Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28688, Adam Clum, New York
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Service
New York  Clum, Adam   S. 28688
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New York 27704
Adam Clum
of   in the State of
who was a private in the [unclear] commanded by Captain Rockfelt of the regt. commanded by Col. Sevington in the N.Y. line for 8 months $ 26.66 
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of September 1834 and Claimant
Award to the 4th of March              80.00
Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sep. 13.33
                                                           $93.33
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Danl. Boyd Clerk
Book E Vol, 4 Page 11
See letter 16 Dec 1834 to P. agt.
Ordered to pay 6th Dead 1837.-
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New York
Columbia County On this 26th day of December A. D. 1833 personally appeared before the Justices of the Judicial Court of the City of Hudson in said County in open Court now sitting, Ada Clum a resident of the Town of Clermont in said County aged seventy eight years of age, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That in the year 1776 he thinks in May he was ordered out in a Company of Capt. Teall Rockefeller {in margin 1/2 month}and neared to Albany & was there one half a month & was then discharged. This was in the Regiment of Col. Peter R. Livingston & Major Saml. Ten Broeck.
Again about the 15th November 1776, he volunteered in the Company of Capt. Joseph Allen of the same Regiment and went to Fishkill, where he was in {in margin 2 months} service two months, till the middle of January of 1777. Then he was discharged. Only one Company from said Regiment went to Fishkill at this time.
Again about the first of June 1777 he was ordered to to the North in the Company of said Capt. Rockefeller of the Regiment aforesaid. Marched to Fort Edward & was on the retreat before Burgoyne, & was in the first {in margin 4 do.}battle with him at Stillwater, but returned home being discharged before the Surrender, being in service at this time four months at least.
Again in November of 1777 he was [unclear] under an order, as he understood, of Conl. Putnam to assist in conducting some prisoners from Redhook to Hartford in Connecticut. These were some of the British soldiers taken prisoners from those coming up the River to
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Burgoyne, at the time Esopus was burned. This applicant was absent on this service one half of a {in margin1/2 do.} month. There was a guard of the Regular troops with him but the commanding officer's name he cannot recollect.
Again in the fall of 1779 about the sixth of October he thinks, he was ordered out in the Company of Capt. {in margin 1 1/2 do.} Phillip Smith & marched to Albany thence on to Saratoga and Balltown they were delayed at Saratoga  till the middle of November when he was discharged having served one & a half months.
And this applicant further says that about the first of May of the year 1778 he was ordered out in the Company of Capt. Rockefeller aforesaid to serve as a guard in said County of Columbia against the Tories which infested the Country- That he served in said Company of {in margin 4do.} till the first part of September in the same year being four months. A part of this time Capt Phillip Smith had command had command of the Guards was a regular embodied Corps acting under the direction of the Colonel of the Regiment
And this applicant says that the whole of his said service amounted to 12 1/2 months for which he claims a pension, that he hereby renounces all claim to any pension or annuity except the present, & that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
And he further says that he was born in Clermont aforesaid & has always resided there before & since the Revolution - except 4 years at Germantown
That the only record of his age is the family Bible which reads his birth at Oct. 5th 1755
That he was once pressed into service, & volunteered at all other times
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That The names of the officers whom he can recollect are Col. Peter R. Livingston, a Major Saml.Ten Broeck Capts. Rockefeller, Smith, Allen, Lieutenants Adam Shuts, of Albany Cos. & [unclear] Shutt of Smith's Company. 
That he never had any written discharge & therefore has no documentary evidence.
That his neighbors who can testify as to his character for truth & veracity and their belief in his revolutionary services are Adam Rifenbergh, Read John Rady, James Broadhead, & Edward P. Livingston former Lieut. Gov. of this State.
Adam Clum
Sworn & a subscribed the 
day & year aforesaid
D. Parker Clk.
Columbia Co. Adam Rifenbergh of Germantown in said county being duly sworn says he is now eighty two years of age & that he is a pensioner under the act of June 7th 1832  That he is well acquainted with Adam Clum the above named applicant & has been from boyhood. That in the year 1776 this deponent was in Service in Capt. Rockefeller's Company one half a month to Albany, & said Clum was with him in same Company
That in the same year he thinks, said Clum was with this deponent at Fishkill 2 months from the middle of Nov. till the middle of Jany following, both being in Capt Joseph Allens Company.
That he knows that said Clum was up at Fort Edward in 1777 & gone all summer & was absent & was in service at several other times, & he has no doubt
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said Clum has  served more time than he has stated in his above declaration. That he was always a good & ready soldier & he recollects said Clum was serving among the Guards during the Spring Summer of 1778
Adam Ryfenberg his mark
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid
D Parker  Clk
Columbia County Genl. Samuel Ten Broeck of the town of Livingston in said County being duly sworn says he is now Eighty Eight years of age, & is a pensioner under the act of June 7th 1832.That he was a Major in the Regiment of Col. Peter R. Livingston aforesaid. That he has known Adam Clum the above named applicant from his Clum's boyhood & he knows that said Adam was in service during the Revolution. That said Clum belonged to the company of Capt. Rockefeller, who belonged to said Regiment while said Clum resided in Germantown.
And this deponent further says that his Regiment was on duty at one time as far as Albany for two weeks to the best of his recollection and Clum was there as he states, but in what year he can not state positively & in 1777 the Regiment was at Fort Edward & elsewhere at the North for upwards of 4 months, & the company of Capt. Rockefeller was there, & from facts & circumstances mentioned by Clum, said Clum must have been there also
And this deponent says there was in his regiment a Capt Joseph Allan, or Allen. That detachments were frequently sent from his regiment to Fishkill, & he has no doubt that Clum served in his company as he states.
And this deponent further says that regular embodied Corps of 
Guards were organised to protec the
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The inhabitants from the incursions of the tories who were under a British officer called Huston. That these guards were organised in Sept. on duty by order of  the superior officers & the "Committee of safety" for the County. That in '77 or ' 78 such guards were almost  constantly on duty & were from time to time relieved by their companion, I have no doubt said Clum served in said guards as he states.
And this deponent further says that in the fall of 1779 his regiment was in service north as far as Saratoga & was there about one & a half months, scouring the woods & he recollects that said Clum was there, that time, & cut down a large free for the Regiment to crop a certain [unclear]
And this deponent further says that he knows that prisoners were sent at differ4ent times to Hartford but cannot say at what times or who went with them, but does not doubt the Clum served as he states.
Saml Ten Broeck 
Subscribed & sworn to
the day aforesaid
D Parker Clk
And the said Court hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after [unclear] the [unclear] prescribed by the War Department think the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the said Court further certify, that it appears to them that Adam Ryfenbergh & Samuel Glen Roacek who have sworn to the preceding affidavits are credible persons & their statements entitled to credit.
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I John D. Parker Clerk of the Justice Court aforesaid do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Adam Clum for a pension.
Witness my hand & seal of office
this 2nd day of May 1834
J.D. Parker Clk.
Application
of Adam Clum
1/2 mo in '77 when "press"
4 in 78 patrolling
against Tories
disallowed
J. W. Fairfield
[unclear]
[unclear]
$26.66
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28688
Revy INVALID
File No. 26,688
Adam Clum
Priv. Rev. War
Act: 7th June 32
Index: - Vol. 2 Page 73
Arrangement of 1870
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War Department
Pension Office
May 20, 1834
Sir.
The papers in support of your application for a pension have been examined. 
Among other [unclear] one of two months at Fishkill in the winter of 1776 and 1777, one of four months at Stillwater, and one of four months in the County of Columbia, are set forth in your declaration. Neither of them can be allowed, unless sustained by direct proof.
The papers are herewith returned.
I am respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
J. L. Edwards
R Adam Clum
Clarmont
N. York
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Mech & Farmer's Bank
Albany Pension Agency
Dec. 1. 1837
James L. Edwards Esquire,
Commission of Pensions,
Sir,
Adam Clum a Pensioner under the Act of June 7, 1832, claims pay on the enclosed Vouchers from 4 March 1835 to 4 Sept. 1837.
Be pleased to favor me with your instructions in this case
I am, Sir,
Very respectfully
Your obt. servt.
Tho. W. [unclear]
[unclear] [unclear]]
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29.587
Adam Clum
Clermont
New York
[unclear]
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office
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. These 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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, showing the Service of Adam Clum
Period when         Duration of claimant's service
service rendered     Years      Months    Days
Rank of           Name and rank of the Field
Claimant      officers under whom he served
Age at present, and place of abode
                             when he entered the service
Proof by which the declaration is supported

I am respectfully,
Your obedient servant, 
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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 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 wit the army  upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, etc, Teamsters, Boatmen etc. 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 Services.
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-comissioned 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 June, 1832,
State, Territory, or District of Count 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 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. The he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and 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, etc.]
He hereby relinquishes ever 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 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 Etc
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable  action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principle means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or detecting the imposition, if one can 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 tot he 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 is 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 you 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, who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of you 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 his 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 tje 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 a 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 that 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.
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Adam Clum - NY A -7 June 1832 $26. 66
When last paid
Pension Office
5 Dec. 1837
Pd to the 4 [unclear] 1835
JH
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State of New York
Columbia County for Adam Clum being duly sworn says that he made a Declaration for a pension on the 26th of December 1833. That in addition to said Declaration he now deposes that in all the services mentioned in said Declaration, he was engaged in co civil employment during the period, which he had declared, but was in actual service as a soldier during such periods. the he now offers further the affidavits of Henry Dick, William Snyder & William Hoff in proof of his said service.
Sworn before me this 1st June 1834
Nathan Chamberlin
Justice of the peace
Adam Clum
before me
Wm. Ovebagh
Justice Peace
Wm. Snyder
X mark
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State of New York
County of Columbia William Snyder of German town in said County having duly sworn Deposeth & sa9th that he is well acquainted with Adam Clum, that said Clum and in the Army of the Revolution as a soldier with this Deponent at Town of Fishkill, also at the North, at the taking of Bogoyne in 1777 - and was in service there & on the retreat, and also at Stillwater in all four months or more - said Clum also was at Fishkill two months or more as a soldier in actual servie
Subscribed & sworn the 29th day of July 1834 before me
Wm Von Bagh
Justice Peace
Wm Snyder
his X mark
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I certify that I am acquainted with William Snyder who has sworn to the within affidavit and that he is a credible person and his statement entitled to credit -
Wm. Overbagh Justice Peace
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State of New York
Columbia County Adam Ryfenbergh being duly sworn says that, in his affidavit made Dec. 26th 1833 in favor of Adam Clum he intended to state explicitly that said Clum was in actual service as a soldier with with this deponent at Fishkill in the fall & winter of 1776 two months in this company of Captain Joseph Adams says now.
Subscribed & sworn this
10th day of June 1834
before me Wm. Vonbagh
Justice of the peace inst.
for Columbia County
Adam X his mark Ryfenbergh
I certify that I am acquainted with Adam Ryfenbergh who has sworn to the above affidavit that he is a credible man & his statement entitled to credit -
Wm. Vonbagh Justice of Peace 
for Columbia County
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State of New York
County of Columbia Henry Dick of Germantown in said County - having been duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Adam Clum and has been since the Revolutionary war, that this deponent is knowing to services done by said Clum during the revolutionary war in standing Guard in said Town of Germantown from the springtill fall full four months under captain Rockefeller & Captain Smith in the year 1776 -
Subscribed & sworn the 4th day of June 1834
before me - 
Wm. Von Bagh
Justice of the Peace [unclear] for Columbia County
Henry Dick
I certify that I am acquainted with Henry Dick who has sworn to the above affidavit that he is a credible man and his statement entitled to credit -
Wm. Von Bagh
Justice of the Peace
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State of New York.
Columbia County I Joseph D. Monell Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Nathan Chamberlain & William Ov bagh before whom the within affidavits purport to have been  sworn were at the date of the same Justices of the Peace [damage] in & for said County that I am acquainted handwriting & verily believe their names subscribed to said affidavits & the certificates annexed, are the genuine signatures of said Justices - Witness my hand & seal of office
This 27th day of August A.D. 1834
In the absence of Joseph D. Monell
Richard Covinger
Deputy Clerk