Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10865, Silas Hoyt, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Hoyt, Silas
S. 10865
CONTENTS
Carded

20.6.1835 New York Silas Noys. of Orange in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Chapman of the Regt commanded by Col. Crain in the New York line for 7 Mos.
see letter April 18. 1835 to S. Crittenden - do. to same April 30. 1835 - see cir. Dec - June 27 1835 To Albany fr. 4. March 1834 June 8. 1835 - Sil to Hon. Mr. White March 6. '47
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Sep 1823 and South Street New York p.o. Arrears to the 4th of Sep 33 $ 58.33 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th 24 11.66 $69.99
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by John Stilts Clerk Book 6. Vol. 11. Page 91.

State of New York } Orange County }
On this third day of December 1832 personally appeared in open court before the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas - in and for the said County of Orange now sitting. Silas Hoyt a resident of the Town of Minisink Orange County State of New York aged seventy years on the 21 st day of February next, 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, under the following named Officers, and served as here in stated, and the said Silas Hoyt deposeth and saith that he entered the service of the United States, in the month of June 1779 in the Militia of the State of New York in Capt. Benjamin Chapman's Company in Col. Traddes =is Brainerd's Regiment, and served five months in the said Company, stationed at sundry places in the County of Westchester in the State of New York on and near the lines of the Enemy as by them sus- =tained & holden at that time. I also served in Capt. Samuel Lawrance's Company, one month in the same year, at the places before stated, and at other places in the said County of Westchester, I also served in Lieut. Rite Carpenter's Company, Major David Hobby commanded the Regiment at that time, one month in the said County of Westchester in the year 1780 - my services in the whole amounting to seven months, and this deponent further saith that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency and that he relinquishes every claim to pension except the present in any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court J. A. Dunning Clerk Silas Hoyt

The following interrogations having been propounded to the before named Silas Hoyt
1 st Where and in what year was you born — Answer, I was born in the Town of Norwalk, — Fairfield County and State of Connecticut, in the year 1763 — 2 nd Have you any Record of your Age; Answer in the Affirmative, in my Bible. 3 rd Where were you living when called into service, Answer, in the Town of Salem, County of Westchester and State of New York, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, Answer in the Counties of Westchester, Orange & Chenango — in the State of New York — and now live in the County of Orange aforesaid — 4 th How were you called into service, Answer in my first Campaign I entered the service & served as principle, in my second Campaign I served as a volunteer and in my third Campaign I served as a substitute for a man by the name Jesse Hoyt — 5 th State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, when you served, Answer I have set forth & mentioned in my declaration the names of the Captains & Col. l under which I have served, as far forth as my recollection serves — and the general Circumstances of my services — 6 th Did you receive a discharge from the service Answer, I received a written discharge — at the close of my second Campaign, which I have lost — 7 th State the names of the persons to whom you are known in your present Neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your Character for Veracity, and the belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution

I certify that Sarah Chapman who was called and sworn to the within affidavit before me is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
Scituate 11 th June 1833
Tho H. Hardenbach Esq. for the County of Sullivan.
State of New York Sullivan County 30. I Jesse M. Foster Clerk of the said County do certify that Thomas R. Hadenburgh Esq. who subscribed his name to the above certificate was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in the said County, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and do hereby certify that the signature to the above certificate is his hand writing & genuine.
Witness my hand and Seal of Office the 11 th day of June 1833 -
From Mr. Foster C.K.

State of New York } Sullivan County ss. }
On the 10 th day of November 1832 personally appeared before me Jands Raymond agree- -ty two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, that Silas Hoyt now of Minnisunk in the County of Orange, State of New York (formerly of Wurtsburgh) did serve in the Militia in the western and county of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts five months under the command of Col. Shadrach Crossin, Benjamin Chapman Capt. One month as a volunteer under Capt. Samuel Laurence, one month as a substitute in the place of Silas Hoyt - under the command of Maj d David Hobbey and Lieut. Rite Carpenter. Jands Raymond. Subscribed & sworn before me the 10 th day of November 1832
State of New York Sullivan County Clerk's Office 3 d . I Jesse M. Foster Clerk of the said County do certify that Thomas R. Hardenburgh before whom the above Affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in & for the said County of Sullivan: and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and do hereby believe the signature of Tho. R. Hardenburgh subscribed to the said Affidavit is his and genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office the 12 th day of November 1832 -
Jesse M. Foster

Answe, Sands Baymont, of Sullivan County, is knowing to my services as a Soldier of the Revolution whose Affidavit is hereunto Annexed, I am also Acquainted with James Finch Esq. and Joseph Chattle Esq. whose Affidavit is hereunto Annexed.
The above foregoing interrogations were propound- -ed by the Court, to the before named Silas Hoyt and the answers to the said interrogations, as Recorded, was given by the said Silas Hoyt the day & year Aforesaid
We Joseph Chattle & James Finch of the Town of Calhoun in the County of Orange, hereby Certify, that we have been long and well acquainted with Silas Hoyt, who has subscri- -bed & sworn to, the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the Neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that Opinion, and we further say that the said Silas Hoyt is considered to be a man of truth & veracity, and further say that there is no Clergyman residing in the vanga- -tion where the said Silas Hoyt resides Sworn to, and Subscribed & Joseph Chattle The day & year Aforesaid James Finch - in open court Aba Dunning Clerk

And the said Court, Do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations, prescribed by the War Department, that the Above & before named Silas Hoyt was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served, as he states, and the Court certifies that it appears to them that Joseph Battle & James Finch who has signed the preceding certificates are residents of the Town of Calhoun in Orange County in the said County of Orange, are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit —
I Asa Dunning Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Orange, Do hereby certify that the foregoing containing the Original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Silas Hoyt for a pension —
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this Third day of December 1832. —
Asa Dunning Clerk
21353
21353

Silas Hays Orange County N.Y.
Admitted Private of months
James Finch Finchville P.O. Orange County New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 28 1833
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 Silas Hoyst Orange County New York
   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.     1779 5 Private Capt. Chapman Col. T. Brainerd Stationed at 70 years Living Milne   vol 1 " Capt. Lawrence Major J. Holby Lundy place   Sub 1780 1 St. R. Carpenter in Westchester Co. N.Y. Westchester Co. N.Y. Continuance   for S. Hoyst  
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. 
All 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 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 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 [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.
[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.
Daniel D. Davis on Exam Clerk

Rev Star
10865 INVALID.
File No. 10,865-
Silas Hooyt Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. a , Page 179
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Apr. 18.
FREE
Hon. J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Ithaca Tompkins Co. N.Y. April 13 th 1835
Hon. Sir
Mr. Silas Hoge a Revolutionary Pensioner of the U.S. some time in Aug. last made a Power of Atty. in order to draw his Pension from March 4. 1834 to Sept. 4. of the same year, in due form & sent the same to the Agent in N.Y. for paying Pensions. His Power was returned unpaid with a note from the Agent in N.Y. to that his Pension was payable in Albany. Since that time & after the 4 th of March last his power was duly executed & sent to the Albany Agent to draw from the 4 th of March 1834 to the 4 th of March 1835 which has also been returned by the agent at Albany stating that he was not on the Albany Agency & that his Pension was probably payable in New York. Now he is a Pensioner as appears from his original Certificate &c. under the act of 7 th of June 1832 and is a resident of this County and yet his power is unpaid after having been sent duly executed to both the Albany & N.Y. Agents. Can You or can the Department explain the matter & the reason of the non payment. We had supposed the act of 1832 was passed for the purpose of aiding those who served in the Revolution & who were entitled to pay for those services, during the little time they might survive yet it appears in this as well as in other cases within my knowledge they have been kept out of their just due from year to year & sometimes longer, merely in some cases (to gratify in some cases the whim of the Agent) and in this case the Lord only knows for what reason. Besides this it must be known to the Department as well as to the respective Agents that every Power of a Pensioner that is returned unpaid adds to his expense of drawing. Let me do no good fault that strictness is required in making the powers &c. in proper form but we have reason to complain that when made in due form & sent to the Agent as directed by the Department that they are returned time after time with some frivolous objections to payment thereby making additional expense to the Pensioner who is illly able to bear it by way of Postage &c. We wish there might be brought some reform in this matter especially for Pensioners who reside some considerable distance from any Agency generally & especially some directions as to this case - where & to whom the power is to be presented.
Yours very Respectfully
Saml. Crittenton Jr.
Hon. J. S. Edwards. Compt. of Pensions

apl. 30.
Sister Mary with Mrs. Mrs. O'Farrell
Free
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Prisons Washington D.C.
apl. 30

Tompkins County N.Y.
Ithaca April 22 nd 1835
Yrs Yours of the 18 th instant has been received in answer to my letter of the 13 th respecting the case of Silas Hoyt a Pensioner. I regret that I did not make my communication intelligible to the Department. You say that the objections made by the Albany & N.Y. Agents for not paying the Pension in question were not specified in my letter. There were no other objections made than those specified to wit the Albany Agent returns that Mr. H's name is not on the Books in that agency & that probably his is payable in New York. The New York Agent returns that the Agency has been removed to Albany and that Mr. H's Pown must be presented at Albany Agency . The Pown of Atty & C. have been presented in due form to both Agents & no objections made other than those above and also in my former letter specified yet the Pension is unpaid. And now we wish to know in behalf of the Pensioner from the Department where to present his Pown in order that it may be paid. He is a Revolutionary Pensioner under the act of 1832 and is a resident of this County.
The late order for the removal of the Agency from New York to Albany has subjected nine tenths of those entitled to receive a Pension in this State (particularly in the western part) to very great inconvenience as well as additional expense & delay. We are sure this order is highly injurious to the interests of Pensioners residing in this State.
May I trouble you to enclose per return a blank form & instructions necessary for an application for a Pension for services in the late war as an Invalid.
Your Ob t & Obed t Serv t
John C. Tittendorn
Hon J. L. Edwards Compt r of Pensions Washington

Silas Hoyt
N.Y. to Albany
J. L. Edwards Consumption of Phthisis J. L.
FREE

State of New York
County of Tompkins ss: On this 25 th day of May A.D. 1835 before me the subscriber a Commissioner of Deeds in & for the said County of Tompkins personally appeared Silas Hoyt who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Benjamin Chapman in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thaddeus Crane in the Revolutionary service of the United States; That his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New York and made payable at the New York Agency; that at the time he was so placed on the Pension Roll he was a resident of the County of Orange from whence he has lately removed. That he now resides in the County of Tompkins in the said State of New York where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be payable at the Albany Agency in future - The following are his reasons for removing from Orange County to the County of Tompkins: viz that his son is a resident of Tompkins County & he came there to reside with him -
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid
Silas Hoyt
J. G. Stanley a Commissioner of Deeds
Tompkins County ss: Samuel Crittenden Esq. of Ithaca being duly sworn says that he is acquainted with Silas Hoyt above named and that he knows Silas Hoyt who has taken the above oath is the same Silas Hoyt described in the said above affidavit.
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 25 th day of May 1835
Sam d Crittenden Esq.
J. G. Stanley a Commissioner of Deeds
I do Certify that I am acquainted with Samuel Crittenden Esq. the witness who made the above affidavit and that he is a person of good moral character, and his statements are entitled to full credit & belief
J. G. Stanley a Commissioner of Deeds

State of New York, Tompkins County, Sp: I Arthur J. Johnson Clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Frederick G. Stanley, before whom the preceding affidavits were taken and by whom the preceding certificate was made was at the time of taking said affidavits & making said certificate a com- missioner of deeds in & for said County duly authorized to take the same. And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said commissioner and rightly believe his several signatures within written are genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 28 th day of May 1832.
A. J. Johnson Clerk By J. B. Cushing his Deputy.

Ithaca May 26. 1835
Do Sir, Annexed you have agreeably to the regulations of the Pension Department an afft. &c. in the case of Silas Hoyt a Pensioner in order that his Pension may be ordered to be paid at the Albany agency. - We hope the papers may be annexed sufficient for as he is now situated neither the agent at N. York or Albany will pay his Pension - Please inform us where to present his Power &c.
Yours &c S. Crittenden Jr.
Hon. J. L. Edwards Compt. of Pensions Washington