Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13425, Asa Hollister, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New York
Hollister, Asa
S. 13425
leaded
CONTENTS

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Asa Holliston
Tompkins co New York
Admitted Paid at 9 mo - $30
P 384
19.16 06
May 9 th 1833
Sam. Cattleman Ithaca N. York.
1. State his services as directed in the form annexed. 2. How old is he? 3. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 4. Has the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? 5. Where in the case of the State of

BRIEF in the case of  Asa Hollister  of  Tompkins co  in the State of  New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Volunteer In 1776 5 Private Capt. Strong, Lieut. Col. Graham   1777 3 Capt Row   Substitute for Manpower 1778 1 Capt Hewett, Col. Hopkins,  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Dutchess co N.Y.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Not corrected as required 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. G. Bradford Examining Clerk.

New York 14/8/93
Isa Hollister
of New York in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Row of the Regt. commanded by Col. Graham in the N. York line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 30 Dollars 0 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of July 1833 and sum S. Crittenden Ithaca
Arrears to the 14th of No. 33 $ 6 0 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Ap '33 1 5 $ 7 5
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. W. C. Stiles Clerk
Recorded by Book C. Vol. 3. Page 61

In the Matter of Hon. Holliston Declaration for reprimand
Declaration etc.
P.
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State of New York
Tompkins County ss: Personally appeared before me the Undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County of Tompkins Asa Holliston who being by me duly sworn, deposeth and saith that he is the identical Asa Holliston named in and who has subscribed to the foregoing declaration - And upon his aforesaid oath this deponent further saith that he has no documentary evidence of his services during the Revolutionary war; and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services - And further he saith not
Subscribed and sworn before me this 27th day of May 1833 acquainted with said Holliston & certify that his statement is entitled to credit Alpheus West J. Peace
ASA Holliston
State of New York
Tompkins County ss
Clerk's Office
I, Samuel Love Clerk of said County Do. hereby certify that Alpheus West Esq. before whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in & for said County and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and truely believe that his name subscribed to the said affidavit is in his own proper hand writing - And I hereby further certify that the papers hereto annexed contain the original proceedings of the Court of Common Pleas of said County in the matter of the application of Asa Holliston for a Pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Ithaca this 21 st day of June 1833
Sam. Love Clerk

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.
STATE OF NEW YORK, } Tompkins COUNTY, ss. }
On this 3 rd day of September personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County now sitting, Asa Holliston a resident of the town of Grafton in the county of Tompkins and state of New York, aged seventy three 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. he enlisted with  to a captain Stoughtonburgh. Dennis and  sentiments Dennis & Mott in the month of July in the year one Thousand seven Hundred & twenty six six as a Volunteer for five months in Colonel Grahams Regiment at Rhinebeck in the County of Dutchess. That he marched from thence to Kingsbridge in the County of Westchester where he joined his regiment and was then engaged on the public works in building forts independent. That he was stationed in the neighborhood of Kingsbridge until the English Army had taken possession of New York. when he with the army retreated to White Plains. from where he was marched to Peekskill where he remained to the expiration of his term of service when he with the rest of the Company was discharged by verbal orders from the Captain. And further this declarant says that in the month of August in the year one Thousand seven Hundred & twenty seven he was drafted to serve under the following officers to wit Capt. John Row. the declarant in does not recollect the at the time he was for the term of three months. that at the time he was so drafted he was sick & unable to march with his company but soon recovered & joined at New Albany and remained with his company until the term of his service expired when he was discharged by verbal orders from the Captain at Ecorse. That in June Seventeen Hundred and twenty eight he joined the Company of Captain Elyah Huse in Colonel Hopkins Regiment of New York Militia as a substitute for a person whose name he cannot now precisely recollect but thinks it was Manhevers, at Rhinebeck in Dutchess County for the term of one month. from whence he marched with his company to Westpoint where he remained in the service to the end of the said term when he was discharged with the rest of his company by verbal orders from the Captain. That he has no documentary evidence and that

He knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services -
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.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
J. Dore
Asa Holliston

The following questions were propounded by the Court to the applicant.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
Answer. East NY in the State of Connecticut, I was on the 9th Dec 1858
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?
Answer. I have in my Bible at home
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war; and where do you now live? I lived when called into service at Poughkeepsie Dutchess County NY. I now reside in the town of Grotton Tompkins County NY.
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute; and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer. My Commission was from the State of NY and I was drafted & served as a substitute for Mr. Mouhawon - 1st Col. Inf. for 5 months next. I was drafted & next a substitute for the
5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served; such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
Answer. General George Clinton - Genl. Heath. Col. Graham. Lt. Col. Hopkins. Capt. Houghton through Lt. Dunn & Note in the Militia -
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Answer. I never received any written discharge
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.
Answer. James B. McCreary Charles Johnson, Daniel Bradley Marcus Harrison Elijah Gilbert - Home Road
WE, James B. McCreary residing in the town of Grotton and county of Tompkins and State of New York, and Charles Johnson - residing in the town of Grotton and county of Tompkins hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Asa Hollister who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and that we believe him to be seventy three years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, J. Love clk
James B McCreary Charles Johnson
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that James B. McCreary - who has signed the preceding certificate is a Claggett man resident in the town of Grotton - and county of Tompkins and are creditable persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I Samuel Love - Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas - for the County of Tompkins - do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Asa Hollister - for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 4th day of October - 1832.
Samuel Love clk

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., Oct. 11, 1921
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Asa Hollister a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 13425
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 1776 5 mos. Pvt. Statenburgh Graham Ny.   Aug. 1777 3 mos. Jno. Row ✓   June 1778 1 mo. Elijah Herrick Hopkins  
Battles engaged in, None stated Residence of soldier at enlistment, Rhinebeck, Dutchess Co., Ny. Date of application for pension, Sept 3, 1832. el. al. Residence at date of application, Groton, Tompkins Co. Ny. Age at date of application, b. Dec 9, 1858 Eastbury, Conn.
Remarks: No fam. data.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1921, Oct: 11 - hist. to E. J. Jacoby - En
Rev. War
13425 INVALID.
File No. 13, 425
Asa Hollister
Priv Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: - Vol. 1 , Page 179
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Dear Holliston
N.Y.
13. 16
Sam Brittain
Ithaca N.Y.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Isa Holliston of Tompkins co N.York. which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yy V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yy VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yy

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. † Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? all answered.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Organized August 11 th 1887.
The Railroadmen's Building and Savings Association
W. T. CANNON, PRESIDENT. E. J. JACOBY, VICE PRES. & ATTY. J. E. PIERCE, SECRETARY.
Authorized Capital $45,000,000.
H. CANNON, TREASURER. S. A. GREENE, ASST SECRETARY. A. F. BROMLEY, AUDITOR.
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Indianapolis, Ind., September 21, 1921. 1101-02 Odd Fellow Building
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Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I wish you would be kind enough to send me a complete copy of the record of Asa Hollister, Tompkins County, N. Y.---- a Pensioner of The Revolution----placed on the roll July 26, 1833. Of course if you have any charges kindly indicate and I shall remit.
Thanking you in advance, I remain,
Very truly yours,
E. Jacoby