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1790 United States Federal Census
Name:Simon Hoard [Sima Hoard]
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Stephen Town, Albany, New York
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females: 5
Number of Household Members: 9
His land originally...Site of the Sheldon Hotel:
Historical Wyoming County April 1981.pdf http://www.fultonhistory.com/Process%20Small/Historical%20Wyoming%20County/Historical%20Wyoming%20County%20pdf%20files/Historical%20Wyoming%20County%20April%201981.pdf
"SHELDON HOTEL
The property on which Nicholas Straub erected his second hotel was located on the south east corner of lot 21, range 4, the corner of Centerline and North Sheldon Roads. Originally the property had been purchased by Simeon Hoard and his sons William, James and Simeon Jr. Simeon Hoard, who was the brother of David Hoard, a Sheldon pioneer, came to Sheldon
in 1806 from Little Hoosick, N.Y. In November of 1836 Simeon and his sons removed to Thompson, Ohio..."
Death info from pension record:
Final payment info:
http://books.google.com/books?id=NxeDamaq-eYC&pg=PA263&lpg=PA263&dq=%22simeon+hoard%22+OR+%22hoard,+simeon%22+pension&source=bl&ots=xL2RVGNtjg&sig=euSfc_j5XBCwyPTwKWwCq4PpTF4&hl=en&ei=7LM9TZeaCoG88gatnMiMCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q&f=false
Explanation of record of final payment:
http://books.google.com/books?id=NxeDamaq-eYC&pg=PA263&lpg=PA263&dq=%22simeon+hoard%22+OR+%22hoard,+simeon%22+pension&source=bl&ots=xL2RVGNtjg&sig=euSfc_j5XBCwyPTwKWwCq4PpTF4&hl=en&ei=7LM9TZeaCoG88gatnMiMCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=death&f=false
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Postem from Sandra Hoard on Jan 24, 2011
hoard89@hotmail.com
Below is Rev War document showing that Simeon was alive Dec 27, 1837 to apprear before the Judge for his Rev War Pension in Geauga Co., OH. It says that he was 85 years old on the 29th day of August of the year he signed the document.
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Service: New York
Hoard, Simeon
Number: S16156
Carded
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Ohio Pittsburgh
Simeon Hoard
Geauga Co. in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Dennison of the Regt commanded
by _____________ in the New York
for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh
at the rate of 20 Dollars ________ Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of July
1838 and Leut A. Phelps , Chardon Ohio
Asseals to the 4th of March 1838 $140.00
Semi=anl. Allowance ending 4 Sept. " 10.00
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$150.00
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(Revolutionary Claim
(Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by D.D. Addison Clerk
book O Vol. 5 Page 146
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State of Ohio ) p:-
County of Geauga ) On this Twenty seventh day of December A.D. 1837, before John Hubbard an associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Geauga State of Ohio aforesaid, personally appeared Simeon Hoard a resident of Thompson in said County of Geauga & State of Ohio, aged eighty five years the twenty ninth day of August last who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: - In the month of September 1775 he resided at the place called Little Hoosook in the State of New York, and in that month volunteered to serve as a private in a Company of Volunteers commanded by Captain James Dennison, the Lieutenant of which was Stephen Niles and the Ensign Oliver Bentley, to serve in Fort George on Lake George on garrison duty, and immediately marched from Little Hoosook to Fort George, and continued employed in garrison duty there for one month when he together with the said Company were dismissed, and he returned home: That afterwards in the month of July 1776, the militia of Little Hoosook & vicinity being classed and it having then become the tour of duty of the class to which he belonged, he was thus again called into service, and marched with a Company commanded by Captain Cole, whose Christian name is not now remembered, from Little Hoosook to Schohairic where a meeting - house was picketed in & converted into a fort, and they were employed in doing garrison duty in the same in which service he was employed as a private for one month, when his tour of service expired, he was dismissed & returned home. - In the month of July 1777, an order was made calling for one half of the militia in Little Hoosook & its vicinity to march onto Ticonderoga(?), and he was one of the one half thus ordered into service; - They marched from Little Hoosook to Albany, from thence to Fort Edward, where he remained for a time doing duty in keeping guard at the Fort, but was soon ordered to march on to Lake George and he accordingly marched with the other troops as far as to Bloody Pond, where they met the waggons which had been previously
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sent forward with provision to supply Ticonderoga(?), and which were returning in consequence of learning that Ticonderoga(?) had been taken, upon this he & the Troops with which he marched returned to Fort Edward, where he remained doing duty as aforesaid until the time they were called out for had espired when he was dismissed and he returned home, having served this tour one month, during this tour. James Dennison was his Captain, Stephen Niles Lieutenant, & Jacob Scheureshorn(?) Major of the Regiment in which he served - General Schursler was at Fort Edward at the time, and he believes in command at the time of the battle of Baunington in the same year he was again called into service & marched from Little Hoosook to Beuwright, under the same Captain Dennison, and was employed after the battle in gathering & securing the plunder. He served this tour one month & was then dismissed. - After this in the same year he again was called out, & served one month at the time Burgoyne was taken, under the same Captain & marched to Still-water to guard waggons with ammunition & supplies of provisions for the army acting against Burgoyne. He served one month on this tour.-
In the month of October 1778, news was brought that Butler & Brandt with their Indians stories had burnt Schohaui & committed many depredations in that part of the country, whereupon the whole militia where he lived were ordered out and he went in a company commanded by Captain Stephen Isles - They marched first to Albany where they halted & remained two days, from thence to Fort Hunter, then up to Fort Plain. Governor George Clinton was with them & commanded. He was engaged in this service for twelve days, as near as he recollects, when he returned back and was dismissed. Prior to this last mentioned tour & in the month of August 1778, he served a tour of one month, being the tour of duty of the class to which he belonged, and was stationed at the upper Fort in Schohonrie under the Command of Lieutenant Stubbs who comman-
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ded that Fort. He served one month & was dismissed. He was born at Tiverton in the State of Rhode Island, the 29th day of August 1752. He has a record of his age in his bible. Before the commencement of the Revolutionary War he moved to the State of New York, Little Hoosook where he resided until 1806, when moved into Genessee County State of New York where he lived until he removed to Thompson aforesaid the fore part of November last. That he received as written discharges, & has no documentary evidence of his said service & knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to prove the saws. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension role of the Agency of any State
Sworn to & Subscribed the day)
& year aforesaid, before me- ) Simeon Hoard
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