Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5069, Samuel Hoard, New York

SERVICE
New York
Hoard, Samuel
NUMBER
R. 5069
CONTENTS
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Samuel Hoard's Application for Pension 14008
He must be more specific
Not on rolls of Capt. Farnam v. v. of Woodworth v. v. of Schumacher v. v. of Lieut. Hubby
In Vol 8. p. 83 $3.86 85 3.31
12 16.66
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7, 1832.
Form for State Troops, &c.
Printed & Sold by Kemble & Hooper, 8 State-st. Troy, N.Y.
State of New York, } ss. County of Rensselaer
On this Third day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before The Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Said County now sitting, Samuel Hance a resident of Berlin county of Rensselaer and State of New York, aged seventy four 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 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That in the Year 1776 he resided in the Town of Berlin (then known as Little Hoosick) in the State of New York & what is now the County of Rensselaer, that in that Year he entered the service as a militia man in the force, he thinks in October in a general assembly under Captain James Denison in Colonel Van Rensselaer Regiment and went to Fort George on Lake George in the said State of New York. That he thinks he was engaged in this service about one Month. That from this time to the end of the war he was by was more or less in the service under different officers as a Militiaman and served in all as he very likely believes a Year or more but what precise time he cannot now recollect. That during the period above mentioned he served under the said Captain Denison two towns in one of which they retreated before General Burgoyne from Fort Edward to Stillwater in four different retreats this was in the Year 1777. That he also served under Captain Teynes one or more towns, under Captain Woodworth one Town at Schoharie, under Captain Daniel Schermerhorn one town at Schoharie - under Lieutenant Hubbs one town at the same place - under Captain Niles one or more towns at Schoharie and also under the said Captain Niles upon the Mohawk river when the enemy burnt the buildings of the inhabitants - and also under Captain Niles at Saratoga - That he has at sometimes

Niles one or more towns at Schoharie and also under the said Captain Niles upon the Mohawk river when the enemy burnt the buildings of the inhabitants - and also under Captain Niles at Saratoga - that he has at sometimes been called out under a non commissioned officer and joined a commissioned officer who were then strangers to him and whose names he does not recollect - That he has no documentary evidence of his services and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services except what is herunto annexed -
To the prescribed interrogatories put by the Court he answers 1 st He was born in the town of Grafton in the State of Rhode Island in the Year 1758 2. Has no record of his age except on a paper in his possession 3. He lived when he entered the service where he has ever since lived in the said Town of Berlin County of Rensselaer & State of N.Y. 4. For answers to these interrogatories he refers to his statement above 5. He never received a written discharge 6. He is known in his present neighbourhood to Jeffrey W. Thomas & John Reev, who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, or (if any,) only on that of the agency of the State of
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Samuel his Hoard Archibald Bull Clerk Mark
We, William Satterlee a Clergyman, residing in the town of Berlin and Edward Whitford residing in Berlin aforesaid hereby certify that we are acquainted with Samuel Hoard - who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy four 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.
William Satterlee Edward Whitford Archibald Bull Clerk
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 William Satterlee - who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the Town of Berlin - and that Edward Whitford - who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same Town - and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Archibald Bull Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Rensselaer do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Hoard - for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Second day of October - 1832.
Archibald Bull Clerk

For answers to the Interrogatories returned, No. 4 th 5 th & 13 answered in the negative the applicant makes the following affidavit -
Rensselaer County ss. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of the County aforesaid Samuel Hoard the above applicant who being duly sworn deposeth saith that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service nor the precise periods of his various services but his services were performed from the fall of the year 1776 up to the end of the war and he cannot be more specific than he has been in his above declaration - and according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades - First  year I served as a private , and for such service I claim a pension - And the deponent further saith that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services.
Sworn & subscribed before me
This 25 th day of May 1833
Joseph Brandal Justice of the Peace
his Samuel X Hoard mark
State of New York
Rensselaer County ss.
I hereby certify that Joseph Brandal Esq. before whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County. And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature above subscribed is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 28 th day of May 1833.
Henry R. Bristol Clerk for D. S. Howard Sheriff Deputy

New York Samuel Hoard
Suspended
Letter to A. G. Hammond 21. May 1834
5069
Act 7. June 1832

By JOHN TOPHAM, Esquire,
COLONEL of a Regiment of Foot, raised by the N.Y. T.R. & T. Co. for the service of the State and duly mustered into the service of the State of New York.
To the Honorable
THE VICE PRESIDENT of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives of the State of New York. Sir: In accordance with the provisions of the act "to provide for a full and complete discharge of all officers and soldiers who have been honorably discharged from the service of the State," I have the honor to submit the following report of my services during the past season, and to request that you be pleased to order the same to be laid before the Honorable the Governor, for his consideration and action thereon.
Given under my hand and seal, at Albany, the 10th day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and of the Independence of the United States the twenty-fourth.
Respectfully Yours, &c.
Hoard, Samuel N.Y. R 5069

By JOHN TOPHAM, Esquire,
COLONEL of a Regiment of Foot, raised by the UNITED STATES, for the special Defence and Safety of AMERICAN LIBERTY, and the State of Rhode-Island in particular.
To Jonathan Hoadley Greeting.
B Y Virtue of the Power and Authority, from the UNITED STATES, to me given, I DO, by these Presents, reposing Special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage, and good Conduct, constitute and appoint You, the said Jonathan Hoadley to be the First Serjeant in the Sixth Company, commanded by Capt Philip Triffam , in the Regiment whereof I am Colonel, to proceed under the Supreme Command of the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, for the repelling every hostile Invasion thereof:—You are hereby commanded, faithfully and diligently to discharge the Duties committed to You, as a Serjeant in the above-said Company, and Regiment under my Command. Whereof this shall be your sufficient Warrant.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal, at Arms, this Fifth Day of January , in the Year of our LORD, Anno. Dom. One Thousand, Seven Hundred, and Eighty, and in the fourth Year of INDEPENDENCE.
APPOINTED the Sixteenth day of March 1779
John Topham Col:

J. L. Belward Esquire Censor of Russian Washington

Berlin Rensselaer Co. N.Y.
May 15. 1834
Dear Sir
Herewith enclosed is returned the papers in relation to the pension applications of -
Samuel Shaw
Samuel Hoard
Samuel Rhodes
James Green & papers & statements in relation to
Rufus Parks &
Am Maxson
Col. Shaw & Mr Hoard the two first named say they cannot be more specific in their statements than they have been -
Messrs. Rhodes & Green have announced all that their recollection will enable them to -
In case of Mr Parks an affidavit is enclosed & the papers as I received them from the Comptrollers office of the State of Connecticut -
Mr Maxson has brought me the letter he received from the department of the 9 th inst. requiring specification &c. which he says it is impossible for him to make that his original statement contains all that his infallible recollection enables him to state - he is requested to communicate to the department any information he may possess respecting a corps of 18 men under Capt Babcock in which Nathan Penellton allegedly served a service to which he says he has no recollection of Penelltons services he knew Capt. Babcock but does not know that Penellton served under him -
The above applicants will be satisfied with such a decision in their respective cases as they are confident the justice of the department will award to them and are anxious that the result may be communicated to me as soon as convenient -
I am Respectfully Yours obedt.
J. L. Edwards Esq -
A. G. Hammond

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
5069
P. O.
Samuel Hoard
Service: N.Y.
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
Recognized. _____
Contract. _____

14668
Samuel Hoard N.Y.
Specific reg d
Cannot be given specific constant all year and no length of time =
4 5-13.16
A. G. Hammond Berlin 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 Samuel Hoard of Rensselaer Co N.Y. 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? No - Amended 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? No - Amended VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes 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 - he had so stated & has again so stated
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
* Amended
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.