Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44784, Ezra Clawson, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Clawson, Ezra or Clauson or Clanson
S. 44784
CONTENTS

Statement of under Act 1 May 1890 - Notification sent 12 July 1890 to J. G. Wapson, Albany, N.Y.
Ezra Lawson, of Albany Co. in the state of New-York, who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wynkoop, of the New-York line, for the term of one year.
Inscribed on the Roll of New-York, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 31. of May, 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25. of Nov. 1819 and sent to Estes Howe, judge, City of Albany, New-York.
  Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1819  $ 25.32    Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 March,  48 "    3 mo. \frac{1}{31} } 1820  $ 73.32    8 \frac{4}{30} } }  
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }

Ezra blawfonia Pringle Acerates
Taken 31 st May 1879.
Col. Wm. Cooper N. York Reg. 1776 - 1 year -
Estes Howe, Esq. Albany N. York.
Admitted

State of New York } ss. Albany City & County }
On the 31 st day of May 1819 came before me Ezra Hove one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Ezra Clawson of the town of Burn Albany County and being duly sworn made oath to the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War." That he the said Ezra Clawson sometime in the month of March 1776 at Claverack in the State of New York was enlisted for one year into Captain John H. Wendell's Company of Col. Cornelius Hys Koops Regiment of the New York Line & contin- -ental establishment That he continued to serve in the said Corps at Ticonderoga until the first of January then next ensuing and rec d his wages accordingly — That in consequence of a fever soon which took place on his left leg near the Ankle he became unable to per- -form the duties of a Soldier any longer and did not re-enlist. That he served the full term of nine months, but had no written discharge That he has ever since been a Resident of the State of New York — That he is at present in the sixty sixth year of his age and is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of —
Service of Saratoga County

assistance from his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services Sworn to and declared before me the day & } year aforesaid — }
Ezra Glauson
Estus Howe Judge Heatington, plus }
I Estus Howe Judge to as aforesaid Do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Ezra Glauson did serve in the revolutionary War against the common enemy and further from the appearance and language of the said Ezra and also from the Test of Wm Scoby hereto annexed with whom I am acquainted and deem a credible Witness. I am satisfied that the said Ezra is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his country for support — and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of the department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid Act of Congress. Dated at Albany 31 st May 1819.
Estus Howe

Albany county ss.
On the 31 st day of May 1819 came before me Genl. John H. Wendell formerly a captain in the American Army in the Revolutionary and being duly sworn saith that to the best of his knowledge he believes the statement made by his former Lieutenant J. C. Ten Broeck respecting the enlistment service and discharge of Ezra Clawson to be in all respects just and true and further saith not
Sworn before me this } J. H. Wendell day & time above written }
Estus Flower Judge Albany Co. N.Y.
Albany county ss:
William Seoby of the city of Albany being duly sworn saith that he is acquainted with Ezra Clawson who has subscribed the foregoing declaration that he is also acquainted with the person with whom he resides and has been informed by him and verily believes that the said Ezra has no visible property, except clothing that he procures his subsistence by his daily labor which in consequence of his lameness and old age is very difficult and that stands in actual need of assistance from his country for support
Sworn before me this 31 st } William Seoby day of May 1819 — }
Estus Flower Judge Albany Co. N.Y.
Office of Saratoga County

City of Albany Clerks Office
I certify that the before named Elias Hovey was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Albany at the time the foregoing Affidavits & Acknow- ledgments were taken and author- ized to take the same that I am acquainted with his handwriting and truly believe the signatures to the foregoing Affidavits and Acknowledgments to be his proper hand writing.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 30th May 1879
Horatio Marchant Deputy Clerk of Albany County

This may certify that Ezra Blawson the person to whom this is delivered is the same person who was enlisted by me then Lieut. in a Regiment of troops commanded by Colonel Cornelius Wynkoop some time in the month of March 1776. for the term of one year and served in the succeeding campaign in the said regiment at Ticonderoga until the last of December or first of January following when he was discharged upon the consolidation of the Regiments, and was not re-enlisted on account of a lameness in his left leg which rendered him unfit for duty - The said Blawson was enlisted as and served as a private in the company commanded by Capt. John H. Wendell Given under my hand this 29 th May 1819.
Ezra Brooks Late Capt. in Van Schaick's Regt.
Saratoga ss: This twenty ninth day of May in the year 1819 appeared before me William Hiram Dyer one of the Justices of the peace in and for the county of Saratoga John E. Van Buren at issue at Ticonderoga being duly sworn upon the holy Evangelists of Almighty God did depose and say that the contents of the above certificate are true in substance and in fact.  Wm Hiram Dyer of the Justices of the Peace of Saratoga County

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } Albany Common Pleas of the City & County of Albany } term of December, 1820.
On this thirteenth day of December 1820 personally appeared in open court, (being a court of record in and for the said County according to the solemn adjudications of the Supreme Court of this state, and being a court which proceeds according to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and possessing the power of fine and imprisonment)
Ezra Clauzon aged sixty six years, resident in the Town of Bern in said County who, being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: to wit. That
in the year 1776 he enlisted in Capt John H Wendells Company and Col. Cornelius Wynkoop's Regiment of the New York Line for one year and after serving over nine months was discharged on account of Disability. That on 31 st day of May 1819 he made his declaration on oath and has received a Pension Certificate No 15877 and has drawn his Pension up to the 4 th March 1820
And I do solemnly swear — that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the 18th of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. I have no Property either Real or Personal
of any Description nor have I any income, I am a Miller by Trade, but am so infirm that I am unable to work. Consequently I cannot support myself without the assistance of my Country. I am a single man and never have been married.
Sworn and declared in open Court this 13 th Dec. 1820 H. A. Williams Depty Ckt
Ezra Clauzon
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } City and County of Albany } S
I Henry Treadwell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the City and County of Albany do hereby certify, that the foregoing affidavit and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied 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 property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is nothing dollars and cents. In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 15 th day of December 1820.
Henry Treadwell - Clerk.

STATE OF NEW-YORK, }
City & County of Albany
ss.
ON this fifteenth day of June 1820 personally appeared in open court, being a court of record for the said City & County of Albany
Ezra Claason aged sixty six years, resident in the town of Berne in the County of Albany in said state aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: that he enlisted in Capt John K. Wendell's Company 8th Col. Continental Line of the New York Line for one year and after serving over nine months was discharged on account of the disability of one of his legs occasioned by a fever sore That on the 31st day of May 1819 he made his declaration on oath and has rec d a Pension certificate N o 15,877 - I Ezra Claason am a single man and have been educated to the business of Weaving and Lumbering a grist mill both of which I have been obliged to abandon on account of my health and pursue such business as my advanced age and ill health will permit
AND I solemnly Swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide 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, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. (Signed) Ezra Claason
Thirty two Acres of land situate in the town of Berne Albany County of the value of two Hundred dollars. The facts respecting the property are as follows in the year 1818 I held a note of $112.50 against Peter West Junior and was indebted at the same time to sundry persons about $50. That I took the above mentioned piece of land from Mr West to secure the debt due to me and allow'd him $275. and have paid the same by the said note and in cash of my pension $150. and $125. remains due And have no personal property except necessary wearing Apparel - (Signed) Ezra Claason
Sworn to and declared in open court on the fifteenth day of June 1820 before
H. Williams Depty clk
I, Henry Truax Clerk of City & County of Albany do hereby certify that the foregoing Declaration and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied 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 property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Seventy five dollars and  cents. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 14th day of June 1820 -
Henry Truax Clerk
Clerk of the Court of the County of Albany

Albany County ss:
Peter West Junior being duly sworn saith That he has been personally acquainted with Ezra Clawson who has subscribed the foregoing Declaration or oath about thirteen years, That the said Ezra Clawson is a person of strict Veracity and good Moral Character, That the Schedule by him subscribed & the statement by him given, this deponent knows to be correct that the said Ezra is not able by his own labor or industry in consequence of his age and infirmity to procure the means of his own subsistence And in case he was compelled to pay his debts at this time his property would not (in the opinion of this deponent) more than pay the total sum
Subscribed & sworn to this (Signed) Peter West Jun r 16 th day of June 1820-
before me John G. Wapson Com m under the Act of the 24 th March 1818 to take Acknowledgment &c & affidavits to be read in court etc

to take the land back to secure himself & that Clawson had no interest whatever in said land & that he is in need of assistance
Certified to by Esther Howe Esq. Recorder of the City of Albany to whom returns are to be made.
Letter to Elias Holliday Esq. Under 23 Oct. 1840
Recd at the Treasury Dec. 1840. written Oct 28 Oct. 1840
Draft from the Roll
This case has been suspended three times since the passage of the Act of March 1828. The last evidence furnished is the affidavit of Peter West Jr. of whom the claimant purchased the land stating that Clawson agreed with him in 1818 for the land at $275 that he paid him $112 and being unable to pay the balance, he was compelled

Dropt from the Roll 12 July 1820. — The Pensioner informed Oct. 1. 1822, that his name could not be restored. The Atty. Gen's. opinion sent.
Atty General's opinion sent again to me of Mr Scoby, Esq. at Albany N.Y. 4 Nov: 1822

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
October 24 th 1840.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Adm or of Eliza Clawson, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Eight — Dollars and — Cents per month  annum , under the law of the 18 th March 1818, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March, to the 22 d July 1839. the day of his death,
Respectfully yours,
William L. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

March 1823
N.Y.
The Honorable
Ezra G. Gannum
Dec 20
Rec. 30 Dec. 1823.
John L. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington City
D.C.
Mr. Calhoun

Peter West Juror being duly sworn deposes and says that he formerly lived in the Town of Bern in the County of Albany but now resides in Amsterdam County of Montgomery & State of New York, that while he lived in Bern aforesaid he sold to Ezra Clawson a piece of land containing forty four acres lying in said Town of Bern, for which he this deponent made a writing agreeing to convey said land to the said Ezra Clawson upon his the Ezra's paying this deponent two hundred & seventy five dollars and that he the said Ezra paid one hundred & twenty five Dollars, but being prepared for credit the due from said Ezra Clawson to others, he this deponent was under the necessity of taking the bond to secure him say of the agreement was cancelled & that this deponent has since sold said land to others; This deponent says that said Ezra Clawson is in no way directly or indirectly interested or benefitted by the negotiation, nor has he any claim in law or equity in said land; And this deponent says that from his own knowledge & from information to the best of his belief he can safely say that said Ezra Clawson is in no wise in pain and distress now having nothing to contribute to his support.
Peter West Juror
State of New York } Albany City - } ss. On this fourteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three, came before me the above named Peter West to me known as worthy of full confidence & belief and made solemn oath to the foregoing affidavit being subscribed.
Ezra Clawson Recorder of the City of Albany NY

Hon. J. C. Calhoun
Sir
The affidavit of Mr. West got mislaid or it would have been sent earlier; Mr. West is an indus- trious, agricultural man and highly deserving of credit and no doubt the facts stated in his affidavit are strictly true
I have the honor to be Sir Your most obtd & humble St.
Ed. Hove
Albany Oct. 23 d 1823.

Mr. Edwards
FREE
Recd. 18 Mar. 1823
Honble J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War City of Washington.

Albany March 11 th 1823
To the Hon ble J. C. Calhoun
Sir I was Once Placed on the Pension Roll of the Revolution Drew one Payment, and then when that Law was Revised I made my Inventary & was Displaced for having property, and the Next Session afterwards I was Informed that there was a Law Passed that all that had become Indigent since their Rejection could be Replaced by making the Necessary Proof of such Indigency which I Made and sent on the Papers by my Former agent Mr Elias Williams which was One Year ago which Papers I suppose are now in Your Office afterwards I received Your Answer that It was the Opinion of the Attorney General that no one could be Replaced by any subsequent Evidence of their Indigency, Now I hear that Your Honour and the Attorney General Differed in Opinion on the Construction of that Law and threw It before Congress for their Construction and that they Decided that they could be Replaced under that Law which if is the Case I wish You to Refer to my Papers & Reinstated me accordingly, You will much Oblige a Poor Old Decrepit Revolutioner that has not where to Lay his head
I Belonged to the N. York Line in Colonel Wincoops Regiment in the Company commanded by Capt. John Wendell in the Year 1776 I wish You to address Your answer to the Care of Wm Scobey Albany N. York Ezra Clauson

Emm. Garrison N.Y.R.
Recd. 10 Sept. 1822.
Get the papers in this case
Joseph Denison Albany, N.Y.R.

SCHEDULE.
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
City & County of Albany, }
On this eighteenth day of March 1822, personally appeared in open court, being a court of record for the said City & County of Albany, New-York
Bern aged 60 - years, resident in the Town of in said County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: he enlisted in Capt. Schuyler's Continental Company and Col. Cornelius Weynkoop Regiment of the New York Line for one year and after serving over nine months was discharged on account of the disability of one of his legs occasioned by a fever and ague. That on the 31 st of May 1819 made his declaration on oath and has received a Pension Certificate No. 15077. dated 25 th Novr 1819.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide 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, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. To wit Real or personal property I have none except necessary wearing apparel. I am a single man & have been educated to the business of weaving & spinning a dist mill both of which I have been obliged to abandon on account of my health and pursue such business as my advanced age and ill health will permit, on the 15 th day of June 1820. I made a declaration on oath giving a schedule of the property I then had in possession and requested to be continued on the pension Roll but was stricken from said Roll on account of said property since which time the said property has been taken from me to satisfy my creditors and I now pray to be replaced on said pension Roll.
Sworn to, and declared, on the 18 th day of March before
Signed his  Bra X Blamson mark.
Horatio Merchant Clerk of the Albany Co. Pleas do hereby certify, that the foregoing affidavit and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied 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 exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is 00 dollars and 00 cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this
18 th day of Sept r 1822
Horatio Merchant
Dep Clerk of the Court for the Com. Pleas of the
County of Albany

Declaration,
In order to be restored to the pension list, under the act of the 1. st March, 1823.
City & County of Albany ss On this sixth day of August 1823 personally appeared in open court being a Court of Record for the City and County of Albany Ezra Clawson of the Town of Bern resident in said County aged sixty nine years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18. th March 1818 and the 1. st May, 1820, that he the said Ezra Clawson enlisted for the term of one year on the day of March in the year 1776 in the State of New York in the Company commanded by Captain John H. Wendell in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Cornelius Win Hoop in the line of the State of New York on the continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said Corps until about the first of January when he was discharged from the said service, in Skeneborough in the State of New York, his legs being diseased by hard service that his name has been placed on the pension list, and dropped therefrom on account of his property that his pension certificate bore date Nov. 25. th 1819, & its number was No 15,877 And in pursuance of the act of the 1. st May, 1820, I do Solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18. th day of March 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 18. th day of March 1818, and that I have

not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed that since the exhibition of the first schedule the following changes have been made in my property That I am a single man having no family or near connections that since infirm not able to perform manual labour I have been a weaver by trade, but am not able to work at my trade that I have no real or personal Estate whatever except my wearing apparel, which is also poor About three years since I bargained for a small piece of land & paid some upon it, but failing to pay as agreed I had to give it up; I made the bargain with Peter West Senior - Sworn to, & declared in open Court on the sixth day of August 1823. Ezra Clawson mark Lawrence L. Van Kleek Clerk of the City & County of Albany
Albany Mayors Court held at the City of Albany at the August Term 1823.
I Lawrence L Van Kleek Clerk of the City & County of Albany do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Ezra Clawson did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement on the continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records 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 exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is — Dollars & cents — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court on the sixth day of August 1823.
H. L. Van Kleek Clerk of the Mayors Court

William West & Sebastian Gayen being sworn says that they are both neighbours to Com Clawson and have personally known him the last fifteen years and that he is aged and infirm and not able to support himself by his manual labour and that he possesses no property neither real or personal excepting his wearing apparel which is very indifferent, and that his present support is afforded to him by the charitable benevolence of his neighbours and friends that he has no wife or children and further say not.
William West
Sworn to this 6 th day of August
Sebastian his Gayen mark
1823. before me -
Edw. Stone
Notary of the City of Albany -
I hereby certify that William West & Sebastian Gayen are entitled to full credit & hereby certify a true copy attested.
(Signature) A.W.H. V. Bell
Clerk of the City & County of Albany

44 784
Rev INVALID.
File No. 44 784
Ezra Clawson
Prin. Res. Year.
Act: 18" March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 90
[Arrangement of 1870.]

The opinion of the Attorney Genl. sent to the Applicant. 18th of April 1821. bore of J G Mason Esq. Albany New York

New York 8567 Ezra Gannison, private 1776, one year.
Aged 66 years, by occupation a weaver unable to work on account of bad health; has no family .
1. Schedule dated 15 June 1820
Real Property.
42 Acres of Land. . . . . $200
Personal property none except wearing apparel. _____
The facts respecting the Land are as follows. In the year 1818 held a note of $182. 50 against Peter West Jr and was indebted at the same time to sundry persons about $50, that he took the above mentioned Land from Mr West to secure the debt due to him and allowed him $275, and has paid thereof by the said note and in cash of his pension $133 33 $125 remains due.
057 62
Application for restoration rejected 16 November 1822.
2 Sch. Sule dated 13 Decem 1820. He states that he has no Real or Personal Property.
3 rd Schedule dated 18 March 1822 Since making his first sched. all his property has been taken from him to satisfy his creditors.
Dear Sir,
April 16 th 1823.
Joseph Dennison Esq. Albany
Regulations under act Mar: 1823, sent again 18 July 1823 File Mich 20
Recd. April 12, 1824 Just as above