Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13736, for Isaac Lent, New York
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(3-1776)
Service New York
Lent, Isaac
Number S13736
Carded
Contents
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4095
New York
Isaac Lent
of Cortland, in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company Commanded by Captain Sackett of the Regt. commanded by Col. Van Daick [Dyck] in the New York line for 9 months. 

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 30 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of Jany. 1833 and sent to Mr. N. Ward  Hon of that -

Arrears to 4th of Sep 1832. $45
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th Nov '33 15
$60.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk,
Book D Vol. 5, Page 107
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No. 11919
Isaac Lentz
51416
A. Ward
Sing Sing
Westchester N. Yk.

183

[written diagonally]
26 Dec 1832
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[Printed form with handwritten answers]    

No. 11919
Brief in the case of Isaac Lent of Cortlandt, County of Westchester, in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Before a Commissioner authorized to act as Judge of the Supreme Court 
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? It does not
3. How old is he? Sixty seven years [illegible notation]
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Period.
Enlisted the year that Genl. Cornwallis was captured (1781) 
Duration of Service. 9 months
Rank. As a Private 
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. 
Capt. Sackett's comp'y New York Rangers. Col Van Duyck Reg't. 
& was called out on alarms. 3 months at various times
5. In what battles was he engaged? not ans
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Cortlandt, New York
7. Is his statement supported by living witness, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses and by traditionary evidence. 
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so , in what respect? not [illegible]
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
[isignature] Chas. B. Wilbert Examining Clerk.
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In the Matter
of
Isaac Lent of the Town of Courtlandt County of Westchester an Application for Pension under act of 7th June 1832
11919
admitted
9 mo
30$
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On the twenty fourth day of August in the year 1832 personally appeared before me Ralsaman C Austin a Commissioner to perform the Duties of a Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of
New York residing in the town of Courtlandt in the County of Westchester Isaac Lent of the said town of Courtlandt aged sixty seven years last January 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 -
I first entered the service of the United States in the same year in which Cornwallis was captured by enlisting for 9 Months into Capt Sacketts Company of Rangers in the regular line of State troops of New York in Col. Van Duyck's Regiment. I served out my period of enlistment in ranging from one place to another from the North River to the East and various places in the County of Westchester and was in the skirmish at Mile square when our party was surrounded by Col. Holmes and his tories and cut our way thro them killed one man and wounded fourteen and was finally regularly discharged after having faithfully served out the period of my enlistment.
In addition to this service I was frequently called out at alarms in [various]
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various quarters of the Country, the time I was engaged in this service would in my belief according to my best recollection amount in the whole to more than three months. And I do further relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State and I do further declare that I have no documentary evidence relating to my enlistment services or Discharge. In answer to the Interrogatories recommended by the War Department I answer as follows.  I was
born in the year 1765 according to the best information I have, in the town of
Cortlandt aforesaid. My age was recorded in a bible kept at my Fathers house but in
the taking down of some part of my Fathers house for the purposes of repair it was either lost or destroyed & I have caused my age to be set down on a family piece with my relatives generally according to my Brothers statement of my age as entered on the family Bible which family piece is now hanging up in my house in said town of Courtlandt. I lived in said town of Courtlandt when I entered the service and have ever since the revolutionary war lived in said town with the exception of two years I lived in Phillipstown in the County of Putnam and about seven years
in the County of Orange. I now live in
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said town of Courtlandt. I was called into the service by having voluntarily enlisted in the manner before detailed excepting where I was called out in alarms and on scouting parties.  I recollect that Col. Hamilton, Major Fish, Major [illegible] & Col. Putnam were with the troops where I served - And the general circumstances of my service are herein before detailed _ I have no documentary evidence relating to my enlistment service or Discharge - The names of persons in my present neighbourhood to whom I am known and who can testify to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution are Gen. Pierre Van Courtlandt and St. John Constant Esquire of the said town of Courtlandt
Isaac Lent ["his" and "mark" written above and below the "-" mark designating his signature]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me 
[signature] R. C. Austin Commissioner to perform Duties of a Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of New York _ 24th Aug. 1832

We, [several lines crossed out] Pierre Van Courtlandt & St. John Constant residing in said town of Courtlandt hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Lent who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be Sixty seven years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion - And we do further certify that there is no clergyman residing in the neighbourhood of the said Isaac Lent
[signatures] 
Pierre Van Cortlandt
St John Constant
Subscribed & sworn before me the day & year aforesaid before me R. C. Austin Supreme Court Commissioner _
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And I do hereby declare my opinion after Investigating the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And I do further certify that it appears to me that [several lines crossed out] Pierre Van Courtlandt and St. John Constant who [crossed out] signed the preceding certificate are residents of the said town of Courtlandt & are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. And I do further certify that the above named Applicant Isaac Lent can not from bodily infirmity attend Court - And I do further certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings before me in the matter of the application of Isaac Lent for a Pension - 
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand this 24th day of August 1832.
[signature] R. C. Austin Commissioner to perform Duties of a Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of New York _
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State of New York
West Chester County } ss. 
James Croft and Henry C. Vought of the town of Courtlandt in said County being duly sworn do depose and say that they both entered into the service by enlisting into the Company of Rangers Commanded by Capt Sackett at the same time with Isaac Lent and served with him in the same Company for nine months and were discharged at the same time.  We well remember being in the skirmish with said Lent at Mile Square When our Party was surrounded by Holmes and his Tories & cut our way out Killing one man & wounding fourteen in the manner detailed by said Lent in his Declaration. And further these Deponents say not.
James Croft ["his" and "mark" written above and below the "+" mark designating his signature]
Henry  C. Vought ["his" and "mark" written above and below the "X" mark designating his signature]
Subscribed & sworn this 24th August 1832 before me 
[signature] Daniel Wm. Birdsall Commissioner of Deeds 
Dec. 29. 1832 I certify that Henry C Vought is a credible witness
[signature] A Ward M. C.

State of New York
West Chester County ss }
I Nathaniel Baylies Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of West Chester Do Certify that Ralsaman C. Austin before whom the preceding declaration of Isaac Lent was sworn and other proceedings had on the application of the
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said Isaac Lent for a Pension was on the day of the date of said Proceedings duly commissioned and sworn as a Commissioner to perform duties of a Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of New York and as such Commissioner has on said day full power & authority to administer oaths & to do those acts which Judges of the Supreme Court of said State has a power to do at chambers & also that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Commissioner & verily believe that the signature to the Declaration of the said Isaac Lent and to the Certificate of Pierre Van Cortlandt & John Constant and also to the decision of the said Commissioner on whether the application of said Isaac Lent is genuine - And I do further certify that Daniel Wm. Birdsall whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of proof of the affidavit of James Craft and Henry C. Vought was on the day of the date of said certificate a Commissioner in & for said County of West Chester residing in said County Commissioned & sworn and duly authorized to take the same And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Daniel Wm Birdsall and verily believe the signature thereto is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County the Twenty sixth day of September 1832
[signature] N Bayles
[Illegible seal affixed next to the Clerk's certification]
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Rev.&1812 War Sections.
May 4, 1928
Mrs. William C. Leggett,
2973 Briggs Avenue,
New York City.
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 13736, it appears that Isaac Lent was born in January, 1765 at Cortland, Westchester County, New York.
While a resident of said Cortland, he enlisted in 1781 and served nine months in Captain Sackett's Company, Colonel Van Duyck's New York Regiment and was in a skirmish at Mile Square.
He was out at various times on alarms and scouting parties, in all about three months, no officers stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 24, 1832, while a resident of Cortland, New York.
It is not stated that soldier was married.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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Hon. A Ward
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Isaac Lent, which require further proof or explanation.
I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  Yes
II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  Yes Taken before a commissr whose authority is not recognized
III.  If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  Yes
V.  * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?  Yes  The term of each call or alarms should be separately & ?ally[illegible] stated.
VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  Yes
VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  Yes
VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion?  Yes
IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate?  Yes
X.  Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  Yes
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XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his heighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  No
XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  No
XIII.  If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony af at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV.  [dagger] If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?  No    Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?  Yes
XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  Yes
XVI.  [double dagger]  Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  No
XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories precribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  Yes
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:  For ______ year_____ months and _____days.  I served as a _______ .  For _____months and ______ days,  I served as a ______ ; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months [italics] is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
[dagger]QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service. [italics]
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 withnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and 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.
[double dagger]QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers. [italics]
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not writtenon the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
May 4, 1928.
Thomas C. MacPherson,
Dimond Building,
Peekskill, New York.
Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 13736, it appears that Isaac Lent was born in January, 1765 at Cortland, Westchester County, New York.
While a resident of said Cortland, he enlisted in 1781 and served nine months in Captain Sackett's Company, Colonel Van Duyck's New York Regiment and was in a skirmish at Mile Square.
He was out at various times on alarms and scouting parties, in all about three months, no officers stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 24, 1832, while a resident of Cortland, New York.
It is not stated that soldier was married.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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Washington Heights Chapter
New York
[Seal of Daughters of the American Revolution]
Regent
Mrs. FLORA KNAPP DICKINSON
3495 Broadway 
New York
Phone Audubon 6500
1st Vice- Regent
MRS. GEORGE D. BANGS
14 Elston Road
Upper Montclair
2nd Vice-Regent
MRS. EMORY B. LEASE
Hudson View Gardens
183rd St. and Pinehurst Ave.
Recording Secretary
MRS. AUDLEY K. LEON
621 West 188th St.
Treasurer
MRS. W. ARTHUR PAYNE
20 Hamilton Terrace
Corresponding Secretary
MRS. HARRY WEBER TAYLOR
2739 Kingsbridge Terrace
Registrar
MRS. WILLIAM C. LEGGETT
2973 Briggs Avenue
Historian
MRS. WRIGHT B. HAFF
395 Washington Avenue
Pelham, N. Y.
Chaplain
REV. MILO H. GATES
540 West 155th St.
March 1, 1928-
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please be kind enough to let me have an official letter to be filed with my papers, relative to the services performed by Isaac Lent, private and Sergeant, Fifth (Drake's) Regiment, First Company, and Sergeant January1, 1777, three years, discharged December 23, 1779.  (Westchester Co., N.Y.)
Thanking you, I am
Sincerely, 
Achsah Taylor Leggett
(Mrs. William C.)
[Stamped:  U.S. Pension Office Mar 3 1928]
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Law Offices
DOYLE AND MACPHERSON
Dimond Building
Peekskill, N. Y.
N.Y. Tel.529-W.
Charles E. Doyle
Thomas C. MacPherson
February 11th, 1928.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am interested in obtaining any official information that you may have in your files, as to the records of One Isaac Lent, who was born in Westchester County, New York, on January 4th, 1764, and who, according to information received from the Adjutant General's Office of the War Department, served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War from the Town of Cortlandt, Westchester County, and State of New York.
He enlisted as a Private in the "Fifth Drake's Regiment 1st Company" on or about January 1st, 1777, and was discharged on December 23rd, 1779.
What I desire to have is a certified copy of any records which you my have in your office, in connection with the services rendered by said Isaac Lent during the revolutionary War.
Thanking you to advise me, I remain
Very truly yours,
Thomas C. MacPherson
TOM/EW.
[Stamped: U.S. Pension Office Feb 14, 1928]
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HEADQUARTERS NATIONAL GUARD, NEW YORK,
Stewart Building, 280 Broadway,
New York City, March 25th, 1902
[Stamped:  OLD WAR & NAVY [?] MAR 28 1902
L.  S.  B.
[Some illegible handwriting]
Pension Department, 
Washington, D. C.
Sirs:-
Can I obtain from your Office a record of one, Isaac Lent, a soldier in the War of the Revolution, and afterwards a pensioner?  He died September 5th., 1849, and is buried near Peekskill, N.Y., so I am informed.  I desire the above information for the purpose of joining the Sons of the Revolution.  If you cannot furnish the above, will you kindly refer this communication to the proper department.
Thanking you for the courtesy, I am,
Very respectfully, 
J. Howard Carpenter
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[Handwritten:  OW & N      ECL]
[Stamped:  O. W. & N. DIVISION
OCT 6 1900
RECEIVED]
Spokane, Wash.
Sept 28th, 1900.
To
Commisioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
I am desirous of joining the Daughters of the American Revolution through my ancestor Isaac Lent, who was a pensioner.
Isaac Lent enlisted from the state of New York, on or about the year 1782, at the age of 18 years, served until peace was de-
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clared, and afterward drew a pension until his death, Sept. 5th 1849, aged 85 years, 8 months, and 1 day, and was buried in Barn[?] Courtland Cemetery near Peekskill, N. Y.  Any particulars you may be able to give me concerning said Isaac Lent will be very gratefully received by
Mrs. J. T. Cooper,
1919 Pacific Ave.
Spokane, 
Wash.
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[Tri-fold words split over left and right edges:]
Oct.-9-1900 [illegible]
Mrs. J. T. Cooper Spokane Wash
Apl-24-1900  !
J. Howard Carpenter  N. Y C. '5
1928-May 4 - Hist to Mrs. Wm C. Leggett  Ans.
1928-May 4 - Hist to Thomas C. McPherson (ans)

Rev War [check mark] 
13736
INVALID.
File No. 13,736
Isaac Lent
Priv Rev War
Act:  June 7" 1832
Index:-- Vol. 1, Page 221
(Arrangement of 1870)