Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1036, Samuel Hecox, Continental (Conn.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Coast.)
Hecox Samuel Lucena
No. 1036
B.L. Wt. 51754-160-55
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Act mar. 3. 11 Aug. 29. 16
Licena Hecor. mid. Samuel Hecor. pri.
A. Hoop
Ad: 160 ac, Dec: 23 d 186 Blyth, Knox. war.
Pur. Act Feb. 3. 13 July 53-2672
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24.163 Utica New York Samuel Hecox of Oneida in the State of New York who was a Corporal in the Comp. commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Miller in the New York line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of $33 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Nov. 1833 and sent to M c Grath Utica
  Arrears to the 4 th of Sep. '33  $ 82.50    Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 st M ch '34  16.50     $99.00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by G. C. Stiles Clerk, Book E. Vol. 1. Page 2

2672 New York Albany widow of Rebecca Hecox Samuel Hecox who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Corporal At the Field Line Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of Feb 53 and sent to
A.C. Crane Utica N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 76. Vol. A
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255815 C.H.

State of New York County of Oneida ss
On this 17 th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared before the Vice Chancellor of the 5 th Circuit of the Court of Chancery of the State of New York being a Court of Record Samuel Hecox of the Town of New Hartford in the said County of Oneida and State of New York aged eighty years who first being 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 7 th 1832 That he enlisted into the Army of the United States in the year 1776 in the Company commanded by Capt Ezekiel Scott in the 22 d Regiment commanded by Col Samuel Willis in the Connecticut line. That he continued to serve in said corps and in the service of the United States until the year 1777 when he was honorably discharged from service, the term of his enlistment having expired that he was an orderly sergeant in said Company during the latter period of said service of about four months That when he enlisted he lived in Farmington State of Connecticut. That he enlisted at Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts and marched from Roxbury to Providence, and from Providence to New London, and from thence he went to New York, and remained in the said City till the United States Troops evacuated the same. That he was in a Skirmish at Harlem Heights near New York, and from thence he marched to Fishkill in the State of New York. That he was in said service about one year or a little more. That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State — and that he claims a pension for one years service Sworn to and subscribed "of about four months intended" this day and year aforesaid
Samuel Hecox
N. Williams
Vice Chancellor

And the said Court do hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states -
Williams in Chanc.
I, James Watson Williams, Clerk of the Court of Chancery for the Fifth Circuit of the State of New York, do hereby cer- tify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Hudson for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and seal of Office this seventeenth day of August, A.D. 1832.
J Watson Williams: Clerk in Chanc.

State of New York County of Onondaga ss;
At a Records Court held before the Recorder of the City of Utica, in and for the aforesaid County—
I Erastus Clark the Recorder of the City of Utica aforesaid do hereby certify that in open court at a Records Court held before me at the City of Utica, in and for said County of Onondaga, on the sixth day of October eighteen hundred and fifty three, satisfactory evidence is adduced to prove that Samuel Hinkley, late of New Hartford, in said County of Onondaga, deceased was in his life time a pensioner of the United States, and that he drew a pension of thirty three dollars per annum on account of service rendered by said Hinkley in the Army of the Revolution; That the said Samuel Hinkley, was married to Luina Hinkley, who subscribed and deplored to the annexed declaration on the twenty first day of January eighteen hundred and five. That the said Samuel Hinkley died at New Hartford, aforesaid on the second day of May eighteen hundred and thirty five. That the said Luina Hinkley was a widow on the third day of February 1853 and is still a widow. Further certify that said Court is a Court of Record by statute and that it has a Clerk and a seal.
That I have no interest in the claim of Luina Hinkley to a pension of Erastus Clark Recorder of the City of Utica

Revolutionary Pensions
Mrs Lucena Hiltrot Widow of Saml Hiltrot
At Feb 3 rd 1853
Forwarded by A. C. Crary of the city of Utica New York
Plan to forward My Pension Certificate to A. C. Crary of the city of Utica N. Y. H. Hiltrot By A. C. Crary H. Hiltrot

Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress - of 3 d Feb y 1853
State of New York County of Onondaga, ss;
On this tenth day of June 1853 - personally appeared before the Recorder's Court of the City of Utica - in open court - being duly sworn, according to law - Lucia Hickox - a resident of New Hartford - in said County aged seventy five years - who being duly sworn according to law - doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act passed 3 d February 1853 - That she is the widow of Samuel Hickox - late of New Hartford aforesaid deceased - who was a soldier of the Revolutionary Army - and a Pensioner of the United States - That he drew a pension of thirty three dollars - per annum till the 4 th of Sept r 1834 and that this deponent drew said pension after the decease of said Samuel Hickox - from the 4 th of Sept r 1834 till the 2 d day of May 1835 - at the Agency for paying pensions, at the City of Albany - That the said Samuel - died at New Hartford aforesaid on the 2 d of May 1835 -
She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel, on the twenty first - day of January - eighteen hundred and two - That her husband the aforesaid Samuel Hickox - died on the second day of May eighteen hundred and thirty five as above stated - That she was at

Widow at the time of the passage of the Act aforesaid, and is still a widow, and that she has never before made application for a pension -
Drown and subscribed on the day and year first above written before said court in open court - at the City of Utica in said County And I the undersigned Clerk of the City of Utica certify that said court is a court of Record by Statute - that I have no interest in the event of said application for a pension - and that I am not directly or indirectly retained - or employed in the same
Erasmus Clark
Recorder of the City - of Utica

State of New York County of
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Nehemiah Ensworth a resident of New Hartford in said County aged Eighty three years - bearing duly sworn according to law - says that he was well acquainted with Samuel Hickox deceased, late of the Town of New Hartford and is well acquainted with Lucena Hickox, now a resident of New Hartford aforesaid, widow of said Samuel Hickox - and has been acquainted with the said Lucena Hickox about forty years last past - the said Samuel Hickox - resided within one half a mile of the deponent's residence, the farm owned and occupied by said Samuel Hickox, joining that owned and occupied by the deponent, during said time - that said Samuel Hickox and the said Lucena Hickox, lived together as husband and wife from about the year 1813 to the day of said Hickox's Death and that they were generally respected and beloved, by those who knew them to be good husband and wife - and that the marriage of said Samuel and Lucena Hickox was as little doubted as that of any other of families -
And the deponent further says that said Samuel Hickox, died at his farm in New Hartford aforesaid - on the second day of May in the year eighteen hun- dred and thirty five - That the deponent saw his corpse - This deponent further says that he has no interest directly or

indirectly in the claims of the said Samuel Hicks to as aforesaid; and this deponent further says, that he was well acquainted with the late Samuel F. Snowden who was formerly the presbyterian clergy- man at Newhartford aforesaid, and that said Sam- uel F. Snowden died at Sackets Harbor in the State of New York some 15 years since or more. Subscribed & sworn to by Nehemiah Ensworth this 12 th day of September 1853 before me
Morris Wilcox justice of the peace of Oneida County And I hereby further certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Nehemiah Ensworth, and that he is a man of respectability and truth; and that the foregoing Statements made by him are entitled to full credit; And also that I have no interest, directly or indirectly in the claim aforesaid; Morris Wilcox justice of the peace of Oneida County
State of New York

State of New York County of Oneida ss;
Morris Hecox
a resident of New Hartford in said County aged thirty Seven years, being duly sworn according to law says that he is well acquainted with Lucinda Hicok, the widow of the late Samuel Hicok, deceased - that this deponent has been personally acquainted with said Samuel Hicok, from (1816) Eighteen hundred & Sixteen till the decease of said Samuel Hicok and also with the said Lucinda till the present time That said Hicok and the said Lucinda, lived together as husband and wife, and were universally by those who knew them, reputed and believed to be husband and wife - and that the fact of the legal Marriage of said Samuel and Lucinda Hicok was never in the least, doubted, or questioned -
And this deponent further says that the said Samuel Hicok, died at New Hartford, in said County of Oneida on the second day of May in the year eighteen hundred and thirty five. That the said Lucinda, has never since the decease of said Samuel Hicok, been married. That she was a widow on the Twenty third day of February last past and is now a widow - This deponent further testifies that he has no interest in the result of this application of the said Lucinda Hicok for a pension -
Subscribed and sworn to
Morris Hecox
This 12 th day of September 1853
before me Morris Hicok justice of the peace of Oneida County

And I hereby further certify That I am Well acquainted with the above named Morris Hecox, and That he is a man of respectability and truth, and That the foregoing Statements made by him are entitled to full Credit; And also that I have no interest directly or indirectly in the aforesaid Claim, Morris Wilcox Justice of the peace of Oneida County

State of New York County of Oneida, ss;
I Richard Hulbert Clerk of said County of Oneida, do hereby certify that Charles Clarke, Esq r before whom the foregoing declaration purports to have been subscribed and deposed to by Lucena Heubner - was at the time said Declaration bears date, the Recorder of the City of Utica and that the Recorders Court is a Court of Record, by Statute - and has a Clerk and a seal: — And I further certify that Morris Wilot Esq r before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been subscribed and deposed to by Nehemiah Crownover, and Morris Heubner, was at the time the said affidavit bears date a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Oneida — and duly authorized to administer oaths for general purposes.
And I hereby further certify that the hand- writings of the said Recorder, and Justice of the Peace, are well known to me, and that their signatures to the annexed certifi- cates and jurats are their the said Justice's and Recorder's proper handwritings and genuine —
I further certify that the said Recor- ders' Court is a Court of Record by Statute and that it has a Clerk and a Seal —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at the City of Utica in said County day of October 1853 Richard Hulbert Clerk

18152
Samuel Hecox
Onida county
N.Y.
Rev.
Wm Crafts, Utica, N. York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 subjouined 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. These 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 Samuel Hecon, Anida co. New York.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted 1776 1 Corporal 6mo Sergeant 6mo. Capt Scott Col Willis Siege of Dorchester Harrison Heights Brooklyn New London New York 50 Farmington Conn.  
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) _____ 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 day 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 he 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 tours, 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.
F.E. Brogdon

LAND ACT-1855.
Lucena Heebner Widow of Samuel Heebner A Soldier of the Pioneers
255.815
Forwarded by ARCHIBALD C. CRARY, of the City of Utica, New York.
Please to forward my Land War- rant to ARCHIBALD C. CRARY, of the City of Utica, New York.
Lucena Heebner
By A. C. Crary Agent.

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Oneida County,
On this 9th day of August eighteen hundred and fifty six before me, Rufus Northway a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Luena Hecox aged 70 years, a resident of New Hartford in the State of New York who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the Bounty Land to which she is entitled under the Act of Congress, approved March 3d, 1855:
That she is the widow of Samuel Hecox who was a Private in the Revolutionary War; that on account of the services of her husband, the aforesaid Samuel Hecox in said war, she now receives a Pension at the rate of thirty three dollars per annum, under the Act of Congress approved February 3 rd 185 3 as will more fully appear by reference to the evidence now on file in the Pension Office at Washington.
She further declares that she was a widow on the third day of March, 1855, and that she is now a widow, that she has never before applied for or received any Bounty Land under this Act or any other Act of Congress. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Land Bounty, to which she may be entitled under the Act of Congress, approved March 3d, 1855.
Luena Hecox
We, Charles H. Crosby and Archibald B. Crosby residents of Utica in New York in the State of New York upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Luena Hecox in our presence, and that we know her to be the identical person she represents herself to be.
Charles H. Crosby Archibald B. Crosby
The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Rufus Northway Justice of the Peace
State of New York, ONEIDA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE,
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That
Luena Hecox Esquire, whose name is subscribed on written, was, on the 9th day of August , 185 6 , the Peace, in and for said County, a Justice of the Peace, and that I am well acquainted with the hand of the said Luena Hecox that the signature to the said Jurat
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal name, this 14 th day of August 185 6

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Oneida County, }
On this 9 th day of August eighteen hundred and fifty six before me, Rufus Northway a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Lucina Hooton aged years, a resident of New Hartford in the State of New York who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the Bounty Land to which she is entitled under the Act of Congress, approved March 3d, 1855:
That she is the widow of Samuel Hooton who was a Private in the Revolutionary War; that on account of the services of her husband, the aforesaid Samuel Hooton in said war, she now receives a Pension at the rate of Thirty Three dollars per annum, under the Act of Congress approved February 3 rd 185 5 as will more fully appear by reference to the evidence now on file in the Pension Office at Washington.
She further declares that she was a widow on the third day of March, 1855, and that she is now a widow, that she has never before applied for or received any Bounty Land under this Act or any other Act of Congress. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Land Bounty, to which she may be entitled under the Act of Congress, approved March 3d, 1855.
Lucina Hooton
We, Charles H. Crosby and Archibald E. Crosby residents of Utica New York in the State of New York upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Lucina Hooton in our presence, and that we know her to be the identical person she represents herself to be.
Charles H. Crosby  Archibald E. Crosby
The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Rufus Northway
State of New York, } ss. ONEIDA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That
Rufus Northway Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the foregoing, affidavit and there- on written, was, on the 9 th day of Augt 185 6 a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and sworn and duly authorized. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said Jurat genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said County, and subscribed my name, this 14 th day of August 185 6
J. M. Howes CLERK.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
December 31, 1923.
Chas.E. Hecox, 236 Mott St., Saginaw, Mich.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W.1036, it appears that Samuel Hecox was born in April 1752, in Durham, Connecticut.
While living in Farmington, Connecticut, he enlisted in 1776 and served as Corporal in Captain Noadiah Hooker's Company, Colonel John Chester's Connecticut Regiment until February 1776, when he re-enlisted and served as Corporal and Orderly Sergeant in Captain Ezekiel Scott's Company, Colonel Samuel Wylllys' Connecticut Regiment, was at the battle of Harlem Heights and was discharged about the last of December 1776.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 26, 1833 while living in New Hartford, Oneida County, New York, and he died there, May 2, 1835.
He married January 21, 1810, Lucena ----, and she was

allowed pension on her application executed June 10, 1853 while a resident of New Hartford, New York, aged seventy-five years.
It is not stated whether they had any children.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

1923-Dec. 31- Hist. to Chas. E. Hecox the
Rev War
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1036
Sucena Hecox
Widow
Samuel Hecox
Ser. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 3, 1853
Index:—Vol. A , Page 323
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Pension Office Oct 22/53
Sir Please report time of last payment to, or death of within named persons
Respectfully &c F Burt Esq Bland Present. J. C. Calhoun Jr. Secy.
Samuel Hecox, act 1832 - Died 2 d May 1835, Paid to his death.
F Burt Auditor.

Oct. 10, 1852. No 3421 Appel. of an cena
Heath dist. arrown of Yaml
Hick coyson Onida co.
Acty Rev acc 33.133
Almond H 33 per ann Jan Feb 3 1853
Judge of Washington A. C. Gray. A. C. Gray. N. Bunk.

n 57.787
J Mrs. C. A. C.

New York Revolution
Samuel Recop. Suspended
See letter to
William Crafts
18 August 1833.
See letter to William Crafts
23. April 1834
Act 7. June 1832

Samuel H. Cox's Pension Papers. —

State of New York § Madison County } ss. Walter Beecher Engrined of Seneca County of Madison and State of New York, being duly sworn deposes and saith that he hath been acquainted with the Samuel Hecox ever since the year seventeen hundred and seventy six; That as about the first day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty four the said Samuel Hecox Enlisted as a Corporal and this deponent as a private in the service of the United States at Roxbury in the state of Massachusetts under Captain Ezeziel Scott belonging to the Regiment of Colonel Samuel Willis of Hartford Connecticut, for the term of one year, or as was then denominated three years - That during the same Campaign this deponent with said Samuel Hecox continued in the service, and were together in several battles, as a volunteer, and assisted in fortifying that station, at the siege of Boston, and there continued, until the forces of the Enemy evacuated the town of Boston. That shortly after said evacuation the Regiment of Colonel Willis (then the 10th New York) and was accompanied by the said Samuel Hecox and this deponent: And that this deponent continued at New York until the following August during which period the said Hecox continued in service - at which latter period this deponent was discharged the
David H. Holt

Service of the United States, in consequence of his illness
This deponent further saith that he has always understood from Col. Nathan Townsend (late of Whitestown N.Y.) deceased and from other persons that the said Samuel H. Hoxie continued in the service of the United States during the term of his enlistment, and at its expiration was regularly discharged.
This deponent further saith that the said Samuel Hoxie at the time of the said enlistment belonged to Farmington in the state of Connecticut, and was at Poughkeepsie on a tour of duty with the Militia, and after the said enlistment continued in the service of the United States, and belonged to the Connecticut Line of the Continental Establishments. And further this deponent saith not. Dated 24 Dec r 1819
Subscribed & sworn this 24th Dec. 1819 before me
Walter Beecher
J. BRUCE J. P.
State of New York
Madison County ss
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Walter Beecher who subscribed this above affidavit and that I believe him to be a man of truth & veracity - and that I have been for several years well acquainted with him
Lenox July 11th 1820 J. BRUCE J. P.

I certify that I am personally acquainted with Walter Bueker who subscribed the above affidavit and that I believe him to be a man of truth & veracity - and that I have been for several years well acquainted with him.
Lenox Aug. 11 th 1820 J. Williams J.P.
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State of New York
Clerk's office - Elladine County
I certify that Joseph Bruce Esq was a Justice of the peace, in and for the County of Elladine (duly authorized) on the 24 th day of December 1819 and on the 11 th January 1820 - And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature to the Affidavit & Certificate to be in his own proper hand writing - Witness my hand and the Seal of the Court this 13 th day of March 1820
J. L. H. H. Clerk

State of New York
Coneius County ss: on the 25 th day of December 1819 before me one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the State of New York personally appearing Samuel Hecox of Whites town in said County aged Sixty Seven, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" that he enlisted in Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts, in the Company commanded by Ezekiel Scott Captain, in Col. Samuel Willis Regiment in the Connecticut line in February 1776 the first part of the month. that he continued to serve in said Corp in the service of the United States until the last of December 1776. When he was honourably discharged from service (the term of his enlistment having expired) at Fish Kill in the State of New York - that he was the orderly sergeant in said Company during the latter period of said service and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Sworn to & declared before me the day & year above said
Samuel Hecox
Jonas Platt

5 To whom of the United States, in consequence of his services
I Jonas Platt Judge as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that Chesaid Samuel Hecox did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, & I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me, to the Secretary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress. & I further certify that I have been personally well acquainted with the said Samuel for many years and esteem him as a very honest and conscientious Man, and such is his character, I have therefore no doubt that he swears honestly and truly in regard to his services and his reduced circumstances. Dec r 25 th 1819. Jonas Platt

State of New York
Herkshire County ss: Asker Hickcox of the town and county of Herkshire and State of New York aged Sixty three years and upwards being duly sworn saith that he is well acquainted with Samuel Hiccox who hath made the petition and declaration under oath hereto annexed and that he has been well acquainted with said Samuel from the infancy of this Deponent and that he knows that the said Samuel did enlist as a Soldier in the Company commanded by Captain Ezekiel Scott in Colonel Samuel Willis's Regiment in the Continental Service and in the Connecticut line in the forefront of February 1776 and actually continued in the service of the United States in the Regular line till the last of December 1776 when his term of enlistment expired in the Morristown as by him stated in his said Declaration under oath which is hereto annexed that this Deponent was in the service in the Militia during a part of that year and saw the said Samuel in actual service from time to time during the whole time he was so in service and further this Deponent saith not - Asker Hickcox.
I David Holt one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Herkshire the same being a court of Record do certify that on this 11 th day of March 1820 Asker Hickcox who has submitted the foregoing affidavit personally came and appeared before me and made solemn oath that the facts stated in the foregoing deposition by him signed are true - and I do further certify that I am and for several years have been well acquainted with the said Asker and that I consider him a man of undoubted integrity and one in whose oath full confidence is to be reposed and that he is entitled to full credit as a witness.
David Holt

7 State of New York Clerks Office Herkimer County
for I certify that David Holt Esq whose signature appe- ars to the within Certificate was at the date thereof one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Herkimer and that the said Court is a Court of Record in the State of New York
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Herkimer this 11 th Day of March 1820
Walter Fish Clerk
Samuel H. Cox's
Pendleton Papers.

City of Utica New York August 13 th 1856
Sir
Enclosed is the application of Emma Harkot - Widow of Samuel Harkot who was a Revolutionary Soldier, and drew a Pension under the Pension Act of 7 th June 1832
I am Sir Very Resp y Your O bedt Serv t Arch d Glenny
7. Minot Esq 2 Comm ee of Pensions City of Washington D. C.

Sept 3 rd
Prof. Brewster
James L. Edwards Corporal of the Quartermaster's
James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City -

Utica Aug 30 th 1833.
Sir
I again send you the papers of Samuel Hecox a pensioner - I have endeavoured to remove the objections you made in your letter to me of the 16 th Instant - Mr Hecox is very aged and infirm and does not now recollect any witnesses living who were with him in the Revolutionary war - In 1820 he made application for a pension, and did not succeed owing to the amount of property which he then had - At that time Walter Beecher and Asker Hecox made oath or affidavits which are duly certified and which I now send with his application and which confirm the truth of the statement now sent - Mr Hecox is poor and very aged and would like to hear from his application as soon as convenient - Sometime since I sent you the papers of Nathaniel Roberts for a pension will you please to inform me what has been done with his application -
Respectfully yours
James L. Edwards Esq Comm te of Pensions
Willard Crafts

Loren P Waldo Esq Court of Sessions City of Washington D. C.

City of Utica Oct r 6 th 1853.
Sir
Enclosed are the declaration, and affidavit, in support of Mrs Lucena Hickcox (widow of Samuel Hickcox, late of the Town of New Hartford deceased) claim to a pension. Mrs Hickcox, forwarded the Pension certificate which had been issued to Mr Samuel Hickcox, to the Agent for paying pensions in the City of Albany, after the decease of her late husband, when she drew the bal ce of his pension remaining due him at his decease.
I am Sir Very Resp t Your Obedt Serv t Archd l Library
Loren P Waldo Esq c Comm r of Pensions City of Washington D. C. _____

Saml. Atcox's original declaration
Free
James L. Edwards Esq. Pension Office Washington City
recd By

Utica May 2 d 1833
Dear Sir,
I send the papers of Samuel Hicox for a pension - They were sent back and altered last summer, and I supposed till to day that they had been returned and wrote you once not long since to know what disposition had been made of it - To day in looking over some papers I found the one now enclosed - Will you give me an answer as quick as you can -
I also heretofore sent you the papers of Nathaniel Roberts and Lorin Robbins and have not learned the event of either will you please to inform me whether the papers are correct or deficient -
If a pension is granted to Samuel Hicox, he wishes the same to be paid at the Branch Bank of the United States in Utica.
Yours respectfully
Willard Crafts
James L. Edwards Esq

Free
N.Y. 18/13/52
James L Edwards Esq.
War Department Washington

Utica Oct 29 th 1832
Sir
I again enclose the papers of Samuel Decox a pensioner. All the difficulties mentioned in your letter to me are removed by his present declaration. You will please to let me know the result as soon as convenient
I forwarded to you in June the papers of Nathaniel Roberts, and have had no answer. Will you please to send me an answer to his application as soon as possible
Yours respectfully
Willard Crafts
James L Edwards Esq

Saginaw. Mich? Nov. 11.23.
My Dear Comrad Gardner .
Dear Sir .
I Am Writing you to Asertain If Possible The First Name Of My Grand Father Hecox . He was a Soldier In the War of The Revolution And My Grand Mother Drew A Pension For A good Many Years Untill Her Death Some Time Betwene 1862 And 1865. And Her Post Office Address Was NEW Hardford . Oneida . Co N . Y. But I am Unable to Find Out His First Name as the Family Records Are Lost .I Am Inclined to think he Enli sted In Either New Hardford Or Utica . / If you can furnish Me With the Required Information you will Confer A Faver On A Comr ad.
Yours . Truly
Chas. E. Hecox Co B . 146. N. Y Vols . 236. Mott. St. . Saginaw. Mich.
Chas Samuel Lucena Hecox W. 1036

Samuel Hovey Pension Papers
writing and signature.
Witness my hand and seal of office at Utica this 29 th day of August A.D. 1833
Geo. Brown Clerk
Jos. J. Read Deputy

State of New York Onida County ss
On this 26 th day of August 1833 personally appeared before me Nathan Williams Vice Chancellor of the 5 th Circuit of the State of New York in open Court. Samuel Hecox aged eighty one last April, resident of the Town of New Hartford in the County of Onida, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1776 in a regiment commanded by Col John Chester of Weatherfield for two months in a company commanded by Capt Noadiah Hooker, in the Town of Farmington State of Connecticut, that he marched to Roxbury, and shortly after he arrived at Roxbury he enlisted again, with Walter Beecher, Nathan Seward & Giles Daily in the 22 nd Regiment commanded by Col Samuel Willis for twelve months, and that Ezekiel Scott was his Captain - And this deponent cannot say whether he served out his two months in Chester's Regiment, before he enlisted into Col Willis or not, but he thinks did not. That when he enlisted in Col Chester's regiment he enlisted as a corporal, and served as a corporal in Col Willis's regiment about five months, and about six months as a Sergeant - That he served out the whole twelve months in Col Willis's Regiment including the travel going and coming. That he left the service of the United States the latter part of December 1776 or the first of the year 1777. That he was at Dorchester Point and assisted in the fortification of that place, and that Walter Beecher was with him at that place. That after the enemy evacuated the Town and Harbour of Boston, he this deponent marched to New York and remained there till August 1776 when they evacuated the Town - That the said Walter Beecher was with him at New York and so was Nathan Seward. That after they left New York, they marched to Harlem Heights, and then into New Jersey, and then marched up on the Jersey side to Tings ferry, and then crossed to Peekskill where
2 mo
3 mo and some days

he remained till he was discharged which he thinks was the latter part of December 1776, and that they then went home, and had about one hundred and twenty miles to go - and this deponent further says that the said Walter Beecher and Nathan Seward are both dead, and that no witness can now be found by this deponent who was knowing to this deponent's enlistment and service - That he was born in Durham Connecticut in the year 1752 - That he has a record of his age in his bible at home - That when he was called into service he resided in Farmington Connecticut - That since the revolution he lived for some years in Farmington & Bristol in Connecticut, and in 1793 he moved into Whitestown in the County of Onondaga where he has lived ever since - that New Hartford where he now lives was taken from Whitestown - That he volunteered at both times when he entered the service of the United States - That in addition to the officers already mentioned he recollects Genl. Spencer, Col Huntington, Major Hyde or Capt Hyde and Captain Holdridge & Capt Pettibone - That he never received any written discharge, but a discharge was read to them on parade when he this deponent was discharged at Pechskill - And this deponent further says that Asahel Norton a clergyman in his neighborhood and John Savage are acquainted with this deponent, also Joseph Stebbins, Samuel Hubbard, and William Stebbins - That Asahel Norton is the nearest clergyman to this deponent, and resides in the Town of Sherkland adjoining the Town where this deponent resides, - and is aged and infirm and cannot conveniently go to court - And this deponent further says that including the time this deponent was going into service and returning from service, he served one whole year or more, and that he claims a pension for one year - And this deponent further says that he does not know at his

advanced age, recollect of any persons in residing in the State of Connecticut who was with him in service or any one here who can testify to his services, as they are almost dead - and this deponent further says that in the year 1819 he made out his papers for a pension under the then existing laws, and obtained the affidavits of Walter Precher and Asahel Hickox who have both since died, which affidavits and certificates of Judges and Clerks are hereto annexed - That he did not obtain a pension under those papers, owing to the amount of property he then owned - And this deponent 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 -
Samuel Hecox
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
M c William Notary Public
We Asahel Norton a long years residing in the Town of Fairland adjoining New Hartford, and Samuel Hecox of Fairland New Hartford do hereby certify that we have been acquainted with Samuel Hecox who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration for thirty years, and we believe him to be eighty one years of age, and 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 -
A. S. Norton
Subscribed & sworn this
Samuel Hecox
28 th day of Aug. 1833
before me Benjamin Hickcox, J.P.

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. — And the Court further certifies that it appears to him that A. S. Norton and Samuel Royce who have signed the preceding certificate are creditable persons and that their statement is entitled to credit, and that A. S. Norton is a clergyman resident in the Town of Kirkland in the County of Oneida —
N. Williams Vice Chan.
I James Watson Williams Clerk of the Court of Chancery of the State of New York of the fifth Circuit do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Royce, for a pension — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 29 th day of August 1833
James Watson Williams
Chambray 5 th Circuit N.Y.
Clerks Office
Oneida County ss
J. George Brown
Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Benjamin Nickerson Esq. before whom the within affidavit of A. S. Norton & Samuel Royce purport to
have been sworn, was at the date of the same one of the justices of the Peace in and for said County and duly authorized to act as such, And further that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature.
Witness my hand and seal of Office at Utica this 29 th day of August A.D. 1833
Geo. Brown Clerk
Jos. J. Read Dy. Clerk
Samuel Royce Pension Papers

State of New York
Onida County ss on this 29 th day of October A.D. 1832
personally appeared before the Vice Chancellor of the Fifth Circuit in the Court of Chancery of the State of New York being a Court of Record Samuel Hecox of the Town of New Hartford in the said County of Onida and State of New York aged eighty years who first being 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 7 th 1832.
That he was born in the Town of Durham in the State of Connecticut in the year 1752, and that the record of his age is in the Town where he was born - That he enlisted into the Army of the United States some time in January 1776 in the Town of Farmington in the State of Connecticut, where he then resided in a company commanded by Capt. Ezekiel Scott in the 22 nd Regiment commanded by Col Samuel Willis in the Connecticut line as a corporal for the term of one year that he served therein about six months as a corporal, and about six months as a Sergeant, that he served in both capacities one year and claims a pension for that period of time, that when his term of service was expired he was honorably discharged, but that it was a verbal discharge - That during his said service he received a Sergeant's warrant, but that the same has been lost for some years - That he marched from Farmington to Roxbury near Boston - That he was at the siege of Dorchester near Boston, and was at Boston when the enemy evacuated Boston - That from thence he marched to Providence and from Providence to New London and from thence to New York where he remained till the United States Troops evacuated the same - That he was in a skirmish at Harlem Heights near New York - That since the Revolution he resided in Farmington State of Connecticut, until he removed into New Hartford where he now resides, which was about thirty eight years ago - and this deponent further says that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State -
Subscribed and sworn the day and year aforesaid.
Samuel Hecox
N. W. Miller Vice Chancellor -

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
W. Williams
Min Chas.
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I, James Watson Williams, Clerk of the Court of Sessions of the State of New York, for the Fifth Circuit of said State, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Hearne for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this twenty ninth day of October A.D. 1832.
J. Watson Williams. Clerk in charge Fifth Circuit N.Y.
Sam. Hearne 18152