Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22741, Lydius Durkee, New York
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New York
Durkee, Lydius
Service Number 22741
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Lydius Durkee
of Washington in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Stockwell of the
-- Command
by
in the New York
line for 12 months & 28 day
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 43 Dollars 8 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of Feby
1833 -- and sent to N Pitcher
Ho of Rep
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1832
$64.62
Semi-anal. allowance ending 4th [?] 33 21.54
[total] $86.16
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles  Clerk
Book D Vol. 5 Page 81
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
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Lydius
Durkee

1416

July 22 '33

Con
Nathl Pitcher
H. R.
P. 210
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Brief in the case of Lydius Durkee of Fort Edward
County of Washington in the State of New
York

(Act 7th June, 1832.)

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

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

3. How old is he? 69

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

[table of information]
[column headings] 
Period/Duration of Service/Rank/Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served

was drafted in Sept in 1778/3 months/as a private/Captain Stockwell NY Militia

drafted 1 July 1779/3 month/as a private/Lt. Thos Bradshaw

volunteered 1 Jany 1779/15 days/as a private/Isaac [illegible] scouting party

volunteered Oct 1779/10 days/Indian spy/Capt Shipman

volunteered 1 June 1780/6 months/private/Capt. Adial Sherwood, NY Militia

5. In what battles was he engaged?
not any

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Fort Edward N.York

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witness & by documentary evidence

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
not attached

X certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Chas. G. Wilcox Examining Clerk
19. Jany 1833
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State of New York ⎬
County of Washington

Nathan Durkee of the Town of Fort
Edward in said County being duly sworn deposeth and saith that Lydius Durkee is a brother of this deponent and does know that his Brother Lydius Durkee was in the
Service as a soldier of the revolutionary war that in the year 1778 Lydius Durkee was drafted from the New York Militia and [inserted: went] into the service under Capt Stockwell & Lieut Thomas Baggs & did march and was stationed at Skeensborough now Whitehall and did his duty as a private
in the Company three months

and this deponent further saith that in the year of 1779 at the Town of Fort Edward in the fore of the month of February he was again drafted from the New York
Militia under the command of [inserted: Lieut] Thomas Bradshaw and was again stationed as a guard at Skeensborough now Whitehall and did his duty as a private Soldier
for the term of two months

and this deponent further saith that Lydius Durkee in the year of 1779 about in the month of October went from home with the understanding that he with Henry Bitely went up the Hudson river as Indian spies and was from home ten days when they returned

and this deponent further saith that Lydius Durkee left home in the month of November 1781 to go to Lake George with some others as spies and was gone from home
Six days and then returned and this deponent
further saith not

I certify that the above oath
or affidavit was taken before me
in due form of law on the
26th day of July 1832

John Morse a Judge of
Washington County Courts

[signature on the right hand side]
Nathan Durkee
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State of New York
County of Washington } Ss  I Jesse S Leigh Clerk of the said County do certify that John Moss before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of Washington County Courts and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name Subscribed to the said Affidavit to be his proper handwriting and Signature  Witness my hand and seal of office this 4 day of September 1832

[middle section] [on side]
Lydius Durkee's declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1732 [note the year is an error - should be 1832]
admd   
12 mo 28 days
Hon. Nl[Nathaniel] Pitcher  H.R.

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I have been well acquainted with the above named Lydius Durkee from my early childhood, and have not the least doubt of his services as a Soldier as stated by him, he is a good and honest man, and I have often heard the old whigs of this neighborhood speak of his services and those of his brothers as important to the Country, not only as soldiers but as pioneers & scouting parties in this then wilderness Land.
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State of New York
County of Washington} Ss  I Jesse S Leigh Clerk of the said County do certify that John Moss before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of Washington County courts and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name Subscribed to the said Affidavit to be his proper handwriting and Signature. Witness my hand and seal of office this 4 day of September 1832
 J.S. Leigh  Clk

[on side]
Lydius Durkee  Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th [error: 1732 - should be 1832]
 admd
12 mo 28 days
Hon N. Pitcher  H.R.

[Done?]
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State of New York
Washington County}
  On this 28th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before us ^ the Judges of the Court of common Pleas in and for the County of Washington now sitting Lydius Durkee a resident of the town of Fort Edward in the County of Washington and State of New York aged Sixty nine years the first day of September last past 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
 That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein  stated
 That in the month of September in the year of 1778 I resided in the town of Fort Edward aforesaid and at that time and place I was drafted from the New York Militia and went into the Service under the command of Capt Stockwell and Lieut Thomas Boggs and I with the company marched to Skensborough near the town of White Hall in Said county where we were stationed I remained and did garrison duty while the rest were sent out in scouting Tories there were no other officers except ours and served and did the duty of a private soldier three months and I left the service in the month of December and returned home to Fort Edward where resided until the first of January in the year of 1779 when I was again drafted from the New York Militia and went into the service under the command of Lieut Thomas Bradshaw commanded and we marched back to Skenesborough aforesaid where we were stationed as a guard and we remained there untill in the month of April I served and did my duty as a private soldier three months I then returned home to Fort Edward aforesaid where I resided untill about the middle of September in the year of 1770 when I volunteered and engaged in the United States Service under the command of Isaac Moss and [?ained?] a scouting party of about Seventy we marched to Lake George and went into
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boats and rowed down the Lake near to Ticonderoga and landed on the west side and then took our march through the woods to Crown Point where we remained two or three days and then returned back to Fort George and on to Fort Edward [18 days in margin] I served at this time eighteen days. I then returned home and resided untill in the Month of October in the same year 1779  I then engaged with Henry Ritchy   to go up the North river about forty miles at the request and under the Command of Capt Shipman we went through the woods as Indian spies made no discourse on [?] returned was in this service ten day [10 days in margin] I then returned to my Fathers in Fort Edward aforesaid where I resided untill the first day of June in the year of 1780 at which time I volunteered from the New York Militia ^ for Six Months and went into the service under the command of Capt Adial Sherwood and Lieut Ezekiel Roberts and Lieut Cornelius Baldwin and I with the company marched to ^ Fort [tnn? maybe Dayton?] where we were stationed. I with the troops were generally engaged and sent out in scouting parties except a sufficient number to keep garrison we remained here untill the British Troops commanded by Major Corlton with about 500 Troops came down, Fort [tnn] was then taken and the Officers and men that was in the Fort were made prisoners of war I escaped by being out on duty and as I was going in to the Fort I was informed that the Fort was taken and I [fled?] to Fort Edward soon after Fort George was taken also and the enemy went on and burnt Kingsbury also on the west side of North river opposit to Fort Edward down to Fort Miller and I remained in the Service untill into December when I was discharged and served on the said duty of a private Soldier Six Months [6 Mo in margin] and then returned to my Fathers in the town of Fort Edward where I now reside and have resided ever since That I was born A.D. 1762 in the town of Washington, State of Connecticut That I never received a written discharge and have no documentary evidence and know of no person who can testify to my Service except Simeon Moss and Lydius Durkee whose affidavitt is hereunto annexed.
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I Nathan Durkee [crossed out: and Simeon Moss] whose Affidavits are hereunto [Annex] Annexed - That Dorias Sherrill and Samuel Bennet who resides in the neighborhood who can testify to my character for veracity and their belief of my Services as a Soldier of the revolution I hereby  relinquish every claim whatever to a person or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State  that there is ^ no clergyman [settled?]  in this neighborhood where I reside
  Lydius Durkee
  Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid     J.S. Leigh  clerk

We Dorius Shrrrill residing in the town of Salem and Samuel Bennett residing in the town of Fort Edward hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Lydius Durkee who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Sixty nine years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion     D Sherrill    Samuel Bennett
 Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid    J. S. Leigh Clerk

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 Dorcas Sherill who has signed the preceding certificate  resident in the town of Salem and that Samuel Bennett who has also signed the same is a resident of the town of Fort Edward and are credible persons and that their statements is entitled to Credit.
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I Jesse S. Leigh  Clerk of the Court of Washington Common Pleas do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Lydius Durkee for a pension
 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office this 28th day of August 1832.
 J.S. Leigh  Clk
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Revolution
22741
INVALID
File No. 22,741
Lydius Durkee
Pri  Rev War

Act: June 7th 32
Index: Vol. [Q? or 2], Page 115
( Arrangement of 1870)
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State of New York
County of Washington  Ss
 Simeon Moss of the town of Kingsbury in the County of Washington being duly Sworn deposeth and Saith that he was acquainted with Lydius Durkee before the revolutionary war and untill the present time [wha?]  declaration to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 is hereunto annexed - and he Lydius Durkee volunteered from the New York Militia and entered the Service of the United States under the Command of Capt Simeon Moss and [tained?] a scouting party of about Seventy and marched to Lake George from Fort Edward and went down the Lake in boats and landed near Ticonderoga and through the woods to Crown Point from thence returned home to Fort Edward and was in actual Service Eighteen days
And this deponent further saith that on the first day of June in the year of 1780 Lydius Durkee again volunteered from the New York Militia and went into the Service of the United [sic] as a private Soldier under the command of Captain Adiel Sherwood and Lieutenants Ezekiel Roberts and Cornelius Baldwin and was stationed at Fort Ann there he performed and did his duty in said company for the term of Six Months when he returned to the town of Fort Edward where he has lived ever since and further this deponent saith not
  Simeon Moss
I certify that the above  affidavit was taken before me in due form of law on the 6 day of August 1832
  John Moss a Judge of Washington County Courts
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State of New York
County of Washington} Ss
I Jesse S Leigh clerk with said county do certify that John Moss before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of Washington County Courts and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 4th day of September 1832
J.S. Leigh Clk