Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,590, Henry Gerolman, New York
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Service
New York

Gerolman, Henry

Number
S. 43, 590

Contents
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New York
16202
R

Henry Gerolman
of Putnam Co. in the State of New York
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by 
Colonel Dubois of the New York
line, for the term of three years

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 25th of May 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27th of Nov. 1819 and Sent to Peter A. Jay 
New York City

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1819    $122.86
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1820 - $48.00

Total $ 178.86

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act 18th March, 1818}

Continued

File  March 20

Letter to Pension Agent June 26,1837

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 Sept. 1834 to 3rd March, 1835, the day of his death 
Agent notified 20 August 1840.
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Treasury Department
Second Comptroller's Office
July 28th, 1840

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April 1838, entitled " An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,:  The child of Henry Gerolman, a Pensioner on the Roll of the New York City Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars and cents per month, under the law of the 18th March 1818, has been paid at the Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1834 to the 3rd March 1835, the day of his death.

Respectfully yours,

Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present
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Copy of the Declaration of Henry Gerolman
16202 Mar 20
Putnam County
New York

Already on Pension Rolls
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State of New York  

Putnam County ss: 

 On the fifth Day of June AD. 1821 personally appeared in open Court in the Court of Common Pleas of said County the same being a Court of Record for the said State proceeding according to the course of the Common law with untimited Jurisdiction as to amount keeping a record of its proceedings. Henry Goodman aged seventy one years resident in the Town of Patterson in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows. That he enlisted in the autumn of the year of seventeen hundred seventy five as a private soldier in Captain Ichabod Doolittles Company Colonel - Waterberry Regiment Connecticut volunteers and was at the taking of St Johns & the attack of Quebec the following winter, in the autumn of seventeen hundred & seventy six enlisted as a regular soldier & was a Sergeant in Captain James Rosecrants Company Colonel Dubois Regiment being the fifth of the New York line and served in the Continental service under Captain Rosecrantz and Colonel Dubois & Willet till the autumn of 1781 or spring 1782 when he was discharged at New Windsor in the State of New York the Regiment then being commanded by Colonel Willet was at fort Montgomery when taken by the British assisted at the taking the Sacandaga & Onondaga Castles was in the Battle of the White plains had his by leg & arm broken in the service by which he has been ever since partially Crippled & by reason of which & age & other infirmities he has been unable to support himself by labor & has depended much upon private charity for a living ^ that that he is by profession a shoemaker  his family consists of himself his wife Jane aged fifty seven years infirm and unable to work
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But little, Daughter Mary aged thirty six of a Consumptive habit and unable to support herself and Grandson John aged five years that the date of his original Declaration for a pension was May 25th 1818 and the number of his pension certificate 16.202 under which he received eight Dollars per month up to March 4th 1840. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner Disposed of any property or any part thereof with interest there by so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed much of which I have raised by private charity 
Schedule of Property
 One Cow, two hogs eight Geese, twelve fowls, one ax, one pitchfork, one rake, one hoe, one shovel, one Crobar, fourteen chairs, three tables, one stand, three candlesticks, one lamp, two flat irons, two andirons, one shovel and pair of tongs, one gridiron, two chests, two trammels, one stove, one tea kettle, two spinning wheels, one real four old barrels five other barrels, one hogshead, one case of Drawers, one Bible Russels sermons, Christian remembrances life of Joseph said books having been purchased with pension money 1/2 Dozen Cups & Saucers, six plates, two pails four pans, one tub,  one set of shoemakers tools, one case of Drawers.
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Henry Gerolman

Sworn and Declared in open Court
before the Judges of the same this
5th day of June 1821
James Towner Clerk

State of New York
Putnam County

I James Towner Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copies from the Records of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is sixty Dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Carmel in said County this twenty first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one
James Towner Clerk
By Orrin M. Armstrong Deputy Clerk
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Printed by E. Conrad, Frankfort Street


State of New York,ss.

To the Hon. Richard Riker
Recorder of the City of New York, and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New York, which is a Court of Record of the State of New York

The Declaration under Oath of Henry Gerolman
formerly a soldier engaged in the Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War, now a citizen of the United States and resident of Putnam County and State of New York, respectfully sheweth,
THAT the said Henry Gerolman Enlisted a soldier, sometime in the fall of the year 1776 for the Term of three years in Captain Rosencrant's Company in the 5th New York Regiment Commanded by Col. Lewis Duboys [Dubois] from the State of New York, under the Continental establishment and actually served against the Common enemy of my Country until the fall of the year 1782 and was then honorably discharged by inability but my discharge has been lost by accident.  I was in the action at Fort Montgomery in 1777 I was in an action at White Plains and several skirmishes with the Indians.
I am now about 68 years of age.



And the declaration further sheweth, that the said Henry Gerolman is now a citizen of the United States, resides in the county of Putnam, New York, and is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support.


Therefore the said Henry Gerolman conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War", approved 18th March 1818, and requests your Honor will examine into the truth of the matter aforesaid, certify, and transmit
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the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case made and provided, And in support of the facts above set forth, the said Henry Gerolman refers to Col. Lewis Duboys [Dubois] in whose Regiment I served and I have attached his Certificate of my service to this request which is all the testimony in my Power at present to obtain.



City and County of New York, ss.
Henry Gerolman of Putnam County State of New York, being duly sworn, saith, that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing Declaration, are in all respects just and true.

Henry Gerolman

Sworn before me this twenty fifth day of May 1818

R. Riker

Recorder of the City of New York

City and County of New York, ss.
if _ being sworn, saith that _ well acquainted with

Sworn before me this _ day of _ 181}
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City and State of New York, ss

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this twenty fifth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen before me Richard Riker Recorder of the City of New York, and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New York, which is a Court of Record, personally appeared the aforesaid Henry Gerolman

who being duly sworn to the truth of the facts, stated in the foregoing Declaration and by the Certificate of Col. Lewis Duboys who was an Officer in the Revolutionary war and well known by me and he is entitled to the fullest credit due

WHEREUPON I being satisfied that the said Henry Gerolman did serve in the Revolution of the United States under the Continental establishment in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy; for the term of nine months and longer, to wit:  for the term and the manner stated in the Declaration of the said applicant; and that the said applicant is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act aforesaid.  THEREFORE I DO HEREBY CERTIFY and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War.

Given under my Hand and Seal of the said Court, in the City of New York this twenty fifth day of May in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen

R Riker

City of New York
Bezaleel Howe being duly sworn saith that he knoweth the above named applicant Henry Gerolman and hath known him for seven or eight years and this deponent knoweth that the said applicant who is a shoemaker is indigent & reduced circumstances in life & is in need of the assistance of his Country for support

Bezaleel Howe

Sworn the 18th Sept. 1819 before me
P.A. Jay
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Henry Gerolman
Soldier

additional testimony is now added viz.
the certificate of Col. Dubois

Admitted

I Peter Augustus Jay Recorder of the City of New York do certify that it satisfactorily appears to me that the within named Henry Gerolman is in indigent and reduced circumstances in life and needs the assistance of his Country for support.

Dated 9 Nov. 1819
P. A. Jay
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43590
INVALID
Rev. 
File No. 43590

Henry Gerolman
Private Rev. War

Act:  18 March 1818

Index:  - Vol. [?], Page 191

[Arrangement of 1870]
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State of New York

City and County of New York, ss.

I, BENJAMIN FERRIS, Clerk of the City and County of New York and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said City and County, 
Do hereby certify, that Richard Riker, Esq. before whom the annexed Affidavits were made, and who hath subscribed his name to the Certificate also hereto annexed, was on the day when the said Affidavits were made and the said Certificate signed, Recorder of the  City of New York and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New York, and duly commissioned and sworn.  
And further, that the said Court is a Court of Record of the State of New York, and that the signature of R. Riker subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper hand writing of the said Richard Riker.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this sixteenth day of July, 1818.

Benjamin Ferris
Clerk
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State of New York
City and County of New York, ss.

I, BENJAMIN FERRIS, Clerk of the City and County of New York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said City and County, do hereby certify, that PETER AUGUSTUS JAY, Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavit was made, and who hath subscribed his name to the Certificate also hereto annexed, was on the day when the said Affidavit was made, and the said Certificate signed, Recorder of the City of New York, and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New York, and duly commissioned and sworn.  And further, that the said Court is a Court of Record; that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Peter Augustus Jay, and verily believe that the signature of P.A. Jay subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper hand writing of the said Peter Augustus Jay.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this ninth day of November 1819.

Benjamin Ferris
Clerk
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Mechanic's Bank
New York 
22nd June 1837

Sir,

I enclose for your examination the papers in the case of Henry Gerolman deceased a Private at $ 8 per month under the Act of 18th March 1818, the heirs claim the balance of his pension from the 4th of September 1834.

Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant,
J. Willard


James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Carmel, NY
22nd June 

Received 26 June 1824



Hon. John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington
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Carmel Putnam Co. New York
21 June 1821

Sir

Enclosed is the Declaration of Henry Gerolman a Revolutionary Pensioner made for the purpose of procuring a continuance of the Pension
Please send the Returned  to your Humble Servant, 

Jeremiah Hine


Hon. J. C. Calhoun
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State of New York
Dutchess County ss.

Lewis Duboys of Poughkeepsie in Dutchess County a person well known to me and who I certify to be worthy of credit, personally appeared before me the undersigned  Asst. Judge of the court of Common Pleas for Dutchess County and on oath declared that he commanded the fifth New York regiment in the army of the United States, during the war of the revolution from the time the said regiment was formed in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six until such regiment was broken up by a re-adjustment of the New York line in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one; that Henry Gerolman was present and who the deponent understands resides in Patterson in the County of Putnam entered the said regiment in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six as a private under an enlistment for the war and continued for years in such regiment as a soldier under the said enlistment until the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty when the deponent left his regiment on account of injuries received in the campaign of that year.

Lewis Duboys

Subscribed and sworn to this 25th of October 1819 before me
James Emott
Asst Judge of Dutchess County

I Jacob Van Beuthuysen  Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Dutchess in the State of New York do hereby certify that the above named James Emott was at the time of the date of the above affidavit first Judge of said County duly commissioned and sworn and that the above is his signature.  In witness thereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty fifth day of October one thousand eight hundred and nineteen

J. VanBeuthuysen
Deputy Clerk