New York State Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany) Affidavits of War Service and Property by Revolutionary War Veterans J6011

New York State Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany) Affidavits of War Service and Property by Revolutionary War Veterans

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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:

This series consists of sworn affidavits by Revolutionary War veterans intending to apply for pensions. Each affidavit includes statements of the veteran's war service; a schedule of his real and personal property; applicant's age; residence; former military rank; and physical disability (if any). Such affidavits could be made in any court of record, but were most often made in the Court of Common Pleas, rather than the Supreme Court.

Creator:

New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)

Title:

Affidavits of war service and property by Revolutionary War veterans

Quantity:

0.4 cubic feet

16 items

Inclusive Dates:

1820

Series Number:

J6011

Arrangement

Alphabetic by name of applicant.

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of sworn declarations of military service and real and personal property made by Revolutionary War veterans who intended to apply for pensions under an act of Congress passed on March 18, 1818.

Each affidavit gives the date, name of applicant, his age, present residence, former military rank, physical disability if any, and a statement of his war service. The declaration further states that the applicant is a citizen of the U.S. and has not sold or put in trust any property since passage of the act. There follows a schedule of his real and personal property. The signature or mark of the applicant is at the end of the declaration. Appended to it is the certificate of a clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature attesting to the value of the property listed on the schedule. All but one of the applicants resided in Albany County. The declarations of property could be made in any court of record. The overwhelming majority of them were made not in the Supreme Court of Judicature but in the Court of Common Pleas, whose records are maintained by the county clerks.