Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3917, Adam Garlock, New York
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New York
CONTENTS
I
Garlock, Adam
NUMBER
R. 3917
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Adam Garlock

application for a pension
as a soldier of the Revolution

I certify that I am
acquainted with the
affians who have signed
this certificate & that it is
genuine. I also certify
that I am well acquainted with
& have full confidence in his [illegible]
Sept 10 1853

W. R. Sackett
Lot No 6. of 27th
District N.Y.
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State of New York
Wayne County ss On this 25th day of August 1853 personally
appeared in open Court, before the Wayne County Court
being a Court of record having a Seal, now sitting Adam
Garlock a resident of the town of Palmyra in this County and State aforesaid aged Eighty six 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 & served as herein stated
viz. He entered the service under Col Marinus
Willett first as his servant & was not during the first
year under the command of a Captain as a
regular soldier, but constantly under Col Willetts
general Orders, with his command & frequently dispached by him as a courier from one military post
to another with his orders this was in the year 1779
& early in 1780, was in the Valley of the Mohawk on
the Indian frontier New York & the service was
defending the frontier from the depredations, [illegible] & Murders of the Indians, Tories & British. We were
stationed most of the time that year at a small post
called Fort Defindorff  the fort consisted of [illegible] or posts driven in the ground from a foot to two feet
through sharpened as the top with [illegible]; it
enclosed are and containing one grain house, a
large log building used as barracks & two other
small frame buildings, all the buildings were
loopholed for muskets. There were at this post serene
small cannon, one brass jin called a six pounder
Capt Jacob Defindorff was captain at this place
the indians & horses one night were seen approaching
the fort, the guard find, the alarm was given
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the whole force of the post at once under arms
for action. When the enemy found they were discovered they fled. this fort was build as the
expense of the people of the frontier & so dangersous
were the attacks of the Indians & tories that for a
long time the surrounding inhabitance and to lodge
in the fort night & always was with arms by
them during the day. Col Willett was at this fort most
of the time that season but his duties were active all along the frontier & I had to be with him
this declarant further says that he served
year of his service, the year 1780 he served in the
Indian frontier services of the Mohawk Valey as a
Volunteer in the militia, was regularly armed &
did full service, stood guard, was constantly engaged
in all the service of the frontier, frequently out on scouting parties, our head quarter that year were at Indian
Castle on the South side of the River some Twenty
five or thirty miles west of Albany. This fort was made
the same as the other, only there was a regular block house
seven small houses all of which were looped for
Musketry, then won at this place, that year, about fifty
volunteer soldiers, of which I was one, during the year & then
was a quite a number of Oneida Indians, one Captain
was George House, appointed by the militia of that region
We had two cannon. On one side of this fort was a
wilderness & on the other sides at commanded a full
in of its approaches for a long distance. We were frequenty
that year ordered out to travel this wilderness for
10. 15 & even thirty miles round in [illegible] of
Indians & Towns & as frequently preformed that duty
my father was taken prisoner in one of the
searching parties & was not returned or exchanged
till in the close of the war, Col Willett was
at Indian Castle a part of the time that year
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this was the region of the bloody operations of
Brant, the Bulters & their savage allies, there were regular
soldiers [illegible] lines at this first closing that year staying
but a short time & I do not remember the names of any of
the officer or men. I continued in service all that
year. the third year of his service was in
1781 & I served all the year in the same service
and at the same fort this was a my attone [entire?] year
the depredations of the Indians & Tories being frequent
of the most barbarous character; this year he was
ordered into the service & was not a volunteers & his
was on duty constantly at the fort & in the County
on scouting parties to the end of the year. We were
that year under the command of Captain
House, though col Willett used to frequently
detail me to ride express from fort to fort
which service I preformed many time during
that year as I infact did till the close of the
war. I was also engaged in the same service in
1782 & under the same offices, during that year I was
out with a scouting
party where we were attacked
by a party of Indians & Tories; these were twelve of
us & two of our men were killed. One was an
Oneida Indian, his name was Philip, he was a
large man & was called big Philip, the
other was a white men, I cant remember his
name, he was a Mohawk dutchman
And this declarant further says, he never
had any discharge, there never was any given
to those engaged in the above service to his knowledge & belief, that he also served in the
same service till after the close of the war
in the fall of 1783, the ports in the Mohawk
all be kept up for the summer after
peace was declared on [illegible] of fear of the Indians
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I have made diligent inquires but can now
find no one who was with me in the service
above related or in being part of it. I suppose
they are all dead, I can find no one who has any
personal knowledge of my service, I have no
record or papers that prove or affed any
evidence of said service or any part of it & never
had any there is no written evidence of my serviceto my knowledge or belief or of any part of it. There
was a man by the name of Jacob Forbes who
lived for many years in Lenox, Madison
County New York who was acquainted with my
service as above related but he died a year ago
this fall. I took his affidavit seven years
ago to apply to congress of relief & I suppose
it is now in Washington. the following is a copy
of his affidavit then taken
State of New York
Madison County ss I Jacob Forbes of Lenox in said
County deposeth & saith that he has been acquainted with Adam Garlock now of Knox in said
County while he the said Adam Served as
the Indian Castle in the now County of Herkimer
then Montgomery in said State in the capacity of
Waiter to Col Willett in the year of 1781 & 1782
since that time, and further knows that his
leg was broken at the aforesaid Indian Castle &
I saw him while he lay with his leg broken &
know that he remained lame with the same leg
further know that he the said Adam served
as waiter some times & some times as sentinal
at the said Indian Castle, so called, and
further this deponent says not
had & Sworn before
Jacob his x mark Forbes
Subscribed & sworn before me this
7th day of March 1846
Samuel Gliddon
Justice of the Peace
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And this declarant further says that
there is attached to said affidavit of said
Jacob Forbes the certificate of Timothy Jenkins
late member of Congress from the district whose
said Forbes lived of which the following is a
copy
I am personally acquainted with
the above named Jacob Forbes & have been
acquainted with him for twenty years
He is a man of good character and is
entitled to full credit as a witness
Timothy Jenkins
Washington 3 Feb 1853
[illegible] there is also attached to the
petition of this deponent to Congress a certificate
numerously signed by his neighbors & acquaintances of which the following is a copy.
the subscribers, residents of the Counties
of Madison & Oneida in the State of New York
are acquainted with Adam Garlock
named in the annexed petition &
papers & have been acquainted with him
some time past & that he bears the
character of an honest man
"Dated March 1846.

I entered the service in July
1779. & continued therein till the november
after the close of the war. I cannot till the
day I entered the service of the day I left
On the 7th day of November 1782 I was
& was sent by Col Willet a [illegible] to fort
Plain from Indian castle about 10 or 11
miles on horse back when I was returning 
him fell oath he broke my leg between
the [illegible] joint at my about
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of Joint. I have been lame of this injury
all my life. I marched Gen Herkimer
I was present when his leg was cut off.
think the surgeon was surgeon Petrie a doctor
Wright was also there my fathers having us that
him [illegible] hear Gen Hukins. my father
was a farmer. I am a farmer, was born about
three miles from fort Plain, in Montgomery County N.Y.
lived with Gen Herkimer for a while before he
died. After the war I went to the town of Minchin
in Montgomery County & lived there till [illegible]
years ago, then I moved to Susex Madison
County when I lived two years & then I moved to
where I now live when I have lived fourteen
years I am of German Origin, commonly known as
a dutchman. The reaon I have
not before applied for a pension is, I did
not know for many years after the act of 7th of
June 1832 that those who served in the Militia
on the Indian frontier were entitled to a pension
us to advised by those in whom I had
confidence. Some eight or ten years ago I heard
relief was sometimes granted by Congress & I then applied to Congress of relief & in the 31st
Congress a bill was passed one [illegible] my relief
but was not reached in the senate. I have now
been advised that my case is due of
a class that pensions are granted upon by
the pension department this is the name
I have so long delayed my claim or justice
at the hands of my Government. I was a
private soldier. I remember the names of
seven of the men who were in the service with
that they are all dead, Jacob Parker, Henry
Pickart, Nathan House & George Smith were away the
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the service was of such a character & the
men & offices so constantly changed that I do not
be the names of more of the office
then & in stated
I hereby relinquish every claim to a
pension or an annuity except the present
hereby declare that my name is not on
the pension roll of any lying in Any state
Adam his x mark Garlock

Subscribed and sworn to
before me in open Court
this 25th day of August
AD. 1853.
Leeman L Ketch
County Judge

We William R Webb & Porter McKinstry
Clergyman residing in the town of Palmayra
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
Adam Garlock who has subscribed & sworn to the
above declaration that we believe him to be Eight
six years of age, that he is reputed & believed
in the neighborhood where he resides to have
been a soldier of the revolution & that he
concur in that opinion
Sworn & Subscribed the
day & year aforesaid
viz August 25, 1853
War R. Webb -
a Peddie Justice
of
of the Peace Wayne Co
Porter W Kinstry
NY
And the said Obert do hereby declare their opinion, after
the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories
prescribed by the war Department that the above and
applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served
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as he states. And the Court further certify that it
appears to them that William R. Webb & Peter McKinstry who have signed the preceding certificate or
affidavit are Clergyman resident in the Town of
Palmyra in this County of Wayne and that in are
each Clergyman in regular standing & Creditable
persons, and that their [illegible] is entitled
full credit
By the Court 
Asxon B Garritt, Clerk

I Saxon B. Garritt
Clerk of the Wayne County
Court and Clerk of the County of Wayne, New York
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the
Original procedings of the said Court in the matter
of the application of Adam Garlock for a pension
And I further certify that James Peddie and
has taken the above affidavit & whos name is
subscribed to the jurat there was at the time
of them thereof a Justice of the Peace in the County of Wayne New York & that his signature to said
affidavit is his proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my Official
seal the seal of said Court and
County at Lyons this 8th day of
September AD 1853
Saxon B Garritt Clerk
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In the matter of the application of
Adam Garlock for a pension
as a Revolutionary
Soldier
Mr Abram Carle Supervisor of the
Town of Palmyra & James Peddie & Isaac E Barker
two of the Justice of the Peace of said town do certify
that we have been acquainted, for may years,
personally & by reputation with Adam Garlock
the applicant or a pension, who lives in this
town, and that he has always born the
reputation of having been a Revolutionary
soldier, that he is so [illegible] signed
by the community that he is an honest
upright old man & we have entire confidence in his story of his services as a soldier, that
we have entire confidence in his integrity
He is of German Origin a commonly known as
Mohawk Dutchman, mixes but little with
the world is a man in our judgment that
would be likely to not understand his rights
claim to a pension till informed by others
but when informed we think his oath or
word enting reliable
September 1853
Palmyra
Abraham T Carle
James Peddie
J.E. Beecher
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Rev. War Section.
August 8, 1912.
Mrs. George H. Goodrich,
301 E. Sherman Avenue,
Fort Atkinson, Wis.
Madam:

In reply to your letter dated the 5"" and received the 6"
" instant, you are advised that in the claim of Adam Garlock
R. File No. 3,917, Rev. War, it appears that he was 
born about three miles from Fort Plain, Montgomery County, New York, in 1767, and that he served on the
Indian Frontier in the Mohawk Valley, as follows: in July,
1779, he entered the service under Colonel Marinus Willett,
first as a servant, and afterwards as a courier from one Military
Post to another, and one time was at Fort Dievendorff
where Jacob Dievendorff was Captain.
In 1780, he was still on duty in the Mohawk valley, under Captain
George House, his headquarters being Indian Castle, and his
father, whose name is not stated, was taken prisoner in one of the
scouting parties, and not returned until after the close
of the War.
In 1781 and 1782, he was in the same service under the
same officers, and served until the fall of 1783.
He applied for pension, August 25, 1853, while a resident
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of Palmyra, Wayne County, New York, but his claim was rejected
as he did not furnish satisfactory proof of his alleged
service, as required by the pension law
There is no data on file as to his family
Very respectfully, 
Commissioner.
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FREE

Wasackett
NY
J Cole Esq
Acting
Com of Pensions
Washington

[stamp] SENECA FALLs NY
Sep 12
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Rvy Sec
L. W. KEMNITZ
MANUFACTURER AND REPORTER OF
WANEY PINE AND ROCK ELM

GREEN BAY, WIS.,

Bureau of Pensions,
Dear Sir, -
Washington, D. C.

Mr.
J. L. Davenport,
Nov. 5th, 1918.
Would you kindly send me what records you have of
service during the Revolutionary War of Mr. Adam Garlock or
Mr. Peter Garlock. These are great grand parents of Mrs.
Kemnitz, and she wanted to get some of these records for the
D. A. R.

Any information you can give me would be appreciated by,
Yours respectfully,

L. W. KEMNITZ

Personal inquiry
Feby 17. 1920

L. W. KEMNITZ

MANUFACTURER AND EXPORTER
OF SHIP TIMBER
GREEN BAY.
WISCONSIN

[STAMP] U S PENSION OFFICE NOV 8 1918
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Fort Atkinson Wis
8/5 1912
To the U. S. Commission
of Pensions - War dept
Wash. D.C.
Please inform me if the
name of one Adam Garlock"
is on the Revolutionary War
pension list and what can you
tell me of his record.
Adam Garlock enlisted from
the state of New York. I think from
Herkimer Co. but am not sure
I am told that he was a lad of
about 18 yes. and was orderly
to Gen. Washington.
Any information you may
be able to give me, will be
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gratefully received
O
I a a great grandaughter
of his and wish to qualify
for the D.A.R.
yours respectfully

Mrs Geo. H. Goodrich
301
E. Sherman Ave.
Fort Atkinson
Wis
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[STAMP] May 23 1905

U.S. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C
my dear Sir
Will you kindly give me
the Revolutionary service of
1
Adam Garlock my ancestor who

frought supposedly under
Gen Herkimer N York State
and greatly oblige
(Miss) Jean Bartlell
Williamstown
May 20 1905
New York
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June 5-1905. Hist to
Miss Jean Bartlett
Williamstown N.Y.
1912 Aug 8 Hist. to Mrs
Geo. H. Goodrich, V.L.M.
1918 Nov. 3 Hist to L. W. Kennitz
1920 Feby 18 Hist to L.W. Kemnitz


P. O.
Service:
3917.

Adam Garlock
Enlisted:
Discharged:
Application filed:
18
18
18
Alleges: Printed list of 1852
gives cause of rejection as
-
Re-enlisted: follows: "he did not
serve six months except as
Teamster
Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized.
Cert. of Dis. Searched for
Contract.
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Seneca Falls
Sept 23d 1853

S Cole Age
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you Comptroller
certificate of Adam Garlock Services
the name of the books I think his proof are now complete. Will you please
to this case. The old man is very
old. You must know many of
the men who represent his case
you will much oblige of or
will let me know about it
It is a case of long delayed Justice
Yours truly
W A Sackett

In that this certificate gets with the papers
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Anna Hales
Oct 12th 1853

Hon L. P. Waldo
Dear Sir

[illegible] of the 6 inst
this morning in which you say "there is no
evidence whatever of the alleged services
of Adam Garlock". I suppose this
is in acknowledgment of the
Compts Certificate. I said before
sent his proofs & seal then to his
Cole which he was acting Court
You will find them on file
think sufficient especially well
Compts Certificate
Yours truly
W.A. Sackett
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Tuma Seales
Sept 10th 1853

S. Cole Esq
Dear Sir

I send to day the papers
of Adam Garlock for a pension
you will see they are duly certified
by the best men in Wayne to many
of whom you know, and he has
one witness. that the old Dutchman
is honest that he rendered the
service I have no doubt he
ought to bear his pension. I hope
you will carefully examine it Is
it comes within the
rule as how regarded
Yours truly
W. A Sackett
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WA Sackett
Oct 15/53
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Pension office
October 15, 1853

Sir
In reply to your letter of the
12th instant. I would say that my
letter of the 6th had reference to the
whole case of Adam Garlocks and
upon a reexamination of his
papers filed. I find that there is
nothing purporting to be evidence in
the case with the exception of the
Comptrollers certificate, and the
testimony of several witnesses who
swear that the old man was reputed
a revolutionary Soldier
Hon W. A. Sackett
Seneca Falls NY
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W.A. Sackett
Oct 6 1843
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Pension Office
Oct. 6, 1843

Sir
The application of Adam Garlock
of N. York, has been recd & filed under the
act of June 7, 1832
There is no evidence, whatever, furnished
of the alleged services of the said
applicant
until such evidence is
furnished the claim can not be allowed

Hon W.A. Sackett
Seneca
Falls
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Adam Garloch

Comptrollers original
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State of New-York,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.

Albany Sept 14th 1853.
I certify that
-
Adam
Gerlach or Garlock appears as aas a 
private
Col.
Jacob Klocks
Regiment,
Capt.
Christian
House
as per pay of
militia
& Levy books
now on file at this
office
A. W. Lee
Exr. Clerk
Philip Phelps Compt
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Adam Garloch
NY
G C Ames 32
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State of New York
County of Herkimer
Be it known that before me
Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid
duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally
appeared Adam Garlock a resident of the town of
Vernon in the County of Oneida in the State aforesaid
who being first duly sworn according to law. States
that he was a Revolutionary Soldier and that he
believes the United States are still indebted, under
existing laws otherwise, for services rendered as such
Soldier otherwise during the Revolutionary war & for the
pension that was due under the application heretofore
made, and that he is directly interested as such
claimant in the pension for which said application
was heretofore made, and constitute and appoints
Solomon Petrie of Little Falls in aforesaid County and
State my true and lawful attorney with power
of substitution and with irrevocable power to examine into investigate into and establish the claim
for said pension and do all acts necessary thereto
In witness whereof Adam Garlock has
On this fifteenth day of June 1852 hereunto
Signed his name and affixed his Seal,
Witness
Arnold Petie

Adam his x mark Garlock

Signed acknowledged & Sworn before me
June 15 1855. Charles Lewis
Justice of the Peace
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I Solomon Petrie of Little Falls in the County of Herkimer and
State of New York by virtue of the authority given to me
by Adam Garlock named in the within Power of Attorney
do hereby substitute and appoint George Care of
the City of Washington, the Attorney and agent of said Adam
Garlock with all the power and authority which I am
able to give to him by virtue of the said Original
power of attorney
Witness my hand at Little Falls June 11th 1856
Solomon Petrie
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State of New York,
HERKIMER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE,

I E.T. CLELAND, Clerk of the County of Herkimer, DO CERTIFY that Charles Lewis Esquire whose name is subscribed to the certificate and Jurat of afidavit of the annexed
instrument, was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said
county, dwelling in said county, duly elected and sworn; and that I am well
acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe the name subscribed to the
said certificate and jurat of affidavit, to be his genuine signature.
In Witness thereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county, at Herkimer, this
day of June A.D. 1856
Wm H. Barry