Declaration

       In order to obtain the benefit of the act of congrefs pafsed 7 June 1832,

State of New York,

County of Albany. 

On the 28^th day of September 1832, personally

appeared in open Court, before the Justices Court of the city

of Albany, now Sitting, Jacob Shultis, a resident of the Town

of Knox in the County of Albany, and State of New york,

aged on the sixth day of May last, Seventy two 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

Congrefs, ratified June 7, 1832:  that in the year 1776, he this declarer was

enrolled at the Beaverdam (now Town of Bern) in the County of Albany,

under the command of Capt William Dietz, and in Col Peter Vrooman's

regiment of militia.  That he enlisted for nine months in Col

John Harper's Regiment, and joined Capt Bogarts (of Albany) Company in

the middle fort at Schoharie, and lay in garrison there for seven months

and then marched with the regiment to Fort Stanwix, where this

declarer was in garrison for about two months, and his term of enlist-

ment being then expired, he was discharged and returned home to

the Beverdam;  Sometime after__ his return home from the nine months

service, he this Declarer was ordered out with the militia, in a company

commanded by Matthise Shultis, who was either Captain or Lieutenant

Commandant of the company, and the father of this declarer,

and marched from Beaverdam to the lower fort at Schoharie and was

in garrison there for three weeks or a month, and then returned home to the

Beverdam:  Sometime afterwards, this Declarer was ordered out to march

with Capt Jacob Van Arnum to Schenectady, where he remained only

a week, and he was discharged and returned home to the Beverdam.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity

except the pension and declares that his name is not on the pension roll

of the agency of any State.

Subscribed to and Sworn the day & year aforesaid

/s/ John B Mafsen, Clk

                                                                                    /s/ Jacob Shultis

WC _____________________________ Clergyman residing in the

        and ________________________ residing in the  __________

do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jacob Shultis.

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The above was transcribed from a photocopy of an original page provided by Terrell Wayne Shoultes.  The layout maintains the format of the original document.