Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43563, Andrew Finck, New York
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(3-1776)
SERVICE [Star in black ink] NUMBER
[handwritten] New York. Finck, Andrew.  S. 43563
Fink {B.L.Wt.729-300-kapt. Issued Oct. 9. 1790 - No papers. [end handwritten]

CONTENTS
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3374.
New York
Andrew Finck
Willett
Major
New York Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
subscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 8th of May, 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th of Oct. 1818 and sent to Jas. Hildreth, Johnstown, N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818, 3 mo 24/244/36 78.15
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Mar 1819 120.00
$198.15

Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818
8 years
Dead
Dce roll
Palatine Montgomery Co

Each subsequent
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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA In Congress Assembled
To Andrew Finck - Esquire Greeting, We Reposing especial trust and confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you to be a Captain in the first New York Regiment in the Army of the United States, to take rank as such from the 16 day of February AD 1776 You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a Captain by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging. And
we do strictly charge and require all officers and Soldiers under your command to be obedient to your orders as Captain 
And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United States or Committee of Congress for that purpose appointed, neither of the States or Commander in chief for the time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your Superior Officer, according to the rules and discipline of War, in pursuance
of the trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue inforce untill 
 revoked by this or a future Congress, the Committee of Congress beforementioned or a Committee of the States

Witness his [illegible] Hon. John Jay Pres. President of the Congress of the United States of America at Philadelphia the
28 day of June 1779 and in the third
year of our Independence.
John Jay

Entered in the Office
and examined by the Board
Attest
[illegible signature] Secretary of the Board of War
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Capt. Andrew Finck
8 May
Correct

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Johnstown
W.Y.
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State of New York
County of 

On the Eighth day of May 1818 before  me the subscribed one of the Judges of the court of common please for the county of Montgomery, Personally appeared Andy Fink aged sixty seven years on the first day of February here last as he says and so is the appearance past [illegible] in the town of Palatine in the county aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the previsions made by the late act of congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and [illegible] service in the United States in the revolutionary war. That the said [illegible] Fink under the service of his country as an early [illegible] in the campaign of 1775 in the state of New York as a commissioned officer to Wit a first lieutenant in the company commanded by Captain Christopher P. Yates in the [illegible] of New York regiment commanded by Colonel Goose Van Schaick that on the 15th day of February he was promoted to a captain in said regiment [illegible] which time it was stilled the first regiment in the New York line. That he continued to serve as a captain in said line or in the service of the United States until the close of the campaign of 1781 the five regiments of the New York line being [illegible] and by general orders ordered to by consolidated into two regiments and [?year 1781 was promoted to a major and served under Lieut Colonel Marinus Willett on the parties of the Mohawk river Scholaring else where to the close of the year 1783. He also served as a deputy muster master and proprietor during the two years of the above period until 1783 when Fee the said Andrew Fink was discharged from service in the village of Schenectady in
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in the State of New York. He had been at the taking of St. Johns Chamblee Montreal and at the mouth of the river Sorrell Capturing and destroying military and warlike Stones. Before either of the above mentioned Fortresses was taken except Chamblee.  He was sent by General Montgomery 14 or 15 miles into the interior of the Enemies Country down the river Sorrell to Paines Livingston to bring a pack of shes and within that pack of shoes a bagg of Guineas which he brought safe to General Montgomery into camp. In the campaign of 1777 in retreating from Lake or fort George at the time Ticonderoga was evacuated scirmishing with the enemy at Sandy Hill He this deponent lost his first Lieutenant Tobias Van Vechten who was killed by the enemy and buried by him this deponent the day following. In the campaign of 1778 the only year that he was ordered to be with the Grand army under the immediate command of General Washington he was in the battle of Monmouth in the state of New Jersey on the 28th of June 1778 and that he was cooped up at and in Fort Schuyler now called Rome for upwards of two year where sundry scirmishes had taken place during that period. In the campaign of eighty one he was in the Battle of Johnstown near Johnsons Hall against Major Ross of the British army. We took there 37 or 39 British read coated soldiers prisoners. In pursing of him through the wilderness for five days successfully up the west canada creek when Captain Walter Butler of the British army was slain and at least 10, 12 or 15 of his soldiers. after their crossing the west canada creek 20, 30 or perhaps 40 miles from the German Flatts in the then County of Tryon but now Herkiner, and he this deponent on his oath farther says he
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is in the decline of life half blind and in reduce circumstances at present and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that has no other evidence now in his power of his said services but the Old Revolutionary Soldiers and other citizens on the Mohawk River who may be in the land of the living and the commision hereunto [illegible] [illegible] and declared to before me the day and year aforesaid.

Andrew Finck
State of New York
Montgomery County

I Daniel Walther one of the judges of the Court of Common pleas for the said county do certify it appears to my satisfaction that Andrew Finck who subscribed his name and was duly sworn to the foregoing declaration this 8th day of May in the year 1818 did serve in the Revolutionary War as is states in his declaration against the common enemy and I am likewise satisfied that the other facts stated in that declaration are likewise true and I now transmit the proceedings and a small part of the testimony, vis, one of this commissions, taken and had before me to the Secretary of War persuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.

Daniel Walther
One of the judges of the Court of Common pleas for Montgomery County aforesaid
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State of New York
Montgomery County

I John McCarthy Clerk of the Court of common pleas for the said County do certify that Daniel Walker whose name appears signed to the within Certificate and before whom the annexed declaration appears to have been made and sworn to was one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas in and for the said County on the 8th day of May 1818.  In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County the 8th day of May 1818.

Jn. McCarthy
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43563
INVOLID.
Revy

File No. 43563
Andrew Fink
Major Rev. War

Act: 18 March 18
Index: - Vol. 3, Page 170

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives 

NAME Finck, David [Handwritten] GRADE Private [Handwritten] LINE Pennsylvania [Handwritten]

WARRANT NUMBER 9387 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED February 14, 1791 to Alexander Power, assignee 

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*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.