Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19695, Matthew Harrison, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey.
Harrison, Matthew Sarah.
N. 19695
CONTENTS

New York 24. 654
Matthew Harrison of Cortland Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Dodd of the Regt. commanded by Col Vandortland in the A.G. line for service
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Jan'y 1834 and sent to Hon. J. G. Southwick H.R.F.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $ 50.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Feb 1834 10.00 $ 60.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk. Book 6 Vol. 4 Page 111

226.
New York Albany Sarah Harrison widow of Matthew Harrison N.Y. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of June 1848. and sent to
Hon. H. S. Conger H of R
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 83 Vol. 4

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Plan to attend to this Application as soon as convenient & oblige your humble servt L. B. Canfield
Mr. J. L. Edwards Esq.

145.24 v Matthew Harrison, Pension Claims

Declaration in Order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress Passed June 7 th 1832
State of New York Cortland County ss on this twenty Eighth day of September 1832 Personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cortland and State of New York, now sitting Matthew Harrison a resident of Poble, in the County of Cortland and State of New York, aged Sixty Nine 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 under the following Named Officers and served as herein stated - That in the Month of January Seventeen hundred and Seventy Nine he entered the service of the Militia of the State of New Jersey, in the Company commanded by Captain Amos Doolittle, Lieutenant Joseph Crane Colonel Phillip Van Cortlandt commanded the Regiment. Major Samuel Hoag belonged to the said Regiment, the said Company was Quarters, and amenable to duty at all times whenever called on, til the close of the War in Seventeen hundred and Eighty Three - he lived in the Town of Newark, in the County of Essex in the said State, when he was called into the service, from or in Newark, he went with said Company, and joined the Army to prevent Genl Kniphausen, of the Enemy, passing from Elizabeth- town, to Morristown, he says he was in Battle of Springfield, with the Hessian & British - also at Cannon- -creek Farms, and Elizabeth Town in June Seventeen hundred and Eighty - from September the same year, he was Quarters, & kept amenable to mili- -tary duty til into June Seventeen hundred and

Eighty three - when he was honorably Discharged at Shenectady in said State, by Captain John Ogden.
He says that he never received a written Discharge - he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person except it is James Williams, whom testimony he can procure who can testify to his service -
He hereby 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 agency of any State - from Newark afterwards, he moved to the City of New York, from there to Staten Island, in the State of New York, from there to Lansingburgh, from there to Lake George, from there to P'keepsie where he now lives - he was born in January hundred & sixty three - he says that Jabez B. Phelps & Nicholas Severon can testify to his truth & veracity & their belief of his services in the Revolution
sworn to & subscribed before me
Matthew Harrison
this 28 th day of Sept r 1832 Daniel R. D. Clerk of Cortland County
The Jabez B. Phelps and Nicholas Severon residing in the Town of P'keepsie and in the County of Dutchess & State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mat- -thew Harrison who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration, that we believe him to be Sixty Nine Years of Age, that he is respected and believed in the Neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Jabez B. Phelps
sworn and subscribed before me this 28 th day of September
Nicholas Severon
1832 Legien & Canfield Justiciars
and the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the Matter, and after putting the interro- -gatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above- named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states - and the Court further says

that it appears to them that Jabez W. Phelps & Nicholas Siverson who have sworn and subscribed to the fore- -going Certificate are residents living in the Town of Pike, County of Cortland & State of New York and that their statement is entitled to credit
Joseph Reynolds Andrew Dickson } Judges of Cortland Aaron Brown } County Court Oliver H. Hingham } at P'keepsie
I Samuel Hotchkiss Junior Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Cortland, which is a Court of Record, do hereby certify that the foregoing, contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the Matter of the application of Matthew Harrapian for a Pension and that DeWitt Canfield Esquire before whom the foregoing Certificate of Jabez W. Phelps & Nicholas Siverson is sworn, was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace, and that I am well acquainted with the signature of the Justice to the same and believe that it is genuine - in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office the 28 th day of September 1832
Samuel Hotchkiss Jr. Clerk

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act passed by Congress July 7 th 1838 entitled an Act granting half pay and Pensions to Certain Widows -
State of New York } Cortland County } on this 15 th day of September 1838, Personally appeared before me William Barry one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cortland and State of New York Sarah Harrison aged Seventy one a resident of the Town of Puhl in said County and who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her Oath Make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, entitled an Act granting half pay and Pensions to Certain Widows - That She is the Widow of Matthew Harrison who Died on the 2 nd day of April 1834 that he was a Revolutionary Soldier and drew a Pension - That She was Married to her said Husband on the 3 rd day of Septem- ber 1788, by the Reverend Judah Chapman in the Town of Orange now Newark County of Essex and State of New Jersey, that her name was Sarah Thompson before she was Married as aforesaid, that she was not Married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the Marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794, and that She has remained the Widow of the said Matthew Harri- son ever since the period of his death as will man- festly appear by the proof herunto annexed - That She has no family Record of her Marriage at least but that she has two Sisters, now living in the City of New York, who were present when she was Married as aforesaid, she thinks that there is no Record of her Marriage to her knowledge - one of her Sisters Name is Dorcas Thompson, the other Mary Stymets - and that she is so debilitated she cannot write sworn and subscribed before me this 15 th day of September 1838 - W m Barry Judge of Cortland Common Pleas Witness my hand and seal her Sarah Harrison mark

State of New York Cattaraugus County
I William H. Lacey and Twenty years of age in said County and State, & I Lewis B. Canfield of Horn, in said County &
State aged Fifty Years, being duly sworn according to Law, doth on their oaths say, that they have been person- ally acquainted with Sarah Harrison, the Widow of Matthew Harrison Deceased, who was a Revolutionary Soldier & Pensioner, and knows that she has remained a Widow ever since his death
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 15 th day of September 1833.
W. H. Lacey Lewis B. Canfield
Wm Berry a Judge of Cortland Common Pleas also, I certify that W m H Lacey and Lewis B Canfield are persons of truth and veracity, and reputable in their neighbourhoods.
Wm Berry a Judge of Cortland Common Pleas Lord Pleas to whom the Declaration of Sarah Harrison, the Appli- cant for a Pension within named was made, and before whom the proceedings were held, do hereby certify and declare my opinion, after the investigation of the Matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department, that the said Sarah Harrison is the Widow of Matthew Harrison Deceased, who was a Revolutionary Soldier and drew a Pension - and I hereby further cer- tify, that in my opinion, the said Sarah Harrison is utterly unable from bodily infirmity, to attend Court for the purpose of making her Declaration.
Wm Berry a Judge of Cortland Common Pleas

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
James Thompson was born June 23 rd 1746  Patience Baldwin was born June 5 th 1746  Sarah Thompson was born August 9 th 1768  Margaret Thompson was born July 26 th 1771  Mary Thompson was born April 3 rd 1773  Dorcas Thompson was born March 1 st 1775  James Thompson Jr was born March 19 th 1777  William Thompson was born October 28 th 1778
BIRTHS.
Margaret Thompson was born August 28 1780  John Thompson was born Jan y 9 th 1783  Robert R Thompson was born March 28 th 1785  Martha D. Thompson was born November 15 th 1792
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FAMILY RECORD.
DEATHS.
Margaret Thompson Departed this life August 30 th 1771
James Thompson Jun r Departed this life October 1795
William Thompson Departed this life May 2 nd 1800
James Thompson son Departed this life October 8 th 1798
Patience Thompson the wife of James Thompson Departed this life August 27 1822 31 1823
John Thompson Departed this life April the 28 th 1822
DEATHS.

FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
James & Patience Thompson, were Married December 21 st 1787
Sarah Thompson. was Married to Mathew Harrison
1788
Mary Thompson was Married to Peter Stymete December 23 rd 1794
John Thompson was Married to Margaret M. Brown May 6 th 1805
Robert R Thompson was Married to Elizabeth Van Dyk June 18
Irene Thompson was Married to Samuel Johnston March 25 th 1885
MARRIAGES.

No 14522
Mathew Harrison Brooklyn 6 o N. York
5. 13.
P. 388
May 9 33 Dear Haltraway
Samuel H. Tuttle 6 th Horn Ny.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Matthew Harrison a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. W. 19.695.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan. 1779 { and served at various times in all 6 mos 4 days. Pvt. Amos Dodd John Ogden Elisha Squire Abraham Speer. Philip Van Cortland N. J.  
Battles engaged in, Springfield; Connecticut Farms; Elizabethtown.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Newark, Essex Co. N. J.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 28. 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Preble, Cortland Co. N. Y.
Age at date of application, b. in 1763, he mar. Sept. 3. 1788 in Orange
Remarks:  (later called Newark) Essex Co. N. J. Sarah b. Aug 9. 1768 dau. of  James Thompson b. June 23. 1746 and Patience Baldwin b. June 5. 1746. Soldier  died April 2 1834 and Sarah was allowed pension on an application executed  Sept 15. 1838 while a resident of Preble. In 1833 soldier stated that he has been a  Presbyterian Clergyman for 25 years. In 1839 Terhune says that he is soldier's son-in-  law, name of wife not stated. Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19695 Sarah Harrison Widow of Matthew Harrison On New Year
Act: Feb 24 48
Index:—Vol. 2 Page 313
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1916. March 21: History to Judge Harry W. Jewell. M.B.H.

IRA GREGORY CLERK
Rev Soc
✓ MARIE PRICE DEPUTY CLERK
COMMON PLEAS COURT COUNTY OF DELAWARE DELAWARE, OHIO
HARRY W. JEWELL DELAWARE, OHIO JUDGE.
March 9, 1916.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Can you furnish me the record of my great-great-great grandfather, Mathew Harrison, who served in Essex County Military, during the revolutionary war? His widow, I am informed, drew a pension from the government. I am also informed that the number of the case is "Widow 19695".
Respectfully,
H. W. Jewell, Judge.
per. M. Hanzel.

New York Rev.
Matthew Harrison Suspended
See letter to
Samuel Hotchkiss 5 August 1833
Act 7. June '82

New-York-686
Albany Agency -
Sarah Harrison
widow of Matthew Harrison who was a private in the N. York m ts .
Recd 3 July
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 - Dollars -
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of July, 1843 and sent to L. B. Canfield
Homer
N. York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 - Page 107

Albany 3124
Sarah Harrison widow of Matthew Harrison
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7. June 1832 and who died on the 2 nd April 1834 of Cortland Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Dodd of the regt. commanded by Col. Van Cortland in the N. York mil. time for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of June 1839 and sent to L. B. Canfield, Homer, N. Y.
Arrears to the 14th of March '39 60.00 Semi-annual allowance ending to Sept. " 10.00 $ 70.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 Page 81

Albany N.Y.
Matthew Harrison on sole acct June 7. 1832 to what time since? VL
John H. Hays Esq.
Sent to him due 2 d Apr. 1834. P d . 4 th March 1834 JH

800
Home May 5-1843
NY Mar 3 rd 1843 Sarah H. Harn
Revolutionary Pension Office
State of Massachusetts Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Washington City

Home Catherine County New York -
Sir - please examine the enclosed application & inform me the result & oblige your humble Servt
L. B. Campfield
J. L. Edwards Esq.

Jan. 20 1839
4591
7 July 1839
Washington City
District Columbia
Rev. Dr. [unclear] Bethesda, Pennsylvania, America
1115
Rev. Dr. [unclear], [unclear] [unclear]

J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions
L. B. Canfield, Esq., Home N. York

Matthew Harrison
Library of Congress

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Mathew Harrison which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? No — applicant required to state the date & length of each term of service, and the names of officers under whom served, and to furnish the best evidence he can obtain to sustain his declaration. VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no  two Metn of
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? no
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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 shewn 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

State of New Jersey } Cortland County }
I James Williams, aged Seventy Seven Years, of the Town of Tulley in the County of Onondaga, and State of New York do hereby depose and say that I am well acquainted with the Reverend Matthew Harrison, of the Town of Noble County of Cortland & State aforesaid, and know that he is the identical person he represents himself to be - I was born and brought up in the Town of Newark, Essex County & State of New Jersey, so called in the time of the Revolution. He says that he belonged to the same companies which were commanded by Captain Dodd & Captain Ogden, & Lieutenant Joseph Crane, from the Year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Nine, to the close of the Revolutionary War, in Seventeen hundred and Eighty Three. He says that he was in the Battle with said Harrison, of Springfield Connecticut Farms & Elizabeth Town in 1780, or 1781, he says that he did not live from the said Harrison, over two & a half Miles, at no time through the whole time, of the Revolution except when he lived at Newark the days that he is confident that the said Matthew Harrison, was Draughted, & Volunteered, in the Militia of the State of New Jersey, in the Army of the Revolution, two Years, and More, from the Year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Nine to the close of the War, in the Year Seventeen hundred and Eighty Three - he says he was well acquainted with , with Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt & Major Samuel Hays, in the Army of the Revolution - and he further says, that he knows that said Harrison, served as a Private Soldier, and was not in active service, in the four Years as above

Stated at least two years - I was present with the said Harrison in the Battle of Elizabeth Town under Captain Dade, when Mons Smith & Harrison Browns were killed - The words, except when he lived at Newark - entertained before signed Newark, he says was only Four Miles from where said Harrison lived -
Jerus Williams
subscribed and sworn before me at Hamer
this 22 d day of May 1833
Levi N. B. Canfield Justice Peace
I certify that Jerus Williams who has subscribed and sworn to the above Affidavit, is a Man of truth & veracity & reputable in his Neighbor- -hood Hamer May 22 d 1833. Levi N. B. Canfield Justice

State of New York Cortland County
I Matthew Harrison of Puke in the County of Cortland & State aforesaid - deponeth and saith - by the reason of old age and the consequent loss of Memory he cannot speak positively as to the precise length, and different times of his service, in the Militia of the Army of the Revolution, but according to the best of his recollection he served at least two Years in actual service, commencing in January Seventeen hundred and Seventy Nine, and closing, in the Year Seventeen hundred and Eighty Three - he says he has been a Presbyterian Minister in regular standing twenty five Years - he says the reason why he did not obtain a Clergymans affidavit to his credibility & reputation, as a Soldier of the Revolution, was, because it was thought not necessary (to his Declaration) - he now says the Reverend John Keep of Homer can testify to it - he says he recollects of serving two Months in September & October in the Year 1780 under Captain Elijah Squire Sworn and subscribed before me this 22 day Matthew Harrison of May 1833
Lozier B Campfield Justice Peace -
I John Keep a Clergyman residing in the Town of Homer, do certify that I am well acquainted with with Matthew Harrison, and have been for at least twelve Years, who has subscribed and sworn to the above Affidavit, and to his Declaration, shown & read to me, for a Pension

taken on the 28 th of September 1832 before the Judges of Cortland County Common Pleas in open Court - and that I believe him to be Sixty Nine 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 I concur in that opinion John Keep, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Homer village - Sworn and subscribed before me this 28 th day of May 1833. Lizur B Canfield Justice Peace
State of New York } Cortland County } I Samuel Hotchkiss Junior Clerk of the County of Cortland and of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County, do certify that Lizur B Canfield Esquire before whom the Affidavit of Matthew Harrison, to the within pur- -ports to have been sworn, and before whom the foregoing Certificate of John Keep purports to have been sworn, and before whom the Annexed Affidavit of James Williams purports to be sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace, and that I am well ac- -quainted with the signature of the said Justice to each of the same, and I truly believe  know that it is the said Justice genuine signature - in testimo- -ny whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, the 28 th day of May 1833 - the words and before whom the annexed Affidavit of James Williams purports to be sworn - attested before signed & sealed - Sam Hotchkiss Jr. CLK

In a former communication I stated that I considered my services as a soldier rendered in the American revolution in our struggle for liberty, equal to two years in arms. This produced a credible witness viz Garius Williams to whom has been granted on my single testimony a full pension.
My sentiments and views on the subject of my services as a soldier are not altered. I know what it is to be a soldier and a soldier in arms and as such to suffer, through the heat and the cold the wet and the dry and the storm. I have likewise faced the cannon's mouth in battle and have been in the midst of the whizzing of musket balls in defense of our country's rights in aiding to procure our liberties.
Yet since a more minute and particular statement of services rendered appears to be required I have endeavored to tax my memory on the subject and call to mind as nearly as I can the times and seasons when in actual service.
I commenced a soldier in the year 1779 under Capt Amos Dods as I have before stated. My first service that I can distinctly state was rendered in January 1780. Then volunteered under Capt A. Dods to guard against the depredations of the enemy one month in the township of Newark. My next service was rendered in June of the same year in opposing the march of Col Kniphausen who with the British army attempted to pass from Elizabeth Town point to Morris Town. Here I claim three weeks service under Capt Amos Dods . In the month of August I with others was classed as a minute man to serve in any part of the state as circumstances might occur. In this capacity I was held during the war under Capt John Ogden who was Capt Dods successor. In the month of September same year I was called out to guard the lines and served under Capt Elijah Squire two months viz September and October. In Newark and in what is now Belleville. Next service was in January 1781 at the time of the revolt of the Pennsylvania line one week under Capt J. Ogden in the village of Newark. Next service same winter by order of Col. Vancourtlandt I think under Capt Abraham Speer one month.
In the winter following by order of Col. V. one month - have forgotten over Capt unless it was Capt Ogden.

In March of same year volunteered to search out the haunt of a company of Refugee Monrangers who were disturbing and plundering the inhabitants near the lines. Four days service
according to the above statements I was a soldier ever ready to serve at my country's call - and did serve until the close of the war - when on the first Monday in June 1863 on a general review day if I forget not I was dismissed from the above obligations
Through the whole of my services my field offi- cers were Col Phillip Van Courtlandt and Major Sam Hays.
I have now particularised a little more than six months service as a soldier in my country's service - still feel my- self righteously entitled to a full pension
The lapse of time and frailty of memory prevent my distinctly recollecting other particular services - and for such services I claim a Pension - he says, he has been a Presbyterian Clergyman, of good and regular standing, for the term of twenty five years past. & a Member of the Presbyterian Church Forty Nine years -
he says he was out in active service which he now recalls Six Months & Four days at least - sworn and subscribed Matthew Harrison before me this 13 th day of January 1834. Leviathan Canfield Justice Peace
Matthew Harrison Affidavit Jan 14 th 1834
State of New York Dutchess County Clerk's Office S.S.
I Samuel Hotchkiss or Clerk of said County do certify that Leviathan Canfield Esq before whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn, was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in the said County duly Elected & sworn. Also that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe his name to the above Swat to be the genuine Signature of the said Justice
Given my hand and Seal of office the 13 th day of January AD 1834 Sam Hotchkiss H. Clerk

War Department Pension Office 5 th August 1833.
Sir,
The claim of Mathew Harrison has been examined, and suspended. The allegation of an aggregate of service without detailing the tours of which it is composed is inadmissible. The regulations (vide Note "e" on 2 d page of printed sheet) require the period, term, and grade of each tour , to be particularly recited. No service which is not set forth as circumstantially as the regulations require, can be taken into the computation of a pension.
This paper is placed on file.
I am,

State of New York Portland County /3 Town of Thomm /2
I Lejour H. Canfield of the Town of Thomm in said County do hereby certify that I am Fifty Years, & I Gershon Lacy of the Town
of Phipps in said County aged Forty Eight Years, being sworn according to Law, doth on their Oaths say, (to wit) said Canfield says he is personally knowing to said Sarah Harrifson remaining a Widow ever since the Period of the Decease of Matthew Harrifson, and that he this day cut out, the family Record from the family Bible of said Matthew Harrifson, Marked A. and herewith attached, & that he is acquainted with the hand writing of said Matthew Harrifson & believes the same to be his, to said Record - & said Gershon Lacy doth on his oath say that he is the Son-in-law of said Matthew & Sarah & has since & belonged in their family over Twenty five Years last past, & was present when said Lejour Canfield cut out said family Record, and knows the same to be the family Record & in the hand writing of said Matthew Harrifson Deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner.
Lejour H. Canfield Gershon Lacy
Sworn and subscribed before me this 31 st day of December 1838 to wit said Gershon Lacy.
Lejour H. Canfield J. Pease L. B. Canfield Sworn and Subscribed before me this 3 rd day of January 1839. Mr. Berry a Judge of Court Common Pleas
I certify that I have been personally acquainted with Gershon Lacy for over twenty Years, and know him to be a person of truth and veracity and reputable in his neighbourhood
Lejour H. Canfield J. Pease
I certify that Lejour H. Canfield is a person of truth and veracity, and reputable in his neighbourhood
Mr. Berry a Judge of Court Common Pleas

Cattaraugus Co State of New York
I Dorcas Thompson aged Sixty Two Years, now of the Town of Pablo late of the City of New York & State
of New York, being duly sworn according to Law, do hereby affirm that she is the sister of Sarah War- rison, who is the Widow of Matthew Harrison. Descend- ing of the late of the Town of Pablo in said County & State - and says she never married when the said Sarah Thompson, was married to the said Matthew Harrison, in the Town of New York, in the State of New Jersey by the Reverend Judah Chapman on the Third day of September One hundred & Eighty Eight, and I do know that the said Sarah, is the identical person whom she represents herself to be -
Dorcas Thompson
Sworn and subscribed before me this 20 th day of October 1888. Lewis H. Campfield J. P.
I certify that Dorcas Thompson is a person of truth & veracity & reputation in her neighbourhood - Lewis H. Campfield Justice

Payments to be made at New York by Mrs. Meehan, Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of New York
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 4 Page 111 by W. L. Williams, Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Matthew Harrison of the State of New York who was a private in the revolutionary war
is entitled to receive — Twenty — dollars and — — cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Twenty - sixth day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Four ,
Lewis Cass Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J L Edward
Commissioner of Pensions.

State of New York Cortland County
I, Aaron Thompson Clerk of said County do hereby certify that William Perry Esq before whom the within declaration & affidavit for perjury to have been taken was at the date of the same a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Cortland duly commissioned & sworn & also that Elizur H. Canfield Esq before whom the within affidavit for perjury to have been taken was at the date of the same a justice of the Peace for said County duly elected & qualified and that their signatures within are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this 17th day of January A.D. 1839 A. Thompson Clerk
Hornes January 19th 1839-
Sir - enclosed are the papers of Sarah Harriman, Widow of Matthew Harriman for a Pension - you will discover, by the old Pensioners Certificate, that there is due her $1.50 back Pay, from the 4th of March 1834, to include the 8th of April after which if proper, should like to have adjusted - if the papers are correct - please send me, her certificate, & oblige your humble Servt - L. B. Canfield. N. York
J. L. Edwards Esq
L. B. Canfield Esq Honors New York
Attest State of New York
3124 1834
4591 Sarah Harriman Pension Papers Jan'y 19th 1839

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Y.C. Dabcock Clerk
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Admit priv $20.
Albany Agency
Lend to
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L. B. Canfield
Hornell
N.Y.

Declaration
Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3 d of March 1843. granting Pensions for  on Year to Certain Widows who have received a Pension under the Act of July 7 th 1838 —
July 7 th 1838 - State of New York } Carthage County } personally appeared before me Town of Pile } Deputy B. Canfield a Justice of the Peace } in and for said County - Sarah } Harrison, a resident of the Town of Pile in said County, aged Twenty five years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her Oath, make the following Declaration in Order to obtain the benefits of the provision Made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3 rd March 1843 - granting Pen- sions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War - That she is the Widow of Matthew Harrison Deceased, who was a Pensioner and drew a Pension for Services in the Revolutionary War - also she drew a Pension under the Act of July 7 1838. which was Twenty Dollars per Year - she further de- clares that she is still a Widow and has not been Married since the Decease of her said Husband Matthew Harrison                      Sarah Harrison
sworn and subscribed before me this 12 th day of April 1843. Elizabeth Campbell J. Pease
State of New York } p. vs Margaret R. Harrison & Sarah E Cortland County } { both of lawful age being duly sworn according to Law depose and say that Sarah Harrison, Widow of Matthew Harrison, has remained a Widow ever since the Death of her said Husband to her personal knowledge sworn and subscribed Margaret R. Harrison before me this 12 th day of April Sarah E Sacey 1843 Oliver B. Campfield J. Pease

I certify that Margaret A. Harrison and Sarah E. Sary are persons of truth and veracity, & reputable in their neighbourhood. — Elizabeth B. Campfield J. Peace
State of New York Cortland County ss
I, Gilead Babcock Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that Simon B. Campfield Esq. before whom the within affidavit of property to him been taken was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in for said County, duly elected & qualified. That I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice & hereby believe his signature thereto is genuine
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County this 26th Day of April A. D. 1843
G. C. Babcock Clerk
Seal Hand

686 A. Q. M.
Admitted
Hon. H. S. Conger Hof R
Journal of the proceedings

State of New York Cortland County } ss.
On this 27 th day of May - 1848 Personally appeared before the Subscriber Eleazar W Edgcomb a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Cortland - Sarah Harrison Resident of the town of Noble in the County of Cortland aged Seventy Nine Years Who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to - obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 d of February 1848 Granting Pension to Widows of Persons who served during the Revolutionary War that she is the Widow of Matthew Harrison Who was a Private in the War of the Revolution and belonged to the New York Militia and was pensioned under the act of June 7 th 1832 at the Rate of $20 00 Per annum and that she was pensioned under the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 and 17 th Jan y 1844 at the Rate of $20 00 Per annum She further declares that she is still a Widow Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before
E W Edgcomb Justice of the Peace
Sarah Harrison
That the above named Sarah Harrison is

I hereby certify that E. M. Edgcomb is a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Portland, State of Maine & was such Justice on the 27th. day of May, 1848 that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Edgcomb & truly believe his signature to the foregoing to be genuine.
June 12th. 1848
H. S. Conner Ho of Rep