Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44202, Jacob Hier, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Hier, Jacob
S. 44202
CONTENTS

1981
New York.
Capt Evans Jacob Hiey his wife New York City
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York, at the rate of 8— Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th of July 1818. and sent to Barnabas Lawrence Carmel, New York.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
Revolutionary War
5 Mo. 1/30. $40 26
Van Schaeck
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
✓
1776 3 Years.
Kent, Putnam County,
Continued on the roll under the law of the 18th May 1820
Date of death not on a D
Notification sent to J Hume Esq 25 June 1820.
Carmel Putnam Co.
New York

State of New York } Putnam County }
Pursuant to an act of Congress passed 18 th March 1818 providing for those officers & soldiers in reduced circum- stances who served in the revolutionary war
Personally came before me Barnabas Carrow one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Putnam. Jacob Hier of the Town of Kent in said County who being by me duly sworn deposeth & saith that at the time the revolutionary war took place he resided at a place called the Wright Plains in the County of Westchester & State of New York & in the year 1775 Enlisted into Capt Duackenbush's Company in Col McDougall Regiment & marched with the Army Under the Command of Gen Montgomery into Canada was at the taking of St Johns & Montreal by Gen Montgomery & in the Battle when Montgomery was killed in attempting to storm Quebec & thereafter served in that Expe- -dition for more than nine months & when discharged from that service he Enlisted again in the Month of December 1776 into Capt Grahams Company at a place called Johns Town in the State of New York in Col Van Cyske & Lieut Col Van Dyke's Regiment to serve for three years or during the War & as nearly as he can recollect the No of the Regiment was No 1 of the York Line & did a dutiful service under that Regiment until peace took place & was at the Battle of Monmouth & at the Taking of Cornwallis & Received an honorable discharge from the Army by Lieut Col Van Dyke at a place called Snake Hill in Orange County State of New York & sold his right to his bounty Land to the pay master of the Regiment & that he is poor & much in want of assistance from his Country as he is old & no property wherewithal to support himself in his advanced age & further this deponent saith not
Taken and acknowledged this 21 st day of April 1818 before me Barnabas Carrow one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for Putnam County
his Jacob Hier mark

Putnam County Clerks Office
I Certify that Barnabas Caron Esq. Before whom the within affidavit appears to have been taken is an acting judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County & to whose judicial acts full faith & credit ought to be given in witness whereof I subscribe my name & affix the seal of said Court
April 28 th 1818
James Powning Clerk
I Barnabas Caron Esq. do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said James Powning serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the foregoing declaration against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and here before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the provisions of the aforementioned act of Congress
Barnabas Caron
July 9 th 1818
I Barnabas Caron Esq. do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the within named Jacob Merrill and do know him to be in Indigent circumstances & a proper subject for the same of that in said County
State of New York County of Putnam
Barnabas Caron
May Carmel
Connect. St.
Jacob Merrill Applicant

Certified Copy of the Declaration of Jacob Hiltz -
State of New York Putnam County
Already on pension Roll
Continue
1981 27 July 1818
J. Hiltz Carmel Putnam Co NY

State of New York
Putnam County ss; On the eighth day of June in the year 1820 personally appeared in the court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Putnam in open court the same being a court of Record and created such by statute of the said State and proceeding according to the course of the common Law with unlimited jurisdiction as to amount Jacob Hiers aged seventy nine years resident in the town of Kent in the said county of Putnam who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows to wit - That in the year 1775 he enlisted in Capt. Quackenbush's company Col. McDougal's Regt. New York line for seven months during which period he served and was present at and engaged in the assault on Quebec under Genl. Montgomery, was at the taking of St. Johns & Sorelle; afterwards he served in Captain Benjamin Evans' company the first Regt. New York line, colonel's name not remembered for one year. That about Christmas in the year 1776 he enlisted as a private in Captain James Gregg's company Col. Goosey Van Schaick's Regiment New York line for three years or during the war and served six years and seven months till he was discharged in the year 1783, was in the battle of Monmouth and at the capture of Cornwallis, that the date of his original declaration is April 11 th 1818 and the number of his certificate 1981.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th 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 eighteenth day of March 1818, and that I have not nor had 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; that I have pursued no other occupation than that of a common labourer; that through old age and many other infirmities and particularly by occasion of a weakness in the loins caused by the fall of a tree while I was engaged in building huts for soldiers in the year 1782 I am totally unable to earn any support, that my family consists of my wife Sarah aged fifty five unable to support herself and a daughter Ruth aged thirty four destitute of common understanding and almost totally helpless, —
his Jacob X Njer mark
Sworn to and declared in open court before the Judges of the same this
8 th day of June 1820 — Attest Rowland Bailey clerk

Schedule of Property.
Real Estate - None.
Personal Estate - 2 hens - 1 ax - 11 earthen dishes 2 pewter spoons - 2 chairs - 1 old table - 1 pot 1 bat. ————— Jacobs his Heger mark
Sworn to and declared in open court
before the judges of the same this
8 th day of June 1820. Attest Rowland Bailey clerk
The above declaration and schedule being duly made and sworn to in open court, the Court thereupon decide and give their opinion that the total amount in value of the said property is two dollars. ————— June 8 th 1820 Attest Rowland Bailey clerk
State of New York
Putnam County } ss; I Rowland Bailey clerk of the court of Common Pleas of said county of Putnam, 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 said property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is two dollars as is above stated.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this ninth day of June A. D. 1820.
Rowland Bailey Clerk of the court of Common Pleas in Putnam County.

January 25, 1938
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Mr. Richard Hyer Waterloo New Hampshire
JACOB HIER S. 44202 BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Alexander, Garret and Jacob Hyer, all of whom served in the New York Line.
There are no claims for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Alexander or Garret Hyer, under any spelling of the surname. Such claims are the source of data furnished by this office in regard to soldiers of the Revolutionary War. The record has been found of only one Jacob Hier who served from New York. His record follows as found in pension claim, S. 44202, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Jacob Hier are not shown.
While residing at White Plains, Westchester County, New York, Jacob Hier enlisted in 1775 and served seven months as a private in Captain Quackenboss' company, Colonel McDougal's New York regiment, was in the battles of Saint Johns, Montreal and the storming of Quebec, all in Canada. He next served about a year in Captain Benjamin Evans' New York company. He enlisted about Christmas, 1776, for the duration of the war, served as private in Captain Graham's company, Colonel Van Dyck's New York regiment, and in Captain James Gregg's company, Colonel Goose Van Schaick's New York regiment, was in the battle of Monmouth, at the capture of Cornwallis and was discharged sometime in 1783.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed April 4, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Kent, Putnam County, New York. He was still living there in 1820, aged seventy-nine years. He signed by mark, Jacob Hier.
In 1820, Jacob Hier referred to his wife, Sarah, then aged fifty-five years, and to his daughter, Ruth, aged thirty-four years. No

reference was made to any other children.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of Jacob Hier, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Jacob Hier Certificate #1981 Issued July 27, 1818 Rate $8 per month Commenced April 4, 1818 Act of March 18, 1818 New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1938 Jan. 25 Hist. to Pickenberger 296B
44 202
Rev INVALID.
File No. 44.202
Jacob Kies Dr. New York
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 249
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Waterloo, New Hampshire, January 12-1938.
Rev. War Section, Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Please let me know if you have record of pension or bounty having been claimed, and any identifying particulars on services of the following men who served from New York State in the Revolutionary War:
o Alexander Hyer , 1st and 3rd regiments, The Line.
o Garret Hyer, 3rd regiment, The Line, and 1st reg't, Albany Co. Militia.
o Jacob Hyer, 1st regiment, The Line.
only one of these signed
The above information is necessary in the preparation of a family history.
Very truly yours
Richard Hyer
Richard Hyer