Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,298, David Hoard, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Hoard, David Lydia
W 16,298
CONTENTS

Albany 5048
Lydia Hoard
widow of David Hoard
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 20. June 1805 of Genesee Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Harrison of the regt. commanded by Col. Willett in the N.Y. Levies time for 6 months & 17 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 21 Dollars 88 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17. day of Feb. 1840 and sent to Hon. J. M. Gates, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '39 76.48 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '40 10.94 $ 87.42
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book A, Vol. 2, Page 82
Sister Hon. J. M. Gates 20. Feb 1840 to same 17. March 1840
Date of widow's death not on A.B

5854 Lydia Gould
Dension papers
Col Willett } N.Y. Capt Harrison } Louis
Admitted Private (Mrs H) says
Hon J. M. Yates Home Reps US

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows" —
State of New York Greene County
On this Twenty Third day of July in the year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and thirty Nine personally appeared before me Alden S. Stevens a Judge of Greene County Courts in the said State of New York Lydia Hoard a Resident of the Town of Sholam in the County of Greene and State of New York aged Eighty One years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows" — That she is the widow of David Hoard who was a private Soldier in the Army in the Revolutionary War That he served as follows that he enlisted as a private at Little Hoosack then in Albany County in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Wynkoop in April in the year

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1776 and marched to Tienderoga and served in said Regiment for the term of Nine Months and was then discharged That the said David Hoard enlisted as a private soldier at Hoosack as aforesaid in Captain Harrisons Company in the year 1777 in the Spring of the year and served six months in said Company but she does not know in what Regiment he served - That he served 15 days in the fall of the year 1777 as a substitute for Samuel Hoard at Still water and thereabouts and went home sick That the said David Hoard served as a drafted Militiaman - and a private in the Summer of 1778 in the Company of Militia commanded by Lieutenant Hubbs for the term of six months one month -
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That the said David Hoard enlisted as a private soldier at Little Hoosack as aforesaid now called Berlin in the Spring of the year 1780 in Captain Chipmans Company in Colonel Harrisons Regiment of Militia for the term of Nine months in said Company and Regiment and served at Fort Edward Fort Anne - as a scout - at Palmerstown and at Schenectady and closed his service at Fort Sturdivant and he served in said Company and Regiment for the said term of Nine months as a private soldier -
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She further declares that she was married to the said David Hoard on the Sixth day of October in the year of Our Lord One thousand seven  eight hundred and Eighty three in the Town of Hoosack then in the County of Albany but now in the County of Rensselaer

in the state of New York that her husband the aforesaid Solon David Hoard died on the twentieth day of June in the year of Our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Eight hundred and five in the Town of Sheldon in the County of Genesee and State of New York - That She has not been married since but is the widow of the said David Hoard whose services are proved by the affidavits of Samuel Harder and Lodowick Thomas That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January in the year Eight hundred and thirty four viz at the time above stated -
That She has no documentary evidence to support her Claim
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and in the year above written before me
A. S. Stevens
A Judge of Genesee County Court
Lydia Hoard
State of New York Genesee County } ss.
I Allen S. Stevens do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above named Lydia Hoard and that she is pale in health and is not able to attend any Court to make the foregoing declaration for a pension on account of her bodily infirmity
Dated July 23. 1839
A. S. Stevens
A Judge of Genesee County Court

State of New York Chautauqua County 3 rd
Samuel Hoard of the Town of Ellery in said County being duly sworn does dep- -pose and say, that he is Eighty One Years of age that he now resides in the said town of Ellery and has for about four Years resided in the same Town - And this deponent further says that he had a brother by the name of David Hoard who died in the year Eighteen hundred and five and was when he died forty Eight Years Old, that the said David Hoard at the time of his death lived in the Town of Shel- -don in the County of Genesee in said State - And this deponent further says that the said David Hoard was a Soldier in the Revolution, that he was in actual Service during said War, as much as two Years or more as this deponent firmly believes and according to his best recollection - That the said David Entered the Service first in the Forestville Hooack in the State of New York and at the time of his first enlistment the said David lived in the Town of Hooack in the County of Albany (Now Rensselaer), Entered first under Col Wynkoop for Nine Months into the Continent- -al troops and Marched to Ticonderoga I think he Entered the Service in the Month of April, Cannot Recollect date but think it was one of the first Campaigns of the war or soon after the taking of Ticonderoga by Col Ethan Allen, heard his Bro. David say that he went with Boats to help bring the Army from the Isle of Auver on their retreat from Bur- -rheck. This deponent further saith that the said David Hoard afterwards served as a Continental Soldier, thinks under Capt. Harrison

and Marched to Parmachuck and Engaged in Indian Scouting as this deponent was informed at the time thinks that he served six or nine months in said Campaign, This deponent further saith that the said David Hoard took his deponent place as a Substitute in the Militia, and Marched to Still-water at the time Burgoyne lay at Bemis heights said David Hoard served twelve or fifteen days and was sent home to my father's house Sick, This deponent further saith that he the said deponent and the said David Hoard was called out as Militia Men and Marched to Schenectady together and served the month under Lieut. Hasty, was discharged and returned home together thinks the said Services herein the Summer after Burgoyne's Surrender.
This deponent further saith that the said David Hoard afterwards Enlisted into the Continental Service, Marched to Fort Stanwix, Commanded by Capt. Harrison and thinks he served eight or nine months and was discharged at Schenectady, this deponent was present when he was discharged and accompanied him home to his Father's House.
This deponent further saith that he was living in the family with the said David Hoard at the time of his Marriage, deponent was not present at the Mar- riage Ceremony but does know from Common report that he was legally married to Lydia Gates who was a Sister to deponent's wife in the Year One thousand Seven hundred and Eighty three, and thinks that the Marriage took place in the Month of October, and that they lived together

as Man and Wife until his death and that the said Lydia Hoard (his widow) has not been married since
Sworn to and Subscribed, Samuel his Hoard mark This 12th day of July 1839 Before me
Wm H. Norton Jr.
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Samuel Hoard (who made the above affidavit) and can say that he is a man of good reputation and fair character and full credit can be given to his statements
Wm H. Norton Jr.
State of New York
County of Chautauqua ss I George W. Tew Clerk of said county certify, that William H. Norton Esq. is a Justice of the peace of said county, as is above mentioned, and that the signature "Wm H. Norton" subscri- bed to the foregoing proceedings, purport- ing to be his, are genuine
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office, this 13th day of July 1839.
G. W. Tew Clerk

SC David Gleason
Cordam
Pens & act 38 - N.Y. Dist 38 (North Sheldon Myronia) D H and 2 yrs 6 mo admitted 1/10 Apl 3 wrote asking what they would allow if I establish it at my own expense
Yours W. H. Miller

North Sheldon March 16 th 1851
Dear Sir
Having seen your notice (in the Genesee Farmer) to widows and heirs of the Soldiers of the Revolution I take the liberty to enquire whether heirs are entitled to pensions which widows failed to obtain while living and likewise if the records lately found have any of David Hoard's services who was a Soldier of the Revolution in different campaigns and whose widow Lydia Hoard applied 1840 under act granting half pay and pension to certain widows approved July 7 th 1836 for two years service but was not allowed for but 6 months and 17 days I think positive proof was made of twelve or fifteen months service at different times I find in the journals of the house of representatives Dec 21. 1840 on motion of Mr Gates, Resolved That the committee on Revolutionary pensions be directed to enquire into the propriety of increasing the pension of Widow Lydia Hoard and likewise that the said committee resolved that the Commissioner of pensions had wholly disregarded the testimony of two important witnesses and that the pension of Lydia Hoard ought to be increased My Father David Hoard was a resident of Albany Co NY and served mostly in NY I suppose the application and papers can be referred to in the pension office My Mother drew about 21 dollars a year for 4 years only I believe there was an additional grant of one year due her which she never drew which she never drew She died soon after the year expired.
If you find there is something legally our due I would be glad of your assistance to obtain it
Yours Respectfully Henry Hoard

P.S. I recollect of hearing my father tell of serving under Col. Winecup
If you think upon examination this worthy of notice please direct to North Sheldon Wyoming Co N.Y.
Henry Hoard
Willis G. Wade

March 31, 1937
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Mr. Harry H. Hoard The H. H. Hoard Company 812 Standard Building Cleveland, Ohio
David Hoard, W. 16298 Henry Hoard, S. C. 24704 BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of recent date, in which you request the Revolutionary War record of David Hoard, also, of his son, Henry Hoard, who served in the War of 1812 from Wyoming County, New York.
The records of David Hoard and Henry Hoard are furnished you, as follows:
DAVID HOARD W. 16298
The data herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 16298, based upon service of David Hoard in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of David Hoard are not shown.
While residing in Little Hoosack, later called Berlin, in that part of Albany County which was later known as Rensselaer County, New York, David Hoard enlisted in April, 1776, and served nine months as a private in Colonel Wynkoop's New York regiment. He again enlisted in the spring of 1777 and served six months as private in Captain Joseph Harrison's New York company. He served fifteen days in the fall of the same year as a substitute for one Samuel Hoard (relationship not designated) at Stillwater, names of officers not shown. He enlisted in the summer of 1778 and served one month as a private under Lieutenant Hubbs in the New York troops. He enlisted in the spring of 1780 and served as private in Captain Chipman's company, Colonel John Harper's New York regiment, length of tour nine months.
The soldier died June 20, 1805, at the age of forty-eight years, in Sheldon, Genesee County, New York, where he was then living.

David Hoard married October 6, 1783, in Little Hoosack, New York, Lydia Gates. The date and place of her birth and names of parents are not given.
Soldier's widow, Lydia Hoard, was allowed pension on her application executed July 23, 1839, at which time she was aged eighty-one years and a resident of Sheldon, New York. She died prior to 1851.
The only child of David Hoard and his wife, Lydia, whose name was designated in the claim, was a son, Henry Hoard, who in 1839 was a resident of Sheldon, Genesee County, New York, his age not stated. In 1851, his post-office address was North Sheldon, Wyoming County, New York.
In 1839, David Hoard's brother, Samuel Hoard, was aged eighty-one years and living in "Ellery", Chautauqua County, New York, where he had been a resident four years. Samuel and David Hoard married sisters, the name of Samuel's wife not given. In 1839, one Ezra Gates, aged seventy-three years, was living in Bennington, Genesee County, New York, his relationship to soldier's wife, Lydia, not stated.
In 1839 and 1840, one Honorable Seth M. Gates was a member of the United States House of Representatives; his relationship to David Hoard's wife, Lydia, not shown.
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HENRY HOARD S.O. 24704
You are furnished herein the record of Henry Hoard as found in claim for pension, S. O. 24704, based upon his service in the War of 1812.
Henry Hoard was born in Stephentown, Rensselaer County, New York; the date of his birth and names of parents are not stated.
Henry Hoard volunteered at Buffalo, or at Sheldon, New York, and served from the last of August or first of September, 1814, fifteen days as private in Captains Guerdon Hurlburt's and Lemuel Castle's companies, in the New York troops, stationed on the Niagara Frontier.
On account of his service in the War of 1812, Henry Hoard applied May 1, 1853, for bounty land, while residing in Sheldon, Wyoming County, New York. On this application, Warrant No. 90253, for one hundred sixty acres of bounty land was issued to him, under the Act of March 3, 1855. In 1859, he was still living in Sheldon, New York.

On account of his service in the War of 1812, Henry Hoard was allowed pension, also, on his application executed June 3, 1878, at which time he was aged eighty-six years and a resident of Sheldon, Wyoming County, New York, with post office at Varysburg, in that county.
No reference was made in the claim to soldier's wife, but reference was made to his sons and daughters, no names given, nor any details in regard to them.
If you desire information in regard to location of the land which was granted to Henry Hoard, you should address the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official the number of the warrant, the acreage and date of the act under which issued.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of Henry Hoard, you should write the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Henry Hoard, certificate No. 24704, issued January 8, 1879, $8 per month, commenced March 9, 1878, Act March 9, 1878, New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

9. 30, 1904. Hist. to Floyd G. White, Grand Rapids, Mich. F.W. 1939-Mar. 31-Debt to H.H. Hoard (Rev. Rev. Cler. P.C. 24704, if Henry Hoard) - W.H.B.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16298 Sydia Hoard Widow of David Hoard Prim. Bur. War.
July 1 st 1888
Index: Vol. A , Page 344
[Arrangement of 1870.]

July 23, 1839.
Sheldon, Seneca Co. N.Y.
81
Wid 16,298
enl. at Little Havreack, Albany Co. N.Y.
Apr. 1776
Pri.
Col. Wynkoop
9 m.
Spring, 1777, Capt. Harrison 6 m.
Fall, 1777 - 15 days.
Summer 1778 1 m.
Spring 1780 Capt. Chapman Col. Harper 9 m.
Mar. 1783 - Oct 6.
N.Y. June 20, 1805 - at Sheldon N.Y.
Lydia Gates

In attention No Suee, (in the morning)

In form the Hon. S. M. Gates H.R. what amount the husband of Lydia Hoard received for his services - according to the statement of the Comptroller - in N. York currency & how much per month in New York currency a private soldier & a Corporal was paid.
  3.66  17.10 2 40    7.32 - 12  2 60     1.27     43.77    4.34     3.66     68 5 - 24     2   

New York
Act. July 7. 1838
Lydia Foard
Married 6 Oct. 1783
Husb d died 28 June 1805
Let to Henry Howard 18 Oct. 1839
to Hon. S. H. Gates 21 Dec. 1839
to same 17 June 1840
to same 24 " "
6 Oct. 1783
1805

State of New York Genesee county
Clerks office } S: I do hereby certify that Alden S. Stevens Esquire whose name is subscribed to the certificates and affidavits hereunto annexed was at the time when the same bear date a Judge of the county courts for the said county and that by law he is duly authorised to administer an oath. and that the signature to the said certificates and affidavits is his genu- ine hand-writing
Witness my hand and the seal of the court of common Pleas of said county this 25th day of July A.D. 1834
Joshua L. Brown Deputy Clerk of Genesee county

Hon. S. M. Gates
17 March 1840
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Hon S. M. Gates Home Reps NY

Gates 6/8/40
Hon. J. M. Yates House Reps US

Pension Office
17. March 1840
Sir
206 A Copy of the pension paper of Lydia Houldick agreeably to the request in your letter of the 11 th instant, herewith enclosed. The claim of Mrs Houldick as set forth in her declaration is for 9 months service said to have been rendered by her husband in Col Wynkoop's regt in 1776; 6 months in Capt Harrison's Company in 1777 15 days in 1777 officers not mentioned, 1 month under Lieut Hubbs in 1778 and nine months in 1780 in Capt Chipman's Company Col Harsus regt. On examining the paper the claimant was referred to the Comptroller of New York for further proof; It appeared on the production of a Certificate from the Comptroller, that David Houldick was paid for service in Capt Joseph Harrison's Company in 1780. £17. 10. 2 the pay of a private for six months and 17 days for which a pension has been allowed. By the Comptroller's Certificate it also appeared that a Corporal of the name of Samuel Houldick in Capt Niles Company, was paid in Nov 1779 for 17 days service in Capt Niles Company , but as no  the claim to service had been offered  had been claimed in that company, it was not allowed. The claim to service in Col Wynkoop's regt in 1776 might cannot be for  has before be pursued unless the name

{ of the Captain is given - There are no rolls of the regiment in this office; but if the names of the company were to be officers, as furnished for the it might be material in the investigation of that part of the claim -

Lynd Hoard N.Y. N.Y.
No 3. Chaps Mark B.
Hand. M. Gale, H.R.

H. B. March 11. 1840
Sir, Please send me a certified copy of the Pension Papers on file in your Office in case of Mrs Lydia Hoard, the amount of Pension allowed her & the reasons why the Pension was not allowed to the amount of the time of service proven by the affidavits & the Petition presented by the applicants.
Very Respectfully Your Obedt Servt Seth M c Gahan
Hon. J. S. Edwards Comfr of Pensions

Hon. S. M. Gates
20 Feb. 1860
GC
Recorda 179 page 270

War Department Pension Office
20. Feb 1840
Sir In reply to your letter of the 18 th inst relative to the pension of Mrs Lydia Hound I have the honor to inform you that she was allowed for all the service made out by the proof in file viz 6 months & 17 days half pay for all The pay soldier of the name of David Hound to whom it appeared by the Certificate of the Comptroller a further payment was made was not the claimants husband Mrs Hounds pension Certificate is herewith returned
Hon S. M. Gates Home Reps US

Wash ng Feby 18. 1840
Sir
I am inclined to think that in estimating the Amount of the Pension in the Certificate herewith enclosed, you may have overlooked the fact that Mr. Hoard served a part of the time as a Corporal. - I may be mistaken, but my impression is, that you made the Amount some twenty two or three dollars annually, when you gave me the Amount in your office. Permit me to call your attention to that point, & to ask again, that you will accompany the Certificate with forms & directions for making out the papers to draw the Pension. - I am Sir, Very
Respectfully Yoursse
S. M. Gates
Hon
J. L. Edwards
Compt re

House of Representatives
Feby 13, 1840
Sir -
I am desired by Mrs Lydia Hoard to request you to issue a Certificate for her, entitling her to a Pension for the services of her late Husband for the length of time mentioned in the Certificate of the Comptroller of New York - She will apply for an increase if she can obtain further proof -
Will you enclose the Certificate to me, with printed instructions for drawing her papers to procure it -
Very Respectfully
S. M c Gatus
Hon.
J. S. Edwards Compt r of Pensions -

Hon. S. M. Gates 24. Jan. 1840
OL

348. War Department Pension Office 24. Jan 1840
Sir In answer to the enquiring relative to the amt certified by the Comptroller of New York to have been paid to David Hoard late husband of Mrs Lydia Hoard, I have to state that the first payment was £6.16.10 the second £10.13.4 as a private which is $43.76. The full pay of a private was $6.66 per month $43.76 is full pay for six months and 17 days service . The amount paid to David Hoard a Corporal was £1.13.9 or $4.21. The pay of a Corporal was $7.32 per month
Hon. Little M. Gates House Reps US

Hon. S. M. Gates
17-Jan. 1840
OC

War Department
Pension Office
17 June 1840
Sir In answer to your letter of the 15 th instants respecting the claim of Mrs Lydia Hoard I have the honor to state that the evidence afforded by the certificate of the Comptroller of New York substantiates the claim to pension under Capt Harrison only which appears to have been six months and 17 days - If the claimant should decide to accept a pension for that term, a certificate will be issued accordingly
Howlett M Gates Home Puffs NY

House of Representatives
Jan'y 15 1840
Sir
About the first of this month I presented to you the Certificate of the Comptroller of New York, containing additional testimony in the application of Mrs Lydia Hoard of Genesee County, N.Y. for a Pension, & was informed I should hear from the Department in regard to it very soon. Not yet having heard, it has occurred to me that, possibly, my name not appearing on the papers, you had written to Mr Henry Hoard, who forwarded the papers, & not to me. Allow me to ask, that you will inform me at your earliest convenience what has been done in the premises.
Respectfully Yours &c Seth M. Gates
Hon.
J. V. Edwards
Compt. of Pensions

Hon S. M. Gates
21. Dec 1839
OC

303 War Department Pension Office
21. Dec 1839
Sir
For an answer to the inquiry in the enclosed letter of Mr H. Hoard I have the honor to refer you to my letter on the subject of Mrs Lydia Hoard addressed to him under date of the 18 th of October last, a copy of which is herewith enclosed; The last name of the Captain must in every instance in order to successful investigation be furnished The claimant states that her husband served 9 months in 1776 under Col Weyukkoop but does not mention the name of his Captain - Mr Hoards letter is herewith enclosed
Hon S. M. Gates House Reps NCS

H. Hoard
18. Oct. 1839
OL
1839 Oct 18 H. Hoard

War Department Pension Office
228
18. Oct. 1889
Sir The papers of Mrs Lydia Hoard widow of David Hoard have been examined of file - For further proof in relation to the assassination military services of the claimants husband she is referred to the Comptroller of the State of New York, Bates Cook Esq.
Henry Hoard Esq. Attica New York

House of Reps Dec. 19. 1839
Sir
I herewith enclose a letter from Mr. Henry Hoard of Sheldon Genesee County N. Y. enquiring about the papers of his mother Lydia Hoard .
If the papers are recd & there are any irregularities, I will thank you to specify them & to furnish me with such instructions as shall enable me to give a detailed statement of what should be done, if anything, as this is a case in which I feel a particular interest.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Seth M c Gatin
Hon
A. L. Edwards
Comfr Pensions

44 Porter Block Grand Rapids Mich. Aug. 20.
Department of Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
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Gentlemen,
Please send me a copy of the pension papers of William Joslen, revolutionary soldier, He served in the 4 th.N.Y.Regiment. HE died in Bennington Wyoming Co. N.Y.
Also please send copy of pension papers of David Hoard, revolutionary soldier, who died in Sheldon, Wyoming Co. N.Y. I think both these soldiers served in the 4 th. New York Regiment. Awaiting your early reply I am
most sincerely yours
Hayd. White.

Dear Atty
My
in Love
Hon. Seth M. Gates N.C. Washington City
Am. S. M. Gates (H.R.)

The Number and Amount of Certificates issued by the Treasurer of the State of New York for Levies and Militia Service &c. Continued from Book IV th III.
   To whom given     1780 July 31. 18102 David Board Priv s 6 16 10   1780 Nov 30 18161 " " " 10 13 4  
The Number and Amount of Certificates issued by the Treasurer of the State of New York for Levies and Militia Service Continued from Book VII.
   To whom given     1779 Nov. 12 40360 David Board Capt c 1 13 9   4. 34  
17102
State of New York Comptroller's Office Albany Dec. 31 1839.
I hereby Certify the above to be true extracts from Books 4. & 8 now remaining in this Office, and also that it appears from the same Books, that the said Board served his first term above named under Capt. Joseph Wanslow & also the second, & the third under Capt. Stephen Niles, and that on the 6 th November 1779. Jacob Lansing H. was a Col. and that on the 30 th November 1780 John Burpee was a Lt. Col. Comd d .
Walter Poole Comptroller
fees 50¢

Comptroller's Office Albany January 3 d 1840
Sir,
I enclose a certificate in relation to the revolutionary services of David Hoard, in reply to your favor of the 21 st ult o .
I am very respectfully W. H. Seward
Philip Phelps Deputy
Wm. Seth M. Gates Washington City

Nov 7 1838.
FREE
Genl R. Poinsett Esq. Secretary of War Washington City

Albany July 25. 1839
To the Secretary of War
Sir I send you the pension papers of Lydia Hoard which you will please return to Henry Hoard of Sheldon or the pension certificate when granted Please direct all your papers to me Henry Hoard Sheldon post office Genesee County New York - Sheldon July 25. 1839 Yours &c Henry Hoard

State of New York Greene County } ss
Ladowick Thomas of the Town of Sheldon in the County and State aforesaid hereby duly sworn deposes and saith that he is Twenty Six years of age - And further this Deponent saith that he was well acquainted with David Hoard who is named and described in the declaration of Lydia Hoard herunto annexed during the Revolutionary War - And further this Deponent saith that in the month of May in the year of Our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Eighty he this Deponent and the said David Hoard entered the service of the Revolutionary War at Stephen Town then in the County of Albany but now in the County of Rensselaer in the State of New York that this Deponent then and there entered the service as a substitute and enlisted as a private soldier under Ensign James Jones and marched to Albany and drew a gun and marched from Albany to Fort Edward and there joined the captain company commanded by Captain Chipman and was mustered by him mastered and joined Colonel Harpers Regiment and stayed at Fort Edward a month or more and left Fort Edward and marched to Fort Ann and there joined said Captain Garrissons company in said Regiment and then went to Crown Point in an expedition under General Clinton and from there to Palsmarstown and stayed there a spell and from there marched to Schenectady - and was ordered from there to Fort Stanwix and stayed there till in the fall of the year - and then

in the month of October this Deponent was taken prisoner by the British and remained a prisoner of War in Montreal till after the War - in the fall of the year 1782 - And further this Deponent saith that in the month of May 1780 about 2 days after this deponent arrived at Fort Edward or aforesaid the said David Hoard arrived at Fort Edward and joined this Deponent's Company and Regiment for the Term of Nine months but whether the said David Hoard enlisted or was a substitute this Deponent does not know - This Deponent further saith that the said David Hoard served as a private Soldier in said Captain Chipman and Captain Harrison's Company in Colonel Hapers Regiment with this Deponent all the time and this Deponent saw the said David Hoard every day until in the month of October 1780 when this Deponent was taken prisoner as aforesaid - When this Deponent and the said David Hoard arrived at Fort Stanwix they were commanded by Major Hughes as Colonel Harper was not there - When this Deponent was taken prisoner the said David Hoard was Sick in the Hospital with the Small pox and belonged to the Army as his Nine months service had not expired - This Deponent knows that the said David Hoard enlisted or entered as a substitute in the Com- pany and Regiment aforesaid for the term of nine months and this Deponent and the said David Hoard were both mustered into the service at that time for the term of nine months And this Deponent has no doubt but that the said David Hoard served his time out the nine months; and when this Deponent

returned in 1782 he saw the said David Howard at Stephen Town and he and others stated that they served their time out and the said David Howard said that he served his nine months and was duly and regularly discharged by the said Major Hughes - And further this Deponent saith that he was well acquainted with the said David Howard till he died. - And further this Deponent saith not
Sworn to and subscribed this 23 day of July 1839 before me A. S. Stevens A judge of Genesee County Court
State of New York Genesee County } ss -
I A. S. Stevens a Judge of Genesee County Court do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Lodowick Thomas who has subscribed by making his mark and sworn to the above affidavit and that I saw him make his mark thereto as his name and that the said affidavit was first read to him correctly in his and my hearing and that he made his mark thereunder instead of writing his name for the reason that he can not nor does write his name which fact I well know & that he is credible for truth and veracity Dated July 23, 1839 A. S. Stevens

State of New York Genesee County
ss. Ezra Gates of the Town of Bannington in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is seventy three years of age - And further this Deponent saith that he was well acquainted with David Hoard named and described in the Declara- tion for a pension of Lydia Hoard herunto annexed from the year 1783 1781 till the time of his death in the year 1805 and has been and now is well acquainted with the said Lydia Hoard named and described in the declaration for a pension herunto annexed from her youth up to the present time And further this Deponent saith that he was present and saw the said David Hoard married to the above named Lydia Hoard formerly before her marriage Lydia Gates at Little Hoosack then in Albany County but now in Rensselaer County in the State of New York on the Sixth day of October in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred a seven hundred and eighty three by Elder Burns a minister of the Gospel who resided then at Little Hoosack aforesaid - And further the said Lydia Hoard has never married since the death of the said David Hoard - And is now the widow of the said David Hoard - And further this Deponent saith not
Ezra Gates
Sworn to and subscribed this 23 d day of July A.D. 1859 before me A. S. Stevens
a judge of Genesee County Court
I certify that I am well acquainted the above named Ezra Gates and that he is a credible person and reputable for truth and veracity. July 23. 1859 A. S. Stevens a judge etc