Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13395, James Hilton, New York

SERVICE
New York
Hilton, James
NUMBER _____
S13395
Carded
CONTENTS

N o 1396.
James M. Jacobus Hilton
neither claimant nor witnesses set forth the particulars
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Jas Vancluyven. Agt.

N o 1396.
James M. Jacobus Hilton
neither claimant nor witnesses set forth the particulars
adm d
Jas Vancluyven. Ag t .

N o 1396
BRIEF in the case of James al Jacobus Hilton in the County of Albany in the State of New York. (Act 7 June, 1889.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
Before a Court.
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?
68th with Eighty Years.
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.     In 1775 - to the year 1772. 3 - Years. private Capt. Nicholas Jonalmon  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
None stated.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
City of Albany.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
by traditional evidence: & three living witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
They appear to be in due form.
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
James Ad
Examining Clerk.

James A. Jacobus Hilton No 1396
Declaration

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-YORK, COUNTY of Albany } ss.
On the thirty first day of July 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the Justices of the Superior Court of the City of Albany now sitting, James H. Hilton a resident of the City of Albany in the county of Albany and state of New York aged Eighty eight 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 he was enrolled in the militia of the City of Albany shortly after he was twenty years of age; and that he served on various occasions and at different times as a private in the Company commanded by Capt. Nicholas Jonathan of the said City, and that from the year 1775 to the year 1782, he has been in service for the period of three years and upwards.
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. G. Wason Clk James H. Hilton
WE Nicholas Jonathan & Derrick Hilton Clergymen, residing in the City of Albany & Town of Berne, and residing in the City of Albany & Town of Berne hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with James H. Hilton who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Eighty 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. J. G. Wason Clk Nicholas Jonathan & Derrick Hilton
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 Nicholas Jonathan & Derrick Hilton who hath signed the preceding certificate, are Clergymen residing in the City of Albany & Town of Berne, and that they are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I John G. Wason Clerk of the Superior Court of the City of Albany DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court, in the matter of the application of James H. Hilton for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 31 st day of July A. D. 1832
J. G. Wason Clk

Before the Justices of the Court of the City of Albany { On the 31 July 1832 in Open Court, personally appeared Nicholas Foralomon, Derick Hilton, and Adam Hilton, who being severally duly sworn, said, that the facts stated in the within declaration { James M. Gardner Hilton, which they have heard read to him and them, are true. —
Subscribed & sworn to } on the day & year aforesaid } J. G. Watson 6th
Nicholas Foralomon Derick Hilton
Adam Hilton

14830
New York
James Hilton
Albany in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Jerusalem of the Reg't commanded by Col in the New York's time for 16 months 22 days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 55 Dollars 65 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of July 1833 and sent to John  James  Hilton Hm. J. H. Laming Albany NY
arrears to the 4th of Mar '33 $111.30 Pens. amt. allowance ending 4 Sep '33 27.82 $139.12
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Ino Brownell Clerk Book E Vol. 4 Page 61

Rehan
13395 INVALID.
File No. 13 395
James Hilton Dis. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 174
[Arrangement of 1870.]

James Hilton
Declaration
4 th Feb y 1833
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16. mo. 22 ds/pri
1 years employment by the Quaker Master Genl in building barracks to not the military service provided for by the Act. — & dis allowed

Albany County ss.
On this 4 th February 1893 before the Justices Court of the City of Albany, personally came James, (al- Jacobus) Hilton the same person named in, and who hath subscribed & made oath to the annexed declaration; who being now again sworn according to law, doth depose and say, that he was born in the City of Albany on the 16 th March 1753, as he has been informed by his parents, and as he finds the same recorded in the Dutch Family Psalm book now in his possession — That at the age of twenty Years, he was enrolled in Capt. Nicholas Foralemans Company of militia in which Derick Hilton was first appointed Ensign and afterwards Lieutenant, and continued such during the whole of the Revolutionary War: That in the year 1776 this declarer was ordered out with the Albany militia commanded by Col. Isaac Lansing, and in Capt. Foralemans Company, and marched from Albany to Lake George, and was encamped there in huts which had shortly theretofore been occupied by regular troops, either of Gause- worth or Van Schaicks Regt, but which this declarer does not now recollect; that the militia were detached, partly by scouting parties, and partly in garrison duty and in mounting guard round the fort, and as Sentinels around the lake, and that this declarer was engaged on this tour for a period of two months : In the Year 1777 this declarer was again ordered out with the Company to which he belonged, and marched under the same Capt. Foralemans and Lieut. Derick Hilton and Isaac Lansing, to Lake George, then com- manded by General Philip Schuyler, at the time when Burgoyne & his army were expected down from the Northward; here the militia were employed in removing the public stores and property from Lake George to Fort Edward, and in dismantling Fort George — on this tour he this declarer was in service from the beginning of May to the beginning of August being full three months : that when Burgoyne & his army were proceeding downward, a draft of the militia was made, in which this declarer was not drawn, and was therefore free from going — In the year 1778 this declarer was or-
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dered out with the Albany militia, and marched from Albany, in the Company under Capt. Solomon, and Lieutenants Lansing and Hilton to Fort Hunter in pursuit of a party of Indians and British who had made their appearance in that quarter, and committed depredations on the inhabitants and their property, and pursued them for some time on their trail towards Canada, but finding them too far ahead, gave up the pursuit and returned home to Albany, and were dismissed after a tour of two months : In the same year 1778 this declarer was also ordered out 2 and marched to Schoharie with the same Company, and under the same officers, and performed a tour of Six weeks , during which time he lay in garrison in the lower Fort Commanded by Col. Peter Vrooman. In the year 1779, he this declarer was again ordered out with the Albany militia with the same Company and officers to Schoharie, on which occasion Lieut. Derick Hilton with twenty five men, of whom this declarer was one, was detached to a place called Cobels or Coburskill, to guard and protect the farmers of that place and neighbourhood, whilst bringing in their harvests, and protecting their cattle and property, from which service Lt. Hilton and his detachment returned to the Middle Fort at Schoharie, and remained in garrison there until the militia marched back to Albany, and were dismissed; which tour was full three months : In 1780, he this declarer, enlisted under Capt. Jacob Van Dusen in a company of artificers for one year , and served under the direction and command of Col. Eldry Hays of the Quar. Mas. Genl's department, at Wappings Creek, Fishkill and Newburgh, and were employed in building barracks, & other public works for the United States - and did not return home till the commencement of the winter of 1781. - Having faithfully served out his enlistment - In 1781 he this declarer was again ordered out with the Albany militia, and marched in the same Company as before and under the same officers to the relief of the forts in Schoharie, and were garrisoned at the Stone Church, occupied and known as the Lower fort, where the militia remained in garrison, occasionally employed in scouting parties, in performing garrison duty and in guarding the inhabitants whilst harvesting their crops until the last of October, when they were relieved, and then returned home and were dismissed, having been in service on this tour for four months : In 1782 he was once more called out, on a tour to Schoharie and marched to the Beaverkill
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42 and from thence to Schoharie and remained there in garri- son at the lower fort until relieved and then returned to Albany having been out six weeks — And for the aforesaid services he claims a pension as a private — Subscribed & sworn to this 4 th Febr y 1833 John G. Wagoner etc. James Stillson
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