Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22834, William House, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
House, William
S. 22834
CONTENTS

New York 31.457
William House
Orange Co. in State of N. York
who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Hutchins of the regt. commanded by Col. Richmond in the N. York line for 10 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 1/3 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27. day of June 1838 and sent to Hon. N. Jones, H. R.
Arrears to the 4th of March '38. 233.33 1/3
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep. " 16.66 2/3
$ 250.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book E - 2. Vol. 4 Page 31
Order to pay 4 April 1839
Order to pay 17 March 1840

No 21.858
William Leoune
Orange Co- N.Y.
e
Admitted
Private 10 months
$33.33
Dear Nathl Jones
House Rife
U.S.
Walter Case
Agents
Orange Co-
N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 subjjoined 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.
E. G.
A Statement, shewing the Service of William House Orangebo
   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.      Entered July 1776  disch'd about 20th Decr 1776  76   1  indefinite   Private   Capt. Hutchinson  Col. Reichmore   76 years   Witnesses stated evidently the Judge no additional evidence given. Judge states the inabi- lity of the applicant at tendering Court form bo- dily informity etc.   
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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) _____, who has 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 enquiry 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 to 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.
John C. Hinton

Williamstown
21858
Court No 18 th day of December 1837 A. D. Manning Clerk

State of New York Orange County —
On this twenty fourth day of December in the year 1832 personally appeared before me Gilbert Ogden Fowler one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange aforesaid (said Court being a Court of Record) William House of the Town of Cornwall in the County of Orange aforesaid aged seventy six 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 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
In the month of February in the year 1776 deponent enlisted for one year in the year's service in a Company of Militia commanded by Captain Isaac Hutchinson, of which Company Patton Jackson was first Lieutenant, and Robert Wood second Lieutenant, George  Ensign Ensign and in the month of March thereafter we were ordered to the City of New York and attached to the Regiment of Colonel Richmore, of which Weidemelt was Lieutenant Colonel, one Patton was Major of the Regiment his brother Adjutant. We served in the City of New York until the British troops had taken possession of it, which was some short time after the battle

of Long Island which took place in the latter part of the month of August in that year. We were then driven to Harlem Marsh, at this place a battle was fought. Our Regiment was drawn out for battle, but before we received orders to march, the British gave way and retreated. We then retreated to White Plains where a battle was fought in the latter part of the month of November, in the year last aforesaid, in which battle the British were successful. At the Battle at Harlem General Washington and General McDougal were present and General McDougal commanded at the battle of White Plains. Deponent cannot now recollect the names of any other General officers, nor does he now recollect the names of the Regiments which were engaged at each of the said battles. The battle of White Plains was fought in the latter part of the month of November in the year 1776. according to deponent's recollection and belief. After the battle last mentioned the American army retreated to Peekskill and our Company and Regiment was discharged there, about the twenty eighth day of December in the year last aforesaid. Isaac Parker of the Town of Cornwall aforesaid whose affidavit is herunto annexed belonged to the same Company, and served the same time and was honorably discharged on the

same day, & at the same place with this deponent -
and in answer to the Interroga- tions specially put to deponent in pursuance of the Instructions of the Secretary of War, he on his oath saith, that he was born in the year one thousand seven hundred sixty sixty six at Harrowshaw then County of Orange, now County of Rockland - That he has no record of his age - That he lived at Harrowshaw when called into service, that he lived there until after the revolutionary war and then removed to Cornwall in the County aforesaid, where de- ponent now lives - That he volun- teered to serve in said Company of Captain Gutshins for one year That he cannot state the names of any other officers or troops than those before named. Deponent nev- er received a written discharge, but was honorably discharged, and paid off at Pechskill aforesaid. That he is known to Israel Parker before nam- ed, and John Hornfield Esquire also of his neighbourhood, who can testi- fy to his character for truth and ve- racity, and belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution -
and deponent also saith that owing to old age and the infirmities consequent thereunto, he is not able to attend at the  court  now  to  testify no. will he be able in his opinion to attend court without endangering his life. He was taken prisoner of war, which was some short time after the battle

life. That the next court of Common Pleas will be held at Goshen on the third day of December next at a distance of thirty miles from the residence of this deponent to which deponent will not be able to go. He has therefore been induced by me to go to the office of Walter Case Esquire in the Village of Deerburgh for the purpose of making application for his pension before Gilbert Ogden Fowler Esquire
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State in Sworn to and subscribed - 2 The day and year aforesaid before me (Gilbert Ogden Fowler and of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Orange County.
William X Hance mark

of New York the County of p
Personally appeared before me Gilbert Ogden Fowler one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange John Winfield Esquire of the Town of Cornwall in the County afore- said and Isaac Parker of the same place who being first duly sworn doth each for himself depose and say that he is personally acquaint- ed with William House who sub- scribed and swore to the preceding affidavit - and the said John says that he has been acquainted with the said William about twelve years & the said Isaac says he has been acquainted with the said Wil- iam ever since the commence- ment of the Revolutionary War that he served in the company of Captain Hutcheson in the years service as stated in the affidavit of the said William with the said William from the commencement of said service until said company was discharged in the month of December as stated in said affida- vit and the said John & Isaac both say that the said William is a credible witness. his
sworn to & subscribed - & Isaac Parker the day & year aforesaid { mark

Sworn to, by the above named John Winfield Isaac Parker and John Winfield This 24 th day of November 1832. before me Gilbert Belden (sealer) One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Orange County.
New York Orange County

New York } Orange County } p
I Gilbert Ogden Fowler The Judge before whom the preceding affidavit of Wil- iam House and the affidavit of Isaac Park- er and John Winfield were respectively sworn to and subscribed do declare my opinion after investigating the matter and hearing the an- swers of the said William House to the in- terrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the said William William was a recruit- ed soldier and served as he states in said affidavit and I further certify that I have per- sonally acquainted with the said John Win- field Esquire and that he is a respectable man and credible witness, and also that it has been satisfactorily proved before me by the affidavits of the said Isaac Parker and John Winfield that the said William House is a credible witness - and I also certify that it has satisfactorily appeared to me from the oath of the said William that by rea- son of old age and the infirmities result- ing therefrom with which he is afflicted, he is not now nor will he be able to attend the next Court of Common Pleas of which I am a Judge to be held at the Court House in Goshen in and for the County of Orange above said on the third day of December next. I have therefor attended at the office of Walter Chase Esquire in the vil- lage of Newburgh where the said Isaac and his said witnesses personally appeared before me and were personally sworn and examined by me as aforesaid dated Novem- ber 24 th 1832 — Gilbert Ogden Fowler One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Orange County.

State of New York
Orange County. Asa Dunning Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange do hereby certify that Gilbert Ogden Fowler is the person whose the preceding affidavits of William Flower & Isaac Purdie and John Wirtz were respectively sworn to and subscribed and who subscribed the preceding certificate is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Orange that the name of Gilbert Ogden Fowler signed to said affidavits and certificate is the proper hand writing of the said Judge and that the said Gilbert Ogden Fowler was a Judge of said Court at the time when said affidavits and certificate was respectively subscribed by him.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 18 th day of December 1832
Asa Dunning Clerk

Resolution 2283 4
INVALID.
File No. 22,634
William House
Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1824
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 190
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Dr York William House Letter to Walter Case 15 Nov. 37 " Hon. N. Jones 6 Feb. 38.

Mechanics Bank
New York 13 th March 1840
Sir
I enclose for your examination the papers in the case of William House, a pensioner under the act of 7 th June 1832, at Thirty three \frac{33}{100} Dollars per Annum, who claims his pension from the 4 th March 1839.
Very Respectfully
Your O bt Serv t
J Knappe Pres
James L Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Mechanics Bank New York 30 th March 1839
Sir,
I enclose for your examination the papers in the case of William Hous, a pensioner under the Act of 7 th June 1832, at $33 33 / 100 per annum who claims his pension from the 4 th March 1838,
Very Respectfully
Yours Ob t Servt
J. Keasbey Pres t
James L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions, Washington

W. Reps Jan. 4 13 th 1837
Hon. S. L. Edwards
Sir
I enclose a supplemental affidavit of William House a Soldier of the Revolution for your favorable Consideration hoping you will examine the same soon as may be convenient
I remain Sir
Very Respectfully
Your H ble Serv t
Nath l Jones

House Rep's
June 16. 1838.
Hon. J. L. Edwards Com te Pensions
Sir, I send a supplemental Affidavit of Walter Case Esq. - in the case of William House explanatory of the discrepancies to be found among some of the Antecedent Affidavits Made in said House's Application for a Pension. Mr. Case I know to be a conscientious and credible person who would not intentionally make an erroneous or false statement.
I will here remark that the Academy in which the Courts are held in Newburgh, (alternately with Goshen in Orange Co) is situated on a high Hill three fourths of a Mile from the Publick Houses, the court room being in the second story of the Edifice - Elevation very considerable going from any of the Public Inns - This will account in some measure, for the alleged difficulty, in the declarant going to the Court - This having been waited on at his lodgings and examined by the first Judge - as stated.
Very Respectfully Your serv t
Nath l Jones

New Windsor N.Y. July 21 st
July 24
N.Y. Oct 1832
Hon
James L. Edwards -
Free
Commisioner de
Washington City
D.C.

Note
J. L. Edwards
July 20th 1837
Sir
A short time ago Mr. House who lives on the banks of the River at Fort Montgomery was brought to my Residence in New Windsor which is also on the Margin of the River, in about and with him came Captain David Rose who made the accompanying affidavit and who after several years acquaintance I do not hesitate to state to be a Man of an excellent Reputation & whose character for truth and veracity is unimpeached. House is very old and infirm. House made his application at the same time with Sam Parker late a Pensioner who served in the same Company and Regiment. I have not seen House from the time he made his application to the Present day nor heard from him. He says his infirmities prevented him from making the necessary Enquiry for additional Evidence & that it was by accident he found David Rose. The latter long lived in the immediate Neighborhood of the one Rose and now lives in the same Town. If more is required I am willing to testify under oath what I have above stated of his character.
I am very Respectfully
Yours
Walter Cuse

Mon —
James L Edwards —
Commissioner
Washington City

Hon
E. L. Edwards
Sir
Enclosed is the Supplemental Affidavit of William Houre & the Certificate of Judge Clinton - To save expense and trouble, I have not obtained the Clerk's Certificate, which I do not think necessary, because the hand writing of Judge Clinton is on file in your office regularly certified, in the cases of Mary Wetmore & Fanny alias Anna Beutler - If you should entertain the least doubt on the subject, the Hon Nathaniel Jones of the House of Representatives, who is intimately acquainted (I presume) with Judge Clinton's hand writing, will remove them - They served together as Members of the Court of Common Pleas of this county -
I am Very Respectfully
Yours -
Walter Case

Hon
E. L. Edwards —
Commissioner Jr
Washington City

Hon
J. L. Edwards,
September 29 th 37
Enclosed are affidavits relating to the claim of William House for a Pension. I have no acquaintance with the applicant but was personally acquainted with Isaac Parker deceased and am well acquainted with David Rose and William Parr his first nephew and have not a doubt that the applicant served as stated in his affidavit.
I am Sir, Respectfully
Yours —
Walter Cuse

1. State of New York & Orange County } ss
Personally appeared before the Subscriber Walter Case Attorney and Counselor of Law a Credible Witness, and having been by me duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that on the 4th day of December 1832 Isaac Parke late a Pensioner under the Law of June 7th 1832 now deceased, and William House the applicant for a pension named and referred to in a letter from H. Edward Commissioner of Pensions to the Hon Nathaniel Jones dated February 6th 1838, were conveyed in a boat from near Fort Montgomery in the Highland of the Hudson River, to the Village of Newburgh. They applied to Deponent to make applications for Pensions for them respectively, & stated that they had served together in Captain Hutchinson's Company of the Regiment of Colonel Putnam or Richmond from sometime in the month of February 1776 to the 20th day of December next thereafter, and that they were both discharged on that day at Peekskill. The Court of Common Pleas was then sitting at the Academy in the Village of Newburgh, and Deponent represented to the said Isaac & William that it would be necessary for them to appear before said Court personally, which they both declined, saying that they were weak and infirm and wholly unable to attend Court by reason of bodily infirmity - They declared that it was impossible for them to attend Court without endangering their lives - They referred me to Oliver Judson Esquire of Newburgh late of West Point, and John Winfield Esquire who resided near the same place for a representation of their character, and to confirm their statements relative to their respective services in the Revolutionary War. On inquiry of the said Judson and Winfield who were at Court, they confirmed the

Representation of the said House and Parker in every partic- ular, as to their services in the Revolutionary War (so far as their representations would be confirmed by Com- mon Report) according to the best of my recollect- ion and belief. They the said Judg & Winfield stated, that they had lived near the said Parker and House many years - That they the said Parker and House were often or veracit, and they the said Judg and Winfield had no doubt of the truth of their statements as to their services in the Revolutionary War and their inability to attend Court by reason of their bo- dily infirmities. From personal observation I had no doubt that their representations as to their inability to attend Court, were literally true. From the usual course of business at Court it was probable they might have been detained there some days, which in my opinion would have been impossible without endangering their lives, because they were old and deaf  decrepit and evidently infirm in body - I therefore represented their circumstances to Judge Fowler First Judge of said Court, who was then the Presiding at a Court of Common Pleas at the Academy in Newburgh. As soon as the said Court had adjourned for dinner, he (the said Judge) called at my office to see the said Isaac Parker & William House, from actual inspection and personal exam- ination, declared himself to be satisfied of their total inability to attend Court, and ordered their Examination to proceed at the place last aforesaid in his presence, which was done accordingly. They the said Parker and House agreed perfectly in their statements relative to their service in Nutting's Company and Putnam's or Richmond Regiment, and that they were discharged on or about the 20th day of December 1776 - Deponent has no doubt and verily believes that the said Wil- iam House did actually serve in the American

6 or December as deponent firmly believes after more thorough reflection, and examining the memorandum of the services of the said Isaac Parker and Wil- iam House aforesaid - Deponent firmly believes that the said William House served out the year for which he enlisted, and I am confirmed in this belief from the following circum- stance, About ten months ago a Neighbor of the said William House called on this de- ponent, and enquired whether deponent was endeavouring to procure a pension for Bill House. I informed him that I was. He replied that the said House ought not to have a pen- sion, because he was one of the greatest Bas- =cals in the Mountains, in the Revolutionary war. I enquired whether said House had not served his country faithfully in the years service as stated in his affidavit on file (recapitulating it) To which he answered "that he believed he had - but that he had been a very bad fellow in the Revolutionary war." To which I replied that bad fellows generally made the best soldiers - That by the Law of 1832 a pension was given as a compensa- tion for actual service, and that if said House had actually served his country as a soldier one year, he was as much entitled to pay, as he would have been if he had worked for the Government under any other contract, or in any other business, not withstanding his bad character, that if said Informant would produce an affidavit of any respectable man contradicting the declarations of the said House on file at the Pension

of mind and depones misapprehension certain even that the said William represented to Deponent, that he served one year in the Amer- ican Army, which was the term of his en- listment, and would not have expired on the 25 th day of September 1776 nor until the month of February 1777 - Several years had elapsed after the said William House had made his original declaration for a pension as aforesaid, before deponent again saw him, owing to his bodily infirmities as Deponent was informed and believes to be true. In the mean time I had forgotten in a great measure the state- ment of the said William's services in the Rev- olutionary War. Deponent is hard of hearing and the said William appears to be slow of comprehen- sion, and the inconsistencies and contradictions alluded to must have originated from those causes. Deponent is confident that the part of the Sup- plemental declaration of the said William House alluded to in said letter, and which states in sub- stance (amongst other things) "that the said applicant) served out the term of his enlist- ment and was discharged again on the 25 th day of December" is a clerical blunder of Depo- nent, and escaped the notice of said applicant when the affidavit was read to him. The memo- randum for the original declaration of Isaac Parker and William House aforesaid in my proposition stated that the Regiment was dis- charged about the 20 th day of December 1776 so that the statement in his supplemental decla- ration on file must have been understood by the said William to mean his final discharge from the years service in February 1777 - and the word December has been written by mistake for Feb- ruary by Deponent, which was understood and meant by the said William House. The applicant instead

4 It had been currently reported and generally believed previous to that time, that a daughter of the County of [?], (now deceased) was the father of a child, a girl of the name of House, who deponent conjectured was the daughter of William House the comrade of the said Alexander Wood in the service as aforesaid - Deponent also saith that the said William House is imbecile as well in mind as body. That since he made his his original declaration his faculties have failed very perceptibly - The first time Deponent saw the said House after filing said declaration which was filed five or six years ago according to deponent's recollection and belief, Deponent at once perceived that the said House's recollection had been considerably shattered in the interval - Deponent kept no draft of the original declaration of the said William House, nor memorandum of his service at the time he made out his original declaration, except a memorandum of the service of the said Isaac Dyer & William House together in said company of Captain Hutchins - The memorandum of the separate service of the said William after he left the said company of Captain Hutchins, is either lost or destroyed, and I have not seen it since I made out the said original declaration according to the best of my knowledge and belief - It is therefore not improbable that there are contradictions and inconsistencies in the affidavits of the said William House, as to his service after he and the said Isaac were discharged as aforesaid, owing to his imbecility.

1. State of New York & Orange County } ss
Personally appeared before the Subscriber Walter Case Attorney and Counselor of Law a Credible Wit- ness, and having been by me duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say, that on the 20th day of November 1832 Isaac Parkes late a Pen- sioner under the Law of June 7th 1832 and deceased, and William House the applicant for a pension named and referred to in a letter from H. Edward Commissioner of Pensions to the Hon Nathaniel Jones dated February 6th 1838, were conveyed in a boat from near Fort Montgomery in the Highland of the Hudson River, to the village of Newburgh. They applied to Deponent to make application for Pen- sions for them respectively, & stated that they had served together in Captain Hutchinson's Company of the Regiment of Colonel Rutledge or Richmond from sometime in the month of February 1776 to the 20th day of December next thereafter, and that they were both discharged on that day at Peekskill. The Court of Common Pleas was then sitting at the Acade- my in the village of Newburgh, and Deponent represented to the said Isaac & William that it would be necessary for them to appear before said Court personally, which they both declined, saying that they were weak and infirm and wholly unable to attend Court by reason of bodily infirmity. They declared that it was im- possible for them to attend Court without endan- gering their lives. They referred me to Oliver Jud- son Esquire of Newburgh late of West Point, and John Winfield Esquire who resided near the same place for a representation of their character, and to confirm their statements relative to their respective services in the Revolutionary War. On inquiry of the said Judson and Winfield who were at Court, they confirmed the

2 Representation of the said House and Parker in every Particular, as to their services in the Revolutionary War (so far as their Representations would be confirmed by common report) according to the best of my Recollection and belief. They the said Judson & Winfield stated, that they had lived near the said Parker and House many years - That they the said Parker and House were men of veracity, and they the said Judson and Winfield had no doubt of the truth of their Statements as to their services in the Revolutionary War and their inability to attend Court by reason of their bodily infirmities. From personal observation I had no doubt that their Representations as to their inability to attend Court, were literally true. From the usual course of business at Court it was probable they might have been detained there some days, which in my opinion would have been impossible without endangering their lives, because they were old and decrepit and evidently infirm in body - I therefore Represented their circumstances to Judge Fowler First Judge of said Court, who was then Presiding at a Court of Common Pleas at the Academy in Newburgh. As soon as the said Court had adjourned for dinner, he (the said Judge) called at my office to see the said Isaac Parker & William House, actual inspection and personal examination, declared himself to be satisfied of their total inability to attend Court, and ordered their Examination to proceed at the place last aforesaid in his presence, which was done accordingly. They the said Parker and House agreed perfectly in their Statements relative to their service in Hutton's Company and Putnam's or Richmond's Regiment, and that they were discharged on or about the 20th day of December 1776 - Deponent has no doubt and verily believes that the said William House did actually serve in the American

one year as above stated, for the following reasons in addition to their evidence on file viz, When Deponent first settled in Orange County aforesaid, he (Deponent) boarded with Alexander Wood Esq then a Deputy Sheriff of said County, who often related his services in the Revolutionary War to Deponent, and stated according to the best of Deponent's recollection that he had served in Captain Hutchen's Company, in the Regiment of Colonel Rutgenus or Richmore in the Years service, and that the said William House served with him. Sure I am that he said he had served in Hutchen's or Richmore's Regiment, and that William House or Bill House as he called him, was his comrade in the service - Deponent distinctly recollects the fact because In the same conversation, the said Alexander Wood informed Deponent, that their Colonel Rutgenus, whom he called Richmore deserted to the Enemy, which was the first time Deponent heard of their circumstance - The said Alexander Wood afterwards applied to this Deponent to endeavour to procure him a Pension, which Deponent declined on account of the pressure of his professional business at that time, but I have since been informed that he the said Alexander Wood (now deceased) was placed on the Pension Roll at the City of Washington, and I beg leave to refer to his declaration and evidence on file (if there) Deponent though at that time only unacquainted with William House the applicant for a Pension aforesaid, distinctly recollects that the said Alexander Wood represented, that he had served in Rutgenus Regiment with the said William House from the following circumstance viz,

It had been currently reported and generally believed previous to that time that a lawyer of the County of Linn (now deceased) was the father of a child by a girl of the name of House, who deponent conjectured was the daughter of William House the comrade of the said Alexander Wood in the service as aforesaid - Deponent also saith that the said William House is imbecile as well in mind as body. That since he made his his original declaration his faculties have failed very perceptibly - The first time Deponent saw the said House after filing said declaration which was filed five or six years ago according to deponent's recollection and belief, Deponent at once perceived that the said House's recollection had been considerably shattered in the interval. Deponent kept no draft of the original declaration of the said William House, nor memorandum of his service at the time he made out his original declaration, except a memorandum of the service of the said Isaac Dyer & William House together in said company of Captain Hutchins - The memorandum of the separate service of the said William after he left the said company of Captain Hutchins, is either lost or destroyed, and I have not seen it since I made out the said original declaration according to the best of my knowledge and belief - It is therefore not improbable that there are contradictions and inconsistencies in the affidavits of the said William House, as to his service after he and the said Isaac were discharged as aforesaid, owing to his imbecility.

of mind and deponent's misapprehension certain even that the said William represented to Deponent, that he served one year in the Amer- ican Army, which was the term of his en- listment, and would not have expired on the 25 th day of September 1776 nor until the month of February 1777 - Several years had elapsed after the said William House had made his original declaration for a pension as aforesaid, before deponent again saw him, owing to his bodily infirmities as Deponent was informed and believes to be true. In the mean time I had forgotten in a great measure the state- ment of the said William's services in the Rev- olutionary War. Deponent is hard of hearing and the said William appears to be slow of comprehen- sion, and the inconsistencies and contradictions alluded to must have originated from these causes. Deponent is confident that the part of the Sup- plemental declaration of the said William House alluded to in said letter, and which states in sub- stance (amongst other things) "that the said applicant) served out the term of his enlist- ment and was discharged again on the 25 th day of December" is a clerical blunder of Depo- nent, and escaped the notice of said applicant when the affidavit was read to him. The memo- randum for the original declaration of Isaac Parker and William House aforesaid in my possession states that the Regiment was dis- charged about the 20 th day of December 1776 so that the statement in his supplemental decla- ration on file must have been understood by the said William to mean his final discharge from the years service in February 1777 - and the word December has been written by mistake for Febru- ary by Deponent, which was understood and meant by the said William House the applicant instead

6 of December as deponent firmly believes after ma- ture reflection, and examining the memorandum of the services of the said Isaac Parker and Wil- iam House aforesaid - Deponent firmly believes that the said William House served out the year for which he enlisted, and I am confirmed in this belief from the following circum- -stance, About ten months ago a Neighbor of the said William House called on this de- ponent, and enquired whether deponent was endeavouring to procure a pension for Bill House. I informed him that I was. He replied that the said House ought not to have a pen- sion, because he was one of the greatest Bar- -rels in the Mountains, in the Revolutionary War. I enquired whether said House had not served his country faithfully in the War service as stated in his affidavit on file. (recapitulating it) To which he answered that he believed he had - but that he had been a very bad fellow in the Revolutionary War. To which I replied that bad fellows generally made the best soldiers - That by the Law of 1832 a pension was given as a compensa- -tion for actual service, and that if said House had actually served his country as a soldier one year, he was as much entitled to pay, as he would have been if he had worked for the Government under any other contract, or in any other business, not- withstanding his bad character, that if said Informant would produce an affidavit of any respectable man contradicting the declarations of the said House on file at the Pension

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Office in any material point, I would discontinue the application of the said William House for a pension. And deponent also saith that from the hostile feeling manifested by the said informant toward the said applicant, deponent has no doubt that if any such affidavit could have been procured, the said informant would have produced it, as he promised to do, but deponent hath not yet received from said informant or any other person, any affidavit or other communication on the subject. Deponent further saith that the said Isaac Parker now deceased, obtained a pension for his services as corporal or sergeant in the said Company of Captain Hutchinson at the time the said William House served in the same as aforesaid, and that the said Isaac was a material witness for the said William House in this application, as will more fully appear from the affidavit of the said Isaac on file at the Pension Office, to which deponent begs leave to refer. Deponent is intimately acquainted with Oliver Gidley and was well acquainted with John Winfield Dyer now deceased. The said Oliver now is and the said John until his death was, a man of first respectability in this County - Deponent is also acquainted with David Rose & William Parr witnesses for the said William House, and Deponent states from his own knowledge and the common report of their neighbourhood respectively, that they are men of good moral characters and credible witnesses - Deponent formerly owned a tract of wood land in the

8th Highland in the neighbourhood of the said Isaac Parker and William House and was often there about eight or nine years ago. It was a common report in that neighbourhood at that time that the said Isaac and William had served together in the years service in the Revolutionary war and Deponent believes it true, but Deponent was not acquainted with the said Isaac or William at that time personally —
Sworn to and subscribed This 4 th day of April  May 1838 before me
Walter Base
Note the word "appeared" on the 1 st page and the word "I had no doubt" and the word "despite" and the words "from" on the 2 nd page and the word "among" on the 3 rd page the word "filed" "ago" on the 4 th page interlined and the word "despised" & "Pursi" on the 2 nd page and the word "his" on the 4 th page erased
John R. Baldwin Com d duodec
Mr. Nath. Young A.H.R.
House J. R. C. Earl

St. Louis

State of New York } Orange County } p
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Orange William House a Credible Witness to me personally known and having been by me duly sworn according to law doth depose and say supplementally to the affidavits by him heretofore made and on file at the Pension Office that the Court of Common Pleas a Court of Record and for the County aforesaid is now in Session at the Academy in the Village of Newburgh holding the September term of said Court and Deponent also saith that by reason of bodily infirmity he is wholly unable to at- tend the said Court Deponent also saith that he served in Captain Nutting's Company in the Regiment of Colonel Redmond or Rutgers and was discharged together with said Company at Peekskill on the twentyth day of December on the same day that Israel Parker a Pensioner under the Laws of June 7th 1832 was discharged as before related the said Israel having served as Sergeant in said Company Deponent cannot state the rea- son why there is no evidence of the service of that Regiment after the thirteenth day of September in the year one thousand sev- en hundred and seventy five on file at the War Office but Deponent will recollect of hearing sometime before said Company was discharged as aforesaid that the said Colonel Redmond or Rutgers had deserted to the British. Nevertheless, said Company continued embodied sometime after that period according

ing to deponent's recollection and belief Deponent conjectures that the returns of that Regiment to the War Office ceased with the desertion of the said Colonel Robbins , but sure he is that he (deponent) and the said Isaac Parker be- longed to the said Company and were discharged on the same day at Peekskill namely the twentieth day of December 1776 as aforesaid De- ponent also saith that after he was discharg- ed as aforesaid he reported himself to General James Clinton at Fort Montgomery who order- ed deponent to join the Company of Captain Chamberlain at the place last aforesaid and serve out the remainder of his time De- ponent cannot now recollect who was the Colonel of the Regiment to which the said Company belonged but sure he is that Gene- ral James Clinton commanded at that time at that Fort and that he served until about Christmas of the year aforesaid at which time he was discharged together with the said Comp- any of the said Captain Chamberlain they having served out their times as de- ponent was informed and believes to be true The said Company last aforesaid belong- ed to the Neighbourhood of Poughkeepsie as de- ponent was at that time informed and believes -
Sworn to and Subscribed this 6 day of September 1837 before me
John Weygand Justice
William his + House mark

State of New York §
Orange County § Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid William Parr a credible Witness to me personally known and hav- ing been by me duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that he is up- wards of seventy three years of age that he has been personally acquainted with William Glouse the applicant for a pension whose affidavit is annex- ed and that he has been intimately acquaint- ed with the said William upwards of six- ty years having during all that period lived in the same neighbourhood with him the said William Deponent knew the said William well in the time of the Revo- lutionary war and knows that in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six the said William was ab- sent a long time from home and it was a common Report in the neigh- bourhood that the said William was in the American Army in the service of his Country & belonged to Captain Putchins Company and deponent be- lieves it to be true Deponent will make oath of hearing that said William Glouse served at Fort Montgomery after Captain Putchins Company was discharged & he believes it true Deponent was well ac- quainted with Captain Putchins and has no doubt but that the said William Glouse served in his Company and at

Fort Montgomery as related in his said affidavit & further saith not — Sworn to and subscribed { This 6-day of September { 1837 before me {
My Warrant Justice William Pann

David Rose Affidavit

State of N. York Orange County } 17
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace William House who having been by me duly sworn according to law, took before me and said by way of Supplement to his original Decla- ration hereto annexed that in the Month of February in the year 1776 he enlisted in the Company of Captain Hutchins of the Regiment of Colonel Preshmore for one year and served on York Island, at White Plains, and Peeks Hill, as described in the original Declaration hereto annexed, until the twentyth day of December next thereafter, when Deponent was discharged on furlough, on account of sickness - Deponent was after ward, employed as a Pilot for the Army, and continued in that service whenever required throughout the Revolutionary War, & Deponent also with the reason why he did not appear were with his application at the same time. Isaac Parker renewed his claim, was that he could not find the additional evidence required, & also said that it was not more than two months ago that Deponent was informed that Mr. Bowdoin

wherein affidavit is annexed and sworn to the facts stated in his said affidavit annexed and and also that he is not able to attend court on account of bodily infirmity Sworn to & subscribed this 3 day of July 1837 before me H. C. Magallanes Judge for the County of Orange his William F. House mark
William F. House

State of New York 2 Orange County ss
Person(s) appeared before the Subscribed David Rose of the Town of Cornwall County of Orange and State of New York a Bud- ble Witness, and having been by me duly sworn doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with William Flower named in the annexed affidavit and has been acquainted with him ever since the year 1776 - that the said William was in the service of his country as a Com- mon Soldier in the year aforesaid, De- ponent saw the said William in actual service as a private soldier in the City of New York and has been informed and believes that he be- longed to the Company of Captain Hutcheon and the Regiment of Colonel Richmore - Deponent has been informed and believes that the said William was in the years service and served out his term Deponent lived in the same neighbourhood with the said William, in the time of said war, and often heard at the time that the said William Flower was in the actual service of his country -
Sworn to & subscribed this 9 31 - day of July 1837 before me O H Muggant Justice of the Peace for Orange County
David Rose

State of New York
Dunne County ss I Libbens L Dail Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid certify that F. E. Wyzant before him the foregoing affidavits of William Flower & David Rose were subscribed and sworn to on the third day of July 1887 the day when the said affidavits purport to have been subscribed & sworn respectively a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid and that the name F. E. Wyzant subscribed to the said affidavits respectively is the proper hand writing of said Justice —
In Testimony whereof I have sub- scribed my name and affixed my official seal this 18 th day of July 1887 —
Libbens L. Dail, Clerk

Wm House
H. Nathl. Jones HR

State of New York Orange County ss
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid William House and having been by me duly sworn according to law de- poses and saith, that he is an applicant for a Pension under the Act of June 7 th 1832, and the Identical William House named in a letter of J. L. Edwards dated Novem- ber 15 th 1837 - Deponent also saith that in the month of February 1776 he enlisted in the Company of Captain Simon Hutchinson, of the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Richmond or Putnam for the term of one year, Patton Jackson was first lieutenant, Robert Wood Second Lieutenant, George Johnson Ensign, & Isaac Parker deceased late a Pensioner of the United States under the law aforesaid was Orderly Sergeant - Deponent served with said Company and Regiment of which Regiment Wierewelt was Lieutenant Colonel untill the twentysixth day of December 1776 when said Company was discharged at Peekskill. During the time of said service, said Compa- ny was stationed on York Island, and was at the Battle of White Plains. After which we retreated to Peekskill where we were dischar- ged as aforesaid. After his discharge the Depo- nent went to Fort Montgomery and joined the Company of Captain Chamberlin by the dis- missal of General James Clinton, who Comman- ded said fort. Deponent served out the term of his enlistment in said Company and was Honourably discharged therefrom, in the month of February 1777 - And Deponent also saith that he is now eighty years of

age but he cannot state with certainty his exact age. That he has been subject to the Rheumatism upward of ten years. That at the time of making his original declaration for a Pension before Judge Fowler as stated in said letter, Deponent was & ever since hath been unable to dress, or undress himself - and Deponent also saith that at that time, and ever since, Deponent has been unable to attend Court, by reason of bodily infirmity. That said Court is a Common Pleas sits alternately at Goshen, and Newburgh, that the latter place is about sixteen miles, and the former about twenty four miles from the residence of Deponent —  Sworn to & subscribed { his William H House mark this third day of Janua { ry 1838 before me { W. G. Clinton
I hereby certify that from a personal examination I am satisfied that the above named William House by reason of a confirmed Rheumatism and bodily infirmity is unable to attend a Court of Records. Dated January 3. 1838
W. G. CLINTON one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Orange.

Washington D.C.      In use of Rep. Jan. 4 13 th 1837.
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Honorable James G. Clinton, who is at this time a Judge of the Court of Com. Pleas. in and for the Co. of Orange in the State of New York and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and believe (and know) the signature to the above certificate is his genuine Signature.
Nathaniel Innes.
M. C. from Or. Co. N.Y.
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