Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1244, Jabez Dean, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Dean Jabez " Deon
11 1244
B.L.W. 29735-160-55-
Hannah
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Joby Deon of Stuyvesant in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Continental command by Captain Stephen of the Rept. command by Col. McLure - in the N. York line for 2 Years
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of June 1835 — — and Sister  H. W. Camp Burlington
Arrears to the 4th of Mar '83 $ 160 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th Sep '33  40 $ 200
Recorded by A. B. Miles Clerk, Book E. Vol. 4. Page 53 { Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }

Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 16 th April 1838 from 4 th March to 26. April 1839. the day of his death Agent notified 28 th Oct 1840

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Sturges Com mnr Phe
June 1832
Declaration in order to the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of New York Sturges County
On this 16 th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Sturges being a Court of record & now sitting I, Abij Drown a resident of the Town of Milford in the County of Sturges of one mind & of age being first duly sworn according to law doth hereby make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 To wit
In the year 1775 this Deponent was a resident of the Town of Stillwater for so long a County of State of one mind upon the breaking out of the Revolutionary War he volunteered at the call of the Committee which were then formed for conducting the Military operations of the County in which they were situated to go as a guard to a quantity of Ammunition which the Committee were about to send from Stillwater to Fort George on Lake George This was in the month of April or May in the year 1775 He was engaged in this service between three & four months & then returned home. They had no common officer to command them while in the actual transportation of Ammunition

at the same Forts under Col. Livingston or Fort Stork & Col. Morris or Fort George And further in the year 1788 & in the month of October this deponent again arrived at Saratoga for the term of one month in Col. Van Klief's Regt. & in Capt. Joseph Tennant's Company - This deponent will know Capt. Morris in Col. Morris's Regt. & afterwards in Col. Billets Regt. also Major Hopkins of the same Regt. killed at a place called 16 Mile Island on the Sarus - also Capt. Boon & Lieut. Hopkins both killed. This deponent also will know Sub. Col. & Capt. Schuyler. first men- tioned at Fort Ti. in 1776. also know Capt. Arnold in 1776-77 & also Capt. Watkiss Hqs. Genl. Schuyler's Col. at Saratoga or Tennant. This deponent knows of no other testimony which he can prove exact where is herewith transmitted to the War Dept. to his General Service
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the amount delegates that his name is not on the pension roll of the Genesee or any State to his knowledge. He hereby relinquishes the day's service
He was born at a place called Johnstown in the County of Albany, N. York on the 11 day of Nov. 1754. He has a record of his age at home in his Bible taken from the old family records. His father lived as he has understood in various

places till he was about six years old when they removed to New York Till about 23 years of age from there to Hillsdale Columbia Co. about 8 years then to Schenectady N.Y. about 3 years then to Kinderhook about 4 years then to Nassau one year then to the County of Otsego Co. town of Maryland in the year 1795 from Maryland to Grafton from Grafton to Milford all in said County where he now resides never had any written discharge from the Service
Sworn & subscribed the 16 th day of October 1822. in open Court Horace Lathrop Clerk
We Elisha Frost & David Thomas Fuller of Cooperstown Otsego County do certify that we are well acquainted with Joby Dean who has heretofore sworn to the above autobiography that we believe him to be an honest man to be 76 years of age that he is reputed in the neighborhood as having been a soldier during the war of the Revolution that we concur in that opinion. Sworn in open Court the day & year above written
Horace Lathrop Clerk
Thomas Fuller
Elisha Frost

Family Record.
MARRIAGES.
MARRIAGES.
Jabez Dean and Abigail Spencer were Married Feb. 16th 1783.
Jabez Dean and Hannah Cummings were married Sept. 19th. 1805.
Ephraim Cummings & Hannah Andrews were married October 22nd. 1787.
State of New York } Otsego County }
On this thirtieth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three, personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a County Judge in and for the county of Otsego and state of New York Daniel A. Cummings, a resident of said County of Otsego and state of New York, who, being duly sworn, according to law, declares and says that Mrs. Hannah Dean is the widow of Jabez Dean, deceased, who was a Pensioner of the United States for service in the Revolutionary war, that she was married to him on the nineteenth day of September in the year eighteen hundred and five at Middlefield in the County of Otsego and State of New York, and that her name before her said marriage was Hannah Cummings, that the above record of the marriage of Jabez Dean and Hannah Cummings Sept. 19th 1805 is the original record of said marriage, that said record, is in the hand writing of Ezra Dean and that it has been kept by the said Hannah Dean, that he, this deponent, has seen said record in her possession at various times since it was written, and that it is a true record of her marriage to the said Jabez Dean. He further swears that he was present at said wedding, and saw the said Jabez Dean and Hannah Cummings legally married at the time stated above in this affidavit and in said record. He further swears that the said Hannah Dean has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband, the aforesaid Jabez Dean and that she is still a widow.
Subscribed and sworn to, before me, on the day and year above written, and I do hereby certify that Daniel Cummings is a credible witness.
D. Cummings Samuel A. Byrne County Judge

Family Record.
BIRTHS.
Jabez Dean was born November 11th. 1756
Abigail Spencer was born Jan. 28th. 1765.
Hannah Andrews was born April 18 th 1769.
Asa Dean was born December 13th. 1786.
James Dean was born August 1st. 1789
Abigail Dean was born Feb. 29th. 1792
Jesse Dean was born Feb. 13th. 1801.
Erza Dean was born August 14th. 1808.
BIRTHS.
John A Dean was born Octr. 13th. 1811.
James Cummings was born Aug. 12th. 1788
Alexander Cummings was born Octr. 30th. 1790.
Platt Cummings was born Decr. 15th. 1792.
Hosea Cummings was born Decr. 21st. 1794.
Daniel Cummings was born Feb. 5th. 1798.
Pleiania Cummings was born July 27th. 1800.
Salome Cummings was born Octr. 30th. 1802.

Pension Claim act of February 3 d 1853
Hannah Dean widow of Gates Dean
W. Bailey Attorney
Locke-Cayuga Co. N.Y.

State of New York } Otsago County } ss.
On this Second day of May in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty three, personally appeared before me Samuel J. Bowne a Judge of the County Judge court in and for the State and County aforesaid, Mrs. Hannah Dean, a resident of Middlefield in the County of Otsago and State of New York, aged eighty four years, who, being duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed on the third day of February A. D. 1853; that she is the widow of Pabes Dean, deceased, who was a Private in the Army of the United States, in the Revolutionary war, and was pensioned for such service at the rate of eighty xxx dollars per year, that her husband, the aforesaid Pabes Dean, lived, when pensioned, in Westford or Milford (as she thinks) in the County of Otsago and State of New York, and that his said Pension was paid at the Pension Agency in Albany, in said State. She further declares that she was married to the said Pabes Dean on the nineteenth day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and five at Middlefield in the County of Otsago and State of New York, by me French a Clergiman, and that her name, before her said marriage was Hannah Cummings; that her husband, the aforesaid Pabes Dean, died on the twenty sixth day of April in the year eighteen hundred and thirty nine; that she was married to him at the time above stated; that she has no record of said marriage except the family record herewith presented, that said Family Record is the original and true record of her marriage to the said Pabes Dean, deceased, that said record was written by Ezra Dean and has been kept by herself. She further swears that she was a widow at the passage of the act, and is still a widow, and that she has never before made application for a Pension; that her said husband was entitled to said Pension as will more fully appear by a reference to the evidence filed in his application for said Pension.
Hannah Dean
Sworn to and subscribed, before me, on the day and year first above written, and I do hereby certify that Hannah Dean, the said deponent, is unable to appear in open Court in consequence of old age and bodily infirmity.
J. J. Bowne County Judge, Otsago County,

State of New York } Otsego County }
I hereby certify, that Samuel J. Brown Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made, and who has thereto subscribed his name, was, at the time of so doing, a Judge of the County Court in and for the County aforesaid, duly Commissioned and sworn and that his signature thereto is genuine!
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office as clerk of the County Court of said County, this fourth day of May A. D. 1853.
Wm C. Fields Clerk

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1. Where did he receive when he entered the country?  2. In what position was he engaged?  3. How old is he?  4. State his service as director of the Department.  5. Before a judge was it shown that the applicant is qualified by birth, industry, etc.    1880  1881  1882  1883  1884  1885  1886  1887  1888  1889  1890  1891  1892  1893  1894  1895  1896  1897  1898  1899  1900                         
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BRIEF in the case of  Saber Deon  County of Otsego  in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? —  3. How old is he? 76.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1775 May "between 3 & 4 months" Private. Gen. Capt P. S. Stephens —   1775 Aug. "about 1" " Capt. Thompson, Col. Mc. Crea —   1776 April 1 1/2 12 " Capt. Denham —   1776 5 " Capt. Wellins, Cols. Van Dik & Ten Eyck —   1777 Spring 2 " Wainwright —   1778 "between 4 & 5 months" " Capt. Woodworth —   1779 4 " Capt. Shipman, Col. Warner —  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Saratoga City. N. Y.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional & Witness.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? They are not attached to the Clerk's seal as required. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
   1780 — 4 — Private. Cols. Livingston & Warner —   1781 — 1 — " Capt. Farmer, Col. Vanclief —  
Examining Clerk.  J. Waugh Feb. 22. 1835.

184.659

State of New York } County of Otsego }
On this twenty ninth day of June A.D. One thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Hannah Dean aged eighty six years, a resident of Westford in the state of New York, who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Jabez Dean deceased, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, that she is now a pensioner of the United States, that her pension certificate is dated 30th July 1853, No. 1101, under act February 3d. 1853. She further states that she was married to the said Jabez Dean at Middlefield in said County on the 19th September 1805, reference is had to her marriage to said Dean, now on file in Pension office at Washington D. C. She further states that her name before her said marriage was, Hannah Cummings, and that her husband, the said Jabez Dean died at Westford in said County on the 26th day of April 1839, and that she is now a widow. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3d. 1855.
Hannah her Dean X mark
We, Daniel A. Cummings of Westford Otsego Co. & Ezra Dean of Auburn Cayuga Co. State of New York, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed & acknowledged

by Mrs Hannah Dean in our presence, and that we do know that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Essa Dean Daniel A. Cummings
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Joseph M. Reynolds Justice of the Peace
Otago to S.S.
Daniel A. Cummings being duly sworn deposes and says, that he is well acquainted with Mrs. Hannah Dean, widow of Jabez Dean deceased, that she is now a widow, and is the widow of said Jabez Dean, deceased, and further saith not. Daniel A. Cummings Subscribed and sworn before me? this 29th. day of June 1855.
Joseph M. Reynolds Justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW YORK, Otsego County Clerk's Office.
I, William C. Fields , CLERK of said County, and of the Courts of Record therein, do hereby certify that
Joseph W. Reynolds Esquire,
was, on the 29th day of June 185 8 a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Otsego, duly authorized to act as such, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Jus- tice, and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal of the said County and of said Courts, at Cooperstown, this 30th day of June 185 8 .
Wm C. Fields CLERK.
The Court will please mail warrant to me at Cooperstown or B. v oblige H. S. Babcock

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L. P. Welder Comm. Pensions Washington D.C. 14

May 15. 1853 No 1599
App d of Hannah Dean widow of Isa c # 0
N. York
14562
Act 3 d Feb y : 1853
Rev d :
allowed 80 doll. per annum commencing Feb 3 d 1853
M c Bailey Locke N.Y.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Pension Office, Official Business

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Hannah Dean,
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James Dean,
Rev. Rev. War.
Act.
Feb. 3. 1853.
Index:—Vol.
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

Brief in the case of Hannah Dean Widow of Tazewell Otsego County and State of New York act of Feb. 3 rd 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner under the act of June 7 th 1832
Marriage proven by private record & death of husband &
(If for increase.)
Widowhood by witnesses certified
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
to be credible
No evidence, since the admission of claim
Name and residence of Agent
N. Bailey Locke N. York.
Examining Clerk.
J. L. Gray

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
October 22 d , 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," The widow of Jacob Leon, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Eighty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, to the 26 th April 1839, the day of his death;
Respectfully yours,
Wilson B. Harris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

State Of New York 2 d Otsego County 3 d
On this twenty sixth day of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty three, personally appeared before me Andrew Bice a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Abijah Knapp, a resident of the County of Otsego and State of New York, who, being duly sworn, according to law, declares and says that Hannah Dean is the widow of Jabez Dean, deceased, who was a pensioner of the United States for service in the Revolutionary war; that she was married to the said Jabez Dean on the nineteenth day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and five at Middlefield in the County of Otsego and State of New York by one French, a clergyman, that her name before her said marriage was Hannah Cummings, that he, this deponent, was present and saw the said Jabez Dean and Hannah Cummings married at the time above stated; that the said Jabez Dean died on the twenty sixth day of April in the year eighteen hundred and thirty nine. His partner swears that the said Hannah Dean has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband, the aforesaid Jabez Dean and is still a widow.
Abijah Knapp
Sworn to and subscribed, before me, on the day and year first above written, and I do hereby certify that Abijah Knapp is a credible witness.
M c W illiam Bice Justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW YORK,
OTSEGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, WILLIAM C. FIELDS, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that
Andrew Bice Esquire, was, on the 26 th day of April 185 3 a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Otsego, duly authorized to act as such, and that I am well ac- quainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal of the said County, at Cooperstown, this 27 th day of April 185 3
Wm C Fields CLERK.

Know all men by these presents that I, Hannah Dean of the County of Otsego, and state of New York, and the widow of James Dean, deceased, who was a Revolutionary soldier, do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Norman Bailey of Lortie, in the County of Cayuga and state of New York my true and lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name, to examine into and prosecute any claim for a Pension against the General Government, which may be due me by virtue of my deceased husband's service in the Revolutionary war, and the several acts of Congress relative thereto, and to receive the certificate of Pension, when issued by the Department. I hereby confirm whatsoever my said Attorney may do, or cause to be legally done either in person or by substitution, in the prosecution of said claim, except drawing money in my favor, I revoking any other authority I may have given to any other person or persons in the premises whatsoever.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this twenty sixth day of April A. D. 1853
Signed in presence of P. H. Cummings
State of New York } set County of Otsego }
On this twenty sixth day of April in the year eighteen hundred and fifty three, personally appeared before me Hannah Dean, and acknowledged the above Power of Attorney to be her act and deed, and I certify that I well know the said Hannah Dean and that she is the person
STATE OF NEW YORK, } OTSEGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, WILLIAM C. FIELDS, Clerk of the County of Otsego, do hereby certify that Andrew Rice whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE of the County of Otsego, dwelling in said County, duly authorized to take such proof or acknowledgment, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that his signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine, and that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws of the State of New-York.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said County, the 27 th day of April A. D., 185 3
Wm C Fields CLERK.

I know all men by these presents that I, Hannah Dean of the County of Otsego, and state of New York, and the widow of James Dean, deceased, who was a Revolutionary soldier, do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Norman Bailey of Locke, in the County of Cayuga and state of New York my true and lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name, to examine into and prosecute any claim for a Pension against the General Government, which may be due me by virtue of my deceased husband's service in the Revolutionary war, and the several acts of Congress relative thereto, and to receive the certificate of Pension, when issued by the Department. I hereby confirm whatsoever my said Attorney may do, or cause to be legally done either in person or by substitution, in the prosecution of said claim, except drawing money in my favor, I revoking any other authority I may have given to any other person or persons in the premises whatsoever.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this twenty sixth day of April A. D. 1853
Signed in presence of D. J. Cummings
State of New York } County of Otsego } set
On this twenty sixth day of April in the year eighteen hundred and fifty three, personally appeared before me Hannah Dean, and acknowledged the above Power of Attorney to be her act and deed, and I certify that I well know the said Hannah Dean and that she is the person now present and who executed the above Power of Attorney
Matthew Bice justice of the Peace

Jabez Dron
N. Bronx Atty Coopers Town N.Y.
adm d 24 mo per 80 $.

State of New York Otsego County ss
Jonathan Dion of the Town of Sherburne County of Chenango State of New York age 67 being duly sworn deposeth & saith that Joby Dion of the Town of Milford in the County of Otsego State of New York is a brother of this deponent & that he served in the Army of the Revolution as a soldier in the Militia on the frontiers of the State of New York that in the year 1775 the said Joby Dion was in the service at Fort George sometimes under arms & at other times he was employed in the transportation of baggage. In the year 1776 the said Joby Dion was in the service at Fort Ticonderoga in service under arms, but this deponent does not know the names of his commanders either at Fort George or Ticonderoga in 1777. This deponent knows that the said Joby was in service in the Army at the descent of Burgoyne from the north - That in the year following the said Joby was also in active service one half of the time in the Northern Army but does not know at what particular place

That subsequent to the time last above mentioned this Deponent knows that the said Joby was in actual service under Captain Tamm in Col Van Klief's Regiment This Deponent further states that the said Joby was in actual service under arms at many other & different times & places but he cannot recollect the exact date of such services nor the names of his comrades or enemies & further saith not—
Subscribed & sworn Jonathan Dean this 3 rd day of July 1832 before me
Elisha Frost Judge of Otsego County Court
And the said Court hereby declare their opinion after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department after an investigation of the matter that the said Joby Dean was a Revolutionary soldier served therein as he states. And the said Court further certify that it appears to them that Doctor Howard Fuller who has signed the preceding certificate is a reputable practicing physician & a resident of the village of Cooperstown & that Elisha Frost who has also signed the same is a Judge of Otsego County Court a resident of the same place that they are persons of credibility & their state- ments is entitled to credit
J. O. Moore E. Frost J. Page
Deponent

I Horace Lothrop Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Otsego hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the Matter of the application of Sobey Dwyer for a pension and I further certify that Elisha Root before whom the within affidavit was made to have been made was at the time of the signing thereof a Judge of Otsego Common Pleas & authorized by law to take the same affidavit that I am acquainted with his hand writing & will believe his signature thereto attached to be his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and Seal of Office this 19 th day of October 1882. —
Horace Lothrop, Clerk.
I Elisha Root a Judge of Otsego Common Pleas do certify that I am the officer before whom the above affidavit of Jonathan Dwyer was taken & done on the 3 rd day of July 1882, that he is a credible person & his statement is entitled to credit. I further certify that John Smith who has subscribed the affidavit set forth April 1 1883. known before me is a Clergyman as there represented & that Ossian John Smith of whom are residents of Cooperstown is a credible person & his statement is entitled to credit. April 1 st 1883 Elisha Root Judge of Otsego County Court

Joby Dean
W. Brown Atty
1027 B

State of New York } Otsago County }
We John Smith a Clergyman & Othniel Sobey Merchant both residents of Cooperstown Co. Otsago do certify that we are well acquainted with Sobey from a residence of the Town of Milford Otsago Co. & who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration dated on the 16 th day of October 1832. that we believe him to be 76 years of age as therein represented that he is in present believe in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn before me this 1 st day of April 1833.
John Smith, Pastor Presbyterian Church, Co. Otsago Present Salem
Eliza South Judge of Otsago County Court
Amended but not sworn. June 5. 33
Otsago County ss
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in & for the Town & County of Otsago respecting Sobey Brown who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that by reason of old age & the long years loss of memory he cannot now more positive as to the precise length of his service than as follows. & according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below & in the following grades To wit in the month of April or May the cannot recollect which in the year 1775 he volunteered at the call of the Committee to grow a quantity of ammunition which they were about to transport to Fort George from

Still noted & continued in the Army three months Under the command of Capt John Stevens. In the month of January 1776 he was upon the command of Capt John Thompson for one month in an excursion against Schuylerville. Both of the above terms were in the Militia. In the month of April following he was called out & served in the Militia of New York Six weeks under Capt Duerhorn & Col Jones part of Fort George In immediately after the expiration of this service he enlisted for five months as a private in the Militia of New York under Capt Collins in Col Cox's Btry 1st Regt but it was soon removed by Col John Ely & served in the Northern part of New York He served a part of this time under Col. Wynkoop at Fort Ticonderoga
In the year 1777 in May June & July he served three months under Capt Woodworth in Col The Oneida Regt. of Militia in the Northern part of New York In the year 1778 he served four months in Capt Shipmans Company in Col Morris's Regt. of Militia. Under the command of Continental officers He served at Fort George & at Fort Edward alternately
both of whom were
In the year 1780 he also served another term of four months at the same Forts under Col Livingston at Fort Edward & under Col Morris at Fort George - all his service was in the Militia as a private. In the year 1781 he served one month in the month of October in Capt Joseph Tompkins Company in Col Van Klief's

Rest- In the year 1839, he served a term of four months under Capt Shipman & Col. Warner or Forts Edward & Ticonderoga in the Militia of New York as a private & all he claims for at least the  first  four  and  a  half  months a pension
He has no documentary evidence to the testimony except what is now but, neither does he know of any other which he can prove as to his services. He never served as a substitute for any other person. He refers to the certificates produced for good character & reputation as a soldier & also to Col John Moore, Albany Bridges, Senr Stewart Esq of Milford, Jesse Root & Edward Goddard of Montgomery & Omer H. Brown Esq of the same town. Dist Sumner Esq, John Brook Esq, Joseph Russell Esq & Daniel Gibbns of Middletown
did not prove a very  unusual  testimony  col upon his first application to because he was told it was unnecessary. He also states that his brother Jonathan has made an affidavit of his services as to the 3 rd day of July 1832 & that he lived with him during the war & is now about 68 years of age. That he does not now know where to find him or he would prove an amended affidavit to comply with Sec 10. Further this deponent saith not.
Morn before me this 1 st day of April 1833. Attest Doubleday, J. Justice
Subj. 2 nd year

Rest. In the year 1779, he raised a team of four months under Capt Shipman & Col. Warner or Forts Edward & Ticonderoga in the Militia of New York as a private & all he claimed for at least thirty  one & a half months a petition
He has no documentary evidence to the testimony except what is now but, neither does he know of any other which he can prove or to his knowledge He never served as a substitute for any other person He refers to the certificates produced for good character & reputation as a soldier & also to Col John Moore Alongo Bridges Senior Stewart Esq of Milford James Rose & Edward Goddard of Maryland & Omer H. Brown Esq of the same town. Both Sumner Esq John Brown Esq Joseph Russell Esq & Daniel Gilbert of Middlebury &
did not prove a very  unusual testimony upon his first application as even he was told it was unnecessary. He also states that his brother Jonathan has made an affidavit of his services as to the 3 rd day of July 1832 & that he lives with him during the war & is now about 68 years of age that he does not now know where to find him or he would prove an amended affidavit to comply with June 15. He further states deponent saith not.
Morn before me this 1 st day of April 1833. S th Daubleday In Quibus
James D. Brown

State of New York Other County
I Horace Southrop Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in for the County of Onondaga do hereby testify that Elisha H. Foster who has signed the preceding certificate to the of the truth of the credibility of a witness's attestation April 1 st 1883. & before whom also the affidavits of the Rev. John Smith & John H. Kim in support to have been taken was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County at the time of the date thereof & authori- -zed by law to take the same. That I am acquainted with his hand writing & sincerely believe his signature subscribed to the said Certificate & affidavits to be his own proper hand writing & signature as to the of the said Certificate & affidavits have been taken at the date April 1 st 1883. was at the time of the taking thereof a Justice of the Peace in the the said County Law therefor by law to take the same that I am acquainted with his hand writing & sincerely believe the signature thereto subscribed to be his own proper hand writing & signature & further certify that I have attached the two true affidavits to the original proceedings in the said Court on the 16 th day of October last of John Brown for a pension & authentication the whole as the same appears in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 3 rd day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand & eighty three —
Horace Southrop. Clerk.