Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11574, for David Sullivan, New York
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SERVICE
New York

Sullivan, David
              Heannah [Hannah]

NUMBER
W. 11574

CONTENTS
[blank]
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464 Albany
New York
Hannah Sullivan
widow of David Sullivan
who was a Private Cor and [illegible]
in the N.Y. [illegible] Revo luto
[illegible] Hemb and c id 18th Sept 1843

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 57 Dollars 78.
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 18th day of Sept 1845

Certificate of Pension issued the 
19th day of Jan 3, 1848
and sent to 
[illegible] Heon. G.A. Starkwelthe
Heroc of Refg

[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book W
Vol. 2. Page 86

State of [illegible] not in aB.
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24.598
New York
David Sullivan
Albany O in the State of New York
was a [illegible] Bros 8t in the company commanded Captain [illegible] Vishea of the regt commanded [blank] in the R.M. [illegible]
for 14 mos Br.
        3   58t

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
as a tate of 11 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, 
is nmence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension ifsued the 18 day of Jan
1834 and South
J.B Moore. [illegible] Renfselaervill

[illegible] to the 4th of Sept 1833                      $154.15
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 [illegible] '34           30.83
                                                                            $ 184.98
                                                                   Revolutionary Claim
                                                                   Act June 7, 1832.  
Recorded by [signature] W.L. William Clerk, 
[w]eek E Vol. 4 Page 122
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12683
Hannah Sullivan
wron[widow] of David
NY
act 7 July 1838
Married 1787
Rejected husband and
18 Sept 1845
[crossed out] husband dead

[faded] serive re/pr
14 Molidays/mi
-11 Sept
17- Cirpe
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State of New York
County of Otsego
On this 18th day of March   1846 Hannah Sullivan
a resident of Worcester in the County of Otsego in the
State of New York aged eighty four years who being
first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath
make the following declaration in order to obtain the
benefit of the provision made by the act of [Congress]
passed July 7th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay
and pensions to certain widows"" That she is the widow
of David Selivan [Sullivan] who was a private and sergant in the 
Revolutionary War, and who was a Revolutionary pensioned
of the United States pursuant to an act of Congress
passed on the 7th day of June 1832 that the pension
certificate obtained by the aforesaid David Sulivan
bearing date on the 18th day of January 1834 that the
annual amount which he the said David
Sullivan was entitled to [receive] as such [illegible] 
was sixty one dollars and sixty six cents as appears
by the pension certificate aforesaid for proof of the
nature of the services by which he
the said David Sulivan [Sullivan] [illegible] his pension and the time
or times when and places where rendered reference to
be had to the evidence or proof of said services on file
at the War department upon which the said David
Sulivan [Sullivan] obtained the pension under and by virtue
of the act aforesaid
  She further declares that she was married to the said
David Sulivan [Sullivan] on the seventeenth day of February in
the year seventeen hundred and eighty on that her husand
the aforesaid David Sulivan [Sullivan] died on the 18th day
of September one thousand eight hundred and forty five

Sworn and Subscribed
on the day and year above
written before me
[signature] Amos H. [illegible] 
County Com Pleas

                              Her
Hannah                    x               Sulivan [Sullivan]
                              mark

Seth Chase witness
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New York
County of Otsego ⎬ On this 18th day of March 1846 John P. Holenbuk [Hollenbeck] and Nelly Holenbeck [Hollenbeck] of Worcester in the County State aforesaid being duly sworn according to law
do each depose and say that Hannah Sulivan who has
subscribed her name and sworn to the foregoing declaration is personally known to them and has been so known to them for the term of more than thirty years
last part and that they know her to be the widow of 
David Suhivan [Sullivan] deceased who was a pensioner of
the United States as stated by her in said declaration
and that she is a person of good character for truth
and veracity and that her statements are entitled
to credit
Sworn & Subscribed before
the day and year above
[illegible] Brother Amos H Brown
Judge of assign Com pleas

John P. Hollenbeck
          Her
Nelly   x    Hollenbeck
          mark 

I hereby certify that John P. Hollenbeck and Nelly 
Holenbeck who have subscribed and sworn to the above
offidavit are personally known to me and that their
character for truth and verasity is good and that their
of statements are entitled to credit. I further certify that
Hannah Seelivan [Sullivan] who subscribed her name to the fore going declaration in my presence by reason of old
age and infirmity is unable to attend any court
of record to make her declaration to obtain a pension
and by the same reason she is incapable of writing
her name Dated March 18th 1826
Amos H Brown
Judge of Otsego Corn [County] pileos
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State of New York Albany County SS
On this 26th day of August 1833 personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Albany David Sullivan a resident of the town of Westerlo in the County of Albany and State of New York aged 82 years in March last who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following further and supplementary 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 and as he has stated in his declaration hereto annexed.
He first entered the said service at Schodack in the County of Renssalaer in the State of New York and enlisted in Capt John Vischer's company in Colo Can Schaick's regiment of New York state troops (as he believes) the last f May or first of June 1776 as a private soldier, and immediately joined he said company in the city of Albany and was directly marched from there to Fort Edward & on Lake George and there did sentinel duty and kept guard untill about the first of September, and was then marched to Ticonderoga where he staid a short time and was then marched back to Lake George and after staying there a short time he was directed to serve as a waiter to an Army Surgeon by the name of George Smith, and continued to serve as his waiter at Lake George and at Fort Edward untill in the month of April
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or May 1777 having served (as he positively knows) at this time eleven months. He does not recollect whether Colo Van Schaicks regiment belonged to the State Troops or the Continental Army. After his eleven months expired he received a verbal discharge and returned home to Schodack aforesaid.

He again entered the said service in the fall of the year 1777 thinks the first of October the militia having been called for, and joined Capt Schemerhorn's Company of militia and as near as he can recollect Colo Beekmans regiment at Schodack aforesaid, and was immediately marched to Fort Edward and finally back to Albany Burgoyne having surrendered, and was then dismissed. He served at this time as a private soldier one month.

He again entered the service at Schodack aforesaid having been drafted in the spring of the year 1778 and joined Capt Falk's Company and Colo Beekmans regiment as near as he can recollect, and was immediately marched to Half Moon on the Hudson river above Albany and was there stationed and kept guard and served as a private soldier one month and was then dismissed & he returned home.

In the fall of the same year he was again called out in the militia, thinks in the month of November, having been drafted and joined Capt Falks Company and was marched to Saratoga and was there stationed and kept guard  and served as a private soldier fifteen days 

He again entered the said 

(written in left side margin)
11 months
1 month
1 month 
15 days
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service about the first of September 1780 (and the same year that Major Andre was taken) at Schodack aforesaid, the militia having been classed and three persons had to go into the service for a class, he and Thomas Maloy & John Falk went for a class and joined for the term of three months, and joined Capt James Magee's Company & Colo Livingstons regiment of "three months men" at the city of Albany, and was immediately put on board a vessel and sailed down as far as Fiskill on the Hudson River and there landed, and staid about two days, and was then marched to the Highlands at West Point and from there to Dobbs Ferry on the west side of Hudson River where he was stationed and kept guard a short time and was then put on board of a sloop and carried up to Albany where they landed and staid a day or two, and was then marched to Fort Edward and was there stationed and kept guard untill his term of three months expired and was then dismissed and he returned home. He was dismissed about the first of December 1780 and served during this last mentioned three months as a Sergeant.

He had been at home only about three days when he was again called into the said service at Schodack aforesaid the militia having been called for, to wit in December 1780, and he joined Capt Daniel Schemerhorn's Company of Militia and was immediately marched to Saratoga and was there stationed and kept guard two weeks and served during tha time as a private soldier

He was out one

(written in left side margin)
3 months
15 days
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season with a team about seven months and was employed in transporting provisions ammunition &c from Fort Edwards to Lake George. He took the team from home with him and was paid by the load and by the day for this service and at one time during this team service he was pressed and compelled to go with his team and carry provisions &c for the Army. If he is allowed for this service then his service amounts as is stated in his original declaration, made out by Mr James Van Ingen, to two years. 

He served as a private soldier in the Army of the Revolution in an embodied corps for the term of one year and two months and as a Sergeant three months, making in the whole one year and five months, and with his team seven months. and for such service he claims a pension
Private 1 yr 2 mo
Sergeant 3 mo
1 yr 5 mo
Team 7 mo

He was born at Amboy in the State of New Jersey on the last day of March A.D. 1751 and had a record of his age in a book which is now in the hands of his daughter in the county of Otsego.
He lived at the time of entering into the said service in the town of Schodack in the County of Renssalear in the State of New York, and removed from that place to his present place of residence
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in the town of Westerlo aforesaid where he
has lived for the last Forty years or over,
He was called into the said service in the manner above stated.
Genl Washington, Genl Schuyler, Col Van Schaick, Col Gansvoort, Genl Eutes, Col Beekman & Col Livingston, were with the troops where he served, but cannot recollect what particular continental or militia regiment he served with-

He only received one written discharge, and that was after his tour of three months service expired, which discharge was signed by Capt Magee, and which has long since been lost or destroyed
He is known to Daniel Dorman Esqr Shubel Cole, Peter Onderdonk John Lewis, Solomon Houck, Aaron Dorman, William Ward, John Cale, Daniel Sholding, Doctor Gibbons, John Gibbons, Esq, Nicholas Smith, Nathan Ward, James Lester Esqr, David Lester, David J.D. Verplank late a member of the Legislature, Jacob Myers and others who reside in his present neighbourhood and who
can testify to his character for veracity and
their belief of his services as a soldier of
the revolution
He has no documentary evidence of his services nor can be procure any other witnesses than those who have made affidavits hereto annexed, to prove his  services in the Revolutionary War. He has used every exertion in his power to procure testimony and has travelled to different
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places in the County to look up proof.
and other witnesses than those he has stated
cannot be had or found
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension other then the one under the act of June 7, 1833
He is unable to write his name having never been taught to write.

David Sullivan (his mark)

Sworn and Subscribed
this day and year aforesaid Before me.
J. B. Moore Judge
of Albany County Courts


Albany County} Ss And I the said Judge do hereby
declare my opinion after the investigation of the
matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states
J. B. Moore Judge

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 foregoing declaration and the affidavit of Andrew Houck hereto annexed were sworn is a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Albany and that the signature J. B. Moore to the said declaration and affidavit is his genuine signature. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 18 day of September A.D. 1833.
C.A. Ten Eyck Clerk
for Jonas Wicker Depy
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State of New York ⎬ SS
Albany County }
Andrew Houck residing in the town of Westerlo in the County of Albany and State aforesaid being duly sworn depose and says that he was 65 years of age in May last, and this deponent on his oath aforesaid further says that he well knows David Sullivan the soldier in the annexed declaration mentioned and has known him ever since he was a small boy and was brought up in the same neighbourhood with him in the town of Schodack in the County of Rensselaer and knew him perfectly well in the Revolutionary war. And this deponent further says that he well recollects that the said David Sullivan did serve as a soldier in the Militia in the said war, and well remembers that he belonged to Capt Schermerhorn's Company and went to Saratoga, and that this deponent's father was a soldier in the same company and went with him, thinks it was in the fall of the
year but does not recollect what year, and
this deponent further says that he has frequently heard it said by others and has heard the said David Sullivan often speak of his being a soldier in the Revolutionary War at different times, many years ago, and that it has always

Pensioner: Hannah Sullivan. Veteran's Service: New York.
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been well understood in the neighbourhood
where he resides and has resided that he did
serve as a soldier in the said war as he
has stated in his said declaration, and
this deponent further says that the said
David Sullivan is a man of truth and
veracity and that his statement is entitled to
full credit and belief that he is unable to
write his name having never been taught to
write.
Andrew Houck (his mark)

Sworn and Subscribed
this 30th day of August
1833 Before me

J. B. Moore Judge
of Albany County Courts

I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named deponent, that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit-
J. B. Moore Judge
of Albany County Courts
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State of New York }
Rensselaer County } ss. Jacobus Folmsbee of the Town of Schodack and County of Rensselaer being duly sworn before me Lawrence C. Hogeboom one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Rensselaer doth depose and say that he is personally acquainted with David Sullivan and has been acquainted with him from the time he was fifteen or sixteen years of age does not know his exact age but says he is some what younger than deponent and deponent is Eighty four years of age knows that he enlisted out of a company of Malitia to go for three months to West Point & Fort Clinton and saw the said David Sullivan Soon after his return, believes that from the best of his recollection he served three months and further says not.

Sworn & Subscribed
this 29th August 1833

Jacobus Folemsbee (his mark)

Lawrence Hogeboom
Justice of the Peace

I certify that I am well acquainted with Jacobus
Folemsbee and is to be accredited as a witness
and entitled to belief
Lawrence Hogeboom
Justice of the Peace
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State of New York }
Rensselaer County } ss. Henry R. Bristol
Clerk of the County of Rensselaer in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that Lawrence C. Hogeboom before whom the within affidavit of Jacobus Folensbee was sworn as a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Rensselaer duly commissioned and sworn, and that the signature Lawrence C. Hogeboom to the said affidavit is his genuine signature
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said
County this Nineteenth day of September A.D. 1833
Henry R. Bristol Clerk
J. W. Howard June Depy
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State of New York
Rensselaer County } SS: Peter Huyck of the town of Schodack and County of Rensselaer aforesaid being duly sworn before me the undersigned doth depose and say that he is personally
acquainted with David Sullivan of the town of Westerlo & County of Albany; That said David Sullivan is eighty two years old and that he was a soldier in the War of the Revolution and served under Captain - McGee as a soldier in Colonel Livingston's Regiment. That said David Sullivan Enlisted as a soldier in 1780 and for the time of three months and started from Albany on board of a Sloop to Fishkill & remained their about two days, and then marched from thence to West Point and remained there about a fortnight, and from the marched to Dobbs Ferry remained then about one week then returned back to Fishkill, remained there one day & then came up to Albany and marched up to Fort Edwards and remained there till the term of his service had nearly expired & from there returned to Albany with Lieutenant Bloodgood where said David Sullivan was discharged. And further this deponent says not.

Sworn this 29 August }
1833 before him } Peter Huyck (his mark)

I certify that I am personally acquainted with the
above named Peter Huyck that he is a creditable
witness and entitled to belief-
August 29 1833
Schermerhorn
Justice of the peace
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State of New York }
Rensselaer County } ss.

Henry R. Bristol, clerk of the County of Rensselaer in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that Schermerhorn before whom the within affidavit of Peter Houck was sworn is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Rensselaer duly commissioned and sworn and that the signature "Schermerhorn" to the said affidavit is his genuine signature. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county this Nineteenth day of September A.D. 1833.

Henry R. Bristol, Clerk
for N. Howard Inur Depy
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In pursuance of a law passed the 27th day of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their service  in the late War, and for other purposed therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz:

31. July 1780 David Sullivan
31 Augt. Do
25. Oct. Do
12 Nov. Do
24 Oct. 1781
[math, numbers handwritten]

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, 30 June 1847.
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 3 + 9 now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz:

First - under Capt. Jas. Magee (Mager) in Col. Morris Graham Reg't 

Second do
Third Do
Fourth Dan'l Schermerhorn in Col. William Van Rensselaer Rg.

Fifth Do
Sixth Flagg
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WIDOW, &c.
File No. 11574
Hannah Sullivan
Widow of 
David Sullivan
Sergt. Rev. War

Act: June 17th /44
Index: - Vol. [illegible[, Page 254

along the side:
1926 - June 25 - Hist to Mrs. Chas S. Maxwell - copy
1929 - July 11 Hist to C. H. [] =- copy
1935 - Hannay - copy
1938 -Mrs. R.E. Van Noy - copy
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Amsterdam, N. Y., Dec. 11, 1925.

Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions
Revolutionary War Section,
Washington, D. C.

Geneltmen:-

Will you kindly advise me regarding the pension
record of David Sullivan, whom I understand
was a pensioner residing in the vicinity of
Worcester, Otsego County, N. Y.
He was a cousin of General Sullivan.

Yours very sincerely
S. Jeannette Maxwell


Mrs. Charles S. Maxwell,
35 Union Street,
Amsterdam, N. Y.
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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE
AMHERST

CHARLES HENRY THOMPSON,
PROFESSOR OF HORTICULTURE

March 30, 1928

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

May I be favored with a copy of such record as you have in your bureau of one David Sullivan

David Sullivan was a private and Sergeant in the Albany County, New York Militia during the Revolution.

At the time of the taking of the Sixth U.S. Census, 1840-- when a Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary services was taken - he was living in Westerloo, Albany County, New York. His age at that time was 88 years.

Very respectfully
C. H. Thompson

Home address
Mt. Pleasant
Amherst
Massachusetts
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Officer in charge,

495 New Scotland Ave
Albany, N.Y.
June 27, 1938.

Officer -in-charge
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

I am a great-great-great granddaughter of David
Sullivan, who served in the American Revolution, and his wife Hannah Huyck.

For genealogical purposes in the matter of completing our family history, I would very much appreciate whatever information your department may have relative to David Sullivan, to include his pension record. He was born March 31, 1751, and died Sept. 18, 1845.

Also, if you have any information relative
to his widow I would be glad to have it.

And thank you

Respectfully yours,
Blanche N. Van Noy.
(Mrs. R. E.)
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HANNAY'S
"Always Reliable"
Clothing and Hats for Men and Boys
132 - 34-36 SOUTH PEARL STREET
ALBANY, N. Y.

Feb. 16, 1935

Dear Sirs:

From your records of pensions for the War of
the Revolution, can you give me the information concerning

DAVID SULLIVAN

His name appears in the "U.S. Census of Pensioners 1840" as a resident of the town of Westerlo, Albany County, New York. His age is given as 88 years, and resided David Sullivan.

This is all the information I have concerning this man.

This information is desired to complete the
family record of this man.

Yours truly,
Wm V. Hannay

Stamped "Received Feb. 18, 1935 Mail Same-Day. Vets (some illegible)"
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March 1, 1935
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
David Sullivan-W.12574
BA-J/AWF

Mr. William V. Hannay
132 - 34 - 36 S. Pearl Street
Albany, New York

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to David Sullivan, soldier of the Revolution, residing in 1840 in Westerlo, Albany County, New York.

The data furnished herein were obtained from
the papers on file in pension claim, W. 11574, based upon the service of David Sullivan in the War of the Revolution.

He was born March 31, 1751 in Amboy, New Jersey, names of his parents not given.

While residing in Schodack, Rensselaer County,
New York, he enlisted in May or June, 1775, served eleven months as private in Captain John Vischer's company, Colonel Van Schaick's New York regiment. He served in the fall of 1777, one month in Captain Schermerhorn's company, Colonel Beekman's New York regiment. He served in the spring of 1878, one month in Captain Falk's company, Colonel Beekman's regiment; and in the fall of 1778, served fifteen days in Captain Falk's company. He enlisted in September, 1780, served three months as sergeant in Captain James Magee's company,
Colonel Livingston's New York regiment; and later in the same year, two weeks as private in Captain Daniel Schermerhorn's company. He also served seven months hauling provisions and ammunitions from Fort Edward to Lake George.
He was allowed pension on his application executed,
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July 17, 1832, at which time he was living in Westerlo, Albany County, New York, having moved there from Schodack, New York.
David Sullivan married, February 17, 1781, Hannah Huyk. The marriage was recorded on the books of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York. He died September 18, 1845.
His widow, Hannah Sullivan, was allowed pension
on her application executed March 18, 1846, at which time she was living in Worcester, Otsego County, New York and aged eighty-four years.
Reference was made in 1833 to a daughter living in Otsego County, New York, her name not stated, and there is no further reference to children.
Andrew Houck was sixty-five years of age in 1833
and living in Westerlo, New York, stated that he was reared in Schodack, New York and that his father served in the Revolution, name of father not given. Peter Huyck was living in 1833 in Schodack, New York. It is not shown that this Andrew Houck and Peter Huyck were of the same family as Hannah Huyk, married above.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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January 11, 1929

Charles Henry Thompson,
Mt. Pleasant,
Amherst, Massachusetts.

Sir:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 11574, it appears that David Sullivan was born March 31, 1751 at Amboy, New Jersey.
While residing at Schodack, Rensselaer County, New York, he served in the New York Troops, as follows:
From in 1775, eleven months as private in Captain Vischer's Company, Colonel Van Schaick's Regiment.
In the fall of 1777, one month in Captain Scher
merhorn's Company, Colonel Beekman's Regiment.
In the spring of 1778, one month in Captain Falk's Company, Colonel Beekman's Regiment; and in the fall of same year, fifteen days in same company.
In 1780, three months as sergeant in Captain James Magee's Company, Colonel Livingstone's Regiment; and later in same year, two weeks as private in Captain Daniel Schermerhorn's Company.
He also stated that he served seven months hauling provisions for the army.
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He was allowed pension on his application executed July 17, 1832, while a resident of Westerlo, Albany County, New York.
He died September 18, 1845.
Soldier married February 17, 1781 at Kinderhook,
Columbia County, New York, Hannah Huyk. She was allowed pension on her application executed March 18, 1846, while a resident of Worcester, Otsego County, New York, aged eighty-four years.
In 1832, a daughter is referred to as living in
Otsego County, New York, her name is not stated, and there are no further data on file as to family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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January 25, 1926

Mrs. Charles S. Maxwell
35 Union St
Amsterdam, N. Y.

Madam:

I have to advise you from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 11574, it appears that David Sullivan was born March 31, 1751 at Amboy, New Jersey.
While residing at Schodack, Rensselaer County,
New York, he served in the New York Troops, as follows -
From in 1775, eleven months as private in Captain Vischer's Company, Colonel Van Schaick's Regiment.
In the fall of 1777, one month in Captain Schermerhorn's Company, Colonel Beekman's Regiment.
In the spring of 1778, one month in Captain
Falk's Company, Colonel Beekman's Regiment; and in the fall of same year, fifteen days in same company.
In 1780, three months as sergeant in Captain
James Magee's Company, Colonel Livingstone's Regi-
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ment; and later in same year, two weeks as private in Captain Daniel Schermerhorn's Company.
He also stated that he served seven months
hauling provisions for the army.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 17, 1833, while a resident of Westerlo, Albany County, New York.
He died September 18, 1845.
Soldier married February 17, 1781 at Kinderhook,
Columbia County, New York, Hannah Huyk. She was allowed pension on her application executed March 18, 1846, while a resident of Worcester, Otsego County, New York, aged eighty-four years.
In 1833, a daughter is referred to, as living in
Otsego County, New York, her name is not stated, and there are no further data on file as to family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
12 - 5 - 41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Sullivan, Elijah 
GRADE Private
LINE Maryland

WARRANT
NUMBER 11685
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED January 11, 1796
to Joshua Ward, assignee
The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the application for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.