Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24450, Jeremiah Hotchkiss, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Hotchkiss, Jeremiah Mabel
W. 24450 Rej. B.L.
CONTENTS
This woman was also pension- ed as the former widow of Na- thaniel Tyler, Conn. and conti- nental, same file number.

2986 New York
let 12 Nov 49 Ben H, S. Conger,
Jeremiah Hotchkiss of Smithville in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Brannett of the Regt commanded by Col Douglas in the Connecticut line for 3 Years & 9 months,
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Novem ber 1832 and sent to H. Hanson
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $ 120 00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 40.00 $160 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Hiles Clerk, Book D Vol. 5 Page 99

Reported
Set John Othaudt Oct 25/50 Set in N.Y. 5 Feb 1832 Same 15 March 1835 H. Mygatt March 24/55
Reg 3 rd m 55-41858
New York.
Mabel Hotchkiss widow of Jeremiah Hotchkiss who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of Feby 1850. and sent to
Mrs. N. S. Conger Nurse of Rufe
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2/1848, Page 173 Vol. 1 July  Book 2.
1 H

Sally Smith
543
A.
Mabel Hotchkiss widow of Jeremiah New York,
b. d. 14 th March 1842
admitted
Printed $80 pr on 4 March 1848
Act 29 July 48
Rev. N. S. Conger
A.P.
Wm. Hotchkiss

State of New York Chenango County ss
On this 15 th day of October 1849 personally appeared before Smith M. Purdy county Judge of Chenango County.
in presence of Mabel Hotchkiss a resident of the town of Green in the said County aged Eightythree years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the acts of Congress passed July 1 st 1848 and July 29 th 1848, that she is the widow of Jeremiah Hotchkiss deceased who during his life drew a Pension under the act of June 7 th 1832 New York Agency at the rate of $80.00 per annum on account of his Revolutionary services that she was married to the said Jeremiah Hotchkiss in the month of February 1796 that her husband the said Jeremiah Hotchkiss died on the 14 th day of March 1842 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the second of January eighteen hundred viz at the time above stated Subscribed and sworn to this { Mabel Hotchkiss 15 th day of October 1849
before me.
Smith M. Purdy county Judge of Chenango County N.Y.
I certify that the above named Mabel Hotchkiss is a respectable person. dated October 15. 1849
Smith M. Purdy Co Judge

Chenango County Clerk's Office J. B. Nelson Pellet Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Smith M Purdy Esq. before whom the annexed affidavits instrument was taken as an acknowledgment was at the time of taking such affidavits  acknowledgment the County Judge of said County of Chenango, and duly authorized and qualified to act as such - And further, that I am well ac- quainted with the handwriting of said Judge and verify here that the signature attached to the annexed instrument, is his own proper and genuine signature - In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 15 th day of Oct. 1889 -
Nelson Pellet Clerk
County Judge of Chenango County, N.Y.
Mabel Hotchkiss
Mabel Hotchkiss

County of Chenango  as  the  above  captioned  matter  is  now  on  file  in  my  office in Chenango  County  as  the  above  captioned  matter  is  now  on  file  in  my  office whereby I hereby certify that Smith Eug before whom the
State of New York County of Chenango ss. I hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has this day been exhibited to me that Mabel Hotchkiss who made the within Declaration before me is unable in consequence of the infirmities of old age to appear in open court Dated, January 18 th 1830.
Smith M. Purdy County Judge of Chenango County, N.Y.
Mabel Hotchkiss
Mabel Hotchkiss

State of New York Cayuga County } ss
Sally Smith of the County of Chenango whom I certify is a respectable person aged Seventy years being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that she was personally acquainted with Jeremiah Hotchkiss and his wife Mabel in Durham Green County N.Y. before they were married that she distinctly recollect the time of the marriage of the said Jeremiah and Mabel Hotchkiss that this deponent was at their wedding and saw them married and she distinctly recollects that the said marriage took place two or three years before this deponent was married that this deponent has a family record of her own marriage and that on referring to the said record she finds it there entered that she was married on the 14th day of March 1799 that she was acquainted with the said Jeremiah Hotchkiss until the time of his death and that he was a pensioner of the United States New York Agency and that the said Mabel Hotchkiss is making application for a pension as the widow of the said Jeremiah Hotchkiss
Subscribed and sworn to this 18th day of October 1849 before me Harvey Heath Justice Peace
Sally Smith
Note the word "in" in the seventh line from top interlined before execution
Harvey Heath Justice Peace
I certify that Harvey Heath is a Justice of the Peace in & for the county of Cayuga State of New York - that he has been such Justice for several years last past that I am acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe his signature to the foregoing facts & note is genuine Sept 7, 1849 H.S. Cerey

Pension Application of Frederick  Hatchett
11215

State of New York
Chenango County 3 d
On this Thirtieth day of July in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in Open Court, before the Hon. Robert Monell Vice Chancellor of the Sixth Circuit of the State of New York at a Court of Chancery held at the residence of the said Vice Chancellor in the town of Green in the County of Chenango and State of New York, now sitting Jeremiah Hotchkiss a resident of the Town of Smithville in the said County of Chenango State of New York aged Twenty Three 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 Jan y 7 th 1832. —
That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the Month of March or April 1776 at the Town of Cheshire County of New Haven & State of Connecticut in a company commanded by Captain Nathaniel Brunsell of Cheshire aforesaid in a Regiment commanded by Col. Douglass in the Connecticut line. — That he
That he enlisted for six months and continued in the service during the whole term of his enlistment. — was stationed at first upon Long Island until the British entered & they were compelled to retreat went to Harlem & had a considerable of a Battle with the British — was also stationed at and in the vicinity of White Plains was engaged in a severe Battle with the British at the latter place at the end of the six months was discharged. —
Again in the Spring of 1777 I enlisted for three months in Captain David Hitchcock's company of State troops the name of the Colonel of the Regiment not recollected we were stationed during this three months as a guard at New Haven & East Haven. —
Immediately after my return from the last mentioned tour of three months I again enlisted at Cheshire New Haven County Connecticut for three years in Captain Zenas Andrews Company in the Connecticut line of State troops the name of our Colonel I do not now recollect. —

I was employed as a wagoner from the time of my enlistment which was in the Winter or Spring of 1780, during the whole time that I remained in the service. The first year after my said enlistment I was engaged generally in the neighborhood of West Point and White Plains - in the Summer & Fall of 1781 we marched to Yorktown in Virginia through New Jersey. Philadelphia Baltimore etc. was present at Yorktown in October 1781. when the British Army under Lord Cornwallis surrendered - we then returned back as far as Philadelphia - we were a part of the campaign of 1781. under the Command of General Hand. in the Fall of 1781. at Philadelphia I received a written discharge from Genl. Hand having continued in the service nearly or quite twenty months - my said written discharge I have lost many years ago -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and all claims that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. -
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year above mentioned Robt Moore Fier Charcella
Jeremiah Hatchrip
We Ichobad Merriam Esquire residing in the town of Smithtown County of Suffolk & State of New York and Ezekiel Porter of the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jeremiah Hatchrip, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy three years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and they concur in that opinion.
Ezekiel Porter Ichobad Merriam
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year above mentioned Robt Moore Fier Charcella

1 st — Where and in what year were you born? —
Ans I was born at Cheshire in Connecticut April 30 th 1739 —
2 nd — Have you any record of your age and if so where is it? —
Ans I have none, But suppose there is one in the Town where I was born
3 rd — Where were you living when called into service: where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Ans I was living in Cheshire New Haven County State of Connecticut, I have since lived in New Durham Green County New York & now live in Smithville Chicago
4 th — How were you called into service: were you drafted - did you volunteer or were you a substitute? & if a substitute for whom?
Ans I always Volunteered —
5 th — State the names of some of the regular Officers who were with the troops when you served such Continental and Militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service. —
Ans I knew Genl Hand, Genl Washington, Genl Putnam, Coll Mear, Douglass, Arndt & Major Beldin. I knew Col Briggs Regiment cannot recollect the number or name of the Regiments above the circumstances of my service are set forth in my declaration.
6 th — Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so, by whom was it given & what has become of it? —
Ans I received a written discharge from Genl Hand of Pennsylvania it was lost some years ago —
7 th — 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
Ans Ichabod Merriam and Ezekiel Porter — Thomas Lee Erastus Agard Post Master, Eli Tabor Abijah Tilton Esq, Elden Leach, Elden Linsman Judge Morrill of Grand

And the said Vice Chancellor does hereby declare his 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 the States. And said Vice Chancellor further Certifies that it appears to him that Schaband Merriam who has signed the above certificate is a respectable man & a farmer by occupation resident in the town of Smithville Chenango County State of New York, and that Ezekiel Porter who has also signed the same is a resident of the same town & County, and is a very credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. — Robt. M c Clough Vice Chancellor
I Jonathan S t Woods Clerk of the Court of Chancery of the Sixth Circuit of the State of New York, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Jeremiah Katonah for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of my Office this 30 th day of July A.D. 1852. —
Jonathan S t Woods Clerk

State of New York, County of Chemango. } ss: On this 29 th day of March A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid. Mabel Hotchkiss, aged eight ninemyears, a resident of Greene in the State of New York, who being duly sworn according to law, de- =clares that she is the widow of Jeremiah Hotchkiss de- =ceased who was a private in a Connecticut Continental Regiment of the Revolutionary war, and who was placed on the pension roll, December 15 th 1832, at the rate of eighty dollars per annum. For proof of his service she re- =fers to the evidence on which he was pensioned. She further states that she was married to the said Jeremiah Hotchkiss in Durham on the 10 th day of January A.D. 1797 by one Squire Harvey a Justice of the Peace and that her name before her said marriage was Mabel Tyler. That her said husband died at Greene on the 14 th day of March A.D. 1842 and that she is now a widow, and for proof of their marriage and his death, she refers to the proof on which she was pensioned at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, under the act of the 29 th of July 1848, as the widow of said Jeremiah Hotchkiss.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be enti- =ttled under the "Act approved March, 3, 1855."
Mabel Hotchkiss
We Harry Tyler and Sylvan Snidecker residents of Greene County of Chemango in the State of New York, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mabel Hotchkiss in our presence; and that we believe

from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, Sworn to before me, this 27 th day of March 1855. } Harry Tyler Sylvain K. Smithwick
Warren Gray Justice of the peace.
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 this claim.
Warren Gray Justice of the peace
STATE OF NEW YORK, Chenango County Clerk's Office, } ss
I, THOMAS MILNER, Clerk of said County, DO CERTIFY, That Warren Gray Esq. before whom the annexed instrument was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, in and for said County, duly authorized and qualified to take the same. And further: That I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the signature thereto, purporting to be his, is genuine; and that the said instrument is executed in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my official seal, at Norwich, this 31 st day of March 1855
T. Milner Clerk.

Know all Men by these Presents: That we
the children of Jeremiah Hotchkiss of the County of Chenango State of New York vs Jeremiah Hotchkiss
Ransom Hotchkiss Willis Hotchkiss Harriet Bates Jeremiah Hotchkiss Jr
have made, constituted and appointed, and by these Presents do make, constitute and appoint JOHN OOTHOUT , of Binghamton, Broome County and State of New-York, our true and lawful Attorney, for us and in our name, place and stead, to enforce against the General Government of the United States all claims that we now or may have due us, be the same lands or money. We claim the Land due our Father Jeremiah Hotchkiss for his services as a soldier in the war of the Revolution who drew a pension till his death he died on the 14 day of March 1842 drew $120 per Certificate hereunto attached
Giving and granting unto our said Attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever, requisite and necessary to be done, in and about the premises, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as we might or could do, if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation; hereby ratifying and confirming all that our said Attorney, or his substitute, shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue thereof.
In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hand and seal this 17 day of April , in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty
Sealed and Delivered in presence of
Warren Gray J P Isaac Sherwood
Jeremiah Hotchkiss Ransom Hotchkiss Willis Hotchkiss Harriet Bates
Chenango County Town of Broome ss. On this 22 day of April 185 0 personally came before me { Ransom Hotchkiss Willis Hotchkiss Harriet Bates Jeremiah Hotchkiss Jr } known to me to be the persons described in, and who executed the within Power of Attorney, and acknowledged the execution of the same.
Seal on both ends of the ribbon
Warren Gray Justice of the Peace.
It is hereby Certified, That satisfactory proof has been exhibited before Warren Gray J P , Justice of the Peace for the County of Chenango in the State of New York by the affidavit of William Hotchkiss & Isaac Sherwood of Chenango County , who are persons entitled to credit, that Jeremiah Hotchkiss  Ransom Hotchkiss Willis Hotchkiss and Harriet Bates are the only surviving Children of Jeremiah Hotchkiss who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution in the United States' service.
In Testimony Whereof, I have set my hand and seal of office this 22 day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty
Warren Gray J P

State of New-York, } ss. CHENANGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I, NELSON PELLET, Clerk of said County, Do hereby certify,
That,
Wallace Gray
before whom the annexed instrument was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, in and for said County, duly qualified and authorised to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature to the said certificate, is genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, this 30 th day of April A. D. 1850
Nelson Pellet CLERK.
(Faint mirrored text from the reverse side of the page) ...the execution of the same. ...to me to be the person qualified in and who executed the within instrument. ...On this 30th day of...

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Jeremiah Hotchkiss a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
W. File 24,450
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Mch. or Apl. 76 6 mos. Nathaniel Bunnell Douglas Conn.   Spring 79 3 mos. David Hitchcock ✓   Spring 80 20 mos. to Fall 81 Majors Zenas Andrews at surrender of Yorktown -  
Battles engaged in, Harlem White Pl.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Cheshire, New Haven Co., Conn.
Date of application for pension, July 30. 1832. Ald.
Residence at date of application, Smithfield, Chenango Co., N. Y.
Age at date of application, b. Apl. 30, 1759 at Cheshire, Conn.
Remarks: He mar. Durham, Greene Co., N.Y. by - 1796 Mabel (Hodge) Tyler wid. of Nathaniel Tyler; Soldier d. Mch. 14, 1842, and she was alld. pens. on her appln. exec. Oct. 15, 1849 while 83 yrs of age + a res. of Greene, Chenango Co., N.Y. *
Very respectfully,
* Children in 1850 { Jeremiah Hotchkiss Ransom " Willis " Harriet Bates
Commissioner.

1912 Mar. 11. Hist. to Mrs. Stella H. McGrath.
Duplicate
Wid. File 24,450
Mabel Hotchkiss (widow Jeremiah Hotchkiss) former widow
Nathaniel Tyler. blue jacket in Tyler claim.

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by M. Rice.
Claim No. W. 24450
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Jeremiah Hotchkiss
Service Rev. War.
Additional Service _____
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 191 _____
No claim, combination records _____, 191 _____
REMARKS:
No Surv. Wid or Rejd. other than W. 24450
Blue jacket is in case of Nathaniel Tyler same file number.
6-1944 MAY 23 1911
Chief Division

W. J. McGRATH. M. D. 283 NORTH BROAD ST. NORWICH. N. Y.
March 3rd, 1912.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
My paternal great-grandfather served in the revolutionary war and, if my information is correct, was a pensioner. Therefore, I am taking the liberty of writing you for information in regard to him. His name was Jeremiah Hotchkiss (Sr) and believe he enlisted in N.Y. State though possibly from Connecticut. Any information you could give as to time of birth, age at enlistment, services performed, date of death together with any other information concerning him you may have, will be very much appreciated by me.
Very truly yours,
Stella H. McGrath.

RECORD DIVISION
Department of the Interior BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Briefed by A.O.  March 11, 1912
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Jeremiah Hotchkiss
Service Rev. War
Additional Service _____
No _____ claim, State records _____, 191
No claim, combination records _____, 191
REMARKS:
No Act 55 B.L. W.P.
G.C. Kiffin Chief Division.

Valley Forge, Pa. Nov. 7, 1869
Col. S. Edwards Comm. Pension
Sir, I send herewith papers in the case of Mabel Hotchkiss
Yours &c
H. S. Conger

Payments to be made at New York by the Presd. (USBr13K) Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
New York
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk, in Book D Vol. 5 page 99
J. McTear 1881/Nov 3

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Jeremiah Hotchkiss of the State - of New York who was a Private in the Revolutionary Army entitled to receive Eighty dollars cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 15 th day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
John R. Robb Actg Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards

State of New York Chautauqua County ss. Ichabod Merriam of the town of Southville in the County of Chautauqua being duly sworn according to law doth depose as follows that he knew Jeremiah Hotchkiss in the revolutionary war - that he knows that the said Hotchkiss enlisted in a Company commanded by Captain Nathaniel Bunnell, in a regiment commanded by Col. Douglass in the Connecticut line - that the said Hotchkiss to the knowledge of this deponent served in said Company for the term of six months but how much longer he cannot say - that he knows the said Hotchkiss was in the battle at Saratoga and also at White Plains battle And this deponent further saith that the said Jeremiah Hotchkiss enlisted for three years in the service of a Waggoneer and continued in the service for three years as this deponent understood and believes to be true - this enlistment was after the service above referred to in Captain Bunnell's Company - And further this deponent saith not -
Sworn to subscribed
Ichabod Merriam
This 21. day of January
1829. before me Warren Gray N.Y.
I am not personally acquainted with Ichabod

State of New York } Chenango County } I Francis H. Pike Clerk of said County do certify that Warren Gray Esq before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same, and the said certificate one of the justices of the peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and merely believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his genuine hand writing and signature -
Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 1 st Day of November 1832 J. H. Pike Clerk

State of New York
Chautauqua County ss I John Smith of Smithville in the County of Chautauqua being duly sworn depose and say that he knew General Hotchkiss in the War of the rebellion that he knows the said Hotchkiss enlisted in the service of the United States for the term of three years as a Wagoner in the Connecticut line - that this deponent was young at the time and not in the service but he understood well at that time that the said Hotchkiss at that time did more than three years in said service and further saith not -
his Sworn to Subscribed
John H. Smith Worth
This 21. day of Jan'y
1829. before me -
Mosen Young S. Pearce
also certify that

State of New York Chautauqua County } I, Francis H. Pikes Clerk of said County do certify that Warren Gray Esq before whome the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same, and the said certificate one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and easily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his genuine hand writing and signature
Witness my hand and Seal of office this 1 st day of November 1832
F. H. Pikes Atty

State of New York Chenango County ss I, Abiel Burnell of Lima in the County of Livingston and State of New York being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is well acquainted with Jeremiah Hotchkiss Smithville in the County of Chenango - that he knows the said Hotchkiss in the War of the rebellion And the deponent further saith that the said Hotchkiss in the Month of February 1781 enlisted as a Wagoner One year in a company commanded by Captain Troup drew - he enlisted in the town of Chisholm State of Connecticut and at the present he is in the said Company in said Company, And further saith that -
Sworn & subscribed the 15 th day of June 1830 before me
Abiel Burnell
Notary Public
Chenango County ss I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Ichabod Miriam & John Smith who signed & sworn to the above two affidavits before me & that I know them to be gentlemen of respec- tability & integrity & of strict veracity whose statements are entitled to full credit & belief - I also certify that I am not personally acquainted with Abiel

Burnel who also signed & swore to the above affidavit before me but that I know him from general reputation to be a respectable citizen and a man of truth & veracity & have no doubt but that his statement is entitled to credit November 1 st 1832.
Warren Gray Justice of the Peace
Jennings Atty
State of New York } Chenango County } I Jarvis H. Pike Clerk of said County do certify that Warren Gray Esqr before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the seat of the same, and the said certificate one of the justices of the peace in and for the said county and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his genuine hand writing and signature -
Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 1 st Day of November 1832
J H. Pike Atty

Gosford, Chenango Co. N. Y. Dec. 3. 1855.
Sir,
In your letter to me of the 1st. ult. you write among other things that "It would be ad- "visable for Mrs. Mabel Hotchkiss to apply for land "as the widow of Nathan Tyler whose service appears "of record. Mrs. Hotchkiss should make the usual "declaration and proof of widowhood and identity "by the affidavits of two credible witnesses. Her second "Application would take precedence with the first."
You will please send me land warrant for 160 acres for said Mrs. Hotchkiss for whom I send declaration as required by your letter.
Mrs. Hotchkiss first application is numbered 41.838.
Yours respectfully, Henry R. Mygatt
J. Minot Esq. Comm r of Pensions. Washington City. D. C.

Washington Feby 1, 1850
Sir I return herewith the notes in the case of Mabel Hotchkiss with additional evidence
Yours &c
A. H. Gage

Osford, Chenango Co. N. Y. October 25. 1855.
Sir.
In your letter of the 25th of August last, you state that the claim No. 41.838 of Mabel Hotchkiss for bounty land, as the widow of Jeremiah, (Hotchkiss meaning,) has been examined and suspended; - that no record of the revolutionary service of Jeremiah Hotchkiss can be found.
Since the receipt of your letter I have had searched made at the Comptroller's Office at Hartford, Connecticut, for evidence of such service, but the Comptroller reports that there is no record evidence of said service in his office. It may be that the service was not rendered in Connecticut.
Will you please inform me for what service Jeremiah Hotchkiss was pensioned, that I may properly direct my attention for the record proof.
Your early reply will oblige,
Yours, Very respectfully, Henry R. Mygatt.
J. Mirt Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.

State of New York } County of Chenango } ss. Mabel Hotchkiss of said County being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that she is the identical Mabel Hotchkiss who made a Declaration on the 15th day of October 1849 before Smith M. Purdy Esq. County Judge of the said County of Chenango in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress of July 29th 1848 that she has no family record of her marriage to the said Jeremiah Hotchkiss named in the said declaration nor of her childrens ages Subscribed and sworn to } this 16th day of January 1850 } Mabel Hotchkiss before me Warren Gray Justice Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Mabel Hotchkiss is a respectable person and that in consequence of the infirmities of old age she is unable to appear in Open Court to make a Declar
State of New-York, } ss. CHENANGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I, NELSON PELLET, Clerk of said County, Do hereby certify,
That, Warren Gray affidavit were taken before whom the annexed instrument was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement,  affidavit a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, in and for said County, duly qualified and authorised to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature to the said certificate, is genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, this 17 th day of January A. D. 1850.
Nelson Pellet CLERK.

State of New York } County of Chenango } ss. Mabel Hotchkiss of said County being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that she is the identical Mabel Hotchkiss who made a Declaration on the 15th day of October 1849 before Smith M. Purdy Esq. County Judge of the said County of Chenango in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress of July 29th 1848 that she has no family Record of her marriage to the said Jeremiah Hotchkiss named in the said declaration nor of her childrens ages Subscribed and sworn to } this 16th day of January 1850 } Mabel Hotchkiss before me Warren Gray Justice Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Mabel Hotchkiss is a respectable person and that in consequence of the infirmities of old age she is unable to appear in Open Court to make a Declar- ation Warren Gray Justice Peace.
THE STATE OF NEW YORK } COUNTY OF CHENANGO } ss. I, MABEL HOTCHKISS, of the County of Chenango, do hereby certify that the above named Mabel Hotchkiss is a respectable person and that in consequence of the infirmities of old age she is unable to appear in Open Court to make a Declaration.

State of New York Chenango County ss. Sylvia Snedker of said County aged sixty nine years, being second deposes & says that she was personally acquainted with Jeremiah Hotchkiss & his wife Mabel in Durham Green County in the State of N.Y. before they were married that she resided within a mile of the house where their marriage took place at the time of their marriage that she distinctly remem- bers that the said parties came to the house where this deponent resided soon after they were married & that they were married according to the best of her recollection as many as four or five years before this deponent was married & that she was married in the month of August 1800 that she was acquainted with the said Jeremiah Hotch- kiss till the time of his death & that he was a pensioner of the United States New York agency & that the said Mabel Hotchkiss is making application for a pension as the widow of the said Jeremiah Hotchkiss subscribed & sworn to } Sylvia Snedker this 16th day of January 1850 before me
Warren Gray Justice Peace
I certify that the above named Sylvia Snedker is a respectable person
Warren Gray Justice Peace

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State of New York } County of Chenango } ss Harry Tyler of said County aged Fifty seven years being sworn deposes and says that from his earliest recollec- tion he has been acquainted with Jeremiah Hotchkiss and his wife Mabel that Forty to Forty five years ago the said parties removed from Green County in the State of New York to the said County of Chenango that this deponent also removed to the said County of Chenango & located in the neighborhood with the said parties & that he has resided near them from that time till the death of the said Jeremiah Hotchkiss that the said Mabel Hotchkiss is making application for a pension as the widow of the said Jeremiah Hotchkiss Subscribed and sworn to this 16th day of January Harry Tyler 1850 before me Warren Gray Justice Peace
I certify that the above named Harry Tyler is a respectable person Warren Gray Justice Peace
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State of New York County of Cayuga ss. Lucy Tillotson being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that she is now fifty nine years of age that she was personally acquainted with Jeremiah Hotchkiss and his wife Mabel before they were married that they were married according to her best recollection when this deponent was five years old in the town of Durham Green County in the State of New York that five or six years after the said parties were married this deponent went to live with them & lived with them nine years before she was married & that she was married in 1810 that the said Jeremiah Hotchkiss was a pensioner of the United States New York agency and that the said Mabel Hotchkiss is making application for a Pension as the widow of the said Jeremiah Hotchkiss submitted a sworn to this 18th day of January 1850 before me Harvey Heath Justice Peace
Lucy Tillotson
I certify that the above named Lucy Tillotson is a credible person Harvey Heath Justice Peace