Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19799, James Holt, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Holt, James Olive
W. 19799
CONTENTS

8598.
New York
James Holt
of Seneca Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Decker of the Regt. commanded by Col. Jackson in the Mass. Mil. time for Pensions.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of April 1833 and sent to James Crocker Warsaw N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 40.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept " 10.00
$ 50.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 21

657. New York Albany Oliver Holt widow of James Holt who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private,
Reptd
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13, day of July 1848. and sent to
Wm. H. Putnam H of R
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 83. Vol. 4

State of New York)
Genesee County ss: On this fifteenth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty two; personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Genesee at the Court House in Batavia in and for said County, the Honorable Isaac Wilson first Judge, William Mitchell Robert Earl Jun. & Simon Larnings Judges, being present in said Court now sitting. James Holt a resident of Warsaw in said County, aged seventy years on the second day of May last who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress made and passed June 7th 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1780 on or about the tenth of May of that year at Pittsburgh in the County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts where he then resided. That he marched thence to Leicester where the Company was mustered. That he then marched to West Point on the Hudson River where he remained about four Weeks. The Company in which he served was commanded by Lieutenant White, called the Colonel's Company and the Regiment was commanded by Colonel Messon of the Massachusetts Line. He does not remember the number of the Regiment. From West Point he marched with a Detachment of the American Army, to a place which according to his best recollection was in the State of New Jersey, and called the English Neighborhood but the name of the Town or County he cannot state. That he was afterwards under the same Officers at Tolowa, at Haverstraw and Fluckemin for short periods. That in September according to his best recollection he was sent with a detachment called the Major's Guard, to a point near the Hudson River, on the West Side of the river nearly opposite Kingsbridge and he was at that place when he heard of the treachery and Escape of Benedict Arnold. That in his subsequent service he marched to various places in the State of New Jersey, and sometimes performed what was called fatigue duty for short periods. He afterwards marched to New Windsor on the Hudson River about nine miles above West Point where he remained as one of the Station Guard for some time. Thence marched to West Point and thence to Stony Point. About this time a number of the Soldiers

in the Company to which he belonged were discharged and he was transferred to a Company commanded by Captain Dickson after which he remained under his command at Stony Point, until about the Eleventh of January 1781 when he marched to West Point, when on the 13th of January 1781 he received from the hand of Captain Dickson, a discharge signed by Colonel Michael Jackson, to whose regiment said Captain Dickson belonged. He was acquainted while in the Service with Adjutant Clapp, Quarters Master Clapp, Genl Putnam, with two Colonels by the name of Jackson, Colonel Bailey, & General Starbuck — He was born in Pittsborough, Massachusetts, where in about a year after he served in the Army he removed to Jeffrey, New Hampshire — He lived about three or four years, and then removed to Chester Vermont — and thence to London Derry — whence he removed to Bromley in the same State, and from that place he removed to Manchester Vermont where he lived five years — He afterwards lived one year in Shaftsbury four years in Hoosick, in Cambridge New York, six years in Shurton one year — in Seneca Chautauqua County one year — in Plymouth same County one year, in Solpi Cayuga County five or six years, from which place he removed in February 1817 or 1818 to Genesee County where he has resided ever since in Perry and in Warsaw — When he resided in Cambridge Washington County, not having received any pay for his services in the Army, he was told that he could obtain his Wages by sending to Boston for which purpose he delivered his discharge to Captain John S. Cutter who informed him that he lost his Discharge and he never received his Wages — He has a Record of his age in his Bible in the possession of his Daughter — or rather a Record that he was married in January 1782 in the twentieth year of his age —
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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. He is acquainted with General M c Elvain now Sheriff of Genesee County who resides in Warsaw and with Mrs. Niles Giddings who can testify to his veracity. He has no evidence of his service documentary or otherwise unless the same shall be found on the Rolls of the Army at Washington. Subscribed and sworn the day and year aforesaid in open court Timothy Fitch Clerk James Holt
We Niles Giddings & John A. M c Elvain of Warsaw in the County of Genesee hereby certify that we are and have been for several years acquainted with James Holt and consider him a man of truth and veracity. and I the said Niles Giddings certify that he is reputed in his neighbourhood to have been a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution and we concur in that Opinion and that he is of the age that he states in the foregoing Declaration Subscribed and sworn to by him Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid in open court J. A. M c Elvain Niles Giddings Timothy Fitch Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion 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 John A. M c Elvain and Niles Giddings both residents in the town of Warsaw in said county are both credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit Isaac Wilson William Mitchell Robert Carr

I Timothy Fitch, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Genesee, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original Proceedings, of the said Court in the matter of the Application of James Holt for a Pension In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and Seal of Office this 15 th day of October 1832.
Timothy Fitch Clerk
James Holt Declaration
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THE New TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST,
Newly Translated out of the
ORIGINAL GREEK,
And with the former
TRANSLATIONS
Diligently COMPARED and REVISED.
By His MAJESTY's special Command.
Appointed to be Read in CHURCHES.
EDINBURGH: Printed by ADRIAN WATKINS, His MAJESTY's Printer. MDCCCLIV.

Sarah Dean
James Holt was married to Olive G. Dean in the twentieth year of my age And in the twenty eighth year of her age; it being the twenty eighth of January in the year of our Lord 1783
Olive
Olive Holt was Born in Trabary the Seventh day 1784
Olive Holt died on the seventh  fourth day in the year of our Lord 1788

State of New York, } ss. County of Cattaraugus, }
Olive Holt, of the town of Farmersville in said County, lately of Warsaw, in the County of Genesee, and State aforesaid, being duly sworn, doth depose and say, that she is the widow of James Holt, late of Warsaw, aforesaid, deceased; - that many years ago, the said James Holt, deceased, made a family record, on the blank side of the title-page of the New Testament in his family bible; - that said record was in the possession of the said James Holt, deceased, from the time it was made until his death; that since his decease, it has been in the custody of this deponent, until it was sent to the Pension Office, in October last; - that the said record, which is hereto annexed, is in the hand writing of the said James Holt, deceased, and is a correct, genuine, and original family record.
Sworn to and Subscribed, her this 16th day of May, 1839, Olive X Holt before me, mark Pardun S. Lowell Pardun S. Lowell
I certify, that in my opinion, Olive Holt, above named, is a person of credibility, and that her statements are entitled to credit. Pardun S. Lowell

State of New York Cattaraugus County ss.
I Francis E. Baillet Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Gordon T. Jewell Esq. is a Magistrate as within and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. Given under my hand and the Seal of said County the 18th. day of May 1839. Francis E. Baillet clk
Oliver H. Smith and depositions.

2584 Declaration of Olive Holt, in order to obtain the bene- fit of the act of Congress of July 7, 1838.
14 th Jan 1783
Wedne 22 July 1837
Maria 28 Jan 1783
Hasbrouck due 22 nd July 1837
Actuall
Paid 6 months
Mason G. Smith, Agt.
Perry, Genesee Co. N.Y.

Declaration of Olive Holt, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 7 th July, 1838, entitled an "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
State of New York, } ss. County of Genesee, }
In this ninth day of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, before me, Rufus H. Smith, one of the Judges of the Courts, in and for said County, personally appeared Olive Holt, a resident of the town of Warsaw, in said County, aged eighty-three 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 James Holt, late of the said town of Warsaw, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, and who was a pensioner under the Act of Congress, of the 7 th June, 1832, on the Roll of the New York Agency.
She further declares that she was married to the said James Holt, on the twenty-eighth day of January in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty three; that

She knows of no living witness by which said marriage can be proved; that she has in her possession, a record of said marriage, which was made soon after said marriage took place, on a blank leaf of a bible, which had belonged to her mother, and that said bible, has been in the custody of this declarant, from the time said record was made, to the present time; - that her husband, the aforesaid James Holt, died on the twenty-second day of July, in the year, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven; - that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz. at the time above stated.
Sworn to, and subscribed, Olive Holt on the day and year above written, before me, Rufus H. Smith a Judge of Lucas County Court
I certify that the age and bodily infirmities of the above named Olive Holt, disable her from attending in Court, which is held for said County, twenty-four miles from her residence.
Rufus H. Smith

State of New York, } ss. County of Genesee, }
Ephraim Densmore, of the town of Warsaw, in said county, being duly sworn, deposed and says, that he is a son-in-law of the James Holt and Olive Holt, mentioned in the foregoing declaration of Olive Holt; - that the said James Holt resided with this deponent for more than five months next preceding the decease of the said James Holt; - that he died on the twenty-second day of July, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven; - that this deponent attended upon the said James Holt, during his last sickness and saw him die; - that the said Olive Holt, has resided with this deponent since the decease of her husband, and now remains a widow, and has remained a widow since the decease of her husband, the said James Holt, as aforesaid.
9 And further, this deponent says not.
Sworn to, and subscribed, this 9th day of October, 1838, before me,
Ephraim Densmore
Mason G. Smith,
a Commissioner of Deeds, for said County.
I certify that Ephraim Densmore, the before named deponent, whom I know, is a person of credibility, and that his statement is entitled to belief.
Mason G. Smith, Com. Deeds.

State of New York Greene County ss
I certify that Rufus H. Smith before whom the within Declaration was made was at the date thereof a Judge of the County Court for the County of Greene and that Mason G. Smith before whom the foregoing affidavit was made was at the date thereof a Com d of Deeds of said County and I further certify that I am well acquainted with their hand writing and do sincerely believe their signatures to the preceding certificates by them respectively subscribed to be genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed seal this 11 th October 1838.
W. D. Soper Clerk of Greene County

10/10/403  Maple Rolls
James Scott Seneca Co. N. York
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Dasbrooke ag Seneca P.O. Seneca Co. N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 subjóined 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: \left. \vphantom{\frac{1}{2}} \right\} ). 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 James H. N. Gensab C o . N. 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 1930 8 3 Private H. White Capt Dick Lt. R. Col Moser Massaline Col Mico Chaseback Lt. R. Sussex W. Point English Hudson Newark New Jersey Sobea Saratoga Pluckemin Hightstown Trenton New York New Brunswick West Point New York 70 Pittsburgh Merceston Mass Voluntary   
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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule m note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] 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.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
August 18, 1924
Roderick H. Tait, Jr., 18th St., and Cass Ave., Saint Louis, Mo.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 19799 it appears that James Holt was born May 2, 1762 in Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
While living in said Fitchburg he enlisted May 10, 1780, served as a private in Lieutenant White's Company, Colonel Wesson's Massachusetts Regiment until he was transferred to Captain Dickson's Company, Colonel Michael Jackson's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged January 13, 1781.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 15, 1832 while a resident of Warsaw, Genesee County, New York where he died July 22, 1837.
Soldier married January 28, 1783 Olive Dean born in August 1755 and who was allowed pension on her appli-

cation executed October 9, 1838 while residing in Warsaw, New York. In 1848 she was a resident of Attica, Wyoming County, New York.
In 1853 soldier's son-in-law Ephraim Densmore was a resident of Warsaw, New York, his wife's name not given.
Respectfully,
a daughter married to, no name & I did not mention it - as son-in-law's wife's name not given & might be same daughter - Could not use Oliver Holt Commissioner. on farm record - no relationship stated -

Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19999
Olance Holt widow of James Holt Pris. New Mar.
Act: Feb 2 d 48 Index:—Vol. 8 , Page B48
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1924-Aug. 18. H.W. to Frederick A. Tack. Jr. mmk I

3959 Albany N.Y.
Olive Hall
widow of James Hall, dec'd
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 22 July 1837 of Genesee in the State of N.Y. who was a private in the Com commanded by Captain Dickson of the regt commanded by Col Jackson in the Mass Milia line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 25 day of March 1837.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Augt 1837, to Supt and Mason G. Smith Perry, Genesee Co. N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1839 $ 32.33 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept '39 10.00
$42.33
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by L. M. Curdy , Clerk. Book A. Vol. 2. Page 82.
No 249
May 16th 1843 cert is under Seal Pres of Navy 23 45 at 70 per Ann Com. 4th March 1836 & ending 23rd July 1837 and sent to Ref? Alison G. Smith Perry, N.Y.

1899. New York Albany
Oliver Wolk widow of James Wolk who was a Private in the Mass line for 6 months.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Sept. 1843 and sent to Mason G. Smith Perry N.Y.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 118.
No 249 Joint Reso: of May 22. 45
Mason G. Smith Esq. April 14 th 1845.

Albany
James Holt act 1832 June 7. 1832 to what time paid?
PL
p t 4 March 1837 said to have paid 22 July 1837
JH

Ho of Rev
July 7. 48
Colo J. Edwards,
Sir,
I enclose 3 declarations for the benefit of the act of Anzugh of 2 Feb 1848 - viz, of Oliver Holt - of Susannah Sprague - and of Lady Dustin .
Please give certifi- cates soon as convenient -
Yours Hbh Servt H. R. Newman

Perry, Wyoming Co. N.Y. June 21, 1843.
Sir,
Herewith I forward the declaration of Mrs. Olive Holt, in order to obtain the benefits of the act of March 3, 1843.
I am very respectfully, Your Obt. Servt.
Mason G. Smith.
James S. Edwards, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.

Perry, Genesee Co. N.Y. May 21, 1839.
Sir,
The family record of Mrs. Olive Holt, is herewith again forwarded to the Pension Office, authenticated by her deposition, as required by your letter of the 1st inst. and the regulations of the Department accompanying the same.
Very respectfully, Your obt. Servt.
Mason G. Smith.
J. S. Edwards, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.

Perry, Genesee Co. N.Y. October 11, 1838.
Sir, I herewith transmit the papers of Mrs. Olive Holt, to establish her claim to the provision made by the act of Congress, of July 7, 1838, granting half pay and pensions to certain widows.
Her pension certificate, or any communication relative to the claim, may be directed to me.
I have the honor to be, Very Respectfully, Your obt. Servt.
Hon. J. S. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.
Mason G. Smith.

Perry, Wyoming Co. N.Y. April 21. 1845.
Sir,
The declarations of Olive Holt, and Lucy Marriner, which were returned for identification, are herewith again forwarded to the Pension Office.
I am, Sir, very respectfully
Your obt. Servt.
Mason & Smith.
James L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions.

State of New York, County of Wyoming, } ss.
On this 20 th day of June, 1843, before me, Mason G. Smith a justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, per- sonally appeared Olive Holt, a resident of the town of Warsaw, in said County, aged 87 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 d day of March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. —
That she is the widow of James Holt who was a private in the Massachusetts Mi- litia, for which he was pensioned under the act of Congress of the 7 th June, 1832; — That she was pensioned under the act of the 7 th July, 1838, at the rate of twenty dollars per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Witnesses present. } Sarah Densmore } Olive Densmore }
Olive her  X Holt mark.
Sworn and subscribed before me, the day and year first above written, and I do hereby certify that the said Olive Holt, is personally known to me, and that she cannot write her name from loss of sight.
Mason G. Smith Justice of the Peace.

2285 Declaration of Oliver Holt, in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of March 3, 1843.
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Mason & Smith, Agents, Perry, N.H.

State of New York, Wyoming County,
{ S.S. I do hereby certify that Mason B. Smith Esquire before whom the within Declaration or Affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County duly authorised to take the same. And that I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe that the signa- ture to the certificate added to said Affidavit is genuine. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal, at Warsaw, in said County, this 20 th day of June 1843. H. Silliman, Dep t Clerk of Wyoming County

To James L. Edwards, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.
The subscriber, a resident of the town of Mansar, in the County of Wyoming and State of New York, respectfully declares and represents - That she is the Widow of James Holt, who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution; that he departed this life on the 22 d day of July, 1837; - That she, as his widow, received a pension of twenty dollars per annum, under the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, from the 22 d day of July, 1837, aforesaid, when her said husband died, until the fourth day of March, 1841. And she now makes application for the arrears of pay due her under said act from the fourth day of March, 1836, unto the 21 st day of July, 1837, inclusive.
Witness, Mason G. Smith
Olive her X Holt mark
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State of New York, } ss. County of Wyoming, }
On this 8 th day of March, 1845, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, personally appeared Olive Holt, above named, and made oath that the facts set forth in the above declaration are true and correct. And I further certify that she is unable to sign her name on account of the infirmities of age.
Mason G. Smith, J. P.

State of New York, County of Wyoming, } ss.
I, Walter Howard, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that Mason G. Smith, was on the date of the within certificate, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly appointed and qualified, and that the signature within, purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name, this Eleventh day of March 1845.
Walter Howard Clerk
I hereby certify that Olive Holt, the within named declarant, is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the within affidavit.
Mason G. Smith Justice of the Peace
Application of Olive Holt, for arrears of pension, under Act of July 9, 1838. Joint resolution of 23 d of January, 1845.
Adm d . $20 per ann. from 4 th March, 1836 to 23 d July, 1837
Mason G. Smith, Agent Berry, N.Y.

State of New York, ss. County of Wyoming, ss.
On this 29 day of June, 1848, before me, Elisha Smith, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Olive Holt, a resident of the town of Attica, in said County, aged 92 last August years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress, passed on the 2 d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of James Holt, who was a private in the militia of the State of Massachusetts and served therein in the war of the Revolution; - but in what Regiment this declarant is unable to state; That for this service he was pensioned under the act of June 7, 1832, while a resident of the town of Warsaw in said county, then county of Genesee, at the rate of twenty dollars per annum. That this declarant received the same amount of pension under the act of 17 th June, 1844. She further declares that she is still a widow.
After
Olive X Holt. mark.
Witness:-
Olive Simsmore
Sarah Simsmore. Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year first above written, before me; - And I do hereby certify that the said Olive Holt, is personally known to me; and that she is unable to write her name from defect of sight.
Elisha Smith Justice of the Peace

Declaration of Oliver Holt, in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2 nd February, 1848.
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John H. Putnam Hof R
State of New York } Wyoming County }
As I Abel Webster Clerk of Wy- oming County do hereby certify that Elisha Smith before whom the within instrument was sworn to and whose certificate of identity is therunto attached, was at the time of administering such oath and attaching said certificate thereto a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly author- ized to take the same. That I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signature to said certificate is genuine. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Warsaw in said County, this 30 th day of June AD 1848.
Wm. Ballard Dep Clerk

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Oliver Holt,
J. J. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
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Dear Sir:-
In reply to inquiry made to the Adjutant General, the writer is advised that several men named James Holt served in different organizations during the Revolutionary War; and that there were several men named George Townsend served in different organizations during the War of 1812. The Adjutant General's office gives the names of the different states from which these men came and advises that the writer address your office in an effort to identify the two men named below.
James Holt was a Revolutionary soldier. I think he died at and was buried at Warsaw, New York.
Q.39946 George Townsend served during the War of 1812. I think he died at and was buried at Platteville, Ill. His wife's maiden name was Sarah Day.
Whatever your office can do to verify the above facts for the writer will be greatly appreciated.
Yours very respectfully,
Roderick H. Tait Jr.