Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46384, Asher Hickcox, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Hickcox, Asher.
S. 46384
CONTENTS

No. 74
Reissues.
Reissues
78697
Name: Asher Hickcox Rank: Corpl Comp'y: Maddock Reg't: Ct. Line
Agency.
RATE PER MONTH, AND DATE OF COMMENCEMENT,
1st Issue. { Comm'g 2d Issue. { Comm'g 3d Issue. { Comm'g
DATE OF CERTIFICATE, AND TO WHOM SENT.
1st Issue. { Sent to 2d Issue. { Sent to 3d Issue. { Sent to
Allowed Act 1828
At 14th July, 1862 Bk. G., Vol. , Page Registering Clerk:
Disability. {

Asher H. McCoy Cont. line - Col. Chandler 28 May 1777 - war Herkimer
N. York
March 11. 1820
Please make return to S. J. Lord. Herkimer N. York
16,643.
Asher H. McCoy, Herkimer Co. N. York 11. March, 1820.
Col. Chandler's reg. Connect. line, May, 1777, to close of the revolt. war.
found on the rolls of Col. Chandler's reg. as corp. May, 1777. to September, 1781.
returned for a schedule of property of the applicant to be taken and annexed, pursuant to act of Congress of 1 st May, 1820.
J. and L. Ford, agents, Herkimer, N. York. rec d 17. March, 1820.

State of New York Hutchinson County } for John Hovey of the Town & County of Hutchinson aged Sixty three years, being duly sworn saith, that in the said John Hovey, in the month of May one thousand seven hundred & seventy six, enlisted as a private soldier in a Company commanded by Samuel Maddock as Captain in a Regiment commanded by Colonel John Chandler the same being then the Eighth Regiment in the Connecticut Line on the Continental establishment - That this Disposition existed to wit: during the war - That this Disposition continued to serve upon - early as a soldier in said Regiment until the close of the War of the Revolution in the month of June one thousand seven hundred eighty three when this Disposition was honorably discharged from his company then stationed at Westpoint in the State of New York That Col. Samuel B. Webb - commanded the regiment to which this Disposition was attached at the time of his discharge - That this Dis- -position has no paper in his possession proving his term of service - That the discharge which this Disposition received when he left the army was delivered to the person who purchased his time and soon after the close of the War of the Revolution - That this Disposition is in indigent circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support - That this Disposition makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the provision made by the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons aged 70 in the Land & Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary

War -
Asher Michelson.
Sworn to March 11. 1820.
Before me -
David Holt Judge of Sessions Court. Pleas.
State of New York
Staten Island County
ss. I David Holt one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Staten Island, do certify that on the 10th Eleventh day of March 1820, personally appeared before me Asher Herz, who is well known to me, and made oath to the several facts contained in the foregoing deposition, that I am satisfied of the truth of the facts stated in the same - and I now transmit the same to the Secretary of the War Department, pursuant to the directions of the act of Congress - and I do further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Asher Herz, and that he is a man of unspotted Character & esteemed a man of strict veracity - and that I believe him to be in reduced circumstances, and in need of assistance from government for his support.
State of New York
Staten Island County
ss. Samuel Herz, being duly sworn saith he is now in the sixty Eighth year of his age - that Asher Herz is the Brother of his deponent - that this deponent and his Brother Asher, in the year 1777 both resided at their father's house at their home, that this deponent well recollects that Asher Herz during that year enlisted as a soldier in

the Continental Line, & never during the War, and this Dispe- -sant further saith that the said Atkin continued in the Army in pursuance of said Enlistment until the year 1783 when he retired from the Army - Samuel Hecox
Sworn to about 10. 1820
before me, David H. Olt, Judge, Washington Co. Pleas
Washington Co. - I certify, that from the knowledge and information I have of the foregoing Samuel Hecox, I have no doubt of his being a credible witness. Dated March 10th, 1820. David H. Olt Judge Wash. Co. Pleas
State of New York
Herkimer County } p. Walter Fish. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
in & for the County of Herkimer, do certify that
David Holt whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit is one of the Judges of said Court, that the said Court is a Court of Record of the State of New- York, and that the name of the said David is in his own proper hand writing. In witness whereof I have hereunto set the seal of my Office & subscribed my name - March 21. 1820
Walter Fish Clerk

In the Matter of Asher Hickcox entitled as private &c
Claims pension:
resides at Herkimer, N. York
With. Hoffman & Hunt Herkimer. N.Y.
It is believed that the enclosed papers made out to obtain the benefits (not granted) of the acts of 1818, 1820 are good & sufficient to obtain the benefit of the late act of Apr. 29 for the benefit of Off. & Sol. of Rev. M. Hoffman

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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
allowed Oct 1828
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
3 July 1828.
Asher Hickecox of Herkimer in the County of Herkimer in the State of New York has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Corporal in captain 5 's company, in the regiment of the Connecticut line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, Nothing .
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. D. Smith
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
7 July 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Asher D. Hickecox or Hickecox in the Connecticut line
It further appears that Asher D. Hickecox or Hickecox is now on the pension list of the  any - - - - - agency, and has been so since the 3 rd March 1826 at the rate of  dollars per month.
Richd Hagner Aud
to Record Last Nov 2/28
4201
/correct/

In the Matter of
Asher Hickey - of Hekimer. N.Y.
Claims pension under Act of 1828 -
Hoffman & Hunt, agents Hekimer. N.Y.
I am not now able to recollect the name of the Captain of the Company in which I last served. It was in the fifth Connecticut Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel B. Webb - and I served but a short time under my last Captain before I was discharged at West Point in New York where I had been since the campaign to the South. and taking of Cornwallis at which time I served under Captain Lefit Col. Harnett's Regiment of Volunteers from the Connecticut line -
Asher Hickey

Revolutionary Claims.
[ B. ]
Form of a Declaration to be made by the Non-Commissioned Officers, Musicians, and Privates.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828, I, Asher Hickcox — of Herkimer in the county of Herkimer in the State of New York do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination; at which period, I was a * Corporal in Captain Company , in the fifth Regiment, of the Vermont Line. And, I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of eighty dollars; to which I was entitled, under a resolve of Congress, passed the 15th of May, 1778.
And I further declare, that I was not, on the fifteenth day of May, 1828, on the Pension List of the United States.†
Witness my hand, this twenty fifth day of June , in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight ,
Asher Hickcox
Before me,‡ Charles Gray — of the town & County of Herkimer in the county of Herkimer in the State of New York personally appeared, this day, Philip Knap — and Luther Stone — of the said county, who did severally make oath that Asher Hickcox — by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this 21 st day of June — in the year 1828
Charles Gray Comfr. De
I, Aleijah Beckwith Clerk of the Court of the County of Herkimer in the State of New York do hereby certify, that Charles Gray before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a § Commissioner and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the [L. S.] said Court, this 21 st day of June , 1828 .
Aleijah Beckwith
* Sergeant, Corporal, Musician, or Private, as the case may be.
† The claimant, though not on the pension list on the 15th May, 1828, may have been on the list on or since the 3d of March, 1826, and afterwards stricken off: if so, he will add, and that I have received of the United States, as a pensioner, since the 3d of March, 1826, the sum of _____ dollars, paid to me by the Agent for paying pensions in the State of _____
‡ Here insert a Justice of the Peace, or other Magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths.
§ Justice of the Peace, or otherwise, as the case may be.