Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,258, Daniel Hadcock, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Hadcock, Daniel
S. 21,258
CONTENTS

New York N o 28,708
Daniel Madcock
of Madison Co. in the State of N. York
who was a Corporal in the Company commanded by Captain Hovey of the R. G. V. commanded by Col. Willitt in the N. York Troops line for 12 1/2 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 45 Dollars 83 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued to 19 th day of May 1834 and sent to Hon. S. Beardsley N. R.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834 137.49 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1/2 p. " 22.91 $160.40
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown
Clerk,
Book E.
Vol. 4
Page 112

In the Matter of the application of Daniel Hadcock for a Pension
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J. B. H. B. ...

State of New York Madison County } Onondaga County }
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832
On this eighth 8 th day of October A D 1832 personally appeared in open court before the judges thereof of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Madison now sitting Daniel Hadcock a resident of the town of Lenox and County & State aforesaid aged seventy nine years who being first duly sworn according to law cloth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832 That at the commencement of the Revolutionary war he resided at Little Falls in the County of Herkimer & State aforesaid and resided there the four first years of the war That he was then enrolled in the militia in the company commanded by Captain Henry Hoover in Col Peter Bellingriss Regiment. That he was employed as an Indian spy in the service of the United States to watch the movements of the Indians and give notice to the officers of Militia whenever they approached or threatened an incursion upon the settlements. That his duty was to range the country from Little Falls on the Mohawk river to Fort Stanwix (now Rome) on the Mohawk & from thence to the outlet of Oneida Lake. That I used to make out regular returns to General Schuyler the commanding officer. That I was employed most of the time each season as a spy & sometimes often in the winter & that I have often ventured into the wilderness alone to spy out the movements of the Indians and often been chased by them but could always outrun them. That I was also occasionally called out as a militiaman and out from one day to four weeks at a time and was always in readiness to turn out at a moments warning. That I was drafted & went to Rome and was there one month to prepare to meet an

invasion under Lieut. John Johnson, one Charles Caimes was Lieutenant, & Colonels Willett & Gansevoort were there. That another time I was drafted & was out two weeks under General Herkimer & was in the battle of Oriskany & Captain Hoover was taken prisoner. That at another time I volunteered in the winter to go to Oswego under Col. Willett, that there were about five hundred men. That one Hart was Captain of the company he was in. That the object as I understood it was to take Oswego. That the troops crossed the Oneida Lake on the ice. The expedition was abandoned & he returned home with the rest was out two weeks & suffered great hardships from the severity of the weather. That he was drafted with ten or twelve others under Sergeant Becker in the winter to guard some military stores at German Flats in Herkimer County & was out two weeks. That he was appointed a corporal in the spring of the first year of the war:
That in the fourth year of the war his father's house & barn were burned down by the Indians & they moved to Palatine in Montgomery County. That afterwards where he was enrolled in Captain John Bellinger's company in Col. Jacob Klock's Regiment was appointed a corporal in that company and served as an Indian spy as before & my route was from the Mohawk river south to what was called Mount's residence north and to make returns as before, & that I served as such spy to the end of the war, except six months. That he was occasionally out as a militiaman. That he was out on duty as a volunteer under General Herkimer to drive off the Indians under Brant who had burned Cherry Valley and was in the battle of Oriskany & out two weeks,
That he enlisted in the service of the United States six months as a guard to the artillery & boats men who were in the service of the United States carrying provisions from Schenectady to Fort Stanwix and served out his time. That he is now very infirm that he is unable

his time. That he is now very infirm that  he is unable to give particulars of his services any further but he verily believes that during seven years of the war he was on duty one half or three fourths of the time as a spy & otherwise
Says he was born in the year 1753 at Palatine in the now county of Montgomery & state of New York -
Has a memorandum of a record of his age taken from his father's bible which he believes to be correct
Can state no other officers than those above mentioned never had a written discharge or any commission moved from Palatine to Lenox after the war where he now resides
That Deacon  Deacon  James & Joel Baker & Nathaniel Gregg are persons who reside in the immediate vicinity of said applicant who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. No clergyman lives near him
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state he refers to annuity certificates as the best proof in his power
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid The undersigned  undersigned of the county of Lenox  Montgomery in said county Joel Baker & Nathaniel Gregg
Hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Hadcock of Lenox who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy some years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion and further that he is a man of truth and veracity
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid A. J. Sloan Clk
Daniel Hadcock Joel Baker Nathaniel C. Gregg
And the said court hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above named

Applicant was a soldier & served as he states in the Court for the Certifying that it appears to them that Hezekiah Joel Baker and Nathaniel P. Gregg - are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit
State of New York } Madison County } I Andrew S. Sloan Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Madison do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Haddock for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this ninth day of October A.D. 1832 A.S. Sloan Clk.
Rev. Hiram Shepard, a clergyman residing in the town of Smithfield in the County of Madison do hereby Certify that I am acquainted with Daniel Haddock above mentioned & do believe him to be of the age of seventy nine years that he is respected in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & I am in that opinion & do also certify that he is by reputation a person of truth & veracity Hiram Shepard
State of New York, Madison County } on this 1 day of June 1833 before me
the foregoing was acknowledged before me and the foregoing was acknowledged before me and the foregoing was acknowledged before me and the foregoing was acknowledged before me and the foregoing was acknowledged before me
J.B.H. Bim S.P.
In the matter of the application of Daniel Haddock for a Pension

15.937
Daniel Wadeok
What year he served in each case
What year he enlisted six months as a battary man
Hon S. Burdley Home Reps W.S.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Feby. 1. 1834
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. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Daniel Nadecock, of Madison Co. N.Y.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Ind. Spv Capt. Hoover Col. Bellinger 77 years old Living witnesses / Traditionary evidence   Not stated 1 " Priv.   14 Genl. Herkimer Herkimer Co. N.Y.   about 14 Col. M'Intosh   14 Capt. appointed the first year of the war -   14 Ind. Spv in that year of the war, served as such to the end of the war except 6 months - was not occasionally in the militia   Terms of service not specified - believes that during one half, or three fourths of the time - 7 years of the war he was out on duty never had a written discharge  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
9-15

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 days 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 produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that 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 inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

of John , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 521258
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1778 3 Indian Spy Henry Hooper Sylvanus Peter Bellinger N.Y.  
Entered service the 1 st yr. of the war and served as a corporal and Indian Spy under Capt. Sylvanus Hooper, Henry Hooper, John Bellinger, Jacob Klock, Willett and Wagoner.
Hooper, John Bellinger, John Bradbig, Carter and Abraham Van Eps, and Capt. Peter Bellinger, Jacob Klock, Willett and Wagoner. one half of the time until the end of the war.
Battles engaged in, Oriskany, Saratoga, Johnstown Residence of soldier at enlistment, Little Falls, Herkimer Co., N.Y. Date of application for pension, Oct 3, 1832 . His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Lenox, Madison Co., N.Y. Age at date of application, Born in 1753, at Palatine, Montgomery Co., N.Y. Remarks: Soldier was married Jan. 1, 1778; name of wife not stated.
no date

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section ABE/ce1
June 27, 1929
Mrs. G.C. Godfrey 1027 Mathews Avenue Utica, New York
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.21258, it appears that Daniel Haddock was born in 1753, at Palatine, Montgomery County, New York.
While residing at Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York, he entered the service the first year of the war and served as a corporal and Indian spy with the New York Troops under Captains Sylvanus Casselman, Henry Hoover, John Bellinger, John Bradbig, Harter, Abraham Van Epps, and Colonels Peter Bellinger, Jacob Klock, Willett and Wagoner, was in the battles of Oriskany, Turlock and Johnstown, and served about half of the time until the end of the war.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 8, 1832, at which time he was living at Lenox, Madison County, New York.

The soldier was married January 1, 1778, the name of his wife is not stated, and there are no data as to family . children
Respectfully,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

COPY.
Inv. File #2258. Daniel Hadcock. Rev. War.
L.M.H.
March 28, 1906.
Mrs. Flora A. Coleman, No. 94 Main Street, Oneida, New York.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated March 23, 1906 and received March 26, 1906, you are advised that the date and place of Daniel Hadcock's death, and the name of his wife are not stated in his above noted claim for pension.
For date of last payment of pension and to whom paid, you should apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, Treasury Department, citing the following data, certificate No. 28,708. Issue May 19, 1834. Act June 7, 1832, Agency New York.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Stamp inclosed.
Stamp inclosed.
Balch
1027 Mathews Ave., Utica, N. Y.,
Feb. 19, 1929.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:—
Will you kindly advise if Daniel Hadcock of Stockbridge, Madison Co., N. Y. served in the Revol.

utionary War. I have heard that he did and that he had three sons Dewitt Clinton Hadcock, John Hadcock and Adam Hadcock. I have heard that his wife was Betsey Clock. Also that he was placed on the New York Pension roll in 1834. Dates connected with his birth and death are 1753- 1838.
Kindly give me a report on same. Does it

give names of his other children and of his parents?
Thanking you I am, Truly yours, May Balch Godfrey.
Mrs. G. C. Godfrey.
Stamp inclosed.
Stamp inclosed return of
Balch
1027 Mathews Ave.,
Utica, N. Y.
Feb. 19, 1929.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly advise if Daniel Black of Stockbridge, Madison Co., N. Y. served in the Rev.

already Ans!
Balch
1027 Mathews Ave., Utica, N.Y., March 6, 1929.
U. S. Dept. of Interior. Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs: —
I understand that Daniel Hadcock (1753-1838) was placed on the New York Pension roll 1834 as

corporal in the Revolutionary War and was in battle with two brothers at the time of capture of Burgoyne. He was born and died in Madison Co. I understand also that he participated in three important battles - once lived in Schenectady, probably about the breaking out of the Revolution subsequently removed to the Palatine Bridge or Stone Arabia. He drew a pension of $96 from the government at Vernon and it was all paid in silver. He married Betsey Clock of Rev. Stock. n (N. Y. Pension Rolls p. 338).
Will you kindly give me a report on Daniel Hadcock and if you have the names of the two brothers would you please give them to me also?
Truly yours, May Balth Godfrey.

O. W. & N. D. MAR 7 1906
* Daniel Haddock 94 Main Street Inverness, N.Y. 12558 answered Mar 9. Oneida, N.Y. Mar. 5, 1906.
The Commissioner of Pensions. Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:- I wrote you three weeks ago today requesting a statement of the military history of Daniel Haddock who served in the Revolutionary War and is buried at Stockbridge N.Y. The U.S. Government erected a stone to his memory and placed it in the Stockbridge Cemetery. I know that he was in a battle at Stony Point under Genl. Wayne and

that his father did some brave act in saving Genl. Wayne's life I think he was a pensioner but I must have proofs of all this, in order to join the D. A. R.
Can you give me any light on the military record of Lieut. Amos Kinney born Sept. 3, 1708 at Salem Mass died Sept. 19, 1775 at Pomfret Conn.
Also of Hezekiah Cady born about 1749 and died May 22, 1815. probably enlisted from Conn. but don't know. If you did not receive my other letter will you kindly answer this, and

Greatly obliged Yours truly Flora R. Haddock.

O. M. H.
Q
94 Main Street Oneida, N.Y. Mar 23/06 Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Will you be kind enough to give me the place and date of death of Daniel Hadcock who served in the War of the Rebellion. In your letter of March 9 th you

did not state, but I thought you might know when his pension ceased. His wife's name was Sarah — but what her maiden name was, I am as yet unable to determine, unless possibly she made have rec'd a widow's pension. Thanking you for the trouble I have been, I am Yours Truly Flora A. Coleman.

Oneida, N.Y. Feb. 12, 1906. Revolutionary Dept.
Commissioner of Pensions: -
Can you give me any information concerning the Revolutionary history of Lieut. Amos Kinnicutt (or Kinney) born Sept. 3, 1708 at Salem, Mass. died Sept 19, 1775 at Pomfret Conn. - Also of Daniel Hadcock who served in the Rev. War, and is buried in Stockbridge N.Y. under a stone erected there by the U. S. Government.

Do you find the name of Hezekiah Ladd, (born in Conn., probably) about 1749, and who died May 22, 1815.
If you can furnish any information on these three men I shall be greatly obliged
Flora A. Coleman
94 Main St.

Providence
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File No. 21,258
Daniel H. ...
Corp Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index: — Vol. 9 , Page 167
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Mar. 9, 1906. History to Flora A. maw, Oneida, N.Y.
1906 Mar 28. F.A. Coleman info name of wife, date & place of death not stated etc and
1929 - June 27 - Hist to Mrs. L.C. Belfrey and

Report from General Accounting Office by telephone on Oct. 25 - 1932.
" No accrued payment made in this claim of Daniel Kladcock. He made affidavit on Mch. 5, 1838 and signed by mark. He was then a resident of Stockbridge, formerly a part of Lenox, Madison Co., N.Y. where he had resided for 35 yrs., and prior thereto, was was a resident of Montgomery Co., N.Y. Last payment thereon was on March 15, 1838 for period Sept. 4, 1837 to Mch. 4, 1838 at the Albany Agency.
No family data & no date of death. MMK

State of New York Madison County
Sir: I do hereby certify that the applicant for a pension under the act of June 7, 1832 mentioned in the original declaration hereunto annexed being duly sworn does depose & say in addition to the part set forth in said original declaration that he resided from the commencement of the Revolutionary war until the fourth season in the town of Little Falls about 2 1/2 miles from what is now the Village of Little Falls. That he was appointed a corporal of militia the 1st year of the war & in all the services as a militiaman he served as a corporal until he is wholly unable to give further particulars of his services as a militiaman but from much reflection he can call to mind the following: for which he claims a pension
In the first year of the war he recollects the following services and says he was mistaken in the original declaration about Doone's being captain at the commencement of the war. I say that Sylvanus Copleman was then Captain
1st He was drafted under Copleman & went to German Flats to guard against the Indians and was out 10 days 2nd He was drafted under Sylvanus Copleman again as stated in the original declaration to guard military stores at German Flats in the winter & out 14 days 3rd He was drafted under Copleman & went down to Little Falls to guard against the Indians and he recollects this from the fact that Copleman was then suspected of turning traitor & conspiring with the Indians; that Copleman was arrested & put under guard then at Little Falls & there was a great alarm. Copleman was afterwards released & went off. Doone was then appointed captain of this company was on duty then twelve days under Doone as Lieutenant
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He says that in the 2 nd year of the War (1776) he entered the battalions service — stated in his original declaration. He recollects more particularly none the time from knowing that he was the second season before his marriage. I saw he has been married fifty six years the first day of January last 1778. He says he enlisted in March for six months was enlisted by Captain Abraham Van Eps. I signed a regular enlistment roll. says he entered on duty as soon as the Mohawk river was open for boating. He leaves by the first day of April. I landed at Fort Stanwix & continued after the period of enlistment until the boating season was on — which was the last of December. recollects that the last trip they made they had to cut through the ice both ways. says there were eleven boats in company manned each by four men & had a guard on shore of twelve men in each side of the river. They boated back & forth between Schenectady & Fort Stanwix & thinks they went once into Wood Creek & into Onondaga Lake & then into Onondaga Creek where was a Fort. The whole were under the command of Captain Abraham Van Eps & one John Stevens was second in command. Capt. Van Eps wore a sword. The rest of the men all had arms supplied by Government. says they drew rations & had $10.00 per month wages. recollects the names of Captain Hoover Jacob Davis Henry Smith who were in the Squadron. says he was discharged & went immediately home & reached home the first day of January. has an impression that he had a written discharge from Capt. Van Eps but is not positive & has lost it if he even had one. says he was in the service of the United States & his business was to carry military stores & supplies for the army from Schenectady to Fort Stanwix.
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Recollects the following services in the season of 1777. That he was sent as a spy by General Schuyler from Saratoga to Onondaga Lake & was gone 13 days.
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The distance from Little Falls is 15 miles & it was before harvest time
Recollects being sent many times by General Perkins this season as a spy to almost place about 19 miles from Little Falls can say positively ten times & he believes more say he was always gone eight days & sometimes more & scouted about in different directions
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Recollects distinctly being sent by General Perkins once in the winter he believes the beginning of 1778 as a spy to almost place & remained there 17 days on the 14th day discovered Indians & returned & reported them. The Indians came in & took eleven prisoners. recollects the names of Jacob Black, Henry Saun, John Canseca & his two sons Jacob & John Saunek who were taken
Recollects the following services in the year 1778 - says the expedition to take Omeego mentioned in his original declaration was this year. Thinks they set out in February. says that he has called to his recollection more particulars about that expedition & recollects the station to which they travelled to stay one night going out. says that their progress from Fort Stanwix westward was very slow. says that they were twelve days in wintering & going to Fort Brewerton at the west end of the Oneida Lake. The General rendezvous before they marched was at the Fort at German Flats the second day. says they attempted after they arrived at Fort Brewerton to break a path through the snow with horses. & the men went out to cut down bushes & saplings so as to get through with their baggage took them five days to break a 20 miles. They then came to an impassable swamp. The weather was exceedingly cold. they gave up the expedition & returned to Fort Brewerton & remained a day or two & went home is competent they were out 25 days instead of 14 as mentioned in the original declaration. The snow beyond Fort Brewerton was 3 or 4 feet deep or more
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Recollects being sent in 1778 by General Perkins as a spy to Boineau's Creek about 32 miles in a direct route to spy the Indians. Thinks in July

was gone 15 days & wandered about in different directions. that he was sent by Gen. Perkins this season three times as a spy to Onida Lake & he believes more but recollects three & was gone from 8 to 12 days each time
On one of these occasions the Indians got in between him & Fort Harney & he was obliged to travel a circuitous route to get home & was in the woods in the night
It was on another of these occasions that he discovered the Indians on the lake previous to the battle of Oriskany. He went & reported them to General Gansvoort at Fort Harney & he sent a party off in the night from Fort Harney with a letter to Gen. Perkins at Saratoga & he travelled all night. The Indians came on & the militia were called out & they had the battle at Oriskany
Says he was mistreated in the company under Doorn at the Battle of Oriskany & Doorn was taken prisoner. They followed the Indians & were out 14 days. This battle was about first of August according to his best recollection
Says that after the Battle of Oriskany the Indians came in by thousands & place & his father's house was burned & they moved down to Palatine
Says he was drafted with the company under Capt. Doorn in summer of 1778 & went to Middletown under Gen. Perkins to meet the Indians. Gen. Perkins tried to make a treaty there with the Indians under Brant. & they did make some sort of agreement he does not know what & Gen. Perkins gave the Indians 2 barrels of flour & some rum. says they were out 20 days. says this was before the Oriskany Battle
Recollects that the same season & before his father's house was burned the Indians came into the settlement & the company under Doorn was called out & remained together 2 days on duty
after they moved down to Palatine
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He thinks one John Bigbread was Captain of the Company & not Bellinger as stated in the original declaration & that Bellinger was Lieutenant or Sergeant
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Recollects in season of 1779 the whole company under Bigbread was drafted to go to Ballstown & he went with them Col. Elock commanded there were other companies out. was out 15 days cannot recollect the object of being called out
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Says the expedition to Roadside & Imloch & the battle of Imloch mentioned in his original declaration was the season. He thinks 14 days Says Col. McCall commanded & not Gen. Starkman Says he recollects the company under Bigbread was drafted on another occasion this season to go to Roanoke to oppose the Indians
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They had come in & killed one John Van Shuyck against whom Van Shuyck after he was killed his ears nose & one arm were cut off says they were out eight days
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In 1780 he recollects that the company under capt. Bigbread was drafted to go to German Flats to oppose the Indians & were out 11 days. against went with them there were other companies out & Col. McCall commanded
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Recollects being drafted the same season several times with the company under Bigbread to go to a place called Coesherg about six miles from where he lived to oppose the Indians in position he went five times & he believes more was out three days every time & sometimes more Coesherg was burnt by the Indians in one of the incursions
Recollects the company under Bigbread was drafted another time this season & he with them thinks about harvest time when the Indians came in & killed two men by the name of Timmerman. They pursued the Indians to Upper Canada Creek against with 12 others went through the creek other companies were out & Col. Waggoner had commanded was out ten days.
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Recollcts the company under Bighead was called out again this season to oppose the Indians at a time when a girl by the name of Ricard was killed. They followed the Indians out to Munto's place. Col. Waggner commanded were out 5 days: deployment was with them.
Recollcts being drafted again this season with the company under Bighead to oppose the Indians at a time when a man by the name of Davis was killed. They chased the Indians out to Munto's place. cannot say how long they were out thinks a few days.
In 1781 recollcts one Jacob Black went off & after a while came back with an Indian & there was a suspicion that Black had turned tory & had conspired with the Indians & there was a great alarm & Black & the Indian ran away. The company under Bighead was called out & went up to Little Falls & remained under arms six days for fear of the Indians.
Recollcts he was drafted the same season with the company under Bighead & went to Johnstown there were several companies out & Col. Mullett commanded. They had a battle with the Indians at Johnstown & Col. Mullett & all their cannon were once taken by the Indians & retaken again. They beat the Indians & followed them & killed their leader were out 8 days.
Recollcts the same season the Indians came in & burned a mill at a place called Tillabero & he was called out with the company under Bighead & followed the Indians. were out a week at least & he believes more.
Recollcts that in the thick of the war says he was always ready at a moment's warning & so were the whole company. I always took supplies of provisions when they were called out. Says he merely believes he has not stated

one half of his services says that the recollection of some circumstances has brought others to his recollection
Says the month's service at Fort Mifflin stated in the original declaration was the year of the war 1777
He further says that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot speak positively to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned above and for those services he claims a pension. Says that during the period of his battle service he was not employed in any civil pursuit. Says he has intended to state every time of service so as not to extend the time beyond the limit & believes he has stated most of the services shorter than they really were.
Daniel his Dadvock Mark
State of New York Madison County
on this 5th day of May 1834
Before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Madison at Smithfield personally appeared Daniel Dadvock to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing affidavit and acknowledged that the same was true.
There being no said affidavit at the time some interrogations & his answers before swearing
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th day of May 1834
H. B. Bird Justice of the Peace

State of New York Madison County ss.
I Andrew S Sloan Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & of the County of Madison State of New York do hereby certify that Augustus A. Bird whose signature appears to the above Certificate
was at the time when the same imports to have been made a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Madison duly elected & sworn. That I am acquainted with his hand writing & believe the signature to said Certificate to be his proper hand writing & signature. In testimony whereof I have set my hand & the seal of said Court of Common Pleas this Sixth - day of May - in AD 1834.
A. Sloan Ck

In the matter of the Application of Samuel Brack
of Smithfield Madison County - for a Pension
Edmund Allen of Onondaga County Vernon Attorney
Pensioner wishes to receive his money at Utica

State of New York Herkimer County
Henry Becker of the town of Little Falls in Herkimer County being duly sworn says that in the revolutionary war he resided at the place of his present residence in said County of Herkimer & State of New York and he was first Sergeant in Captain Henry Hoover Company of Militia in Colonel Peter Bellinger's regiment; that he knew Daniel Hadcock who was then a corporal in the same Company with deponent; that he knows that said Daniel Hadcock was employed as an indian spy and was stationed at different places on the Mohawk river while he lived at Little Falls and that he performed much service in the character of a spy. He also knows that said Daniel Hadcock was on various occasions called out in the militia in the service of the United States and deponent also served with said Hadcock and deponent recollects said Hadcock's lived at Little Falls in the now County of Herkimer (then County of Tryon) at the commencement of the revolutionary war; the deponent knows that said Hadcock was enrolled in Captain Henry Hoover's Company belonging to Colonel Peter Bellinger's regiment, that said Hadcock was drafted in same company with deponent commanded by Captain Petrie, to go to Rome (Fort Stanwix) to prepare that post against an attack by Sir John Johnson, Charles Carse was Lieutenant, Colonel Gansevoort was there - deponent further saith that he knows that said Hadcock was drafted & was in Captain Hoover's Company in General Herkimer's regiment and was with deponent in the battle at Oriskany, where Hoover was taken prisoner - deponent saith that said Daniel Hadcock was drafted with ten or twelve others, who were commanded by deponent as a sergeant in the winter to guard some military

stores at German Flats, in Herkimer county, engaged  sworn about two weeks - deponent further saith that said Haddock was appointed a corporal in the same com- pany in which deponent was sergeant -
Deponent further saith that he recollects that the house & farm of said Haddock's father was burned down by the Indians, and he believes though he is not positive that it was in the fourth year of the war after this time said Haddock moved down the river into Montgomery County on to the north  south side of the river, - deponent further saith after said Haddock removed down the river, he enlisted & was drafted into a different company, and deponent did not know any more of his services, but deponent has known said Haddock ever since that time and depo- nent frequently heard of said Haddock's services as a soldier & spy after that time and it is generally believed & reported in the neighborhood that said Haddock continued in the service as a soldier & spy till the close of the war and deponent verily believes he did - Deponent further said that said Haddock was a remarkably spry man & very swift on foot & for that reason was employed in many dangerous & hazardous enterprises as a spy & secret - deponent further saith that he is now of the age of eighty two years & has known said Had- dock for as much as sixty years & more - deponent further saith that he verily believes said Haddock is as many as seventy nine years of age, in their young days they lived in the same neighborhood & deponent was two or three years older than said Haddock - deponent says that in his best judgment said Haddock served as much as one half at least of the four first years of the war before he removed down the river to Palatine if not more - deponent -

Deponent was two or three years older than said Haddock - Deponent says that in his best judgment said Haddock served as much as one half at least of the four first years of the war before he removed down the river to Palatine if not more - depon -
next further saith that his age and feeble health render it impossible for him to attend the Madison Court as a witness of further deponent saith not - known to before me a justice of the peace of the county of Warren this 2 nd day of September 1832 & his mark made in my presence Wm Brooks Justice of the Peace.
Henry Becke Mark
I Wm Brooks the above named justice do hereby certify that Henry Becke who subscribed & made oath to the foregoing affidavit is a person of good character & reputation & that his statements are entitled to credit. Dated May 27 th 1833 Wm Brooks

records office
I, Francis E. Spinnun, Deputy Clerk of the County aforesaid Do hereby certify that William Brooks before whom the within affidavit was sworn was at the time of the date thereof a justice of the peace in and for the said county of Hampshire, duly qualified to administer oaths and to act as such justice, and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe the signature of "Mr Brooks" thereto subscribed to be his own proper hand, and usual signature — In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 3 rd day of October 1852
F. E. Spinnun Dept Clerk

State of New York Rensselaer County Clerk's office
I Julius C. Peterson Clerk of the County of Rensselaer aforesaid do hereby certify that William Brooks the justice before whom the within Affidavit of Henry Becken- hamp was at the time when the same was taken & also on the 27th day of May last when the within Certificate of said justice was made a duly qualified to administer oaths & to act as such justice & further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said justice & verily believe the signature of Mr Brooks thereto to be his own proper hand & usual signature. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said County this Twenty Seventh day of May 1883
Julius C. Peterson Clerk
State of New York Rensselaer County
I Andrew S. Hoane Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Rensselaer do hereby certify that the within papers contain the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Hendlock for a petition and further that Augustus C. Briel before whom the within Certificate of the Rev. Darius Shepard was on the day when the same was taken & subscribed was on the day when the same was taken & subscribed a justice of the Peace in & for said County & that I am acquainted with his hand writing and believe the signature to the said Certificate to be his proper hand and usual signature. In testimony whereof I have set my hand and seal of office this third day of June AD 1883
A. S. Hoane. Clerk E. P. Barnard. Dep. C.M.

By Mr. Dade P.W. 22 Barnes to Corneus Dec 28 Since
to W m Gordon Department of War Bounty Land Office Washington City

Jan 3.
Mr. Evans
Respectfully referred to Jas. W. Edwards Esq. Commis n . of Pensions. Jan y 2 d 1839
R d Jan y 2 d 1839

Bennett Corners Dec 28 1858
to Wm Gordon
Sir Please to give me the necessary information how to proceed to get the pension of an Revolutionary soldier who died on the 13 th August last (you will find his name recorded in your office) Daniel Hascott He left his pension ticket in my hands some time before he died and on the 4 th of September was calculating to make his affidavit and I should be authorized to get the pension in old currency but he died before the time came to do the business now sir if you will write to me and give the instructions how to proceed it will oblige me much as I am the only Credit on during his sickness he wanted money several articles and consumed the amount of his pension for the terms which he was to receive it
I have conversed with some men who ought to know how to proceed to obtain it and They tell me I must go before the Court and make affidavit to his death and then get the heirs to sign it and have them qualified before a commissioner There is some difficulty attending this course as They live some distance a front and it would cost me as much as the pension would amount to when I should get it
Yours Truly J. W. Dac
Please to give me an answer as soon as convenient

10. Jany 1839. P. M c Dole G. L.
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War Department Pension Office 10 th Jany 1839.
Sir
This name should have been "Haddock"
In answer to your letter in the case of Daniel Haddock dec d late a pensioner under the Act of the 7 th June 1832, I have to inform you the amount due is payable to the widow if there be one if not to the child or children of the deceased, if there be neither widow nor child then the administrator can draw the amount due but not otherwise. The enclosed printed instructions will point out the course to be pursued.
I am H c
P. M c Doel Esq r Bennetts Corners New York

In the Matter of Daniel Hadcock Madison County N. York for a Pension
Edward Allen Vernon Onida County N York Attorney
Original declaration &c & Supplementary aff.
Let Pension draw his money at Utica Onida County, if consistent with the regulations of the War Department
Admitted
Corporal 12 1/2 months
Served in Battery A