Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,633, Edward Halstead, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Halstead, Edward
S. 2,633
CONTENTS
carded

Ohio Pittsburgh 1997
Edward Halstead.
of Cuyahoga Co in the State of Ohio — who was a Private in the Co — command by Captain Aiken of the Rgt — command by Col. Hays in the New York line for two Years —
* 19,974
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pensions at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1837.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of Oct. 1833 and sent to A. Lapham, Chagrin C.C. Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 — 200.00 Sem-ant. allowance ending 4 Nov 32. 40.00
Chagrin P.O. $ 240.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm. H. Palmer Clerk Book 8 Vol. 8 Page 113.

3 rd visit Apr 11/57
Let 7. Heatstead
Apr 18/57

Edward Halstead
22595
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to attend the Court of the County of ... to appear in person in the presence of the said ... and to answer to the above matter ... know that the said ... is true to the best of his knowledge.

State of Ohio Cuyahoga County
On this 12 th day of December 1832 personally appeared before Simon Fuller one of the aforesaid Judges in and for said Edward Halsted County, aged eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declarations 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
In the year 1776 in the month of May he volunteered into the company of New York Militia commanded by Capt. John Sken Col. Hay's Regiment in the Brigade commanded by Gen. Clinton, and served to about the first of December in the same year.
The Service consisted in guarding the Hudson river at Haverstraw & elsewhere whenever the British moved on the river with their shipping.
In the year 1778 as soon as the ice was out of the river he thinks in the month of May he was out again in the same company & Regiment & Brigade commanded by the same officers served the same as the year before and returned home again in December.
In the 4 following years to wit 1778-1779 1780 & 1781 he performed the same services under the same officers commencing in the Spring in April or May & returning home when the river closed up with ice he thinks generally about the first of December in each year In the year 1781 in the fall whilst a detachment in which he was  at the  at Tappan in New Jersey we were attacked by some British forces which came through a part of New Jersey we were routed had a number killed & wounded in each time volunteered as did the company of the Militia to which he belonged He never received a written discharge. He performed something more than three years services as a soldier faithfully & was honorable discharged each time.
He was born at Pkakat in Ulster County State of New York in the year 1750

He has no record of his age but has often seen a record kept by his father in the family Bible. He is well known to William Smith William Hutchinson Isaac Schram & Obediah Smith living in his neighborhood.
And he states that there is no clergyman living in his neighborhood to whom he is known.
In the year 1800 he removed to Seneca, County of Ontario State of New York. — And in the year 1817 he came to Chagrin Cuyahoga County & State of Ohio where he now resides.
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid December 12 th 1832 before me
Simeon Fuller Associate Judge
his Edward T. Halsted Mark
We William Hutchinson William Smith and Isaac Schram residing in Chagrin Cuyahoga County and State of Ohio hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Edward Halsted who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 82 years of age, that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
William Hutchinson
Sworn to & Subscribed this 12 th day of December 1832 before me.
William Smith
Simeon Fuller Associate Judge
Isaac Schram
And I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states — And I further certify that it appears to me that William Hutchinson William Smith & Isaac Schram who have signed the preceding certificate are

residents of Chagrin in said County and an indite prisons & that this Statement is entitled to credit And I further certify that the above named Applicant is unable in consequence of bodily infirm- ity to attend the Court of the County aforesaid
Simeon Fuller Associate Judge
The State of Ohio } Cuyahoga County } p
I Orville B. Skinner Deputy Horace Lenny Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County do certify that Simeon Fuller before whom the foregoing examination and proceedings were had were at the date of the same & now is one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and signature and truly believe his name subscribed to the declara- -tion of Edward Halsted and also to the preceding Certificates which follow said Declaration to be his proper hand writing and signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Cleveland in said County this fourteenth day of December A.D. 1832
O. B. Skinner Clerk. Clerk

22595 19.974.
Edward Walstead Ohio
Return
Adm 2 years $80
A. Lapham Chagrin Cuyahoga County Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
20. April 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 Edward Walstad Ohio
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     May 1776. vol 7 private Col Aiken Col Hays 82 born in Ulster Co N.Y. and entered there and now Lives in Ohio   " 1777 7 " " " "   in 1778-79-80 and I performed the same service which would make 2 4 " under same officers Certificate of three Citizens no clergyman no survivor witness non reasons why   performed more than 3 years service -  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law.
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (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 terms, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Reuter
2633 INVALID.
File No. 2633.
Edward Walster
Print Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. A. , Page 176
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Chagrin Cuyahoga County Ohio
June 20 th 18 th 33
Sir
I herewith Return Mr Edward Halsteads papers - which I hope will be found now to be admirable
Respectfully your Ob t Serv t -
Jonathan Lapham

Jacob Halstead Inn lot of Eng
FREE
Pensions for me wanted Also pensioner
Cale
Washington
Office
Pension

Treasury Department Third Auditor's Office April 16 th . 1837
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 11 th inst. I have to inform you that the pension of Edward Halstead, Ohio (Pittsburgh) roll under Act of June 7. 1832, at $80. per annum, appears to have been paid to Sept 4. 1836.
The original papers in the case are herewith returned
Very Respectfully Your O bl Servt
Wm. J. Fleming
Auditor
Genl. C. Whiting Esq. - Commissioner of Pensions

Ionia
March
The 8 1884
Sur i did knot write where he Lived at the time when he drew Pension he lived in Ohio in Lake County town Willaba and when he Was in Survis he lived at the Falls And then he moved to ontario & Co And lived there until he moved To ohio where he lived when he Drew his J Pension and his wife Died in ontario in the year 1814 In January and he died in Ohio in February 1837 And he was married at the Falls yet Stait When he did there was a years or part of year Payment back that could Knot be on the account of the Fires was knot to gether And it there is catching
Enaburther
you wish to know
Write
Jacob Halstead

Edward Heatstead Mich
More Information if he was a Pensioner must give the name Respectfully referred to the of the State where County of Venison, he lived and died Warbler Jan 29/87
Cole
Feb 23 1887 to
David Halsted,

Ionia
January
the 11 1854
I thank that i write to find out whether there is something for the Edward Halstead his survives was rendered in the Revolutionary War and he was A pensioner and gave the youngest child and the last and if you can find his name there I would like to have you write and let me no whether there can be anything got or not as the Law is to pay the old soldiers off and if you will tell how it is and it will oblige me yours truly
Isaac Halstead
Ionia,
Michigan

The State of Ohio
County of Cuyahoga ss
On this 13 th day of June 1833 personally appeared before Simon Fuller one of the Associate Judges in and for said County Edward Halsted who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath make the following Supplemental declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
He 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 three years I served as a private soldier And for such service I claim a Pension
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a Pension or Annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of Any State
He further saith that there is no clergyman resident in his immediate neighborhood, But that he is known to Thomas B Stevenson a clergyman residing in Chester in the County of Geauga and State aforesaid
And he further saith that he knows of no person now living who can testify to his service
Sworn to and subscribed
this 13 th day of June 1833
before me
Simon Fuller Associate Judge
I Thomas B Stevenson a clergyman residing in Chester in the County of Geauga and State of Ohio hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Edward Halsted who has subscribed and sworn to the above Supplemental Declaration I also certify that I have been acquainted in the neighborhood where the said Halsted resides for a number of years And that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution

And that I concur in that opinion. I also certify that that I believe him to be eighty two years of age Sworn to and subscribed this 13 th day of June 1853. before me
Thos. B. Stephenson
Simeon Fuller Associate Judge
And I the said Simeon Fuller Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas as aforesaid do hereby declare my opinion after investigating 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 I further certify that it appears to me that Thomas B. Stevenson who has signed the pending certificate is a cluggymare residing in Chester County and is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit
Simeon Fuller Associate Judge
The State of Ohio } Cuyahoga County } I Henry G. Weldon Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio do hereby certify & make known that Simeon Fuller who made the foregoing certificate before whom the foregoing Deposition & acknowledgements were taken and who has thereunto in his own proper hand writing subscribed his name was at the time of making said Certificate, taking said Deposition & acknowledgement and now is One of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County duly Commissioned and sworn and to all whose official acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given throughout the United States & elsewhere - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Cleveland in said County this eighteenth day of June in the year eighteen hundred and thirty three H. G. Weldon Dep. Clerk