Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 10816, William Vail, New York
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New York   Vail, William    R 10816
Ruth
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24,382
New York
William Vail
of Orange Co. in the State of New York who was a private in the comp commanded by Captain Jacklar of the Regt commanded by Tusten in the NY line for 7 months and 7 days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 24 Dollars 00 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Nov 1833 and [illegible] Claimant Hamptonburgh
Arrears to the 4th of Sep.'33              $60
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 No 34    12
                                                            $72
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Go. C. Stiles clerk
Book E Vol 4, Page 85.

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Order to pay 14 Oct 1837
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6th April 1838 from 4th Sept 1837 to 28 July 1838, the day of his death. Agt notified 24 April 1839
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State of New York
County of Orange } ss
On this twelfth day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas ( a court of record) in and for the said county of Orange aforesaid now sitting William Vail a resident of Hamptonburgh in the county of Orange aged 71 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 into the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as follows
That he first went out on the 7th day of October in the year 1777 in a company of militia from Goshen in the county of Orange aforesaid   The whole regiment was commanded by Colone Benjamin Tusten,  Captain John Jackson commanded deponents company. John McDowall Lieutenant. we went through Oxford and Monroe to the mountains about nine miles from Fort Montgomery when we heard the Fort had been taken. we were ordered to Cornwall on the North River. Deponent was then out but three days when he was sent home with some horses. After that we were taught classes as minute men to be ready when warned. In may 1778 we were called out enmass to Minisink under Captain John
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John Jackson, Colonel Tusten commanded the regiment. does not now recollect the names of the other officers except Lieutenant McDowell 
This was on the frontiers about twenty miles from Goshen, we staid (sic) at Major Decker's the object was to protect the place from the savages of the Indians. We went through the town of Wallkill, we were out two weeks and were discharged. Deponent was a private on all the occasions mentioned. In June 1778 went out  under Captain Jackson. Lieutenant Elijah Tryon on class duty to Dewitts Fort at Minisink aforesaid. we staid there one month was dismissed and returned home, this fort was on the west side of the Shawangunk mountain about twenty four miles from Goshen and near the Delaware river.  Early in the spring of 1779 the precise time not now recollected. a class company was ordered out commanded by Lieutenant McDowell as deponent thinks. Went with them to Dewitts Fort in Minisink aforesaid. where we remained to guard the frontiers from the Indians one month were then discharged  and returned home. very shortly after our return home and in the latter part of May the regiment to which deponent belonged was ordered to West Point to watch the monuments of the enemy. Deponent was
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with them. his company was commanded by Lieutenant McDowell, Captain Jackson had entered the regular service. Deponent does not remember the other officers, that they went through Blooming Grove and Cornwall across the Mountain to West Point we were gone ten days and then returned the the enemy's shipping having gone down the river. In July afterwards we were ordered out en mass to drive the Indians from the frontier at Minisink or Peenpack Deponents company was then commanded by Lieutenant McDowell. Colonel Tusten was out in command of a regiment. Colonel Hathorn was out and Mayor Maker of New Jersey 
Captain Jones and Captain Little and others, a battle was fought with the Indians on the banks of the Delaware on the 22d. Deponent and others who were on foot did not arrive in time for the engagement. Deponent went to Deckers where he met the troops on their return from the battle, after remaining a few days at the fort and understanding that the enemy had left the frontiers we were discharged and returned home having been absent ten days
That in the face of 1779 the precise time Deponent cannot state, he was ordered out on class duty to Dewitts fort aforesaid. Deponent thinks Lieutenant McDowell commanded his company. Don't recollect any other officers, we were absent one month and were discharged, early in the spring of
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1780 the precise time not now recollected. Deponent was again ordered out to the same frontier and remained at the house of Simon on West Face new Carpenters point on the Delaware fiver, where the company also staid (sic), other companies were stationed at various places along the same frontier to Kingston in Ulster county as a defense against the savages.
Deponent is not positive who then commanded his company, but thinks it was Lieutenant McDowell, he remembers that Ananamas Valentine, Stephen Smith, Abner Crossman privates were out at that time. They are all now dead, we remained there a month and were discharged.
 And this Deponent further saith that he cannot state all the various times he was out in the public service, that he has no written documents to refer to. Deponent knows that he was to the end of the war in each year very frequently in the service either in performing call duty on occasions of alarms Deponent thinks there was no occasion from the time of his first service on which he did not turn out when required so to do. Deponent recollects of    
being in a state of readiness and believes he was out on every occasion. Deponent further saith that he believes that after the year 1777 to the end of the war. He did duty upon alarms as a classman more than four months in each year. And Deponent further saith that David G Drake of Goshen in said county was a near neighbour of Deponents and
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and was out with him on various occasions and he is the only person now living who belonged to deponents company when he recollects to have been out with him on (corosed out- various occasions). Deponent recollects that one Lawrence Kortright, and Usher  Moore were in anothers company and were upon some occasions out with deponent. 
1st That he was born at Goshen in the county of Orange in the year 1761 
2nd  That he has a record of his age at 76 once
3d That he lived in Goshen when called into
service and with the exception of a few years, has resided in Goshen ever since
4th  That he was called or ordered into service as a militia man.
5th has no written discharge, never received any
6th That he is known  to William Townsend Gen James W Wilkin and Stephen Jackson residents of Goshen who can testify as to his character for truth and veracity and their belief of his services. 
We 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
William Vail
subscribed + sworn in open court the 12th day of February 1833
Asa Dunning clerk
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and the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter dead 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 David G Drake and Lawrence Kortright who have severally subscribed + sworn to their respective affidavits hereto annexed, are residents of the town mentioned therein in the county of Orange, and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
I Asa Dunning clerk of the county of Orange and clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for the said county of Orange do hereby certify that the foregoing and annexed contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of William Vail for a pension. and I further certify that Horace W Elliott before whom the annexed affidavits of David G Drake + Lawrence Kortright were sworn, was at the time thereof a Justice of the peace in and for said county of Orange, which is a court of record, and that his name subscribed to the said affidavits is his genuine signature In testimony hereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 28th day of February 1833
Asa Dunning clerk
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In the matter of the application of William Vail for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 1832}
State of New York
Orange County Ss} 
David G Drake of the town of Goshen county and state aforesaid being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is seventy two years of age and upwards, that during the revolutionary war he resided in the neighborhood of William Vail an applicant of a pension and belonged to the same
militia company. that deponent was at various times after the year 1777 to the end of the war in the public service with the said William Vail. Deponent was with the said William Vail on the frontiers at Peenpack or Minisink to guard the same against the incursions of the Indians. Deponent recollects being at Dewitts fort at Peenpack frequently with him. Deponent wa also with the said Vail at Simon Westfalls. Deponent thinks that he was also with said Vail at Decker's fort on the same frontier
Deponent further saith that said Vail and himself belonged to different classes but on some occasions their classes were out together that the said Vail was out on various occasions performing class duty when deponent was not out, that besides the performance of class
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duty the said deponent and the said Vail with others of the militia in the neighborhood were called out on alarms to teh said Frontiers these were frequent, but deponent cannot specify the various occasions nor the particulars of the service, Deponent lived during the whole of teh war within forty rods of the said Vail and has a perfect recollection that the said Vail was always ready to go out into the service and deponent does not recollect one single instance in which the said Vail did not go out when required other in doing class duty or on occasion of alarms, on the contrary this deponent verily believes that said Vail was out on every such occasions, Deponent knows he was warm in the cause of this country and held himself in readiness at all times to do his duty. Deponent verily believes that after year 1777 to the end of the war the said Vail was in actual service at least four months in each year Deponent comes to this conclusion from his General recollection knows that the calls to perform duty was very frequent but deponent has no memoranda to refer to refresh his recollection. Captain John Jackson commanded the company. John McDowell was the Lieutenant. Colonel Benjamin Tusten commanded the regiment.
And further this deponent saith not
Davis G Drake
sworn 24 Jany 1833 before me HW Elliott J Peace
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In the matter of the application of William Vail an applicant for  a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 1832}
State of New York
County of Orange Ss}
Lawrence Kortright of the town of Walkil (sic) county and state aforesaid being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is seventy four years of age and upwards 
That he was a soldier of the Revolution and during said war resided in the town of Goshen county and state aforesaid. 
That during the said was he was acquainted with William Vail the above  named applicant for a pension.  That this deponent was during the said war at various times in the company to which the said William Vail belonged and wa out with the said William Vail in the public services after the year 1777, to the end of the war, at various times and upon various occasions that this deponent was with the said William Vail in actual service on the frontiers at Peenpack or Minisink to quard the same against the invasions of the Indians. That he was likewise with the said William Vail in service at Dewitts fort on the same frontiers, and also at Simon
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Westfalls on the same frontiers. And this deponent says that he belonged to a different class from the said William Vail and that William Vail was out on many and various occasions when this deponent was no with him. That he was frequently out upon alarms with the said Vail on the frontiers the particulars of which service this deponent cannot now specify. Deponent has a partial recollection that the said Vail was always ready to go into service and deponent does not recollect a single instance in which the said Vail when called upon did not go onto either in case of alarms or upon class duty, but that he was a true soldier and always in a state of readiness
That this deponent verily believes that after the year 1777 to the end of the war the said William Vail served in each year at least four months. Deponent comes to this conclusion from his general recollection. he knows that the calls to perform duty were very frequent. Deponent has no memoranda to refresh his recollection and can not state with absolute certainty and further this deponent saith not
Lawrence Kortright
sworn + subscribed the 24 Jany 1833 before me 
HW Elliott JP
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William Vail 
Pension Papers
A. S. Benton atty
allowed
Admitted 
Private 7mo + 7 days
no action noted
Hon. S. J. Wilkin H.R
Feb. 26. 1833
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V 4280

Hon. Nathl. Jones 
H. R.
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State of New York
Orange County }ss
On this thirtieth day of January 1839 personally appeared before the undersigned a judge of the court of common pleas of said county Ruth Vail a resident of Hamptonburgh in said county aged seventy one the 12th day of April last 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 of the act of congress passed July 7th 1838  That she is the widow of William Vail who was a private in the revolutionary army  That for the proof of his services she refers to the documents and proof on file in the war department upon which his certificate dated 28 November 1833 + numbered 24,382 was granted that she was married on the tenth day of October 1785 by Rev'd Amzi Lewis the pastor of a church in the village of Florida in the town of Warwick in said county that her said husband died on the twenty seventh day of July 1838 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed that her name before marriage Mass
Ruth Vail
sworn to and subscribed the day + year first above written before me 
H W Elliott Judge of Orange Com Pleas
I further certify that that from inspection + examination the said Ruth Vail from bodily infirmity + especially a permaniss in the hip joint  occasioned by a fall is unable to attend the next session of the court
HW Elliott Judge of Orange Com Pleas
State of New York Orange County}ss
On the 30th day of January 1839 before the undersigned a judge of the court of common pleas of said county personally ap
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f(ap)peared William B Vail aged thirty five who upon his oath declares that he is the son of William and Ruth Vail that the record hereunto annexed was copied by him from the old family bible into another family bible from which the enclosed was cut that the word erased was "Mapes" the name of his mother before marriage that the erasure appears to have been done by his mother 
That the copy aforesaid was made by this deponent twenty years ago + that the bible contains the records copied from the original has been in the family ever since. That he has made application to the Rev Charles Cummins the pastor of the church in Florida over which the Rev Amzi Lewis presided formerly + was informed by the said Cummins that there are no records of marriages of as early a date as 1785 among the church record. That his father the said William Vail died at Hamptonburgh in the said county on the twenty seventh day of July 1838 + that the said Ruth Vail has remained a widow since that period    William Vail
The words " among the church records" + Hamptonburgh" interlined before signing + Montgomery erased
Sworn + subscribed the day + year first above witness before me + I further certify that the witness is worth of all credit
HW Elliott Judge of Orange Com Pleas
State of New York 
Orange County} I Albert S Benton clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange do hereby certify that Horace W Elliott before whom the foregoing affidavit was subscribed
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and sworn was at the time of taking the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county aforesaid: and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe that the signature to teh said affidavit or declaration + the certificate following the same is genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county the 31st day of January, 1839
A.S. Benton
clerk
William Vail was born June 24 1761
Ruth Vail was born April (?) 1767
They was married October 10th 1785
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 
Second Comptroller's Office,
February 25th, 1839.
Sir: 
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled " An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at teh Treasury of the United States, " The Widow of William Vail, a Pensioner on the Roll of the N. York city Agency, at the rate of Twenty four Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept, 1837, to the 27th July, 1838, the day of his death. 
Respectfully, yours, Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.
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Ruth Vail
10816
Act July 1838
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REJECTED
10816
Ruth Vail
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Deposit NY
Mch 14 1927
Commissioner of Pension
Washington D.C. 
Dear Sir:
Can you please give me the Revolutionary war services and records of William Vail, who was in the 3rd Regiment of Orange County, New York Militia, ( Land Bounty Rights), also if possible, the dates of his birth and death. He had two sons enrolled in the dame regiment.
If any costs for same pleas let me know. 
An early reply will be appreciated. 
Thank you, (miss) M. Elizabeth Vail.
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23980
INVALID
Revolution
File No. 23,980
William Vail
Pri Rev. War

Act: June 7th 32'
Index:- Vol. 2, Page 433

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1909 Oct 26 Hist. to Cynthia Vail Snow S. S. M.
(letter in Wid: files 26260)
1927. ( May 13 list is Wis ui. Elizabeth Vail MRS
1936 Apr 27 hist to Uris Sarah Kirk
MCS
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Hon. N. Jones
8 March 1839
OC
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War Department
Pension Office
Nov 8 1839
Sir The papers of Mrs Ruth Vail widow of William Vail have been examined. The claimants husband it appears died after the 7th July 1838, The claims of Widows whose husbands were living at the time the act was passed are not provided/yr, this claim is therefore reputed 

Hon Nathl. Jones
Warwick NY  N.York
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Mechanics Bank
New York 11th October 1837
Sir  I enclose for your examination =, the papers in the case of David G. Drake, a Private at $29.30/100 per annum, under the act of 7th June 1832, who claims his pension from the 4th of September 1836.
I also enclose the papers of William Vail, a Private at $24 per annum under the act of 7th June 1832, who claims his pension from the 4th of March 1836.
Very Respectfully 
Your Obt Servt
J Lorillard 
James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington
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Ho. Reps.
Feb 9th '39
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Coms'r of Pensions
Sir
I send the papers and declaration of Ruth Vail widow of William Vail a late Pensioner, who applies under the provisions of act of 7th July 1838. The proof of marriage is the best she is able now to procure. there being no church record of marriage in the church over which W. Lewis was Pastor at the time of her marriage + no living witnesses remaining. Not a doubt exists or to her lawful marriage to William Vail dec? among all who have been acquainted with the widow + her family.
Very Respectfully 
Your servt.
Nath'l Jones
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Broken Bow, Nebr.
Mar. 29, 1936
Bureau of Pensions:
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs
I wish to inquire if you can give me any information as the following persons having received pensions for service in Rev, War?
William Vail and his son William Vail Jr. of Orange Co. N.Y. probably 3rd Reg, Orange Co. militia
Gilbert Vail and his son Joseph -  same as above I believe.
Samuel King, Lieut. 6 Co. in Capt. Cuddeback's Co. in Col James McClaughry's Reg. Ulster Co. N.Y. Militia
Usher Hampton Moore- Ulster or Orange Co. N.Y.
I realize I am asking a great deal but I surely would appreciate any information you can give me 
Yours truly
Mrs Sarah Kirk
P.O. Box 555
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RECEIVED 
APR 1 1936
MAIL SUB. CIV
VETS ADM
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