Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14444, for Peter Shufelt, New York
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New York
CONTENTS

Shufelt, Peter
NUMBER
S.14444 ┃
Carded
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2705
New York
Peter Shufelt
Born in the State of New York
who was a Pri & Serg in the Company commanded
Captain Steenbergh of the Regt commanded
Col Dubois in the New York line for
4 years Private 1 year Sergt
and on the Roll of New York
the rate of 100 Dollars - per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of December 1832 and sent to I Bellow
Rensselaerville NY
Arrears to 4th of September 32 $150.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33
50.00
$200.00
Revolutionary Claim, ┃
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by 
Jno Cromwell Clerk
Book D
Vol. 5 Page 204
He died May 29, 1834
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admitted
1 year Sergeant
4 years private
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State of New York
Albany County SS. On this 23d day of July 1832
personally appeared before Joseph B. Moore a
Judge of the County Courts of the County of Albany
and State of New York Peter Shufelt, a
resident of the town of Bern in the County of Albany and State of New York
aged 77 years and upwards 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 7. 1832
That he entered the service of the
United States under the following named officers
and served as herein stated
He entered the said service
at the town of Rhinebeck in the County of Dutchess in the State of New York, where he then
resided. In the spring of the year 1776, and
listed or joined Captain Steenbergh's company
in Colonel Dubois Regiment, and immediately
marched to West Point and from there to Stoney
Point and was engaged in building forts, and marching from one place to another along the lines until the spring
of the next year 1777, or at least one year, when he
was discharged. That in the next year of the year
after he again entered the said service in Capt John
E. Pinkney's Company in Colonel Dubois Regiment
Elias Van Benchaton was a Major in the said Regiment that
he continued in the said Company and regiment, and did duty as a private soldier until
the close of the War, that during this time he was
at West Point, and at various Forts and places some
times doing garrison duty at others building
forts, that he belonged to the forces that were
in the Highlands to guard that section of the country during three or four years of the latter part of
the war, that they frequently marched from West
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Point, to other places in the Highlands and down
the river, and back; from year to year untill
the termination of the Rev. War, that he
frequently saw Genl. Washington, Genl Green
Gen. Putman Genl Sullivan & Genl Arnold that
his reccollection is verry poor and he
cannot possibly recollect all the places he
was in and the particular services he her for
mend-- But that he well knows that he was
almost the whole of the time in the service of
the United States during the Revolutionary War
that he was at the engagement, when Fort
Montgomery was taken, and he at one time
received a wound on his leg by a musket ball
from the British, and thinks it was at or near
West Point. That he received a written discharged from Captain Pinkney, which was
burnt up at a time when his house was not burnt
in Rhinebeck in Dutchess County, a few
years after the close of the war. That he
has no documentary evidence, nor does
he know of any person he can procure to
testify to his service- That he resides 20
miles from the city of Albany where the
Courts of Record are held for the County
of Albany, that he is very infirm and
 decrepid [decrepit] and that it is wholly impossible for him to go that distance to attend the Court
He hereby relinquishes every claim
whatever to a pension or annuity except the
present, and declares that his name is not 
on the pension Roll of the Agency of any State
Peter Sargent
sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid 
me J. B. Moore Judge
of Albany County Court
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State of New York
Clay County SS. Elizabeth Witbeck residing
in the town of Bern in the County of
Albany and State of New York aged
80 years, being duly sworn deposes and
says, that her maiden name was Elizabeth
Ristoff, that she was born and brot [brought] up in
the town of Rhinebeck in the County of
Dutchess in the State of New York
And this deponent further says that she well
knows Peter Shufelt who has subscribed and
Sworn to the foregoing declaration and
has known him ever since he was a boy
and know him perfectly well in the Revolutionary War. And this deponent further
says that the said Peter Shufelt, did enlist
in Capt Steenbergh's Company in Colonel Dubois
regiment in the year 1776 and went into the
service of the United States in the said War
that the said She fell down the river towards
West Point, and understood at the time, that
he was going to that place to serve as a soldier
that he was gone from home a consider
able time, and when he returned home, the
this deponent saw him and understood
that he had been a soldier at West Point
And this deponent further says that the
said Peter Shepelt was again in the
said service, and understood that he was
in Capt Pinkney's Company and Colonel
Dubois Regiment, and the well recollect
that he was in the Army three or four
years, and always understood, that he was a
soldier in the said War, that the saw
him after he returned from the service
and that he had one of his toes that of
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While he was in the service aforesaid, and
this deponent further states that the said Peter
Shufelt has always been reputed to have been
in the Army of the Revolution in the
United States service at least three or four years,
and further that the said Peter Shufelt is a
man of truth and veracity, and
that she verily believes the facts and circumstances stated in the said declaration
of the said Peter Shufelt to be substantially
true, that she is unable to write her name
having never been taught to write
Elizabeth her x mark Witbeck
Sworn and 
Subscribed this 23d
day of July 1832
Before me
B Moore Judge
of Albany County Court

State of New York
Albany County SS Isaac H. Watson residing in the town of Bern in the County
of Albany and State aforesaid being duly
sworn deposes and says that he well knows
Peter Shufelt who has subscribed and sworn
to the within declaration, that the said Peter
that is a man of truth and veracity and
is entitled to full credit and belief. And further that the said Peter Shufelt is reputed
and believed in the neighbourhood where he
resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that he served as he states. And
this deponent further states that he well knows
Elizabeth Witbeck who has sworn to the
foregoing affidavit that she is a woman
of strict integrity and veracity, and that 
full credit and belief is to be given to her 
Statement
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And this deponent further says
that he verily believes the facts and circumstances stated by the said Peter Shufelt
in his said declaration, and the facts
Stated by the said Elizabeth Witbeck
in the above affidavit to be substantially
true - Isaac H. Watson
Sworn & subscribed this
23d day of July 1832
Before me J. B. Moore Judge
of Albany County Court

State of New York
Albany County ss. I the subscriber a Judge
of the county courts of the court of Albany and state aforesaid do hereby certify
and declare my opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the
interrogatories prescribed by the War Department
that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states-
And I do further certify that I am well is
acquainted with Isaac H. Watson who
has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit, that he is a resident of the said town of
Bern and a near neighbour to Peter Shufelt the said applicant. And I also certify
that the said Isaac H. Watson is a credible
person, & a man of undoubted truth and veracity
and that his statement is entitled to full credit
and belief. And further certify that the said
applicant cannot attend the Court by reason of bodily infirmity. B. Moore
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State of New York
City & County of Albany
I Conrad A. Ten Eyck Clerk of
the City & County of Albany do hereby certify
that Joseph B. Moore before whom the within
affidavits and declaration were sworn and
who has made the within certificate is a
Judge of the County Court of the County
of Albany and State of New York, and is
that the signature J. B. Moore to the said
declaration, affidavit and certificate is his
genuine signature - In testimony where
of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of the said County this
28th day of July 1832
C. Ten Eyck Clerk
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State of New York
Albany County SS On this 16th day of November
1832 personally appeared before
me Joseph B. Moore a Judge of the County
Courts of the County of Albany and State
aforesaid Peter Shufelt a resident of
the town of Bern in the County of Albany
and State of New York aged 77 years and
upwards who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make
this further and additional declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the act
of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
He entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as
herein stated and as he has stated in his
declaration hereto annexed made on the
23d day of July 1832-

He entered the service
of the United States at Rhinebeck in the County of Dutchess in the spring of the year 1776
in Capt Steenbergh's Company in Colo Dubois
regiment for the term of Nine months as
Sergeant and served
out his term of nine months and then at 
the particular request of Genl Washington
he served in the said Company and regiment three months longer, making in
the whole one year. He was discharged in
writing in the spring of the year 1777 by Capt 
Steenburgh, and served at the places and in
the manner mentioned in his said declaration-- he was discharged at West Point in
the State of New York
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He again entered the said service in the
Spring of the year 1777 before he left West Point
and while he was in Fort Montgomery and
enlisted in Col Dubois regiment for the
term of four years. He supposed when he
made his declaration hereto annexed that 
his Capt name was Pinkney, but on reflection
he is satisfied that "Pinkney" was
not his name. He now thinks that his Capt.
name was Gidney but he is not
positive, old age and disease has so much
impaired his recollection that it is
impossible to remember his officers names
with positive certainty. He however can
swear positively that he served out his
term of four years as a private soldier
and was discharged in the Highlands in the
thing of the year 1781, and recd a written
discharge from his Captain, he served in
the manner & at the places particularly set
forth in his declaration hereto annexed
He was in the actual service
of the United States in an embodier corps
and served one year as a Sergeant and
four years as a private soldier - and for
such service he claims a pension
He was born on the 18th day
of April 1755 at the town of Rhinebeck in
the County of Dutchess in the State of New York
where he resided when he first entered
the said service-- from Rhinebeck he removed
to Claverack in Colembia County and from
there he removed to Saratoga County where
lived more than 40 years and from there
 
1 year as a Sergeant
4 years as a Private
5 yrs in the whole
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he removed to Bern where he now resides
and where he has lived since March last
He has seen a record of his
age in his fathers Bible and there is a record
of his age on the Church record in Rhinebeck where he was Baptised
He saw and knew Genl
Washington, Gene Pitman Genl Arnold and
Gates, Genl Green Major Wolcott who were
with the troops where he served. He does
not particularly recollect what continental or militia regiment he served with
 He is known in
his present neighbourhood to Isaac H Watson
Elder Crocker Laurence Witbeck, James Legget
Adam Deits and others who can testify to his
character for veracity and their belief of his
services as a soldier of the revolution 
he has lost the
use of one of his eyes and is verry feeble
and infirm and is wholly unable to travel
to Court, his eyes are now much inflamed
and troublesome-
He has no documentary evidence
nor does he know of my witness
he can procure to testify to his service
except the persons who have made affidavits hereto annexed
his discharge s are burnt in Conrequence of his house burning up -that his eyes are so much inflamed that he cannot see
to write his name
to and subscribed this
Peter his x mark Shufelt

sworn & subscribed of November 1832
Before me J. B. Moore Judge of Along County Courts
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We Ephraim Crocker a Clergyman residing in
the town of Rensselaerville in the County of
Albany and State of New York and James
Leggett residing in the town of Bern in
the County and State aforesaid hereby certify
that we are well acquainted with Peter
Shufelt, who has subscribed and sworn
to the foregoing declaration; that we believe
him to be 77 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
Ephrm Crocker
 James Leggett
sworn and subscribed this
16th day of November 1832
before me B. Moore Judge of
Albany County Courts

Albany County Ss I the subscriber a Judge of the County
Court of the County of Albany and State of New York
do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Ephraim Crocker and James Leggett
who have subscribed and sworn to the preceeding
Certificate, that the said Ephraim Crocker is a
Clergyman, resident in the said town of Rensselaarville in the County of Albany and that the
said James Leggett is a resident of the
said town of Bern in the said County, and
is a credible person, and that their statement
is entitled to credit. In Witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand this 16th day of November
A.D. 1832

J.B. Moore
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State of New York
Albany County SS I Conrad A. Ten Eyck Clerk
of the City and County of Albany do hereby certify
that Joseph B. Moore before whom the within
declaration and certificate were sworn and who
has made the within Certificate is a Judge of
the County Courts of the County of Albany in the
State of New York, and that the signature "J.B.
Moore" to the said declaration and certificate
is his genuine signature - In testimony whereof
have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of the said County this 23rd day of November
A.D. 1832
C A Ten Eyck Clerk
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August 31, 1934
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Peter Shufelt - S. 14444
BA-J/AWF


Florence M. Robinson
6848 Union Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War record of Peter Shufelt
of New York.
The data furnished herein were obtained from
the papers on file in pension claim, S.14444, based
upon the military service of Peter Shufelt during the
War of the Revolution.
Peter Shufelt, as his signature is shown in the
claim, was born April 18, 1755 in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, New York; the names of his parents are not
given.
While residing in Rhinebeck, New York, Peter
Shufelt enlisted in the spring of 1776 and served one
year as sergeant in Captain Steenbergh's company, Colnel
Dubois' New York regiment. He enlisted in the
spring of 1777, served as a private in Captain John E.
Pinkney's or Captain John Eidney's company he could
not remember under which captain he served in Colonel
Dubois' regiment; he was at the taking of Fort
Montgomery, was stationed at various forts, was
wounded by a musket ball, having one of his toes shot
off and continued to serve until the close of the war.
He moved from Rhinebeck to Claverack, Columbia
County, New York, and from there to Saratoga County,
New York, where he lived forty years.
He was allowed pension on his application exe-
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cuted July 23, 1832, then a resident of Bern, Albany
County, New York, where he had lived since March last".
The soldier, Peter Shufelt, died May 29, 1834,
place not designated.
The are no data concerning the family of this
soldier in the claim.
In order to obtain the name and address to whom
the last payment of pension was sent, you should apply
to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office,
Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing the following
data
Peter
Shufelt
Certificate 2705
Issued December 4, 1832
Rate 100.00 per annum
To commence March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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INVALID.
File No. 14444
Peter Shufelt
Sergt & pri Rev War
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June 7th 32
dex: --Vol. 1, Page 33p
(Arrangement of 1870]

[column 2]
1931 Jan 9  Hist R Henry S Shufelt
1934 Aug 31 " " Florence Robinson
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FLORENCE M. ROBINSON
6848 UNION AVENUE
CHICAGO, ILL.
August 6, 1934
.

Washington Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.
Washington, Headquarters
We are getting information
for our Shufeldt genealogy and
also wish to have a bronze marker
on our great grandfather Peter
Shufeldt's grave; so will you give
us information about Peter
Shufeldt Rev. Soldier, Albany Co
Militia, the Regiment. We think
he enlisted from Ballston Spa, N.Y.
A lawyer named Chas. Jenkins of
Rensselaerville, N.Y. in 18
-
helped him get his pension of $100 a year He
had his big toe shot off, now we want

to know who Peter Shufeld to
father and mother were and also
his wife and children. If
we get this information our
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branch of the family
will be
complete. Any other information
will be gladly appreciated.
Yours sincerely,
Florence M. Robinson
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5389 Bourret Street,
MONTREAL, Canada, December 8, 1930
Bureau of Pensions,
Revolutionary Department,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
I have been directed to write you for the following information
which I trust you may be able to supply.
Peter Shufelt, of Albany County NY was granted a pension in 1832
and I would like to receive a copy of his application and any other
information concerning him which you may have. I have also record of
a David Schufelt, who died at Montreal in 1813 and who was an American
 soldier
, Can you give me information concerning him from which I could
establish his identity,
Thanking you,
I am,
Yours very truly,
Henry C. Shufelt
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January 9, 1931

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF: MLB

Mr. Henry S. Shufelt
5389 Bourret Street
Montreal, Canada

Dear Sir:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.14444, that Peter Shufelt was born April 18, 1755 in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York.

While residing in Rhinebeck, New York, he enlisted in the
spring of 1776 and served one year as sergeant in Captain
Steenbergh's company, Colonel Dubois' New York regiment. He
enlisted in the spring of 1777 and served as private in Captain
John E. Pinkney's or John Eidney's (he could not remember under
which captain he served), Colonel Dubois' regiment. He was at
the taking of Fort Montgomery, was wounded in the leg by a
musket ball and served until the close of the war.
He moved from Rhinebeck to Claverack, Columbia County, New York
, and from there to Saratoga County, New York where he
lived for forty years.
 
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 23,
1832, at which time he was living in Berne, Albany County,
New York.
He died May 29, 1834.
There are no data as to family.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner