Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,520, Job Austin, New York
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[illegible (page cut off)] of Putnam Co. Job Austin of the town of Carmel County of [illegible] and State of New York on this 11 day of September in the year 1832 personally appeared in open court before the court of Common pleas of the said county now sitting, the said Job Austin is aged 74 years last March. And he being 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 early in the year 1776. He enlisted in York Town in Westchester County NY as a private in the company of Capt [illegible (Ochial?)] [illegible (Hyat?)] for one year, soon after his enlistment, the company joined the Regiment commanded by Colonel M. Daugle in this city of New York. He continued to serve for the period of his enlistment in New York on Long Island & up the Hudson River as far as Peekskill. A man by the name of Edwards was the Lieut Col of the regiment. 
That in the next year, 1777, or 78, he again entered the service in what was then called Fredericksburgh, in a company commanded by Capt Smith Hadden, for three months; that after about a month of this service had closed Capt Hallett, took command of the company & kept it until the expiration of the term of enlistment. 
This service was performed on the lines, but the company was not attached to any Regiment.
That afterwards but in what particular year he cannot say. He served under Capt Waterbury one year at Peekskill, the company of militia to which he belonged was required to furnish a certain number of men, and he was detailed as one of the number. 
That he was detached on another occasion & served for one month in & about Peekskill under Capt Comfort Ludington, Joseph Gregory was the Lieutenant.
That the regt of [illegible (militia?)] to which he belonged was commanded by Col Henry Ludington, that on numerous occasions, the soldiers of that regiment were called upon to her for short tours of duty. The country was often alarmed when they would assemble sometimes at Peekskill, sometimes Fishkill, & remain for different [illegible (periods?)] until the alarm has subsided or they had performed the particular service for which they were called out. The whole of such service [illegible] believes to be at [illegible (least?)] nine months.
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[illegible (whenever?)] he went into the service, he lived in what was then called Fredericksburgh but now the town of Carmel in Putnam County that before since the revolutionary war up to the present time he has [illegible] on the same farm where he now lives in Carmel aforesaid. 
That he never received any discharge from the service, the regiment or company to which he belonged were dismissed, but no discharges given so far as he knows.
He was born in the year 1758 in Carmel aforesaid, that there is a record of his age in the family bible, which is kept in her family & was formerly kept in the family of the father. 
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.
And this deponent further saith that he was born in the year 1758 in that section of the county now called Carmel in the County of Putnam, that he always lived in the said town he has continued to reside in the said town when called into the service, & since the revolution he has continued to reside in the same place.
His first service was an enlistment for one year, the other services for specific terms of service were all cases in which he was detached or drafted. The cases in which he was called in alarm was by an order of the commandants of the company of militia to which he belonged, he never was a substitute. That this deponent whilst in the service was appointed with Col McDaught, Col Edward [illegible] —- Taylor, General Washington, General Putnam, and General Sullivan were used [illegible] in & about New York. General Lee, Capt Ledyard, Capt Johnson, Capt [illegible], Capt Steenrad were among the officers who he saw & knew during his service.
He never received a written discharge the service & this deponent is acquainted with Harry Garrison one of the judges of this court & with Joseph Crane of Carmel whom he believes can testify to his character for veracity.
[illegible] of his services as a soldier of the revolution
Sworn in open court September 12th 1832
Morehouse [illegible]
Job Austin