Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9916, John Herron, New York

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New York
Herron, John
89916
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New York 28. 7/18
John Henson of Schoharie Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Warcelles of the Reg t commanded by Col Vandyke in the New York line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of May 1834 and sent to B. Spafford Middleburgh N.Y.
Arrears to the 14th of March '34 $600.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sep t 4 '34 - 10.00
$70.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Sam l H. Page Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 4 Page 112

In the matter of the case application of John Herron for a Pension
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Unspecified service from Rev. 76 to the close of the war re- -linquished.
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State of New York
Schoharie County ss On this 16 th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before me Thos P Danforth one of the judges of the court of common pleas of the county of Schoharie in the state of New York John Herron a resident of the town of Middleburgh in the county of Schoharie in the
76 being State of New York aged Seventy six years who 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 entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated Colonel Vandysk, Major Kink, Captain Marcellus Lieutenant Abraham Becker, that he does not recollect the names of the other officers, nor the Christian names of the above named except the Lieutenant, that he entered the service as a private in the month of April in the year 1776 the day of the month he does not remember & left the service in the month of October in the year 1776 just six months from the time he entered the service. That he resided at the time he entered the service in that part of the state of New York now the town of Middleburgh in the county of Schoharie. That he entered the service as a volunteer & enlisted for six months That immediately on his enlistment he joined a part of his company at Middleburgh under the command of Lieutenant Becker and marched with them to Albany, at this place the company & Regiment were organized that he stayed at Albany but a short time when he marched with his Regiment to Fort Edward
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Staid there a little more than a week & then marched to Fort George on Lake George, There were several Regiments at Fort George, but whether they were Continentals or Militia he cannot tell, that he cannot tell who were their officers, That he lay at Fort George about three months, that he then marched back to Fort Edward with his Regiment & lay there nearly a month, then marched to Fort Ann & lay there & between there & Fort Edward two or three weeks & was engaged in repairing the Road from Fort Edward to Fort Ann, That he then marched to Fort Edward & staid there a short time when they were ordered to Fort Stanwix that he marched with the Regiment to Lansingburgh, where orders were received to return to Fort Edward, That he marched back to Fort Edward & lay there untill the expiration of his time of enlistment when he was discharged and returned home. That he was in no Battle & does not know that he saw any continental Regiment, Company, or Officer during this period.
And the said Herron further saith that he resided in that part of the State of New York now the Town of Middleburgh in the County of Schoharie from the first day of December in the year 1776. untill the first day of March in the year 1781 that he was enrolled in the Militia of the state of New York as early as the first day of December in the year 1776. That the Regiment & Company in which he was enrolled was at the time of his enrollment commanded by the following named officers Colonel Peter Vroman, & Lieutenant Colonel Peter Zelic, Major Thomas Eckerson Captain George Richtmire Lieutenant John Bellingr, that he does not recollect

lect the name of the Ensign. That he belonged to the said Regiment & Company from the said first day of December in the year 1776 untill the first day of March in the year 1781. That the said Regiment & Company were commanded by the above named officers during that time. That from the said first day of December in the year 1776 untill the first day of March in the year 1781 he was very frequently on duty in the service of the United States for short periods of from two days to three weeks at a time. That he does not recollect the number of different periods he was on duty that he was during most of those periods under the command of some officer of the Regiment or company to which he belonged but which officer had the immediate command each period he cannot tell. That he does not recollect the time, when he entered the service at each or any of those periods, nor the time when he left the same nor how long he was engaged on duty each period. That he was not a volunteer or substitute any of the above mentioned periods to his knowledge. That he was ordered into the service by some officer of his Regiment or Company and entered the service in obedience to such order. That in the year 1778 he marched under Colonel Vroman in pursuit of the Tories and Indians under McDonald who had been murdering the inhabitants of Schoharie. Colonel Harpur with a party of light Horse from Albany was with the Americans. That he was in an expedition to the Charlotte River where a celebrated tory was shot. That he went frequently into those parts of the State of New York

now the Counties of Albany Delaware & Otsego. That he was frequently in the Forts in Schoharie on garrison duty. That he was in the middle Fort in Schoharie, when Schoharie was burnt in the year 1780 That Major Woolsey commanded at the Fort. That he does not recollect when he went each period. That some part of this period Colonel Butler with a company of rifle men lay at the middle & upper Forts in Schoharie and small parties of Continental troops were at Schoharie occasionally for short periods during this period And the said Herron saith that he is positive that he was engaged on duty in the service of the United States as a private soldier from the first day of December in the year 1776 until the first day of March in the year 1781 at different periods in the whole amounting to at least one year & six months.
And the said Herron further saith that he has no documentary evidence of his services above stated. That he was born in Scotland. That in the Spring of the year 1781 he removed from Middleburgh to that part of the State of New York now the town of Bethlehem in the County of Albany where he resided until the close of the Revolutionary war when he returned to Middleburgh where he has since resided. That he has no record of his age. That he received a discharge at the expiration of his term of enlistment above set forth but that it is lost That he never received any other discharge from the service.
He hereby relinquishes every  any 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 & subscribed

The day and year aforesaid before me Thos. M c Danforth one of the Judges of the court of common pleas of the County of Schoharie in the State of New York
his John K Heron mark
We John Garretson a Clergyman residing in the town of Middleburgh in the County of Schoharie & State of New York & Freeman Staunton also residing in the said town city of Middleburgh in said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Heron who has sworn to & subscribed the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy five years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that op- inion.
Sworn to & Subscribed the day and year John Garretson aforesaid before me Thos. M c Danforth Freeman Staunton one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas of the County of Schoharie State of New York
And I the said Thos. M c Danforth Judge as aforesaid do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the Interrogatories pre- scribed by the War department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And I the said Thos. M c Danforth Judge as aforesaid do further certify that it appears to me that John Garretson who has signed the preceding certif- icate is a Clergyman residing in the town of Middleburgh in the County of Schoharie & State of New York. And that Freeman Staunton who has also signed the same is a resident in the said town of Middleburgh and is a creditable

person. And that their statement is entitled to credit. Also that Jacob Van Dyke & Tunis Eckerson who have subscribed and sworn to the annexed affidavits are credible persons & that their statements are also entitled to credit. And I do also further certify that the said John Herron whose name is subscribed to the above affidavit cannot attend court in consequence of bodily infirmity, that he has a bad fever sore on one of his legs which renders him sick and very lame
Middleburgh March 30 th 1833
Thos O'Danforth Judge as aforesaid
State of New York
Schoharie County ss On this 16 th day of March in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred & thirty three personally appeared before me Thos O'Danforth one of the judges of the Court of common pleas of the County of Schoharie & State of New York, Jacob Van Dyke, a resident of the town of Middleburgh in the said County of Schoharie & State of New York who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath say that he is aged Seventy one years. That he resided in that part of Schoharie now Town of Middleburgh in the said County of Schoharie from the time of his birth untill the Spring of the year 1779 when he removed to that part of Schoharie, now the Town of Schoharie, where he resided untill the fall of the year 1781, when he returned to that part of the County now Town of Middleburgh where he has ever since resided. That he became acquainted with John Herron the person named in the annexed affidavit, as near as he can recollect in the year 1774. That he has been well acquainted with him since that time

That he the said John Herron resided in that part of Schoharie now Town of Middleburgh from the fall of the year 1776 untill the said Van Dyck removed to the now town of Schoharie in the Spring of the year 1779 that during most of this time, he the said Van Dyck & the said Herron belonged to the same company in the Militia under Captain Richtmyre, that he saw and was with the said Herron on the expedition to the Charlotte River when Serviss a Tory was shot & also on the expedition in pursuit of the Tories & Indians under W m Donald in the year 1778 as near as he can recollect, that he frequently saw the said Herron on duty in the service of the United States in the Middle Fort & on guard & was frequently on duty with the said Herron how many times he cannot tell during this time, that after he the said Van Dyck returned to the now town of Schoharie he was occasionally at the middle Fort & saw the said Herron there several times on duty that he was usually when on duty under the command of some officer of the company or Regiment to which he belonged, that he has no doubt from what he saw of the services of the said Herron that he was engaged on duty in the service of the United States as a private soldier from the fall of the year 1776 untill the Spring of the year 1781 at different periods amounting in the whole to at least one year & six months, that on his return to the now town of Middleburgh in the year 1781 the said Herron was not there, but that he came there soon after the close of the war where he has ever since resided Sworn & Subscribed the day Jacob Van Dyke

and year aforesaid before me Jhs. O'Donoghue one of the judges of the Court of common pleas of the County of Schoharie in the State of New York
State of New York Schoharie County ss On this 30 th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three personally appeared before me Jhs. O'Donoghue a judge of the court of common pleas of Schoharie County in the State of New York, Tennis Ekerson a resident of the said town of Middleburg, in the said county of Schoharie & State of New York, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, that he is well acquainted with John Herron, the person named in the annexed affidavit, that he has been acquainted with the said Herron since the year 1774, that the said Herron resided in the same fam- ily with him the said Ekerson from the fall of the year 1776 until the Spring of the year 1781, that he the said Ekerson and the said Herron belonged to the same companies of Militia during this period, that Captain George Richtmyre commanded the company, that he was frequently out on duty with the said Herron, & frequently saw the said Herron on duty in the service of the United States, that the said Herron was with the party under the command of Colonel Vroman in the pursuit of the Indians and Tories under W m Donald and that he saw

the said Herron in the Regiment with himself. That the said Herron was sometimes out on duty two or three weeks & sometimes but a day or two at a time sometimes under one officer and sometimes another, that he cannot tell what officer commanded each time. And the said Eckerson saith that he thinks, that the said Herron was engaged on duty in the service of the united States as a private soldier from the fall of the year 1776 untill the spring of the year 1781 at different periods in the whole amounting to at least one year & six months, that the said Herron left Schoharie in the spring of the year 1781 and staid away until the close of the war, at which time he again returned to the now Town of Middleburgh in Schoharie County where he has resided down to this time. And the said Eckerson further saith, that he saw the said Herron at Fort Edward in the summer of the year 1776 in the army as a soldier, that he does not know who his officers were nor how long he continued in the service.
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me
Miss Lewis K Eckerson mark
Thos P Darnforth One of the judges of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Schoharie in the State of New York
I John Gebhard Junior Clerk of the court of common pleas of the County of Schoharie in the state of New York do hereby certify that the Honorable

Thomas P. Danforth is a Judge of the Court of common pleas, of the said County of Schoharie that the signatures "Thos. P. Danforth" subscribed to the said Certificate & jurats are his genuine signatures. In testimony whereof I have hereunto my hand & Seal of Office this fourth day June April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three
John Gebhard Jr. Clerk of the Court of common pleas of the county of Schoharie —

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Herron a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( on his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
8.9916
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apl. 1776 6 mos. Private Mercurius Mercurius Van Dyck N.Y.   Between Dec. 1776 and Mch. 1781 frequently called out on short tours George Richtmyer Peter Thoman        
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, That part of New York which is now (1833) Middleburgh, Schoharie Co. Date of application for pension, Apl. 16, 1833. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Middleburgh, Schoharie Co., NY. Age at date of application, seventy-six years - born in Scotland - Remarks: There is no family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

New York Rev
John Kenon Suspended
let Hon I Bonck 5 Dec 32 to B Spafford 13 June 33 to same 2 Sep 33
act. 7 June '32

1917 Dec. 26. Hist to Anna L. Barber, letter in R. File 7616 John Herron. $
Barber
9916 INVALID.
File No. 9916
John Herron Prim. Rev war
Act: June 7 th 1852
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 169
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Midkirk May 15 John Henson Belton inhum May 22 1838
Free
Wm S. Edwards Southgate of Purvis Washington

Middleborough May 14 th 1834
Dr Sir
Although I can not see the propriety of applicants for pensions exceeding any further claim of their claims there is required to be contained in their specifications I have procured the relinquishment of the John Henson of all that part of his claims which are not reported in conformity with the Rules of the department agreeable to the suggestion in Series of the 8 th Inst, the Henson's business circumstances are such that some allowance however small is almost indispensable for that reason I have advised him to make such relinquishment, which is contained below
Yours Respectfully,
B. Shaffer
To Hon J. S. Edmonds
I hereby relinquish all claims for services as a settler of the western except such as are reported in conformity with the Rules of the new department in my specifications of such claims now on file in said department May 14 th 1834
John Henson