Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12373, Henry Bulson, New York
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(3--1778) SERVICE New York Bulson, Henry 
NUMBER S.12373 
carded 
CONTENTS [blank]
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Henry Bulson's Declaration - 
No 6006. 
Receipt
BULSON, HENRY (N. Y.) 2-12373 
Col Marin__ [end of name overwritten. edge cut off] 
Capt Peter Ti___  [edge cut off] 
1st Lieut. [crossed out] John__ [overwritten, edge cut off] 
2d. Lieut Al -- [illegible, edge cut off] 
History never [??] [illegible word, rest of sentence cut off] 
Witness the seal of the said Court this 26.day of June 1833 
J. G. Wasson
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DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-YORK. COUNTY of Albany } SS. 
On the fourth day of August 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the Justices Court of the City of Albany now sitting, Henry Bulson. a resident of the Town of Watervliet [crossed out word] in the County of Albany and the state of New York aged the 18 Sept next Seventy one 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 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: 
That he was enrolled in the militia as a private in Captain Ostrum's company in Col Philip P. Schuyler. Regiment of Albany County Militia, and was called into actual service and marched to the vicinity of Fort Plain and Anthony More on the Mohawk River, to repel the British and Indians and Tories who were burning and laying waste the dwellings of the Inhabitants in that vicinity, from thence to Bowmans hill and thence to Albany, where the militia were discharged:. Immediately after which he and the Company to which he belonged were again called out, and marched to Schenectady on a sudden alarm, and from thence to a place called Newtown in the County of Saratoga and from thence by the way of Fisher ferry to Saratoga, and they encamped there for about ten days &
returned by the way of Nelson and Fishers ferry, to Albany and were there discharged and returned home. In the succeeding spring, he was again called out with the company to which he belonged, & was ordered to march from Albany by the way of Schenectady and on the South side of the Mohawk River, which they passed by connecting the tongues of the waggons [sic] together, and passing on them between the horses as they stood in their [illegible] harnessed, got across to the North side of the River, and pursued the enemy till they arrived at Klock's farm where a battle ensued, within [?] a skirmish and in consequence of an order issued by General Robert Van Rensselaer of Claverack to retreat, the enemy took advantage of this occurrence, and effected a passage across the river, and were marching from Fort Windecker to the Susquehanna River; and thereupon the militia pursued them to Fort Windecker and from thence to Fort Herkimer, where after staying the night, they continue their pursuit [inkblot] Susquehannah River, and being unable to overtake them, returned back to Fort Herkimer, and from thence on the ensuing morning returned home by the way of Nisquia to Albany and were discharged; The next year the militia having been formed into Classes, every class of 6 men were obliged to furnish an able bodied recruit  to serve for 9 months, and the Class to which this declarer belonged, furnished a soldier by the name of Bartel [Barlet?] Casselman, who thereupon joined his Corps in the City of Albany, and was attached to Col. Willett's Regt of levies- In the same year, and immediately after he this declarer himself, enlisted as a soldier in Capt Peter B. Tierces Company in Col. Marinus Willett's regt. for 9 months, as a Substitute for a Class of whom John Misener was the head, who paid him £ 26.as a bounty therefor - Immediately after the 9 months were expired, he this Declarer again enlisted in Willetts regt & in Tierces Company for the term of 3 years, and was on the expedition with that Regt to Oswego, on which expedition he this declarer
with members of others, were frost bitten and has suffered severely in consequence of it ever since, and especially in the Seasons, So much So, as to render him a Cripple by Lieutenant [inkblot] his discharges from time to time but that they they are all lost or mislaid, or destroyed, so that he cannot now [inkblot] them- And this Declarer Says that independent of [?? - the next few words are faded, illegible, or obscured by inkblot] nine months - 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension [large inkblot] the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any [large inkblot] 
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid [inkblot obscures most of signature:] H____ Bulson 
[signature:] J. G. Wasson Clk
WE [blank] a Clergyman, res___ [inkblot, blank]  and [blank] residing in [blank] hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank] who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 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 concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
[circular stamp:] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed 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 [blank] who hath signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the [blank] ; and that [blank] who has also signed the same, is a resident of the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I, John G. Wasson Clerk of the Justices Court of the City of Albany DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court, in the matter of the application of Henry Bulson for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, his eighteenth [crossed out word] day of August A.D. 1832 [signature:] John T. Wasson Clk
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State of New York City & County of Albany Ss. } On this 4. Augt. 1832 before the Justices of the Jusctices Court of the City of Albany, in Open Court, personally appeared Philip Linnebacker, now a Member of the Honorable House of Assembly of the State of New York, and for many years late a Justice of the Peace of the County of Albany, and Christopher Ruby of the 5th Ward of the City of Albany, and now a Justice of the Peace of said County, who being respectively duly sworn, according to Law, do Personally declare and say, that they are well acquainted with Henry Bulson who hat subscribed and Sworn to the within declaration, that he is generally reputed and firmly believed, that he was a Revolutionary Soldier, and that we do solemnly Concur in that opinion - 
Subscribed & sworn to on the day and year aforesaid by Philip Linnebacker and on the 18th. of August by Christopher Ruby [signature:] T. G. Wasson Clk 
[signature:] Philip Lennebacker 
[signature:] Christopher Ruby 
State of New York Albany Justices Court } It is certified that the above named Philip Linnebacker is a credible Witness, and that the above named Christopher Ruby, now deceased [?? the page is damaged by a crease, three barely legible words], was a credible person- By order of the Court. Witness the seal of the said Court this 26. day of June 1833- [signature:] J. B. Wasson Clk 
Henry Bulon's 
No 0006 
Declaration - 
Receipt 
BULSON, HENRY (N. Y.) S-12373
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20475 New York 
Henry Bulson of Watervleit in the State of New York who was a Private in the Compy commanded by Caption [blank] in the Regt commanded by Col. Willett in the New York line for 17 Months 28 days. 
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 59 Dollars 74 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Sept. 1833 and sent S. Jenkins, of Albany N. Y. Present 
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. '33 $49.35 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '34 29.87 
$179.22 
[ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. } 
Recorded by Jno. Cromwell Clerk Book E Vol. 4 Page 48
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In the matter of Henry Bulson, an applicant for a Pension under the act of Congress June 7. 1833- Additional declaration - 
admd. 17 mo. 38 ds. pri
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State of New York Albany Justice's Court } Ss. Personally appeared before the said Court on the 16th day of June 1833, Henry Bulson of the Town of Watervliet in the County of Albany, an applicant for a Pension under the act of Congress of June 7. `1832, who being duly sworn  in open Court, deposeth and saith that be 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 ascertained [?] he served no less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades - In the year 1776 or 1777 I served as a private in the Company commanded by Captain Ostrom in Col. Philip P. Schuyler's Regiment no less than one month- on the tour to Fort Plain and Bowman's Kill- And not less than two weeks on my tour to Schenectady, as stated in my original declaration- 
In the following year )that is, in 1777 or 1778) I again served as a private in the same Company and regiment under the same Lieutenant and Colonel, not less than two weeks- 
In the year 1779 as I believe, I enlisted as a private in Capt. Peter B. Tierce's Company in Col. Marinus Willett's regiment of the New York line for the term of nine months, as a Substitute for a Class of which John Misener was the head,- and I actually served out the said term of nine months faithfully as a private in said Company- 
I recollect that Jacob Weaver was our Lieutenant, and Philip Hemstreet was an Ensign [several crossed out words] in Capt. Ostrom's Company-And Abraham Fonda was Major of Col. Schuyler's Regiment- I recollect that Jonathan Hilton was the First Lieutenant and Alexander Campbell was the second Lieutenant of Capt. Tierce's Company. I recollect that Major Van Benscotten belonged to Col. Willett's Regiment- Immediately after my
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term of service as above stated in Capt. Tierce's Company had expired I re-enlisted not as a substitute but on my own account, in the three years service, as a private in the same Company, still commanded by Capt. Tierce, in the Regiment still commanded by Col. Willett- Alexr. Campbell was then our First Lieutenant- Lieut. Hilton had left the Company- 
I served under this last mentioned enlistment seven months and upwards, and was then discharged honorably - I received a written discharge, but have lost it. It was signed, according to the best of my recollection, by Col. Willett and Capt. Tierce- 
I first enlisted in Col. Willett's Regiment in Albany- We were marched from Albany to Johnstown- and there we lay for some time, I think about two months- and from thence we were marched to Stone Arabia, and were encamped, two companies of us, inside of a picket Fort- there was one block house in each corner of the Fort- From there we moved to Fort Plain in the Mohawk there we were stationed during the winter, & remained there until my term of nine months had expired- When I enlisted the second time [several crossed out words] in Col. Willett's Regiment I was at Johnstown- The officers were quartered in ["the" is crossed out] a room in the jail- Whilst I was in the service under this last mentioned enlistment, I was stationed the principal part of the time, with [crossed out word] my Company at Fort Plain- but ["was" is crossed out] part of the time was on an expedition to Oswego- and was part of the time [illegible] and in the Hospital at Albany, by the permission and direction of my officers- On the expedition to
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Oswego, all our Regiment were engaged in it [two crossed out words] and we were commanded by Col. Willett and Major Van Benscotten - We returned to Herkimer after an absence of about two weeks, without meeting with the enemy - From Herkimer we marched back to our station at Fort Plain - 
I believe I was at Albany at the time I was discharged- I recollect that on an Oswego expedition we were accompanied by a regiment from Rhode Island- part white and part black- The commissioned officers were white men, and the non commissioned officers were black men- The names of the officers I don't recollect- 
I was about sixteen years of age when I first went into the service in the Militia- I have never learned to write- 
For my services in the Militia, and in Col. Willett's Regiment for the periods above stated, amounting to not less than eighteen months, I claim a pension- his X mark Henry Bulson 
Sworn and signed this 26th day of June 1833 in Open Court- [signature:] J. G. Wasson Clk. 
State of New York Albany Justices Court } Ss. It is certified that on the 26th day of June 1833, the above named Henry Fulson appeared in open Court and made oath in due form of law, to the above affidavit or additional declaration - Witness the seal of said Court, this 26th. day of June 1833- [signature:] J. G. Wasson Clk
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State of New York City and County of Schenectady Ss. John Bonney of the said City of Schenectady being duly sworn deposed and says that in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty two Henry Bullson [Bulson] of the Town of Watervliet in the County of Albany in the State aforesaid served with this deponent as a private in Colonel Marinus Willett Regiment of State Troops under Captain Peter Tierce First Lieutenant Johnathan Hilton and Second Lieutenant Alexander Campbell for the term of nine months viz from sometime in April till January next succeeding and that he enlisted in the City of Albany and marched directly to Johnstown and after being there a short time moved to Stone Arabia then in Trion County and from there he went to Fort Plain where as this deponent has been informed and believes he remained till the expiration of the said term of nine months. [signature:] John Bonney 
Subscribed and sworn before me this 14th day of June 1833. [signature:] J. D. Harman Justice of the Peace 
[faded sentence, perhaps penciled in later:] The Justice should certify that Bonny is a credible person. 

State of New York August 12 Johnstown N Y City and County of Schenectady Ss I John S Vrooman Clerk of the Court of common pleas in and for the said county do certify that Joshua D Harman whose name is subscribed to
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the foregoing affidavit was on the day of the date of the said affidavit a Jostice of the Peace for the said county commissioned sworn and duly authorized by law to take affidavits &c. and further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Joshua D Harman and truly believe that the signature of"J ["oshua" is crossed out] D  subscribed to the said certificate is the proper handwriting of the said Joshua D Harman 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 14th day of June 1833. [signature:] John S. Vrooman Clerk
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[large inkblot] Schenectady County Ss- I hereby certify, that [large inkblot] ___ hn Bonny, the same person who subscribed the within affidavit and who made oath before me on the 14th day of June instant, as within stated- is a credible person- and is well known to me- Dated June 22d- 1833- [signature:] J. D. Harman Justice of the Peace
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January 17, 1936
HENRY BULSON, S. 12373
JOHN BULSON, S. 15015
BA-J/MLB OWN
Mr. Leon R. Brown
267 State Street
Rochester, New York
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Benjamin, Henry, John, Cornelius, erardus Gerardus (Garades) Bulson (surname variously spelled) who were sons of Hendrick Bulson, of Albany, New York.
The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claims for pension or bounty land found based upon service in the Revolution of Hendrick Bulson, or of his sons Benjamin, Cornelius, or Gerardus or Garades Bulson under any spelling of the surname. Such claims are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by this office. Records were found of Henry and John Bulson, the only soldiers of that surname under any spelling found in the Revolutionary War records of this office, and they are as follow.
Henry Bulson
S. 12373
The data herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension
claim, S.12373, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Henry Bulson.
Henry Bulson was born September 18, 1761, the place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not given.
Henry Bulson enlisted in 1776 or 1777, served as a private in Captain Ostrum's company, Colonel Philip P. Schuyler's New York regiment, stationed at different places along the Mohawk River to repel the British Indians and Tories, was called out on a sudden alarm to Schenectady and was in a skirmish at Klock's Farm and was discharged after having served one month two weeks. He again served
in 1777 or 1778 and served two weeks under the same officers. He enlisted in 1779 and served nine months as private in Captain Peter E. Tierce's company, Colonel Marinus Willett's New York regiment.
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Upon the expiration of that tour, he immediately reenlisted for three years, served as private in Captain Tierce's company, Colonel Willett's New York regiment, went on the expedition to Oswego and was discharged after having served seven months. The place of soldier's enlistements was not stated.
Henry Bulson was allowed pension on his application executed August 4, 1832, while a resident of Watervliet, Albany County, New York, where he was still living in 1833.
There are no family data shown in the claim.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of this soldier, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following: enry Bulson, certificate #20475, issued September 16, 1833, rate $59.74 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, New York
Agency.
John Bulson
S. 15015
You are furnished below the record of John Bulson as shown in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 15015, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
John Bulson was born July 8, 1739; the place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Watervliet, Albany County, New York, John Bulson enlisted sometime in 1779, served on tours at different times until
sometime in 1779 or 1780, amounting to less than a year in all, as private and sergeant in Captain Ostrum's company, under Colonels
Nicolls and Philip P. Schuyler in the New York troops, went on expeditions to Lake George, Schoharie, Fort Edward and Fort Ann,
Saratoga, where he was engaged as a guard at the time of Burgoyne's surrender there, to Schenectady where he was in a battle with the British and Indians in the lowlands on the north side of the Mohawk River, and to Fort Hunter.
John Bulson was allowed pension on his application executed September 30, 1833, while residing in Albany, Albany County, New York, He died in June, 1836.
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Upon the expiration of that tour, he immediately reenlisted for three years, served as private in Captain Tierce's company, Colonel Willett's New York regiment, went on the expedition to Oswego and was discharged after having served seven months. The place of soldier's enlistements was not stated.
Henry Bulson was allowed pension on his application executed August 4, 1832, while a resident of Watervliet, Albany County, New York, where he was still living in 1833.
There are no family data shown in the claim.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of this soldier, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following: enry Bulson, certificate #20475, issued September 16, 1833, rate $59.74 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, New York
Agency.
John Bulson
S. 15015
You are furnished below the record of John Bulson as shown in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 15015, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
John Bulson was born July 8, 1739; the place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Watervliet, Albany County, New York, John Bulson enlisted sometime in 1779, served on tours at different times until
sometime in 1779 or 1780, amounting to less than a year in all, as private and sergeant in Captain Ostrum's company, under Colonels
Nicolls and Philip P. Schuyler in the New York troops, went on expeditions to Lake George, Schoharie, Fort Edward and Fort Ann,
Saratoga, where he was engaged as a guard at the time of Burgoyne's surrender there, to Schenectady where he was in a battle with the British and Indians in the lowlands on the north side of the Mohawk River, and to Fort Hunter.
John Bulson was allowed pension on his application executed September 30, 1833, while residing in Albany, Albany County, New York, He died in June, 1836.
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There are no family data shown in the pension claim of John Bulson.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the exact date of death of this soldier, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division and cite the following: John Bulson, certificate #23522, issued April 8, 1834, rate $30.88 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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1736 Jan. 17- HIst to Leon R. Brown (See ltr in clm P. 15015 of John Bulson) [illegible initials] 
Rev War 1273 INVALID. 
File No. 12,373 Henry Bulson Priv. Rev War 
Act: June 75 1832 Index:-Vol. A, Page 52 
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