Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,309, Nathaniel Hendryx, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Hendryx Nathaniel
S 32 309
CONTENTS

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1833 from 4 March to 4 Sept 1837. Agt notified 5 Nov 1838.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1833 from 4 th Sept 1837 to 4 March 1838. Agt notified 24 March 1839
Date of death not on AB
Illinois 13.397
Nathaniel Hendricks of Wabash in the State of Illinois who was a Private in the 6 th commanded by Captain Darrac of the Regt commanded by Col. Livingston in the New York. time for 15 mos.
$ 50.
Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois. - at the rate of 50. Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16. day of July 1833 and sent to Hiram Bell 66. St. Larnel. Wabash Co. Ill.
Arrears to the 4th of March 33. 100.- Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833 35.- $135.-
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by [Signature] Clerk, Book [Signature] Vol. 8 Page 57

State of Illinois } ss
Wabash County } On this 14 th day of September 1832 Personally appeared in open court before the Hon William Wilson Judge of the Circuit Court of Wabash County now sitting Nathaniel Hoenary in person a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged eighty years. Who first being 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 the 7 th of June 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, I was born in the town of Newmilford (County of Strickland Hampshire) State of Conn n on the 24 th day of Nov 1752 My parents moved me to the State of New York in My childhood to Kings district (Albany) where I resided till 1776 and in the Month of May in said year I enlisted for nine months in the State troops of New York and was called into service in June following Under Capt George Darrer, Lieut Smith, was mustered at Kings District and Marched to Albany and then to Saratoga and from there to Lake George and there stationed till Discharged from that tower of Duty, Col Livingston & General Schuyler was our Regimental Commanders and I think My discharge was signed by Col Livingston.
I again in the year 77 Volunteered for six months under Capt Smith at Kings District and Marched to Ticonderoga where  was  Defeated by Burgoyne's Army and was obliged to retreat back to Saratoga on our retreat in Hubbardton we had a small Skirmish with the enemy and lost some of our men but fortunately I received no wounds we then retreated to Saratoga where we met the enemy with Courage and had a Desperate Battle

I was one that helped to pull General Arnold from under his horse When he received a shot from the enemy his horse fell dead and fell on the Generals leg and I helped extricate him
In that Battle I discharged 60 rounds at the enemy and my gun became hot and as soon as it was cool I discharged 60 rounds more at which time it became dark and the British gave back We maintained the ground and in Sept or Oct had the pleasure of seeing the final resignation of Burgoyne's Army
I was then discharged and returned home to Albany Kings District Where I lived about four years and had the misfortune to have My house burned and all My Discharges in it together with the rest of My household goods and papers I then moved to Penn- sylvania on the West Branch of the Susquehannah and lived there
3 years and then to the State of New York in Steuben and about 30 years
Albany, and from there to the State of Illinois where I have resided 13 years in the County of Wabash the record of my age is in My Brothers possession in Ohio
And further state that I do not know of any who can testify to my services, and hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Nathan Henderly
Miram Bell Clerk
We Aaron Wood
a clergyman of the County of Wabash and State of Illinois and State of  Presiding in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathan Henderly who has subscribed the above Declaration that we believe him to be in his Eightyeth year of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood

12. 07 24 Katharine O'Neary Application for Pension

State of Illinois } ss
Wabash County } On this 14 th day of September 1832 Personally appeared in open court before the Hon William Wilson Judge of the Circuit Court of Wabash County now sitting Nathaniel Hencary in person a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged eighty years. Who first being 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 the 7 th of June 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, I was born in the town of Newmilford (County of Hampshire) State of Conn n on the 24 th day of Nov 1752 My parents moved me to the State of New York in my childhood to Kings district (Albany) where I resided till 1776 and in the Month of May in said year I enlisted for nine months in the State troops of New York and was called into service in June following Under Capt George Darrer, Lieut Smith, was mustered at Kings District and Marched to Albany and then to Saratoga and from there to Lake George and there stationed till Discharge from that tower of Duty, Col Livingston & General Schuyler was our Regimental Commanders and I think my discharge was signed by Col Livingston.
I again in the year 77 Volunteered for six months under Capt Smith at Kings District and Marched to Ticonderoga three weeks was  and defeated by Burgoyne's Army and was obliged to retreat back to Saratoga on our retreat in Hubbardton we had a small skirmish with the enemy and lost some of our men but fortunately I received no wounds we then retreated to Saratoga where we met the enemy with Courage and had a Desperate Battle.

I was one that helped to pull General Arnold from under his horse When he received a shot from the enemy his horse fell dead and fell on the Generals leg and I helped extricate him
In that Battle I discharged 60 rounds at the enemy and my gun became hot and as soon as it was cool I discharged 60 rounds more at which time it became dark and the British gave back We maintained the ground and in Sept or Oct had the pleasure of seeing the final resignation of Burgoyne's Army I was then discharged and returned home to Albany Kings District Where I lived about four years and had the misfortune to have My house burned and all my Discharges in it together with the rest of My household goods and papers I then moved to Penn- sylvania on the West Branch of the Susquehannah and lived there 3 years and then to the State of New York in Stuben and Albany, about 30 years and from there to the State of Illinois where I have resided 13 years in the County of Wabash the record of my age is in My Brothers possession in Ohio And further State that I do not know of any who can testify to my services, and hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Nathan H. Henry
Hiram Bell Clerk
We Aaron Wood a clergyman of the County of Wabash and State of Illinois and James  A.ake  Pringle  Residing in the same hereby certify that We are well acquainted with Nathan H. Henry who has subscribed the above Declaration that We believe him to be in his Eightyeth year of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood

Where he resides to have been a revolutionary soldier and that We concur in that Opinion Baron Wood Asahel Briggs Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Hiram Bell Clk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion of the investigation of the matter and after putting the inter- rogatories 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 Nathan Wood who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in said county and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit M c Clusky
I Hiram Bell Clerk of the circuit court of Wabash county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Hendryx for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 14 th day of Sept 1832 Hiram Bell Clk
State of Illinois Wabash county 3 B. Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said county, Nathaniel Hendryx, who being duly

I, the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said county, Nathaniel Hendrie, who being duly sworn says before me 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 services, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below as a private, the first Ten Nine Months, and the second Seven Six Months and that he knows of no living witness by whom he can prove either term of service. And this affiant further says that Aaron Wood, whose affidavit he obtained, is a blaggard, of the county of Wabash and that the erasure of such facts in the certificate of the count, is a mistake. Nathaniel his Hendrie mark Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8 th day of May 1833 James H. Beall J.P.
State of Illinois } Wabash County } I Hiram Bell clerk of the county commissioners court of said county do certify that James H. Beall Esquire before whom the above affidavit was made, was at the time of taking the same and now is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified according to law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Mount Carmel this 13 th day of May A.D. 1833  Hiram Bell clerk 

Nathaniel Hendrys Illinois 13.39%
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Hir am Bell CC elt Cognel Wabash Co
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BRIEF in the case of  Nathanee Amos  County of Wabash  in the State of Illinois  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 80  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     May In 17 7/6 inlisted - 9 # Private Col Darran Col Swengston   1799 volunteer 6 " Col Smith  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? a skirmish with Burgoin's men and then a battle at Saratoga.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Albany N York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional —  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? There is a clergyman mentioned and then struck out by the court 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

March 19, 1931
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section EEL
Mr. B.J. Walter Mount Carmel Illinois
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.32369, that Nathaniel Hendryx was born November 24, 1752, in New Milford, Connecticut, and in his childhood moved with his parents, whose names are not given, to "King's District (Albany)", New York.
While residing in said King's District, New York, he enlisted in May, 1776, and served as a private in Captain George Darrow's Company, Colonel Livingston's New York Regiment, length of service nine months.
See Rev. cl Geo Darrow who served in his father Geo Darrow's N.Y. Co -
He volunteered in 1777, exact date not shown, served six months as a private in Captain Smith's New York Company, and was in the battles of Ticonderoga, Hubbardton and Saratoga.
After the Revolution, he continued to reside in King's District, New York, for four years; then moved to the State of Pennsylvania, the West Branch of the Susquehanna River and lived there for four years; then moved to New York, lived in Steuben and Allegany for thirty years; then moved to the State of Illinois.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 14, 1832, while residing in Wabash County, Illinois, where he had then lived for about thirteen years.
It is not stated that soldier was ever married.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.
Date of death not on AB
He had a brother living in Ohio in 1832. Name not known

32 309
Rev INVALID.
1922 Mch 8 Hist. to A. G. Hendryx.
1931-Mch 19- Hist. to B. J. Walter- ECH
File No. 32 309
Nathaniel Hendryx
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
March 14 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Nathaniel Hendryx a Pensioner on the Roll of the Illinois Agency, at the rate of fifty Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept., 1837, to the 4 th March, 1838,
Respectfully, yours,
William B. Parrag Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Nathaniel Amadix which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yy V. * Has he mentioned 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? yy VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yy

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No 6 clergymen as to others
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? No #
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
EXPLANATORY
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state 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 shewn 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.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
†QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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VII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the law not answered?

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Oct. 26 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Nathaniel Hendryx a Pensioner on the Roll of the Cairo Illinois Agency, at the rate of Fifty Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 of March 1837 to the 4. Sept. 1837
Respectfully, yours,
William H. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
N.Y. 32309
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Nathaniel Hunsdrey a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1776 9 mos Pvt. George Darron Livingston N.Y.   1777 6 mos. Smith        
Battles engaged in, Tienderoga, Hubbardton, Saratoga Residence of soldier at enlistment, Albany N.Y. Date of application for pension, Sept. 14. 1832 His el. was al. Residence at date of application, Wabash County Ill. Age at date of application, born Nov. 24. 1752 in New Milford Conn. Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family.
1832 80 1752
Respectfully,
brother
Commissioner.

Indianapolis. Indiana. Feb., 5, 1922.
Rec
Pension Department. Washington. D.C. Dear Sir:-
I respectfully request that I be furnished with the military history of Nathaniel Hendryx, who at one time lived at Wabash, Ill. —
Please give me as complete record as you can.
This request is not to be made the bases for any claim against the United States Government in any particular.
Very respectfully,
A.E. Hendryx A.E. Hendryx.
13397
5947 Oak Ave.

OUR AIM "Community Service"
OUR MOTTO "America for Americans"
"In Peace As In War We Serve"
The American Legion
B. J. WALTER Department of Military Records and Graves Registration.
Wabash Post No. 423
MT. CARMEL, ILL.
February 10, 1931.
Veterans Administration, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Please furnish the military record of Nathaniel Hendryx, also spelled Hendricks, who served during the War of Revolution in The Albany County Militia, in the 17th Regiment. His name is also listed as Henry, Abraham and Jonathan Hendryx. four men I suppose
This information requested that same may be used in making application for a Government headstone.
Very truly yours,
B. J. Walter B. J. Walter, Dept. of Military Records and Graves Registration.
Rev

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L. L. Edwards Esq.
Commisioned Pensions
W. Carroll St. May 13
Washington D. C.

Mount Carmel Illinois 13 th May 1855,
Sir Enclosed I return you the declaration of Nathaniel Hendrix as amended by him, and I would observe that Aaron Wood, whose affidavit he obtained is a clergyman of this county which fact by a mistake was erased in the Certificate of the birth - this applicant is in very indigent circumstances - and if he cannot obtain a pension upon this application he will not be able to do any thing further in support of his claim
Respectfully your Ob. Servt
Hiram Bell
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions