Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16906, Jacob Clearwater, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Clearwater, Jacob Sarah
W 16906
CONTENTS

State of New York } Sullivan County }
On this 6 th day of September 1836 personally appeared before me Samuel Smith one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County. Sarah Clearwater a resident of Mamakating in said County & State aged 80 years old in November next who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the Benefits of the act of Congress passed July 4-1836 that she is the widow of Jacob Clearwater who was a private in the Militia in the Six Months Service at the White Plains in the State of New York but cannot tell the Officer by whom he was commanded by. This Service was done at the White Plains in 1776. and in the year of 1777 was in the battle at Fort Montgomery and on the frontier he was eight months at one time at a number of other times on the frontier until the war was over but in consequence of old age and loss of memory cannot recollect the particular of the officers names under which he served or his services but from the best of her recollection the service mentioned above mentioned has been often repeated to her by her husband and that she has no documentary Evidence in support of the claim.
She further declares that she was married to the said Jacob Clearwater in the year of 1777 soon after the capture of Fort Montgomery but cannot recollect the day of the month and that her husband the aforesaid Jacob Clearwater died on the 25 day of January 1833 and that she has remained a widow since that period as will most fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn to and subscribed
Sarah Clearwater Mark
The day and year above written
Samuel Smith } son of the judges of the court of common pleas in the county of Sullivan

I Certify that Jonathan Sears and Wilhelmus Kuykendall are men in good standing and their affidavits, I swear to are intitled to full credit
Sept 12 th 1831
James Searns
State of New York Orange County
Personally Appeared before me the undersigned justice of the Peace in and for said County Jacob Clearwater a resident of Shawangunk Ulster County State aforesaid aged Eighty Three Years who being duly sworn according to Law says on his oath while in service in the revolutionary War as a soldier in 1776 at New York Knew Jacob Clearwater jun r Late a resident of Sullivan County town Mamakating and State aforesaid the late husband of Sarah Clearwater, who has subscribed to the foregoing Declaration that said Jacob was of private soldier in the revolutionary war at New York for the term of Five Months under the Command of Colonel Hardenburgh but does not recollect his Captain's Name and the said Deponent further saith that in the Year 1777 this deponent arrived at his House of his father's house to attend the wedding of the said Jacob Clearwater jun r to the said Sarah but did not arrive in time to see the Ceremony performed but was an invited guest and Celebrated the Marriage in Company with the other Guests Sworn and subscribed before me a justice of the Peace for the County of Orange
Jacob Clearwater
Cornelius Neafie
I do hereby Certify that the above subscribing Deponent Jacob Clearwater is very Infir m and it would be imprudent in him in my opinion to go fifteen Miles to the nearest place that a judge of the Court of Common Pleas can be found in this County and that I believe him to be a credible witness
Cornelius Neafie

Letty Ellis February 18 th 1842 Letter to Honble J. C. Hemen March 29 th 1842 Honble J. C. Hemen April 5 th 1842 do. to Sec. War Tapt. 1842. do. to O. Beatty same day under from Sec. War
New York 2,471
Sarah Clearwater widow of Jacob Clearwater
who died on the 25. January 1833 of Sullivan Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Westfall, of the Reg't. commanded by Col. in the N. York mil. time for 9. months & 21 days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 32 Dollars 33 1/3 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9. day of Jan. 1839 and sent to Eliza Swan Parent
  Arrears to the 4th of Sept. '38  242.50    Semi-annual allowance ending Oct. '39.  16.16     $ 258.66  
{ Revolutionary Claim, Not July 4, 1836, Section the }
Recorded by D. Brown Book A. Vol. 2
Clerk,
Page 107

State of New York } ss Sullivan County }
Be it known that Sarah Clearwater, personally appeared a resident of the Town of Mamakating, personally appeared before me, James Duvens a justice of the peace in said County, and made oath in due form of law, that this deponent will be 80 years old the 10 th of Sept r next, that she was married to Jacob Clearwater her late husband in the year 1777 by the Rev. Mr. Earon that her older child Mariah is 59 years old next december that her oldest son Daniel Clearwater is 57 years years old the 23 d of August next, and that this deponent had by her said late husband Jacob Clearwater had nine children Six of which are now living, and that her youngest child is in his 38 th year and further says not
Subscribed by making her mark and sworn at the same time Feby. 6. 1837 before me
her Sarah Clearwater mark
James Duvens justice of the peace
State of New York } ss Sullivan County }
Be it known that James G Warner a resident of the Town of Mamakating, personally appeared before me James Duvens a justice of the peace of said County, and made oath in due form of law, that this deponent was 51. years old on the first day of January last past, that he has been acquainted with the above named Sarah Clearwater and her late husband Jacob Clearwater for the space of thirty five years last past, and that they have during that time lived together as man and wife, and always have been reputed as such in the neighbourhood or where they resided, and that this deponent has never heard the marriage of the said Sarah and Jacob Clearwater disputed or contradicted
James G Warner
Sworn and subscribed Feby. 6. 1837
before me
James Duvens justice of the peace

State of New York } ss Sullivan County }
Be it known that Henry B. Williams a resident of the Town of Mamakating, personally appeared before me James Sevens a justice of the peace in said County, and made oath in due form of law, that he has been well acquainted with Jacob Clearwater late of the Town of Mamakating deceased, and Sarah Clearwater his present widow, for the space of twenty five years last past, and during said time, said Jacob and Sarah lived together as man and wife up to the time of his death, and that they were reputed as such, in the neighbourhood, where they resided, and this deponent has never heard the legality of the marriage, of said Jacob and Sarah disputed or doubted, and that he believes that they were lawfully married and further saith not. Subscribed and Affirmed, Henry B Williams, February 7. 1837 before me
James Sevens Justice of the peace
I do certify that James G. Warner and Henry B. Williams who made the foregoing Affidavits are entitled to full credit and belief. Feb'y 7. 1837 James Sevens J.P.
Affidavits in relation to Sarah Clearwater's Claim

STATE OF NEW-YORK, SULLIVAN COUNTY, } ss.
I, WILLIAM E. CADY, Clerk of the County of Sullivan, Do hereby Certify, That James Devere, Esq. whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the acknowledgment of the annexed Affidavits a Certificate — and endorsed thereon, was on the day of the date of the said Certificate, a Justice — in and for said County of Sullivan, dwelling in the said County, Commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized by law, to take the proof and acknowledgment of Deeds and Discharges of Mortgages, &c. And further, that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice — and verily believe that the signature of James Devere — subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper hand-writing of the said Justice —
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and af- fixed the Seal of the said County, this Tenth — day of February — 1834
William E. Cady, CLERK.

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I have been thinking of you and your kind words and how much I should like to see you again after all this time. I hope you are well and happy. I have been very busy lately but I have managed to find some time to write to you. I am sure you will be interested in what I have to tell you. I have been thinking of you and your kind words and how much I should like to see you again after all this time. I hope you are well and happy. I have been very busy lately but I have managed to find some time to write to you. I am sure you will be interested in what I have to tell you.
May 30. 1862
Bloomingtonburgh
Viz
Sarah Cleaver
[Handwritten signature]
May 27 th
Free
Honb J L Edwards Commissioner of pensions Washington City D C

Bloomingburgh May 26 th 1842
Dear Sir
I have under stood that my mother's pay Certificate was now in your possession it was sent there last December For the purpose of getting an increase of her pay my mother's Name is Sarah Eleanora widow of Jacob Eleanora But if the Certificate is in your possession please Forward it to me by Mail
Yours respectfully
Hiram Eleanora
J. L. Edwards Esq.

Dear Charlotte
Jos. Ellis, of Bloomingburg N.Y. Aug 31.

State of New York } Orange County }
Be it known that before me Hiram E. Gardner one of the Justices of the peace in and for County aforesaid personally appeared Rev d Robert P. Lee Junr Pastor of German Reformed Church at Montgomery in said County who being duly sworn doth on his oath say that he has no marriage records in possession prior to the year Eighteen Hundred and Seventeen but hath a record of Baptism in which he doth find the names of Isaac L. Gleenwater and Sarah Gleenwater having a child Baptized in the year One Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy Eight November Twenty Eight. The above named Robert P. Lee Junr Pastor of the German Reformed Church at Montgomery aforesaid do certify that the above is a true copy of the entries of Baptism on record in my possession with the exception of the dates which are in a fair ledger as follows 1778 November 28 Subscribed and sworn before me this 16 th day of June 1838 } Robert P. Lee Jr - Hiram E. Gardner J.P.

State of New York Orange County S.S
Matthew Clearwater of the town of Montgomery county and State aforesaid, Being duly sworn Depose and Say that He is now about Eighty years old or there abouts that in the Year 1775 He served in the Service of the State of New York under Captain Peter Hill one Month in what was then termed the (Minute Men) Service and in which Service Jacob Clearwater Late of Sullivan County Deceased was also a Soldier and served under the same Captain the same Length of time viz one Month and that in the Year 1776 this deponent served in company with His Brother the above named Jacob Clearwater three Weeks at Ramapo in the Lower part of the State of New York or on the Northern edge of New Jersey under Captain Matthew Felter all of which Service was performed by Orders of the then authorities of the State of New York or the Continental Congress for the Maintenance of the Independence of the united State and further
This deponent saith Not Subscribed & sworn Matthew Clearwater before Me This 12 Day of December 1838
Cornelius Neafie Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Orange
I do hereby Certify That I am well acquainted with the above named Deponent Matthew Clearwater and believe him of Sound Mind and also that He is of Good Moral Character and is fully Entitled to belief Cornelius Neafie Justice of the Peace

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William Lloyd April 15 1838
State of New York Orange County ss:
I Albert S. Weston Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange do hereby certify that Cornelius Keefe before whom the foregoing affidavit of Matthew Clearwater was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the peace in and for said County; and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavit & the Certificate following the same is genuine - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said County the 6 th day of May 1839 A. S. Weston Clerk

Stat. L.
Faint, mirrored text from the reverse side of the page, likely bleed-through. It appears to be a formal legal or official statement.
CLEARWATER, JACOB (N.Y.) W-16906
[Handwritten signature or note at the bottom right edge]

STATE OF NEW-YORK, SULLIVAN COUNTY, } ss.
I, WILLIAM E. CADY, Clerk of the County of Sullivan, Do hereby Certify, That Samuel Smith Esq whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument _____ and endorsed thereon, was on the day of the date of the said Certificate, a Judge _____ in and for said County of Sullivan, dwelling in the said County, Commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized by law, to take the proof and acknowledgment of Deeds and Discharges of Mortgages, &c. And further, that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Judge _____ and verily believe that the signature of Samuel Smith — subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper hand-writing of the said Judge _____
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and af- fixed the Seal of the said County, this tenth _____ day of September — 1834
William E. Cady, CLERK.

State of New York } ss Sullivan County }
Be it known that Wilhelmus Huykendall a resident of the Town of Mamakating in said County aged 74 years old, personally appeared before me James Sevens a justice of the peace in said County and made oath in due form of law, that he was very well acquainted with Jacob Clearwater late a resident of the Town of Mamakating the late husband of the within married Sarah Clearwater who made the foregoing declaration, in the time of the revolutionary war in the year 1777 according to the best of his recollection the said Jacob Clearwater was then in the service of the United States doing the duty of a private soldier in the company comm- anded by Captain H. Abraham Westfall for the term of nine months on the frontiers at the place called Peenpack now Orange County State of New York and further saith not the word (months) was first interlined before Subscribed and sworn Subscribed this 9 th day of September 1836 Wilhelmus Huyken Dall before me James Sevens a justice of the peace
State of New York } ss Sullivan County }
Be it known that Elnathan Sears of the Town of Mamakating in said County aged 80 years old personally appeared before me James Sevens a justice of the peace in said County, and made oath in due form of law, that he was well acquainted with Jacob Clearwater said of Mamakating the late husband of the within named Sarah Clearwater who made the foregoing declaration, that in the year 1777, that this deponent was in the service of the United, at fort montgomery in the State of New York and there saw the said Jacob Clear- water doing the duty of a soldier but does not recollect the term of time that he served Subscribed and sworn Elnathan Sears this 9 th day of September 1836 James Sevens

State of New York
Sullivan County. Personally appeared before me Samuel Smith one of the Judges of said County. James Warner of Mamakating in said County. Who being duly sworn say that Jacob Clearwater was the husband of Sarah Clearwater who subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration and that he did at the time filed in said declaration and the complaint of which he said was called the gravel complaint. subscribed and that said Sarah has remained a widow since the 6 day of September 1836.
James Warner
before me Samuel Smith one of the judges of the court of common pleas in the county of Sullivan
State of New York
Sullivan County. Personally appeared before me Samuel Smith one of the Judges of said County. James Ivey aged 80 years a resident of Mamakating in said County. Who being duly sworn say that in the year of 1776. When in the service of the United of the United States at the White Plains in the State of New York. I then saw Jacob Clearwater the husband of Sarah Clearwater who subscribed the foregoing declaration. Know him then to be doing the duty of a Soldier but cannot recollect the length of his services nor his officer's name. and that said Sarah Clearwater has remained a widow since the death of her husband said Jacob Clearwater.
Sworn and subscribed
this 6 day of September 1836
before me Samuel Smith one of the judges in the county of Sullivan
James Ivey his Ivey
I hereby certify that Sarah Clearwater is old infirm and blind that she cannot attend Court. and that James Warner and James Ivey is credible witness.
Samuel Smith one of the judges of the court of common pleas in the county of Sullivan

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16906
Sarah Clearwater
Wid. of
Jacob Clearwater
Priv. Rev. War
Act: July 4, 1836
Index:—Vol. a , Page 134
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Let to Hiram Clearwater } May 30, 1842 }

52 Mellow Charming Mrs. Brewster -
H. Armstrong Present
H. Armstrong O Book
Hon. Nathl Jones H.R.

War Department Pension Office May 2 d 1837
Sir
In the case of Mrs Sarah Clearwater widow of Jacob Clearwater dec d there is much uncertainty as to the year of the alleged service of 9 months under Capt. Abraham Westfall. It does not appear by our records that he commanded 9 months more before 1780 and the name of her late husband is not borne on his rolls commencing in the spring of 1780. He was a Lieutenant in the Levies in 1779 and if decedent served under him as Lieutenant the name of the Captain should be given.
It does not appear from the deposition of Mr. Kuykendall in what way he acquired a personal knowledge of the service of the decedent
I am Very Respectfully St d Mr. Sec y St d J. L. Edwards
acccccc.
C. Beatty Esq. P'keepsport New York

Deposition
Matt. Clearwater - swears to service generally - and that it consisted in short terms in alarms - makes no allusion to a long term of 9 months -

State of New York
Orange County Personally appeared before me the under signed Justice of the Peace in and for said County Matthew Clearwater a resident of the town of Montgomery County & State aforesaid aged about Seventy five who being duly sworn according to Law says on his oath while in service in the revolutionary war at Mammakating on the then western frontier of the State of New York there saw Jacob Clearwater Jun r doing the duty of a Soldier for the Term of Seven, Eight, or Nine Months on the frontier at one period aforesaid but does not recollect his officers names as he did not serve in the same Company and at divers other times at Poughkeepsie at Fort Montgomery and other places in case of Alarms, some of which occurred after Fort Montgomery was taken both on the western frontier and at West Point, those alarms occurred repeatedly till near the close of the war the terms of service on those occasions was from three weeks to about one week each and he particularly recollects one case of alarm in which they were called to Ramapo in the State of New Jersey was as late as 1779, and this deponent further saith that the said Jacob Clearwater Jun r was the husband of the said Sarah Clearwater who subscribed the annexed Declaration, and that they were married in the year 1777 by the Reverend Mr Carron a regular Minister of the Dutch Reformed Society in the presence of this deponent, and Further Saith Not Matthew Clearwater Sworn and subscribed before me
Cornelius Neafie a Justice
of the Peace for the County of Orange
I certify that the above deponent Matthew Clearwater personally known to me to be a respectable and credible witness and that his age and infirmity, would make it entirely inconvenient and hazardous to his health to go before the nearest Justice of the County courts which is about 15 Miles to make the above affidavit
Cornelius Neafie

State of New York Orange County } ss. I, Lebbus L. Vail, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Orange and State aforesaid Do hereby certify Cornelius Neafie before whom the within affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County - And I further certify that the within certifi- -cate purporting to be his is genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County the seventeenth day of September 1836
Lebbus L. Vail Clerk

Certificate of Secretary of State, of Lieutenant Westfall's Appointment

State of New York } Secretary's - Office }
Certify that on the third day of May 1799 Abraham Westfall was appointed a Lieutenant in the Regt. of Levies raised for the frontier Service whereof Henry K. Van Rensselaer and Albert Pawling were Lieutenant Colonel Commandants - All which appears by the Minutes of the Councils of Appointment of this State in this Office
Arch d Campbell Dep y Secretary
Albany Nov. 16. 1838

The Hon John C. Spencer Secretary of War, Sir
Fishkill Landing, Dutchess County N.Y. March 21 st 1842
In behalf of Sarah Clearwater of Sullivan County New York, Widow of Jacob Clearwater and a Pensioner under the act of Congress of July 4 1836, at the rate of about thirty dollars per annum. Appeal from the decision made by the Pension Department in her claim to a Pension under said Act,
13/62 The third Section of the Act grants a Pension to certain Widows according to the length of Service performed by their Husbands, & about fourteen months Service of the Widow Clearwater's Husband was passed by respectable Witnesses whose Credibility was supported beyond all doubt about nine months of that time was allowed, and eight months rejected. The fifth Section of the same Act makes it the duty of the President of the United States, to prescribe the Rules of Evidence that the Secretary of War shall adopt, to carry the law into effect. The President prescribed the Rules the Secretary adopted them and they were published on the 9 th day of July, 1836 for the benefit of Applicants.
The eighth Rule applying to Widows under the third Section of the Act, and says when no records or documentary proof of the Revolutionary Service of the deceased Husbands, can be found, the Claimant must produce the testimony of at least one Credible Witness.
The eight months rejected was proven by two Credible Witnesses, who stated that the Service was done on the Western Frontier in 1779 under the command of Capt. Abraham Westfall. The Department says that Westfall was not a Captain until 1780 and on these grounds discredits the proof and rejects the

Eight Months Service. But a reasonable allowance should be made in this case for it is not to be supposed that the witnesses knew what Commission Westfall acted under. They only knew him as a Captain by reports and by his acts he had charge of the First Commanded the Company and was called Captain Westfall, and if he was no higher in Commission than a Lieutenant it would not destroy the Service of the Soldier under him. The Department re- quires the Certificate of the Comptroller. A full search of the records in his office at Albany has been made without success, and what few remain in his office are found to be very imperfect the Books in his office show that Capt Faulkners Men were paid for about one month and a half Service done in 1779, but the Original Muster Roll of Capt Faulkners Company has been lately found, and is now on file in the Pension Office at Washington, and that Roll shows that Capt Faulkners Company was in actual Service eight Months, the same year. — It is the duty of the Department to guard the Treasury against fraud and it is equally their duty to do justice to the Claimant.
The Widow Brannan is poor, very infirm and totally blind, and her necessity calls loud for her rights. She trusts that you will give her claim a due examination and will be fully satisfied in the justice of increasing her pension about twenty six dollars per annum for the eight months Service done by her husband and supported by double the proof required by the rules prescribed by the President.
Very Respectfully Your best Servt.
O. Brady

Pension Office April 7. 1842
Comm. of Pensions Report relative to the claim of Sarah Clearwater B. 1621.
It now appearing that the name of Jacob Clearwater is not to be found on the rolls referred to by the account for the widow, it is impossible to reverse or modify the decision of the Comm. of Pensions. ✓
April 7. 1842 -
J. C. Spencer
Pension Office No letter has been written to Mr. Prentiss. I presume it is usual for you to send a copy of the last. S. P. 2. P.

Pension Office
April 7. 1842
Sir,
I herewith return the letters which I have had the honor of addressing you in the case of Sarah Clearwater. The name of her husband, Jacob Clearwater, is not found on either of the rolls of the companies belonging to the Battalion of Lt. Col. Pawling, to which Lieut. Westfall and Capt. Faulkner were attached.
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
J. L. Edwards
Hon. J. C. Spencer Secretary of War

B. 162.
Pension Office
March 29. 1842.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Report in the case of Sarah Clearwater.
End linked to Comm. of Pensions
Does it appear from the rolls in the Pension Office, whether Kestrel was a Regiment?
And does it appear that Fackler's company was in Service from 1779 in 1779? and is Clearwater in any way connected with that company?

Pension Office March 29 th 1842
Sir, In obedience to your order I have the honor to make the following report upon the appeal taken by Mr Beatty in the case of Sarah Clearwater.
In the adjustment of her claim an alleged service of 7 or 8 months in the Service for frontier defence in 1779 under Capt Westfall was not allowed because Westfall did not command a company in 1779 which shews that the witness is mistaken in that material fact, and because the deposition in all other respects is general and vague as to that term of service. The testimony of her late husband's brothers Jacob and Matthew Clearwater affords no information respecting the particulars of this service. Nor do the Comptroller's records at Albany, it is admitted furnish any evidence of her husband's service rendered doubtful by the silence of the rolls and of his brothers in their original statements. The testimony of Wilhemus Hug-

Kendall (which specifies nothing respecting this long term of service except that he saw him in service at Benpack under Capt. Westfall in 1779 doing the duty of a soldier) And of Jane Kay Kendall who (subscribing her deposition with a crop mark) confirms in general terms that of William, was not deemed sufficient to justify its admission
I have the honor to be Very respectfully Yr M ty Serv t
J L Edwards
Hon. J. C. Spencer Secretary of War

These papers have no reference to the question of Mr Beatty's appeal E. M. C.
N. York Sarah Clearwater Letter to H. Armstrong 16. Jan. 38 " " Joseph Ellis, Sept. 1, 1838.
4 July 1836

Fishkill, N.Y. March 21/42
O. Beatty.
Appeals from decision of Pension Office on claim of Sarah Clearwater.
B162. Recd March 28/42
Pension Office report and 294

Copy of Letter of report
Hon. John C. Spencer Secretary of War City Washington D. C.
RECEIVED MAR 25 1840

Pension Office
April 5 th 1842
Commissioner of Pensions. Second report in the case of Sarah Clearwater 1842. Rec April 5/42.
Look for Faulkner's rolls A sce of Clearwater's name is on them

Pension Office April 5 th 1842
Sir,
In answer to the questions endorsed on my report of the 29 th ult. in the case of Sarah Clearwater I have the honor to inform you that Abraham Westfall appears to have been commissioned a Lieutenant in a regiment of Services commanded by Col d Van Rensselaer and Lt. Col d Pauling in 1779 raised from the last of April 1779 to January 1 st 1780. In that Battalion William Faulkner was a Captain and the rolls of the Commissioned Officers show that there were three companies raised and mustered into service under Lt. Col d Pauling and served agreeably to the terms of their enlistment to the first of January 1780. William Faulkner commanded one of the three companies, but Lieutenant Abraham Westfall was not attached to either.
Whether Westfall was in actual service in 1779 does not appear by any record, but he was a Captain of State Troops in 1780, 1781, and 1782.
The name of claimants late husband

husband is not borne on the rolls of either of the companies commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Pauline for 8 months in 1849. The papers are herewith returned.
I have the honor to be Very respectfully Yr. M c . O ff J. L. Edwards
Right Hon. J. C. Spencer Secretary of War

Hiram E. Conger
Justice
State of New York,
Orange County, ss. I, Lebbeus D. Tice, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County, and State aforesaid. Do hereby certify, That Hiram E. Conger is a Justice of the Peace in and for Orange County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his Commission is dated on the first day of January 1835 and will expire on the last day of December 1838 and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County, the 19 th day of June 1838
Lebbeus D. Tice. Clerk

State of New York } Sullivan County } ss
Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of said county Charles Sears a resident of the town of Mamakating in said county aged fifty two Years who being duly sworn according to Law and State on his oath that he is personally acquainted with Wilhelmus Kuykendall a resident of said town and that said Kuykendall is a member of Good Standing in the Reformed Dutch Church in said town & has been a member of said church for thirty Years past and acted as Eldar of said church the greater part of that time & that he this deponent knows him to be a man of good Character and that he would put the fullest confidence in any statements made by said Kuykendall Sworn & subscribed this Charles Sears 4 th day of February 1842. before me A. Patterson, J.P.
I Certify that I am personally acquainted with Charles Sears, the above deponent, and that he is a person of good moral Character, & entitled to belief - A. Patterson, J.P.

State of New York Sullivan County
February 4 th 1842
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for said County J. O'Dunning a resident of the town of Mamakating aged forty one years who being duly sworn according to law states on his Oath that he is personally acquainted with Wilhelmus Huyckendoll a resident of said town and that said Huyckendoll is a member in good and regular standing in the Dutch Reformed in said town and that this deponent saw said Huyckendoll a few days since and had conversation with him and believes him to be a man of a good sound mind
Sworn & Subscribed before me A. Patterson, J.P.
J. O'Dunning
The above Deponent is a person good Character
A. Patterson, J.P.
Sullivan County State of New York I Herby W. Howell Clerk of Sullivan County and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby Certify that A. Patterson Esqr whose name is subscribed to the within Certificate of affidavit was on the day of the date of said Certificate a Justice of the Peace in & for said County dwelling in said County Commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice & verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court & County this 7 th day of February 1842
Herby W. Howell Clerk

I hereby certify that I was acquainted with Jacob Clearwater late husband of Sarah Clearwater now an applicant for a pension and know of my one knowledge that he served in Capt John Graham's Col y Balding Hgt Five Month in 1776. and in the year 1777 in A Company commanded by William Falkner three Month at Fort Montgomery
Jonathan Sears
Sworn to before me this eighth day of January 1839.
J. Wells Jr. S. Peace Washington County District of Columbia

Feb 14. 1872.
Bloomingbury NY. Dear Friend
Yours
Very
Dear clearwater No 36. No 25
W. J. Edwards. Commissioner of Pensions. Washington City D.C.

Bloomingburgh Sullivan Co N.Y. February 10 th 1842
Dear Sir
The enclosed affidavit Furnishes additional proof To Support the application of the widow Sarah Clearwater Widow of Jacob Clearwater her late husband det For an annuity of her pension Said Clearwater in the year of 1779 Entered the Service and Served under Lieut Abrn Wortfall at and in the Neighbourhood of Dweets Fort on the Western Frontiers in Ulster County he Served 8 or 9 months his Services has been proven by Wilhelmus Kirkendall & his Wife who lived near the Fort at that Time and had an opportunity of seeing Said Clearwater Very Frequently in the Service
Mr Kirkendall & Wife are Credable witnesses and Church Members & the enclosed affidavit of J O'Dunning & Charles Sears will Establish that Fact Lieut Wortfall was a Lieutenant I cannot say with Certainty who his Capt was Capt Jacob Dewitt or Capt Cook might of been I have under stood that they was then at the Time perhaps there may be a Record in the department of Capt Cook or Capt Jacob Dewitt which will Bare the name of Lieutenant Wortfall & Jacob Clearwater likewise if Not if I understand the established Rules of the pension department The affidavits of Wilhelmus Kirkendall & Wife ought to be Sufficient To prove Jacob Clearwaters Services it will likewise appear From the enclosed affidavit of Mathew Clearwater that in the year of 1775 that Jacob Clearwater Served one month under Capt Peter Hill

Will in the Minuit Service & that in the year of 1776 served three weeks under Capt Mathew Petter at Ramapo Mathew Clearwater & Jacob was brothers I think that Mathew could not be mistaken in his brother Jacob Clearwater as Services the widow Sarah Clearwater has been blind for more than 10 years and is very poor if by a re-examination of her papers now on file and the enclosed prop you should find her entitled to an increase it will be very gratifying to the old lady
I have the honor to be very respectfully your Obedt Servt
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commission of Joseph Ellis of pension -
The pay certificate enclosed

Sarah Clearwater widow of Jacob N.Y.
Admitted
Private 9 mo & 21 days
Ebenezer Dyer Esq. Present

State of New York Sullivan County } ss
Be it known that before me James Sevens a justice of the peace in and for Said County personally appeared Wilhelmus Huykendall and made Oath in due form of law, that he is Seventy five Years old the tenth day of April next, that he is a pensioner of the United States under the law of the year 1832, that he has heretofore made an affidavit, in support of the service of the late Jacob Clear- water, in the Revolutionary war, and that on account of old age, and loss of Memory, he might have been mistaken as to the year, and on reflection he thinks it might have been as late as the year, 1779, but well recollects that the Said Jacob Clearwater was there doing the duty of a Soldier under Capt Abraham Westfall for the term of eight or nine Months, and further Saith not Sworn and Subscribed Wilhelmus Huyken Dall March 31 st 1837 Before me James Sevens Justice of the peace
State of New York Sullivan County } ss
Be it known that before me James Sevens a justice of the peace in and for Said County, personally appeared Jane Huykendall aged 71. Years, and made Oath in due form of law, that She resided on the frontiers in the place called Peenpack at the time of the Revolutionary war, that according to the best of her recollection thier place was burnt out by the indians, in the year 1778. and the Season following were a Fort was Erected around her grand- Fathers House it being a large Stone building thirteen Famyls took Shelter there, that She well recollects that Jacob Clearwater, deceased late a resident of the Town of Nannakating was there doing the duty of a Soldier under Capt Westfall at Said Fort, that the troops came early in the Spring of the year 1779 at Said Fort, and remained there till after the hollow-days, and the Said Jacob Clearwater was doing the duty of a Soldier during that time Subscribed and Sworn Jane + Huykendall March 31 st 1837 before me James Sevens J.P. mark

I do Certify that Wilhelmus Huykendall and Jane Huykendall who made the foregoing affidavits are both intitled to full Credit and belief
James Surns justice of the peace

Declaration
of
Deposition of Wilhelm Kuykendall - B.E. Sears.
The first saw him in service at Posenbach in 77 for 9 months and the other saw him at Fort Montgomery -

William & Jane Keyton died - saw him in service doing the duty of a soldier Officers unknown
H. Armstrong Esq Present

State of New-York Sullivan County } ss
Wilhelmus Huykend being duly Sworn and Said on his Oath, that at the time that Jacob Clearwater deceased was a Soldier on the front- iers, this deponent Resided at the Block House in the same Neighbourhood, where the Said — Clearwater was Stationed, that the Said Clearwater with other troops was frequently at the Said Block House in the Course of the Season, and this deponent was frequently at the fort where the troops were — Stationed, and during the Season was well ac- quainted with Said Jacob Clearwater doing the duty of a Soldier, and Saw Said Clearwater frequently at both places and is confident that he is not mistaken that the Said Clearwater was doing the duty of a Soldier there during the Season through out but cannot be confident as to the officers or the date of the Year Sworn and Subscribed Wilhelmus Huykendall. July 24. 1857.
Before me
James Sevens Justice of the peace
I do Certify that Wilhelmus Huykendall who made the foregoing affidavit is intitled to full Credit and belief
James Sevens J. P.
I do further Certify that I have been personally acquainted with Mr Huykendall, for a number of Years, and is a man who has always been in good Standing in Society, and has been respected as a man of truth and Veracity and if any mans Affidavit is intitled to Credit hirs undoubtly is
James Sevens J. P.

STATE OF NEW-YORK, SULLIVAN COUNTY, } ss.
I, WILLIAM E. CADY , Clerk of the County of Sullivan, Do hereby Certify , That James Diven Esq whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the acknowledgment of the annexed Affidavit and endorsed thereon, was on the day of the date of the said Certificate, a Justice in and for said County of Sullivan, dwelling in the said County, Commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized by law, to take the proof and acknowledgment of Deeds and Discharges of Mortgages, &c. And further, that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature of James Diven subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper hand-writing of the said Justice
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and af- fixed the Seal of the said County, this 31 st day of July 1837
William E. Cady CLERK.