Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,811, John West, New York Vt.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
New York
Vt.

West, John

NUMBER
S. 14.811

Carded

CONTENTS
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[verso]

Date of death not on AB

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1855
New York
John West of Onondgua in the State of New York who was a Pri & Cor: in the C - commanded by Captain [blank] of the Reg't commanded by Col. Smith in the *New York line for 7 months a private and 9 months a Corporal
*Vt. and N. Y. 
Records completed, Mch 27/07-8.
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of Novr: 1832 and sent to M. L. Mills
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Arrears to 4th of Septr. 1832 $80.00
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4th Mar. 33 36.66
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$106.66
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Geo C. Stiles Clerk
Book D Vol. 5 Page 155
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Brief No. 7910

John West

admitted
16 mo
$53.33

Myron L. Mills
Agh
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No. 7916

BRIEF in the case of John West of Camillies County of Onondaga in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
Before a Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
~

3. How old is he?
72 years

5. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
In 1776 Spring -
I should think the month of May.
1778 fall
1779 March 1st

Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days.
~        5           ~
~        2           ~
~        9           ~

Rank.
As a
private
"
Corporal

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen.
Col. Smith.
Major Allen
Col. Cooley.

5. In what battles was he engaged?
of Long Island

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Huntington - New York

7. In his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
by traditionary Evidence

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
They appear to be in the form.

2/ 53.33
26.66
80.00

*Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

James Ord
Examining Clerk.
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John West

7916
John West application for Pention under the act of June 7th 1832
N.B. If a Certificate is granted Direct it to Marcellus - Onondaga County NY
Myron L Mills
agent for the aplicant
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In the Court of Chancery State of New York & County of Onondaga } ss
On the 14th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before Daniel Moseley Esq vice Chancellor of the Seventh Circuit District in said State at a court of chancery held at Onondaga in the County of Onondaga in said District John West a resident of the Town of Camillus in said county of Onondaga and State of New York aged Seventy Two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832 (viz)
That he entered the services of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated he enlisted in the spring of the year 1776 (should think in the month of May) at the Town of Huntington in the County of Suffolk and State of New York on long Island into a company of New York state troops (he believes) the Company was commanded by Captain Platt (thinks his Cristian name was Nathaniel) the Ensigns name was William Smith the regiment was commanded by a Colonel Smith (dont recollect his Cristian name) he marched with his company to Brooklin oposite the City of New York where he was Stationed untill our troops retreated from Long Island some time in the fore part of Sept. (should think) when he crossed over to New York City and from thence he retreated with the american army to Kingsbridge at which place he remained untill he was discharged at the expiration of five
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months from his enlistment - during this tour he was in the Battle of Long Island at Brooklin he frequently saw General Washington Lord Sterlin and General Putnam - he further declares that after he was discharged he resided in the Town of Norwalk in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut about one year from whence he removed to the Town of Sandgate in the County of Benington in the State of Vermont and that in the Fall of the year 1778 at the town of Sandgate afforesaid he entered the serves of the United States as a substitute for one Frederick Hurd in the Company of Militia Commanded by Captain Hutchinson and in ['Colonel' crossed out] Major Allens Regiment on Battallion (don't recollect either of their Cristian names) his Company and Stationed at Pittsford fort in the State of Vermont during this term of servis which was two months that he was engaged in scouting on the northern frontier the principle part of this time - he further declares that on the first of March 1779 ['he' crossed out] at the Town of Sandgate afforesaid he enlisted into a Company of Vermont State troops Commanded by Capt Comstock and Lieutenant Lewis and Dimick (dont recollect either of their Cirstian names) in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Cawley that he marched to Pittsford fort above mentioned where he was stationed for a term of Nine months when he was discharged that Capt Comstock had the command of the said fort at Pittsford with a part of the Regiment while Colonel Cawley was Stationed with the residue of the regiment at Castleton the Regiment was station there to guard the frontiers and that he was engaged in scouting
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the frontiers the principal part of the time during the nine months that he served as a Corporal during this term - that he thinks he never Received a written Discharge from either of the above mentioned terms of servis if he did he has no recollection of them nor dont know what has become of them that while in the last mentioned servis he knew Ethan Allen and Colonel Warner and other officers - that he has no documentary evidence of his serves - that he has not the testimony of any living witness to said serves and dont know that he can procure any - that he was born in the Town of Huntington County of Suffolk and State of New York in the year of our Lord 1760 that he has no record of his age and he believes there is none - that he lived in Huntington aforesaid when he first entered the serves and that since he left the serves he has lived in Sandgate in the County of Benington and State of Vermont untill about Twenty Eight years ago when he removed from there to the town of Aurelius in the County of Cayuga in the State of New York where he lived one year and then removed to the town of Marcellus in the County of Onondaga and State afforesaid ['where' crossed out] and ['he' crossed out] lived there about Twenty three years from whence he removed to the Town of Cammillus in the County and State afforesaid where he has resided for the last four years
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that he has been acquainted with the Reverand Live Parsons and Myron L Mills of Marcellus afforesaid for about fifteen years past whom he expects will certify to his Character for Veracity and their belief relative to his servisis as a soldier of the revolution
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to  a pention or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pention roll of of the agency of any State
/s/John West
Subscribed & sworn this 14 Day of Sept. 1832 
/s/Daniel Moseley Circuit Judge & vice Chancellor - 

We Live Parsons a Clergyman residing in the Town of Marcellus County of Onondaga and State of New York and Myron L Mills residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John West who has subscribed  and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Seventy two 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
/s/Levi Parsons
/s/Myron L Mills
Subscribed & sworn to this 14 day of Sept'r 1832 } /s/Daniel Moseley Circuit Judge
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And the said Court do hereby declare there opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named aplicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and the Court further certify that it appears to them that Levi Parsons who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman residing in Marcellus and County of Onondaga afforesaid and that Myron L Mills who has also signed the same is a resident in the Same Town and is a credible person - and that their statements are entitled to credit
/s/Daniel Moseley
Vice Chancellor

I Daniel T. Moseley Deputy Clerk of the Court of Chancery of the seventh Circuit for the state of New York do hereby certify that that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John West for a pension 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 14th day of September one thousand eight hundred and ninety two
/s/Daniel T. Moseley
Deputy Clerk
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[typewritten letter]

November 23, 1936
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BA-J/EEL
John West-S.14811

Mr. Benjamin J. Carr
2644 Morris Avenue, Bronx
New York, New York

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of John West, who served during the Revolutionary War in the 2" and in the 5" New York Regiments.
The record of one soldier only named John West, who served with the New York Troops, has been found. His history is furnished you herein, the data for which were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.14811, based upon his military service in that war. It is hoped that this history will be of interest to you.
John West was born in 1760, in Huntington, Suffolk County (Long Island), New York. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in said Huntington, John West enlisted in May 1776, served in Captain Nathaniel Platt's Company, Colonel Smith's [margin note: See NY in the Rev. Page 171. also NY Actions page 288-] 
New York Regiment, was stationed at Brooklyn, was in the battle of Long Island, crossed to New York with the American army, and retreated to King's Bridge, where he remained until discharged, having served five months: after his discharge, he moved to Norwalk. 
Fairfield County, Connecticut, and resided about one year, then moved to Sandgate, Bennington County, Vermont, enlisted there in the fall of 1778, served in Captain Hutchinson's Company, in Major Allen's Battalion, Vermont Troops, was stationed at the fort at Pittsford, Vermont, and was engaged in scouting on the northern frontier; he enlisted March 1, 1779, served as corporal in Captain [margin note: See NY book page 387] Comstock's Company, Colonel Cooley's Vermont Regiment, was again stationed at Pittsford Fort and engaged in scouting; length of this service nine months.
About 1804, he moved from Sandgate, Vermont, to Aurelius, Cayuga County, New York, lived one year, then moved to Marcellus, Onondaga County, New York, and lived for twenty-three years, then
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[typewritten letter]

moved to Camillus, same county and state.
John West was allowed pension on his application executed September 14, 1832, while residing in Camillus, New York.
There are no data as to soldier's family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, John West (S.14811), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records
Division, this city, and cite the following data:
John West, Certificate No. 1855, issued November 12, 1832, rate $53.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New York Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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1936 - Nov 23 - Hist to Benj. J Carr. EEL

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14811
Rev War INVALID.
File No. 14,811
John West
Corp Rev. War
Act: June 7" 1832
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 400
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[typewritten letter]

New York, Nov. 7th, 1836

Veterans Administration, 
Washington, D. C. 

[receipt stamp: U. S. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION RETIREMENT-CHIEF NOV 10 1936]
[receipt stamp: U. S. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION RETIREMENT-CHIEF NOV 10 1936]
[margin note: Co NY]

Gentlemen; - 
I have been advised by the Adjutant General's Office at Washington, that one John West served in the 2nd New York Regiment from Jan. to June 1781 during the Revolutionary War, and his name last appears on the company muster roll for April 1783.
Also a John West served in the 5th New York Regiment enlisted date not shown from Jan 21st 1777 to Dec. 1780 dated Schenectady Dec. 31st 1780.
I would like to ascertain if possible his place of residence, and any information relative to his family at that time, and it was suggested, that I write to your bureau to see if you have any pension records in this connection.
I will be grateful for any data you may have to enlighten me. 

Very truly yours,
/s/Benj. J. Carr
Benj. J. Carr,
2644 Morris Ave., 
Bronx, New York.
[receipt stamp: RECEIVED NOV 9 1936 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS ADM. READER 18]