Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 2024, Jacob Clauson, New York

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blauzon, Jacob
R 2024
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11 State of New York County of Putnam - ss. On this seventh day of February in the year of our Lord 1833 personally appeared before the court of Common Pleas of the said County of Putnam Jacob Clauser a resident of the town of Kent in the County of Putnam and State of New York aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the fol- lowing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the military service under the following named officers & served as herein after stated. That in the year 1776 he lived in the town of Germantown, in Albany county (now Columbia County) in the State of New York, was living within the limit of Capt. Jeremiah Miller's company of Militia, and in the Regiment of Colonel Robert Van Rensselaer, in the spring of the year 1776 fourteen men were imprisoned in Albany & sentenced to be hung it was reported that the Tories intended to rescue them. Col. Robert Van Rensselaer ordered out two companies of his regiment to go to Albany to guard the imprisoned men so that the Tories should not rescue them. The company of Jeremiah Miller was one of the companies ordered out on this service, this declarant went as one of that company to Albany & remained there one month and three days. The persons imprisoned & con- demned were Tories & were condemned for plundering the Whigs whilst at Albany on this expedition Major Astor was at that time in command above a captain
1 3 In the month of August in the same year 1776 Col. Robert Van Rensselaer called his regiment together & picked out ninety men & put them under the command of Capt. Jeremiah Fonda & ordered them to the Nine Partners in the County of Dutchess, this declarant was one of the ninety men se- lected as aforesaid & put under the command of Capt. Fonda. They went to the Nine Partners. Soon after the company arrived Col. Robt. Van Rensselaer came & gave to Capt. Fonda the names of many Tories in that vicinity & ordered him to seize them & confine them in the muelong house which was near

at hand. The company was employed in this business & in protecting the country for some time until the number of persons apprehended amounted to two hundred & fourteen, when Capt. Sunday was ordered to take them to Exeter in the State of New Hampshire a distance said to be two hundred & fifty miles. Capt. Sunday's company started with the prisoners & marched with them to Exeter as ordered. This detour continued with said company at their quarters & on their march to Exeter, on their return they separated & came in small bodies to be better accommodated on the way. This detour got back on the third or fourth day of December, having served faithfully from the time he was put under the command of Capt. Sunday as ordered in August until his return in December making a period of three months & some days. During the time Capt. Sunday's company was at their quarters as ordered, Colonel Van Rensselaer was the commander who furnished the provisions for the company.
Early in the year 1777, it was reported that the Tories were collecting in a large body about twenty miles North East of Albany. Col. Robt. Van Rensselaer called together his regiment of artillery and selected thirty or forty men and of the number was this detour and put them under the command of Lieut. Yoakum Miller, and ordered them to Half Moon point. The company thus under Lieut. Yoakum Miller marched the first of March to Half Moon point, and whilst there occupied a house of Samuel Tenbrock, the duty was to guard the country, prevent plundering, & keep the Tories in check. The company remained at Half Moon point until the first of June, when the company returned home this detour having served faithfully in said company for three months, on the return from this service when they arrived as far as Thundersbach it was reported that a body of Tories was collected about three miles off, instead of returning directly home Lieut. Miller marched his company to the place where it was expected the Tories would be found. When they arrived they learned that a party from Thundersbach under the command of Van Buren had just been & routed them, one of the Tories was wounded in his attempt to escape.

the family who occupied the house brought the wounded man in & laid him on the bed, immediately saw him & his wound which was in the small of the back, On the third of June the company returned home & were discharged on the fifteenth of the same month of June 1777. Col. Rob- ert Van Rensselaer called his regiment to gather & detailed one half of them to go to Fort Edward, Adrain Rivers with whom the lieutenant lived was detailed as one of the men, this lieutenant took his place. Capt. Elisha Hanchett commanded the company to which lieutenant belonged & marched with them to Fort Edward other two or three companies, were at this time detached from Col. Van Rensselaer's Regiment. Capt. Bortle commanded one of the companies. Major Richard Astor had the command of all the men thus taken from Van Rensselaer's regiment. The company to which lieutenant belonged was at Fort Edward when Ticonderoga was given up, when at Fort Edward Gen. Schuy- ler had the command of the troops, a large number were then assembled at that place. The morning after the news of the surrender of Ticonderoga was received the lieutenant was sta- tioned as a sentinel on the road from Fort Edward to Lake George with orders to let none pass up without a pass but to let all come down who chose, whilst lieutenant was thus stationed two officers whom lieutenant did not know with three aids came up the road & lieutenant refused to let them pass with- out a pass from Gen. Schuyler, one of the officers replied to the lieutenant that he could have no such orders for he had just left Gen. Schuyler, who said nothing about it to him, lieut- enant refused to let them pass, until one of the aids went to the captain & got no other satisfaction than that there was the sentinel. He knew his duty. The aid then went to General Schuy- ler, the other four remaining upon their horses in the road. The aid returned with a pass & also said that Gen. Schuyler told him such orders had been given but it escaped him at the mo- ment they left him. General Parsons was one of the officers so stopped by lieutenant, when they passed Gen. Schuyler said to lieutenant he was glad to see a soldier do his duty

on the same day last aforementioned Major Appleton's troops were ordered to march to Fort Ann, whether Colonel Welch his company went or rather got within about four miles of that place where they met the American forces retreating, & Appleton's troops were ordered in the rear of the retreating army, and continued for some time to march in the rear where the progress of the army was so much impeded by the wounded men in front that fifty of Appleton's men were ordered in front to assist the wounded on their retreat. Colonel Welch was one of the fifty ordered in front, & when there he was one of seven who carried a wounded soldier nine miles without once putting him down, & finally carried him safe to Fort Edward.
The second day after the return to Fort Edward as aforementioned Major Appleton's troops were ordered to join General Glover's Brigade of Continentals, & that Brigade then marched on the Fort Ann Road as far as Kingsbury & remained there several days. General Glover caused the road to be felled with the timber & trees to be felled across it which was done at this time.
Whilst Glover's Brigade lay at Kingsbury some Indians took two waggons with provisions & stores which were coming from Lake George to Fort Edward. Stephen Miller was one of the wagoners, belonged to the regiment with Colonel Welch & was his neighbor when at home. The next day or next but one the army fell back a few miles crossed a small stream & took up the bridge here they met General Parsons with continental troops & two pieces of brass cannon. The army remained here until the provisions &c were carried down the river to Still Water. The army fell down to that place on the west side of the river, shortly after they again fell back to the Islands in the mouth of the Mohawk.
During this retreat many of the officers had left the army & Colonel Welch at some times under the command of Major Lord of Col. Van Klief's regiment & some time under the command of Colonel Van Schaick.
While on the Islands aforementioned General Gates took the command of the army, and a general call being made for the

2 19 militia from all quarters than who had been a long time in the service were discharged. It was on the fourth day of September, when Colonel Hall of Hastings troops who remained were dismissed. & this de- larent says that on this occasion he was faithfully per- forming duty as a soldier for two months and nineteen days. He had but just got home when on the fifteenth of the same month of September in 1777. Major Appleton collected as many as he could to go down the river to prevent the enemy from coming up, went as far as Kingston manner. & was there when Kingston was occupied. General Putnam came to the place where they lay. Their object & employment was to watch the enemy. followed them down the river until the enemy entered the highlands when Colonel & there with him crossed the river at Fishkill & went to New- Windsor & there remained until it was understood the enemy had returned to New York when they returned to Fishkill landing & was discharged on the twelfth day of November This service was two months wanting three days
2 20 In the next year 1778. on the first of March. Col d Robert Van Rensselaer again called his regiment together & selected men for two companies & put them under the command of Major Harry Van Rensselaer, this delarent was one of the men so selected, they were ordered to P'keepsie there to join Col d John Van Alstine's regiment, they did join that & the col d with the regiment & marched to Albany from there up the Mohawk to Johnstown where there was a picket post with barracks where remained here keeping guard & securing the roads for Indians they being the only enemies in that section of the country until the twentieth of June when they marched 3 29 for home & on the twenty fourth Col d Van Alstine discharged the troops at his own house in P'keepsie upon aid. - 1 on this occasion delarent faithfully served three months and twenty four days
In the fall of the same year 1778. delarent remained with the aforesaid Adam Rorer to the south part of Dutchess County from

thence into Westchester County. I remained there until the spring of 1779, when I went into Dutchess County at Frederick'sburgh. Col. Henry Ludington had called out his regiment. & this declarant volunteered as he did not belong to the regiment & was put into Capt. H. H. H. or H. H. H. company. marched to Fishkill from thence into the Highlands. The enemy were at Galloway Hill near Peekskill. the militia were all called out to repel them. General Washington was in command at Fishkill after a little time the enemy retreated & the militia were discharged on this occasion the declarant was in the service one month.
In the fall of the year 1779 declarant returned to Westchester Co. and there belonged to Capt. Samuel Houghton's company of militia, in the regiment commanded by Col. John Hyatt, from this time until the close of the war the declarant was much in the service on one occasion and declarant believes it was in 1781 the whole of Col. Hyatt's regiment was called out & went to New York the declarant was along as a private in Capt. Houghton's Company. the regiment was out from nine to twelve days, during which time declarant was in the service. When declarant lived was a place much harassed by Tories & Loyalists. all the persons in the neighborhood were kept constantly alarmed. & collected with out any officers. at the corners of the roads & at public places. by night they duty to arrest Tories. & protect property from the depredations of Loyalists. it often happened that declarant was out on this kind of duty three or four nights in a week & it was very seldom that a week passed without some service of this kind. This kind of service continued from the fall of 1779. until the close of the war. but have much time declarant spent it is now impossible for him to recollect but he believes it cannot be less than six months service.
This declarant hereby relinquishes all claim to a pension or annuity except the present, and that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
This declarant was born in the town of Stamford in the State of Connecticut on the 7th of July 1758. This declarant

has no record of his age. This declarant lived in Claverack in the State of New York at all times when he entered the service until the fall of 1779. & when he entered in Ludington's regiment he had no permanent residence. Since the revolution this declarant has resided in Tazewell in Washington County and in the County of Putnam. Declarant was at all times selected by Col Van Rensselaer when he went into the service except on the occasion when he took the place of 1st Renss. Infantry when he volunteered in Col. Ludington's Regiment
During the time declarant was in the service he knew Capt Jeremiah Miller. Lieut. Gacum Miller. Major Richard Applegate. Major Henry Van Rensselaer. Col. Robert Van Rensselaer Gen. Schuyler. General Glover. General Parsons. Major Ford Col Van Schravanhorn. Col. Van Alstine. Col. Henry Ludington. Col. John Hyatt. Capt. Samuel Haught. The other officers not now recalled.
Declarant never received any written discharge from the service & never knew one given to a militiaman
This declarant has no documentary evidence & no evidence in his power except the memory of John Miller which is hereby affirmed, that since the revolution he has not been into that part of the state where he lived & performed the aforesaid service since he removed in 1778 to Washington County
Sworn and subscribed in open court February 7 th 1833 } Jacob Claarson Moorhouse clerk of said court
We Nathaniel Robinson a Clatsopian  Clatsopian residing in the town of Tazewell in the County of Putnam and State of New York and Peter Robinson residing in the same place do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Claarson who has our service known to the above declaration. that we believe him to be seventy four years of age. that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a val

after of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion Sworn and subscribed in open court February 7. 1833. Moorhouse clerk of said court
Nathaniel Robinson Peter Robinson
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Nathaniel Robinson who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Kent in the county of Putnam, and that Peter Robinson who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit
Remick Boyd Judge Harry Garrison Judge Samuel Warburton Judge
J. L. L. L. Tensac Papers 22821

Ag 22 821 Jacob Blauzon Putnam County New York
Suspended.
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Walker Sadd Carmel Putnam County New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 31 1837
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
C. S. York
A Statement, shewing the Service of Jacob Claason Putnam
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Apr 1776 1 3 Private Col Rensselaer 44 years one living witness &   Aug 1776 Capt Funday 44 years Traditional Evidence   until Dec 3 blank days Major Sill 44 years   1777 Genl Schuyler   until June 3 Genl Glover   June 14 th Major Lord   up to Sep 14 th 2 19 Genl Putnam   Sep 14 th Col Rensselaer   Nov 12 th 1 27 Major Van Rensselaer   May 1778 Col H. Boyd   June 12 th 3 24 Col H. Boyd   July 1783 am, respectfully,   until spring 1779 1   Fall 1781 indefinite   States about 6 months  
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same), who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

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

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Jacob Clauson a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1776 1 mo. 3 days Guarding Jeremiah Miller Robt. Van Rensselaer N.Y.   Aug. 1776 3 mos. 5 days the country against Lawrence Funday "   1777 3 mos. cow boys G. Vroom Miller "   June 15. 1777 2 mos. 19 days and Tories Casper Houik   1777 2 mos. 27 days Major Richard Selbstine   1778 3 mos. 24 days Major Harry Van Rensselaer   1779 1 mo. Hickock or Hitchcock Henry Coldington   1779 end of war Samuel Haight John Hylt  
(Amounting to 6 mos.) Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Clausrack Albany Co. N.Y.
Date of application for pension, July 7. 1833.
Residence at date of application, Keokuk, Putnam Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, 6 at Stamford Conn. July 7. 1758
Remarks:
The claim was not allowed as his service was not considered military not in any embodied corps, as required by the Act of June 7. 1832, under which he applied.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

New York
Rev. =
Jacob Clauson Suspended
See letter to
Jonathan Moorhouse
1. Oct. '33 -
2024
Act. 7. June 32

State of New York
Putnam County 3/3 John Miller being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is seventy two years of age That in the year 1780 - 1781 & 1782 this deponent was acquainted with Jacob Clauson he lived a neighbor to him in the Town of Stephentown now Somers in the County of Westchester What in the month of June in the year 1780 this deponent & Jacob Clauson together with many others about that place was called out in the United States Service in Guard under the command of Capt. Samuel Haught and from that time to the close of the war which was over three years this deponent & Jacob Clauson was out on Guard - Some times they were out two three & four nights in the week - Some time every night in the week - They stood Guard a part of the time at Deans Bridge two miles Northeast from Somerstown Plains a part of the time at Colonel Benjamin Green two miles West of Somerstown Plains & a part of the time on the Road that leads from Danbury to Kings Ferry And saith it was not safe to travel that Road without the Guards - Their principal business was to prevent the Tories from coming from below and driving off cattle & horses to the British at one time they stop a large drove of cattle that was going to the lower Party
Personally appeared before me the within -
John his  X Miller mark
clerically a justice of the peace in Putnam County - John Miller who subscribed & swore to the above affidavit & I do certify that the said John Miller is a credible person
Bennet Royd

Charles & Platt
Millinery
20 Fifth Street
Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir, I have just received your letter of the 14th inst. and in reply to inform you that I have no objection to the publication of the facts of my life so far as they relate to my service in the Army during the war. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, John R. Brooke

Peaslee & Pfaff
Millinery
69 Main Street
Salamanca, N. Y.,
July 16 - 1912
Com d of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir, Will you kindly give me information concerning the date of birth and death of the following Revolutionary Soldiers Jacob Clauson of Wtchester Co Militia 3rd Regiment Benjamin Paddock of Wtchester Co Militia 6th Regiment, Land Bounty Benjamin Sage of Albany Co Militia 6th Regiment

Heasler & Pfaff
Millinery
69 Main Street
Salamanca, N. Y.,
Would like data for N. A. R. purposes. have line complete with exception of the dates Will you help me if possible
Yours very truly Miss S. G. Heasler

1912 July 20. Sue G. Peaslee V.L.M.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
2024
P. O. _____
Great Clause
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

State of New York
Putnam County ss. I Jonathan Morehouse Clerk of the County of Putnam do hereby certify, that Bennet Boyd before whom the affidavit on the other side of this paper was taken, was at the time of taking the same a justice of the peace in & for the county of Putnam, that I am acquainted with his hand writing, & surely believe his signature in the jurata to said affidavit to be genuine
And I do further certify that the papers hereto annexed & certified by me under my seal of office on the fourteenth day of February 1833, are the original papers in the matter of the application of Sarah Nelson for a pension
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this fourteenth day of June in the year of our Lord 1833

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State of New York
Dutchess County ss: Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in & for the county of Dutchess, Jacob Claassen of the town of Kent in said County and being duly sworn deposes & saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service in every instance, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below.
 1 3 one month & three days I served as a private in 1776 in Capt. Jeremiah Miller's company  3 5 three months & five days I served as a private in 1776 in Capt. Laurence Trundy's company  9 three months - I served as a private in Lieut. Gann Miller's company in 1777  2 19 two months & nineteen days I served as a private in 1777 in Capt. Casper Houch's company  2 27 two months & twenty seven days I served as a private in 1777 under Major. Appstine  3 24 three months & twenty four days I served as a private in 1778 under Major. Hoory Van Rensselaer  1 one month I served as a private in 1779 in Capt. Houch or Fletcher's company  6 six months I served as a private from 1779 to the close of the war, sometimes in Capt. Hought's company & sometimes in other companies. And for such services as above specified I claim a pension 
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I was then in the 14th year of June 1833. before me
Barnet Boyd Justice of the peace
Jacob Claassen

State of New York } Putnam County } ss. I Jonathan Morhouse Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said county. Also clerk of said County do hereby certify, that the papers hereto annexed contain the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Jacob Clausen for a pension and on which there judgment was founded. And I do further certify that Bennet Bayd before whom the affidavit of John Miller was taken (which affi- davit is a part of the proceedings in this matter) was at the time of taking said affidavit, a justice of the peace in & for said county of Putnam
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office the fourteenth day of February 1833 Jonathan Morhouse