Morrison's Pensions
Pension Application for Henry Hager [Son of Captain Jacob
Hager, 15th Regiment of Albany Co. Militia
Comments added by James F. Morrison
S10809
On the third
day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty
two, personally speared in open court before the Judges of the court of Common
Pleas in and for the County of Schoharie now setting Henry Hager a resident
of the Town of Blenheim in the county and state aforesaid, aged sixty seven
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 the 7th 1832. That he enlisted and entered the service of
the United States under the following named officers viz two Lieutenants, George
Process [Passage] and Low [John Low] and in a regiment commanded as he understood
by Colonel [Marinus] Willett, the time he first enlisted in the service was
above stated to the best of his recollection, was on or about the last of March
[April] or the first of April [May] in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred and eighty one and the engagement was nine months and he thinks to
the best of his recollection the company top which he belonged [Captain Benjamin
Debois] was discharged and he left the said service about the last of December
or the first of January following and the next spring as near as he can recollect
on or about the last of March or the first of April in the year of our Lord
one thousand seven hundred and eighty two he again enlisted and entered the
second time into the said service of the United States for nine months again
as aforesaid as in the year before in a company commanded by Silas Gray, Captain
and others and in a regiment commanded by Col. VanSchaick [Willett] and that
he continued and served again in the said servi8ce as before untill the last
of December or the first of January following at which time the company to
which he belonged was discharged at the City of Schenectady, he resided when
he enlisted at the City of Schenectady, he resided when he enlisted into the
service as aforesaid in Schoharie at a place called the Upper Fort and then
in the County of Albany and State of New York, that the battles he was engaged
in against the enemy viz, the Indians was two [November 1781] one not far distant
from the aforesaid Upper Fort [Bouck’s Island near Route 145 today’s
Fultonham area, Schoharie County] at a place called Bouck’s Island and
another battle he was engaged in the County of Delaware [then Tryon County]
and in the state aforesaid at a certain lake called Utsayantha [the enemy were
under Capt. Joseph Brant in both skirmishes].
The country
through which he marched during his engagements in the aforesaid services he
marched through various directions of the country now included in the counties
of Schoharie, Delaware, Green and Albany. He also thinks the company
to which he belonged and had enlisted in the year of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and eighty one was discharged at the aforesaid Upper Fort.
He hereby
relinquishes any claims whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares
that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of aforesaid state.
(Signed) Henry Hager
Subscribed
and sworn in open court the day and year aforesaid.
John Gebhard, Jr. Clerk
End Note
Col. Marinus
Willett’s Regiment was raised in April 1781 and finally discharged or
disbanded in January 1784. Throughout those years there were companies
raised for a term of four months, six months, and nine months. Col. Willett
was also authorized to recruit men for 2 or 3 years service as well.
Capt. Benjamin
Debois Company was raised in May 1781 for nine months. In 1782, Captain
Silas Gray was recruiting for a new company but he was unable to fill the company
and his recruits were put in other companies and Captain Gray was discharged
from the service. Henry Hager was transferred to Captain Joseph Havin’s
Company.