Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,470, Jehoiakim Vosburgh, New York.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New York
CONTENTS
Vosburgh, Jehoiakim
NUMBER
S. 23.470
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24463 New York
Jehoiakim Vosburgh
of Columbia Co in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Lambert of the Regt commanded
by Col Widbeck in the New York
line for 6 months & 14 days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 20 Dollars 54 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Dec
1833
and sent J McCagg of
Hudson N. Y. Present
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 33 $53.85
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 10.77
$64.62
⎨ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Jno Cromwell Clerk
Book E Vol. 4 Page 85
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of New York ⎬
Columbia County
On this 3 day of
Dec 1833 Came before me the undersecy
and Justice of the Justices Court in
the City of Hudson Jehoiakim Vosburgh
of the Town of Stuyvesant in the
County of Columbia who being
first duly sworn according to Law
make the following amendment to
to his application for a pension
under the act of June 7th 1832
that his first service was under
Colonel Andries Widbick Capt Sambl
Burgash Lint Isaac Van Valkenburgh
& Ensign Andries Widbeck that he
served as stated in his Declaration
Six weeks this service is proven by
the affidavit of William Vosburgh
Term 6 weeks a private
----
again the first of Sept 1777 served under
Capt Isaac Van Valkinbugh Lient Jno Van
Alstine a Leut William Vosburgh Callout
Abrm I Van Alstine & Major Isaac Hors
of this term he has no living witness
but served as a privat Two months
again in 1780 serve under Capt
Isaac Van Valkenburgh in Colonel Abm
I Van Alstines Regiment this time is
proven by Lawrence M Gors whos affi
davit is annexd to his application
That he serve in this term 3 months
that he has not been able to procure
the Certificate of a Clergyman
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there being now in his neighborhood
except such as have been settled a
short time & that it is not in his power
to give any more clear statement
of his services than he has already
done that he is positive the above
does not comprise any thing like
the half of his service during the
revolutionary struggle but that
his memory is so much impaired
that he can not recollect the time
when the other services were performed

Sworn & subscribed  
this 3rd day of Dec 1833
before me
JM Clagg Jus Peace
 
Jehoiakim his x mark Vosburgh
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Columbia C
County
We John R Hors and
Andrius J Widbeck Residents of the town of
Stuyvesant in the County of Calumbia
  & State of New York hereby certify
that we are well acquainted with
Jehoiakin Vosburgh who has subscribed
to the annexed application for a pension
on that we believe him to be Seventy
Eight years of age that he is reputed
believed in the neighborhood where he
resides to have been a Soldier of
the revolution & that we concur in
that opinion
Sworn & subscribed 
before me this 3rd
of Nov 1833
JM Cagg Inn of Jos Court

John R Hols
Andrew J Witbeck


I Isaac McCagg one of the-
Justices of the Justices Court in the City of
Hudson by Certify that John
R Hors and Andris Witbeck who
have subscribed & sworn to the above
affidavit are residents of the Town of
Stuyvesant as by them stated
that they are us respectable inhabitants
of said town to me well known
that they are men of truth & Veracity
and their statements are entitled to
the fullest Credit. that their Reseden
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is ten miles from the City of Hudson that the Court was not in
session, and consequently-- I took their
affidavits out of Court- upon
their statement that they
could not come again in testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & seal of said Court
at Hudson this 3rd of Dec 1833
Isaac McCagg
Justice of Justices Co
I John D Parker Clerk of the Justices
Court in the City of Hudson hereby
certify that Isaac McCagg who has subscribed
to the above certificate &
before whom the foregoing affidavit
purports to be sworn was at the time
one of the Justices of the Justices Court
in a City that I know his hand writing and do verily believe his name subscribed thereto to be his own proper
signature in testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand
seal of office at Hudson this 3rd
of Dec 1833
of
Parker Clk
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28397
Application
of
Jehoiakin, Vosburgh
for a pension
I
McCagg

Agent
Hudson
Amended
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State of New York
Columbia County
On this 26th day of August
1833 personally appeared in open Court
before the Justices of the Justices Court
in the City of Hudson now City
Jehoiakim Vosburgh a Resident
of the town of Stayovant in the
County & state aforesaid aged
Seventy Eight years who being first
duly sworn according to Law
make the following declaration in
order to obtain the benefit of the
act of Congress passed Jun 7th 1832
That he was born in the town of
kinderhook in the County & State aforesaid on the 16th of August 1755
that he has no record of his age but
has always known his age since he can
recollect that he first entered the service
of the United States at the
Town of Kinderhook the was a Militia
of the inhabitants of said town and
the church previous to the Battle of
Bunker Hill at which he was present
at which the meeting entered into a
voluntary pledge to aid to the utmost of
our power in the coming struggle
that he first volunteered at the town of
KinderHook on the first of October
1775 under Colonel Andreis Widbeck
Capt Lambert Burgust Leut Isaac
Van Valkenburgh & Ensign Andris Widbeck
we marched from Kinderhook to Albany from thence to Saratoga from thence to a place called
Niskanna from thence to
Schenectady thence to Caughnawaga
where we remained about ┃
two weeks from thence we march
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about twelve miles to a place called
Antonys Non then returned
to Caughnawaga and were verbally
discharged on the 15th November
of said year
again on the first of September
1777 I volunteered under Capt Isaac
Van Valkenburgh Liutenant John Van
Alstine & William Vorburgh & Lieutenant
Abraham I VanAlstine was Colonel
& Isaac Hous was Major we marched
from KinderHook to Albany from
thence some distance above Albany
how far I cannot say and remained
in the neighborhood until after
the surrender of Burgoine I was
not in the engagement, but had been
detached from the main body
we were discharged about the first
of November verbally & returned
home
Term as a private two months
Again I volunteered at the
Town of Kinderhook in the County and state
aforesaid on the last
of August 1780 under Capt Isaac
Van Valkenburgh William
Vosburgh Liuentenant Abraham I VanAlstine was Colonel we marched
from KinderHook to Albany thence to
Mertine thence to Schenectady thence
up the Mohawk River to fort Plain
when a part of the regiment was
stationed one night a Battle was
fought I was not in the engagement
but was stationed in the port & remained
there a number of weeks when we
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were march back to Albany and
after remaining there a few days were
Verbally discharged & suffered to
return home on the first of Dec 1780
Term of Service as a private
Three months--
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While at Fort Plain there were served
Regiments present our under the command of Col Van Ness & many more
that I cannot name there was also
a regiment under Colonel Brown -
Col Brown was killed in the engagement
I do not recollect the names of any of
the officers except those named, the
persons to whom I would refer the-
Department for my character for truth
Veracity are Lawrence M Gors Esq
[illegible] Butter Esqr William Van Horn
Esq that I have no documentary
evidence, & no living witnesses except
Lawrence M. Goes & William Vosburgh whose
names are hereunto annexd
that he has not been able to obtain
the affidavit of a Clergyman in
as much as the Clergyman in the
town where he resides has been settled
but a short time & knows nothing
of his services that he hereby relinquishes all claim what was to
a pension or annuity except the
Present & declares that his name
is not on the Pension Roll of the
Agency of any State
Jehoiakan his x mark Vosburgh
his
sworn & subscriber 
the day & part above
mentioned 

Parker clk
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State of New York
Columbia County
I William Vosburgh of the
town of Stuyvesant in the County & State
aforesaid aged Seventy Seventy Seven
do hereby certify that I am well acquaianted with Jehoiakim Vosburgh the
present applicant I have been so
acquainted with him from Infancy
during the Revolutionary war I was
several times in the service and a
part of the time as a Lieutenant in
the year 1775 I was in the service and
in the same office as stated by Mr Vosburgh
high who is application I have
heard had
I have an indistinct
recollection of seeing Mr Vosburgh in
the service at that time till I can
not state positively, but from the
circumstances by him related I
can have no doubt but that he was
in the same company & served as he
States I can truly say that I am
well acquainted with Mr Vosburgh
that I believe him to be a man of
truth & veracity & that his statement
is entitled to the fullest credit 
sworn
& subscribed
this 26th of August
1833-
or
William Vosburgh
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Revolution
23470
INVALID.
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23.470
Jehoiakim Vosburg
Pri Rev War-
-
Act:
June 7 32
index:--Vol. 2, Page 433
[Arrangement of 1870.}
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Jehoiakim Vosburg
Admitted
Private 6 mo & 14
 days
I McCogg esq
Hudson
N. Y.
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Sir
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
Statement, shewing the Service of
Duration of the
claimant's service.
Rank of
the
claimant.
Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
Age at present,
and place of abode
when he entered
the service.
I am, respectfully,
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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[note] Clergymen are required to state reputation & service
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers, all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
The Regular Troops.
The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. ┃
Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of
On this
day of
A.
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
of
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
with and
served in the
(e) regiment of the
(Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers of the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
state) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
And the said Court do hereby declare their 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 the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
1,
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
[note] each term must be detailed, it must appear [illegible] of each.
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected
. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.
To a Soldier.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given
, and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
To Ofcer has become of it?
State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record.
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will
low the rule laid down for his guidance.
The declarant must make his declaraton in the county where he resides. If he should far to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the ice
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
The declarant must me
vive the name of the Coroner
when the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language
definite as to enable the Department to determine to
los of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
it appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
of old age, and the consequent loss of
and for such service I claim a pension."
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following state--For---year----months, and
served as a man served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
the three or four months
It is important, in all cases
the pension to be paid according to the grade of those who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
their service. This form of a declaration
indefinite, and the officers, and
the duration of each term of engagement
in the militia, &c. without
every case, be clearly shown under what officers the
her pace where he was performed that the pioneer who called or alter
said or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his caracter a device or eruption by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has put
on the centre of one or more the online character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
every instance where the corticate of the commiss oner who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which conthe
affidavit or other paper authenticated, the certicate must be attached here by me of the narrow ribbon, the end when
under the seal of office of the carrying her to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certficate
Proof of Service.
ance where he was of merchant is not found on the former were
quet for the man that of the latter the new
his company, and he to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibilty of the witand
the other character and signature of the magistrate must be copied by the proper one, under his seal of one
not really pale to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
applies to continental troops only
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the
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