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From: "Tom C" <>
Subject: [NYALBANY] Revolutionary Pensioners in 1864
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 12:15:24 -0400


Hi Gang
Just ran across this and thought I'd share it... for no other reason than I
think this is the last official list of Rev. War Pensioners and some of them
were born in Albany Co. NY. Note the ages.
I thought it was really neat that someone thought to do that for them.

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Taken from the:
Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1789-1873
FRIDAY,March 4, 1864.

Mr. Law, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported resolutions
as follows; which were read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That the thanks of this house be, and are hereby, tendered to the
gallant surviving soldiers of the Revolution, twelve in number, now on the
pension rolls in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions, for their
services in the revolutionary war, by which our independence was achieved
and our liberty obtained; and we sincerely rejoice in the decrees of
Providence which have thus far protected their lives beyond the allotted
period of man, and enabled them in their declining years to receive from the
government a sum of money as pensioners, which, if not as large as desired
by them, will at least help to smooth the rugged path of life in their
descent to the tomb.

Resolved, That copies of this resolution, when adopted by the House, be
signed by the Speaker and certified by the Clerk, and a copy of the same be
furnished to each of the revolutionary pensioners mentioned in the letter of
the Commissioner of Pensions, this day submitted.

And in connexion with the foregoing resolutions, Mr. Law submitted a letter
from Joseph H. Barrett, Commissioner of Pensions, covering the names of all
revolutionary pensioners now on the pension rolls of the United States;
which was ordered to be entered at length on the journal of the House, as
follows, viz:

Pension Office, February 18, 1864.

Sir: In reply to your letter of February 10, requesting me to furnish you
with the names of all revolutionary pensioners, I have the honor to submit
the following report, which is believed to furnish, so far as is in my
power, the information desired:

James Barham, on the St. Louis, Missouri, roll, at $32 33 per annum; born in
Southampton county, Virginia, May 18, 1764; age, 99 years 9 months.

John Goodnow, on the Boston, Massachusetts, roll, at $36 67 per annum; born
in Sudbury, Middlesex county, Massachusetts, January 30, 1762; age, 102
years 1 1/2 month.

Amaziah Goodwin, on Portland, Maine, roll, at $38 33; born in Somersworth,
Strafford county, New Hampshire, February 15, 1759; age, 105 years.

William Hutchings, on Portland, Maine, roll, at $21 66; born in York, York
county, Maine, (then Massachusetts,) in the year 1764.

Adam Link, on Cleveland, Ohio, roll, at $30 per annum; born in Washington
county, Pennsylvania; age, 102 years.

Benjamin Miller, on the Albany, New York, roll, at $24 54 per annum; born in
Springfield, Massachusetts, April 4, 1764; age, 99 years 101/2 months.

Alexander Maroney, on the Albany, New York, roll, at $8 per month; born in
the year l770, enlisted at Lake George, New York; age, 94 years; enlisted by
his father, as he was young.

John Pettingill, on the Albany, New York, roll, at $50 per annum; born in
Windham, Connecticut, November 30, 1766; age, 97 years 21/2 months.

Daniel Waldo, on the Albany, New York, roll, at $96 per annum; born in
Windham, Connecticut, September 10, 1762; age, 101 years 51/4 months.

Samuel Downing, (papers do not show his age,) on the Albany, New York, roll,
at $80 per annum; served in the 2d New Hampshire regiment.

Lemuel Cook, on Albany, New York, roll, at $100 per annum; no age or
birthplace given in papers.

Jonas Gates, on the St. Johnsbury, Vermont, roll, at $8 per month; papers
mislaid.

Respectfully,
JOSEPH H. BARRETT, Commissioner.

Hon. John Law, House of Representatives.

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Tom
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