Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,901, Zachariah Hawkins, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Hawkins, Zachariah
S. 44,901
CONTENTS

2776.
New York
W
Zachariah Hawkins private York line Capt Titus
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 of Septem r 1818 and sent to Storm Van Denzee Esq r Greenbrook Rensselaer Co. N. York
Arrears to 4 th of Septem r 1818 } 27 05 4 mo 22 1/2 Semi-ann. all s ending 4 March 1819 -- 40.
$ 85.86
Huntington
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
3 years continuous
Revolutionary War

Notes sent Nov. 10 th 1890 to the Bishop of the Church Hudson, N.Y.

State of New York Rensselaer County ss
on this thirteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Rensselaer & State of New York personally appeared Zacharias Hawkins of Greenbush in the County of Rensselaer & State aged sixty years of age of known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument according to his free act and deed, on his oath made the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war." That the said Zacharias Hawkins enlisted in Fishkill barracks in the County of Dutchess in the State of New York on the first of January 1777, in the Company commanded by Capt. Jonathan Titer in the 4th Regt of the New York line Henry B. Livingston Col. and that he continued in the same Corps in the service of the United States for the term of three years thereafter and was discharged on or about the first of Jan y 1780 by Capt. David Cagwell at Newburgh in the

State of New York. That he was at Saratoga in the Battle in which Genl. Burgoyne & his army were taken in October 1777. & the other battle fought with Burgoyne & his army immedia- tely preceding thereto, and was in winter quarters at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania in the winter of 1777-8 under Genl. Poor and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. That he had an honorable discharge when he left the army which he has lost, and that he is unable to procure further evidence of his said Service.
Sworn to and declared before me this day 1 year aforesaid.
Nathaniel his  his  mark  mark
Done in my hand & seal
J. Van Derveer Judge Pensylvania Court of Common Pleas

I Stone L. Van Dervee Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Rensselaer State of New York as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Deborah Hawkins within named did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the foregoing declaration against the Common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress.
S. Van Dervee Judge Rensselaer Co. Pleas

Enclose Certificate and trust it to Zachariah Wadsworth Greenbush Rensselaer County N. York
Enclosed by me the 16 th April 1816.
S. J. Van Derveer Judge Rensselaer Common Pleas

State of New York Rensselaer County ss
I certify that Storm Van Duzee Esquire whose signature is affixed to the foregoing declaration was on the Thirteenth day of April instant one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County - In Witness Whereof I have hereunto Set my name & affixed the Seal of the said Court this seventeenth day of April 1818.
Per. Smith Defy 6 Mo:
Admitted
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Zachariah Hawkins
2776
March 1817

State of New-York, } ss. County of Columbia, } ss. City of Hudson
On this Twenty Sixth day of September 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being the Court of Common Pleas, Called the Mayor's Court and a Court of Record, before the Judges of said Court Zachariah Hawkins aged Sixty five years, resident in the Town of P'keepsie in said County and State, who, being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: THAT he the said Zachariah Hawkins enlisted for the term of Three Years on the First day of January in the year 1777 in the State of New York in the Company commanded by Captain Titus in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Livingston in the line of the State of New York on the New York Continental establishment: that he continued to serve in the said corps until June 1780 when he was discharged from the said service in Newburgh in the State of New York .
That his original declaration was made on the Thirteenth day of April 1818 and his pension certificate is dated 23 d day of September 1818; That he has no family and is not able to work owing to old age and cancer in his face and that he is wholly dependent on his pension for his support. This deponent further says that were it not for his pension he should be compelled to come on the town for support, that he has not any property of any his  Zachariah Hawkins disposition excepting his wearing apparel.
AND I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. to wit, nothing
Except my wearing apparel.
Zachariah Hawkins his mark
Sworn to and declared on the Twenty Sixth day of September 1820. before me
Geo. Calman Mayor
I Gayer Garone Clerk of the Mayor's Court of the City of Hudson do hereby certify that the foregoing ask and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court: And do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is _____ Dollars and _____ Cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty ninth day of September 1820.
G. Garone Clerk of the Court of the  Mayor's Court of the City of Hudson

44 901
Rev INVALID.
File No. 44 901
Zachariah Harkins Priv. Rev. War.
Act: 18 th March 1818.
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 213
[Arrangement of 1870.]

This was an envelope
for
John Hurn Malcart Van Derpool John Flogeboom Zacharia Hawkins

South S. 19
Free
Hon Secretary of War Washington D.C.
scarcely forwarded by Mr. J. S. Van Duzee Under Rm. Com. pleas