Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28678, Isaac Christeyance, New York.

SERVICE
New York.
Christeyance, Isaac
NUMBER
S-28678
1935
CONTENTS

24.575 New York Isaac Christyance of Schenectady in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Minderle of the Regt. commanded by Col. Wemple in the New York line for 8 months and 26 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 29 Dollars 50 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of Jan'y 1834 and settle G. H. Yates Schenectady
Arrears to the 14th of Sept. '33 $73.75 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1st. '34 14.75 $88.50
Revolutionary Claim, Age June 7, 1832. Geo. C. Stiles Clerk. Recorded by Book 8 Vol. 4 Page 94.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 5/10 from the 4 Sept 1836 to 14 May 1838. Age Notified 5 July 1839.
Paid as above to 1 of the 7 Children from 4 Sep 1836 to 14 May 1838, the day of his death. Age Notified 31 Dec 1840.
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Isaac Christyance
18362
Isaac Christyance
Admitted
Private 8 mo & 26 days
Minute service of 6 mo No 29. Not allowed
To the care of Giles H. Yates Schenectady N.Y.
encl.

State of New York County of Schenectady ss.
On this second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two personally appeared before me Elmer L. Davis one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, Isaac Christyance , a resident of the City of Schenectady in said County aged seventy seven years and upwards, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 1832.
That he was born on the 1 st day of January 1755 in the then township now City of Schenectady aforesaid. He has no record of his age except that contained in the Register of Baptisms in the possession of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of said city.
Since his birth he has all the time been a resident of Schenectady aforesaid.
He entered the service of the United States in the army of the revolution under the following named officers & served as herein stated.
In the summer of the year 1775, he entered the company of "Minute men" (raised by the Continental Congress) and commanded by Captain John Mynderse. Besides this company there was only one other company of Minute men which was under the command of Cap-

tain Jellis [?] Fonda. The former was called "the Blues" & the latter "the Greens" from the color of their uniforms. The names of the other officers in John Mynderse's Company were Laurence Mynderse & James N. Peck Lieutenants, & Abraham I. Truax Ensign.
He continued to serve in said Company of minute men until the spring of the year 1777, when said minute company was disbanded and Captain Mynderse & the other officers above named took the command of a Company of Militia in Colonel Abraham Wemple's Regiment; and the Claimant then continued to serve in said Company of Captain Mynderse until the end of the revolutionary war.
Schenectady was constantly threatened with incursions from the Tories & the Indians who on several occasions came within a few miles of the place. The services of the Militia of Colonel Wemple's Regiment aforesaid were therefore in constant requisition to guard the place. By order of the government it was surrounded with pickets, and a fortress and military works of defence were erected. That portion of said militia who were not out for the time being on distant expeditions were divided into classes who took turns by night as well as by day to guard this place. From the very nature of this service and the anxiety & confusion incident to those troublous times, it is now impossible for him to specify the particular periods of his services as such guard, but he is certified that they in the whole exceeded six months.
The principal expeditions in which he engaged as near as he can recollect them were

as follows.
In the latter part of the year 1775, and the beginning of the year 1776, he was out with his Company under Command of Generals Schuyler and St. Brock to Johnstown to attempt the capture of Sir John Johnson & his 300 tenants & dependants, who however surrendered themselves prisoners of war. He was out on this expedition nearly three weeks.
In the summer of the year 1776, he was with 30 others (some of whom were from this Company) ordered to Siconderoga landing & he remained there & at Siconderoga nearly three months in erecting storehouses & aided in the building of boats for the use of the American army. He was then under the Command of Captains Jacob Vrooman & David Canew.
He was in service in the summer and fall of the year 1777 for the term of two months and two weeks previous to and at the time of the surrender of Burgoyne and his army. He was during that period in camp at Fort Miller, Fort Ann, and Fort Edward & at what was termed the half way camp between Fort Ann & Fort Edward.
Previous to any encounter with Burgoyne, it being reported that his troops were approaching, he the Claimant volunteered with a party of 300 militia and regular forces to impede their progress. They overtook the enemy and had an engagement with them at or near Snookkill, or Pikecreek. The American troops then retreated & continued to skirmish in their retreat

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to the American camp. He was also in the battle near Stillwater on the 19 th Sep r 1777.
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In the year 1778, he performed garrison duty for more than three weeks at the upper fort in Schoharie under the Command of Captain Fink. In the year 1779, he was with a detachment of militia engaged in guarding the German Flatts for about three weeks - at Germantown he aided in guarding the farmers who were bringing in their harvest. Captain Mynderse was with him on this occasion. He has also assisted in guarding Fort Clyde (situated near German Flatts aforesaid) for about two weeks.
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He has several times performed garrison duty at Fort Hunter - the occasions he cannot now recollect, nor yet for how long a period. He has also performed garrison duty on one occasion at Fort Paris in Stone Arabia for the term of three weeks.
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In the fall of the year 1780, he marched with a detachment of militia to Ballston after it was burnt by the enemy, & pursued them in company with 50 men as far as Kayaderosseras Kill. He was out in this last expedition about three weeks. He has on many occasions under Command of Capt. Abraham Van Eps and other militia officers ranged the woods in search of sundry Tories who were known to carry intelligence to the enemy.
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In addition to his service of two years in Captain John Mynderse's Company of Minute men as aforesaid, he is certain that he has performed actual service in the militia from the summer of the year 1777 to the termination of said war.

in different short terms exceeding in the whole twenty four months, or two years.
THE FOLLOWING are the names of some of the regular officers whom he knew, or who were with the troops where he served, and such continental and militia regiments or companies with which he served, or as he can recollect, viz: General Arnold, General Gates, General Schuyler — besides those whose names are herein before given
He never received any written discharge from the service,
He has no — documentary evidence, and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service, except those whose depositions accompany this declaration.
The following are the names of persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood, and who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution, to wit:
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever, to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first aforesaid
before me
Eliza L. Davis
Clerk.
Justice of the Peace
Isaac Christyance mark
I Eliza L. Davis, the Justice of the Peace aforesaid before whom the foregoing declaration has been subscribed and sworn, do hereby certify that the above named applicant Isaac Christyance is unable to attend Court by reason of bodily infirmity — and I do hereby declare my opinion after an investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that said applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. Witness my hand this second - day of October 1832
Eliza L. Davis, Justice of the Peace
John S. Wadsworth Clerk

County of Schenectady ss.
On this Eighteenth - day of October one thousand eight Hundred and thirty-two, personally appeared in open Court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County John Corl and Adam Vrooman both residents of the City of Schenectady in said County & being respectively duly sworn do depose and say, that they were in the time of the revolutionary war & are now well acquainted with Isaac Christyane who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that their deponents were members of the same company in which said Isaac Christyane served, viz - the company of Captain John Mynderse that they know he served in said Company from the beginning to the end of said war - and were out in several expeditions together - they remember particularly to have seen him in the battle at Snook Kill
+ Adam Vrooman + John Corl
Subscribed & sworn in open Court the day & year aforesaid John S. Vrooman (Clerk)
I the said John S. Vrooman Clerk hereby certify that Adam Vrooman and John Corl the above deponents appeared satisfactorily to said Court & I hereby certify them to be men of credibility, & that their statements are entitled to full credit. Witness my hand & Seal of office this fifth day of July 1833 -
John S. Vrooman Clerk

+ on Pension list
County of Schenectady I, James H. Peck of the town of Rotterdam in said County, late a Lieutenant in the army of the revolution, do hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with Isaac Christy, and referred to in the pending documents, that said Isaac Christy, was a private in the Company of Minute militia men commanded by Captain John Mynders as set forth in said declaration of said Isaac Christy, and wherein I was second Lieutenant that said Isaac contin- ued a member of said Company from the year 1775 to the end of the revolutionary war and faithfully discharged his duties whenever required and further I was in service with him in most of the expeditions in said declaration mentioned, to wit at Fort Edward, Fort Paris, Fort Ann; at which forts he served not less than six months — note the words "militia" written on razure James H Peck Subscribed & sworn This second day of October 1832 before me Wm Strong Justice of the Peace
And I Wm Strong — the Justice of the peace aforesaid do hereby certify that James H. Peck who has subscribed & sworn to the above certif- icate is unable to attend Court by reason of bodily infirmity — Witness my hand this second day of October 1832.
Wm Strong Justice of the Peace
said John S. Madam Clerk

County of Schenectady ss.
The aforesaid applicant Isaac Christy and being further duly sworn, doth depose & say that he mounted guard at the Schenectady fort as stated in said declaration for a term exceeding six months . He served in Captain John Clyntense's company of minute men under Generals Schuyler & Genl. Brock in the beginning of the year 1776 for a term exceeding fifteen  15 days. At Tiendaga landing under command of Captain Jacob Kooman & David Caren in the summer of the year 1776 for a term exceeding two months & two weeks . In the campaign against Burgoyne in the year 1777, he served as particularly set forth in said declaration for a term exceeding two months and two weeks . In the year 1778 he performed garrison duty for more than three weeks at the upper Schoharie fort under Captain Fisk. At the German Flatts in the year 1779 thru 21 weeks - at fort Clyde two weeks - at fort Paris 14 weeks , at fort Hunter on several occasions for a period in the whole exceeding twenty days . In the expedition to Ballston & Saratoga he did not leave 20  not less than twenty days . This deponent has engaged in many military expeditions the particular occasion of which his memory does not serve him sufficiently well to remember & is certified that he served actually more than two years, yet will not claim a pension for more than fifteen months service the period he has specified.
Subscribed & sworn this 21 st July 1833, before me
J. D. HERMAN
his Isaac Christy mark
Justice of the peace

I, John S. Vrooman Clerk of said County do hereby certify, that Joshua A. Warman before whom the foregoing supplemental deposition of Isaac Christyance purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, that I am acquainted with his handwriting & nearly believe the signature to the same purporting to be his is genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 30 th Sept 1833.
John S. Vrooman Clerk
WE John Sanders residing in the town of Glenville in the county of Chenango aforesaid, and David V an Derhyden residing in the city of Chenango in said County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Christyance who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy seven 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.
Subscribed and sworn the day and year aforesaid
John S. Vrooman Clerk.
David
D r Van Derhyden
mark
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 John Sanders who signed the above certificate is a resident of the town of Glenville in said County - & that David V an Derhyden who also signed the same is a resident of said city - that they are both credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit; and the court further certifies that it appears to them James A. Peck who has subscribed & sworn to the preceding deposition cannot attend court by reason of bodily infirmity.
I John S. Vrooman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Chenango do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Christyance for a pension; and I further certify that William Strong before whom the preceding deposition of James A. Peck has been taken, was then a Justice in & for said County. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Eighteenth day of October
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
and I further certify that Eliud L. Davis before whom the foregoing declaration purports to have been sworn was at the time thereof a Justice of the Peace in & for said County. Witness my hand & official seal the day & year aforesaid
John S. Vrooman Clerk

10362.
Isaac Christyans Schenectady Co New York
(R. i. auth.)
Admitted
Private 8 mo & 26 days
Giles F. Yates Esq. Schenectady Co New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Isaac Christyame. Schenectady Co New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     June 1775 about 2 " " Min ute man Capt. M indexe 2 d Min dense Ditto Col. Wem ple — Gen Schuy ler & Brack None N York 77 years Schenecta dy Co N. York Three Witnesses   { 1775 1776 21 " " Priv None "   June 1776 early 3 " " " Capt. Vrop mer & Ba new — Not stated " "   Aug fall 1777 " 2 14 " Not stated " Near Still water "   1778 " " 21 " Capt. Linth " None "   1779 about " 21 " Capt. M indexe " " Germantown   " about " 14 " Not stated " " "   " " " 21 " " " " "  
Besides his first two years. His certain his actual service from 1777 to the end of the war has been in the whole 24 months or 2 years
I am, respectfully,
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) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
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 (1) 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 he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[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.
Joseph Rowen Esq. etc.
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The minute service cannot be allowed as a continuous service - He must state definitely the period & their duration

28 678 Rev INVALID.
File No. 28,678
Isaac Christyance
Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 75
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1927 Apr. 25. photos. mailed to Mrs. Comt. Brooks (Rev)

3-2233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
... Apr. 15, 1927
Chief Rev. War Section Division.
I have this day received from
Mrs. William F. Brooks
... M.P. ... No. 78404
for $1.90, requesting
ok copy
photostat copy post office addresses } as per
letter herewith.
1917 Apr 25 miciled DW. photos of marriage DW. not AW
O. J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Division.
76.6 L 19 GJB

1157 April 11, 1927
MRS. WILLIAM F. BROOKS 1928 STEVENS AVENUE MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
United States Dept. of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington: -
Perhaps you will find a money order for $1.90, the cost of a photograph copy & certificate of the service of Isaac Christyauer of Belumetady, N. H. during the Revolution, no. S 286 78.
Very truly yours,
Mrs William F. Brooks

All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 14447
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications, Room G 137.
April 19, 1927 192
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering Pension Deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostat copies of eleven pages from the Rev. War pension claim, S. 28678, Isaac Christayance
No. of copies 1 of each page. Shall form be kept standing? _____ days
For further information see A. E. Wilson Room No. 5033 Phone No. 541
Approved: [Signature]
Chief Clerk of Bureau.
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS WASHINGTON
April 6, 1927.
Mrs. Wm. F. Brooks, 1928 Stevens Ave. Minneapolis, Minn.
Madam:
I have to advise you, that if you wish photostat copies of the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.28678, of Isaac Christeyance of Schenectady, New York, they will be furnished at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra for certification, if that is desired. The number of pages to be copied is eleven.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau, by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior, ( not to the order of the Commissioner of Pensions).
1.90
Respectfully,
Winfield Scott WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.
1.90

Rev Wm
March 25-1927
MRS. WILLIAM F. BROOKS 1928 STEVENS AVENUE MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
Bureau of Pensions:—
Have you a copy of the decision of Isaac Christensen of Schefferville N. F. s He was born Jan. 1. 1755 & received his pension after June 5, 1832.
Kindly write what the cost of a photostatic copy will be.
Thanking in advance for the favor of an early reply. I am 11 pages
Very truly yours Caroline L. Brooks (Mrs. N. F.)

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
December 21 st 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 of seven child ren of Isaac Christy-ance dece d a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Twenty nine Dollars and fifty Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1836, to the 14 th May 1838, the day of his death.
Respectfully yours,
Edward B. Parsons Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 25 th , 1839.
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," Five of the Seven children of Isaac Christeyance, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Twenty nine Dollars and fifty Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, have been paid off of his pension at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept., 1836, to the 14 th May 1838, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
William B. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.