Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28023, Nicholas Hoff, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Hoff, Nicholas or Huff
S. 28023
CONTENTS
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Nicholas Huff
Pension papers-
Mr. Huff wishes a certificate for half pay pension in Revolutionary war to be sent to him, At Quid v. 7.

State of New York
Seneca County ss - Before me Lillie Dunlap one of the Justices of the peace in & for the County of Seneca Appeared personally Nicholas Huff a person to me well known & worthy of credit as being duly sworn he did depose that he is the same person who served in the Militia of the County of Somerset in the State of New Jersey under the command of Col Peter De Vroom that he was wounded in the Battle at Germantown in the State of Pennsylvania in the service of the United States by which wound he was disabled that he was allowed a pension of five dollars per Month by act of Congress passed April 5 th 1808 and has received it until the 4 th of March 1821 that has never received a formal certificate from the War Office but has received his pension on a copy of that Law - but having now been refused payment he wishes to obtain a formal certificate that he now resides in the Town of Ovid in the County of Seneca in the State of New York where he has resided for about twenty eight years previous to which he resided in the County of Somerset in New Jersey Nicholas Huff Subscribed and sworn this first day of July 1822 before me Lillie Dunlap J.P.

State of New York } ss. Seneca County }
I certify that Ledlie Dun-
lap before whom the within affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking thereof a Justice of the Peace in & for the said county. — And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice of the Peace & verily be- -lieve the signature "Ledlie Dunlap" sub- -scribed to the within affidavit to be the proper hand writing of the said Ledlie Dun- -lap —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said county & subscribed my name at Waterloo in said county, the eighth day of July in the year of our Lord 1822 —
John Maynard Clerk of Seneca County N.Y.

State of New York } ss. Seneca County }
I certify that Ledlie Dun-
lap before whom the within affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking thereof a Justice of the Peace in & for the said county. — And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice of the Peace & verily be- -lieve the signature "Ledlie Dunlap" sub- -scribed to the within affidavit to be the proper hand writing of the said Ledlie Dun- -lap-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said county & subscribed my name at Waterloo in said county, the eighth day of July in the year of our Lord 1822 —
John Maynard Clerk of Seneca County N.Y.

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
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January 13, 1936
Miss Bella Condley 3322 Cherry St Toledo, Ohio
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 23033, it appears that Nicholas Huff, pensioned Hoff, served in Captain Jacobus Quick's Company, Colonel Peter D. Vroom's New Jersey Regiment, and was wounded at the battle of Germantown, date of enlistment not given.
He was allowed pension, from February 22, 1908, on account of disability resulting from above mentioned wound.
In 1822, he was a resident of Ovid, Seneca County, New York, and stated that he had previously lived in Somerset County, New Jersey.
The date of his birth is not on file, nor is there any family data on record.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner

28023
INVALID.
Rev war
1926 Jan. 13-Hist. to Della Caudley ans See letter in Richard Huff S. 28719
File No. 28,023
Nicholas Hoff
Dr. A. J. Ferraj Militia
Act: Invalid
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 192
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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From New Jersey to New York. Nicholas Hoff. (Rev. war) Private Co Capt Lusk N J reg militia In the army of the U. States.
Inserted on the roll of the New Jersey Agency roll, at $5 per mo: increased to $8 by the law of the 24 April 1816 to take effect from and after the passage of the Act
Formal Certificate April 26 July 1822, and sent to J Maynard Esq Ovid, New York.

Pensylvania
And Mass
Penn-office
Free
Secretary of War
Washington City -

Seneca County ss. I, John Maynard, Clerk of the county of Seneca in the state of New York, Do Certify that Peter Le Conte before whom the within affidavit was sworn to, was at the time of taking the said affidavit a Justice of the Peace for said county, duly commissioned & qualified as such according to the constitution & laws of said state - And that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice & verily believe the signature of "Peter Le Conte" subscribed to the jurat of the within affidavit is his own proper handwriting - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said county the nineteenth day of May in the year of our Lord 1825-
John Maynard

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER. Invalid Pensioner.
State of New York
County of Seneca ss.
On this twenty eighth day of March 1825, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Seneca personally appeared Nicholas Buff
who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Jacobus Quick in the regiment commanded by Colonel Peter D. Kroon , of N. J. Militia in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of New Jersey from whence he has recently removed; that he now resides in the state ( district or territory ) of New York where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. Nicholas Buff
Sworn and subscribed to, before } me, the day and year aforesaid. }
Peter S. Cones
WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, August 13, 1818. The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
Pensioner resides at Ovid, Seneca County New York

Seneca County, ss. I, John Maynard, Clerk of the county of Seneca in the state of New York, Do Certify that Peter Le Conte before whom the within affidavit was sworn to, was at the time of taking the said affidavit a Justice of the Peace for said county, duly commissioned & qualified as such according to the constitution & laws of said state - And that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice & verily believe the signature of "Peter Le Conte" subscribed to the jurat of the within affidavit is his own proper handwriting - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said county the nineteenth day of May in the year of our Lord 1825-
John Maynard

Mr. M. Hall must make an affidavit agreeable to the within form and transmit the same to his department before the same arrives at New York.
War Dept. Pension Office July 26, 1882

On a July 15 for formal courtesy Recd. 22 July 1842
Love
John C. Calhoun Esq. Secy War Washington City
Mr. Emory