Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,182, for Jacob Patterson, New York
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE - New York
Patterson Jacob
NUMBER - S. 11.182
carded
CONTENTS
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20120
New York
Jacob Patterson
of Herkimer in the State of N. York
who was a private in the Comp commander
by Captain Harrison of the Reg. commanded
by --- in the N. York line for 9 months

Inscribed on the Roll of N. York
at the rate of 30 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of Aug
1853 and [illegible] T. Maxwell
Elmira
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 33 $60
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 33 15 
$ 75
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by to C. Stiles Clerk.
Book 6. Vol. 3 Page 71
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14.444
Jacob Patterson
Tioga Co N York
16
P400
May 15 53
Thos Maxwell
Elmira
N.Y.
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Brief in the case of Jacob Patterson
of Tioga Co in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 76 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[columns] Period. | Duration of Service.- Years Months Days | Rank. | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Spring In 1776 | 9 mo | As a Private | Gen. Capt Harrison
5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Colombia N. York
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary 
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Papers not attach'd as req'd
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Cutts
Examining Clerk.
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Jacob Patterson
14444
aomd
9 mo pri
30$
Care Th. Maxwell agent
Elmira N.Y
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State of New York
Tioga County} ss.
Personally appeared before the Hon.
Grant B. Baldwin First Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas of the County of Tioga in the State of New York
the same being a Court of Record, so declared by the 
Constitution & laws of the State of New York & having a
Seal & Clerk; of the Second day of October 1832
Jacob Patterson a resident of the Town of Chemingo
in the said County of Tioga aged Seventy Six years
and upward, who 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
at Loonenburgh in the County of Columbia in the
State of New York in the spring of the year 1776 (as near
as he can now recollect the year by enlistment for
the term of nine months, in a company of militia
commanded by Capt Harrison, in which Hon
Becker of the County of Schoharie in said State
was the Lieutenant, that soon after his said
enlistment he marched under the officers above
named to Schoharie where at the middle fort
in that place he was stationed with the said
company and served out the term for which
he so enlisted & was there discharged, but did
not receive a written discharge. That after
his said term of nine months expired he returned
to Loonenburgh, and during the succeeding
year of the war, was frequently called out
in alarms, in the militia for short periods
under different officers whose names he
has forgotten. That at the time the Indians
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attacked & burnt Canajoharie, he was called
out in a company of Militia, under command
of a captain who lived at or near Claverack
but whose name he cannot remember
& was then in Service Eighteen days; that he
was afterwards called out a second time to
go to the Mohawk on an Indian alarm, &
after a few days march, the orders were
countermanded & they returned-- that he
can not recollect the various times, (altho' they
were frequent) that he was called out in
militia Service, for short periods
In and over to the Interrogatories propounded
by the War Department, he states that he was born
at Loonenbough in the County of Columbia, in
the State of New York on the 17th of April 1756 as
he believes. That the record of his birth was kept in
the family bible which, according to the best of
his information is in possession of his brother James
Patterson who resides near Newark in Upper
Canada, that he resided at Loonenbough eight
or ten years after the war, & then removed to Schoharie 
Kill in the County of Schoharie where he lived about
ten years, from thence he removed to Roxbury on
the East branch of the Delaware from whence
he removed to the said Town of Chemung where
he has lived for about twenty five years last
past. That he never received any written -
discharge, nor has he any documentary evidence
of his services, now in his possession-
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That he does not know any person living, by
whom he can prove his services, whose testimony
he can conveniently obtain, & does not know
that either of his officers are now living, and
that there is no settled Clergyman in the 
immediate vicinity of his residence. He further States
that in consequence of bodily disability he can
not attend at the next Court of Common pleas of
the said County. I for his character + standing + reputation as a soldier the revolution be refer to Jacob Lowman and George Lowman of Chemung 
& Wm Baldwin of Elmira. 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.
Jacob Patterson X his mark
Sworn & Subscribed
the 2d day of Oct 1832
before me
G. B. Baldwin
First Judge Tioga Co.

We George Lowman & Jacob Lowman
of the Town of Chemung in the said County do
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
Jacob Patterson who has subscribed & sworn to the
foregoing declaration & have been for about twenty
five years past. that he is reputed & believed in
the neighborhood of his residence to have been
a revolutionary soldier & that we concur in that
opinion.
George Lowman
Jacob Lowman

Sworn & Subscribed
the 20 day of Oct 1832
before me 
J. B. Baldwin First Judge Tioga Co
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State of New York
Tioga County} ss.
 I Grant B. Baldwin first Judge of
the Court of Common pleas of the said County, (which
a court of Record, declared such by the laws of the
said State & having a Seal & Clerk) do hereby 
certify that the above named declarant Jacob Patterson 
is a resident of the Town of Chemung in the said
County: that in consequence of general bodily
infirmity, produced by hard labour & advanced
Age, I am satisfied that he cannot without
great inconvenience attend the next sitting of the
said Court of which I am first Judge, which
will be held at the village of Owego in the said
County of Tioga, a distance of about thirty miles from
the residence of the said Patterson, that in
consequence thereof, I have attended at his place of ┃
residence & administered the foregoing oath, and
I hereby declare it as my 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 & served as he states. And I further certify
that George Lowman & Jacob Lowman
both of the said County who have made & subscribed
to the foregoing certificate, are residents of the said
Town of Chemung, and are citizens of respectable
standing in the said Town, whose reputation for
truth & veracity and fair & unimpeachable +
that their statements are entitled to full
faith and credit- In Testimony whereof
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I have hereto subscribed my name the day and
year aforesaid I also certify that the said Jacob Patter
son on examination declared that for want of education, he has never been in the habit of writing his name
J. B. Baldwin
First Judge
Tioga Co.

State of New York
Tioga County ss. 
I Green M. Tuthill Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of the said County of Tioga do hereby certify that Grant B. Baldwin 
Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken, was when the same were made & now is the first Judge of the said
Court duly commissioned Sworn and authorized by law to act as such. That I I am well acquainted with the handwriting
of the said Judge and verily believe the signature G. B. Baldwin Subscribed to the proof of the declaration of the said Jacob Patterson & to the certificate of the above named are in the proper handwriting of the said Judge witness my hand & the Seal of the said Court the 12th day of October 1832-
Green M Tuthill
Ribbon attached May 22. 1833
G. M. Hill
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 16, 1895.
O.W.&H.Div.
F.S.
M.E.C.
D.11182
Sir:-
Replying to your request for the military history of Jacob
Patterson, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, I have the honor to
advise you that his pension papers have been examined and it
appears that he entered the service of the United States at
Lunenburg, Columbia County, New York, in the spring of the year
1776 by enlistment for the term of nine months in the company of
militia commanded by Capt. Harrison. Soon after his enlistment
he marched to Scoharie, New York, and served out the nine months 
at the Middle Fort in that place. He then returned to Lunenburg
and during the succeeding years of the war was frequently called
out on alarms in the militia, for short periods of service under
different officers whose names he could not remember at the time
of making his application for pension. When the Indians burned
Canajoharie he was called out in a company of militia under the
command of a captain who lived at or near Claverack, New York,
(name not remembered) and was then in service eighteen days; was afterwards called out a second time to go to the Mohawk on an
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Indian alarm, but after a few days march returned home. His
pension was allowed for nine months actual service as a private.
He was born at Lunenburg, New York, on the 17th day of April,
1756, where he resided until about eight or ten years after the
war; removed thence to Scoharie Kill where he resided about ten
years; thence to Roxbury, and from there to the town of Chemung,
where he had been residing about twenty-five years at the time
of making his application for pension (October, 1852).
The names of his wife and children, if he had any, are not
stated in any of the papers.
Very respectfully,
First Deputy Commissioner.
Gen. R. W. Batchelder,
War Department.
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May 11 - Papers I
of Capt McCoy
Coldsworth
13/95 Hist to Gen R. N.
Ider War Dept. M.E.C.

Rev War
11. 182
INVALID.
File No. 1182
Jacob Patterson
Priv. Rev. War
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Act: June 7, 1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 28
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1895
eX
for
May
Batch
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41.
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Name -Patterson, James; Grade - Private; Line - Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER - 6294; ACREAGE - 100; ISSUED -Nov. 2, 1796 to Asa Spaulding, 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.