Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9485, for Peter Slingerland, New York
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New York
Slingerland, Peter
NUMBER
S. 9485
Carded
CONTENTS
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24,218
New York

Peter Slingerland
of Otsego Co. in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Comp.
by Capt. Slingerland of the Regt commanded
by Col. Slingerland in the New York
line for 8 months and 25 days

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 29 Dollars 30 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Nov
1833 and sent to S. Crippen, Worcester

Arrears to the 4th Sep 33
$68.75
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 M.  '34 - 14.75
$83.50

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by G. C. Stihl, Clerk
Book E Vol. 4 Page 121


Sent Certif. to S. Crippen
Worcester, N.Y. 6 Jany '34
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Peter Slingerland

Application for Pension
Maryland Otsego Co., N.Y.
24,873

Schuyler Crippen
Worcester
Otsego 60
NY
Agent -
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State of New York
Otsego County      } ss:
Personally appeared before me the undersigned, being one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County, Peter Slingerland of the Town of
Maryland in the County of Otsego aforesaid, known to me to be the same person who has subscribed his name to and made the original declaration hereunto annexed, and who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that he
was called into the service as a volunteer in the month of July or August 1775 and in which of said month it was that he entered the service he cannot recollect, but does well
recollect that it was at the time of the wheat Harvest of that year.  That he volunteered as a private soldier in a Company of
Militia commanded by his Father Capt. Abraham Slingerland, and Marched from Albany at the time above stated in
said company to Lake George and was stationed at that place to guard the frontier against the enemy, and remained in actual service at that place for the full period of two months and a half - That Capt. Slingerland's
Company belonged to a Regiment of Militia commanded by Col. Qackenbush of Albany, who was at that time the Colonel of the Militia in the service of the Revolution.
That he was dismissed from the service at the expiration of two and a half months at Fort George and returned home to Albany where he resided-
2nd - That early in the spring of the year 1776 he again volunteered into the service, in Capt. Slingerland's Company of Militia
and was ordered by Genl. Schuyler on an expedition to Johnstown for the purpose of taking Sir John Johnson.
That Capt. Slingerland's and Capt. Van Mier's companies, both Militia, Marched from Albany to Johnstown for the purpose above stated, but on arriving at Johnstown 
information was obtained that Sir John Johnson had fled to Canada, and both of said companies were re-marched to Albany - 
That he was in actual service
at this time for the period of ten days. That
Capt Van Mier's & Capt. Slingerland's Companies belonged to a Regiment commanded by Col. Qackenbush. And he well 
recollects Lieutenant Van Ornam and Ensign Hilderbrand
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who were both in the service at this time and marched to Johnstown as above stated.
3rd - In the month of May 1776 at the time of planting corn, and as early as the 20th of May, he again volunteered into the service
as a private Soldier and Marched in Capt. Slingerland's Company from Albany to Fort Hunter, where he was stationed and remained in actual service for two months - General Schuyler had command of the troops at
Fort Hunter at this time.  Capt. Hogan had command of a company of Militia at that time stationed at said Fort, and that both of said companies belonged to Col Qackenbush's Regiment.   Marched from Fort Hunter
to Schenectady and was there discharged at the expiration of the said two months' service, and again returned home to Albany.
4th  - About the first of June 1777 he again volunteered into a company of Militia and was called into actual service, commanded
by Capt. Slingerland, and marched from Albany to Saratoga.  After arriving at Saratoga the troops were billeted out and he with other soldiers belonging to Capt. Slingerland's
Company stayed at a House called the Widow Becker's.
That said Company belonged to a Regiment of Militia commanded by Col. Qackenbush and he continued in the service at this place in said Company & Regiment until after the surrender of Gen. l Burgoyne - He was then marched from Saratoga to Albany and discharged
from service and that he was in actual service at this time for the period of at least four months - Well recollects of seeing Genl. Schuyler & Genl.  Gates and Genl.
Arnold while in the service at this time as above stated.
5th  - And he the said Peter Slingerland further saith that in relation to the Transporting of Baggage mentioned in his original
declaration he can further state that it was previous to the taking of Burgoyne - but whether in the year 1775 or 1776 he cannot recollect.  He well recollects that he was engaged for full four months in the
transportation of Baggage for the American Army from the County of Dutchess to Albany and from thence to Lake George including the time he was detained
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in the service by the officers having command at Fort George to aid and assist in erecting Barracks for the use of the Soldiers- That he was first ordered into the service at this time by his father Capt. Slingerland and
was detained in the service by the officers of the Government at Albany and Fort George as above stated. - At the expiration of four months he was discharged from the service at Lake George and returned home to
Albany the place of his residence.

1st - And he further states that he was born in the year 1760 in Albany in the State of New York.
2nd  - That he has no record of his age. 
3rd - He resided in Albany during the
whole of the Revolution, and has since resided at the places mentioned in his original declaration-- 
4th - He Volunteered and served as a
private soldier at each and every time that he entered the  service above stated and that he never served a substitute for any other person 5th -  The Names of the Officers who were
with the troops where he served are above set forth as fully as he can recollect the same, as also the General circumstances of his service - 6th -  That he never received a written
discharge from the service to his recollection or belief
7th - That Amos H. Brown Esquire and Jonas Houghton who made the certificate annexed to his original declaration, then and still reside in his present neighborhood and have testified
to his character for veracity and their belief of his Service as a soldier of the Revolution - 
and he further declares that there is not now and was not at the time of making his said original declaration any Clergyman residing in his neighborhood, wherefore he cannot comply with that part of the instructions from
the war department - And he also states that he was not engaged in any civil employment whatever during any part of the time he was in the service as set forth in his said Original declaration and the amendment thereto - 
and he further declares on his oath as aforesaid that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot
swear more positive to the precise length of time of his said services, or the names of the Officers who were with the Troops where he served, than as is contained and set
forth in his said original declaration and this amendment thereto.
Sworn to and Subscribed before me the 
24th day of August, 1833
[signed] Peter Slingerland

Seth Chase, A Judge, Otsego County
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And I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion to be, after an Examination of the said Peter Singerland on his oath, and investigation
the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Soldier
of the Revolution and served as he states. And I further certify that I am acquainted with the said Peter Slingerland and that he sustains a good Character for truth and veracity. And also that he resides nearly twenty miles distant from the Court House in Cooperstown in and for the County of Otsego, and that from old age and infirmities and his poverty, it is very difficult for him again to attend the sitting of the Court at Cooperstown aforesaid.
Done at my Office in Worcester Otsego County this 24th day of August
A.D. 1833-
Seth Chase, a Judge
of Otsego County

State of New York
Otsego County   } ss:
I, Horace Lathrop, Clerk of the said
County, do hereby certify that Seth Chase Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration or affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same one of the Judges of Otsego County Court, duly appointed, and sworn as such;
And that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and to the above certificate to be his genuine signatures, Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 26th day of August 1833
Horace Lathrop Clerk
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At a Court of Chancery held in the Village of Cooperstown in the County of Otsego and State of New York before Robert Monell,
Esq., Vice Chancellor of the 6th Judicial Court in said State, came Peter Slingerland and made the following declaration on oath in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress
passed June 7th 1832-

State of New York
Otsego County     }  ss:

On this 18th day of April 1833 personally appeared in Open Court before the said Vice Chancellor, Peter Slingerland, a resident of the Town of Maryland in the County of Otsego, aged 73 years on the 4 day of March last, 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 was born on the 4th of March 1760 in the town of Albany in the State of New York about two miles from the present City of Albany - that he resided in the said Town of
Albany until he was about 40 years of age at which time he removed to the Town of Schaghticoke in the State of New York
where he resided until within about 16 years when he removed to the Town of Maryland in the County of Otsego, where he has resided ever since & where he now resides - That during the whole war of the revolution this deponent resided with his father Abraham Slingerland, who was a captain in the Militia of the State of New York and who owned mills and kept a tavern in the Town of Albany aforesaid -- That this deponent's brother was also a lieutenant in the militia at the same
time - that in the year 1775 his deponent was ordered out on Militia duty and marched from Albany to Lake George in a Company of Militia commanded by Abraham Slingerland, this
deponent's father, and continued in service two months and a half - That in the year 1776 this deponent was ordered out and marched
in a Company of militia commanded by his said father, Abraham Slingerland, to Johnstown in the State of New York
in order to arrest Sir John Johnston - that on arriving there he understood that Sir John [Johnson] had fled and gone to Canada
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that this deponent was out on the aforesaid service as near as he can recollect, ten days; that on his return from Johnstown he was
ordered to Fort Hunter where he stayed and and did Gunman duty two months - That in the year 1777 this deponent was again
ordered out and marched in a company commanded by his said father to Saratoga, and was present at the taking of Burgoyne; that on Burgoyne's surrender this deponent returned to Albany in his said Father's Company - that during said campaign last aforesaid this deponent was in service four months. That this deponent was in the battle fought on Bemis Heights previous to Burgoyne's surrender - that this deponent, before he entered upon his last service was employed to transport baggage from Dutchess County to Albany and from thence out to the frontier for the troops & was in the last aforesaid service for four months and upwards - that in performing the last aforesaid service of transporting baggage and provisions for the army he, this deponent, was ordered out by his father - that this deponent's father was, during the Revolution, a man of large wealth and an intimate acquaintance of General Schuyler & that this deponent also was a man of wealth before its close and was well acquainted with Genl Schuyler - that he has often seen
Genl Gates and General Arnold - that this deponent was ordered out and went from Albany to West Point with 300 pine
logs furnished by Government on a military Committee of Albany for the purpose of buoying up the chain thrown across the Hudson at West Point, and was on this service three weeks and upwards  -  cannot recollect the year when the last aforesaid service was rendered.  That this deponent was ordered out
and went as a guard to take British prisoners from Albany to Esopus in New York. The prisoners aforesaid were taken at St. John's & this deponent believes it was in the year 1775. That this deponent was out on the aforesaid service about ten days - that this deponent was in service of the United States as near as
he can recollect, in the whole about fourteen months-
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That this deponent has no other evidence to prove his aforesaid service than the annexed affidavits of Abraham Slingerland and John Schoenmaker hereto annexed; that
there is no clergyman in this deponent's neighborhood with whom he is personally acquainted-- that he has no documentary evidence of any of said service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present and claims that his name is not on the pension roll or agency of any State.
[signed]  Peter Slingerland

Subscribed and sworn
this 18th day of April 1833.
Robert Monell
Vice Chancellor
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State of New York
Otsego County  }  ss:
Amos H. Brown and Jonas Houghton of the Town of Maryland in the County of Otsego before duly sworn severally, depose and say that [they] have been acquainted with Peter Slingerland the above named applicant for about sixteen years; that he is a man of reputable moral charter and that full faith and credit is due to his testimony under
oath-- that it is and has been for many years reputed & believed in the neighborhood where the said Peter resides that he is of the age he states & that he was in the army of
the Revolution as he also states - and that we concur in that opinion - And further say not.
[signed] Amos H. Brown
(signed) Jonas Houghton

Sworn this 18th day of
April AD 1833 before me

Robt Monell
Vice Chancellor
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State of New York
Columbia County } ss:
Abraham Slingerland being sworn says that
he is Seventy years of age; that he resides in the Town of Kinderhook in the County of Columbia. That Peter Slingerland is the Brother of this Deponent & that the said Abraham believes that the said Peter is of the
age of Seventy three years. This Deponent further says that the said Peter now resides in the County of Otsego, State of New York. This deponent further says that the father of this deponent, whose name was Abraham Slingerland, served in the Revolutionary
and the militia as Captain & that Teunis Slingerland, the Brother of this deponent also served in the Revolutionary army as Lieutenant.  This deponent further says that in the year 1776 the said Peter Slingerland was ordered into the service of the United States & marched under the command of said Captain Abraham Slingerland & Lieutenant Teunis Slingerland from Albany to Johnstown in
the County of Montgomery in the State aforesaid to make an attack upon Sir John Johnson, as this Deponent has often heard from his father, said Abraham, his Brother, said Teunis; and this Deponent further says that he has frequently heard his said father & Brother Teunis say that they and said Peter did march to Johnstown aforesaid; but when they arrived there that Sir John Johnson had fled and that said Peter was in this service ten days.  This
This deponent further says that his father & the said Peter during the Revolutionary War
marched from Albany aforesaid to Fort Hunter.

This deponent further says that in October, 1777 the said Peter Slingerland marched under the command of his father and his Brother said Teunis from Albany aforesaid to Saratoga and was then in the army at the Surrender of
the British General Burgoyne, as the father of this deponent has frequently informed this Deponent, and was in this service four months.
[signed] Abraham Slingerland

Sworn to before me
this 4th day of April 1833

Lucas Hois, J. Peace
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[see affidavit on following page - last line reads] "entitled to full credit and belief--"
Lucas Hois, J. Peace

[written upside down at bottom of page]

State of New York
Columbia County ⎬ ss:
I, Joseph D Monell Clerk of the said County do certify that Lucas Hois Esq. before whom
the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily
believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and Signature.
Witness my hand and seal of Office this
fifth day of April 1833.
Jos. Monell
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State of New York
Columbia County ⎬  ss:
I, Joseph D Monell Clerk of the said County do certify that Lucas Hois Esq. before whom
the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily 
believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and Signature.
Witness my hand and seal of Office this
fifth day of April 1833.
Jos. Monell

[written upside down at the bottom of the page]
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Abraham Slingerland, and that he is a man of good character and his statements entitled to full credit and belief--
[signed] Lucas Hois, J. Peace
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State of New York
Montgomery County} ss: 
I,  John Schoomaker being duly Sworn before 
J Blair,  one of the Justices of the peace in
the County aforesaid makes oath and says that he is Seventy years of age; that he resides in the town of Broadalbin in the County of Montgomery that he, said John, believes that Peter Slingerland is of the age of Seventy three years.  This deponent further says that
as he is informed and believes that the said Peter now resides in the County of Otsego, State of New York.   This deponent further
says that the father of the said Peter Slingerland whose name was Abraham Slingerland served in the Revolutionary
army in the militia as Captain & that Teunis Slingerland, the brother of the said Peter, also served in the Revolutionary Army as Lieutenant. This deponent further says that in
the year 1776 the said Peter Slingerland was ordered into the service of the United States & marched under the command of said Captain Abraham Slingerland, Lieutenant Teunis Slingerland, from Albany to Johnstown
in the County of Montgomery in the State aforesaid as this deponent was informed at the time and does verily believe.
This deponent further says that in October 1777 the said Peter Slingerland marched under the command of his father & his Brother said Teunis from Albany aforesaid to Saratoga and was there in the Army at the surrender of the British General Burgoyne, as this deponent is knowing to being in the Service with the said Peter Slingerland, and this deponent encamped with said Peter about four weeks while out in said service.

[signed] John Schoonmaker

Sworn & Subscribed
this 12 day of April
1833 before me
Joseph Blair,  Justice
---
I certify that I am well acquainted with John Schoonmaker who hath subscribed his name and sworn to the above affidavit before me, and that his is a man of Good Character, and his statements entitled to full credit and belief.
Joseph Blair,  Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Montgomery County
Clerks Office       } ss:

I, George D. Ferguson, Clerk of the County of Montgomery do hereby certify that Joseph Blair before whom the within affidavit
of John Schoonmaker purports to have been
sworn was on the date thereof a Justice of the peace of the said County.  And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe that his name Subscribed to the said affidavit & also to the within Certificate of Character of said John Schoonmaker is Genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & affixed the seal of my
Office this 7th August 1833

Geo: D. Ferguson
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And the said Court held as aforesaid before the Vice Chancellor aforesaid declare its opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories
presented by the war department, that Peter Slingerland, the above named applicant, was a Revolutionary Soldier and served therein as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to him that Amos H. Brown and Jonas Houghton who made and subscribed the within affidavit are credible persons &
that their statement is entitled to credit-
Robt Monell
Vice Chanceller

I Jonathan L. Woods Clerk of the
Court of Chancery of the sixth circuit
of the State of New York do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains
the original proceedings of the
said court in the matter of the
application of Peter Slingerland for
a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my seal of the said
Court this 18th day of April A.D. 1833-
Jonathan Woods
Clk
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No 24873
Peter Slingerland
Otsego County
New York
Admitted
Private 8 mo & 25 day

I am now the agent of Mr Slingerland
in the Matter of his pension, and future
communications in relation thereto are
requested to be addressed to me
Schuyler Crippen
Worcester Otsego
Co. N. York-

Henry Brown
Cooperstown
Otsego Co
N.Y
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, showing the service of Peter Slingerland, Otsego Co., New York

Period when the service was rendered:

(1) Drafted 1775 - 2 months, 15 days
(2) Drafted 1776 - 2 months, 10 days
(3) Drafted 1777 - 4 months
(4) 1777 - 21 days & upwards
(5) 1777 - about 10 days

Rank: Private

Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served. [for all periods]
Captain Slingerland; same Captain
No field Officers mentioned

Age at present, and place of abode
when he entered the service:  73 years, Town of Albany, New York

Proof by which the declaration is supported:
Living Evidence of Abraham Slingerland & Jno Shoemaker.  A. Slingerland states from
1776 to 77, in all 4 months & 10 days.
John Shoemaker for about four weeks service & likewise traditional evidence-

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

[handwritten note at bottom of page ]
It is necessary that the character 
of the service about transporting baggage from Dutchess Co. [to] the frontier be explained, before it can be allowed.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops, "militia" and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops. 
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 
4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 
DECLARATION. 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. State, Territory, or District of County of } ss. On this ___day of ____personally appeared (a) before __________A B. a resident (b) of____in the county of____and State, Territory or District of aged (c)____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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)_____served in the_____(e) regiment of the_____line, under the following named officers: Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I, _______of the Court of______ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of______for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this_____day of____ & c. If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the____and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with_____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be______years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] And the said Court do hereby declare their 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, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the_____and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the_____and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I, Clerk of the Court of_____do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of_______for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this___day of____& c. Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born? 
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live? 
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. To a Soldier: Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? 
To an Officer: Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates. The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 
(a)The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. (b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
(d) The declarant must mention the person or persons of the war when he served. 
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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." It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each 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 all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; places where the service was performed, that the applicant served with all embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required. 
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
(i) The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. 
Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
 Proof of Service. 
(j) 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 claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and 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.
 [picture of a pointing finger] The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only. 
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

John N. Ashton

[sections (e) and (j) of the footnotes are marked off.  There is a handwritten note to the right of section (e) which is too light to read. 
 There is a handwritten note at the bottom of the page, also too light to read.]
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1914. July 30. History to
Mrs. W. H. Lovell.

Rev. War

9485
INVALID.
File No. 9485
Peter Slingerland
Priv., Rev. War
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Act: June 7th, '32
Index: --Vol. 1, Page 359
(Arrangement of 1870.]
Peter Slingerland Jany 9
Records corrected.
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[circular postmark] 
 
U.S. Pension Office O
Jul 22, 1914
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Commissioner of Pensions, 
Sir.-
Will you kindly send the military
History - with dates of Teunis Slingerland. I
have this much of his History.
Teunis A Slingerland from Holland
first settler in the Oriskachan Flats
(locally know as Terrytown)
Purchased 9874 acres & Erected his home
& first Mills in Albany County
Teunis A. Slingerland was Capt. of
the Albany Militia in the war of the
Revolution. His son Isaac, Jacob and Peter (S. 9485) served in the Revolution.  I
would like the dates as far as
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& can get them also where they true that
Revolution.  If there is a fee due you
for the information please send same
to me and I will gladly return to you the same, if there is any information that would aid me in my records as a D.A.R.
Respectfully
Mrs W. H. Lovell
47 Church St
Hornell
N. Y.
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Rev. War.
S.F. 9485
Correct File Jacket
to show Slingerland
in lien of Stingerland

a.h.m.

Dec. 31 / 04
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In reply to your request of___________received_________
for a statement of the military history of Peter Slingerland, a soldier 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.
S.F. 9485.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
(1) July or August 1775 - 2-1/2 months
Private
Captain Abraham Slingerland (Soldier's father)
and Lieutenant Teunis Slingerland (Soldier's brother)
Col. Quackenbush
State:  NY

(2) Spring 1776 - 10 days
Private
Captain Abraham Slingerland
Col. Quackenbush

(3) May 1776 - 2 months
Private
Captain Abraham Slingerland
Col. Quackenbush

(4) June 1777 - 4 months
Private
Captain Abraham Slingerland
Col. Quackenbush

Battles engaged in: Both battles of Stillwater
Residence of soldier at enlistment: Albany, N.Y.
Date of application for pension: Apr. 18, 1833. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application: Maryland, Otsego Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application:  Born March 4, 1760 at Albany, N.Y.
Remarks: Soldier's father, Capt. Abraham Slingerland, owned mills and kept a tavern at Albany, N.Y.
Soldier's brother, Abraham, was 70 yrs. old and a resident of Kinderhook, Columbia Co, N.Y. in 1833.
There is no further data relative to family.
[note:  Peter's brother, Teunis, was a Lieutenant, as above noted]

Respectfully,
Commissioner.