Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,531, Everitt Trip, New York
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Service New York Trip Everitt or Tripp Number S 42 531
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Typed form with handwritten entries. Edge is deteriorated.

13 693 New York 
Everitt Trip Tripp 4
of Livingston in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded Colonel Livingston of the New York line for the term of one year

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 dollars per month to commence on the 27 of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of April and [illegible] Munson Buel (illegible) Lexington New York

Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819     82.09
Semi anl all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819 48.00
10 mo 4 /30 4 /31 $130.09

Revolutionary Claim Act 18th March 1818
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(8-1776)
Service
New York
Number
S.42.531
Trip, Everitt
or Tripp.
Contents

Everitt Trip, private,
New York line,
27. April 1818

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Munson Buel, Esq
Judge,
Lexington, Green Co.
New - York
Rec'd 27. May, 1818
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State of New York
County of Green ss-
On the 25th day of January 1819 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Green personally came John Vandeburgh to me personally known to be a man of truth and veracity being by me first duly sworn according to law did depose and say that he is well acquainted with Everit Tripp an applicant for a pension under the late act of Congress entitled " an act to make provisions for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" that he served in the same company with him that he believes the said Tripp enlisted in the first of April 1776 for ne year on the company commanded by Capt Childs in the regiment commanded by Col. Henry Livingston in the york line that he knows that the said Everit Tripp inlisted to serve in said corps for more than nine months continued to serve in said corps for more than nine months to his own knowledge when the company was broken up by [illegible] of a majority of them enlisting out of it for during the war and for three years that he was then permitted to return home but received no written discharge that this deponent recollects and further this deponent saith not-
[signature]
John Vandeburgh

Sworn and subscribed before Munson Buel under the judges of the court of Common Pleas for the county of Green state of New York.-
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State of New York

Green County Clerks office
I hereby certify that the within named Munson Buel  was a  Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Green at the time of taking the foregoing affidavit & that I know the same to be his handwriting given under my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 25th Day of March 1819

Wm VanBergen Clerk
of said County
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To State of New York
County of Delaware

On this twenty second day of October 1818 before me the subscriber one of the judges of Delaware common Pleas came personally Peter Hunt personally known to me and he being my me first duty sworn to before me say that he is will acquainted with Everitt Tripp an applicant for Pension union the late act of Congress entitled "an act making provision for certain persons engaged in the Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" that he serviced in the same Company with him and remembers that he enlisted in Captain Childs' Company in the Regiment Commanded by Col Henry Livingston in the force forth of April one thousand seven hundred and twenty six for the term of one year. That he served with the same Everitt Tripp until same time in January or February 1777 when the company was broken up by means of majority of them enlisted out of it for during the war and for three years that he was then permitted to return home but required no written discharge that this Department recollects. And further this department saith not.
Sworn before me the day and year above written.
Ronwell Hothkins
Judge of the Court Delaware Common Plea 

In testimony that Ronwell Hothkins is one of the judges as afosaid and that the signature to the above office with appears to be his, I have affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this 23 day of October 1818.
H. R. Phelps
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(3-1776)
SERVICE New York

Trip. Everett
or Tripp.

NUMBER
S.42.531

CONTENTS
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I William Van Bergen Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Greene and State of New York do certify that MUSEN BUEL was a Judge of Said Court on the Twenty Seventh day of April 1818 that I am well aquatinted [misspelt] with his hand writing and that the Signature of the said  Judge to the above affidavit or Declaration of Everett Trip is Genuine Im [unclear] where of I have hereinto Set my Hand and Affixed the Seal of the Court aforesaid this 21st day of May 1818

[SIGNATURE]

June 29th 1819
I Muson Buel one of the Judges above said do Certify from Summons before me that I am perfectly satisfied that John Vanderburgh who has made the [unclear] affairs is not in any way directly or indirectly inter____ In the  _____ of this application ____  a se___getable member of ______ a respect Truth and ________ the  ___________ lives as  a very Commendable _____ from me and _________ would
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Everett Tripp ~
13.693
Sept 1819

Seth C Baldwin [unclear], Caldwell
[unclear]
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An inventory of the Estate and an account of the circumstances of Everitt Teipp a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 - 

I have no real estate of any kind whatsoever

My personal property is as following to wit - 

1. one horse waggon and a harness both much worn, which I value at $5.00
1 cow, I value at $14.00 - 1 springs calf at $3.50 - 1 male pig $0.25 - 17.75
20 fowls $1.25 - 1 churn $1.25 -1 table $0.50 _ 2 chairs $1.00 - 4.00
1 small cloche .50 - 1 iron pot $1.00 - 1 tea kettle .50 - 1 frying pan .25 - 2.25
6 tea cups & saucers 37 1/2 -4 knives & forks .75. - 3 iron spoons 18 1/2-1.56
1 bible - $1.00 -1 razor 12 1/2 - 1.87
- $32.43

My family - a wife -1 daughter & her infant child - my wife is aged about 63 years, and in my uniform, she has been sick, and really unable to do any thing for14 years pass - and will probably continue so during her life - my daughter is aged 22 years - she is a widow, and with her infant child lives with me and is dependent on me for protection & supper

I was born in South Kingston in Rhode Island _ am now 66 years old - about  at the time of applying under the pension act I resided in Middletown in Delaware Co N.Y. - my application was made before Judge Beall of Green County in the month of April 1818 - In November 1819 - I resided in the county of Schoharie N.Y. when my house was burned and I lost the little property I then  possessed, except on bed- the articles above mentioned, I have mostly purchased with my pension money, for some of them I am now in debted - my clothing and bedding is not so much as my [illegible] require to be decent

I am indebted to Dudley Farlin of Warrenburgh for goods $20.00
do - to George Pattison of do [illegible] _ 4.80
do - to Duncan McDonald do for grain _ 3.69
do - to Jared Brace, chute for a hog a year ago - 3.00
do - to Jebediah Graves -do-. for a churn - 1.25
do - to Jonathan Haight of Dutchess county - 15.00
do - to Nathan Gage of -- an an account 7.00

(signed) Everitt Tripp
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State of New York,
Warren Country, ss.
Everitt Tripp

I, Seth C. Baldwin, Junior, Clerk of the Court of Common leas of said County, Do hereby Certify , that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court. And by order of the Court I do further Certify, that it is the opinion of the said Count, that the total amount, in value, of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is thirty two Dollars and forty three Cents. And also, that this is the first Court of record held in and for said County, at which this application could have been made, since the knowledge of the Act of Congress of the 1st of Mar, 1820. In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twelfth day of September 1820.
Seth Baldwin
Clerk
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STATE OF NEW YORK: At a Court of Common Pleas held at the Court House, in the town of Caldwell, in and for the County of Warren, on the 12th of September, 1820: Present, their honors, Halsey Rogers, Esquire, First Judge, and Judges Norman Fox, Henry Spencer.

Personally appeared in open court, being a court of record, held in and for the said County of Warren, Everitt Tripp, residing in Warrensburg in said county, and being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare, that he is now a pensioner of the United States, under the act of Congress of the 18th of March, 1818: that his Pension Certificate is number 13,693 and that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows,

In the year 1776, he enlisted as a soldier for one year under Captain Childs and Henry Livingston’s (a New York) regiment, served not quite the whole term, and was honorably discharged in the year 1783. He served 4 months under Colonel Shepperd, Colonel Weisenfeld, a New York regiment - and did several other short tours, during the whole term of the war.

His application under the pension act was made in the County of Greene, NY, on the 27th day of April, 1818, and the certificate of service to him thereon is dated the 6th day of August, 1819, by which he is entitled to draw at the rate of eight dollars per month, and has drawn in full as of the 4th of January, 1820.

And in pursuance of the Act of Congress of the 1st of May, 1820, I, Everitt Tripp, do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval Services of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, securities, contracts, or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.

Subscribed and sworn this twelfth day of September A.D. 1820, in open court.

Everitt Tripp
Seth Baldwin, Clerk
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Rev & 1812 War Section
April 22, 1924.

Mrs. Joseph T. Roberts,
912 Belvin St.,
San Marcos, TEX.

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 42531, it appears that Everitt Trip or Tripp was born in South Kingston, Rhode Island, date not stated. He enlisted at Dover, New York, April 1 1776, served as a private in Captain Childs' Company, Colonel Henry Livingston's New York Regiment, and was discharged January 1st, 1777. He enlisted in 1781or 1783 and served four months as a private in Captain Shepherd's Company., Colonel Weisenfelt's New York Regiment. He also served several other short tours of duty, dates and names of officers not stated.
He was allowed pendion on his application executed April 27, 1818, while a resident of Lexington, Green County, New York, aged 64 years.
On September 12, 1820, soldier was living in Warrensburgh, Warren County, New Work, and stated that this wife
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was about 63 years old and that his daughter, a widow, aged 22 years, and her infant child lived with him. Their names are not given and there is no further data on file as to his family.

Respectfully,
Commissioner
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 30525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSION
Washington, D. C. , ………………..19……

S.[433-31]

In reply to your request of …………………………, received ………………………………. For a statement of the military history of Everett Trip or Tripp a solider of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow’s) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Apr. 1. 1776 to Jan. 1 1777
1781 or 1783

LENGTH OF SERVICE 
4 mos.

RANK 
Cor

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTIAN 
Childs Shepard 
COLONEL
Henry Livingston Weisenfelt

He also endured several other short tours of duty the names of officers and dates of service not stated. 

Battles engaged in,  [unclear] states
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [End?] of Dover N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 27, 1818 His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, L[evn]gton Green Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, 64 yrs, born ins South Kingston [unclearn] date not stated
Remarks: on Sept. 12, 1820  [sol.] was living in [unclear - Warensburgh Wa] Co. N.Y.  + stated that  his wife was about 63 yrs. old and that his daughter, a widow, aged 22 yrs + her infant child lived with him. Their names are not given nor is there any further data on file as to his family. 

Repectfully, 
Commissioner.
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Rev. War Section,
May 22, 1918.

Florence E Youngs,
38 West 59 St.
New York St.
New York City

Madam:

In reply to your letter of the 20" instant, you are here with furnished the history of the only Everitt Tripp or Trip, S. File No 42,531, found on the Revolutionary Wat records of the Bureau. Said records fail to afford any information in regard to an Evert Tripp or Trip.

If you desire photostat copies of the papers in said claim, which are seven in number, the same will be furnished you under the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1912, at the rate of fifteen cents per page with twenty five cents extra for certification if that is desired. The proper amount should be forwarded by money order, drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.

Very respectfully,
E. C. Tieman
Acting Commissioner
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Rev. War Section
May 31, 1918

Mrs. Joseph T. Roberts,
Winnsboro, Wood Co., Texas

Madam:

In response to your letter of the fifteenth instant, you are advised that this Bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolutionary War unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been filed herein on account of his services, and in order to identify such a claim, if on file, for Everett Tripp, the subject of your inquiry, it will be necessary for you to furnish some of the following data: names of some officers under whom he served, his places of residence at enlistment and after service, the approximate dates of his birth and death, and the given name of his widow, if he left one.
Very respectfully,
E.C. Tieman
Acting Commissioner
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San Marcos, Texas
March 20 1924

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Gentlemen,

I am writing to request that a copy of the pension history of my great great grandfather, Everitt Tripp may be sent to me; Everett Tripp was a private Thirteenth Regiment Albany County Militia. Captain Childs and Shepperd and Colonel Henry Livingston and Weisenfelt - NY in the war of the American Revolution. I wish this to assist me in establishing a record for the Daughters of the American Revolution. Thanking you. I am truly yours.
Mrs. Joseph T. Roberts
912 Belvin St
San Marcos, Texas
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One 3ct stamped envelope Rec 
US Rev Sec Winnsboro Texas
The Commissioner
May 24, 1918
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
As for the date I have concerning Everett Tripp will say
that the volume entitled "New
York in the Revolution," by Jos. A.
Roberts, 2nd edition, published
at Albany, N.Y. 1898 mentions
Everett Tripp as surviving in the
Albany County Militia, 13th Regiment (p. 124).
Colonels were John McCrea,
Cornelius Van Vighton;
Tripp on same page and
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2
regiment of the same volume
were
Thomas Caleb, David
Everett, Job, Peley and William
The University
of the State of
New York sent me the
following data:
Everet (Everitt Evert) Tripp;
Certificate #38223 for 17g, (9-1/4 d) date
burned, issued to Eveert Tripp for
services as (private) in
Capt. Ephriam
Woodworth's company of
the regiment
Albany
Militia (Saratoga
district) commanded by Lt. Col.
Cornelius Van Veghten.
Certificates of Treasurer
manuscript: record,
Vol. 8.
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Certificate 17463 for 12 s10 - 1/2d, (date
burned) issued to Everitt Tripp for services
as private in Capt.
Valentine Wheeler's company of the
Regiment of Dutchess County
Militia (Buckman's precinct), commanded by Col. James Vandenburg
Certificates of Treasurer
(manuscript record), vol. 4
Certificate No 3508 (amount and
date burned) issue to Evert Tripp
for services as private in Capt.
Daniel Shephard's company of the regiment
of Line commanded by
regiment
Lt. Col. Frederick Weissurfels.
Certificate of Treamer
(manuscript record), Vol. 1.
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I do not know his age nor
his wifes' name but the
record of his daughter, Abigail,
reads, John Thurston married
Abigail Tripp, daughter of
Everett Tripp and- of
Easton, New York, born
Nov. 15 1782; died 1850, married
1800.
-
So he was a military
age, in 1776
Everett Tripp was - farmer
in Barker, New York, settling
there when the war was over.
We, of his descendants know
he served during the Revolution
and from a story my own
grandmother always told in
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the same way to her children
and grandchildren, we thought
he, too, must have been at
Valley Forge. She remember when
visiting her grandfather as
child "he would take down
his war books, would read
awhile and with tears running
down his cheeks he will
slap his knee and exclaim
"My God, how we suffered."
This descendant my
grandmother was the mother
and mother in law of eight
men who served in the Federal
Armies in
the Civil War. there
are those of his blood serving
and waiting "the call for service
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again
Pension papers sometimes
of
give the names and date of
births, deaths, and marriages
and of the children of the
applicant. I would truly
appreciate it if you could enlighten
me in any
way about Everett Tripp
and his family.  As I told you in my first letter
if wish to prove a permit for
ancestral bar of the D.A.R.
Yours very truly
1
Georgia
Talmadge Roberts
Winnsboro
(Mrs. Joseph T.)
Wood Co.
Texas
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FLORENCE E. YOUNGS
GENEALOGIST
38 WEST 59TH STREET
NEW YORK
TEL. PLAZA 4259
Rev Sec an
May 20th, 1918.
The Chief
Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you be so very kind as to send me any genealogical information
which may be contained in the pension papers of Everett or Evert Tripp, a
Revolutionary soldier from Saratoga County, N. Y., who served at different
times in Weissenfels', Vandenburg's and Van Vechten's Regiments? Should
these facts be found, I would be glad to have a photo-stat copy and on advice
from you will send you a money order to cover any expenses.
Thanking you for past courtesies, I remain,
Yours very truly,
Florence E. Youngs
FEY.M.

Pension Office
M
MAY
21
1918
U.S.
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Panel 1
42531
INVALID
Revy
File No. 12,531
Everitt Tripp
Pri Rev War

Act: 18 March 18
Index: - Vol. 3 Page 513
Arrangement of 1870.

Panel 2
1918 May 22, Hist sent to F E Youngs and also ad. ad tp cost of copies and
1918 May 31. Hist sent to Mrs. Jos. T. Roberts. Winssboro Tex.
1924, Apr. 22-Hist to Mrs. Jos. T. Roberts, San Marcos, Tex, UM.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51-
12-5-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Name Trip, Joshua 
Grade Private
Line Rhode Island
WARRANT NUMBER 3534
Acreage 100
ISSUED Dec. 31, 1789
to- not shown-
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.