Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2262, Oliver Hays, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
Hayes, Oliver for Hayes
S 2262
carded
CONTENTS

No. 13.004.
Oliver Hayden
Hamilton in the State of Ohio, who was a Private in the Compt. V. commanded by Captain Humphreys of the Regt. commanded by Col. Huntington in the Connecticut, time for 10 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Chris.
at the rate of 33. Dollars 33, Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of May 1883 and sent to Miss Hunt, Cincinnati, Ohio
Amount to the 14th of March '33. 68.66
Semi-annual allowance ending 4/30/63 16.67
B. 83. 33
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by M. H. Calmer Clerk, Book 5 . Vol. 8 . Page ten .
To Samuel L. Hunt

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
The State of Ohio } Hamilton County } ss
on this thirtieth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Honourable Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said county now sitting Oliver Hays a resident of Crosby township in the county and state aforesaid aged seventy six 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 act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers. & served as a private in said Oliver Hays captain Andrew Gylliard Lieut. Col. Jedediah Huntington in the town of Gylesbury Connecticut where he then resided in the year 1775 and marched from thence to Roxbury Massachusetts where they remained fortifying that place and building the fort at Dorchester point and remained there until discharged having served six months And again in the year following he entered the service of the United States under the follow- ing named officers. Samuel Hays captain Timothy Causit Lieut. Col. Jonathan Pitkin at the town of Gylesbury aforesaid and marched from thence to the city of New York and there remained until driven out by the British and retreated to Fort Independence where he was

discharged and returned home having served this tour about two months
And again in the year following he entered the service under the following named officers Abel Pettabone Captain, Timothy Gausat Serut, at Symesbury aforesaid and marched from their Pickskiland from thence to White Plains New York where his company was detached in to the scouting service under the command of Mays Fish - and remained performing his duty in the neighborhood of the last named place until discharged having served this tour two months - that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service 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
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Dan. Gano Clerk P.T.
Oliver Hays
8214. We Othniel Looker and David Woodruff residing in the County and State aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Oliver Hays who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 76 years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion

Sworn to & subscribed before me in Open Court 30 August 1832
David Paine
clerk
Witnessed & taken before me David Woodruff
Interrogatories propounded by the Court to the Applicant
1 Where and in what year were you born
Ans In the town of Gynesbury Connecticut in the year 1756
2 Have you any Record of your age if so where is it
Ans None that I know of
3 Where were you living when called in to the service where have you lived since the Revolu- tion war, and where do you now live
Ans at Gynesbury Hartford County Conn since the Revolutionary war I have lived in the States of Pennsylvania and Ohio. I have resided in this County since the year 1817
4 How were you called in to the service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute & if a substitute for whom
Ans The 1st & 2d tours I volunteered the 3d tour I was drafted
5 State the names of some of the regular Officers who were with the troops when you served such Continental & militia Regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service
Ans Genl Washington Genl Putnam Col
Brewer the general circumstances of my service is contained in my declaration
6 Did you ever receive a discharge from the service & if so by whom was it given, & what has become of it
Ans The first tour I received a discharge which has been lost many years for the other terms I recd but a verbal discharge from my officers

7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for waracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
Ans Col William Wakefield Judge Othniel Looker Esqr John Campbell Doctor Cummins Esqr Joseph McHenry
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open Court Danl. Paul Clk P.T.
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 applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states And the Court further certifies that Othniel Looker David Woodruff who has signed the preceding certificate are residents of the County aforesaid and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
The State of Ohio } Hamilton County } Sec
I Daniel Gano Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Oliver Hays for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 30th day of August A.D. 1832. Danl. Paul Clk P.T.

Oliver Hays Ohio
Ada for 10. Months from 1775
82 14
S. T. Hunt Cincinnati Ohio

100  BRIEF in the case of  of Hamilton
Oliver Hays  in the State of  Ohio  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 76  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. As a Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen.   Years, Months, Days.     volunteer. In 1775 entered 6 private Col Humphrey Col Huntington   1776 drafted about 2 " Col Hays Col Timothy Bradit,   1777 " " 2 " Col Tittybone Major Fish  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Simsbury Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The length of 2 nd term of duty is not exactly specified. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Payson
Examining Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 192
S. 2262
In reply to your request of _____, for the history of Oliver Hays , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the Sub claim for pension.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775 6 mos Pvt Ebenezer Humphreys Jedediah Huntington Conn   1776 2 mos Samuel Hays Jonathan Pettibone   1777 2 mos Abel Pettibone Major Fish  
Battles engaged in, Retreat from New York Residence of soldier at enlistment, Simsbury Hartford Co, Conn Date of application for pension, Aug 30 1832 - al Residence at date of application, Prospect Twp Hamilton Co Ohio Age at date of application, 61 1756 in Simsbury Conn Remarks: He res in Brown Co Ohio in 1844 - There is no  family data on file
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Brainerd Minn.
April 2 nd '23
U. S. Pension Bureau - Washington D. C. -
Some time ago I wrote asking if you could give me any information in regard to Oliver Hayes (or Hays) born in 1762 in Connecticut and died 1847 in Brown Co. Ohio - He was in the Revolutionary War. I know he received a pension in his later years. He was an ancestor of mine, and I will be grateful for any information you may be able to give me. If there are expenses connected with it let me know. I write at the suggestion of our state D.A.R. Regent.
Very Truly
Mrs. A. D. Polk
303 Kingwood Street
Brainerd Minnesota -

178. 1 Brainerd Minnesota Mar. 6 th '23
Bureau of Pensions - Washington D. C.
I have some partially completed D.A.R. papers - I was advised by Mrs. Coolidge (Minnesota State Regent) to write to this Bureau for any in- formation you might be able to give me in regard to my Ancestor Oliver Wayes (or Ways ) What record I had, came from the St. Paul Historical Society Library records, which gives him as enlisting from Connecticut (1776 & 77). He drew a pension under act of congress passed

June 7 th 1882 - Pension Rolls of Ohio - Could you give me the name of his wife, or any of his ancestors - I would be grateful for any information you may be able to give, as I have nothing here, and the St Paul library gives only brief records of Rev. soldiers - Thanking you in advance, I am Very Truly Yours -
Mrs. A. D. Polk 303 - Kingwood St. Brainerd Minnesota

1908 Apr. 7. R. R. Jones S.A.R. wife date & place of death unknown 1923 May 12 hirt to Mrs. A. D. Polk En.
Rev War
2262 INVALID.
File No. 2262
Oliver Hays
First Rev War
Act: June 7. 1832
Index:—Vol. 24 , Page 157
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Simsbury Conn

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Oliver Hays which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? affidavit by two citizens XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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."

RECEIVED MAR 3 1908
RECORD DIVISION APR 6 1908
PENSION U.S. APR 6 1908

Record Division.
Division. aw Ex'r. Sur. File No. 2262 O. Hays Rev.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., Mar 30 , 190 8
SIR:
For use in the above-entitled claim for pension, you are requested to furnish this Bureau with a report in the case of _____
Oliver Hays pensioned under the Act of June 7, 1832 by certificate No. 13004 , issued May 3, 1833  Ohio Agency, showing date of his death .
Very respectfully,
Sup. Exr 4-44 Proc. for 297
[Signature] Commissioner.
THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT,
Treasury Department.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Washington, April 4 th 1908.
The Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir: In reply to your letter of 30 th ult. in case of
Oliver Hays, Rev. War. Act 1832 Certificate *13,004
Cincinnati Ohio Agency, Roll,
you are informed that, according to the latest account rendered by the U. S. Pension Agent, the records of this office show
last payment to have been made at $33 33 per 12 months to
4 September 1844 in October 1844. The pensioner resided in Brown Co. Ohio.
Letter herewith returned.
Respectfully,
By
[Signature] Auditor.
Deputy Auditor.

Cincinnati August 30th 1832
Dear Sir
I herewith transmit you the declarations of Oliver Hays and Jonathan Woodruff for Pgr. examination
Respectfully
J. L. Edwards Esqr Pension Office
Sam. J. Hunt