Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,887, for Alexander Mc Naughten, New York
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New York
McNaughten, Alexander
NUMBER
S13887
carded
CONTENTS
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8652
New York
Alexander McNaughten
of Greenwich in the State of New York
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Caption Conkey of the regiment commanded
by Col [Colonel] [blank] in the NY Main line]
for 7 mo

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Apr
1833 and Sent to
C. F. Ingalls Greenwich

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $46.66
Semi-anl. [semi-annual] allowance ending 4 Sept 1833  $11.66
$58.32

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk,
Book E Vol. 4 Page 25
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No. 5668.
Alexr [Alexander] McNaughten

admitted
7 mo. Private

P-42  [page 42]

514416
Sept 5 1832
Nov 9 1832

Chas F. Ingalls
Greenwich N. Y.
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BRIEF in the case of Alexander McNaughten
of Greenwich in the State of N. York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? in open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? Seventy Seven years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[table]
Period (In 17XX)  |  Duration of Service. (Years, Months, Days.) |  Rank  |  Names of General and field Officers under whom he served
[columns not filled in but free flow answer:]
I listed [enlisted] in July or August 1776 under Capt Conkey.  States that his principal Service was on Scouts after the Indians and Tories, and that, in all, his Service was more than Seven months.  By the testimony of an officer of the [Company] in which he served, it appears that the applicant served seven months
5. In what battles was he engaged? none
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? County of Orange N. York
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence,
by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary and living evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? the papers are defective in authentication

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
above mentioned.
Wm Gordon
Examining Clerk.
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Alexander McNaughton [McNaughten]
Amended
Pension Declaration
----
admitted
7 mo. Private.
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State of New York
County of Washington
[State seal affixed]

On this Twenty ninth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now
sitting Alexander McNaughton [McNaughten] a resident of Greenwich in said County
aged Seventy 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 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named
Officers & served as herein stated.
He enlisted in the latter part of July
or former part of August 1776 under Cap. [Captain] Conkey.  That he went to Camden in pursuit of Tories.  At one time he went down to
Colonel Vanvorts [Van Vorst] on the Hoosick [Hoosic] River.  Their Head Quarters were at Salem in the village of the same name in the
County aforesaid.  His principal service
was on scouts after the Indians and
(over)
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and tories. In all his service was more
than seven months, was in no battles, &
has no documentary evidence of his service.
Has a Record of his age in a family bible. Borne at Tagkaett [Taghkanic] in this state in the county of Orange in 1755.

Born in Tagkanette [Taghkanic] he came to the town of Argyle now Greenwich where he has resided ever since.
John Steele, Robert Blake, [Joseph] Barn & others will testify to his veracity & their belief
of his service. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on
the pension roll of the agency of any
State

Sworn and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid Alexander McNaughten in open Court
 J. S. Leigh Clk [Clerk]

We John Steele [residing] in the Town of
Salem County of Washington and State of
New York and Robert Blake [residing] in the
Town of Greenwich County and State aforesaid
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
Alexander McNaughton [McNaughten], who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Seventy seven years
of age that he is reputed and believed in
the Neighborhood where he [resides] to have been
a soldier of the revolution and that we are
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in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid in
open Court
J. S. Leigh Clk [Clerk]
John Steele
Robert Blake

And the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion after the investigation of the matter and
after putting the interagatories [interrogatories] proscribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that John Steele and Robert Blake, the said John of the Town of Salem & the said Robert of the Town of Greenwich in the County of Washington and State of New York and are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit.

I Jesse S Leigh Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for the County of Washington do
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Alexander McNaughton [McNaughten] for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto at
my hand and seal the 29th day of
August 1832-
J. S. Leigh Clk [Clerk]
[seal affixed]

March [y.] 11th/1777-
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4
State of New York
Washington County [fr ?no more information?]] 
I Charles F. Ingalls late
one of the Judges of County Courts in and for
said County do certify that I am acquainted with
Edward Savage who subscribed and
swore to annexed affidavit before me and
I further certify that he is a credible person
and his statement is entitled to credit.
Dated Feby [February] 14th 1833. Charles F Ingalls
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State of New York
Washington County [fr - ?short hand for no further information?] Edward Savage of the Town of Salem in said County being duly sworn makes
oath and saith that he was a Lieutenant in a
company of Rangers commanded by Captain
Joshua Conkey, that he received his commission
from the superiors of said County, that the
company was raised in the year 1775 or 1776. Their place of Ren de veaux [rendezvous] was at the Village of Salem in said County and this deponent further
saith that Alexander McNaughten then of
Argyle now of Greenwich in said County.
was a member of said company, that said
company was raised for nine months but
did not serve out their full time.  This deponent thinks they served about seven and a half months, that they opened a road from Hebron to Whitehall which had previously been used as a foot path so as to make it passable for waggons [wagons].
And this deponent further saith that said
Alexander McNaughten served in said
company until the same was discharged after the discharge of the company. This deponent
drew the pay of the company at Esopus, State of New York and paid over the money to Genl [general] John Williams of the said village of Salem and took from him a receipt which is now in his possession and is in the words following towit
March [y tilde: often seen when using to contract or abbreviate months ending in y] 11th/1777-
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[horizontal entry:]
Recd [received] of Leut [lieutenant] Edward Savage the sum of Seven Hundred Twenty four pounds three shillings for the payment of the Rangers.
P~m Jno [John] Williams [Chairman]

And this deponent further saith that the said
Town of Salem was then in the County of
Charlotte and the Town was called New Perth
at that time
Sworn the 29th day of August 1832 before
Mr Charles F Ingalls, one of the Judges of Washington County Courts.

Edward Savage [signature]

State Of New York
County of Washington
I Jesse S. Leigh Clerk
of said County do certify that Charles F Ingalls
before whom the above affidavit purports to
have been sworn was at the date of said
affidavit was at the date of the same one 
of the Judges of County Courts in  and for 
said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature
In Testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and seal affixed
the seal the third day of
September in the year of our 
Lord one thousand eight hundred
& Thirty two - J.S.Leigh clk [clerk]

[vertical entry:]
5668
In the matter of the application of 
Alexr [Alexander] McNaughten
for a Pension

7 1/2 Mo [month] service
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State of New York
Washington County
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned
a Justice of the Peace in and for said County
Alexander McNaughton [McNaughten]
who being duly sworn, deposeth [deposes] and saith, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he
served not less than the periods mentioned
below and in the following grades.
For seven and an half months I served as a
private in Captain Joshua Conkey's
company of Rangers in 1776 & 1777;
and this deponent further saith, that his head
quarters was at the Village of Salem in said
County at which place he was constantly on
service during the above period except when
out on short tours of service; in the time he
was engaged a fortnight at least in cutting
a road through from Salem to Whitehall;
he went out on short tours of a few hours some times in the night and return in the morning.
Some times he would be gone a day only and then return; he cannot recollect any instance
in which he was out for two days on any
tour except when engaged in cutting through
the above road to Whitehall; he cannot set forth
the time of these tours-- they were all so short
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as not to admit of specification at this length
of time; and this deponent further saith
that he has no recollection of being about
from his quarters except when detached
for duty during the said seven months
and a half; the places to which he went
were Camden in the east part of Salem,
Arlington, Vermont and to a place called
[Quachcook] now White Creek.  Camden
is about five miles from Salem, aforesaid
Arlington, about twelve miles; and White
Creek ten or twelve miles from the village
of Salem, this service was always on
alarms in pursuit of Tories; his duty
was that of ranger raised and designed for
the protection of the lives and property of the
citizens against the depredations of Tories &
Indians; and such other service as should
be required of them. And this deponent further
saith that the reason he did not procure a 
clergiman [clergyman] to testify his belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his service is that there 
is not in his neighborhood any clergiman [clergyman] with whom he is familiar; the clergiman [clergyman] now residing in his neighborhood has been but a short time in the place and has had
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little acquaintance with this deponent
the clergiman [clergyman] that formerly preached there has removed to a distance.

Sworn and Subscribed the 4th day of February 1833 
Alexander McNaughten [signature]
before me -
Joseph Boies Justice of the peace

State of New York
Washington County I Jesse S. Leigh
Clerk of the said County do certify that
Joseph Barn before whom the above affidavit
purports to have been sworn was at the date
of the same one of the Justices of the Peace of
the Town of Greenwich in and for said
County that I am acquainted with his
hand writing and verily believe his name
subscribed to the said affidavit to be his
proper hand writing and signature.

In Testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and affixed the seal
of the Court of Common Pleas in and 
for said County the Eleventh
day of February 1833. S. Leigh Clk [clerk]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.  [date left blank except 19xx]

RECORD DIVISION
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION
3 -- 525

In reply to your request of [form left blank], received [date left blank] for  a statement of the military history of Alex. McNaughton [McNaughten] a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his [struck out: (or his widow's)] application for pension on file in this Bureau.
[table:]
DATES OF              |    LENGTH OF   |   RANK.
ENLISTMENT OR  |    SERVICE.       | 
APPOINTMENT.     |
July or Aug. 1776  |   7 1/2 Mos.     |   Pvt. [private]

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN.             |   COLONEL.   
Joshua Conkey   |    [checked]

STATE.
NY

Battles engaged in, none
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Argyle (later Greenwich), NY
Date of application for pension, Aug. 29, 1832, al [Anno Lucis (In the Year of Light)]
Residence at date of application, Greenwich Washington Co. [county] NY
Age at date of application, b. [born] 1755 in Tagh Kanick [Tagkanic], Orange Co. NY
Remarks: No fam. [family] data
Respectfully,
6 -- 2856
Commissioner.  [left blank]
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13.887
INVALIDe
File No. 13.887
Alexander Mi. McNaughton
Priv. [private] Rev War [Revolutionary War]
Act: June 7th 1832.
Index: --Vol. I, Page 148
Arrangement of 1870.

1909 Oct 25. Hist. [history] to C. W. McDougall J.  /C [Department of Commerce and Labor]

1909 Nov. 4. 20 above -- no death Nov cl [November class/clerk] for widow  /C [Department of Commerce and Labor]

1923 Jan. 15 Hist [history] to Helen L. D. Larkin - -
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3 -- 871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.

Briefed by George M. Moore
Claim No [ crossed out] Nov. 3, 1909
Certificate No. [left blank]
Claimant  [left blank]
Soldier Alexander McNaughton  [McNaughten]
Service N.Y.  Rev [Revolutionary War]
Additional Service [left blank]
No.     claim, State records , 190x  [left blank]
No claim, combination records , 190x [left blank]
REMARKS:
No O. W. I. W. ["Old War Index to Pension Files"] or R. [rejected] as above except
J.F. 13887
Chief Division  [left blank]
0-8
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[LFNE]

Taghkanick - NY
Brattleboro, VMT [Vermont]
Dec 27/22 [1922]
Commissioner of Pensions,
Interior Dep [Department]
Washington D.C.
Please give to me all dates and
information given in records of
my ancestor Alexander McNaughton [McNaughten] of Argyle NY who served in Capt
[Captain] Joshua Conkeys Co [company] of Rangers, Militia Charlotte Co [County] NY as we are wishing to join the D.A.R. [Daughters of American Revolution]
and oblige
Helen L D Larkin


[stamped bottom middle:]
US Pension Office
DEC 29 1922
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L.L.W.
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9441 Pleasant Ave
Chicago Ills
Oct 15 1909

The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir
Will you please
send me the military record,
as soldiers of the Revolution,
of Alexander McDougall
and Alexander McNaughton [McNaughten]
of Argyle, Washington (Charlotte)
County, New York.
Very truly yours
C. W. McDougall

[stamped bottom right:]
U.S. Pension Office
A
OCT 18 1909
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[stamps:]

U.S. Pension Office
A
NOV 1 1909

RECORD DIVISION
NOV 2 1909

[BBB]
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9441 Pleasant are
Chicago Illinois
October 28 1909
The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C
Dear Sir:
Does the military record of
Alexander McNaughton [McNaughten]
Rev. [Revolutionary] Soldier
of Argyle, Washington Co. [County] N.Y.
give the full date of his birth
and date of his death and where
he died?

Did his widow receive
a pension?  Her maiden
name was Catharine Smith.
Thanking you for the
information already given, I am
Very truly yours
Charles W McDougall
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Record Division.
November 4, 1909
Mr. Charles W. McDougall,
9141 Pleasant Avenue,
Chicago, Ills.
Sir:
November 4, 1865.
In reply to your letter dated the 28"" ultimo and received the 1"
instant, you are advised that in his application for pension ( Sur. File [survivor's pension file]
No. 13,337, Revolutionary War,) Alexander McNaughton did not state that
he had a wife or family, and the records of this Bureau fail to show the
date of his death or that his widow applied for pension.
For the date of last payment of the soldier's pension, and name of
the person to whom said payment was made application should be made to
the Auditor for the Interior Department, U.S. Treasury Department, citing
the following data: "Alexander McNaughten [McNaughton] Certificate No. S,652, issued
April 22, 1833, under the Act of June 7, 1832, at the New York Agency."
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
[no name or signature]
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The National Archives
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME  McNeal,  Charles
GRADE  Private
LINE  New York
WARRANT Number  7451
ACREAGE   100
ISSUED  July 10, 1790
to C.E. Elmendorph, assignee


*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under Congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.  Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.