Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 1177, Jacob Halstead, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Halstead, Jacob Halsted
W 1177 B.L.W. 26645-160-55
charity
CONTENTS

Ohio 19. 699 Pittsburg Jacob Walstead of Mumfords in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Com. commanded by Captain Blocher of the Regt commanded by Col Drake in the N. Hampshire line  Militia for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pittsburg at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of Aug 1832 and sent to Burkhard & Foss Warren O
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 160.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep. $ 40.00
$ 200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. S. Evans Clerk, Book E Vol. 8. Page 113.

Ohio 1.173 Clev
Charity Halstead widow of Jacob Halstead who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private N. H. Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
3 February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of Aug 1853 and sent to
J. T. C. Kiper Urania
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under a February 2, 1848, Page 163 Vol. C
3 February 1853
Date of death not on file
Reg 3 m 58-00569

Act March 3, 1851
50569
April 1/55
Charity Hospital and
Jacob Heald's Pri.
No 266 4th St
Rev. War
Rev. Pen-
Ohio July 53-no 1173
aw: 160 acs May 16/67
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J. L. Asper
Warren Trunk
Ohio

C. S. Plummer Sept 23/53
Del 16th Oct of filing evidence in error on Motion in re habeas corpus in Crim. Dist. Ct. D.C.
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C. J. H. [unclear] 1853
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The State of Ohio } Trumbull County } p
On this first second day of October A D 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting in and for the county aforesaid Jacob Halstead a resident of Johnston County of Trumbull and State of Ohio aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath depose make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States a a volunteer under the following named officers and served as herein stated - That he joined the army at Albany N Y under the command of Colonel Gilbert Cooper. Major — East - that the company was commanded by Capt. Garrett Aiken - Lieutenant — Quartermaster in the year 1775 in the fall of the year - that he resided when he en- tered the service at Nahac since Near Hampshire in the State of New York - that he went from Albany to Fort St. John - and served five months when he was regularly discharged including about two months when sick and unable to per- form duty - when he returned home to Nahac That he entered the service again as a volunteer in the year 1776 and served at New York City and on Long Island - Regiment was comman- ded by Colonel — Onake - Major's Name not recalled - Company was commanded by Capt. John (or House in Dutch) Bloffell - and Lieut- enants — Ramsey and Van Curen - that he served five months and was regularly dis- charged by Col Onake at Haverstraw near Kings Ferry - That he was engaged in the battle of Long Island and also at White Plains - That General Putnam was in the daily practice of visiting us while he was on York Island

That he has no documentary evidence of his service having lost his discharge when moving to Ohio - That he knows of no person living in Ohio who can testify to his service but whether there are any persons now living in the state of New York he is unable to say -
That he was engaged in guarding the North River in the year 1777 about eight months and had no particular station but was all most constantly traversing the river - that he was a part of the time commanded by Major Care - and a part of the time by Capt Gornet Aiken and (Isaac Shoud) - and also a part of the time by Colonel Hay - who gave him a discharge in the fall of 1777 - which he has also lost -
That he entered the service of the United States again in the spring of 1778 but whether he enlisted on volunteer he is not able to say but believes he enlisted for three years - that in consequence of becoming a little deaf he was engaged in driving a team from Kings Ferry in the state of New York to Curnels Ferry about 30 miles from Philadelphia Pa - that he continued in that business until the fall of 1781 - making three years - when he received a discharge from Colonel Hay, and Major Care which he has also lost -
That he was born at Pochkeepsie NY in the year 1758 That he has no record of his age except his fathers will and that has become so obliterated that it is impossible to read it - That he lived at Pochkeepsie when called into the service - after the Revolutionary war he moved to New Paltz in NY - where he resided until about fifteen years since when he moved to Ohio where he now resides as stated That I am known in my present neighborhood by Col Walter Johnston and Joseph Barstow Esq whom we believe will testify as to his character for veracity

and who believe that he served as a soldier of the Revolution - He 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 -
Jacob Halstead
Known to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid George Parsons Clerk We Walter Johnson and Joseph Barstow residing in the town of Johnston County of Franklin and State of Ohio hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jacob Halstead who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy four 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 - Walter Johnson
Joseph H Barstow Known to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid George Parsons Clerk
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 them that Walter Johnson and Joseph Barstow who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the town of Johnston County of Franklin and State of Ohio - and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
I George Parsons Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Franklin Co Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Jacob Halstead for a pension -
The testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office this 10 th day of Oct 1832 -
George Parsons Clerk

The State of Ohio Trumbull County ss
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Jacob Hatfield, who being duly sworn deposes 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 five months I served as a private in the year 1775.
For five months I served as a private in the year 1776.
For seven months I served as a private in the year 1777.
For three years I served as a private from the year 1778 till the year 1781 - and for such service I claim a pension -
Jacob Hatfield
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12th day of July AD 1833
Alexander McConnell Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio Trumbull County ss
I George Parsons, Clerk of the court of common pleas within and for said county, do hereby certify that Alexander McConnell Esquire whose signature in his own proper hand writing is affixed to the above certificate is and was at the time of subscribing the same an acting justice of the peace within and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn agreeably to the laws of said State, and to whose official acts full faith and credit are of right to be given. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said court at Warren the Thirteenth day of July 1833
George Parsons Clerk By J. Symonds Potter Deputy 1833
1833 1833 1833 1833

State of Ohio } ss County of Trumbull }
On this 9 th day of May in year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me Ira L. Fuller Judge of Court of Probate in and for said County, Charity Walstead a resident of the Township of Johnston, in the County of Trumbull and State of Ohio, aged 66. Years, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 rd February, 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Jacob Walstead late of Johnston in the County of Trumbull and State of Ohio, who was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832, at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum , payable at the Pittsburgh Agency in the State of Pennsylvania, in the Agency of Ohio, as will more fully appear by the Pension certificate issued by Secy. of War, and dated on the 20 th day of August 1833, and recorded in the Pension Office, in Book 5 Vol 8 page 113; and she refers to the declaration and evidence filed in the Pension Office at Washington by the aforesaid Jacob Walstead her late husband.
She further states and declares that she

was married to the said Jacob Halstead on the 20th day of November A.D. 1805 (1805) eighteen hundred and eight, in the State of New York; that her said husband died on the 15th day of September A.D. (1837) eighteen hundred and thirty seven; that she was not married to him prior to the second of January, eighteen hundred but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow.
In presence
Andrew Bradley
her Charity Halstead Mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me Probate Judge of said County as aforesaid, my said Court being a Court of Record, on the day and year aforesaid; And I do hereby certify that the above named Charity Halstead was unable to appear in open Court in consequence of illness and therefore the above declaration was taken at her residence before me; that I believe that said Charity Halstead is the identical widow of Jacob Halstead who was a United States Pensioner; and that I have no interest in the result of this case, nor concerned in the prosecution thereof.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand official and affixed the seal of my said Court at Waverly office on the day and year above written. The above words of "widow of" were interlined before execution of this Certificate.
J. Lewis Miller
Judge of said Court

Know all men by these present, That I Cherity Walstead, of Johnston County of Franklin and State of Ohio, widow of Jacob Walstead late a Pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint Joel F. Asper of Warren in the County and State aforesaid my true and Lawful Attorney and Agent, for me and in my stead to prosecute my claim for a Pension under the act of Congress passed February 3. 1853 on account of the services of the aforesaid Jacob Walstead my late husband, in the Revolutionary war; and I hereby authorize my said Agent and Attorney to file my declaration and all other depositions, evidences, and whatever may be necessary to prosecute my said claim to success; to make and file arguments in my said case if necessary; to examine examine all the papers and documents touching said claim, on file in the Department at Washington or elsewhere, and to receive the certificate which may be issued for said claim granting me a Pension; and to do all things that I might or could do when I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Witness my hand and seal this ninth day of May AD 1853.
Signed and sealed her Cherity Walstead Seal in the presence of Theodore Brewley J. S. Fuller

State of Ohio County of Trumbull } ss:
On this ninth day of May A.D. 1883 personally appeared, before me, Probate Judge in and for said County, Charity Walcott and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the seal of my said office this day and year above written.
J. S. Fidler
Judge Court of Probate for said County.

505-69
Revolutionary Service
BOUNTY LAND CLAIM
OF Charity Heatstead
WIDOW OF Jacob Heatstead
Under Act of March 3, 1855.
J. F. ASPER, Attorney at Law, WARREN, O.

The State of Ohio } Trumbull County ss }
On this 28 day of March AD 1855 before me H. D. Jackson a Justice of the peace within and for said County personally appeared Churty Halstead a resident of Johnston in said County aged 68 years who being duly sworn according to law declare that she is the identical Churty Halstead who was placed on the Ohio Pension Roll at the rate of $80.00 per annum under the act of Congress passed February 3, 1853, payable at Cleveland in the State of Ohio as the widow of Jacob Halstead. deceased, who has been a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $80.00 per annum under the act of June 7, 1832 for services in the Revolutionary War.
She further states that she was Married to the said Jacob Halstead in the State of New York on the 20th day of November 1808, and that her husband died in Johnston Trumbull County Ohio on the 15th day of September 1837; and that she has remained a widow ever since and is now a widow.
She further states that full proof of her Marriage with the said Jacob Halstead and his death was made in her case for a pension under said act of February 3, 1853 which is now on file in the pension office at Washington city and She here refers to the same and makes it part of this case.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855 and she states that she never

has before received any Bounty Land nor Made application for any under this or any other act of Congress except the one here presented attest
Charity his Halsted mark
H. D. Jackson
We Isaac Halstead and Judson Tyrrell Residents of Johnston Trumbull County and State of Ohio upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged in our presence by Charity Halstead that we know from our one personal knowledge that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and that she has remained a widow ever since the decease of the said Jacob Halstead her late husband and is now a widow
Isaac Halsted
Judson Tyrrell
The foregoing declaration and affidavit 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 person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in the claim
H. D. Jackson Justice of the peace

The State of Ohio, }
TRUMBULL COUNTY.
I, ALMON D. WEBB, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above named H. D. Jackson Esquire, before whom the foregoing paper was executed, was, at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County; duly commissioned and qualified, and legally authorized to administer oaths, to whose official acts full faith and credit are due: that his signature above written I believe to be true and genuine; and that I have no interest whatever in the result of the Bounty Land Claim of the aforesaid Charity Halsey nor am I concerned in the prosecution thereof.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand official, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Warren, in said County, this 3rd day of April A. D. 1855
Almon D. Webb Clerk.
Warren Mar 28 1855
To the Commissioner of Pensions, } Washington City, D. C.
Sir:
I request that my claim for Bounty Land, under the act entitled "an act granting additional Bounty land to certain Officers and Soldiers engaged in the Military service of the United States," passed March 3, 1855, may be examined, and if I am entitled to bounty land, I wish a certificate or warrant issued therefor, which you will please forward to my Attorney,
J. F. ASPER, AT WARREN, OHIO, whom I do hereby authorize and empower to prosecute my said claim and to receive any Warrant which may issue thereon. I am respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Attest:
H. D. Jackson
Charity Halsey

23 571
Jacob Halstead Trumbull Co Ohio
Return
Adm 2 years $80
Birchard & Todd agts Warren Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
28 th June 1833
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 subjoined 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. Those 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 Jacob Walstead Trumbull of Ohio
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol 1775 5 Private Col Giller Cooper 25, 24 Involuntary   Vol 1776 5 Maj Earle Nicholson   1777 about 8 Col Drake 24, 10   Enlist 1778 3 Col Blossett Gen Putnam Col Day  
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 days 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 the 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.
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Geo. B. Whiting

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
Copy of leaf from family Bible showing the marriage of the widow of Jacob Halsted.
Jacob Halsted was married to Anne Jersey _____ to Charity Van Aken, November 20, 1808.
Original leaf forwarded to Isaac Halsted Johnstonville, Ohio, April 19, 1892.

January 20, 1932
BA-J/EEL
Mrs. R. Winnagle 267 Belmont Street, N.W. Warren, Ohio
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Jacob Halstead, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W.1177, based upon the military service of Jacob Halstead in that war.
Jacob Halstead(the name also appears as Halsted) was born in 1758, in "Nahaac", New York.
While residing at "Nahaac", New York, he volunteered and served as a private with the New York Troops as follows: from the fall of 1775, five months in Captain Garret Ackerson's Company, Colonel Gilbert Cooper's Regiment; from sometime in 1776, five months in Captain John Blauvelt's Company, Colonel Drake's Regiment and was in the battles of Long Island and White Plains; from sometime in 1777, seven or eight months in Captain Garret Ackerson's Company, Colonel Hay's Regiment: he enlisted in September, 1778, and served three years as a teamster under Colonel Hay.
After the Revolution, he moved to New Paltz, New York, where he resided until 1816, when he moved to the state of Ohio.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 2, 1832, while residing in Johnston, Trumbull County, Ohio.
He died September 15, 1837, at Johnston, Ohio.
The soldier married, date not given, Anne Jersey. There are no particulars in regard to her. He married November 20, 1808, in the state of New York, Charity Van Aken or Van Aiken.
Soldier's widow, Charity, was allowed pension on her application

executed May 9, 1853, at which time she was aged sixty-six years and resided in Johnston, Ohio.
In 1853, a daughter, Rebecca Ann Dickinson, is referred to, and in 1892, Isaac Halstead, son of the soldier and his wife, Charity, was living in Johnsonville, Trumbull County, Ohio. There are no further data as to family.
The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to show a claim for pension on file on account of the services of Samuel Fuller, as described by you.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.
Date of her death not on QB

Brief in the case of Charity  Healstead widow of Jacob Trumball County and State of Ohio act of Feb. 8 th 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner under act of Congress passed 7 June 1832
Marriage proven by private record, attested,
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
J. F. Asper Esq. Warren, Ohio
Examining Clerk.
C. S. Gray

Warren April 24/1886 Commr of Pensions
Sir:
Congress having passed a law extending the benefits of the act of Congress of March 3, 1885, under which new law certain suspended claims will be established, I therefore beg ask the office to take up the case of Charity Halstead Rev. Widow. Claim No 80.569. Under the law the case is now allowable & I ask that it be taken up and allowed
I am respectfully
J. H. Aspin
Atty for Claimant

Warren O March 4. 1886 Comr of Pensions
Sir:
I ask that the claim of Charity Walstead widow of Jacob of Ohio, Rev. Pension be taken up & allowed under the provisions of the resolution recently passed by Congress. This case comes within that resolution & the warrant will now be allowed of course I am respectfully Yours obt Servt J. F. Asper

Warren April 3. 1855 Comm. of Pensions Sir:
Enclosed herewith I forward you the Declaration and proofs in the case of Chasty Heatstead for Bounty Land under the act of March 3. 1835, widow of Revolutionary Soldier.
Two witnesses prove residence & widowhood & We refer to proofs on file for marriage and death of her husband Jacob Heatstead When issued send Warrant to me
I am respectfully Your obedt Servt J. H. Asper

Warren Ohio May 10. 1853. Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
Herewith I forward you the papers in the Pension Case of Charity Halstead for a Pension under the Act of Feb'y 3. 1853.
The papers consist of the following documents viz:
1st The Declaration of Mrs Halstead 2 d The Certificate of the Probate Court as to fact of Jacob Halstead being a Pensioner, his death Sept 15. 1839, and of her being a widow 3 d Power of Attorney from Charity Halstead to myself 4 th The Pension Certificate of Jacob Halstead her late husband 5 th The Affidavit of Isaac Halstead with the Family Record to prove the marriage of Jacob Halstead and the said Charity Halstead, Nov. 20. 1808 The case I think is fully proven and I hope to hear from it soon

I have the honor to the and Sir, Yours Most ob't Serv't
J. F. Asper

Payments to be made at Pittsburgh Penn a by the Pres. U.S. Br Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Ohio
Pittsburgh
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 8 Page 113 by T. S. Evans. Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Jacob Halstead of the State of Ohio who was a private in the Army of the Revolution
is entitled to receive Eighty dollars and _____ cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this twentieth day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three
L. H. C. S.
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

The State of Ohio } Court of Probate May 9 th Trumbull County } Anno Domini One thousand Eight hundred and fifty three
Present I. G. Fuller Judge thereof holding said Court.
In the matter of } This day satisfactory proof Chary Haerstead } was made to said Court that Applicant for Pension } Jacob Haerstead late of the Township of Johnston in said County was a Prisoner of the United States at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum payable at the Pittsburgh Agency in the Agency for Ohio - That the said Jacob Haerstead died in Johnston in said County on the fifteenth day of September AD 1837 leaving Chary Haerstead his Widow, and who has remained a Widow since the decease of the said Jacob Haerstead to the present time - And now is a Widow - Ordens that the foregoing facts be certified to the War Department at Washington, in order that the said Chary Haerstead may be inscribed on the Pension Roll under the Act of Congress of February 3 rd AD 1833 - I. G. Fuller Judge
The State of Ohio } I Ira Lucius Fuller Judge Trumbull County } of the Court of Probate within and for said County do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the original entry as appears of record in the Office of said Court.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at Warren this tenth day of May AD 1833 I. G. Fuller Judge of said Court.

mmh 24.1177
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 1 , 19 22
In reply to your request of _____ received _____ for a statement of the military history of Jacob Halstead or Halsted a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his and (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Fall 1775 5 mos Private Garret Ackerson Gilbert Cooper N.Y.   1776 5 mos. " John Blauvelt Drake   1777 7 or 8 mos. " Garret Ackerson Hay   Sept. 1778 3 yrs. Wagon Driver ✓ Hay  
Battles engaged in, Long Island and White Plains Residence of soldier at enlistment, "Nahaac" (?) N.Y. Date of application for pension, Oct. 2, 1832. His C.O. was al. Residence at date of application, Johnston, Trumbull Co., Ohio. Age at date of application, Born in "Nahaac" (?) N.Y. in 1758.
Remarks: Sol. moved to Ohio in 1816. He died Sept. 15, 1837 in Johnston, Ohio. He married Anne Jersey, date of marriage not stated. He married in State of N.Y. on Nov. 20, 1808 Charity Van Aken or Van Aiken who was al. pen. on her ap. ex. May 9, 1853 while a resident of Johnston, Ohio, aged 66 yrs. In 1853 a daughter Rebecca Ann Dickinson is mentioned and in 1892 a son Isaac whose mother was Charity, was liv. in Johnsonville, Trumbull Co., Ohio. Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Mrs R Winnagle 267 Belmont st N.W. warren ohio
Bureau of Pensions Dept of Rev. and 1812 Wars. Washington D.C.
Gentlemen ; - Records of your department on
Samuel Fuller born 10-10 1750 in East Haddam Conn died 4- 4 1826 in Hartland Conn
also on Jacob Halstead born in Newyork died in Johnston Trumbull county ohio
are much desired . with many thanks for your kindness in replying I am
very sincerely
Grace M Winnagle
Grace M. Winnagle
DEC 16 1931

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Commissioner of Pensions, Department O, Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir: 1772.
Kindly send a copy of the pension record of Jacob Halstead (Halsted) who was born in New York state in 1758; served in the Revolution- ary War; married Charity Van Auken; died in Trumbull Co., Ohio, to
ASTON NOV 7 1922 PA.
Mrs. E. H. Smiley, 115 Sixth Avenue, Warren, Pa.
Thanking you for your kindness, I am
Sincerely yours,
Nancy C. Morrow
109 Hill St., Oil City, Pa.

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Commissioner of Pensions, Department O, Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
Please send a copy of the pension record of Jacob Halstead who served under Capt. Uriar Drake in the Ulster Co. Mil., New York, and died in Trumbull County, Ohio, in 1857, to
Miss Mary Gibson, West Third Street, Oil City, Pa.
Rev. S. G.

Johnstonville, Trumbull Co Ohio Jan'y 15 1892
Hon The Comr of Pensions
On the 5 th day of August 1853 a pension Certificate was issued to Charity Halsted, widow of Jacob Halstead a Revolutionary war soldier.
In making the proof of marriage of these parties the "Family Record" was cut from the family bible and sent to your office. The Atty for Claimant was J. F. Asper who promised to have the record returned when the case was disposed of; but he left this State & went to Missouri where he died and the record has not been returned, nor asked for.
I am a son of said Jacob & Charity and am one of the heirs to the Anneke Jans estate in New York city & Harlem Flats and am making the proofs of heirship for myself and others of the family. I am advised that the old record from the old bible would materially aid us in establishing our claim.
Will you have the files in that pension case examined and the old record, if found, returned to me
Isaac Halsted

State of Ohio
Munroe County ss
On this 9 th day of February 1892 personally came before me a Notary Public in and for said County of Munroe Isaac Halsted a resident of Johnston & whose P. O. address is Johnsonville Munroe Co Ohio well known to me, and is entitled to credit, and who being first duly sworn says:
I am the custodian of the bible from which a record of the marriage of Jacob Halsted and Charity Van Aken was cut and sent by Joel F. Asper to the Pension Department at Washington D C as part of the evidence required in claim of said Charity for widows pension. My parents, said Jacob & said Charity, and myself lived together from my birth to the time of their decease. The old bible aforesaid was in their possession so long as they lived & when they died it was left in my family and it has never been out of my possession. No one has ever claimed, or called for it and so far my right to it has been never denied nor disputed. I am yet in the rightful possession of the said bible
Isaac Halsted
Sworn to & subscribed by said Isaac Halsted before me in my presence the day and

year first above written In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand & seal official
R D Barnes Notary Public

Halsted
O. W. & N. DIV. F.S. O.W. WID. F. #1177.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., January 28, 1892.
[Handwritten signature]
Sir:-
In reply to your request of the 15th. instant, I have to state that as the record you speak of would, doubtless, be considered as quite valuable by the heirs it is deemed proper that you furnish this Bureau with an affidavit showing that you are the custodian of the bible referred to, or give the name and address of the person who is.
Very respectfully,
[Handwritten signature: Green B. Raum] Commissioner.
Mr. Isaac Halsted, Johnstonville, Trumbull Co., Ohio.

No. 1721 Appd. of Charity Halstead widow of Jacob.
Ohio
19699
Act 3 d Febry: 1853.
Revys:
Adm d . $80 huan  muw Commg. 3. Feb. 1853.
J. F. Asper
Waverly
Ohio
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Suppl ys

Mr. Robinson:
Is this
affidavit
satisfactory?
Shapley
Yes
NR

26,645
3
Neo Aug

Additional evidence to Claim No 50.569
50569
Boynston Charlton
Mass
FIVE
Remains of Andrew Washington City Pa.

50569
Correspondence He

Additional to claim
No 57.569.
50869
Charity Hapshead
Boyet
St.
Washington City
Commissioner of Pensions
FREE

1853
FRED
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Pension Office July 30/53
Sir
In the enclosed case I have to request information of the time of the death of the latter pensioner or the the time to which he was Paid
Very Respectfully
S. Cole for Commission
H. Burt Esq. 3 And Penn B (see other side)

Jacob Haldor Halstead, act 7 th June 1832 paid at $811. p. an. Paid to 4 th Sept. 1837. No date of death on our Books.
F. Bush Auditor.

Charity Hoatstead - Bounty Land Warrants. 1855. No 50.569.
Also papers in case of Jacob Hoatstead Patent act June 7, 1832
J. H. Aspin
Atty

Rev. War
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1177
Charity Halstead,
Widow.
Jacob Halstead, Priv. Rev. War.
Act: Feb. 3. 1853.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 301
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1892 Jan'y 28 letter to Isaac Halstead for affidavit showing that he is custodian of the family Bible. F.S.
1892 Apr 19 leaf of Isaac's Bible sent to Isaac Halstead Johnstown Ohio. F.S.
1922 Nov 1. Gift to Miss Mary Eileen M.M.H.
1922 Dec 1. Gift to Mr. E. H. Smith M.M.H.
1932 Jan 20. Gift to Mrs. R. Linnagle. E.E.H.

Charity Halstead of Johnson Ohio Pension Claim

The State of Ohio Trumbull County } 55
On this 9 th day of May A D 1853, personally appeared before me, Ira L Fuller, Judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County, Isaac Halstead of Johnston in said County who being duly sworn according to law declares that he is a son of Jacob Halstead and Charity Halstead, and that he has lived in the his father's family from his birth and and that he now resides in the old Homestead in Johnston in said County, when his father died in the year 1837, on the 13 th day of September, and that his mother now resides with him, and has since the death of his said father, that as he knows of no record of the marriage of his said father and mother except that which has always been kept in the family in the old family Bible, which old Bible has always been in the family since he can remember and said old Bible is of an edition dated in the year 1800, and on the fly leaf is the following entry: "Jacob Halstead his book and handwriting in the year of our Lord - 1811. June"; and that the leaves hereto annexed contain the "Family Record" of his said father's family and were taken out by him this 9 th day of May 1853, and annexed to this his affidavit, and that the entry

on the 677th page was made in the State of New York by a person not known to the deponent, but it contains the record and date of his said father and mother's marriage, and the only one known to, or ever heard of by the deponent, and that the record at the bottom of the 679 page is the record of the death of his said father Jacob Halstead, death and was marked by his sister Rebecca Ann Dickinson.
Isaac Halstead
Sworn to and subscribed before me Probate Judge of said County, duly authorized to administer oaths, on the day and year above written; and I do hereby certify that the above named Isaac Halstead is a respectable person and entitled to credit, and that the words "he has" and "death" were interlined before signing, and further that I have no interest in this case, nor am I concerned in its prosecution.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my said office, the day and year above written.
J. S. Fuller Judge Court of Probate

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Halstead, John GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 5919 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 27, 1789 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.