Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10857, Isaac Hoard, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hoard, Isaac
S. 10857
CONTENTS
Carded

29,949
Anthony P. Gante
Isaac Hoard
of Yates Co in the State of New York who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Angel of the regt commanded by Col Brown in the Massachussetts line for 8 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Pensioners V 2 at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 d day of June 1835 and sent to Chester Loovers, Rushville, Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of March 35 $116.64 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept 1835
$119.97
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk, Book 82 Vol. 1 Page 30
June 20-1841- G.B.
to various

Isaac Hoard Declaration
18 19892
T. Loonis, Agent Rushville N.Y.

State of New York Yates County, S. ?
On this twenty eighth day of September personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting at Penn Yan in and for the County of Yates aforesaid, Isaac Hoard a resident of the town of Middlesex in the said County and State, aged seventy 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 th . 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States and under the following named officers, and served as is herein stated.
In the month of May of the year 1775. He enlisted to serve as a soldier for the term of eight months under Captain Abiathar Angel, in Col. David Brewer regiment of State Troops, or militia of the State of Massachusetts. The Lieut. Col. of the said regiment was Rufus Putnam. The said Company assembled at Worcester in the said State and within a few days was marched to Roxbury near Boston at which place and at Dorchester Heights deponent was stationed till the expiration of his said term of enlistment when he was discharged and returned home. No written discharge was received by the deponent.
In the month of June of the following year (1776) he again enlisted, as a serjeant, in a Company of New York State Troops, under Capt. Caleb Bentley, 1 st Lieut. Valleck & 2 nd Lieut. Peter McGee in a Regiment commanded by Col. - Graham, & Major Henry Van Rensselaer, for the term of five months, and marched forthwith from Hoosic in the State of New York to Fort Constitution on the Hudson River where he did duty as a soldier till the expiration of his said term of enlistment when he was again discharged.
In the month of June of the year 1777. He volunteered to serve as a soldier in a Company of New York Militia under Capt. James Dennison. Lieut. Stephen Niles and

Ensign James Jones, in a regiment commanded by Col. Bateman and Maj. Van Buren, in General Schuyler's brigade, and immediately marched for Fort Ann in the said state. The said deponent continued to do duty as a soldier in the said company and with the Army first under the command of General P. Schuyler and subsequently under General Gates, at Fort Edward, Stillwater and vicinity, till late in the month of October, and after the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne - when he was again dismissed. During said term of service he was repeatedly engaged in skirmishes with the enemy - particularly one near Fort Miller on the opposite side of the Hudson from that place - in which deponent recollects to have seen an officer, said to have been an aid-decamp to Gen. Arnold, wounded in the neck, and a Lieut. Staats - shot through the leg - The term of such service of deponent under Capt.
Denison was about four months - The said deponent further saith that he was subsequent- ly, and during the said war of the revolution repeated- ly called into actual service as a soldier in the Militia of the state of New York, on short expeditions and on sudden alarms, the particulars of which, or the order in which they occurred cannot now be recollected and detailed by him -
The said deponent further saith
1 st That he was born at Tiverton in the state of Rhode Island on the 14 th day of May in the year 1754 - 2 nd " Has no record of his age, except a memorandum thereof made by his parents - 3 rd " Lived at a place in the state of New York, then called, Little Hoosic -; When in the County of Albany when first called into service as aforesaid - has lived since the revolutionary war at Cobuskill at Cherry Valley, and at Middlesex, all in the state of New York, at which latter place he has resided more than twenty years last past and now resides

4. That he went into service by voluntary enlistment and as a Volunteer - as herein before stated -
5 th That he recollects Gen. Heath - Col. Brewer, Col. Rufus Putnam, Maj. Danielson Capt. Angel - Capt. Wright Capt. Walbridge, Capt Packard and Capt. Handford in service near Boston in the year 1775 - Also Gen Schuyler Gen. Gates, and Gen. Arnold Col. Bateman, Maj. Van Buren Capt. Turner, Capt. Shaw Capt. Darrow, and Capt. Dennison, and Capt. Trotter at Saratoga and vicinity.
6 th That he never received any written Discharge from service, but was verbally dismissed by his commanding officer, whenever he left such service
That he knows of no persons now living by whom he can prove his said services of their personal knowledge
7 That Edward Drost & Alexander Partman residing in the town of Middlesex aforesaid who are well acquainted with the said deponent and who can as he believes testify, as to his character for truth and veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present, whatever - and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State - Isaac Hance
Subscribed and sworn the day and year aforesaid -
Thomas J. Morris Deputy Clerk

We Alexander Parkman and Edward Cross - residing in the town of Middlesex in the county of Yates and State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Hoard who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be seventy eight 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. Subscribed and sworn to the } Edward Cross day and year aforesaid - } Alex. Parkman Thomas J. Nevins deputy clerk
Certificate of the court -
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War department that the above named applicant Isaac Hoard was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states - and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Edward Cross and Alexander Parkman who signed the above certificate are residents in the town of Middlesex in the county of Yates and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit -
By order of the court - T. J. Nevins Deputy clerk
I Thomas J. Nevins deputy clerk of the court at common pleas in & for the county of Yates do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application Isaac Hoard for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 28 th day of September in the year 1837 - Thomas J. Nevins deputy clerk

State of New York Yates County ss ?
Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace of the County of Yates in the State of New York, Isaac Hoard , who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration who being duly sworn, according to law, deponeth and saith, that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service as a soldier of the revolution, but that according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following grades viz For Three months and a half I served as a Sergeant For One month and a half I served as a Corporal For One year and two months I served as a Private and for such service I claim a pension
Sworn and subscribed to the 30 th day of May 1833. before me William Bassett Justice of the Peace
Isaac Hoard
State of New York
County of Yates ss : I George Shearman clerk of said county do hereby certify that William Bassett Esquire before whom the above Affidavit of Isaac Hoard bearing date 30 th day of May 1833 purports to have been sworn was at the time an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county sworn and duly authorized by law to act as such. And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the signature "William Bassett" to the said Affidavit subscribed to be genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this Tenth day of June A.D. 1833.
Geo. Shearman Clerk By R. M. Smith Def. Clerk

No 19892. Barn Hoard New York
Suspended
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Emo. pri $ 26. 66.
Coomis Pashville New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 subjjoined 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 Isaac Howard Yates , Co N.Y.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1795 May Enlist 78 Priv. Capt Angel Capt Grew None Mass Age 78 Albany Traditionary   June 1776 Enlisted 5 Serg. Gentry Graham " N.Y. County N.Y.   June 1777 Vol Short 4 Priv Perrison Putnam Skaneateles "   Called out on sudden alarms particulars of which he can't recollect  
Bangs's certificate
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

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 _____ of the Court of _____ 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 day 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 (l) 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 he 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 enquiry 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [e] 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.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
After last or James M. Clerk

Isaac Hoard Claims Deposition of Simon Hoard
Chester Loomis Rushville N.Y. Agent

State of New York Ontario County ss
Simeon Hoard being duly sworn doth on his oath depose and say that he is of the age of eighty one years, that he now resides in the town of Sheldon in the county of Genesee and State aforesaid - That during the War of the Revolution he lived at a place then called Little Hoonic, but which has since been known as Stephentown, now in the county of Rensselaer in the State of New York aforesaid - That Isaac Hoard of the town of Patten, late town of Middlesex in the county of Yates and State aforesaid is his brother. That he the deponent distinctly remembers that the said Isaac Hoard who resided with deponent in the house of their father during the said War, left his said residence on or about the 1 st of May 1775 for the declared purpose of joining the American troops near Boston, that deponent then under- stood and verily believes that the said Isaac Hoard enlisted for the term of eight months, and deponent knows that he was absent about that period at the expiration of which he the said Isaac returned to his father's house aforesaid having served as the deponent then understood and has ever since verily believed as a soldier in the American Army during the time of his absence
Deponent further saith that about the first of June in the year 1776 the said Isaac Hoard enlisted as a soldier under Capt Bentley - Deponent was present at the said enlistment and knows the fact. The said Isaac Hoard was absent several months, as deponent then understood and has ever since verily believed serving as a soldier of the State troops of the State of New York on the Highlands and along the Hudson River Deponent also recollects that the said Isaac Hoard

early in the season of 1777 departed under the command of Captain James Dennis in a company of militia, to join the army understood to be at or near Fort Edward. Deponent was also called into service as a soldier in the same summer and while at Fort Edward and at various other places deponent saw his said brother Isaac Hoard doing duty as a soldier, and as this deponent then understood and now verily believes the said Isaac Hoard was in actual service as a soldier nearly the whole summer and until the surrender of Genl. Burgoyne. Deponent further saith that in the following year viz 1778 as he thinks as to the time, he the said deponent was called out in the militia and the said Isaac Hoard was called out also and both deponent, and his said brother marched from Little Hoosic aforesaid in a company commanded by Capt S. Niles in a regiment commanded by Col. Van Renselaer to Schoharie where a short tour of duty, of a week or two was performed. Deponent further saith that from his knowledge and recollection of the various times at which his said brother Isaac Hoard was in actual service as a soldier in the war of the Revolution as he then understood and verily believes, he the said Isaac Hoard must have so served in the whole more than one and a half year. And further the said deponent saith not -
Simeon Hoard
Sworn and subscribed to the 3 rd day of December 1833 before me the subscriber a Judge of the Courts of Ontario County, N.Y. and I certify that I know the said

deponent to be a credible person and of good reputation for truth and veracity
Chester Loomis
Judge of the Courts of Ontario County N.Y.
State of New-York, of Ontario County ss. I, Charles Crane, Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Chester Loomis is, whose name is subscribed to the above certificate was at the date thereof a Judge of the courts in and for said County; and that I am well acquainted with his hand wri- ting and verily believe the said signature to be his proper act and deed -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this twenty second day of February A.D. 1834 -
Charles Crane

November 17, 1932.
Miss Edna Hewson State Normal School Mansfield Pennsylvania.
BA-J/ILL Isaac Hoard S. 10857
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of November 14, 1932, with the information for the identification of the record of Isaac Hoard, the Revolutionary War soldier in whom you are interested.
The record given below is obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 10857, based upon the service of Isaac Hoard in that war.
Isaac Hoard was born May 14, 1754 in Tiverton, Rhode Island. During the Revolution, his home was with his father, whose name is not given, in the town of Little Hoosick, Albany County, New York, which town was later, Stephentown, Rensselaer County, New York.
Isaac Hoard volunteered about May 1, 1775, served as private in Captain Abiathar Angel's Company, Colonel David Brewer's Massachusetts Regiment, which company was later commanded by Lieutenant Warren, and in Captain Wright's Company in that same regiment, and was stationed in the vicinity of Boston until the expiration of a service of eight months. Sometime in June, 1776, he enlisted and served as corporal and sergeant in Captain Caleb Bentley's Company, Colonel Graham's New York Regiment, part of the time on duty at Fort Constitution on the Hudson, length of this service five months; he enlisted late in June, 1777, served as private in Captain James Dennison's Company, Colonel Bateman's New York Regiment, was at Fort Ann and Fort Edward and in repeated skirmishes with the enemy, one near Fort Miller, and served until after the surrender of Burgoyne; he served a short tour in 1778 in Captain S. (possibly meant for Stephen) Niles' Company, and was on subsequent short tours, no details of these later services given.
Following the war, the soldier lived in Cobleskill, Cherry Valley, and after that, in Middlesex, Yates County, New York.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 28, 1832, while a resident of Middlesex, New York; he had lived there more than twenty years. In 1834, he resided in Potter, Yates County, New York.
The soldier died June 20, 1841.
In 1833, Simeon Hoard, the soldier's brother, resided in Sheldon, Genesee County, New York; he was then eighty-one years of age. In 1834, one Samuel Hoard resided in Berlin, Rensselaer County, New York, no relationship to the soldier stated.
It is not shown that the above noted Isaac Hoard was ever married.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

1932 - Nov. 17 - List. to Miss Edna Hewson - J.L.L.
Keokuk
10857
INVALID.
File No. 10,857
Isaac Howard
Pres. Rev. un.
Act: June 7 th 1832.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 178
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New York Rev.
Isaac Hoard
Suspended
let: C Loomis 28 Sep '33 " " " 23. April '34 " " " 26 Nov n " " " 13 March '35
Act. 7 June '32

Chester Loomis Esq re Rushville Ontario County N.Y.

for Chester Loomis Esq., P. M. Rushville Ontario County N.Y.

Boston October 6 th 1834
Sir, Yours of Sept. 27 th to the Secretary was handed us. The rolls for the eight months service in 1776. are not in this Office for a later date than the first of August. This fact is well known by the War Department at Washington. If you send the Certificate (you have) with the other required papers, - no doubt but that they will allow Mr. Isaac Hoard, for the eight months service he claims.
Yours Respectfully Oleaze Homer
Henry White

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Novem r 11 th 1834.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Isaac Hoard, as a private, is borne on a Muster Roll of Capt. Abiathar Angel's Company, in Col. David Brewer's Regt. where he is allowed from May 1 st to August 1 st 1775, for services and travel, three months & m. d. seven days. ————— 3=7
Isaac Hoard claims for further services under the above named Officers in 1775, but the roll after the 1 st of August in 1775 is not found in this Office.
Edward D. Bangs. Secy
Col.

State of New York } I, Samuel Hazard of Rensselaer County } the town of Berlin in the County and State aforesaid being
Duly Sworne on the Deposition and say that he was acquainted with Isaac Hoard and he and stood on bales that that he did inlist here in the United States Service at Boston and said Exh ibit and that he was absent that time and he was with me under the Command of Capt. James Denison at the port Edward and Niter before Burytown to and had an engagement think it not far from Scituate Barracks then Niter to Stillwater think are on two month time or there about that we were to Geeth Under stand and believe that he served at the Island in the Service now long I cannot tell think he was absent six months or more and further this Deponent saith not Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9 th of April 1834 by the said Deponent who is known to me to be a credible witness Daniel Jones Justice of the Peace Daniel H Hoard

State of New York Rensselaer County
ss: I Henry R d Bristol clerk of said county do certify that Daniel Jones Esq r before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in & for the county of Rensselaer Also that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his signature to said affidavit is genuine —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said county this 7 th day of April 1834
Henry R d Bristol Clerk
David Rensselaer Esq r Comptroller in Law Hartford, Aug 11 Organized in Col l David Rensselaer 1. Mrs. S. Rensselaer

War Department Pension Office Nov r 26 th 1834
Sir
The affidavit of Samuel Hoard in support of the claim of Isaac Hoard under the act of June 7 th 1832 is herewith returned for the purpose of having his credibility duly certified.
I am Respectfully Your obed t Servant J. S. Edwards
Hon. J. S. Edwards
Sir
You will observe that the Magistrate before whom the annexed affidavit was sworn has added to his certificate that he knows the deponent to be a credible witness - with great respect &c
Chester Loonis
Chester Loonis Esq Rushville N York

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, June 24 th 1834.
* hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Isaac Hoard, as a private, is borne on a Muster Roll of Capt. Abiathar Angel's Company, in Col. David Brewer's Regt. where he is allowed from May 1 st to August 8 th 1773. for services and travel three Months and seven days.
m. d. B = 7
The roll of Capt. Abiathar Angel's Company, in Col. David Brewer's Regt. for 1773, is not found in this Office after the 8 th of August in 1773. —
End.
Edward D. Bangs
State of New York Ontario County p- ?
Isaac Hoard of the town of Potter - late town of Middlesex being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is the individual referred to in the above certificate, as the private of that name belonging to Capt. Abiathar Angel's Company - That after the deponent had served in said Company about three months the said Capt. Angel was tried before a Court Martial and by the sentence of the said

Court Martial was broken or dismissed - That after the discharge of the said Capt. Angel - deponent continued to do duty in the same Company - for a part of the time under the command of Lieut. Warren, a part of the time under the command of a Capt. Wright till the expiration of the term of enlistment of the deponent - being eight months -
Deponent further saith that in the year 1776 he enlisted under Capt. Caleb Bentley - (not Bartley) and served five months as stated in his declaration, now on file, and that in the year 1777 he served as a soldier under Capt. Denison as stated in his said declaration
Deponent further saith that the said Capt. Denison then commanded a company of Militia from Little Hoosic, at which place the said Capt. Denison then resided, and to whose company deponent then belonged. The said company was called into actual service in the latter part of the month of June and deponent continued to serve as a soldier in the said company till the surrender of General Burgoyne - and further the said deponent saith not.
Isaac Hearn
Subscribed and sworn to the 22 nd day of July 1834
Before me Chester D. Loomis
Judge of the Courts of Ontario County aforesaid

Isaac Hoard
Free
Hon. J. S. Edwards Com. of Pensions Washington City D. C.

State of New York. } Ontario County p. }
Isaac Hoard of the town of Potter in the County of Yates and State of New York hereby consents to accept a certificate allowing to him a pension under the act of 7 th June 1832 for eight months service as a soldier in the Revolutionary Army, in a Regiment commanded by Col. Brewer, as set forth in his the said Hoard's Declaration, on file in the Pension Office at Washington - His necessities render such acceptance necessary. He re-affirms and re-asserts the services, set forth in his said declaration, as actually and truly rendered by him in the year 1776 under Major Henry Van Rensselaer, stationed on the East side of the Hudson River, and opposite to Westpoint - being five months service - which he hopes may also be allowed to him - He also actually served as set forth in his declaration in the year 1777 - If the War Department cannot consider the proof already rendered of the latter service as satisfactory, to justify an allowance for such service, he consents to accept for the first as aforesaid. -
Isaac Hoard
Sworn & Subscribed to The 25 th day of May 1835. Before me
Thester Looryus
Judge of the County Courts } of Ontario County aforesaid }

Rushville Ontario Co. N.Y.
May 25 th 1835
Hon. J. S. Edwards.
Sir
Your letter of the 13 th March last relative to the application for a pension, by Isaac Hoard, was received by me only a few days since, owing to my absence from this place during the Session of the Legislature of this state, of which I am a member -
I have this day seen Mr Hoard and he feels himself under the necessity of accepting the sum to which he would be entitled for eight months service if no more can be allowed -
All who have been acquainted with Mr Hoard since his residence in this vicinity, regard him as a man of undoubted credibility, but I suppose that the Department cannot depart from those rules which should govern in regard to evidence. And if the applicant in this instance has failed to establish his entire claim, it is his misfortune. He is not certain that further living testimony can be obtained.
With great respect - Your Obt Servt -
Charles Loomis

Feb 19 My Isaac Hoard. ad. evi.
Hon. J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Feb 19 My Dear Friend, Isaac Hoard. advised.
Hon. J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Albany N.Y. Feby 13 th 1835
Hon. J. S. Edwards - Sir
I transmit herewith the Certificate of the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and also the Affidavit of Samuel Hoard duly certified and authenticated - Thus completing I believe the proof required, of the service of Isaac Hoard as a private soldier of the revolutionary army.
The decision of the Department upon the claim of Isaac Hoard, above named, at as early a day as possible, is very desirable as he is in necessitous circumstances, and from his declining health a few months delay, may bring his pension, if allowed, as presumed that it will be, to him at too late a period to add to the comfort of his last days -
Please direct to me at Rushville Ontario Co. N.Y. -
with great respect I Chester Loomis

Hon. J. S. Edwards Com. of Pensions War Department Washington City D. C.

Rushville, Ontano Co. N.Y. Mar. 1. 1834
Hon J. S. Edwards.
Sir
Your letter of 28. Sept. last stating that the Claims of Michael Pearce - Isaac Hoard and W m Sherwood - to pensions under the Act of 7. June 1832 had been examined, suspended &c - was duly received. My absence on a journey of several weeks has prevented an earlier attention on my part to these Claims.
I now transmit an explanatory declaration of Michael Pearce together with the additional testimony of George Greene Esq - which I trust will be satisfactory to the Department. We have not been able to procure from Robert McNear, (whose deposition accompanied the original declaration) a more detailed account of the facts testified to by him of the service of Claimant, owing to the circumstance, that he has removed from the County where he resided when he made his deposition.
I also transmit the Deposition of Simeon Hoard stating his personal knowledge of the service of Isaac Hoard as a soldier.
Entertaining the most entire confidence that the applications of M. Pearce and I. Hoard are meritorious, a confidence arising from long personal acquaintance, I hope that the explanations and additional testimony now forwarded will be found satisfactory.
With great respect.
Your Obt. Servt -
Thester Loomis

add proof Nov 18 Place Hold NOV 11 NEW YORK
Free C. Louis P.M.
Hon. J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Nov 18 add proof Franc H. [?] NY
Free C. Louis P.M.
Hon. J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Rushville, Ontario Co. N.Y. Nov. 8 th 1834
Hon. J. S. Edwards
Dr Sir
I transmit certain additional papers relating to the claim of Isaac Hoard, to a pension under the law of 7 th June 1832 - The evidence of service I trust will be found to be satisfactory without reference to the affidavit of Samuel Hoard, which is nevertheless herewith forwarded.
In relation to the claim of Michael Pearce Esq I have to state that on shewing him your letter of 20 th August last, in which certain discrepancies are mentioned, between his original declaration - his supplemental statement, and his amended declaration -; he says that it was in January '77 and not July when the company to which he belonged, commanded by Capt. Pearce was attacked on Providence Island and dispersed. If it is written July in the supplemental return I presume that the mistake was mine, in drawing it.
Esq. Pearce has become an aged man and may not accurately recollect dates, but no man who knows him will suspect him of any intentional misstatement. He is a highly respectable man with whom I have been personally acquainted for forty years - and is in this quarter universally believed to have been a soldier of the Revolution -
With great respect Your Obt Servt Chester Loomis

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON November 11, 1932.
YOUR FILE REFERENCE:
IN REPLY REFER TO:
BA-J/ILL
Miss Edna Hewson State Normal School Mansfield Pennsylvania.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter, herewith, in which you request information in regard to Isaac Hoard, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished by you are not sufficient to enable this office to identify the record of the particular soldier named Isaac Hoard in whom you are interested. Kindly furnish as much as possible of the following information in regard to that soldier and a further search of the records will be made in your behalf: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
The return of this letter will expedite the matter.
Very truly yours,
A. D. Hiller
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.
✓ Isaac Hoard - approx- imate birth, May 1754; death - no record
Residence - New York State - probably in Yates Co.; but possibly in Albany or Dutchess Counties
Widow's name - Sarah Shaw Hoard, born Aug. 12, 1755.
(signed) Edna Hewson Mansfield, Pa. dated - Nov. 14, 1932