Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,798, Hendrick Hoos, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Hoos, Hendrick
N. 25,798
Sally
CONTENTS

11.573
To New York From Vermont.
Benedict Hook
of Sturbridge in the state of Vermont who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Misson of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Seven Years 1776-
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 31 of March 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 of June 1819 and Yrs to Jane Doolittle Esq Middlebury Vermont
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $ 89.28 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819  48 11 Mo 5 days annu $ 137.28
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Notification sent July 19 th 1820 to Samuel Swift, Clk. of Addison County, Vt.

6014 Vermont
Letter to P.A.G. & J. Scituate 19. 1841
Sally Hoos, - widow of Hendrick Hoos, decd. who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818, and who died on the 21 March 1825 of Addison (in the State of Vermont who was a private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the regt commanded by Col. Wesson in the Napachet line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Burlington at the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Jan'y 1841, I sent to Hon. Wm. Blake, House of Reps
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $400.00 Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by J.M. Curdy Clerk Book 7 Vol. 2. Page 41.
Date of death not m. v. -

Hendrick Hoos.
Revisburg
11543 June 19
C
Sep 1819

STATE OF VERMONT.
COUNTY OF ADDISON, ss.—On this eleventh day of June 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of record (having the power of fine and imprisonment) for the said County Hendrick Hoos aged sixty three years, resident in Torrington in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows:— in 1776, he enlisted for during the war in Col. James Meston's regiment Capt. Bartlett's company of the Massachusetts line & served in that regiment & Colonel Jackson's & Grayson's regiments until the close of the war, under that enlistment.
that the date of his original declaration is the 31 st day of March 1818, the number of his pension certificate is 11,543 .
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift sale or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
  1 Cow 12.   1 Calf 2.   1 hog & 2 pigs 2.   1 Ur 75   2 Chains & 1 handsaw 1.50   1 inch auger 34   1 two part pot 1.00   1 Smill 75   1 frying pan 50   1 Spade 34   1 Scuttle 75   5 Chairs - common 83   3 tin boxes 30   1 Kaps Graven 25   8 Eathen plates 25   1 Nale for 9.54   34.10 
Hendrick Hoos mark

And the said declarant, on his oath aforesaid further states, that he is by occupation a Carpenter - that on account of the failure of his eyesight, he has not been able to pursue that employment for many years - that he is not now able to perform any labour with effect - that there are in his family living with him a wife aged 59 years of very feeble constitution & afflicted with the rheumatism & other complaints, which render her almost helpless - and two daughters Lois, aged 20 years, with an infant child Lydia, aged 17 years; - that he is indebted for sundry merchants & mechanics debts about 25 dollars.
Sworn to & declared before the 9th day of June 1820, before the Court aforesaid
Samuel Swift Clerk
I, SAMUEL SWIFT, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Addison in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property, exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Thirty four Dollars and 10 Cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 7th day of July 1820.
Samuel Swift Clerk of the County Court for the County of Addison

7236
Sally Hoos. Vt.
act. 3 July 58
No 7236.

State of Vermont } ss Addison County }
On this 20th day of July A 1840 personally appeared before the Hon. Probate Court of the District of New Haven, in said County of Addison, now sitting in Vergennes in said County within and for said District of New Haven. Sally Hoss a resident of Ferrisburgh in said County aged eighty one years the 11th day of May A 1840, who being 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 7th, 1838, entitled, "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows;" That she is the Widow of Henry Hoss formerly a resident of Vergennes, & Ferrisburgh in said Addison County, but lately of Martins & Plainfield in the State of New York. He was a soldier in the war of the Revolution in the Connecticut line, as she now believes, and that he served the United States, during the whole or most of the war, part of the time, she recollects, having him say that he was a waiter for General Washington to Gen. Heath and part of time waiter to Gen. Lafayette as she now believes. She recollects distinctly hearing her neighbors say that at the battle of Bunker Hill, that place she does not remember, that he carried a barrel of rum onto the battle ground, the head was knocked out & the soldiers drank used their shoes to drink from. She recollects he stated that it was very warm & very warm weather - She further states & declares that her said husband the said Henry Hoss was a pensioner of the United States, for services in the Revolutionary war, which he

obtained by virtue of the act of Congress passed in 1818. & that he was placed on the pension list in the years 1818, 19 or 1820 but the time she does not remember remember - and for a further statement of her said husband's services she must refer to the declaration & evidence made & produced to the War Office of the United States, at the time he was placed on the pension roll. She further says that her said husband regular- ly drew his pension up to the time of his death - She further declares that she was married to the said Henry Haas by Peter Loris Esq. now deceased. then a Justice of the Peace in Albany for the said County of Albany in the North of Albany D 1789. the previous day of the month she does now recall but as she has no documentary evidence. - That her husband the said Henry Haas. died at Marlins Creek on the 21 st day of March D 1825; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the services, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January D 1794. viz at the time above stated. That she has never been mar- ried since the death of her husband the said Henry Haas but now remains there as his widow - she is old and very infirm, and does not remember all that she has heard her said husband state as to his services or to what Dept. or Company he was attached. she must therefore rely on his own declaration & proof. she is very poor relying solely on her children for support. who are not very wealthy.
Witness my hand and seal Harvey Murnice
her Sally H. Haas mark
I swear to and subscribe on the day and year above written before
Harvey Murnice Judge
I certify that Sally Haas the sign of the above declaration is a true and correct copy Harvey Murnice Judge

Probate Court District of New Haven
I hereby certify that Harvey Munroe is the Judge of the Probate Court for the district aforesaid & that the signature annexed to the foregoing certificate is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature & the seal of the said Court at Vernon in said District this 20 th day July A.D. 1840
J. Pierpont Register

Hendrick Hoos
Declaration de Ut
Private
Colo Watson Jackson Right Naspackus its Lnh 1776-7 years
Admitted

I Hendrick Hoos of Ferrisburgh in the County of Addison and state of Vermont on oath do declare and say, that I served in the army of the United States, in the War of the Revolution, on the continental es- tablishment, against the common en- emy - the whole period of the war, except about four months absence, occasioned by sickness. That is to say I enlisted in the year 1775 into Capt. Peter Ingersoll's company in Col. David Brewer's Regiment, in the Massachusetts line - for the period of eight months - which time I faithfully served with the American troops at Roxbury near Boston - and at the expiration of this period of service, I returned home, left the service, was inoculated with the small pox, and I remained at home on this occasion about four months - and I then again enlisted into the service of the United States, in the company of Capt. Samuel Bartlett, in the Regiment of Col. James Weston in the Mas- sachusetts line - for the period of during the war the Company was afterwards commanded by Capt. William Watson, and was transferred from Col. Weston Regiment to Col. Henry Jackson, and afterwards transferred from Col. Jackson Regiment, to Col. Miller's Regiment who commanded the Regiment at the close of the war - the fore part of the service, I performed was

near Boston, thence to Albany and up the Mo- hawk River at Fort Stanwix. was at the taking of Burgoyne, and was with Genl. Washington in the Jerseys, and at Valley Forge in Penn sylvania, was in the battle at Monmouth. - I served in the American Army during the whole period of the Revolutionary war, except the four months above mentioned, and at the close of the war in the year AD. 1783, I received an honorable discharge at Newburgh huts, in the state of New York. I had a regular discharge, which was lost, with my pocket book, a great many years ago - I further say that I am very much reduced in my circumstances as to property, and stand in need of assistance from my coun- try for support - and I further say that I am a Resident citizen of the United States March 31 st 1818 -
Hendrick his Hoos mark
Sworn and Subscribed at Middlebury, in the County of Addison and State of Vermont this 31 st day of March AD 1818 - Before me Joel Doolittle Judge Supreme Court
State of Vermont I Joel Doolittle Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of Vermont do certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Hendrick Hoos did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the

common enemy, and I now have sent the the proceeding, testimony had and taken before me to the Secretary of the War Department, in order to his the said Hendrick Hooi, obtaining the provision made by the late act of Congress, which "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" pursuant to the directions of said act of And of the said judge, on satisfactory proof. Do certify that the said Hendrick Hooi is in re- duced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support Joel Doolittle
State of Vermont } Addison } fs. 5
I Darius Matthews Clerk of the Supreme Court of the state of Vermont within and for the county of Addison Do certify that the Hon. Joel Doolittle is a Judge of the said Supreme Court and that the foregoing is his signature.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Supreme Court this 16 th day of Nov r . A. D. 1818.
Darius Matthews

January 28, 1939
BA-J/ANT Hendrick Hoos W. 25798
Mr. H. G. Durston Manlius New York
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Hendrick Hoos, of Addison County, Vermont, and later a resident of Onondaga County, New York.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, W. 25798, based upon service of Hendrick Hoos, in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of Hendrick Hoos, and names of his parents were not stated. He was a "Dutchman by birth".
Hendrick Hoos enlisted, place not shown, and served eight months as private in Captain Peter Ingersoll's company, in Colonel David Brewer's Massachusetts regiment. He enlisted in the spring of 1776, served in Captain Samuel Bartlett's company, and in Colonel James Wesson's Massachusetts regiment, in Captain William Watson's company, and in Colonels Henry Jackson's and Mellen's regiments; he was at the taking of Burgoyne, wintered at Valley Forge, in the battle of Monmouth, and continued in the service until in 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 21, 1818, at which time he was living in Ferrisburgh, Addison County, Vermont, then aged

about sixty-one years.
Hendrick Hoos was living in Onondaga County, New York, in 1823. He died in Manlius, Onondaga County, New York, March 21, 1825.
Hendrick Hoos married in the month of April, 1789, in Addison County, Vermont, Sally Squires or Squiers. She was then of Ferrisburgh, Vermont, and he of Vergennes, Vermont. The said Sally Squires was born May 11, 1759, place not shown, nor are the names of her parents given.
The widow, Sally Hoos, was allowed pension on her application executed July 20, 1840, at which time she was living in Ferrisburgh, Vermont, with a son-in-law, whose name was not designated.
Hendrick Hoos and his wife, Sally, reared a large family of children, only names stated were-
Kesiah, born March 8, 1798, living in Addison County, Vermont, in 1840;
Lois, aged twenty years in 1820, then "with an infant child";
Lydia, aged seventeen years in 1820.
Betsey Squires in 1840 of Lorain County, Ohio, stated that she was present at the marriage of Hendrick Hoos, and Sally Squires; no relationship shown between the Betsey and Sally Squires.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data in regard to family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the widow, Sally Hoos, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data-
Sally Hoos, widow of Hendrick Hoos, certificate # 6014, issued January 30, 1841, rate $30.00 per annum,

commenced March 4, 1836, Act of July 7, 1836, Vermont Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Pay
WIDOW, &c.
19 m. 25 - list to Mr. H. C. D. W. (trans)
File No. 25798
Sally Hood
Widow of
Hendrick Hood
Prim. Rev. war
Act: July 7 th 1838.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 359
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Vermont Sally Hoos mt. to E.D. Walbridge 4. Agut 1840
Act 1838

Heinrich Ross N.Y. (Albany) at 1878 when paid a. 1831-
post 4 March 1825 JH
JH Jan 26 1841
MH

H.R. Jan 23. 1841
Sir
I send herewith additional testimony touching the marriage of Henry or Hendrix Hoos, whose widow Sally Hoos is an applicant for a pension under the law of 1838.
Please report the result of the examination to
Your obedient servant William Stack
J L Edwards Esq

Weymouth July 2 nd 1840
Dr. Sir,
Enclosed with this you will find the declaration of Mrs Sally Ross made in order to obtain her pension under the act of July 1838. - together with the testimony which I believe sufficient to support her claim. - Mrs Ross is my aged & infirm, and the pension if not soon obtained will probably be of no use to her.
Consequently you will confer an obligation upon her, in acting upon her papers as soon as convenient. - If the attendant evidence is not sufficient be so kind as to inform me for truth. -
Hon. J. L. Edwards
I am Sir
very respectfully
Your O bt . Servt.
E. D. Webb
P.S. Be so kind as to let me know respecting the success of Mrs Thompson in obtaining her pension

7236 Sally Hoos Ma of Hendrick Ver At July 1831 Married 1789 and 1825 Allan 80 $ per ann 20 m.
As Mr. Slade HR

ink.
Sally
Herbert
SS
Free
Stearns Bay
Canoe Island
Washington D.C.

Vergennes Vt. April, 13 th 1841.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm. Pensions, Sir;
The Voucher of Sally Hoss has been presented to the Pension Agent, who informs me that her name is not on the Vermont Roll. Will you please di- rect it to be done, Oblige Very respectfully,
J. L. Hoss

State of New York Onondaga County ss }
On this fifth day of May 1823 before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace for the said County personally appeared Hendrick Hoos who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company command- ed by Captain William Watson in the Regiment com- manded by Lieutenant Colonel James Mellen, being the third Massachusetts Regiment in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary War: that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Vermont, from whence he has lately removed, that he now resides in the State of New-York, where he intends to remain, & wishes his pension to be there pay- able in future.
This
Hendrick X Hoos mark
Sworn & subscribed to before me this 5th day of May 1823 }
Samuel L. Edwards Justice of the Peace
State of New York } Onondaga County } Clerk's Office — }
ss I do hereby certify that Samuel L. Edwards was a justice of the peace in and for the County of Onondaga on the 5th day of May last duly commissioned and sworn as such justice and author- ized to administer oaths as a justice of the peace according to the laws of this State and that the said Samuel L. Edwards is still a justice of the peace as aforesaid. Witness my hand and the seal of said County this 12th day of May 1823.
R. L. H. S. Clerk

Hezekiah Hoss.
1823
transferred from B t to New York 24 May 1823 from 4 Mar: 1823
up 29
Asariah Smith Esq Manlius New York

State of Vermont
Radison County ss I Squire Farris of Vergennes in the County of Addison and State of Vermont aged seventy five years the 11 th day of January last 1840 being duly sworn do depose and say that I was present in the Spring of the year 1789 the exact day I do not now remember when Henry Hoss that a resident in Vergennes in said County was first joined in marriage to Sally Squires then living in Ferrisburgh in said County by Rev. Mr. Panton in said County by my late father Rev. Squire Esq. (late of said Panton deceased) then a Justice of the peace within and for said County. And I further say that there is no records of my father's marriage, now to be found if any was made. He has been dead many years. I have always understood that the said Henry Hoss was a prisoner of the United States under the act of Congress of 1818. for services as a soldier during the Revolutionary war. Earned his pension up to the time of his death which took place some 10 or 15 years ago. And that the said Sally Hoss now lives in said Ferrisburgh as the widow of the said Henry Hoss. And that she has never been married since the death of the said Henry her said husband, and further the deponent saith not. Vergennes July 20 th 1840
Squire Farris
Sworn to and subscribed this 20 day of July 1840 before me and I hereby certify that the within sub. has subscribed the above affidavit is a credible witness
Henry Munroe Judge of Probate for the District of Addison

State of Vermont } Adison County } I, Hester Ross of Adison in the County of Adison and State of Vermont aged forty two years the 8 th day of March A D 1840 first being duly sworn do depose and say, that she is the daughter of Henry Ross & Sally Ross now his widow; that her father the said Henry Ross, died at Martins, Onondaga County, State of New York, on the 21 st day of March A D  1824 1825; and that her said father was a pensioner of the United States for revolutionary services as a soldier, & that he drew his pension up to the time of his decease - and that my mother now resides in Ferrisburgh in said County of Adison as the widow of the said Henry and she has never been married since the death of my said father the said Henry Ross - and further say not Fergusons July 20 1840 Hester the Ross
Sworn to and subscribed this 20 th day of July 1840 before me & I certify that the person who signed the above affidavit is a credible witness
Harvey Munnick Judge of Probate for the District of New Haven
Probate Court } District of New Haven } I hereby certify that Harvey Munnick is the Judge of the Probate Court for the district aforesaid & the signature annexed to the above certificate is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature the seal of said Court at Fergusons in said District this 20 th day of July A D 1840 Hudson Register

State of Vermont
Adison County ss I George Spencer of Panton in the County of Addison and State of Vermont of lawful age do hereby and say that I am Town Clerk of the said Town of Panton, & keeper of the records of said Town, and that at the request of Sally Hoos of Swanton in said County I have fully examined said records, and can find no record of her marriage to Henry Hoos. her later husband records are not common of marriages at or near the time she states that she was married. I am the honest saith not July 22 d 1840
George Spencer Town Clerk
Adison County ss I sworn & subscribed before me at Panton in said County this 22 d day of July A.D. 1840. And I hereby certify that I have been well acquainted with the Deponent George Spencer for many years, and in my opinion, his testimony is entitled to full credence
Edward Bridgman Justice of the Peace for Addison County - Vermont.
State of Vermont County of Addison ss
City of Panton July 22 d 1840
The undersigned, a Notary Public for said County & residing in said City, duly appointed, commissioned & sworn, certifies that the signature of Edward Bridgman above is in his true hand writing, & that he is a Justice of the Peace of said Addison County, duly appointed & sworn according to law.
In Testimony whereof he affixes his signature & official seal. Philip C. Tucker. Notary Public.

State of Vermont Addison County ss I Squire Ferris of Virginia in the County of Addison aforesaid being duly sworn do testify and say in addition to what I have heretofore sworn to, in the case of Sally Haas, on her application for a pension as the widow of Henry or Kendrick Haas, late a prisoner of the United States, for revolutionary services; that I was the administrator of my late father the said Peter Ferris Esq deceased, who married the said Henry or Kendrick Haas, to the said Sally as I have before stated, in a former affidavit - I had the possession of all my said fathers books and papers and records, in some of which I distinctly recollect a record of marriages, among which, I fully believe and have no doubt was the record of the marriage of the said Henry or Kendrick & the said Sally - and further say, that some few years after my said fathers death, which happened in 1816, in my absence my children sold to a broker, all my said fathers books records & papers, and among others the said book of records of marriages, as I was informed on my return home, they not supposing them to be of any value, - this fact I fully believe, as I have not since that time, been able to discover any of them and I further say, that the said Haas was distinguished as was called by his countrymen, Henry Kendrick, and by the Yankees Henry being the same name, and that the Applicant, Sally Haas, is the widow of the said Henry or

Hendrix, and the same person to whom she was married, by said father more than fifty years as before stated, and the said Henry or Hendrix was a pensioner of the United States as a revolutionary soldier up to the time of his decease, and that the said Henry or Hendrix & Sally, lived together as husband & wife from the time of their marriage as far as to the death of the said Henry or Hendrix & raised a large fam- ily of children and further your deponent saith not
Addison Co. Vermont Jan'y 14 th A.D. 1841. Ebenezer D. Foss Sworn and subscribed before me this day, and I further verify that the above deponent is in my opinion a credible witness
Ebenezer D. Foss Justice of the Peace for Addison County State of Vermont } I, Darius Ferris of Paston Addison County } in the County of Addison State of Vermont, aged twenty years the 23 rd day of July last, being first duly sworn, do depose & say, that in the month of December according to the best of my recollection, I know that it was late in the fall, or December, fifty two or fifty three years ago why I so particular- remember the time is that I was married, fifty years ago this present month - I was present at the marriage of Henry or Hendrix Hoes to Sally Ferris. The ceremony was performed at my father's house in said Paston, by him as a Justice of the Peace, within said County of Addison acting under the authority of the State of Vermont, and that it was his practice to keep a record of his marriages, and that he fully believes that he has seen a record of the marriage of the said Henry or Hendrix & the said Sally as aforesaid

That he has been was well acquainted with the said Henry or Hendrix & the said Sally from their marriage as also up to the time of the death of the said Henry or Hendrix. And that the said Sally is now living in Ferris burgh in said County as the Widow of the said Henry or Hendrix, with a son-in-law of hers wholly destitute of property - and your opponent further says, that on the death of his father the said Peter Ferris Esq which took place in 1816, his your opponent, brother (Deacon) Squire Ferris was his Administrator, and took possession of all the books & records & papers belonging to his father's estate - and always understood & verily believes, that the said books & records and papers, were afterwards sold by his brother's children in his absence to a pedler, they supposing them to be of no value, among which was the record of marriages as aforesaid and I further say, that the said Henry or Hendrix and the said Sally lived together as husband & wife from the time of their marriage as also to the time of the death of the said Henry. I raised a large family of children - that the said Henry was a pensioner of the United States for revo- lutionary services up to the time of his death, and that the said Sally who is now claiming her pension as his widow, is the same person who was married by my said father to the said Henry or Hendrix Boos, more than fifty years ago and that the said Sally has never been married since the death of the said Henry or Hendrix - and I further say that I was brought up the Dutch, and that the name of Henry and Hendrix is the same. A Dutchman will call it, Hendrix, and a Yankee or Englishman will call it Henry. Boos was a Dutchman by birth

and when young. This opponent does not speak the Dutch language about as well as his own. and just your opponent saith not. Darius Ferris
Admission p. Sworn and subscribed before me the 14 th day of January A.D. 1841. at Vergennes in said County and I from the verity that the above opponent is in my opinion a credible witness
Edward Hyde Esq. Peterboro Addison County
The West Slade
State of Vermont City of Vergennes p. B evergreen January 14. 1841. I, Henry C. Lawrence Clerk of the City Court of the City of Vergennes hereby certify that Enoch D. Wood is a justice of the Peace within & for the County of Addi- & State of Vermont, duly qualified & sworn, and that the name twice above subscribed is his true signature. In witness whereof I have unto affix the seal of said Court on the 14 th day of January 1841.
Henry C. Lawrence Clerk of City Court of the City of Vergennes
The above Squier Ferris, and Darius Ferris, are highly respectable citizens of my County & District, and entitled to the fullest confidence
Jan. 23. 1841.
William Slade

The State of Ohio } Betsy Squires being of Lorain County ss } Lawful age do depose and say that fifty one years ago the first of last April I was present at the wedding of Betsy Squires when she was joined in marriage to Henry Nasse in the Town Ferrisburg in the State of Vermont and further this deponent saith not March 3 - 1840
her Betsy Squires mark
The State of Ohio } Lorain County ss } Personally came before me Betsy Squires and made oath that the above affidavit to which she has subscribed her name is true And I do certify that for sixteen years I have lived in the neighborhood of the said Betsy Squires and am well acquainted with her and that she is a woman of good character
March the 3. 1840
Milton Chapman Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio } Lorain County ss }
Clerk's Office
Elyria March 3 d 1840
I Geo W Benham Clerk of the Lorain County Common Pleas do certify that Milton Chapman Esq is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly com- missioned and qualified, and his signature as subscrib-
bed to the above affidavit is genuine and that to all his official acts as such Justice due credit and confidence may and ought to be given
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at my Office in Elyria the day and year aforesaid -
Geo W Benham Clerk [Signature]

MANLIUS OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION
MANLIUS OLD BOYS' BULLETIN
MANLIUS, NEW YORK
H. C. DURSTON Secretary and Treasurer
December 15, 1938
Director, Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Can you give me the military record, date of birth etc., of Henderick Hoos as shown on his application for a pension for Revolutionary War service.
He applied for pension in 1818. He was from Addison, Vermont, and served in Mass. Line in '77 to '83. He is supposed to have been a resident of Onondaga County, New York State at the time he applied for pension in 1818.
Also date of death, or time pension was stopped. The information is required to complete application for a headstone for his unmarked grave.
Very respectfully,
A handwritten signature in cursive, appearing to read "H. C. Durston".
H. C. Durston Official Historian Village of Manlius, N. Y.
HCD/c