Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,266, Oliver Hastings, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hastings, Oliver
S. 13266
CONTENTS
Carded.

82472 New York
Oliver Hastings
of Yates Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Patten — of the Regt. commanded by Col. Leonard in the Hartsdale — a line for 7 months — " — "
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of March 1833 — and due to M c Intosh Pension
Arrears to the 4th of March $16.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Sep r 33 11.66 $58.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } shot June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by G. H. Stiles Clerk Book E Vol. 4 Page 21

In the matter of Oliver Hastings,
A. Revolutionary Soldier.
Claiming a Pension under the Act of Congress of 7th June, 1832.
He having served six months in the Militia, in the war of the Revolution.
If allowed, he desires his Pension Certificate sent to Penn. Gay, Yates Co. N. Y. to the care of P. J. Fowler. He would prefer drawing his money from the N. Y. Branch Bank in the city of N. York. If his claim be not allowed, any in- formation from the Sec'y at War touching his case, will be thankfully received, directed as above.
The Sec'y's ob't serv't Oliver Hastings
Penn. Gay, Sept. 1832.

State of New York.
Gates County, ss.
On this 20 th day of September, in the year 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the undersigned  now sitting Judges of Gates County Common Pleas, Oliver Hastings , a resident of the town of Jerusalem, county and state aforesaid, aged seventy five 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, 1832.
That he was born in the town of Hatfield, then county of Hampshire, Massachusetts, on the 20 th August 1757 according to a record this deponent saw in his youth. Resided at Old Hadley, county and state aforesaid, during the revolutionary war. About the middle of April 1777, this deponent was drafted in the militia of Massachusetts to serve three months in a company commanded by Capt. — Parker, of Amherst, in Col. — Leonard's regiment. (Col. L. died soon after at Fort George of the small-pox, and Lieut. Col. Hale took command) Went from Old Hadley to Mount Independence. In July of that year the British army under Burgoyne compelled us to retreat. Gen. St. Clair of the continental army was chief in command of our forces. We made a stand at Bennington, in Vermont, and the time expired for which this deponent was drafted — when he im-

mediately volunteered in a company under Capt. Daniel White, in Col. Porter's regiment, which took charge of about 100 Canadian and Indian prisoners, and marched them to Springfield in Massachusetts. From thence this deponent proceeded under the same officers to Stillwater, to oppose Gen. Burgoyne. At Stillwater, was in the Brigade of Gen. Stark. Was there at the surrender of the British forces, when shortly after the whole militia was discharged by a speech from Gen. Gates, and this deponent reached home about the first of November. Never had a written discharge. Knows of no person living by whom he can prove his actual service. This deponent continued to reside at Hat- field till he was about 50 years of age; then removed to the town of Glinton, Oneida county, N.Y., and there remained untill about 5 or 6 years ago, when he removed to Jerusalem, where he now resides.
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.
Sworn to & subscribed, the day & year aforesaid. L. J. Morris Deputy Clerk Oct 7/1842

Onondaga County S.S.
Ebenezer Hastings personally came before me Uri Doolittle one of the justices of the peace of the county of Onondaga this 18 th day of August 1832 and was duly sworn before me and the said Ebenezer Hastings testifies and says that he was knowing to Oliver Hastings during in the revolutionary war as a private soldier at the time that Ticonderoga was given up; he was in the army at the taking of Bennington. Thus far the said Ebenezer distinctly recollected; and says that the aforesaid Oliver resided in the town of Hadley in the county of Hampshire, state of Massachusetts. The said Oliver Hastings is about seventyfive years of age, and this deponent further states, that he has been acquainted with the aforesaid Oliver since of seventy years; and that the said Oliver is a man of truth and veracity. Whether the aforesaid Oliver has served in other campaigns besides the two here stated, the said Ebenezer does not at this time distinctly recollect, being him- self a man now about eighty one years of age.
Subscribed and sworn to this 18 th day of August 1832 before me Ebenezer Hastings
Uri Doolittle Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Clerks Office Onondaga County S.S.
I George Brown Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Uri Doolittle Esq. before whom the above affidavit was presented to have been sworn to on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County & duly authorized by law to act as such and further that I am acquainted with his hand writing and truly believe the signature "Uri Doolittle" subscribed to the said affidavit to be his own proper hand writing and signature
witness my hand and seal of office this 20 th day of August A D 1832
Geo Brown Clerk Joseph B. Read Dep Clk.
Oliver will please send a similar document to Ebenezer

State of New York Hats County, ss
I, Elder Lewis Stebbins, residing in the town of Millo, county and state aforesaid, do hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with Oliver Hastings , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that I believe him to be seventy five years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the revolution, and that I concur in that opinion.
Lewis Stebbins
Sworn and subscribed, this 28 th day of September, 1872, before the judges of the Hats county court of Common Pleas.
Thomas J. Nevins Deputy Clerk

State of New York Gates County, ss } John Beal. of Jerusalem, in the county and state aforesaid, being in open court duly sworn before the Judges of Gates county common pleas, doth de- pose and say, that he was a Soldier in the American army in the war of the revolution, and was present at the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne; that he has been intimately acquainted for five years past with Oliver Hastings , now in court an applicant for a pension, and is well and fully satisfied from re- peated conversations with said Hastings, that he was in the revolutionary service as he states in his affidavit as the said Hastings has communicated to this deponent many trifling incidents that could only be known, in this deponent's opinion, to a person who was at Mount Independence and at the surrender of Burgoyne. This depo- nent further says, that the character of said Hastings for truth and veracity is good.
John Beal
Sworn to and subscribed this 28 th day of September, 1872, before me
J. J. Morris Dep. Clerk
Clerk of Gates Co Court of Comm. Pleas.

Certificate of 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, Oliver Hastings , was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Lewis Stebbins, who has signed the preceding certificate, is an Elder of the Presbyterian Church resident in the town of Milo, and that John Beal, whose affidavit is hereto annexed, was a soldier in the revolutionary war, and is a resident in the town of Jerusalem, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By order of the Court
T. J. Morris Deputy Clerk
... in the signature Mr. Woollette subscribed...

And the Court further certifies, that an Affidavit made by "Elisha Hastings" duly taken and acknowledged, accompanies and forms a part of the papers in this case.
By order of the Court T. F. Nevins Dep. Clerk.
J. George Shearman, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Yates, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Oliver Hastings for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 28 th day of September A.D. 1832. - Thomas F. Nevins. Deputy Clerk -
Oliver Hastings
for Myra's and Mr. E.

Oliver Hastings New York
5/14.16
Ly. 23 59
P 211
Hono' W Babcock A. R.

BRIEF in the case of  Oliver Hastings  of Yates County in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 17th April 3 private Gen. Cap Paken Col Leonard   " time not specified " Cap White Col Porter  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Old Hadley Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary and incidental and and also one living witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are not attached agreeably to regulations - living witness not attested to be credible 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor Examining Clerk.

Rev. Mr.
13.266 ✓ INVALID.
File No. 13.266
Oliver Hastings Biv. Rev. Har.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 434
[Arrangement of 1870.]

12/2
E. J. Fowle Esq.
Pen Yan
Yates county New York
Yans N.Y. July 25th

Sir I rec d yours of the 2 d Inst the requests of which I humbly fully comply with
I do hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with Elisha Hastings for thirty years or more last past and that he is a man of truth and veracity & that his statements are entitled to full credit And I further certify that some two or three months last past Mr Elisha Hastings made an affidavit before me of the services of his brother Oliver Hastings during the war of the revolution in order to aid him the said Oliver in obtaining a pension Paris February the 5 th 1833
Uri Doolittle Justice of the Peace
Mr Elisha Hastings has lately received a certificate for a pension from the war department & reference may be made to affidavits now in the war office respecting the truth & veracity of said Elisha Hastings Paris February the 5 th 1833
Uri Doolittle Justice of the Peace

Acme Ymo. pri $23.33

State of New York
Gates county, ss. Personally appeared be- fore me, the undersigned, a justice of the Peace in for the said county, Oliver Hastings , to me known to be the per- son making application for a Pen- sion, and whose papers are herunto annexed, and who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that in the year 1777, he served as a private in the companies of Capts. Parker and White, as set forth in his declaration, for the full term of Seven Months , and for such service I claim a Pension.
Sworn & subscribed before me the 5 th Feby 1833.
Oliver Hastings
Henry A. Moseley J.P.

State of New York County of Yates ss. I Richard M. Smith dep- uty Clerk of the court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Yates do certify that the foregoing, extending to the Clerk's certificate and county seal, contains the original pro- ceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Oliver Hastings for a pension, And I do further certify that Henry A. Wisner Esquire before whom the within affidavit of the said Oliver Hastings was taken was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly sworn and authorised by law to administer oaths And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and do verily believe his signature subscribed to the certificate of the said office with to be his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said county and of the court of Common Pleas thereof this seventh day of February in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
R. M. Smith Dep. Clerk