Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,693, Christian Hoffstader, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New York
Hoffstader, Christian
S. 43,693
CONTENTS

Notification sent Aaron Hackley by 26 Sep. 1820. Herkimer, N.Y.
Susp. see letter 18 Aug. 1825 to P. Agt & Pension - Oct. 7. 1825 to D. Holt - Nov. 7. 1828 to Hon. M. Hoffman - to L. Ford 9 Dec. 1828 - 29 Dec. 1828 to same and Pension Agent - 23 Jan. 1829 to M. Wilbur - Dead. see letter Nov. 14. 1836 to P. Agt & G. B. Judd - do. to P. by Nov. 21. 1836 -
agency book - D. Jan. 14. 1834
1,200
New-York.
Christian Hoffstader, Capt Fink private, New-York line -
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New-York at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence the 16. of April , 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16. of July , 1818, and sent to the care of David  Holt , Esq; Herkimer , N. York .
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818. $ 37.07
4 months, \frac{19}{30} - $ 37.07
Soldier died January 12, 1824 { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Van Scharen 1777 One year.
Schuyler, Herkimer Co. Continent

Christian Hoffstader Herkimer County, N. York
David Holt, Esquire, Judge, Herkimer, New-York,
== Christian Hoffstader, New-York line. Revolutionary claim. ==
Correct:

State of New York,
Herkimer County
On this 16th day of April, 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County, personally appears Christian Hoffstadter, aged twenty eight years, resident in the town of Schuyler, in the county of Herkimer aforesaid, who, being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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."
That he the said Christian Hoffstadter enlisted for three years at the town of Schuyler in the county and state aforesaid, in the month of May, in the year 1777, in a company of Infantry commanded by Captain Andrew Finck in the first regiment in the New York line, commanded by Col. Gers Van Schuyler — that he continued to serve in said corps, in the continental establishment, against the common enemy, for more than one year, when he was discharged from the said corps & the service aforesaid in consequence of his having procured a substitute, who was accepted and served in said company, as this deponent understands and believes, until the close of the year 1780 — that Godfrey Crandall was the substitute procured and accepted as aforesaid, and that this deponent paid the said Godfrey Eighty Dollars for taking his place and serving the remainder of the three years for which he the said Christian had enlisted — that he the said Christian received no written discharge from the service, because the term for which he enlisted at the

time when the said substitute was accepted, — had not expired That he the said Christian was in the engagement with the picket guard at Fort Edward, and at the battle of Stillwater and at the taking of Gen. Burgoyne and his army — That he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the as- sistance of his country for support — That he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services than the affidavit of Andrew Finck, which is hereto annexed — and that he hereby relinquishes all claims to any and every pension heretofore allowed him by the United States or any individual State
his Christian X Hoffstadu mark
I swear to and declare before me the day and year aforesaid.
David Holt Judge of Warren Co. Pleas
State of New York Warren County
ss — Andrew Clark, of Schuyler, in said County, being duly sworn, saith, that he has been well acquainted with the above named Christian Hoffstadu, for more than twenty years — That he is infirm and poor, and that he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
Andrew Clark
Subscribed & sworn April 16th, 1818 before me
David Holt Judge of Warren Co. Pleas

State of New York Herkimer County } p
On the 15 th day of April, 1818, before me David H. Holt, personally came Andrew Finch, of said county, to me well known, who being duly sworn, saith, That in the month of May, 1777, according to the best of this deponent's recollection, Christian Hoogstadter, now of the town of Schoharie in the county of Schoharie, and State aforesaid joined a company then commanded by the said deponent, in the first New York Regiment of Infantry in the continental establishment, commanded by Col. Goes Van Lobaych — That the said Christian was regularly enlisted, and served in said company under my command against the common enemy, for more than one year — after which time the said Christian furnished a substitute who was accepted, and who served faithfully in said company until the close of the year 1780 —
Subscribed and sworn April 15 th 1818, before me David H. Holt Judge of Herkimer Common Pleas
Andrew Finch Col. Major in the Revolutionary War

Herkimer, ss. I David Holt, one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Herkimer, in the State of New York, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that Christian Hoffstader, whose declaration is herunto annexed did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in said declaration, against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony therein and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the act of Congress in the said declaration men- tioned. Given under my hand and seal at Herkimer this 16th day of April, 1818
State of New York Clerk's Office Herkimer County
I do certify, that David Holt Esquire whose signature and seal is affixed to the foregoing certificate, is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for our said County, that he is duly commissioned and qualified to act as such, and that his signa- ture to the said certificate is in his own proper hand writing.
Given under my hand and the seal of our Court at Herkimer this 18th Day of April 1818
Walter Fish Clerk

Christian Hoffstader
Certificate of Exemplification 904 Stader
N o 12
[Signature]
Can
1200 16 July 1818
Sept. 18

Schedule
State of New York Herkimer County ss On this fourth day of July 1820 personally appeared in Open Court to wit the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County said Court being by the laws of the State of New York constituted a court of Record Christian Hoffstadter aged Eighty years resident in the Town of Schuyler 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 viz that I Enlisted in the now County of Herkimer in New York in May 1777 in Capt Finks Company in Col Van Schaick Regiment in the New York line and served in said Company and Regiment for three years when I was regularly discharged that the date of my Original declaration is the 15th day of April 1818 and that the Number of My pension Certificate is 1200 - And I do Solemnly Swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 15th day of March 1818 that I have not since that time by gift Sale or in any manner dispose of My personal 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 15th 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 to wit One Cow and one heifer and the wearing apparel of Myself and my wife, that I was a farmer but am wholly unable to labour that my wife is twenty four years old and constantly lame and infirm that I have no other family and that my wife and myself reside with My son to whom I am accountable for our support as he is not able to support us gratuitously Value of property twenty one Dollars Christian Hoffstadter P. M. Hackley Sworn to and delivered on the 4th day of July 1820 before David Dolt a Judge of Herkimer County Court of Common Pleas
The Court is of opinion that the Value of the property contained in the foregoing Schedule is twenty one

Dollars
David Holt John J. Prendergast George Rosecrantz Judges
State of New York Clerk's Office Schoharie County ss I, Walter Fish Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Records 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 described in the foregoing Schedule is Twenty one Dollars In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 11 th day of July 1820 Walter Fish Clerk Of the Court for the County of Schoharie

State of New York Herkimer County
Christian Hoffstader, being duly sworn, saith, that he has received information from the Pensions Office of the U. States that the Pension of him the said Chris- tian hath been suspended in consequence of information having been received at said Office that he the said Christian, together with his son, in 1811, received a deed of fifty acres of land situ- ate in Herkimer County, and that he the said Christian still occupied the same. — That the following statement of facts in relation to said land is given, to account for the omission of said land in the schedule of the property of the said Christian, viz. — that in the year 1811, the deponent then being upwards of seventy years of age, he together with his son David received from John Delancy Esq. a deed of forty- five acres of land, lying in the town of Schuyler & county of Herkimer, for which they were to pay somewhere about Five Hundred Dollars; that one Hundred Dollars were paid down, and a bond and mortgage given to secure the pay- ment of the remainder; that the deponent and his said son were jointly interested in said land, and became jointly liable for the payment for the same; that the deponent and his wife and his said son and his wife, lived together on said land as one family for several years; that some other payments were made by the deponent and his son jointly towards said land, but to what amount the deponent cannot recollect; that the concerns of the deponent and his son continued in this situation until about the year 1817, when this deponent was nearly eighty years old, and became infirm and unable to labor; that at this time, and before the deponent had any knowledge of the Act of Congress allowing Pensions to Revolu-

tionary soldiers, he the deponent verbally relinquished to his said son David all his right and title in and to said forty-five acres of land, the said David agreeing that he alone would meet and discharge the amounts then due upon the Bond and Mortgage aforesaid; — that from the time of the relinquishment aforesaid he has not in any wise considered that he had any equitable claim or demand whatever in or to the same; that when the deponent first made application for a pension under the act of 1818, and also when his schedule was made under the act of 1820, it did not occur to him that it could be necessary to mention either the land or the facts connected therewith, as he did not consider himself entitled to any part of said land or the avails thereof; — that he has continued to reside with his son, upon the said land, which for several years past he has understood from his said son that he had rented from one Peter Ruma, to whom the said David had sold the same; — that from the time when the deponent first drew his pension until the present day, he has had no other means of support than his said pension, excepting what has been voluntarily and gratuitously furnished him, for himself and his wife, by his said son David, and the said Peter Ruma, who is his son-in-law; — that in consideration of the said Peter Ruma having purchased the said land of the said David for its full value, and in consideration of the previous relinquishment by the deponent of his claim to the same, he has recently executed a release of the same to the said Peter Ruma, as he considered himself equitably bound to do; — and that if his

Pension is discontinued, he has no means of support left, as he has no property excepting two colts and a heifer for one of which colts he is now indebted. — That the foregoing is a correct statement of facts, and affords the only reason which the deponent has to assign, why his right to the said land was not mentioned in his schedule. — And further, that the said said is absent, in parts unknown to the deponent, and his affidavit in the premises cannot be obtained.
Sworn & subscribed
this 18 th day of October 1825, before me
his Christian K Hoffstadler mark
John C. Clahan, one of the Judges of Herkimer County Court

State of New York Herkimer County } ss
Peter Rena, being duly sworn, saith — that he is the owner of the forty-five acres of land mentioned in the affidavit of Christian Hoffstadter, to which this is annexed; — that he was aware that the land was purchased by the said Christian and his son David, jointly, from John Delancey, but that the deponent had understood, for several years prior to the year 1820, that the whole lot was owned by the said David, as the said Christian had given up his claim to the same to the said David; — that in July, 1820, the said deponent purchased the said land of the said David, and took a deed from him for the same; that the deponent paid and agreed to pay to the said David the sum of Three Hundred Dollars for the said forty five acres of land and agreed further to get the bond held by the said Delancey against the said David and his father discharged, the amount due upon said bond, and the mortgage being Three Two Hundred and Forty Dollars; — that the said Six Hundred and Forty Dollars, the deponent considers the full value of the said land, if free from all encumbrances; — that the deponent did not know until very recently that the con- veyance of the right of the said Christian to the said David was made or attempted to be made in a verbal manner only, and that when he did ascertain the same he applied to the said Christian, who readily executed to him a release of the same, without any other consideration than that he had formerly relinquished it to the said David, and that the deponent had paid and was liable to pay, to the said David and the said Delancey, the full value of the said land; — that from the year 1820, the said David has held

and occupied the said land as a tenant under the deponent, yielding and paying rent therefor, until the last year, for which the rent is still due to the deponent—excepting that in the first year he only occupied the house and part of the premises;—that from the year 1820, when the deponent purchased the same, the said Christian has neither had possession, nor claimed any right to the premises, within the knowledge of the deponent, further than as he lived with the said David, as by himself stated;—and further, that I the deponent am the sole and only owner of the said land, and have title to the same and hold the said David Hoffstadter alone responsible for the rent and occupying thereof.
Peter Risma
Subscribed & sworn, October 150, 1825,
before me
John Mahan Clerk of The Judges of Herkimer County Court

Rev. and Wars Section AWF/eel
April 29, 1929
Edgar J. Klock R.F.D. #4 Frankfort, New York
Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 43693, it appears that Christian Hoffstader enlisted at Schuyler, Herkimer County, New York, in May, 1777, and served more than a year in Captain Andrew Finck's Company, Colonel Goose Van Schaick's New York Regiment; he was in the battles of Fort Edward and Stillwater and the taking of Burgoyne.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 16, 1818, at which time he was living in Schuyler, New York, aged seventy-eight years.
In 1820, the soldier stated that his wife was seventy-four years of age, her name is not given.
A son, David, and son-in-law, Peter Rema or Reema are mentioned.
The soldier died, January 14, 1834.
There are no further family data.
Respectfully,
E.W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

43693 INVALID. Recy
File No. 43,693
Christian Hoffstadter Per Per No
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 232
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1907 June 14. History to Lida M. Robertson - c 1928 - Dec - 11 - Frank D - Duel adv - cast of photos - mmx 1929. April 29 - Hist to Edgar J. Klock - See letter in Jacob Lintz 38863 auz

Susp d his letters to Agent & Pensioner, 18 Aug: 1825.

Mr. Hoffstadt has shown me a letter addressed from the War department to the Govt. Mr. Hoffstadt of this plan recently respecting Hoffstadt's pension, in reply to one from Mr. Hoffstadt, and the enclosed affidavit is made by me in explanation of my letter which it is said caused Hoffstadt's pension to be suspended - I am always desirous to do justice to all, particularly to the few who survive of the Revolutionary veterans - If this aff d is of any use to Hoffstadt please send the answer to my care.
J. Foss

1301
Nov 11. 1836 Parker's office.
Christian Hoffstadt Act 18 Mo 1818 New York

Frankfort Nov. 5 th 1836
Sir The enclosed papers you will see were made out before the late order respecting the making out such papers, and while the pension agency in this state was in the City of New-York. You will also see notes made on the inside of the papers in pencil by the pension agent of his objections to the payment of the amount then claimed and by a further examination of the papers you will see that the defects in the papers have since been supplied - you will also notice that the amount claimed is small and that the children often divorced are scattered over the state and of course it has been at great pains that the papers as they are have been obtained - Under all the circumstances I have thought it proper before presenting the claim for payment to present the papers directly to you for your direction in the premises, & hope you will deem it your duty to direct the amount to be paid at the Agency in Albany to such person as shall present the papers, who will cause his name to be inserted in the blanks in the powers and make the proper affidavit.
Your obedt. Servt.
G. B. Lueder
To
Hon. B. F. Butler Secretary of War

Frankfort Ky Nov 6 th
Sir
Hon. B. F. Butler Secretary of War Washington City -

rec. Oct. 6. 1825-
Mr. [unclear] Evidence also required suspension in case of Christian Hoffstadter
Rev. Mr. [unclear] Secretary at War, Washington, N.Y.
Washington City
Sept 1818.

Herkimer, Oct. 1, 1825.
Sir,
Having originally procured a pension certificate for Christian Hoffstadler, he has again applied to me, in consequence of the notice received from the pension office of his pension being stoppt. The enclosed affidavits, it is presumed, will be perfectly satisfactory, and fully explain the omission to mention the land in his schedule. The old man is illiterate, was in firm and almost eighty years old when his application  schedule was first made; and I have no doubt but that he has now given a strictly accurate statement of the business. The suspension of his pension, if continued, will leave him entirely dependant on his son-in-law, who is not in affluent circumstances, or upon the town of Schuyler. It is unfortunate for him that he did not receive the notice in season to meet it and secure the last semi-annual payment, unless he can now receive it as usual, which I flatter myself he can do, as there is probably a surplus in the hands of the agent at New York. Should you decide in his favor, and the money could not be drawn until March next, that might operate hardly, as, at his very advanced age, his death may be anticipated during every six months, and the expense and trouble of getting anars by executors or administrators would be a dead loss. Under this view of the subject, it

is very desirable, if it can be done, that instructions may be given to the agent in N. York to make the payment for the last half year whenever the proper application is made to him.
In behalf of the old soldier, who has faithfully served his country, who is bowed down with infirmities, & fast sinking into the grave, I have to solicit as early attention to this, as circumstances will permit, and that Mr. Edwards will communicate with me upon the subject.
I am, Sir,
Very Respectfully,
Your obedt servant,
Hon. Sec'y of War.
David Holt

C.
KNOW all Men by these Presents, That I, Christian Hoffstadter of Schenck, Ulster County (a) , a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint Marcus Wilbur my true and lawful Attorney (b), for me, and in my name, to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying Pensions in the City of New York State of New York my pension from the fourth day of September 1824, to the fourth day of September 1828
Witness my Hand and Seal, this day of Eighteenth December 1828.
Sealed and delivered in presence of Darius Ford
Christian X Hoffstadter mark
State of New York Ulster County, } ss.
Be it known, That on the Eighteenth day of December 1828, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Christian Hoffstadter above named, and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act and deed.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, the day and year last above mentioned.
Nicholas Smith J. Peace.
State of New York New York County, } ss.
Be it known, That, on the Second day of January 1829, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared, Marcus Wilbur the Attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney, and made oath that the same was not given him by reason of any sale, transfer, or mortgage of the pension, or arrears of pension therein authorized to be received by him.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned, before me, J. P. (c).
Note. This affidavit must be signed by the Attorney.
(a) In this blank insert the word Invalid, or Revolutionary, as the case may be.
(b) As substitutes are sometimes necessary, a clause authorizing the appointment of such a person may be added, when the case shall so require.
(c) The oath, or acknowledgement, may be made before any officer duly authorized to administer oaths.
X The Magistrate must certify, why the Pensioner cannot cosent

Retraxit
Lauren Ford in the case of Christian Hoffstader

State of New York, Rensselaer County } I, Simon Lord of the Town & County of Rensselaer, being duly sworn saith that several years ago - this deponent addressed to the War Department in the City of Washington, a Letter respecting the Pension of Christian Hoff- stader of the Town of Schuylerville in said County - and this de- ponent has been informed & believes that in consequence of said Letter, the payment of said Hoffstader's Pension has, since that time, been suspended by the Department at Wash- ington - And this deponent further saith that he cannot state the precise date of said Letter, nor the exact import of its contents inasmuch as this deponent did not retain a Copy of said Letter - that this deponent will recollect the general tenor of said Letter which was that said Hoffstader was a joint owner of a Farm situate in the Town of Schuylerville, of which Farm the Son of said Hoffstader was the other joint owner -
And this deponent further saith that from information upon which this deponent relies as being perfectly correct, and which this de- ponent has obtained since the writing of said Letter, this deponent is entirely satisfied that the interest which said Christian Hoffstader had in said Farm was of little or no value, at the time when said Letter was written - And this deponent further saith that the circumstances & facts which induced him to address said Letter to the War Depart-

ment, and also the facts & circumstances which now operate upon this Respondent united & convince him that the opinion conveyed by - the aforesaid Letter was erroneous in a material particular - as the following - In the year 1811. this Respondent with said Partner, as Agents of John De Laney Esq. of the City of New York, sold to Christian Hoff- stadt - his son David, the Farm, alluded to in the aforesaid Letter - A Bond for said David was given to them jointly, & they jointly executed to said De Laney a Bond & Mortgage to secure the payment of the purchase money, except a small part that was secured by personal securities - This Respondent with said Partner continued to be the Agents of said De Laney & to have the management of the said Farm until the year 1823, when the Agency passed into the hands of another person - That from 1811. to 1823. several small payments, not accounting to the interest on said Bond Mortgage were paid into the hands of this Respondent with Partner - That when this Respondent wrote said Letter, he was informed and believed that the said Christian Hoffstadt - his son David, after said Agency passed from the hands of this Respondent with Partner as aforesaid, had paid to the subsequent agent of said De Laney a very considerable part of the amount due on said Bond & Mortgage, & was able to pay the balance and it was under this belief that this Respondent thought

due on said Bond & Mortgage, I am able to pay the balance and it was under this belief that this deponent thought
it proper to write said Letter - That subsequent enquiries made since the date of said Letter, and a more proper examination of the Records in the office of the Clerk of Herkimer County has satisfied this deponent that the interest which said Christian Hoffstader , has in said Land when this deponent wrote said Letter was of little or no value, and that the amount due upon the Mortgage was equal to the value of the Land - And this deponent further saith that a belief that the said Hoffstader has been deprived of the aforesaid Pension through the agency of this deponent - and that the information communicated by this de- ponent to the War Department was founded in an error, is the motives which now induces this deponent to address this com- munication to the same Department.
Given at Utica N.Y. 1. 1878.
Before me Abijah Beckwith Clerk of Herkimer County
D. Adams Fred
State of New York, Herkimer County } ss. I Abijah Beckwith Clerk of said County do
Certify that the Clerk of said County is an au- thorized by Law to take Affidavits - Witness my
Hand & Seal of Office. Dec. 2. 1878
Witness my hand & seal Abijah Beckwith Clerk

Atkins August 13. 1825.
Hon. Secretary of War
Sir
On the Pension Roll of the United States, you will find the name of Christian Hoffstadter of the Town of Schuyler in the County of Atkinson State of New York. His pension was granted, I think, in the year 1820. Circumstances within my own knowledge satisfy me that he is not entitled to the bounty of his Country, under the laws passed in 1818, and that by accident or design his application made to our Court of Common Pleas, in order to obtain his pension was essentially incorrect. I think it my duty to communicate to you the circumstances on which this opinion is founded. In the year 1811, I was the agent of John Delancey Esq. of New York, who then was the proprietor of Lands in this County. At such Agent I sold to Christian Hoffstadter his son David a farm of fifty acres of Land, and Mr Delancey conveyed the Land to them jointly. They have lived upon & occupied the farm from that time to the present hour, and by diligent searching I have not been able to find that the old man has ever sold or conveyed away his interest in the farm. They have a good framed house & Barn on the farm & the Land is under good improvement with a

good stock of horses, cattle & upon the same - This farm is not mentioned in the Schedule of property presented by C. Hoffstadt to the Court.
Having simply communicated this information, I have done what in my view, is the duty of every good Citizen of the State. -
Should the affair be of sufficient importance to engage any portion of your attention, and should you wish for any information respecting the person who addresses you, that information can be obtained by referring to Messrs. Storer, Hukins, & Cady of the Bar Congress, or to Mr. Brantley the District Attorney of the United States for the Northern District of New York.
With great respect
I am Sir
Yours &c
Lauren Ford

Will you please send me the Revolutionary War record of Christian Hoffstater (or Hoffstater) my g.g. grandfather?
Lida M. Robertson
Tarish, Oswego Co. N.Y. June 3. 1907.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section MMUF/esl
December 11, 1928
Frank D. Deuel 1045 Keyes Avenue Schenectady, New York
Sir:
I advise you that photostatic copies of papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claims are furnished upon request at the rate of fifteen cents a page with twenty-five cents extra for certification in each claim, if that is desired.
The number of pages to be copied in claim of Christian Hoffstader, S. 43693, of Schuyler, New York, is twenty-one.
The number of pages to be copied in claim of Jacob Lints, S. 8863, of Frankfort, New York, is ten.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau by United States Postal Money Order, drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

1045 Keyes Ave,
Schenectady, N.Y. Nov. 26, 1928
U.S. Dept. of Interior Bureau of Pensions Mr. Winfield Scott Commissioner
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
Did Jacob Lints of Frankfort, N.Y. b. 1754 married July 22, 1794 Elizabeth Rinn apply for a Revolutionary War Pension? If so, will you inform me how many Photostat pages @ 15¢ per page plus 25¢ for certification are in his claim? also spelled Lentz.
Did Christian Huffstader also spelled Huffstatter and Hochstatter of Schuyler, N.Y. or Frankfort, N.Y. apply for Revolutionary War Pension? If so how many photostat pages @ 15¢ per page plus 25¢ for certification? He died in 1833 or 1834 at a very advanced age, called Christ John Huffstater.
Truly Yours
Frank D. Deuel

In reply to your request of _____, received for a statement of the military history of Christian Stolfsoder 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. File 43.693
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Schuyler, N.Y. May 77 more than 1 year Andrew Frick Isaac Van Schaick N.Y.                                                                 
Battles engaged in, St. Edward. Stillwater. Taking of Burgoyne - Residence of soldier at enlistment, at Schuyler - Her. Co. N.Y. Date of application for pension, Apr. 16. 1818 Residence at date of application, Schuyler. Herkimer Co., N.Y. Age at date of application, 78
Remarks: 1890 mtc - 74. I am son in law Peter Rems - mentioned in Agency book rec. dtd Jan'y 14, 1834.