Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4880, Philip Hendricks, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Hendricks, Philip
R. 4880
CONTENTS

State of New York Ulster County } ss.
Abraham Low of the County of Albany aged 76 years a Soldier of the Revolution being duly sworn deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Philip Hendricks of the town of Kingston in the County of Ulster a Soldier of the Revolution and now an Applicant for a pension. This deponent says that he was born and bred in the town of Kingston and resided there during the Revolutionary war, that this deponent was in the service of the United States during said war and was in the Company of Infantry commanded by Captain Morris and in Colonel Snyder Regiment and will know the said Philip that the said Philip was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Hendrick Schoonmaker in the same Regiment with this deponent. That this deponent saw the said Philip in said service for two months at least in the year 1776 and 1777. that in the winter of 1776 1777 a General requisition was made upon the militia of Ulster County in which the said Philip served at Haverburgh & other places in New Jersey.
Subscribed & sworn this 9 th day of October 1834 before me J. V. Gaasbeck Jr.
Abraham Low
Ulster County ss. I Do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Abraham Low, above sworn, that he is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit - the figures "1776 & 76" obliterated
J. V. Gaasbeck Jr. J. Pease

State of New York
Ulster County Clerk's office S p : I. Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County do hereby certify that Peter Van Gaasbeck Junior was on the day of the date of the within Affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Ulster duly authorized to take affidavits and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and verily believe his signature subscribed to the Certificate of the within Affidavit to be genuine In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court and County this 13 th day of October 1834. —
Jacob Snyder
Abner Loomis for Phoebe Hudson
1779

State of New York Ulster County
§ Martin Post of the town of Esopus lies in Ulster County aged 73. Years a Soldier of the Revolu- tion, being duly sworn deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Philip Hendricks of the town of Kingston a Soldier of the Revolution as now an Applicant for a pension, that this deponent was in the Service of the United States in the Revolutionary war and was in the Company commanded by Captain Hendrick Schoonmaker in Colonel Snyder Regiment and well knew the said Philip, that the said Philip belonged to the same company with this deponent, that this deponent saw the said in said Service for Five Months or more in the year 1777 about 4 Months in fort Montgomery & one Month at Saratoga & Still water, and knows that the said Philip continued to serve in said Corps as a private until he was discharged.
5 Months
And this deponent further says that he has seen the said Philip in said Service in the year 1778 at Danbant & Wackekunk for Nine Months or thereabout that the said Philip was a private that during this Service a fort was built at Johnanis Rav Ellen where the Soldiers were stationed for this term of Service - that this deponent belonged in Captain Livingston Company and well knows that the said Philip continued in said Service for about
9 mo 14 mo
9 Months - and further says not his
Martin Post mark
Sworn & Subscribed this 30 th day of September 1834 before me P.W. Jaashah Jr J.P.
Ulster County ss. I do hereby that I am personally acquainted with the said Martin Post who subscribed & swore to the

State of New York
Ulster County Clerk's office Esq: I. Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County do hereby certify that Peter Van Gaasbeck Junior Esquire was on the day of the date of the within affidavit a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Ulster duly authorized to take affidavits &c and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe his signatures to the certificates to the within affidavit to be genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court and County this fourteenth day of October 1831. —
Jacob Snyder
knowing affidavit before me. that he is a credible person & entitled to credit — P.M. Van Gaasbeck Jr. D. Sp

forgoing affidavit before me, that he is a credible person & entitled to credit -
P. W. Gausbeck B L. S.

State of New York 28-198 Ulster County
In the matter of the Application
of
Philip Hendricks
for admission
J. V. Gausbeck Jr
Agent in all
Kingston
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
State of New York } ss:
Ulster County } On the Ninth day of October in the year one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three before the Honorable James Van der Poel - One of the Judges and Abraham D. Dyer, Wills Lake, Samuel Stillwell & Henry Wynkoop Esqrs. Judges of the County Courts, at a court of Oyer & terminer held at the court house in the Village of Kingston in and for the County of Ulster and State of New York Now Sitting Personally appeared Philip Hendricks a resident of the town of Kingston, in the County of Ulster and State of New York aged 84 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 Enured the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
1 st P. That he was born in the town of Kingston, County of Ulster and State of New York in the Year 1749 -
2 nd P. That the Record of his age is contained in the book of baptismal Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch church in the Village of Kingston in Ulster County -
3 rd P. That at the time he was called into Service he lived in the town of Kingston, Ulster County, has lived there ever since and now lives there -
4 th P. That he volunteered, and was drafted -
5 th That Generals Clinton & Gates commanded at fort Montgomery & Saratoga and Colonels Meserve & Pawling on the frontiers of Ulster County
6 th That he never received a Discharge in Writing
7 th That he is known to Abraham Van Steenburgh

1 1/2 mo - miles ABR. HENBURGH, Newproof Abra Low
1 st That in the Revolutionary war in the year 1776 he served as a private soldier in the Militia Company commanded by Captain Hendrick Schoonmaker in Colonel Snyder's Regiment of Infantry for the term of one and a half months and more in the General requisition of the Militia for the purpose of retaking New York and marched from the town of Kingston in the month of December to the state of New Jersey, and remained there for the whole of the above time and was there discharged verbally, has no documentary evidence thereof, and knows no living witness except Abraham Van Housburgh his nearest neighbour whose affidavit is annexed.
5 mo - Martin Post
2 nd That in the year 1777 he served for the term of 5 months as a volunteer and private soldier in the Company of Militia commanded by Captain Hendrick Schoonmaker in Colonel Snyder's Regiment of Militia four months in Fort Montgomery, one month at Stillwater and Saratoga, and the residue of the said term on the frontiers of the town of Kingston, that he has no documentary evidence of this service and was only verbally discharged, for proof would again refer to Abraham Van Housburgh, Affidavit annexed.
9 1/2 Months Martin Post
3 rd That in the year 1778 he served for the term of nine months as a volunteer and private soldier in the same Company above mentioned, and was stationed part of the time under the blue mountains at Tiberias, Wapwallops in detachments commanded by Lieutenants Becker and Van Dusen, part of the time in excursions to the town of Woodstock, and on the frontiers of Kingston at Van Etten's and Houghtaling's, was likewise in the many alarms caused by the depredations of the Indians and Tories, that he has no written discharge from said service, and would again respectfully refer

to the affidavit of Abraham Van Steenbergh annexed hereto,
3 m s
That in the Year 1779 he served as a private soldier and volunteer, in short excursions on alarms to the different frontier posts in Kingston, Poughkeepsie and Catskill for the term of three months, under the same Captain and Subalterns, that these services were dis- connected and at short intervals, and therefore it is out of his power to procure any living witness to testify to them - and that he has no documentary proof in his possession in relation to them.
3 Months
That in the Year 1780 he served as a private soldier in the Militia Company commanded by Captain Hendrick Shoemaker, in short terms on the Northeastern frontiers and in the alarms and expeditions against the incursions of Indians and Tories for the term of three months that these services were of such a disconnected nature that it is out of his power at this time to procure the testimony of any living witness, and that he remembers of none now living that he has no documentary evidence thereof.
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That in the Year 1781 he served as a private soldier and volunteer in the same Company under the same Captain above mentioned for the term of 3 months that the services during this year were the same as in the Year 1780, and that he cannot at this time from want of memory state his Revolutionary services with more precision, that he is old and infirm yet distinctly remember that he served in the different ser- vices of the Revolutionary War for Two Years and Two Weeks and more as a private soldier, and for such services he claims a pension -
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid - Abraham Van Steenbergh

He Herby 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 Army of any State -
Given under my hand the day and year aforesaid
Philip Merrill
Philip Merrill
Declaration

We John Gosman a clergyman Residing in the town Of Kingston in Ulster County and Abraham Van Steenburgh Residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Philip Hendricks who has sub- scribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 84 years of age, that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed this day of June aforesaid
John Gosman
Abraham Van Steenburgh
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 John Gosman who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Kingston Ulster County, and that Abra- ham - - - who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same place, and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Jacob Snyder Clerk of the Court of Pensions and also of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ulster. Do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Philip Hendricks for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at office this ninth day of October 1833.
Jacob Snyder

State of New York Ulster County
3 Is Abraham Newburgh of the town of Kingston in Ulster County aged 70 years being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is personally acquainted with Philip Hendricks of Kingston a Soldier of the Revolution and now an applicant for a pension. That this deponent was in the United States Service in the Revolutionary war in detachments commanded by Lieutenants Barker and Van Rensselaer stationed at Tobias Wykkoop's in the town of Saugerties for the term of four months in the year 1782 and will know the said Philip Hendricks, that the said Philip Hendricks belonged to the same Company or detachment with this deponent, that this deponent saw the said Philip in said service for two months and more in the said year 1782 as a private, and until he was discharged.
And this deponent further says that he lives next neighbor to the said Philip and well remembers that in the year 1777 the said Philip went in the Company of Captain Schoonmaker to Fort Mottgomery and Saratoga and did not return home until the rest of the troops returned which this deponent always understood was five months in the whole.
And this deponent further says that he well remembers that the said Philip went with the militia of the town of Kingston in the winter of 1776 & 1777 to New Jersey and did not return home till late in the winter of 1777, that he always understood that the said Philip was out in this service for more than six weeks as a private.
And this deponent further says that the militia of the town of Kingston were often called out for short terms in the frequent alarms caused by the depredations of the Indians and Tories along our frontier settlements that this deponent has been himself in many of those alarms, but not being able distinctly to state the length of each service he has not thought fit to claim them for himself, but it is well satisfied that even the whole of those services allowed, they would amount to at least four or five months during the Revolutionary

was, that the exposed situation of our settlement rendered it necessary for every person to be armed at his work, so that they might be ready at a minute's warning to turn out for the protection of his neighbour.
Subscribed & sworn this 9 th day of October 1833 before me. P. V. Gaesbeck Jr. Justice of the peace
Abraham Van Gaesbeck
Ulster County ss. I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Abraham Van Gaesbeck who has subscribed & sworn before me to the above affidavit that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
P. V. Gaesbeck Jr. Justice of the peace
Ulster County Clerks Office ss: I, Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County do hereby certify that Peter Van Gaesbeck Junior was on the day of the date of the within and foregoing affidavit a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly authorised to take affidavits &c and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe his signature to said affidavit and the above Certificate to be genuine Witness my hand and seal of office this ninth day of October 1833
Jacob Snyder
Abraham Van Gaesbeck Justice of the peace

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Philip Hendricks. New York.
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P. V. Gansbeck Jr. Kingston N.Y.
When that President's address was given can't be allowed.

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 subjoined 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 Philip Hendrick
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.              
The applicants claim cannot be allowed for the time set forth. It is highly improbable that he was in actual service for nine months as a militia man in one year as stated, paid time being made up principally of short excursions. A considerable portion of the service claimed is made up of short periods, and I am, respectfully, the witness, says said Your obedient servant, service would amount to J. L. EDWARDS, for or five months. The claim is Commissioner of Pensions. considered very doubtful. Proof should therefore be exhibited more satisfactory than that produced, otherwise the whole time claimed cannot be allowed.

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 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) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has 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 days 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, (1) 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 the 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 inquiry 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.
[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 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.
□ The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Sir, The papers of Philip Hendricks are again sent with additional proof, and all the proof that he can procure of his service. Hendricks is a very old man, but of good standing, his memory is almost gone; yet there seems to be no doubt of his having done the services he has detailed in his declaration. If such a thing was necessary, as to procure testimony of his moral character abundant proof could be sent. That he has done service enough to entitle him to a full pension, there is not a question. There where he is known no body doubts it. But how can he satisfy the war department, we cannot remember his companions in arms, and is it possible that he should? the forces were so varied and numerous -
Col. Edwards Q.M. Com. of Pensions
Yours very Respectfully F. V. Gassbeck

New York
Philip Hendricks Suspended
Set to P.V. Gansbeck 8 th November '34
4880

4880
P. O. Philip Hendricks
Service: REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18