Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 982-300, Benjamin Hicks, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Hicks, Benjamin
S (def. no. 349) P.D. L. 17982 - 200 - capt. Issued June 9, 1791 No papers.
CONTENTS

332 382.
No of orig Pay 332
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
July 26. 1828.
Benjamin Hicks, of Springfield in the County of Otsego, 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 army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war,
at which period he was a Captain in the First regiment of the New York line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the re- solve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. Dickinson.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
31 st July 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to Benjamin Hicks - Captain in the New York line, amounting to Twenty four Hundred dollars.
It further appears that Benjamin Hicks  not is now on the pension list of the  any agency, and has been since the 3 rd March 1826 at the rate of  per month.
Richd Wagner Aud
Yours &c No 36204

For the purpose of attaining the benefit of an 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 Benjamin Hicks of Springfield in the County of Otsego in the State of New York do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution and served as such to the end of the war, at which period I was a captain in the first New York Regiment of the New York Line.
And I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate (commonly called a commutation certificate) for a sum equal to the amount of five years full pay, which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress of the 22d. of March 1783 instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21st. of October 1780.
And I do further declare, that I have received of the United States, as a pensioner since the 3d. day of March 1826, no money.
State of New York } Otsego County } ss.
Benj. Hicks
Before me Ielah Havens, Esquire one of the justices of the peace in and for the said County duly empowered to administer oaths, personally appeared this day Thomas Hicks, Junior and Henry Conklin of the said County who did severally make oath that Benjamin

Hicks by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand this 25th day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight. Selah Burrows Justice of the Peace
State of New-York } Otsago County } ss.
Ebenezer B. Brandall clerk of the Court of the County of Otsago in the state of New York do hereby certify that Selah Burrows before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a justice of the peace duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this twenty sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.
E. B. Brandall, Clerk

leaf 349. An. al. #480. Cof. us. Aug 3. 1829

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Benjamin Hecks  ctf No. 349
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 16, 1776 Capt of Foot Von Schairk 1 o N.Y.   Served into 1783                                            
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____ Date of application for pension, June 25-1828. His cl. was al. Residence at date of application, Springfield, Otsego Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, not stated. He died Apr. 4, 1833 Remarks: _____
Data as to family omitted because claim of heirs was rejected on grounds that they were not children of above soldier their father died May 23, 1836, and the papers of these false claimants did not have been with the admitted claim under Act 1828. - see R495-9 from which they have been removed  JUL 22 1910 Commissioner.

3 d Auditor's Office April 21. 1837
Sir, Benjamin Hicks, N. 4 cct 15 May 1828, died April 4, 1833, this pension has been paid in full to that date.
Very Resp y Wm Johnson Auditor
Geo. C. Whiting Esq. Comm r of Pensions
Pension Office, Apr. 20 1837
Sir, Please state when Benjamin Hicks, of NYork, was last paid at $480.00
year, under the Act of May 15, 1828.
Respectfully J. C. Calhoun Ch cl
R. L. Atkinson Esq 3 Auditor
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Commission in favor of Benjamin Hicks as 4 th Captain of foot in Von Schaick's Reg t dated 16 Febr y 1776. —
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Commission in favor of same, as Captain in the 5 th Company first Battalion N. York Line dated 21 Nov r 1776. —
Commission in favor of same as Captain in the 1 st New York Reg t to rank from 16 Febr y 1776 & dated 28 th June 1779. —
Brevet Major in favor of same per Act of 13 th September 1783. —

of Claims) Free
a Rush
the Treasury of the United States
Washington

State of New York Springfield Otsego County, July 2. 1828.
Should the evidence contained in the in- closed papers prove satisfactory, His Hon. the Secy. of the Treasury will transmit the amt. due the applicant to him at this place.
Respectfully &c.
Benjamin Hickz
By William Baker

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217 East Main St.
Batavia, N.Y.
July 11. 1918.
To The Commissioner of Pensions
Will you please give me any information you may have of Capt. Benjamin Hicks who

served in the war of the Revolution under Col. Goose Van Schuick in the 1 st New York Regiment.
Thanking you for the trouble, I am. Yours truly, M r . J. M. F. Platt.
JUL 14 1870

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Re Village of Caledonia  Public Library Board Caledonia, Minnesota
Oct. 14 th 1920.
The Department of Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am interested in the Revolutionary and Pension Records of one Benjamin Hake, who was Capt. of a Dubuque County N. Y. Company during the Revolutionary War.
Yours Truly Grace A. Dorival
1920 Nov. 17.
Recd. to Grace A. Dorival