Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 27,346, for Solomon Purdy, New York
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(2-1776) 

SERVICE 
New York

Purdy, Solomon

NUMBER 
S. 27.346 

CONTENTS
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New York. 
Solomon Purdy 
Sergeant Co Capt Teller   
NY regt
U. S. Army

Inscribed on the roll of the New York Agency at $5, and increased to $8 per month, by act 24 Apl: 1816 – 

Formal certificate issued 7 May 1824, and sent to Henry Butterworth, Newburgh, N.Y. 

[illegible – too light]

[corner cut off]
… pension removed 6 Feb. … letters to Agent & … Butterworth -
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[left side] 
Respectfully referred to the Dep of the Interior War Dep Nov 28 /53 
[illegible] 29 Nov. 1853

[right side] 
Lloyd Landing 
Ulster Co. N.Y.
Nov 20th 1853 
Wm S. Woolsey asks how the heirs of Solomon Purdy are to proceed to obtain a Pension – 
Respectfully referred to the Commr of Pensions
Dept Int
Dec 1/ ‘53 
Geo Conkling Chf Clk

C.C.
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Lloyd Landing Nov 20th 1853. 
Messrs. I was requested by the heirs of Sollomon Purdy to write you a few lines respecting the pensions of the old revolutionary soldiers, the said Sollomon Purdy was a lieutenant, he was faithful all through the revolution and consequently met with many troubles and losses for our protection. There has not been any thing paid for his services. But we know if the cause is just, you are willing to inform us how to proceed and as willing that all just pensions should be paid, we are prepared to prove by good evidence that Sollomon Purdy was all through the revolution. he got his commission from general Washington.
He died in the year 1825. aged about 91. his wife lived 4 years after him and died about the same age. please to inform us wether there will be any pay for the last four years of the widows life. 
NB His name was on the reccord at Albany. Please to examine your revolutionary reccord, I think you will find his name without doubt.
write me an answer as soon as you can conveniently for our main witness is a verry aged man who is not likely to last but a few days. 
Please to direct your letter to William S. Woolsey Lloyd Landing Ulster County N. Y. 
Respectfully yours [signed] Wm. S. Woolsey
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The heirs are twelve in number Viz. 
Elizabeth Willson.
Mary Kniffin. 
Solomon Purdy (Jun.) 
Anor Purdy.
Ruth Presler.
Sylvanus Purdy.
Amy Purdy.
Samuel Purdy.
John Purdy.
Hannah Perkins.
Phebe Woolsey.
Anna Law.
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Application for a new certificate 
County of Orange State of New York ss
On this seventh day of April 1824 before me Henry Butterworth a commissioner to take affidavits in the said County of Orange personally appeared Solomon Purdy who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formely belonged to the company commanded by Capt James Teller in the regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Drake and that on or about the 1st March 1782 he was ordered out and commanded by Colonl Hull or some other continental officer in the company commanded by Capt Isreal Honeywell in the service of the United States at the time he was wounded that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of New York but never received a formal certificate from the secretary of war but now wishes to obtain one
[signed] Solomon Purdy 
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid – 
[signed] Henry Butterworth
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State of New York 
Orange County } I Asa Dunning Clerk of the County of Orange Do hereby certify that Henry Butterworth Esq whose name is subscribed to the within Certificate and before whom the annexed affidavit was taken was on the day of the date of the said Certificate a Commissioner in and for the County of Orange Commissioned and Sworn and duly authorised by law to take the Proof and acknowledgment of Deed and Discharge of Mortgages &c and any affidavit or other Oath be be read or lived in any Court of [illegible] within this State and further that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Commissioner and verily believe that the signature of Henry Butterworth subscribed to the said Certificate is the proper hand writing of the said Commissioner In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this Ninth Day of April 1824 -
[signed] Asa Dunning
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By Richard Platt & Richard Varick of the City of New York Esq - This is to certify that in pursuance of the Law of the State of New York entitled an act making provisions for officers Soldiers & Seamen who have been disabled in the service of the United States passd 22 day of April 1786, We have examined Solomen Purdy of Marlborough in the County of Ulster Farmer and that during the late War he was a Sergant in Capt James Tellers Company in Regment of Westchester County Militia commanded by Collonel Samuel Drake, that on or about the first of March in the year one Thousand Seven hundred and eighty two he was ordered out and commanded by Capt Isiah Honeywell to attack the enemies post at Morrissania in the same County that on or about the third or fourth day of the same month in the retreat of the detachment he received a Pistol Shot from one of the enemy wich entered his Belly and came out of his Right hip, that he was then taken a prisoner that by means of the wound aforesaid he is rendered unable to obtain his livelihood by Labour that on the eleventh day of December last he was twenty eight years of age, 
Wherefore in pursuance of the Law aforesaid We do further certify that uppon the principals of the act of Congress of the 7th day of June 1785 the said Solomen Purdy, he is entitled to receive from the Treasurer of this State a yearly Pension of Sixty Dollars from the Fourth day of October in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty four if not before said 
Given under our hands this 2d day of May 1788 
Signed 
Richd Varrick 
Richd Platt
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State of New York
Orange County } ss
Personally came before me Henry Butterworth a commissioner to take acknowledgment of deeds affidavits &c in the aforesaid County. Solomon Purdy and made oath to the following, he states that during the Revolutionary War he was a sergeant in Capt James Tellers Company in the regiment of Westchester County Militia that was commanded by Colonel Samuel Drake, and that on or about the first day of March in the year One Thousand seven hundred and eighty two he was ordered out and commanded by Colonel Hull or some other continental officer in the company commanded by Capt Isreal Honeywell to attack the Enemies Post at Morrissania in the county of Westchester on or about the third or fourth day of the same month in the retreat of the detachment the received a Pistol shot from one of the Enemy which entered his belly and came out of his Right hip that he was then taken a prisoner at Morrissania and was taken to New York and confined in the Sugar House a short time and sent from the Sugar House to the Hospital in New York he was a prisoner about four months, he was exchanged by General Skinner Commissary of Prisoners and sent by General Skinner to Verplanks Point in Westchester County with the rest of the Prisoners that was exchanged He was so badly wounded that after he  (over)
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was exchanged he could not walk home and he states that he is the Identical Solomon Purdy above named and has drawn his pay as a Pensioner from the Fourth day of October One Thousand seven hundred and Eighty four to the fourth day of September last –
[signed] Solomon Purdy
Sworn and subscribed to is seventeenth day of January One Thousand Eight hundred and Twenty four before me 
[signed] Henry Butterworth Commissioner 

State of New York
Orange County }  I Asa Dunning Clerk of the County of Orange York Do Certify that Henry Butterworth Esquire before whom the above affidavit was taken & whose name is subscribed to the above certificate was on the day of the date of the said Certificate a Commissioner in and for the County of Orange - Commissioned and sworn and further that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Commissioner and verily believe that the signature of Henry Butterworth Subscribed as above is the proper hand writing of the said Commissioner In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this Twentieth day of January 1824 – 
[signed] Asa Dunning -
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July 16, 1907. 
Mrs. Susan H. P. Means, 
4 Park Place, 
Geneva, N. Y. 
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 3rd instant and received the 5th, you are advised that from the papers in the claim of Solomon Purdy (Inv. File No. 27,346), it appears that he was born December 11, 1759, and during the Revolution was a sergeant in Capt. James Teller's Company, Col. Samuel Drakes' regiment of Westchester Co., N. Y. Militia; and on March 3rd or 4th 1782 while serving in Captain Israel Honeywell's Co. he received a pistol shot wound of r right hip and was taken prisoner at Morrisania and exchanged after being confined in New York City for four months. In 1788 he was residing in Marlborough, Ulster County, N. Y. and in 1824 in Orange County, N.Y. He died in 1825 and his wife (whose name is not stated) died about four years later. 
He was pensioned as an invalid from October 4, 1784 under the Act of June 7, 1785. 
A careful search of the records of this Bureau fails to show that a claim was filed on account of the service of Philip Tunison in the Revolutionary War. 
In order to identify such claims the full name of the soldier
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is essential.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.
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New Burgh 
Hon John C. Calhoun 
Secretary of war 
Washington City 

see letter to Purdy 4 Dec. 1823. 

made subject
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New Burgh Nov 25 – 1823
Hon J. C. Calhoun 
I some time ago had the honour to inform you on the authority of Common report & the representation of several respectable persons that a man living in this Neighbourhood who served in the Butter’s army in the revolutionary war was receiving a pension under the law of 1818 - as I was unwriting [?] to excite a prejudice against him at the war office which might cause him to be stricken from the pension roll without an oppertunity to answer - I at that time forbore to mention his name but afterward with a view to a satisfactory investigation of the subject requested a copy of the affidavits on
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which the Pension was granted which appear to have been burnt with the war office - his name is Solomon Purdy Junior and as appears from the letter of Mr Edwards is an invalid Pensioner – as [illegible] during the revolution lived on the lines a distance of fifty miles from here and the affidavits relating to his service are destroyed  I do not know of any mode of arriving at certainty on this subject of the [illegible, Enform?] opinion in the Neighbourhood in which he lives is that he did not serve in the american army in the revolutionary war. Yet as there is a possibility that the report originated in mistake and has been continued through [illegible] and as his pension is his only support perhaps it would be most prudent to call on him to renew his affidavit
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This if true would shield him from suspicion & if false would lead to his conviction 
I Remain with great Respect 
[signed] Walter Case
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Hon J. C. Calhoun
Sect of War 
J L Edwards Esqr 
Washington

Newburgh
Jany. 23

Recd. Jan. 27. 1824.
Solomon Purdy
[illegible, Jnr? Invd?]
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Honl J C Calhoun New Burgh January 17. 1824 
Sir I send you an affidavit made by Solomon Purdy should his affidavit not be deemed sufficient other testimony can be offered by living Witnesses that was with him in the Revolutionary War You want confer a particular Favour on S Purdy By informing me who the Informant his, Mr. Purdy Feels very much hurt to think that any person would charge him with Purgery, for if he his not the man he must have sworn false a great many times - as he has sworn twice a year that he his the Identical Solomon Purdy named and described in the Pension certificate he obtained from Richd Varrick & Richd Platt Esq in the year 1788, I annex you a copy of his certificate to the affidavit, I should advise Mr. Purdy to have produced Testimony from other sources But the Witnesses living in Westchester County and he being unable to pay the expence I deemed his own affidavit would be sufficient agreeable to your letter to Mr. Purdy you will please write me and if consistent who the Person is that gave the Information to the war department - I have seen his wound twice in four years examined By two Respectible Physicians and it exactly accords with the one described in his certificate 
From Yours Respectfully 
[signed] Henry Butterworth
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Mr. Edwards

For formal certificate 
Recd 19 Apl. 182[?]
He must forward the notification on which he has been hitherto paid. 


Free
Hon J C  Calhoun 
Secretary of War
Washington

Newburgh N.Y.
15th April

Let to Mr. S. Woolsey 3. Dec 33
Hon G Dean Dec 27/53
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New Burgh April 12 1824 
Sir/ I send you an application for a new certificate for Solomon Purdy, he tells me he never Recd any certificate from the Secretary of War, all he ever Recd Was a Notification Signed By Richd Platt and Richd Varrick Esq – a Coppy of which I sent you some time in January last 
from yours Respectfully 
[signed] H Butterworth

Hon J C Calhoun
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Ho. of Rep 
Decr 22 1853 
Sir
Will you inform at your earliest period of the service of William McName who was in Capt Livingstons Co Col Pawlings Regt. Revolutionary War - and if there is anything due his widow. 
Also of the service of Solomon Purdy, Col Dane Delevan Capt Samuel Delevan - Purdy informs me that his Father was a Lieut under Capt Delevan 
Yours Respectfully 
G. Dean 

L. P. Waldo Esq 
Com of Pen
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Revy 
27346 
INVALID. 
File No. 27,346 
Serg. N.Y. Regt Revy war 
Act: Invaled 
Index: --Vol. 2, Page 329 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 

1907 July 16. Hist to Susan H. P. Means   aw.
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[stamped U.S. Pension Office July 5 1907]

[stamped O. W. & N. Div. Files Jul 6 1907]
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4 Park Place 
Geneva, N.Y.
To the Pension Bureau – 
My dear Sirs – 
Will you please send me as much information concerning the family data of Jonathan & Soloman Purdy as can be gained from their pension papers or their widows 
Were there any other pensioners from N.Y. State (Rev. War) by the name of Purdy?
And was Philip Tunison ever
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a pensioner (Rev. War) 
Thanking you in advance 
I am yours very truly 
[signed] Susan H. P. Means 

July 3rd 1907.