Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9971, for Thomas Mc Collum, New York
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SERVICE
New York
McCollum, Thomas
NUMBER 
S. 9971

carded
CONTENTS
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New York 28766

Thomas McCollum of Orange Co. in the State of New York who was a Priv. & Corp. in the Compy commanded by Captain Rose of the Regt. commanded by Col____ in the New York
line for 6 months Private
4 mos. Corporal

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 34 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of June 1834 and sent to Claimant Newburgh

Arrears to the 4th of March '34 $103.98
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept 4, '34
$17.33
[total] $121.31
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Sam H. Page Clerk
Book E, Vol. 4 Page 108

Letter to Walter Bass 19 June 1835-
Ditto to NY and Allen Price, Agt.
Sept. 1, 1835, ditto to NY Agt. Sept. 26, 1835
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No 21855
Thomas Mc Collum
Orange Co
NY

admd
Claimant NewBurgh

NY
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir, 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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
Co -  NY
A Statement, showing the service of Thomas McCollum Orange

1. Period when the service was rendered
Entered about 5th June 1777 - indefinite as to the time he served
Rank of the Claimant:  Corporal
Names & Rank of the field officers under whom he served:  Capt. Rose, Col. Dubois
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service:  79 years, Philadelphia Town
Proof by which the declaration is supported:  Traditional evidence stated credible by the Judge, and the Judge states the inability of the applicant's attending Court and also his opinion of his veracity as a pensioner

2.  Period when the service was rendered
1778 - indefinite

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 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: 
1. The Regular Troops. 
2. 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, musicians 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 } ss. On this ___day of ____personally appeared (a) before __________A B. a resident (b) of____in the county of____and State, Territory or District of aged (c)____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)_____served in the_____(e) regiment of the_____line, under the following named officers: 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;) 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. I, _______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: 
(k) 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. I, 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
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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? 
To an Officer: Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. 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. The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct 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. 
(a)The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. (b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: --For---year----months, and days, I served as a -. For - months and - days, I served as a___ ; and for such service I claim a pension." It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase "about three or four months," is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; places where the service was performed, that the applicant served with all embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required. 
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
(i) The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. 
Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
 Proof of Service. 
(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
 [picture of a pointing finger] The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only. 
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

J.N. Ashton

[NOTE:  Section (e) of the footnotes on this page is marked, and the second sentence, beginning "Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades" is underlined.  The words "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason" are also underlined in the 4th sentence.]
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21855
Thomas McCollum
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State of New York
Orange County } ss:

On this 24 day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before Gilbert Ogden Fowler one of the Judges of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for the County
of Orange aforesaid, said Court being a Court of Record, Thomas McCollum, Resident of the Town of NewBurgh in the County aforesaid aged seventy nine 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 act of Congress passed June
7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the officers hereinafter named and served as hereinafter stated:  namely, the
deponent sometime about the fifth of June
in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven entered a company of Militia commanded by Captain Jacob Rose of the Town of New Hurley in the County of Ulster, to serve as a  Corporal for six months; Jonathan Hardenburgh was first Lieutenant and Isaac Hardenbergh, his brother, the ensign of said Company.  Deponent continued to serve under the said officers in said Company as hereinafter 
related. Deponent commenced his service in said company in the Town of Plattekill 
aforesaid and continued to serve in
the same until about one week before the
battle of Fort Montgomery which was
fought on the sixth day of October in
the year last aforesaid, at which time
deponent was taken sick and hired his brother
to serve out the remainder of his term
as a substitute for deponent which he did.
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Shortly after deponent joined said company, it was ordered to fort Montgomery, in
the Highlands on the West side of the
Hudson River.  Said Company on their
way down from PlatteKill marched
through NewBurgh and rendezvoused  at
Colonel Jonathan Hasbrouck's afterward,
Washington's headquarters, at which place
they were joined by two other companies
of Militia which proceeded to Fort Montgomery by the way of West Point, to which place they were transported by water.
From West point we marched to Fort Montgomery; here I remained untill shortly before the battle of Fort Montgomery (about
one week before, according to deponents
recollection & belief) when deponent was
taken sick with dysentery and directed
to leave the fort, being unfit for duty,
and a battle being soon expected. Deponent
left the fort accordingly and his brother John McCollum took his place as his substitute, served for deponent at said battle and continued to serve in said company for deponent untill said Company was discharged, which took place six months and a half
after deponent first entered the service
as aforesaid.  And deponent saith that said
John McCollum died shortly after the Revolutionary war & deponent further saith that whilst he was in service at said fort, General George and James Clinton were there.
Colonel Dubois of the Regulars with his
regiment or part thereof was there &
Colonel Hardenbergh with his Regiment &
militia was also there & colonel McCaughry
with his Regiment was stationed at 
fort Clinton on the opposite side
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Militia was also there & Colonel McLauthry
 with his Regiment was stationed at
fort Clinton on the opposite side.
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of our papers with Captain John Bellknap's
Company, Captain Stewart's Company, & 
Captain Moody's Company of Artillery were at Fort Montgomery and Captain Tillford's Company & Captain Humphrey's Company and Captain Rose's Company aforesaid of militia were also at the said forts Montgomery and Clinton.  And deponent also saith that Samuel Johnson, whose affidavit is hereunto annexed was a private in the Company of Captain Rose aforesaid during all the time deponent served therein and untill said company was regularly discharged which took place sometime in the month of December in the year aforesaid at NewBurgh.  And deponent also saith that he has no other evidence of his said service than the affidavit of this and Samuel Johnson's thereunto annexed.
And deponent also saith that after the death
of Captain Rose who was taken prisoner at
the battle of Fort Montgomery and died in
prison soon after, of the wound he then
and there received, Jonathan Hardesburgh
Junior became the Captain of said company, and said company was divided into
detachments which took these regular tours
of duty. That in the beginning of the
winter 1776, deponent was ordered with the
detachment to which he belonged to Ramapo, then County of Orange, now Rockland
County near Judge Suffern's.  We remained there, according to deponents recollection
and belief from the first snow untill
planting time about six months.  Captain
Terpenning Commanded the Company to which I belonged. Michael Pelliger was first 
lieutenant & James Kane second Lieutenant
of said Company. Daniel M Dowell and
Evert Hedger were privates and now live in
the Northern part of this State as deponent
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has been informed and believes to be
true, but in what County deponent does not
know. Deponent cannot now recollect
the names of the General officers who
were at Ramapo at that time nor
does he recollect what regular troops
were there.  There were other troops there
at the time, but deponent does not know
whether they were regulars or militia,
nor does he now recollect who commanded
them.  And deponent also saith that
he is well acquainted with Jonathan
Hoys, a pensioner of the United States
and Aaron Hoys his son, of the Town
NewBurgh who are well acquainted with
the character of deponent for truth and
veracity.
And in answer to the Interrogatories
specially put to deponent by the said
Court in pursuance of the instructions
of the secretary of war, he, on his oath,
saith that he was born in Ulster County
in the Town of Plattekill and always
lived there untill about twenty years ago
when he removed to the Town of Montgomery and from thence to NewBurgh where he now
lives.  Deponent was born in the month
of January in the year one thousand seven
hundred and fifty three. That he has no
record of his age. That he lived in the
of Plattekill aforesaid when called into
service; that he lived there untill he removed to Montgomery as aforesaid, where he has lived ever since.
That he volunteered and received a bounty
of ten dollars- That he has already stated the names of all the Regular officers and all the Regular and Milita Regiments who served at the
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time. 
That he did not receive a written discharge; that he is known to Aron Hoys and (blank)
of the Town of New Burgh aforesaid who can testify to his character for truth and veracity.
And deponent also saith that by reason of his
age and great bodily debility he will not be
able to attend the next Court of Common Pleas to be held at Goshen in and for the County aforesaid.
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.
[signed] Thomas McCollum (X) his mark

Sworn to and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid before me.
Gilbert Ogden Fowler
One of the Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for Orange County
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Samuel Johnson above named being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is
the identical Samuel Johnson named in
the above affidavit of Thomas McCollum.
That deponent served in the said Company of
Captain Jacob Rose from some time about the
middle of June in the year one thousand seven 
hundred and seventy seven untill the twenty
fifth day of December thereafter; that he is well
acquainted with Thomas McCollum who has
subscribed and sworn to the preceding affidavit.
That said Thomas served as a private
in said company untill a little before the
battle of Fort Montgomery which took place
on the sixth day of October in the year aforesaid, when he was taken sick and his brother took his place as a substitute for him &
served out his time and deponent also saith
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that he is not personally acquainted with
the residue of the service of the said Thomas as
stated in his said affidavit but he has often heard and verily believes that the said Thomas did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in his said affidavit.
[signed] Samuel Johnson (X) his mark

Sworn the day and year aforesaid before me

I attest, on the 24th day of December
Gilbert Ogden Fowler
One of the Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for Orange County
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State of New York
Orange County } ss:
Personally appeared before me, Gilbert Ogden Fowler, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid, Thomas Shaddel
and Lyman Lee Junior, both of the Village of 
NewBurgh and County aforesaid, known to me to be credible Witnesses and on their oaths respectively say that they are personally 
acquainted with Thomas McCollum
who swore to and subscribed the annexed
affidavit and that the said Thomas is a credible witness - & further that they have been acquainted with him about two years last past.
[signed] Thomas Shaddel
[signed] Lyman Lee Junior (X) his mark
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid before me 

Gilbert Ogden Fowler, one of the Judges of
the Court of Common Pleas in and for Orange County
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State of New York
Orange County } ss:
I Gilbert Ogden Fowler, the Judge before whom the preceding affidavit of Thomas
McCollum, the affidavit of Samuel Johnson
and the affidavit of Thomas Shaddel and
Lyman Lee Junior were respectively sworn to 
and subscribed, do declare my opinion after
investigating the matter and hearing the answers of the said Thomas to the Interrogatories prescribed by the war Department, that the said Thomas was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states in said affidavit, and I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Thomas McCollum, Samuel Johnson, Thomas Shaddel, & Lyman Lee Junior, and that they are
Respectable men and credible witnesses
and I also certify that it has been proved before me by the oaths of the said Thomas
Shaddel & Lyman Lee Junior, who reside
in the same neighbourhood with the
said Thomas, that he is a respectable man
and a credible witness and I believe it to
be true and it satisfactorily appears to me
that by reason of the infirmities of old
age & bodily debility the said Thomas will
not be able to attend the next Court of 
Common Pleas to be held at the Court
House in Goshen in and for said
County of Orange on the third day of
December next. I have therefore attended at the office of Walter Case, Counsellor at Law in NewBurgh, where the said Thomas and his said Witnesses appeared before me and were personally
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sworn and examined by me as aforesaid.
dated December 13th, 1832
Gilbert Ogden Fowler, one of the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas
in and for Orange County

I, Asa Dunning, Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for the County
of Orange aforesaid, do hereby certify that
Gilbert Ogden Fowler before whom the
preceding affidavits of Thomas McCollum,
Samuel Johnson and Thomas Shaddel & Lyman Lee Junior were respectively
sworn to and subscribed and who subscribed the preceding certificate, is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Orange; that the name of Gilbert Ogden Fowler subscribed to said affidavits and certificate, Respectively, is the proper handwriting of the said Judge and that the
said Gilbert Ogden Fowler was a Judge
at the time when said affidavits
and certificate were respectively by him
subscribed.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court this 18th day of December 1832.
Asa Dunning
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Supplementary Affidavit

State of New York
Orange County       } ss:
Personally appeared before me, Ward M.
Gazlay, a Justice of the peace in and for Orange County, Thomas McCollum to me personally known to be a credible witness who being first duly sworn deposeth and saith that
by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served
not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades. That in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, deponent served six months as a Corporal in the company commanded by Captain Jacob Rose of the town of New Hurley in the County of Ulster, in which company Jonathan Hardenbergh, a son of Colonel
Hardenbergh, was Lieutenant, and his Brother Isaac Hardenbergh, Ensign.   Deponent served in said Company personally from the fifth day of June 1777 until the day before the
Battle of Fort Montgomery when he was discharged on account of the Dysentery with which he was sick and his brother took his place and served out the residue of his
time. Deponent remained sick at home all the Fall so that he could not again join his company until the six months had expired for which deponent had enlisted.  Deponent was in actual service himself four months, and
served two months by substitute. Samuel Johnson whose affidavit is annexed belonged to the said Company with deponent and served therein as long as deponent continued
with said Company to the knowledge of deponent, and afterward to the end of his term of six months as deponent has always been informed and believes.  He is the only person living who belonged to that company at that time to the best of deponent's knowledge and belief. In the winter of the year 1776 deponent served with an attachment of said Company, then commanded by Captain Terpenning aforesaid at Ramapo near Judge Suffern's from
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the first of December to the first of June 1777, being six months. Captain Terpenning commanded the company to which I belonged at that place during that tour. And Deponent also saith that Daniel McDowell and Evart
Heger are the only persons living who served
with deponent in said Company during his last tour of service.  That the said Daniel McDowell and Evart Heger live at a great distance from deponent in parts unknown to him, and deponent also saith that he is a poor superannuated old man who has
outlived himself and his friends. That he has no means of ascertaining where the said Witnesses live, or of procuring their testimony. - And deponent saith that his contemporary acquaintances are all dead.  That he has for many years lived out of the neighbourhood in which he resided in the Revolution, and now
lives amongst strangers and does not know a single Clergyman who knows any thing about his services in the Revolutionary war.
[signed] Thomas McCollum (X) his mark
Sworn and subscribed this
23rd day of June 1833 before me

Ward M Farley
Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Orange County      } ss:

I, Asa Dunning, Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in for the said County of Orange Do Certify that Ward M Gazley Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the peace for
said County and that his signature subscribed to the said affidavit is his genuine signature.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of office this 13th day of May 1834
Asa Dunning Clerk
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State of New York 
City and County of New York } ss:

Personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the City and County of New York, Michael Billiger, a credible witness who having been by me duly sworn, doth depose and say that he is a pensioner of the United States under the law of Congress of June 7th 1832 and in the Revolutionary War; and before the commencement of it & untill about thirty years ago he resided at New Hurley in the County of Ulster and State aforesaid, and deponent also saith that he is personally acquainted with Thomas McCollum in the annexed affidavit to which his name is subscribed named.
That in the year 1777 deponent served as an
orderly Sergeant in the Company of Captain
Jacob Rose mentioned in said affidavit
till he was promoted, which was about four
months from the commencement of
his service in said Company. That he
well recollects that said Thomas McCollum served as a private in said Company during
the time deponent belonged to it as
aforesaid, & has no doubt that he served as stated in his said affidavit as he was allways considered
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in the Neighbourhood where he resided to be
an honest man and a credible witness
but deponent cannot state precisely
from his recollection  how long the said McCollum served in said Company, and Deponent also recollects that the said McCollum was in the service of his county as a private at Ramapo and on the Indian front several times, but how long the said Thomas served deponent cannot otherwise determine than by stating that the Militia companies were
commonly divided into three classes, one of which was allways in the service and continued in the service untill relieved by one of the
classes which had remained home.  That
this was the uniform practice in Ulster
and Orange Counties.  Deponent lived
in the same neighborhood with the
said Thomas McCollum in said war
and verily believes that he turned out
and served as a private as aforesaid
whenever required. That in all cases of General
alarm, the whole Regiment turned out en mass.
That Deponent well recollects that said
Regiment turned out twice on General alarms
at Fort Montgomery, besides the time when the said fort was taken - That it was twice at
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home and several times at West Point and on the Indian frontier that this service was, 
in addition to the service by detachments
as aforesaid.  -- and Deponent also saith
that a class generally served a fortnight
and was then relieved and returned
home--
[signed] Michael Billiger

Sworn & subscribed
14th day of May 1834 before me
William W. Cowan
Justice of Peace

City & County of New York } ss:
 Isaac N Seymour of the said City being duly sworn saith, that he is an accountant at 
the "Delaware & Hudson Canal Bank" in said City.  
That deponent is acquainted with Michael Billiger named in the foregoing deposition & who has subscribed his name thereto. That he has known him for a great many years, and from deponent's knowledge of his character
for truth & veracity, he has no hesitation in saying that full faith and credit are due to his statements.
[signed] Isaac N. Seymour

Sworn before me this
14th of May 1834

William W. Cowan
Justice of Peace
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City of New York  } ss:
I do certify that on the fourteenth day of May 1834 before me personally appeared 
Michael Billiger and Isaac N. Seymour who
were before me severally sworn as to the truth of the facts contained in the respective depositions subscribed before them; That I am personally acquainted with one of the
deponents therein, Mr Seymour, and know him to be a man of strict integrity and entitled to full faith and Credit, and I verily believe from the affidavit of Mr Seymour that Michael Billiger is also entitled to credit.
In Witness whereof I have hereto set
my hand & Seal the day & year above
Written.  
William W. Cowan
Justice Peace
-
STATE OF NEW-YORK.
City and County of New-York } ss.
I, ABRAHAM ASTEN, Clerk of the City and
County of New York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY,
That William W Cowan Esq of the
said City whose name is subscribed to the
annexed Certificate was on the day of the
date of said Certificate a Justice of the peace
for the said City duly commissioned and sworn
& I further certify that I am acquainted with
the hand writing of the said Justice & verily believe that signature subscribed to the said
Certificate is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the 14th day of May 1834
Abraham Asten, Clk
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Personally appeared before the subscriber, a
Justice of the Peace in and for Orange County
aforesaid, Peter Hedges, to me personally known to be a credible witness who having been duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is sixty seven years of age - that he is well acquainted with Thomas McCollum of the village of New Burgh and County aforesaid, an applicant for a Pension under the law of June 7th, 1832, whose original declaration and supplementary affidavit are hereunto annexed and further saith that he has been acquainted with the said Thomas McCollum about sixty years last past and lived a near neighbour to the said Thomas during the whole of the Revolutionary war and has lived within the distance of six miles from him ever since that period- Deponent also saith that that he well Recollects that said Thomas McCollum belonged to the company of Captain Jacobus Rose in which his father, Samuel Hedges, was orderly sergeant in the time of the Revolutionary war- and deponent also had a brother by the name of John, a fifer,  who also belonged to the said Company, and deponent further saith that his father and brother were both engaged in the battle of Fort Montgomery with said Company and
served at the same place with the
said Company some time previous, but how long deponent cannot now recollect; and deponent has heard and believes that the said Thomas McCollum served in the same company at the same place at the same time, and deponent
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also saith that in the latter part of the
war he was an assistant sutler to the
American army and was stationed at
New Windsor  - that he has frequently
heard of the said Thomas McCollum
going with his father against the Indians on the frontier and believes it to be true; and Deponent also saith that the said Thomas McCollum has always been reputed to be a man of good Character and a credible witness.
[signed] Peter Hedges (X) his mark
Sworn to & subscribed
this 5th day of February 1834 before me
B. H. Mace

Commissioner of  Deeds
State of New York 
Orange County  } ss:

I, Asa Dunning, Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for the said County of Orange, Do Certify that Benjamin H Mace, Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit of Peter Hedges was sworn, was at the date of the same a Commissioner of Deeds in and for the said County of Orange & duly authorized to administer Oaths and that his name subscribed to the said affidavit is his genuine signature.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my Seal of office this 31st day of May 1834
Asa Dunning, Clerk

Adm'd
4 mo. Corp.
6 mo. priv.
10 mo.
$34.66
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9971
Rev. War

INVALID.
File No. 9971
Thomas McCollum
Corpl. Rev. war
Act: June 7th 1832.
Index: -- Vol. 1, Page 247
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Mechanics Bank
New York 28th August 1835

Sir
I enclose for your examination the papers in the case of Thomas McCollum, who died before the Pension certificate was issued.
This pensioner's places of residence not being upon our Books, his name was inserted in the Albany List.
Will you be pleased to have it retransferred to
the Roll of this Agency.
-
I am Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sert
Jno Fleming Presd't & pens agt.


[To] James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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Mechanics Bank
New York 24th Sept 1835

Sir
I enclose the papers in the case of Thomas McCollum, deceased, they were submitted for your examination by my Letter of the 28th Ultimo, the pensioner having died before the certificate was issued.
The Power bears date on the 18th of June last and is consequently inadmissible.  The Attorney not being aware of the necessity of calling sooner for the money, begs the favor of you to waive the Rule of limitation in this case.
I am Respectfully
Your Obt Sert
Jno. Fleming, Presd't & Pens. Agt.

[To] James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME McColm, Samuel 
(McCollon) [pencil notation only]

GRADE. Private
LINE.  New York

WARRANT NUMBER 7494
ACREAGE  100
ISSUED May 5, 1791 to - not shown -

_________
*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 applications 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.