Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10703, George Trimble, Continental New York Residence
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Continental  Trimble, George  Mary  R.10703

New York residence
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State of New York}
Orange County} SS

Be it known that on this 23rd day of January AD 1851, Personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the Court of Sessions in and for the County and State aforesaid, the same being a Court of Record, Mary Trimble, a resident of the Town of Montgomery in the County of Orange Orange aforesaid, aged 85 - years, who being first duly sworn by me according to law, on her oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838, granting pensions to certain widows whose husbands served in and during the war of the Revolution That she is the widow of George Trimble, deceased, a resident of the County of Clinton in said State of New York - that she has often heard her husband the said George Trimble, deceased, in his lifetime say that he served with Colonel Andrew Hay in and during the War of the Revolution- and that she has often heard other persons say that her said husband served with Colonel Hay as a Deputy Quarter Master and Deputy Quarter Master General in and during the war of the Revolution all of which she believes to be true.  She further declares that she was married to her said husband the said George Trimble in the County of Orange in said State, on the 31st day of October 1788, by the Reverend Nathan Kerr, who was the Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Goshen in said County of Orange - and that her said husband died in the County of Clinton in the State of New York aforesaid on or about the 6th day of January 1797, and that her name was Mary M Cobb before her marriage to the said George Trimble, and that she was not married to him the said George Trible before he left the service but the marriage took place at the time above stated - that she is now a widow, and that she has no record of her said husband's services, and that she must rely on what records may be found in the War Department to support her claim to a pension, and that she has never before made an application for a pension except the present.  Mary Trimble
Subscribed and sworn before me this 23rd day of January 1851}
D.A. Shuart
Associate Justice of the County of Sessions of Orange County the same being a Court of Record
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I further certify that I believe that said Mary Trimble who made the foregoing affidavit to be the same individual described in who executed the same and that she is not able to attend Court on account of old age and being quite inform.

D.A. Shuart Associate Justice of Orange County Sessions
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I the said Justice do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted and formerly lived in the town of Montgomery in the county of Orange in the State of New York and that I am personally acquainted with Mary Trimble who made the foregoing declaration who I understand & believe is the widow of George Trimble.  Deceased a late resident of the county of Clinton in said state of New York and that it is reported and appeared to be believed in the Neighborhood where the said George Trimble formerly resided soon after the War of the Revolution in the said town of Montgomery in the County of State aforesaid.  That he the said George Trimble had served as a Quarter Master and a deputy Quarter Master General in and during the War of the Revolution with Colonel Hay
January 23rd 1851
D A Shuart Justice of the Peace and associate Justice in and for the County of Orange
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I do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of Session of the First Presbyterian Church in Goshen Orange County & State of New York, and that I am in possession of the Original Record kept by the Rev. Nathan Ker former Paster of said Church, and I find on said records the marriage of George Trimble and Mary Mc Cobb, on the Thirty first day of October, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Eight (that is to say) married George Trimble & May Mc Cobb 31st Oct. 1788
Sworn before me, at Goshen, July 22nd, 1850
H. W. Hopkins Clerk of Sessions 
F.A. Hays Justice of the Peace in & for Orange County
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State of New York}
Orange County Clerk's Office,}SS.
Nathan Westcott
I, Nathan Westcott, Clerk of the County Court in and for said County of Orange, do hereby certify, that F.A. Hoyt before whom the foregoing Certificate was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county; and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said F. A. Hoyt.  and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate is genuine. 
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said County, this thirty first day of July 1850
N. Westcott Clerk
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NM 14,318
Application of Mary Trimble widow of George Trimble for a pension under Act of July 7th 1838

H.H. Sylvester, Attorney
Washington City. DC.
[illegible] 40-74175
Geo Trimble AD [illegible]
N.M.

HH Sylvester
10703
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State of New York}
Orange County}SS
Be it known that on this 23rd day of January AD 1851, personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the Court of Session in and for the County of Orange in the State of New York aforesaid, the same being a County of Record, James N. Smith, a resident of said County aged 39 years, and made oath in due form of law, and states on his oath that he has been acquainted with Mary Trimble, who made the foregoing declaration, from his earlies recollection, and that she was always called Mary Trimble- and that she was called the widow of George Trimble. This deponent further states that he has always understood that the said George Trimble was a resident of the Town of Montgomery in the County of Orange in the State aforesaid soon after the war of the Revolution an that he married Mary Mc Cobb, who is now his widow Mary Trimble aforesaid.  This deponent further states, that his father Samuel Smith, now deceased, a late resident of said County of Orange, lived for many years in the same neighborhood with the said George Trimble after the war of the Revolution, and that he has often heard his said father say in conversation that the said George Trimble had served as a Quarter master with Colonel Hay in and during the war of The Revolution, and that he this deponent has heard Catherine Potter, now deceased, say that she resided with George and Mary Trimble after their marriage soon after the war of the Revolution and that the aforesaid George Trible had served as a Quartermaster in the war of the Revolution, and that it is and has been reported and appears to be believed, in the neighborhood where the said George Trimble formerly resided after he left the army at the close of the war of the Revolution, that he had served as a Quartermaster with Colonel Hay in said war.   This deponent further states that he has understood and believes that George Trimble aforesaid removed from the County of Orange to the County of Clinton over sixty years ago, and that he died at Crown Point in the there County of Clinton over fifty years ago, and that the said Mary Trimble removed from the County of Clinton to the County of Orange aforesaid, where she resided at the time of the marriage with the said George Trimble - and that she still remains a widow - all of which this deponent believes to be true.
James N. Smith
Signed and sworn to before me this 23rd day of January 1857}4D.A. Shuart Associate Justice of the Court of Sessions of Orange County the same being a Court of Record
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I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with James N. Smith the person mentioned and described in and who signed the forgoing affidavit, and know him to be a man of good moral character and his statements entitled to full credit and belief
D.A. Schuart associate Justice of Orange County Sessions
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State of New York}
Orange County} SS

Be it known that on this 234d day of January AD 1851, personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the Court of Sessions in and for the County of Orange in the State of New York, the same being a Court of Record, Anthony Eager aged 64 years, a resident of the County of Orange aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law, states on his oath that he has seen George Trimble who was formerly a resident of the County of Orange in the State aforesaid, and that he has often heard in the neighborhood where he the said George Trimble formerly resided that he was in the Quartermaster's Department with Colonel Hay and that it appeared to be personally reported and believed that he had so served in and during the War of the Revolution, and that he has understood and believes that the said George Trimble was married to Mary Mc Cobb, and that after they were married They removed from the said County of Orange to the County of Clinton in the State of New York aforesaid and that he has also understood that the said George Trimble died in said County of Clinton over forty years ago, and that after his death his widow Mary Trimble removed back from said County of Clinton to the town of Montgomery in the County of Orange and State  aforesaid, where she now resides and that she still remains the widow of George Trimble aforesaid.

Anthony Eager
Subscribed and Sworn before me this 234d day of January1851} D.A. Shuart Associate Justice of the County of Sessions of Orange County the same being a court of record

I further certify that I believe that said Anthony Eager who made the above affidavit to be the same individual described in and who executed the above affidavit.  The said Anthony Eager being to me well known to be a man of good moral character, whose statements are entitled to full credit and believe
D.A. Shuart Associate Justice of Orange County Sessions
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State of New York}
Orange County} SS
Be it known that on this 23rd day of January AD 1851, personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the Court of Sessions in and for the County of Orange in the State of New York, the same being a Court of Record, Andrew N. Young, aged 54 years, a resident of the County of Orange aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law, states on his oath that he is acquainted with Mary Trimble the widow of George Trimble, who is now a resident of the Town of Montgomery in the County aforesaid, and that he has understood that the said George Trimble was a resident of Clinton in the State aforesaid, and that he died in said county over fifty years ago and left him surviving Mary Trimble his widow.  And this deponent further states, that he has been to the County of Clinton aforesaid, and has often seen his tombstone and according to the best of his recollection the inscription on his tombstone states that the said George Trimble died in the year 17971, and that he has understood that the said Mary Trimble removed back from the County of Clinton aforesaid some few weeks after the death of her husband the aforesaid George Trimble to the County of Orange aforesaid - and that she has resided there ever since 
And this deponent further states that he has often heard it said in the neighborhood were the said George Trimble resided immediately after the war in the County of Orange aforesaid that he was an officer in the War of the Revolution as Quartermaster with Colonel hay in said war - all of which he believes to be true.  This deponent further saith that he now lives on the farm that belongs to the said Mary Trimble
Andrew N. Young

Subscribed and Sworn before me this 23rd day of January 1851}
D.A. Shuart Associate Justice of the Court of Sessions of Orange County the same being a Court of Record

I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Andrew N. Young who signed the above affidavit, and know him to be a man of good moral character, and that his statements are entitled to full credit and belief
D.A. Shuart Justice of Sessions of Orange County
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State of New York. Orange County Clerk's Office} SS. Seal (with ribbon)
I, Nathan Westcott, Clerk of the said County of Orange, and also Clerk of the County Court of said county, being a Court of Record having a seal, Do hereby Certify, that D. A. Shuart before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit, was subscribed and sworn, was, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace and of the Court of Sessions being a Court of Record in and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn and authorized to administer oaths for general purposes; and further, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature of D. A Shuart

annexed to the said declaration, certificates, and affidavits are genuine.  
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county of Orange the twenty third day of January 1851 
N Westcott Clerk.
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[illegible]
Mary Trimble
[illegible]


[illegible] H.> Sylvester May  [Illegible]
[Illegible]
AOC 7 July 1888
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[Illegible] May 10, 1851

Sir

Sender herewith, additional proof in the case of the application of Mary, the widow of Geo. Trimble, for a pension under that act of July 7 1838 from the State of N Y

I am Respectfully

H.H. Sylvester

J E Head ED
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Department of State
Washington May 9 1857.

H.H. Sylvester Esquire, Washington
Sir,
I have to communicate to you the following memorandum, showing the fact of George Trimble's Revolutionary Service, as requested in your letter of the 8th instant.

In the "Letters to Washington," Vol. 40 ss 74.75, there is a copy of a memo dial, dated Fish Kill, August 7th 1782, but without any individual address, and evident = by stating to the Quartermaster or Wagon Department, which suggests "Sixty Dollars per month in Specie, or Currency equivalent
thereto
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thereto, and two Rations per day", as a reasonable compensation for the Services of the undersigned, among whose names appears that of "George Trimble". 
I am, Sir, Respectfully,
Your Obedient Servant

Dan'l Webster
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Name| George Trimble| Letter |E | Date| November 6, 1788| Answered| SS 177.13| When due| November 1, 1780|

Treasury Department
Register's Office Mar 25 1851

I herby certify the above to be a true extract from the Register of certificates "issued by Jonathan Burrall, Commissioner for settling the amounts in commissary and Quarter Master Departments, from the 22 August 1782 to the 7 of May 1789," [illegible] file in this office.

Register
Dept. Aug 7 81 DmG Dep E 
Let h W  40-74L75
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Washington Apr 10 1832

JAE Heath Esq.
Sir
Enclosed herewith you will find the affidavit of Jane Ann Hyde , a daughter of Ed Noney Hay an Admin Genl during the Revolution, to be used in the case of May Trimble, widow of Geo Trimble dcd of N York, an application for a pension under the Act of July 7 1838 for his service
D G Mcpanal

I am Respectfully
Irene L Sylvester
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Rejected
10,700
P.O.
Mary Trimble
Service:
Enlisted:  , 18
Discharged:  , 18
Application filed: , 18
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.
Recognized.  Contract.
Cert. of Dis.  Searched for , 18
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The within [illegible] that for only he shows that Trimble was in 1782 at a military sol, and also with Gen. Geo Clinton who was stationed there 
HHS
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State of New York SS. I hereby pledge the faith of said State for the payment of the sum of one thousand pounds amount
Money said State, is s piece, with interest, at the rate of six per cent per annum, to John Sands, Esq. or order, within, One year after the conclusion of the preserve war with Great Britain.

Given at Poughkeepsie, the 1st day of June 1782
witness Geo Trimble

The above receipt is found upon page 175 of a Book entitled, "Document, @ letter, intended to illustrate the Revolutionary evidence of Queesy County:  with connecting nanating, explantory notes, and addition Pg Henry Ouderkirk ss"
"New York
Seath, Trow @Company
194 Broadway 1846"
HH Sylantz May 11 1851
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Comm is.. Office LM. D. oct 5th 1786.
George Trimble A.D. 2. M.G.
For This same accounted for with him as per receipt} 8,813

I certify the above to be a true extract from an Account Book in this office.
SS: S. Gallaher
 3rd Aug

Treasury Dept.
This [illegible] Office
May 7, 1857
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State of New York}
Sullivan County} SS

Be it known personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace with and for the County of Sullivan in the State of New York aforesaid John Denniston a resident of the County of Orange in said State aged 65 years and made oath in due form of law and State on his oath that he is a son of George I Denniston [illegible]
Who who died at his Residence in the County of Orange in said State in the year of 1812 --- and that he this deponent had often heard his said father the said George I Denniston in his lifetime say that he himself was in the Quartermaster department during the War of the Revolution and that in conversation he has often heard his father the said George I Denniston say that George Trimble had served with Colonel Hay and that said Trible was a Quartermaster and Quartermaster General during the War of the Revolution and that he has heard other persons often say that Trimble had so served as such Quartermaster during said War and which statements this deponent believes to be true he this deponent further states that his father the said George I Denniston and the said George Trimble lived at little Britan in the County of Orange in the State of New York aforesaid in the same neighborhood soon after they left their services in the War of the Revolution and that he has understood and believes that the said George Trimble and his wife removed from the County of Clinton in said State about 60 years ago and that he this deponent has understood and believes that the said George Trimble died at Crown Point aforesaid about fifty & one year ago and left him survivors Mary Trimble his widow who removed back from Crown Point to the Town of Montgomery in the County of Orange where she now resides

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 26th day of April 1851}
John Denniston
Geo L Smiley a Justice of the Pease
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Sullivan County SS
Be it known that I the said Justice do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with John Denniston who made oath to and subscribed his name to the within affidavit and that he being a good character for faith and that his statements is entitled to full credit and belief
Geo. S Smiley Justice of the Peace

State of New -York}
Sullivan County}
Clerk's Office.} SS
I certify that Geo. S. Smiley Esq., the person subscribing the annexed or foregoing deposition and before whom the same was taken was on the 26th day of April A.D. 1851 a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and sworn and authorised to take the same; and that his signature is genuine.

In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 28th day of April A.D. 1851
Gad Wales  Clerk.
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C. A. Trimble
Crown [illegible] Essex County NY

Essex County of
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State of New York}
County of Essex} SS
Be it Known that on this 26th day of January one thousand and eight hundred and fifty two personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Essex in said State Jane Ann Hyde a resident of said County aged Seventy four years and made oath in due form of law and states on her oath that she is the Daughter of Col Udney Hay and that she was well acquainted with George Trimble deceased who was a resident of Clinton County in said State who died in the year one thousand and seven hundred ninety seven at his residence in said County and that he left him surviving his widow Mary Trimble who removed from said County Clinton soon after her said husbands death to the County of Orange in said State near her former residence in the Town of Montgomery in the County of Orange aforesaid, and that she understood that her name was Mary Mc Cobb previous to her marriage to the said George Trimble.  Deponent further says that she has often heard her Father the Said Udney Hay speak of the said George Trimble being in the service of the War of the Revolution with him as a clerk or an Officer in the Quartermaster department and that she has often heard the said George Trimble say that they were in the service together in said war ( and that her Father the said Udney Hay lived and died at Burlington State of Vermont about forty six years ago and that during the life time of her said Father and of the said George Trimble they visited each other, and that in their conversations together she often heard them speak of their being in the Quartermaster department) all of which deponent believes to be true
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22nd day of January 18524 Jane Ann Hyde
George Brown Justice of the Peace
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State of New York }
Essex County,} SS
I, Elisha A Adams, Clerk of said County, Do Certify that George Brown Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of Proof of acknowledgement of the annexed affdavit was, on the day of the date of the said Certificate & Proof, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, dwelling therein, duly qualified and authorized by law to take the Proof and Acknowledgment of Deeds, &c. And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said George Brown and verily believe the signature to said Certificate to be genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I have subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County, this 24th day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eights hundred and fifty two

E A Adams Clerk  (seal of New York State)
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I certify that I am well acquainted with Jane Ann Hyde the within named and that she is a person of Good Standing in society and a credible witness
George Brown Justice of the Peace the figures 22 interlined in the top line and the words as Janann Hyde claimed in the fourth line from the top, and the won as, and that in the seventh line erased and the words six or erased in the ninth line, and the word. him erased in the tenth line, and words two years & over blured in the seventeenth line and the words forty six in the twenty fourth line from the top blurred, all done before executed.

George Brown Justice of the Peace