Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 9668, for William Sly, New York
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New York   Sly, William    R. 9668
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14876
William Sly
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State of New York
Orange County }ss
on this third day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Orange aforesaid now sitting at the heading in the village of Newburgh (it being a court of record) William Sly a resident of the town of New Windsor in the county and state aforesaid aged seventy two 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 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
In April 1777 he entered the company of Captain William Tellford in which James Faulkner and Alexander Beaty were Lieutenants and Robert Buchannan orderly Sergeant. James McLaughry was Colonel of the regiment and Jacob Newkirk and Moses Phillips were majors in April one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven shortly after deponent was enrolled in said company of militia there was an alarm at Fort Montgomery situated in the highlands on the west side of the Hudson river the whole company were ordered down they marched from New Windsor by land crossed the mountains to West Point left the point to the left and proceeded to Fort Montgomery. Deponent cannot recollect of seeing any troops at West Point at that time General George and General James Clinton with whom deponent was well acquainted were at Fort Montgomery when we arrived there a party of Colonel Dubois and a part of Colonel McLaughrys regiment was there deponent well recollects that there was a company of artillery at that post but who was the com-
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mands
thereof deponent cannot now distinctly recollect Captain John Bellknaps company of gearsmen was also there we were employed there on fatigue and staid (sic) one week and were then discharged and returned home by water to New Windsor about the 15th of the same month there was another alarm at the same place the whole company went down as far as New Windsor and were then ordered to scour the mountains for a band of tours under one Captain Rose we went with and took most of them Rose himself was taken and afterwards being at Kingston in Ulster County we were three days out in this service at this time. In the month of June in the same year I was one of a detachment of said company sent to fort Clinton Col. McLaughry, Colonel Parctony and the Clintons were there we marched over the mountains to West Point and from there to the fort aforesaid we staid there one month and were employed on fatigue we were then discharged and returned by water about the 28th day of September 1777 a detachment under Captain Vail of the same regiment were ordered down again on an alarm to the place aforesaid we went by water from New Windsor aforesaid and remained there untill (sic) the day of the battle which took place on the sixth day of October in the year aforesaid a little previous to the battle we were ordered to the opposite side of the river and stationed near a place called Anthony's nose as a guard Captain Lee of Colonel Lewis Dubois' regiment commanded our party the two Clintons commanded the troops at forts Clinton and Montgomery Colonel McLaughry's regiment was a fort Clinton under his immediate command a part of Duboises regiment with Moodys company of artillery defended fort Montgomery. A detachement of Brittish Troops under the command of Lu Henry Clinton in person having passed thru a defile in the mountains approached
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Fort Clinton on the south side of Popelopes Kill directly opposite to Fort Montgomery thru a settlement on the bank of the river which extended from the river to the Bear Mountain on the west at the foot of which a small pond stretches about a quarter of a mile in length of this settlement is commonly called Doodle Town another detachment under the immediate command of Colonel Campbell approached fort Montgomery by the way of Queensborough furnace keeping the road which had from said furnace along the bank of Popelopes kill in an eastern direction to the river the detachment to which deponent then belonged was stationed at Antoney's (sic) nose on the east side of the Hudson River on an elevation over looking the forts Montgomery and Clinton and commanding a full view of the respective movements of the contending parties the detachment of Lu Henry Clinton arrived at fort Clinton about one oclock in the afternoon and having summoned it to surrender commenced the attack with great firmness which was resisted with great obstinancy (sic) untill near dark when the last redoubt on that side of the Popelopes kill having made a most brave and determined resistance surrendered Colonel Campbell  was killed and Colonel McLaughry severely wounded and taken prisoners the men under his command were taken prisoners and confined in New York after the battle of fort Montgomery our detachment returned by land Dutchess county crossed the River at New Windsor and returned home on the next Thursday thereafter we toured that part of our regiment which had es-
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caped from Fort Montgomery and returned to New Windsor under the command of Major Newkirk upon whom the command devolved in consequence of the absence of Colonel McLaughry in New York as aforesaid the remains of Duboises regiment and Moody's company of witattery (sp?) were at New Windsor at this time Webb's regiment of Continental troops was at the square about four miles west from the river We remained at New Windsor six weeks and whilst there Taylor the Brittish(sic) spy was taken at the square and hung at Hurley near Kingston in the month of November in the year 1777 a detachment of tour company under the command of Captain Tellford and Lieutenant Beaty were ordered to assist in fortifying Nicoll's Point. I was there with said detachment we worked six weeks on the fortifications under Captain Martin and were then discharged having performed out tour of duly in the month of March 1778 I was one of a detachment under the command of Captain Felter of our regiment which was ordered to West Point to fortify we went by water and were employed in erecting fort Clinton we were at this place one fortnight and returned home by land Colonel Wisner commanded the militia at this post Colonel Humphreys was there at this time in the month of October 1778 a detachment of one company under the command of Captain McBride of our regiment were ordered to Hunk on the Indian frontier one cantine was Colonel of the regiment stationed there at that time we remained at Hunk
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14,876
William Sly



Claimant
Newburgh
New York