Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28766, Abraham Hogeland, New Jersey

SERVICE
New Jersey
Hogeland, Abraham S. 28766
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Albany 31, 177
Abstr"> Abraham Hogdland
Montgom. Co. in the State of N. York
he was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Posney  Posney of the Reg't commanded by Col. Quick in the N. Jersey mil. time for 8 months & 15. days
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 28 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8. day of August 1837 and sent to Hon. M. J. Bovee, Amsterdam, N. Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 37. 170.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4, Sep. " 14.16 $184.16
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E. 2. Vol. 4 - Page 31
Date of pension not on file

18:14905 Abraham Hofeland N.Y.
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In Marginal Entries Journal Certified No 623 - 0.1576
D. Right agent Amsterdam Montgomery County Agent

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Abraham Hogeland, of Montgomery Co. New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol 1776 Some time in battle etc. about 14 Private Capt Poney Col. Abraham Quick To New York Town of Franklin Traditionary   X 1776, 1777, 1778 at best 1 6 Capt. Henry Brigadier Genl. Lord Monmouth To Elizabeth town N.J. New Jersey (Aged 73)   Subsequent 1 Probase o Genl. Washington To Communipaw   Capt Jones Brigadier Quick To Raritan   1st Subaltern Brigadier Quick To Communipaw   2nd Subaltern Brigadier Quick To Raritan   3rd Subaltern Brigadier Quick To Communipaw   4th Subaltern Brigadier Quick To Raritan   5th Subaltern Brigadier Quick To Communipaw   6th Subaltern Brigadier Quick To Raritan   7th Subaltern Brigadier Quick To Communipaw   8th Subaltern Brigadier Quick To Raritan   9th Subaltern Brigadier Quick To Communipaw   10th Subaltern Brigadier Quick To Raritan   11th Subaltern Brigadier Quick To Communipaw   12th Subaltern Brigadier Quick To Raritan   13th Subaltern Brigadier Quick To Communipaw   14th Subaltern Brigadier Quick To Raritan   15th Subaltern Brigadier Quick To Communipaw   16th Subaltern Brigadier Quick To Raritan   17th Subaltern Brigadier Quick To Communipaw   18th Subaltern Brigadier Quick To Raritan   19th Subaltern Brigadier Quick To Communipaw   20th Subaltern Brigadier Quick To Raritan  
Cannot be more specific
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 _____, 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 day 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 he 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.
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[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 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 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

State of New York } ss Montgomery County, }
On this 20 th day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid now sitting Abraham Hoagland a resident of the Town of Schoharie in the County of Montgomery and State aforesaid aged seventy three years on the twenty ninth day of April last, 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 7 th 1832
That he lived in the Town of Franklin in the County of Somerset in the State of New Jersey during the whole of the Revolutionary War.
And this deponent further says that in the month of June as he believes in the year 1776, he entered the United States Service as a private Soldier & went under the command of Capt Pomey a Militia Captain of the Town of Franklin aforesaid to New York, the Regiment to which Capt Pomey's Company belonged, was commanded by Colonel Abraham Quick, deponent recollects that at this time the Militia of that part of New Jersey in which he resided, turned out en masse, The Brigade was commanded by Brigadier Genl Hurd; deponent staid at New York but a few days & then the force to which he was attached went to Elizabeth Town in New Jersey - And deponent recollects that whilst there, the declaration of Independence, was for the first time read to the American Forces at Elizabeth-town; deponent believes, although he cannot distinctly recollect

- 14 that he was at this time in the Service about two weeks & was then discharged with the rest of the Militia, that had turned out, en masse.
This deponent says that in cluding the year 1776 - and the two succeeding years, he verily believes that he was engaged in the United States Service at least one half of the time for the said three years, sometimes as a Volunteer, and sometimes being drafted. But from the length of time which has elapsed, and from the fact that the periods of time served by deponent, were short, but frequent, it is entirely out of the power of deponent to specify in detail his different terms of Service, their commencement or their ends - But deponent well remembers that during the three years above referred to; that part of the State of New Jersey in which deponent resided & the adjoining Counties, was subject to frequent attacks and almost constant alarms from the enemy, and upon all these occasions deponent volunteered, and turned out, as a Soldier to defend his Country - Deponent remembers that he was frequently on service as aforesaid at Newark & at Elizabethtown in New Jersey - deponent was also in the service at Monmouth, was there at the time of the Battle, recollects that Genl Washington commanded in Person & that he reprimanded Genl Lee upon this occasion for an ill timed retreat - deponent was in the service at the time Genl Washington retreated from New-ark; deponent also recollects of being in the United States Service at Communipaw, was taken sick whilst in the service there & discharged & was sent for by his Father.
Subsequent to the three years aforesaid deponent was frequently in the United States Service, but not as as often as before, deponent recollects

of being one month in the Service of the United States at Rumpton Plains in New Jersey. Henry Probasc, was the Capt. under which deponent served at that place - deponent assisted in building a Sod Fort whilst at Rumpton Plains; deponent remembers of being in the service of the United States under Capt Jones, also under Capt Hukason, also under Capt Quick; deponent thinks that upon some of the occasions when he was out in the Service; the Militia was commanded by a Major Bayard.
Deponent has no doubt that he faithfully & truly served his Country more than eighteen months during the War of the Revolution, but from the nature of the Service he cannot be more specific than he has been in this statement.
Deponent was born in Amwell Hunterdon County in the State of New Jersey in the year 1759. deponent has a memorandum of his birth in his family Bible, taken from an entry in his Father's Bible, which he believes to be in his Father's handwriting & to be correct. After the close of the Revolutionary War deponent removed to Middlesex County in New Jersey & resided there about nine years & from thence he removed to Amsterdam in Montgomery County & State of New York, where he has resided more than thirty years & now resides. deponent refers to John French of Floricla & Joseph Collins of Amsterdam as persons who are acquainted with him and will testify to his character & their belief that he performed revolutionary services - deponent has no documentary and evidence to positively corroborate his statement and cannot prove any without

going a distance of nearly two hundred miles.
deponent hereby acknowledges every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & claims. That his name is not on the pension roll of the army of any state —
Alvah Smith
Sworn to & subscribed the day &
year aforesaid.
Geo: D. Ferguson, clerk

We John French of the town of Florida adjoining the town of Amsterdam Montgomery county & Joseph Collins of Amsterdam, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Abraham Hopelance who has subscribed his name to the above declaration that we believe him to be thirty three years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & we concur in that opinion - & we also state that he is a man of strict integrity & that his statement is in our opinion entitled to full credit -
Sworn to & subscribed this day of our affixed Geo: D. Ferguson, Clerk,
Joseph Collins
John French
Sworn to & subscribed the day year aforesaid Geo: D. Ferguson Clerk
I Adams W Platt a clergyman of the town of Broadalbin in the county of Montgomery & State of New York do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above named Abraham Hopelance & Believe him to be a man of strict integrity and Honor - & I have full confidence in the truth of the above declaration by him made - Adams W Platt

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories presented by the War department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he stated, And the Court further certifies that Adams W. Platt who has signed the preceding certificate, appears to them to be a clergyman resident in the town of Broadalbin in said county and that John French a resident of the town of Hoosick Joseph Collins who has also signed of the town of Amsterdam in said county, who have also signed a preceding certificate are credible persons, and that the statement of the said Platt, W. John Joseph is entitled to credit.
I, George D. Ferguson, Clerk of the said Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Abraham Hogeland for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 29th September 1832
Geo: D. Ferguson
Mr. J. Force Amsterdam New York
Abraham Hogeland Pursuant to
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Admitted
Private & no. 15 days

January 28, 1938
Mrs. Charles Leffler 6 Second Avenue Johnstown, New York
Abraham Hogeland S. 28766 BA-J/AWF
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Abraham Hoagland, who died October 24, 1840 and is buried in Mannys Corners Cemetery, New York State.
You are furnished herein the record of the only Abraham Hoagland (Hogeland) found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office; the surname has been searched under various spellings. The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 28766, based upon the service of Abraham Hogeland (as his signature is shown) in the War of the Revolution.
Abraham Hogeland was born April 29, 1759 in Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The names of his parents were not given, his father was living during the Revolution.
While residing in Franklin, Somerset County, New Jersey, Abraham Hogeland enlisted sometime in June, 1776 and served as a private at various times with the New Jersey troops, under Captains Pumyea, Henry Probasco, William Jones, Philip Fulkerson, Quick, and Colonels Abraham Quick and Henry Vandike; he was at the battle of Monmouth, and continued in the service until in 1780, entire service amounted to about eighteen months.
After the Revolution, he moved to Middlesex

County, New Jersey, where he lived nine years, and moved to Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York.
The soldier, Abraham Hogeland, was allowed pension on his application executed September 20, 1832, then a resident of Amsterdam, New York.
The papers on file in this claim contain no reference to any children of Abraham Hogeland.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data-
Abraham Hogeland Certificate # 31177 Issued August 8, 1837 Rate $28.33 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Albany, New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

28 766 Very INVALID.
File No. 28,766
Abraham Kogeland
His Res Mar
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New York
Abraham Hoogland
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Mr. Bruce
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Emerson beat Washington

Amsterdam August 4 1839
Dear Sir
You will forward me a certificate in favor of Moreham Hogland for Eight M rs & 15 days since
Yours respectfully
Matthias J. Borne
Wm J. L. Edwards

Abraham Hogelands
Amended Statement for a Pension
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Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace of the town of Amsterdam in the County of Montgomery and State of New York Abraham Hogeland who being duly sworn de- poseth and saith that from old age and 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 to wit
In the year 1776 he served at least fifteen days under Captain Loney at the time deponent was in this service This company was attached to Colonel Abraham Quick's Regiment and Gen. Heards Brigade
4- Deponent served in the years 1777 and 1778 four tours of one month in length each under Capt William Jones and Capt Fulkerson whose Christian name deponent believes was Phillip but is not certain their companies belong as deponent thinks to Quick's Regiment He is not however positive it may have been Col Henry Van Dyke's as he was the Col of the Regiment after Quick at these tours deponent was stationed at Elizabeth town New Jersey Deponent farther states that he served at Newark New Jersey three tours of one month in length each under one Capt Quick whose Christian name he has forgotten these tours were served in 1778 and

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1778. Same lot as before stated Deponent further states that he served one month at Hampton Plains in New Jersey. in the year 1780 under Capt. Henry Probascos Deponent thinks this company was attached to the aforesaid Regiment and was either at this time commanded by Col. Quick or Col. Van- Dyke Deponent further states that he was in the service at the time of the Battle of Monmouth at least fifteen days under Capt William Jones who's Company was attached to the aforesaid Regiment Deponent has been in the service of the United States at other times during the revolutionary war upon tours of fifteen days and of one month in length, as he lived in a part of the country that was for some time either the theatre of the war or so near it as to keep up a continual alarm and called for a portion of the Militia to be constantly on duty but from the great length of time that has elapsed he is unable to specify more times than are herein before set forth.
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Subscribed and sworn before me July 12 th . 1837- Joseph French Justice of the peace
Abraham Hogeland

I certify that for more than twenty five years past I have been acquainted with the above named Abraham Heogelana and that he is a man of fair and unimpeachable character and entitled to credit, and I further certify that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood in which he lives to have been a soldier of the Revolution in that opinion I concur
Joseph French Justice peace
State of New York, Montgomery County, Clerk's Office ss:
I George D. Ferguson, clerk of the county of Montgomery aforesaid, do hereby certify that Joseph French, before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn, was on the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said county; and I am well acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe his name subscribed to said affidavit and to the foregoing certificate of character is the proper hand writing of said Justice.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of my Office this 22 d July 1837.
Geo: D. Ferguson.

July 29
May 12 1832.
Free M. J. Borne
FROM
Miss J. L. Edmonds
Prunum leucit. Washington D.C.

Amsterdam July 26. 1837
Dear Sir
Everard I forward you the paper of Mr Abraham Hogland a Ruler of the War of the Reformation - The old Gentlemen here not been able to prove any testimony - Mr Hogland is a Man of Truth & Integrity and has been a deacon of the Presbyter Church for 30 years
I am yr &c
Matthias J. Bouw
Rev. J. L. Edwards

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
U. S. Pension Dept. Washington D. C.

Gentlemen:--Would you kindly advise me if there is any military record on file in your office relative to an Abraham Hoagland of Varick, Seneca Co., N. Y.? This party was living at Varick when the Pension Bill of 1832 was passed. He was born in New Jersey about 1760, and would have been about the right age to have served in the Revolution. Whether he did or not I have never heard. He died at Varick in 1835. We thought that perhaps, if he had served in the Revolution, and applied for compensation in 1832, the record might give more complete information about the time and place of his birth than we have been able to determine otherwise. His place of residence and approximate age would distinguish him from others of the same name. The surname is also spelled Hoogland, Hogland, Hoghland, Hoaglin, and even Haughland, &c, &c. Thanking you in advance for any favors, I am Yours &c, E. E. Hoagland N.Y. P.O.

Mrs Charles (Ida M. Baird) Lefler. 6 Second Ave, Johnstown, N.Y. Jan 17, 1938.
Veterans Administration,
Dear Sir,
Am interested in getting lines to join the D.A.R. And would appreciate any information you might be able to give me in regard to the descendents of Abraham Hoagland. He was a pensioner for service in the American Revolution.
He died Oct 24, 1840. and is buried in Manly Corners cemetery, New York State.
Most Sincerely
Mrs Charles Lefler.

February 21, 1934
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Abraham Hogeland-S.28766 BA-J/AWF
Mr. E. E. Hoagland Wysox Pennsylvania
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Abraham Hoagland.
You are furnished herein the record of the only Abraham Hogeland (searched under various spellings) that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office. The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.28766, based upon his service in that war.
Abraham Hogeland, as his signature appears in the claim, was born April 29, 1759 in Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, names of parents not given. Father living during Rev
While residing in Franklin, Somerset County, New Jersey, Abraham Hogeland enlisted in June, 1776 and served as a private at various times in the New Jersey troops, under Captains Pumyea, Henry Probasco, William Jones, Philip Fulkerson, Quick and Colonels Abraham Quick and Henry Vandike; he was at the battle of Monmouth, served until 1780, amounting in all to eighteen months.
After the Revolution he moved to Middlesex County, New Jersey, where he lived nine years and moved to Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York. He was allowed pension on his application executed, September 20, 1832, then a resident of Amsterdam.
There are no data in this claim relative to the
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family of the soldier, Abraham Hogeland.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address to whom sent and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., citing all the following data-
Abraham Hogeland Certificate No. 31177 Issued August 8, 1837 Rate $28. 33 per annum To commence March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Albany, New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

December 14, 1926
Sarah L. Smith Oxford Ohio
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 28766, it appears that Abraham Hogeland was born April 29, 1759 in Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
While a resident of Franklin, Somerset County, New Jersey, he enlisted in June 1776, and served at various times as a private in the New Jersey Troops, under Captains Pumyea, Henry Probassco, William Jones, Philip Fulkerson, Quick, and Colonels Abraham Quick and Henry Vandike, he was at the battle of Monmouth, and served until in 1780, amounting in all to eighteen months,
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 20, 1832, while a resident of Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York.
It is not stated that soldier was married.
The above noted Abraham (Abram) Hogeland (all
see Jerseymen in the Revolution Page 406- Pumyea, Capt. Somerset mil.

spellings of that name searched) is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Owing to a lack of clerical force available for such a purpose, only two histories are furnished each inquirer.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
I gave him 18 months service - as Miss Wilson said give him the greater length of service