Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15080, Cornelius Depew, New York

SERVICE
New York
Depew, bornelius
NUMBER
15080
banded
CONTENTS

Reduced to $74:86
rk 14,514
melius Dofrew of Rockland Co in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Bce of the Regt. commanded by Col Bce in the N. York line for 16 months 18 days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 55 Dollars 32 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of July 1832 and sent to David Pye Clarkstown, Rockland Co. N. Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Jan. - amt. allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Book E. 2, Vol. 4
Clerk
Page 17

21380 Declaration of Cornelius Depew

State of New York. } Rockland County. } ss
On this thirtieth — day of November in the year A.D. 1832. personally appeared in Open Court, before the Judges of the court of Common Pleas, now sitting, Cornelius Depeew, aged Seventy One years, a resident of the town of Clarkstown, in the county of Rockland and State of New York, 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 7. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That about the first of April, 1778. he enlisted at Nyack, in the now county of Rockland aforesaid for Nine Months, served one half of the time the other half was served by a substitute in a Company commanded by Capt s John Bell. Simon Tallman first Lieutenant, in a Regiment, commanded by Col n Graham, and first served a short time, at Nyack, then crossed the river and marched to White Plains, lay there some time near a Regiment of the Continental line said to be commanded by Col n Wisenvelt, then recrossed the river and marched to the New Bridge, near Hackensack, and lay there until the British Army came there, when they retreated and marched to Paramus, lay there some time and then marched to Tappan, and was there discharged the first of January, 1779. He then in the latter part of April 1779. at a place called New City in the now town of Clarkstown aforesaid enlisted for one year, in a Company commanded by Capt s William Cooly, under what Col n he is not now able to state, but served most of the time at West Point and Stony Point under the command of the commanding officers of those forts, and was as far down the Hudson River as Rockland, and received his discharge at West Point when his term of service was expired, then as soon as his aforesaid service was expired he again entered the service in a company commanded by Capt s Jacob Onderdonk. Resolvent Vanhouten Lieutenant in a Regiment commanded by Col n A. Hughes Hay, and served in the said Company until the close of the Revolutionary War, and served a guarding and scouting through different parts of the now county of Rockland and the county of Bergen, in the state of New Jersey, and that he had to be out on duty the one fourth part of his time, and that he cannot now positively state the exact time he was actually out on duty under Capt s Onderdonk, but can confidently declare that it does amount to six Months. That he has no documentary evidence of any of his services, as the discharge he received at West Point is now lost, which is the only one he ever received. That from his infancy he has resided in the town of Clarkstown aforesaid where he is well known to almost all the citizens thereof, and all the positive proof he can now offer to support his declaration claim of those that served with him

in the said war. 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 — Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court.
the day and year aforesaid. For me (over) L. D. Grace In Open Court
David Pyle Clerk.
I Tunis Talleman a Resident in the town of Clarkstown who being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was well acquainted with Cornelius Depew  John House during the Revolutionary war that he knows him to have served in a Company commanded by Capt Bell of which he this deponent was Lieut. that he served therein as is by him in the above declaration and he also knows that he served in the Militia as is also stated in the said Declaration, and from his long acquaintance knows him to be a man of veracity and that his statement is entitled to credit — Sworn to and subscribed
the Day and year aforesaid in Open Court
Tunis his Talleman — mark
David Pyle Clerk
We Abraham Van Houten and Peter Stephen residents of the town of Clarkstown who being first duly sworn did depose and say, that they was well acquainted with Cornelius Depew during the Revolutionary War and ever since know that he served in a Company commanded by Capt John Bell, and in a Company commanded by Capt Jacob Endendonk as is by him stated in the above declaration and verily believes that his statement as to those services is true, and that he is a man of veracity, and that his statement is entitled to credit — Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Abraham Van Houten Peter Stephen
In Open Court —
David Pyle Clerk
I John Eli Smith a Resident of the town of Clarkstown who being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was well acquainted with Cornelius Depew during the Revolutionary war, knows that he served one year under Capt William Booley as is by him set forth in the above declaration knows that as he the deponent served with him, knows him to be a man of veracity who is entitled to credit — Sworn to and subscribed
John his Eli Smith — mark

the day and year aforesaid
In open court—
David Pyle Clerk.
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 Tunis Tallman, Abraham Vanhouten, Peter Stephens, and John Eli Smith, who have signed the preceding affidavits, are residents of the town of Clarkstown aforesaid, and are credible persons, and that their statements is entitled to credit. And also, that they are acquainted with the said Abraham Vanhouten, Tunis Tallman, Peter Stephens, and John Eli Smith and believe them to be credible persons, and that their statements is entitled to credit. And also, that all the above proceedings were in open court. For Curiam
David Pyle Clerk
I, David Pyle, clerk of the court of Common Pleas aforesaid Do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of Cornelius Depew, for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this thirtieth day of November, 1832.
David Pyle

State of New York Rockland County. ss On this Fifteenth day of November, 1836 personally appeared in Open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said county, Cornelius Depew, a resi- dent of the town of Clarkstown, in said county, aged 76 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following amendment to his declaration, by him sworn to in Open court, on the thirtieth ~ ~ ~ day of November, 1832, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, pass- ed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the services of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. . .
That early in the Spring of the year 1777, he then residing in the beat of a Company whereof Jacob Buderdonk was Capt. in Col n A. Haske's Hay's Regiment, which company had, with other companies in said Regiment, been divided into classes of four men in a class, in order that a guard might be continually kept to guard along the Hudson River, and at other important places, when this deponent being class d as others in said company voluntarily attended and performed his tours of guard duty, and served not less than one week in each and every four weeks from early in the Spring until winter, and was stationed at different places along said River at Haverstraw and Nyack, at the long and short cloues, at Clarkstown, as from time their assistance was most needed and as ordered by the Officers who commanded him, and that he served not less than two months in weekly tours. -
That early in the Spring of the year 1778, orders was issued by Col n Hay, that each company in his Regiment should furnish their quota of men to make out a company for to serve for Nine Months, which men was raised some by clasing and hiring a man, and some volun- tarily offered themselves, and among others, that he and Abraham Vanhorsten, who was his Near Neighbour, agreed to perform the Nine months tour, that is each to serve the one half of the time, when he, on the last of March or the first of April, joined the said Company at Nyack, which company John Bell was Capt. Lewis Tallman first Lieutenant, and in Col n Graham's Regiment, and after remaining

for some time a guarding along the Hudson River at Nyack, they crossed the said river and marched to White Plains, and there was encamped near a regiment of Continental troops, the name of the commander thereof he does not now recollect, but thinks it was Col d Wisin-felt, while they lay there they received orders to march and join the Northern Army, which orders was countermanded after they had marched some distance, and they returned to their former station, and after some time received orders, and recrossed the said river and marched to the Old Bridge near Hackensack, at which place Abraham Vanhouten in the latter part of the Month of August, came and took his place, and he returned home, having actually served four and a half months, and the said Abraham, he believes and was informed, served the remainder of the term. --
That after he returned home, he was again obliged to perform his tours of guard duty with Capt d Buderendonk's Company, and served not less than one week in each and every four weeks, from the first of September until winter, guarding at stations as aforesaid, and served not less than three weeks, in weekly tours. --
That on or about the first of April 1779, he enlisted for one year, at Clarkstown, in a company whereof William Cooley was Capt d and John Ackerman was Lieutenant, to attend the ferry at Kings Ferry, Capt d Cooley was a Capt d in Col d A. Hawkes Hays Regiment, and whether, during the time he had the command of said ferry he was under the command of Col d Hays, or under the command and attached to some Regiment in the Continental line, he is unable to say, but knows that he received orders, during the time this deponent served under him, from Col d Hays, Major William Irvine, Col d Marmy Hays, and Gen l George Washington, the latter of whom was very frequent at the stations the said company occupied, and they were stationed at Stony Point, attending to the duties of ferrying Men and provisions across the Hudson River, at that place, until the last of May, when the British Army landed there and took possession of the point, when, after exchanging a few shots with the first boat that attempted to land, they retreated with their boats to West Point where they remained, attending to the duties of ferrying as aforesaid, until the British Army evacuated

Stony Point, when they returned to their former station (they once in the month of July, after the Point had been taken by Genl. Wayne, returned to Stony Point, but the British being in possession of their fortification on Verplank's Point, no ferrying could be done there, they returned to West Point.) and there remained attending to their duty as aforesaid until April when his years service was expired; but Capt Booley not being able to enlist a sufficiency of men to attend to the said ferry, (the duties being arduous) he was prevailed upon and remained attending to the duties thereof for two months more, or un- til the Middle of June 1780, (when he arrived at home it was the time of ploughing and hoeing of corn) That during the said service, there was scarcely a day but that more or less ferrying was to be done, and when winter arrived, a passage for the boats had to be kept open until the Ice became hard enough to drive across, and during the time it was so, they had either to drive themselves, or to pilot others, and during the whole time he so served he was only per- mitted, and received a furlough at two different times to go home to see his parents, each of which was for one week at a time, all the rest of his fourteen months service under Capt Booley was spent at his post or on duty elsewhere under the command of his Officers— That during the time of the last recited services, during the time the river was navigable, he was very often employed as one of the Barmen to Genl. Washington's Barge, to row him to different places and did assist to take him in his barge to Newburgh, P'keepsie & Hudson, and as far up the river as Albany, and many other places along the river, and in the month of July 1779 when I was on a tour with him in his barge to P'keepsie and back, in our conversation on the passage, I informed him that my father was unwell and his Negro very sick and that My father had a large Harvest to cut and could procure no help, and that I had solicited Capt Booley for a furlough for only one week to go to assist him,— which the Capt had refused, stating that I could not be spared even for that length of time, that the Genl. on their return, pro- cured from Capt Booley a furlough for him for one week, which was one of the furloughs above alluded to, and that he has been

out with Genl Washington, as above stated, as often as three times in one week.
That as soon as he returned home he was again called out to form his tours of guard duty in Capt. Jacob Onderdonk's company as aforesaid, and served not less than one week in each and every four weeks, from the first of July to the first of December in the year 1780, guarding along the river at Haverstraw at Nyack, and at the Long and Short Cloves, at Clarkstown at Tappan town, and at different places in the State of New Jersey, and served not less than six weeks in weekly tours, at one or the other of the above named stations. That in the year 1781, he performed his tours of guard duty as aforesaid, from the first of April until the first of December, at one or the other of the above named stations, and served not less than two months in weekly tours.
That in the year 1782, he served from about the first of May until the month of September, stations and duty as aforesaid, and served not less than one month in weekly tours.
That for the testimony to prove his above recited services, he begs leave to refer the Comt. of Pensions to the affidavits attached to his original declaration sworn to in Open Court as aforesaid and to those attached to his amended declaration, being all that is in his power at present to offer as far as his knowledge now extends.
That in a letter from the Hon d J. L. Edwards directed to the Hon d Aaron Ward, dated May 10 th 1806 it is stated that Abraham Vanhousen name only appears on the muster Role of Capt. Bells company and that as the river was closed with Ice a considerable time in the winter of 1779 & 80, and also that from the pay roles in Capt. Onderdonk's company it is judged that the claimant served as a private in said company in October 1779, and that his service rendered in 1777, not being set forth in his declaration must be sworn to in Open Court. The deponent doth solemnly under his said oath Declare and say, that owing to the great length of time his said services was performed previous to the time the Act of June 7 th 1832 was passed, and the short time previous to the setting of the court in which his declaration was sworn to, he had entirely

forgotten his services rendered in 1777, and it did not occur to his memory until after the setting of the court, and receiving his Pension Certificate, he had not the opportunity to amend and set it forth as others had, but has now in Open Court, truly, justly, and honestly set forth all the services he rendered during the Revolutionary war that he could state the periods of as far as his memory now will enable him to do, and that he has faithfully performed the services by him set forth, and further he did not by himself or substitute serve one day under Capt. Jacob Onderdonk, between the first of April 1779 and the middle of June 1780, and if there is a pay roll made out for services rendered in Capt. Onderdonk's Company, he never see or heard of one, nor did he ever receive one penny in money for any of his services rendered in the said company, and is positive that if his memory did now enable him to state precisely the amount of all the services by him rendered in Capt. Onderdonk's company, that they would exceed the time above stated. — As to his relinquishment and traditional testimony, they will be found on his Original declaration or amended Declaration, also his answers to the interrogatories.
As to his service under Capt. Bell, in 1778, he has proven them by the affidavit of Tunis Tallman, the first lieutenant in Capt. Bell's company, and John House, attached to his Original declaration, and by the Affidavit of Abraham Vanhouten, the very same person whose name (as appears by the above in part recited letter) appears on the rolls, and Peter Stephens, who positively under their Oaths say that he did serve as is by him above set forth which he believes would be sufficient in any court of justice to show that the rolls in the possession of the War Department has not been correctly made out. And if his memory is correct, Abraham Vanhouten, in his Original and amended declaration claimed only for the half of the Nine Months service under the said Capt. Bell, as served by himself, and did set forth that the remainder of the said Nine Months service was served by a substitute and ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court
his Cornelius X De Peur Mark
I, Abraham Hogenkamp, Clerk of the said Court, Do hereby certify, that the foregoing Declaration was sworn to, subscribed and publickly read in Open Court.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this Fifteenth day of November, 1836.
Abn Hogenkamp Clerk
The said Court do hereby certify that the said Cornelius DePeur appeared in open Court and from bodily infirmity it was apparent to the said Court that he was unable to write his name
Edward Lupton First Judge

No. 21,380
Cornelius Depew Rockland County New York
admitted 22 mo. 15 days Private " " 355 165 5 22 666 666 7826 165 7486 In Vol 4 p. 30
1777 - 3 amps only Allowed June 13. 1837 $55.32 Canal old Certificate and David Dye Agt issue a new one for $55.32 Clarkstown P.O. Rockland County 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 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. These 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 Cornelius Depew Rockland County 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.     Enlis: 1778 4 4 15 Private Capt B Bell Lt Tallman Capt O'Coely Col Graham At NY & Ch'ta which Plains to Newbridge to Paramus to Tappan, West N. York, Point & Stony Point 71 years Rockland County N. York Living Witness   Enlis: 1779 1 "   1779 4 6 " Capt B Bell Lt Tallman Capt O'Coely Col A. H. Hay   4 15 Capt B Bell   1 0 0 " Cooly   3   1 4 18 $55. 32  
I am, respectfully,
+ not on the rolls of Capt Bell's Company
* In Vol 4 p 30 - 3 days in 1779
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 _____ 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 produces 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, deponeth 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 [i] 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.

21980
New York 5 14
Cornelius Deyo
of Rockland in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Bell of the Regt. commanded by Col. Bell in the N York line for 22 mos & 15 days
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 14 Dollars 86 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Mar 1837 and in No 10. Pyp Blackston
Trans. to the 4th of Mar '33 $149.72 Trans. ant. allowance ending 4th '33 37.43 $187.15
Revolutionary Claim, per June 7, 1832. G. Bethel
Recorded by Clerk, Book C, Vol. 4 Page 5 B.
Letters to J. Fleming 20 Sept 19 May 1834
H. G. B. Van Horst 26 July 1835
David Dye 10 Nov. 1835
Hon. Aaron Ward 10 May 1836
Same July 1. 1836
Same 30 Mar 1837
Pension Agent B. Dye

15080 INVALID.
File No. 15080
Cornelius Depew
Priv. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 94
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New York agency
Cornelius Depeew - a pensioner under the act of June 7 th 1832 at the rate of $74.86 - to what time paid
Yours & W Luce
John Harray Esq. 3 d Auditor's office June 13. 1837
paid to the 4 th March 1834 JA

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Depew of blanks to be allotted to this next Winter
Payments to be made at N. York by Rev. U. S. B. M. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
New York
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book C. Vol. 4 Page 53 by C. H. H. Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Cornelius Deseau of the State of New York who was a Private in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive Seventy four dollars and Eighty Six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 29 day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three

War Department Pension Office May 19 1834
Sir,
Upon a reexamination of the papers of Cornelius Depew, it appears, that he was improperly admitted as a pensioner under the act of 7 June 1832. Instructions have this day been forwarded to the pension agent, to suspend the further payment of his stipend. He will make a statement upon oath, setting forth the period, term, and grade, of each tour of duty as a militia man; and distinctly allege, that the service claimed for, was rendered in his company, called out by competent authority, duly embodied and subjected to soldiers duty by his officers in actual command, in the field or garrison.
I am Respectfully Yr. Obt. Servt J L Edwards
David Fye Esq Clarkstown N.Y.

July 3 Nyack Turnpike June 30 th  True
Hon d
James L Edwards Commissioner of Pension Washington City D.C.
Chas. Schaeffer Sec. of Ant. Har. Sp

Clarkstown June 30 th 1837.
Hon d Sir
By a letter received from you of the 13 th Instant. it is stated that you had given order to the Agent for paying pensions in New York to pay Cornelius Deyo a pension for 16 Months and 18 Days from the time his case was suspended and that a pension certificate to that effect would be made out immediately and sent to me, not as yet having received it and generally receiving your letters in four days from the time they are mailed. I am lead to think that it has been mis sent or your multiplicity of business has caused it to slip your memory
I remain Respectable Sir your Ob t Serv t
David Deye
Hon d J. L. Edwards

State of New York Rockland County &c On this Ninth day of June, 1837, personally appeared before me Jacob Blaauvelt, a Justice of the peace in and for said County. Jonathan Youmans, a resident of the town of Clarkstown, in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, did depose and say, That he perfectly well recollects that Capt William Cooley was Capt and did command a company of ferrymen, engaged in ferrying provisions &c for the Continental army from early in the Spring of the year 1779, of the year 1779 until the Spring of the year 1780, as he was frequently at Stony Point during the said time, except during the time the British had possession of the said point, that he was there at several times during the said winter, and knows that they served during the said winter, and knows that Cornelius Depew was one of the men composing the said company dur- ing the said year, as he saw him on duty every time he was at Stony Point
He sworn to and subscribed Jonathan Youmans the day and year aforesaid before me Jacob Blaauvelt justice
I Jacob Blaauvelt said justice do hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with Jonathan Youmans the within named deponent and know him to be a man of truth and veracity and his statement is entitled to credit
Jacob Blaauvelt justice

I, Abraham Hogenkamp, Clerk of the County of Rockland, Do hereby certify, That Jacob Blanvelt Esq. before whom the within affidavit of Jonathan Youmans and the annexed affidavit of Daniel Jones was taken, and whose name is subscribed to the different certificates is a Justice of the peace in and for the said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his name subscribed to each of them respectively is his genuine hand writing —
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said County, this Ninth day of June, 1837—
Abm. Hogenkamp Clerk

State of New York Rockland County
On this Ninth day of June, 1837. personally- personally appeared before me Jacob Blanvelt, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said county. Daniel Jones, a resident of the town of Haverstraw, in said county, aged 71 years who being first duly- sworn according to law, did depose and say, That from the Month of April in the year 1779. until peace was declared he was enga- ged and worked with his father, who was a blacksmith, who work- ed for the continental army during the said time, and had their workshop at Stony Point during said time, except from the last of May in the year 1779. until about the first of November of the same year. when which time they had to remove to then- Hampstead now Ramapo. where they worked until That he well recollects and Remembers that Capt William Booley, (with whom he was then well acquainted) did command a company of ferry men from the time he first came to work at Stony Point until some time in the latter part of the Spring or first of the summer of the year 1780. and that Cornelius Sepew was one of the said Men. that during the time the British was in possession of - Stony Point Capt Booley removed with his said company up the river, and on their return they informed him that they had attend- ed to their duty of ferrying at West Point part of the time and the rest of part of the time at Fishkill, and that the said company did actually attend to their duty during the whole of the winter having to attend to getting battle and other provision across the river as well when the Ice was sufficient to bear as when it was not sufficient, and he verily believes that the duty of the ferry men was more arduous during the winter; and whenever he could be spared a little while from the shop and he got his fathers permission to go out for a few minutes he generally spent the time with the ferry men. (during the time they were stationed at Stony Point) which was almost daily, and knows that the said Cornelius Sepew did serve in said company during said time -
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Before me Jacob Blanvelt Justice
Daniel Jones

I Jacob Blauvelt Fair justice as hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Daniel Jones the within named deponent and know him to be a man of truth and veracity and his statements entitled to credit Jacob Blauvelt justice

State of New York & 38 Rockland County
On the fifth day of June 1857. personally appeared before me George S Allison, one of the Justices of the peace, in and for said County. John Springsteen, a Resident of the town of Haverstraw, in the said County, aged 82 years, who being duly sworn did depose and say, That he was well acquainted with Capt William Cooley during the Revolutionary War, and knows that the said Capt. Cooley, did actually command a company of Jerry men, who were engaged in attending the Jerry from Little Verplank's Point to Stony Point called Kings Jerry, and that the said Capt did actually command the said Jerry from early in the Spring of the year 1779. until the summer of 1780. and that he knows that Cornelius Depew did actually serve in the said company during the aforesaid time, that the said company moved up the River (he understood to West Point and to Fishkill where they remained during the time that the British occupied Stony Point.) but as soon as the said army evacuated the said point the said company returned to the Stony Point, and did actually continue on duty during the winter. That this deponent was the assistant to the Commissary Department kept near at the said Point during the time the British occupied the same and at the said point after the same was evacuated, and for the said Cornelius Depew on duty daily except the time the British occupied the said point
sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me
John X Springsteen
G. S. Allison
My Dear Mother

I. G. S. Allison do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with John Springsteen and know him to be a Man of Good Standing, and that statement under oath is entitled to Credit
G. S. Allison
I. Abraham Hogenkamp, Clerk of the County of Rockland, Do hereby certify. That George S. Allison Esq. whose name is subscribed to the jurat of the within affidavit and above certificate, is a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signatures subscribed to each respectively are his genuine signatures. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said county, this Eighth day of June, 1837.
Abm. Hogenkamp Clerk

State of New York Rockland County
On this Ninth - day of June, 1837, personally appeared before me Peter T Stephens - a justice of the Peace - in and for said County: John House, a resident of the town of Clarkstown, in the said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, did depose and say, That he served nine months, in the year 1778, in a company whereof John Bell was capt: in Col n Graham's Regiment, and knows that Cornelius Depew did actually serve four months and a half in the said company, in said year, that the said Depew crossed the said Hudson River with the said company, was with them while they lay at the White Plains and until they arrived at the Old Bridge near Hackensack, and was a faithful soldier -
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Before me Peter T Stephens Justice
John House
I Peter T Stephens said justice do hereby certify that I am well acquainted John House the within named deponent and know him to be a man of truth and veracity and his statement is entitled to credit
Peter T Stephens Justice
I Abraham Hogenkamp, clerk of the county of Rockland, do hereby certify, that Peter T Stephens Esq. whose name is subscribed to the first of the above affidavit and certificate, is a justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his name subscribed to the same are his genuine signatures -
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said county, this Eighth day of June, 1837 -
Abm. Hogenkamp Clerk

Clarkstown June 10 th 1837
Hon d Sir. In your letter of the 30 th of March last. to me directed, in the case of Cornelius Depew, it is stated that "the claimant now states that he served nine months in capt Bells company, in 1778. and that it is stated in his original declaration that he served but four months and a half" — If my memory is correct and I have truly copied from the rough draft made I think you will find that in every amendment M c Depew has made since the original was sworn to. he sets forth that he and Abraham Vanhouten did agree to serve the nine months together and that he served the first four and a half months and M c Vanhouten the last. if it is not so the error is has been made by me (unknowing) as I thought I correctly copied every part of his services as taken down from his lips — and as is proved by the Bth of M c Vanhouten and Peter Stephens formerly sent and the Bth of John House herewith sent. As to his service under capt Cooley, the accompanying affidavits must satisfy you that they were performed as by him set forth and as to his service under capt Onderdonk I must refer you to the former testimony. as all the testimony he can offer to make his claim good is now offered, and his case now submitted to your Honor.
I remain Respectable Sir
Your Ob t Serv t
David Pyle
Hon J. L. Edwards

State of New York Rockland County ss On this twenty seventh day of February 1836 personally appeared before the undersigned, Abraham B Stephens, one of the judges of the court of Common Pleas, in and for said — county, Cornelius Depew, a resident in the town of Clarkstown in said county, who being duly sworn, according to law, did depose and say, That he is the same person that in the Month of November 1832, under the act of Congress of the 7 th of June, 1832, made a declaration in Open Court and received a pension certificate Dated 29 th of May, 1833. — which, is herewith returned. — And agreeable to a letter dated May 19 th 1834, was directed to make a Statement under oath, setting forth the period, term and grade of each tour of duty, which he did — shortly after the receipt of said letter, and transmitted the same by mail directed to Washington, which Statement, he is induced to believe by letter received dated the 10 th of November 1835, has not been received. He therefore herein begs leave to comply with the requisits contained in said letters, and to set forth his services during the Revolutionary, war as particularly as his memory will now permit him to do.
That early in the Month of July, 1776, he being then about 16 years old, accor- ding to the best information he had of his age, the British War Vessels sailed up the Hudson River and anchored in Tappan and Haverstraw Bays — the inhabitants of the New County of Rockland became greatly Alarmed and Col o A. Hasches Day ordered out the Militia to guard along the shores of said River at Haverstraw and Nyack, to prevent the British from landing, when he with others belonging to Capt t Jacob Underlands company Col o Days Regiment, when he with others of said company proceeded to guard at the stations aforesaid, and continued to guard at different stations along the said river the greatest part of the time until late in the Month of November when the said Ships returned to New York being only permitted at times to go home for a few days at a time, how long he was out at each tour he is now unable correctly to set forth, but is confident that he served not less than two — Month during the time the Ships lay in said Bays.
That early in the Spring of the year 1777, the companies was divided into classes of four men in a class, and each class had to furnish one man to guard along said River and at important places in the country adjacent thereto when the class to which he belonged agreed to perform the duty in weekly tours when he served not less than one week in each and every four weeks a guarding along said River and at the long and

Short clover and at Clarkstown from early in the Spring until winter and that he served not less than two Months in weekly tours, besides all other duty he was called upon to do on alarms when off of his regular tours of duty, which he verily believes would amount to one month more. That early in the spring of 1778, a requisit was made that his Capt should furnish men for a Nine Months service, when Abraham Vanhouter, one of the Men in said company volunteered his services upon an agreement made between him and this deponant, that each should serve one equal half of the time, when the said Vanhouter joined the company of Capt Bell in Col n Grahams Regiment at Nyack, where they lay for some time then crossed the river and marched to White Plains, there joined some continental troops and while at White Plains, this deponant joined said company and relieved the said Vanhouter and the said company continued there some time, then recrossed the river and marched to the Newbridge near Hackensack and while there, he believes in the month of September, the said Vanhouter came and relieved this deponant and continued with the said company until some time late in the fall when the company had arrived at Tappan when this deponant joined the said company and relieved the said Vanhouter and served until the first of December 1779 when the the Nine months was expired of which term this deponant did actually serve four Months and a half. — That in the latter part of April 1779, he enlisted at the New City in Clarkstown for one year, in a company commanded by Capt William Cooley, in Col n L'Honorers Regt  the Continental Service as he alwas understood being a company to be stationed at Stony Point, to tend the ferry called Kings ferry, and to guard that station, that they remained there until the last of May following when the British Army came there and began to fortify the point when they went to West Point and from there to Fishkill at which places they continued performing their duty as ferry men conveying across the river large droves of cattle provision and men for the Continental Army, it being the usual places for any communication between the eastern States and our Army, and continued there until the British Army evacuated Stony Point, which was late in the fall, when Capt Cooley with his men returned to Stony Point, and when we came there we found that the British had burnt and destroyed all the docks, which we went on to rebuild which with our duty attending the ferry gave employment a great part of the

winter, and he continued at the last mentioned station, for- ing during the season that the river was Navigable, repairing said docks and guarding until the last of April 1780, at which time Capt Cooley was not able to fill up his company at the solicitation of his Capt. he remained and serve at the said station until the last of June in said year, and did actua- lly serve under the said Capt. for Fourteen Months, having first served two weeks in the month of April 1779 in Capt Jacob Onderdonks Company in weekly tours, That on the first of July 1780 he was again called upon to perform his tours of duty in Capt. Onderdonks Company, aforesaid, and served not less than one week in each and every four week, guarding along the River at Nyack and Haverstraw, at the Long and Short Clove, at Clarkstown, at Tappan town, and several other places, and served until winter, and served not less than five weeks, in tours as aforesaid.
That in the Spring of the year 1781 he was again ordered to perform his tours of guard duty and served until winter, stations and duty as - aforesaid, and served not less than two months, in weekly tours.
That in the Spring of the year 1782, he again performed his tours of guard duty, and served until September, at stations as aforesaid and served not less than one month in weekly tours.
That when his term of Services under Capt. Cooley was ended he was paid by a paymaster in the Continental line he believes his name was Col. P. P. [?] at the rate of Eight dollars p Month, but the Name of the paymaster, or the Regiment to which he belonged has entirely slipped his memory as he only saw him at the time of payment.
sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me
Cornelius X Depew mark
Abm B Stephens } one of the Judges of Rockland County Courts
I Do Certify that Cornelius Depew the above Deponent is incapable to subscribe his name by Reason of inability and infirmity Abm B Stephens { Judge

Rockland County ss. On this twenty seventh day of February - 1836 personally appeared before me Abraham B Stephens, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in said County. John House aged 76 years who being duly sworn according to law, saith That Cornelius Depew did actually in his own person serve four and a half months in the year 1778 in a company whereof John Bell was capt. in Col d Graham's Regiment, that the said Depew and Abraham Vanhouten had agreed each to serve an equal half of the nine months, the term that the company was raised for and that each did serve one equal half of the time, and to the best of his recollection, as the said Depew has set forth in the foregoing Aff t . and further that whenever the principal procured a substitute, the name of the principal remained on the roll to which the substitute answered, that the deponent served much as a substitute for his brother and father and he in those cases found it always so, and knows that to be the case with others, that the deponent was a fellow soldier and served in the said company with the said Cornelius Depew and Vanhouten -
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Ab m B Stephens } one of the Judges of Rockland County Court
John House
Rockland County ss. Also on the day and year aforesaid appeared before me Peter Stephens and Abraham Vanhouten, both residents in the town of Clarkstown, in said County, aged 75 years who being duly sworn saith, that they were well acquainted with Cornelius Depew the foregoing deponent, during the whole of the revolutionary war, and knows that the said Cornelius Depew did serve four and a half months in the year 1778, in Capt John Bell's Company in Col d Graham's Regiment, as is by him set forth in the foregoing affidavit, and was a fellow soldier with him. And further that they personally knows that William Booley did command a company which was raised for one year, in the year 1779, which company was stationed at Stony Point, and remained there until the British took possession thereof, that then they went to West Point and Fishkill (as he understood) and remained there until the British evacuated the point, that then they returned to their former

station and there served out the term. and that the said Cornelius Depsu was one of the company. And further they well recollects that the said Cornelius Depsu did serve in a company where Jacob Onderdonk was capt in A Hawkes Hays Regiment from the spring of the year 1777- to the fall thereof, and from the end of his services in Capt: Cooleys Company until the fall of 1782- that is from early in the spring to winter and performed his tasks of duty therein and feels confident that he has rendered all the service in said company which is by him set forth in the foregoing Affidavit
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year first mentioned in
the above Affidavit
Before me
And they further swore under the Oaths aforesaid that it was always the rule that when a substitute served the name of the principal was left on the roll to which the former substitute answered—
Sworn to and subscribed this
27th day of Febry 1836
before me
Abm. H. Stephens } one of the Judges of Rockland County Courts
Peter Stephens
Abraham Van Douter

Rockland County, ss. On this second day of March, 1836. personally appeared before me, Abraham B Stephens, one of the judges of the court of Common Pleas, in and for said County. John Eli Smith, aged 81 years, who being duly sworn, saith that he in the Spring of the year 1779 in the Month of April, enlisted for one year, in a company whereof William Booey, in the Continental Service (as he understood at the time of his enlistment, under what Col n he is unable to say as they received orders from A Haskes Hay & Moliney Hay who were both at that time called Col n ?) to attend the ferry at Stony Point, and that the said company served at that place until the last of May in said year, when the British took possession of the point, the company then went to West Point and from thence to Fish Kill, and served sometimes at one, and some times at the other of said places until the British evacuated Stony Point, which was late in the fall, that then they returned to Stony Point and continued there attending the ferry rebuilding the Docks destroyed by the British and guarding until the last of April 1780, when the term of his enlistment was expired he was paid and returned home, that Cornelius Dipsew was in said company when he enlisted and served therein until this deponent left the said service, and he left the said Cornelius Dipsew in the said company. That during the time he was in said service large quantities of battle was ferry by them for the Continental Army and large numbers of soldiers and it was nearly the only ferry where provision men & was ferrried a cross to and from Genl Washingtons Army, and that if any of the men belonging to said Army was tried by Court Marshall it was always by Continental Officers, and did actually and faithfully serve one year in said company.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Ab m B Stephens one of the Judges of Rockland County Courts
John Eli Smith the above Deponent cannot subscribe his name by reason of age and infirmity Ab m B Stephens
Also on the day and year aforesaid, appeared before me, the said Judge, Daniel Jones, a resident of the town of Haverstraw, aged 69 years , who being duly sworn, saith that in the Month of April 1779, he began to work at the blacksmith business under his father John Jones, who was enlisted as a Blacksmith for the Continental Line, who had his shop at Stony Point where he continued to work for the Continental

winy until the close of the Revolution War, and had his shop at that place all the time except the time that the British was in the possession of Stony Point, in the year 1779. and was well acquainted with Capt. W m Cooley, and knows that he was a Capt d commanding a company who attended the ferry at Stony Point, which company, (agreeable to what he hear d said by the Continental Officers at that time) he understood belonged to the Continental line, and knows that many hundreds of battle men, and other provision was ferried across said ferry, so that it was strictly employ for the ferry men during each and every day and often in the night, that it was a very laborious service and that Cornelius Dipsea who has sworn to the foregoing affidavit did serve not less than one year in said company, commencing in April 1779 as this deponent was in the habit of seeing him daily during the time that said company was at Stony Point, that Col n  P. P. P.  P. P. P. did pay his father for his service and understood that he paid Capt d Cooley's company, and believes that the said Dipsea served as is by him stated in his the foregoing aff t .
Sworn to & subscribed { the day & year aforesaid {
Daniel Jones
Ab m B en Stephens { one of the judges of Rockland County Courts
On the day and year last first aforesaid personally appeared before me the undersigned judge Johnathan Youmans, aged 72 years, and Daniel Youmans aged 70 years, residents of the town of Clarkstown who being each duly sworn, saith that they were frequently at Stony Point during the year 1779 and the early part of the year 1780, and perfectly well recollects that Cornelius Dipsea was a soldier in a company at Stony Point during each visit the said deponents made at that place which company was commanded by Capt d William Cooley —
Sworn to and subscribed { the day and year aforesaid {
Jonathan Youmans Daniel Youmans Sub s
Ab m B en Stephens { one of the judges of Rockland County Courts
I Do Certify that Johnathan Youmans is incapable of writing his name having not received any education Ab m B en Stephens

I certify that I am personally acquainted with Cornelius Dechew John House Peter Stephens Abraham Vanhouter John Eli Smith Daniel Jones Jonathan Youmans and Daniel Youmans and believe them to be men of Veracity whose testimony is entitled to credit Abm B Stephens
Rockland County ss. I, Abraham Hogenkamp, Clerk of the County of Rockland, Do hereby certify, that Abraham B Stephens Esq: before whom the foregoing affidavits of Cornelius Dechew, John House, Peter Stephens, Abraham Vanhouter, John Eli Smith, Daniel Jones, Jonathan Youmans and Daniel Youmans, and whose name is subscribed to the jurat of each affidavit, is one of the judges in and for the said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his name subscribed to each of said affidavits is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said County, this second day of March, 1836
Abm Hogenkamp Clerk
Mr Hogenkamp Clerk