Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,624, Philo Hoadly, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Hoadly, Philo
5.2,624
carded
CONTENTS

Ohio. 7727.
Philo Hoadly
of Delaware in the State of Ohio. who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Frost. of the Reg t commanded by Col. Beebe in the Com d Mil a line for one year.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio. at the rate of 40. Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 d day of March. 1833 and sent to Mr. W. W. Wiggins Clerk. Delaware C.H. Ohio.
  Arrears to the 4th of March 1833.  80. 00    Semi-ann t allowance ending 4 Sept r 1833.  20. 00     $ 100. 00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. W. Wiggins Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 8 — Page Ten —
Paid at the treasury under the Act of April 6 th 1838 from 4 th March to 23 d October 1839. Ag t M c Intosh 3 d 1842
Letter to Hon. Ch. Sweetzer April 24 th 1850

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Feby 1 st 1842.
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The child ren of Philo Boodly, dec d . a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio Agency, at the rate of Forty Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, to the 23 rd October 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
Alison B. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
2777

20132
Philo Woodley Ohio
Allow 12 Months From 1780
$40.
Th Reynolds. OH Delaware OH Ohio

BRIEF in the case of  Philo Hoadly  County of Delaware  in the State of  Ohio  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 69  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.     Vol In 1780 — about 9 — Private Col Beebe   Sub 1781 — 3 — " Capt Foot  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Kennersly  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Waterbury Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correct 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. Forrest
Examining Clerk.

Philo Hoard Application for Pension.
20/32

The State of Ohio Delaware County ss.
Be it remembered that on the twenty first day of November in the year eighteen hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Delaware and state of Ohio now in session, Philo Roady a resident of Berlin Township in the said County, aged sixty nine 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 act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
Philo Roady of Berlin Tn.
I the said Philo Roady do hereby state that I entered into the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, to wit:—
I was born October 22 nd 1763. at Waterbury in Connecticut where I resided during the revolutionary war. Early in the spring of 1780 I volunteered in a Company of Connecticut Militia for nine months. I served under Capt. John Lewis; Lieut. Bunnel and in a Regt. commanded by Col. Beecher. Soon after I enlisted I marched with my company from Waterbury to Horse Neck where Col. Beecher commanded. We remained at Horse Neck until some time in the fall; during which time our Regt. at first encamped upon a plantation owned by a Mr. Rich, then at the North end of North street, and often some time at the south end of North street where the road forks. While we were here I was out often on scouting. At one time when out I came across a party of British Tories & Loyalists at a place some distance off called Snaps-kill, with whom we had a skirmish. At another time we had a skirmish with a party of British in a large wheatfield in King street. We had one killed and 3 wounded and of the enemy there were 16 killed. About the time our Regt. left Horse N.

in the fall, another Regt. came there under the Com- -mand of Col. Wells; and then our Regt. was marched to North Castle in New York, we were stationed here until some time in the winter. A few days before my nine months service was out, I received a furlough to return home, and was not required to return to the service, and my furlough was extended further than until the expiration of my term of service.
In the fall of 1781 my father Ebenezer Woodly was drafted for three months, and I went his substitute. I served under Capt. Foot. I was marched to Milford where my company was stationed and where we served over 3 months. After I had served my 3 months I was discharged & returned home.
In 1807 I removed from Connecticut and settled in Delaware County where I now reside. I have lost my discharge, and have no document- -ary evidence of my service, and know of no person whose testimony I can procure who can testify to my services. I hereby relinquish all claims 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.
Given & subscribed to, the day & year aforesaid.
Philo Woodly
We Jacob Drake (a Baptist Clergyman) & John Lewis residents of Berlin Township in Salem County, State of New Jersey residing in the neighborhood of the above named Philo Woodly, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said Philo Woodly, who has signed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age that he is a veteran and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Given & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
John Lewis
Jacob Drake

And the said Court hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the said Court further certify that it appears to them that Jacob Brake who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the said township of Berlin and county of Fond, and that John Lewis who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place and is a creditable person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Thomas Reynolds Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Philo Bradley for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office this 21 st day of March A.D. 1832.
T. Reynolds, Clerk

Rev. Wm.
2624. INVALID.
File No. 2624.
Philo Hoadly Br. Bt. Ma.
Act: June 7, '32
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 176
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Philo Hoadly which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 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? 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? no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 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?

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? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 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? 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? 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? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 2, 4, 7.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* 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.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Hoadly, Samuel GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 5902 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Dec. 18, 1795 to Eneas Munson, Jr., assignee.
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.