Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,935, Samuel Horsford, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass
Horsford, Samuel
NUMBER
S. 44.935
CONTENTS

15.119
R
New York
Samuel Horsford
of Ontario County in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded Colonel Patterson of the Mapacheneque line, for the term of One Year
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 28 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of Sep. 1818 and sent to Micah Brooks Esq. 6 Bloomfield N. York
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819 129.00 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Mar 1820. 48.00 16 Mo 7/30 $177.86
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued.
Application sent to Stephen P. Hopper Esq. Sep 1820. Sam. Horsford, N. Y.

Samuel Horsford Private '46 to '47 Patterson Mapac Regt
Admitted
Sam. Horsford Private Col. Patterson's Regt. Mass. Line 1776-1778 Dec. 28 th Ap. 1778
The evidence of two disinterested and credible witnesses, duly taken and authenticated is required.
28 Ap l 1819 Off

State of New York Ontario County } To In Witness that Micah Brooks, Clerk of Office } whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificates was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario and that the same is his signature I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the County Seal at Canandaigua this 26 th day of August A.D. 1818
John McNaughton Clerk

State of New York.
Ontario County ss on this 24 th day of April 1814 before me the Subscriber one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Said County personally appears Samuel Horsford a resident in Said County in the Sixty ninth year of his age who being by me duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath depose and 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 U. States of America in the Revolutionary war" passed 18 th March 1814 That he is a citizen of the U. States. That some time in the month of May 1775 at Sable Town near Hillsdale in State of New York he enlisted for the remainder of that year being nearly eight months and served during the time in Capt. John McHenry's Company Col. Patterson's Regt (does not recollect the Brigade) in the Massachusetts line of the Continental army, at the expiration of which time he again enlisted for one year in the same Company and Regt t and served during the year aforesaid ending in Jan y 1777 at which time, he was honorably discharged but did not from either of his enlistments receive a written discharge. That he served and was stationed near Prospect Hill in the vicinity of Boston in the year 1775 - That in 1776 was in the Canada Expedition, then stationed a while at Mt. Independence, and in the latter part of the year marched with the troops into New Jersey - and that now by reason of his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support - further this deponent saith not.
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 24 th day of April 1814
Micah Brooks
Samuel Horsford
I Micah Brooks one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario. do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that Samuel Horsford did live in the revolutionary war for more than nine at one period - and from personal acquaintance with him am fully satisfied that he is so reduced in his circumstances as really to need the assistance of his country for support -
Micah Brooks

State of New York Ontario County ss
Joel Phelps of the Town of Rush in Said County being duly sworn de- poses and saith that he was a Soldier in the Company of Capt. John McHenry in the Regt. of Col. John Patterson of the Massachusetts line of the Revolutionary Army, for, and during the year Seven hundred & Seventy six, and that in this deponent was well knowing to the enlistment of Samuel Horsford as a private Soldier, into the Said Company of Capt. Mc- Henry, on or about the first of January 1776 and that in the Said Samuel Horsford did faithfully serve in the Said Company for and during the term of one year and at the ex- piration of which term was honorably discharged. and further this deponent saith that he is not interested directly or indirectly in the application of the Said Samuel Horsford for a pen- sion from the United States.
Sworn and Subscribed this 7 th day of Aug t 1819 before me - Joel Phelps Nich Brooks a judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Said County
I Certify that Joel Phelps the above deponent is a credible witness on whom testimony full reliance ought to be placed -
Nich Brooks

State of New York Ontario County } ss. Clerks Office
I, Heman Norton Dep: clk of the County of Ontario hereby certify that Micah Brooks was on the day of the date of the with- in certificates a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario duly commissioned and sworn and that the name of the said Micah Brooks subscribed to said certificates is in his own proper hand writing - In testimony whereof I have affixed the Seal of said County and subscri- bed my name at Canandaigua this 19 th day of August 1819.
Heman Norton Dep: clk

State of New York Ontario County ss.
Oliver Fletcher of the County aforesaid being duly sworn deposes and saith that he was a Soldier in the Company of Capt. John McHenry, in Col. John Patterson's Regt. of the Massachusetts line of the Revolutionary Army for, and served during the year Seventeen Hun- dred and Seventy Six, and this deponent further saith that he was knowing to the instrument of Samuel Horsford, as a Private Soldier into the said Company of Capt. McHenry, on or about the first of January 1776 and that he the said S. Horsford did faithfully serve as a Soldier in said Company until the close of the year 1776 and was honorably discharged - and this depo- nent further saith that he is not directly or indi- rectly interested in the application of the said S. Horsford for a pension from the United States -
Sworn and subscribed this Oliver Fletcher 7 th day of Aug t - 1849 Before me - Micah Brooks a judge of the Court of Com- Pleas for said County -
I Certify that Oliver Fletcher the above deponent is a credible witness, and that his testimony is entit- led to full credit
Micah Brooks

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
On this 21 st day of August — 1820 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) Samuel Horsford aged seventy — years, resident of the town of Canandaigua 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:
For the term of one year in Capt. McIntosh's Company in Colonel Patterson's Regiment in the Massachusetts line commencing in March 1776 —
and that he made application for a Pension on the twentyeighth day of April 1818 and that he received a Pension Certificate, No. 15,119 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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, viz.
One Set of Shoemakers tools $8.00 Samuel Horsford
And I do further swear and declare that I am by occupation a Shoemaker and that by age and bodily infirmities I am able to perform but very little labour of any kind and that I have no family — Samuel Horsford
Sworn to and declared on the 21 st day of August 1820. in Open Court before me Wm Rogers a Judge of Ontario Common Pleas —

ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
I, John Van Soten Clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I 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 Eight dollars and _____ cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 22 d day of August 1820
J Van Soten
Clerk of the Court aforesaid, in and for said County.

Copy to G. S. Burford
Patterson
15/11/9 20 Sept 1829
Mar. 20
 OLYMPIA 

HH 935 Rec y  INVALID.
File No. 44 935-
Samuel Horsford Prin. Res. War
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 233
[Arrangement of 1870.]