Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13715, for Jacob Lampman, New York
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New York
Lampman Jacob
S 13715
Carded
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14869
New York
Jacob Lampman
Of Canandaigua in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Austin of the regiment commanded by Colonel Mc Woert in the New York line for 6 months.
Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of 20 Dollars [cents crossed out] per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of July 1833 and sent T. Beans
Canandaigua NY
Arrears to the 4th of Mar ‘33                    $40
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep’33       10
                                                                          $50.00
{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Ino. Grimwell, Clerk
Book E Vol. 4 Page 15
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No. 9215
Jacob Lampman
Admd
45.11.12.17
30 Nov. ‘32
Thos. Beals
Canandaigua N.Y.
P. 121
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BRIEF in the case of Jacob Lampman of Canandaigua in the state of New York
(act 7th June, 1832)
1. Was the declaration made before a court or a judge? In open court
2. If before a judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? Eighty years.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period- duration of service-rank-names of general and field officers under whom he served 
Years-months-days-as a-Gen.
In 17- 
States that in the year 1776 he was mustard in Captain Austin’s and done duty at various times and places, none of which is specified.
States that” he claims for six months services in all”
5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hoosick, New York 
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by rolls? Traditionally evidence alone.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? And if so, in what respect?
The papers are [illegible] it form and authentication
Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above Mentioned.
Wm. Gordon examining clerk.
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9215
Jacob Lampman
Thomas Beals Agent
Canandaigua 
aom d
6 mo. Pri.
20$
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State of New York
Ontario County SS:
On this twenty eighth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the County court now sitting, Jacob Lampman a resident of the town of Canandaigua, county and state aforesaid, aged eighty 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 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officer and served as herein stated.
At Hoosick in the state of New York in the year 1776, in Captain Austin’s company was mustered and went to Ticonderoga and worked on the bridge which connected Ticonderoga with the main. That he did duty In the Fort, but cannot say how long he was out. After his time was out, he went the next year he went to Skeensboro and worked at building a fort there and after this, he was stationed at Fort Edward and helped to build a breast work that place and when general Burgoyne surrendered he was at Tulls Mills in colonel VanWort’s regiment on duty and the next day was on duty to guard the prisoners and marched with them to Sandingburgh when discharged and went home to Hoosick. He was often called out after this war, but his tours of duty were short. He claims in all for six months services. He was born at Hoosick there when he went into the service. Was born 16 June 1752. Has of his age. He has had no education and cannot read nor write, lived in Hoosick until 16 years ago when he removed to Canandaigua and he resided there until now had no documentary evidence and knows of no person who is testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. He knew General Schuyler and General  TenBroeck and saw them at Fort Edwards when he was on duty there
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In consequence of the infirmities of age His memory has failed cannot[Crossed out] give any more particular account of his service nor can he tell who was his captain at the taking of General Burgoyne. He knows Leicester  Phelps and James Smedley of Canandaigua and Henry Shaff of the town of Victor.
He here by relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the pension rolls of the agency of any state.
Jacob Lampman X his mark

We Leicaster Phelps and James Smedley of Canandaigua County and Henry Shaff of the town of Victor county and state aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Lampman, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 80 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he reside to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court.
Leicaster Phelps
Henry Shaff
Jas. Smedley
And the said court do hereby declare we’re of opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the word department, that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
And the court further certifies, that appears to them that Leicaster Phelps and James Smedley who have signed the proceeding certificate of the town of Canan-
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-daigua, and that Henry Shaff who has also signed the same is a resident of of the Town of Victor; and that they are all credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
[crossed out, In testimony, whereof ]
I Charles Crane, Clerk of the  aforesaid Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Jacob Lampman for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this first day of September A.D. 1832.
Charles Crane
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Rev War
13715
INVALID.
File No. 13.715
Jacob Lampman
Priv Rev War
Act: June 7 1832
Index:- Vol.  1, page 217
[Arrangement of 1870]
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BRIEF objection to the admission of pension claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jacob Lampman which require further proof for explanation
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the de in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, and conformity with the regulations?
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one? Under the act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the clerks seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergymen and other respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
Has not obtained the evidence of a clergy man, but has addressed the testimony of the credible persons.
XII. If the clergyman’s affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? None
XIII. if the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof can be had? Yes
XIV. *If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant’s service?
XVI. ** Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? 
Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
The Court certify that the interrogatories above put to the applicant, but not all embodied.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. Who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For——
Year——months and——-days——. I served as a——-. For——-months and ———days, I served as a ——-; and for such service I claim a pension.”
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company and the line to which he belonged. The Magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of the office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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State of New York 
Ontario County SS: In the matter of Jacob Lampman application for pension
Personally appeared before me the undenying   notary public in and for said county Jacob Lampman who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that the reason he had no clergyman to support his application for a pension before the county court on the 28th day of August 1832 was that there is no clergyman in the society in which he lives with whom he is acquainted and being very infirm and deaf he seldom attends public worship. He is required to attend his said declaration and to answer the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department. He now says that when he first went into the service and 1776 under Captain Austin and served at Ticonderoga, turn off Cantfort commanded the regiment and he served in that campaign more than two months a half. In his next tour which he believes was the next year he served in Captain Randall‘s company in Colonel Van  Rensselaer’s regiment and served at Skeesnboro not less than one month and a half and after this he called out Brown’s company in Colonel Van voort’s regiment and served in Fort Edwards was out less month and a half. This was when General Burgoyne Surrendered and after this he went on an expedition on the Mohawk River in Captain Brandt’s company in Colonel Brandt’s Regiment and was out two weeks more. He served as a private soldier not less than six months and his team has been enlisted into the service and living near the frontier he was often out on alarms of which he makes no claim. He always went into the service voluntarily, when requested, and served his country faithfully. He has answered all the interrogatories, except the 6th and he now says there were a great many troops at Ticonderoga when he served there, and when General Burgoyne was taken. There were many thousands, but he does not remember the names of any of the regiments. He knew General Schuyler and General FenBroeck, and belonged to his brigade. He knew General Gates and saw him at Saratoga and was on duty
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at his headquarters when General Burgoyne surrendered and was marched to Half Moon Point, now Lansingburgh, with the prisoner.
He served in all not less than six months for which he claims a pension.
Jacob Lampman X his mark 
Sworn and subscribed this 28th day of March 1833 before me.
Thomas Beals MP

I certify that the above [illegible] Jacob Lampman executed the above by affixing his mark and declared he never could make.
Thomas Beals M P
State of New York 
Ontario County SS: I Charles Crane clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that Thomas Beals, whose name is subscribed to the above certificate was, at the date thereof, a Notary Public in and for the said County, and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe the said signatures to be his proper act and deed.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty ninth day of March A.D. 1833
Charles Crane.