B.
July 21, 1896.
Sir:
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Russell Brockway, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that he made application for pension on May 20, 1818, at which time he was residing in Volney, N. Y., and 60 years of age, and his pension was allowed for five years' actual service as a private in the New York troops, Revolutionary War; a part of the time he served under Capt. Vanderburgh and Col. Van Cortlandt, (place of enlistment not stated).
His widow, Mary, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr C. E. Brockway,
North Dartmouth, Mass.

July, 21/96 Sold opened to CE Brockway No. Dartmouth, Mass. JWB
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 165-14
Mary Brockway Wid of Richd Brockway Pri Rev War
Act: July 21/96  136
Index:—Vol. a Page 88
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sett. Hon. A. P. Grant March 9 th 1838 -

Rachel Brockman N.Y. act 1818. when lost? D?
G. J. C.
16. apt 38
Died 9 Feb 1830 p. that period
JA

REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE. O. W. & N. Div.
MEMORANDA.
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.
Full name of soldier:
Brockaway. Russell Brockway or
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Saratoga Co. N.Y.
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Volney, Oswego Co. N.Y.
Date of death (as near as possible):
About 1840
Christian name of widow:
Mary
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
He did certainly.
Remarks:
I have found that he was in N.Y. Line, 5th Reg. 6th Co.
Is there any record of service? special
Your name and address:
C. E. Brockway
North Dartmouth
Mass.

State of New York
Orange County ss Samuel Carr. of the Town of Williamsburgh in the County aforesaid being duly sworn says. that he is seventy two years of age that he was born in the County of Dutches in the State of New York. That he re- sided in Stephentown in the County of Rensselaer in this State from the year 1770 to the year about 1790 that he was acquainted with Russel Brockway de- ceased. during the time this deponent resided in Stephentown. That this de- ponent was well acquainted with Mary Grimman now the widow of said Russel Brockway upon her intermarriage with said Brockway, and that this deponent recollects distinctly, that the said Russel Brockway was married to the said Mary during or previous to the year 1775 and this deponent further says that he well recollects that the said Russel Brockway came home on a furlough and was married to the said Mary Grimman and it was a wonder of surprise with some people that the said Mary would marry him to a soldier - and this deponent thinks believes as near as he can recollect was about the year 1775 - (sworn and sworn) Samuel Carr

before me this 29th day of March 1838 Henry Potts Justice
Owego County Town of Williamstown
I Henry Potts the Justice of the peace before whom the above affidavit was taken do certify that I am acquainted with the said Samuel Carr that he is a man of truth & veracity and his statements are entitled to credit — dated March 29 th 1838 —
Henry Potts Justice
_____ of peace

Orange County ss William Nyles being duly sworn says that he was present at the making of the within certificate by Henry Potts and that the same was then attached to the affidavit of Samuel Carr as the same is now attached. & that said certificate refers to Samuel Carr the deponent described in the annexed affidavit
Sworn before me this 24th day of April
Wm Tyler
1835 Robert Martin (Commr of Assises)
State of New York } I, Whalen Barnes, Deputy Clerk in the above Orange County ss of Daniel H Marsh Clerk of said County of Orange do hereby certify that at the date of the within affidavit, signed by Samuel Carr, the said Henry Potts, was a Justice of the Peace of the County of Orange aforesaid, & duly authorized to take said affidavit. That I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Henry Potts & verify before his signature to the said affidavit & also his signature to the certificate thereto attached, to be his genuine hand writing & signature. And I also certify that at the date of the foregoing affidavit of William Nyles, Robert Martin before whom the same was taken, was a Commissioner of Assises in and for said County, & duly authorized to take said affidavit. That I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Robert Martin & verify before the signature to the said affidavit of the said William Nyles to be the genuine hand writing of the said Robert Martin. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 7th April 1835 Whalen Barnes, Dep. Clerk.
Mr. A. P. Grant H. 2

1/12
with Full Entitlement 10.002. Russell Brockway Secretary of War Washington City
Warp sent to J Davis Montego NY To H Doan 1820

Orange Nov. 29. 1825
Sir
The words, "resident in the town of Volney in the County of Oswayo" was through a mistake not copied from the original declaration, but I have now interlined it in the fifth line the place where it should have been written the same as it is written in the original declaration now on file in my office — I presume this explanation will be satisfactory —
Yours Most
Respectfully J. C. Davis
H. C. Calhoun Esq.

Washington Apr: 14 th -38
Hon J L Edwards
Sir.
England I have the honor to send the Bible record of the Marriage of Mrs Brockway together with other proof in support of her claim for a Pension - The other papers in this case are already in your Department.
Respectfully I am Sir, Your H st Serv t
A. Plant

Id of Rep?
Feb 24 th - 38
Hon J. L. Edwards
Sir.
Will you please examine the enclosed Papers & communicate with me respecting the same.
It gives me pleasure to say that the witness Mr. Nyles is entitled to full faith & credit.
Respectfully Your Obt. Servt.
A. P. Grant

State of New York } ss. Oswego County }
on the 29 th Day of March in the year 1838. Before me came Caleb Wells a resident of the Town of Amboy in Said County being duly sworn Deposeth and says that he was a resident of Stephentown County of Rensselaer in this State in the time of the Revolutionary War and that his fathers house was a place of rendezvous and further saith that he was acquainted with Russell Brockway, Deceased, and Mary his wife and that they were frequently at his Fathers house and was acquainted with the said Brockway and his wife before they were married and believes from the best information that they were married at a certain time when he the said Brockway came home from the army on a furlough and was according to the best of his recollection fall of the year married in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy five and Distinctly recollects the observation being made that Russell Brockway was married to Mary Grimsman and further recollects observations being made of the said Marys Marrying a Soldier and further more Says that he was and now is acquainted with Samuel Carr and believes his Statement to be Substantially correct
the words recollection & fall of the interim
Subscribed and sworn before Me this 29 th Day of March 1838
Caleb Wells
John P. Hepburn } Commissioner of Deeds

Osage County, ss.
I John P. Hopetkus a com of Deeds before whom the above affidavit was taken do certify that I am acquainted with the said Lab Wells that he is a man of truth & veracity and his statements are entitled to be credited
Muskogee March 29 th 1938.
John P. Hopetkus } Commissioner of Deeds ss

Orange County ss William Nyles being duly sworn says that he was present at the making of the within certificate by John P. Haspelkus and that the same was then attached to the affidavit of Caleb Mills at the same time now attached and that said certificate refers to Caleb Mills the deponent described in the annexed affidavit. 11.2. 11/9/38 Robt A Martin
Commissioner of deeds this 7th day of April 1838
State of New York ss I Wheeler Barnes, Deputy Clerk in the absence of Orange County ss Daniel A. Marsh Clerk of said County of Orange do hereby certify that at the date of the within affidavit signed by Caleb Mills the said John P. Haspelkus was a commissioner of deeds in & for said County of Orange duly authorized in said affidavit that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said John P. Haspelkus & truly believe his signature to the head of said affidavit and also his signature to the certificate there attached to be his genuine hand writing and signature and I also certify that at the date of the foregoing affidavit of William Nyles Robert W. Martin before whom the same was taken was a Commissioner of deeds in and for said County & duly authorized to take said affidavit that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Robert A. Martin & truly believe the signa- ture to the head of said affidavit to be his genuine hand writing & signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 7th April 1838.
W. Barnes, Dep. Clerk.

State of New York
Onondago County ss. William Nyles being duly sworn says, that he saw the annuities that from a bible in the possession of Mary Brockway, the applicant for a pen- sion and the widow of Russell Brockway that this deponent has been acquainted with said bible for about sixteen years & during that time this deponent has always noticed the written record on the last page of the annuities that. That this deponent has been informed recently by the said Mary Brockway that said record was made up in about the year 1790 from the original record now destroyed.
Sworn before me this 7th day of April 1888 Robt H Martin Commissioner of Appeals
Wm Nyles
I certify that I am personally acquainted with William Nyles the deponent named in the affidavit above, & sworn to before me, and that said William Nyles is a man of truth & that his statements are entitled to credence. April 7 1888 Robt H Martin Commissioner of Appeals
State of New York Onondago County ss
I, Wheler Barnes Deputy Clerk in the absence of Daniel A North Clerk of said County of Onondago do hereby certify that at the date of the foregoing affidavit signed by William Nyles the said Robert H Martin was a Commissioner of Appeals in and for the County of Onondago, & duly authorized to take said affidavit That I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Robert H Martin & verify before his signa- ture to the first of said affidavit

and also his signature to the certificate thereto attached to be his genuine hand writing and signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County the 9 th of April 1838, W. Barnes, Sup. Clerk.
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No 10.002.
War Department,
PENSION OFFICE,
Decr. 13 th . 1820..
SIR:
You are hereby informed that the Schedule of your property has been examined; and the Secretary of War has directed your name to be continued on the Pension Roll.
You will be paid at the next semi-annual payment in March . next. Funds for that purpose will be transmitted at that time; but no arrearages will be paid previous thereto.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
To Mr. Russell Brothway.
care of J. Davis Esq.
Amegs, New York.

V3188 In the matter of Mary Brockway a pension applicant
Mary Brockway widow of Rufus N.Y.
adm? 2 years pri 80 pp
no deduction
Hn. A. P. Grant NR
Hn. A. P. Grant. Ho: Refi

Onondaga County ss William Nyles of the village of Onondaga in the County aforesaid being duly sworn says that at the request of Ellery Brockway the applicant in the annexed declaration described, he has made diligent search for the purpose of obtaining evidence of the intermarriage of the said Brockway with Russel Brockway deceased, that he has been informed and believes that the said Russel & Mary Brockway were married in Stephentown & that they removed therefrom about Fifty five years, and that he has been unable to find any person, who was present at their mar- riage, nor can he find any person at Stephen- town or elsewhere, who is knowing to their re- marriage aforesaid. That he found his aforesaid opinions, partly on the representations of the said Mary Brockway, before her mind & memory had failed, & partly on the examination of traditional evidence, her in after mentioned. That he is knowing to the death of the said Russel Brockway, that he died on the twelfth day of February, Eighteen hundred and thirty, and that the said Mary Brockway has remained his widow since that period. This deponent further says, that he has examined an old family Bible now in the possession of the said Mary Brockway, and that the same contains a record of the intermarriage of the said Russel Brockway & Mary Brockway on the twelfth day of October, 1775. That said

bible also contains a record of the birth of said Ruth Brockway, on the sixth day of August, in the Year One thousand Seven hundred fifty four, and of the birth of said Mary Brockway in the Year Seventeen hundred fifty four. That from the appearance of said bible and the record aforesaid, this deponent is of the opinion that the latter is a true & faithful Statement of the facts therein contained as a handwritten before set forth, and that the same was made, at the time the events recorded, therein, happened. That he is personally acquainted with the said Mary Brockway that she is very infirm & that she is unable to attend at court.  Given before me this 11th day of February 1835. Robert Martin Commr of dees  Wm Nyles
And I hereby certify that William Nyles the above deponent is personally known to me to be a man of truth & veracity.  Robert Martin Commr of dees
State of New York Onigoleannus ss. Daniel & Mark, Clerks of the Commrs of Overy aforesaid, do certify that at the date of the annexed deposition of Mary Brockway, the said E. Hubbard before whom the same was taken was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of

The County of Alameda aforesaid and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Erick Hibbard and verily believe the signature to the Final of said deposition to be his genuine handwriting. And I do further certify that at the date of the foregoing affidavit of William Myles, the said Robert Martin before whom the same was taken was a commissioner of oaths in & for said County of Alameda, & authorized to take depositions therein, that I am well ac- quainted with the handwriting of the said Robert Martin and verily believe the signature to the Final of said last mentioned affidavit, & also the signature to the certificate following said affidavit to be the genuine handwriting & signatures of the said Robert Martin.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this Fifteenth day of February eighteen hundred and thirty eight.
G. H. Marsh Clerk

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Brockway, Russell GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 6811 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Mar. 22, 1796 to Theodorus Bailey, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.