Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23236, Garet Goewey, New York
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SERVICE:
New York

Goewey, Garet or Garret

NUMBER:
S 23236
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[2020?] New York

Garret Goewey of Albany in the State of New York who was a Priv. & Sgt. in the Company commanded by Captain [blank space] of the Regt. commanded by Col [blank space] in the New York line for 6 months Private & 7 months Sergeant.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 55 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of February 1833 and sent to Hon. G.Y. Lansing [illegible]

Arrears to 4th of September 1832 - $82.50
[illegible] allowance ending 4 March '33 27.50
$110.00

Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Jno Cromwell Clerk
Book D Vol. 5 Page 92

[There is a note written sideways on the left side of the paper. It reads:]
Ref. June 1838 A.B.
This is all that is found on A.B.
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July 25, 183[illegible]
[illegible] Office No 2.577

GY Lawsing

[Multiple items scratched out]

7 mo Sergt.
6 Private

Watch service not allowed & omitted

7 mo Sergt.
6 mo private
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State of New York
Albany County SS

On this 21st day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the Justices of the Justices Court of the City of Albany now sitting Garret Goewey a resident of the City of Albany in the County of Albany and State of New York aged Seventy three 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 following named officers and served as herein stated. That about the first of June in the summer of 1778 he was drafted in the militia and went to Schoharie taking the old road and stopped at the old Stone church then used as a fort while here he was frequently out on Scouting parties. He saw no regular troops while here.
The only officers he now recollects were Major Abraham Fonda and Lieutenant Levinus Winne. He was gone two months.
And he further declares that about the middle of May 1779 he again went to Schoharie as a Substitute at this time each company of militia had to send one out of every Six or Seven His rout then was the same as before and he was again stationed at the old Stone church or upper fort as it was called He cannot recollect any of his officers except Lieutenant Conrad Sharpe
He was absent two months And he further declares that in May 1780 he went again as a drafted militiaman with the office of first Sergeant and was placed with others under the command of Lieutenant William Willson who he now thinks belonged to the regular army and who had come to Albany for powder. they took the old Schoharie road and were stationed at what was called the Middle fort about three miles beyond the old Stone church or upper fort while here he
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was out a number of times to drive off the tories and Indians but had no engagement with them. At one time Butler & Brant who headed a combined tory and indian force sent a flag of truce to the fort and demanded its surrender. but which was not complied with. They made no attempt to take the fort but after remaining about there a day or two they went off. There were regular troops here who were five years men and Capt Brown had the command. When he left Albany in this expedition he expected to have been gone three or four months but was detained owing to a scarcity of men until near Christmas following when he returned home having been absent about seven months. Here he performed the same duty as the regular troops. And he further declares that in 1782 he was enrolled as a Volunteer and private in Captain Jacob Lansings Company of Militia and marched from Albany by the way of Schenectady, Fort Hunter and other places along the Mohawk River to Fort Plain that after being here a month & more he with others went to Bowmans Creek where he remained near a month longer and then returned home having been absent all of two months his other officers as now recollected by him were Major Abraham Fonda and Lieutenant Levinus Winne. In giving the names of the officers for each of the above times that he turned out for the service of his country he may owing to the lapse of time have fallen into an error and he may as to some of the times when he turned out be mistaken in the year. But he can safely declare and does most positively & unequivocally declare that as to the number of times which he turned out there is no mistake nor is there any in the time he was gone for in this respect he has rather stinted than improperly increased it. And he further declares that during the whole of the revolutionary war he resided in the City of Albany & was when at home called upon every week and frequently three times in a week when to stand guard for the protection of the
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city during the night. to go out when alarms were given or to attend the drills which were so numerous at that eventful period and that these last mentioned services when taken together would be equal to at least four months Militia duty. And he further declares that he was born in the City of Albany in the County & State aforesaid in the year One thousand Seven hundred and fifty nine. that he has resided in the City & County of Albany ever since and that he knows of no record of his age nor where any can be found. He has no documentary evidence of his aforesaid services & never had any That all of the aforesaid officers are to the best of his knowledge & belief dead and if not their places of residence are unknown to him & that there are no person or persons now living to his knowledge who can testify to them or any part of them except such as have been sworn to by Abraham Vosburgh whose affidavit accompanys this his declaration And the he further declares that the whole of his above mentioned services amount to one year & five months. 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 or (if any) only in that of the agency of the State of New York.

Garet Huwey

Sworn to and Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
                 J. G. Wasson Clk

We Isaac Ferris a clergyman residing in the City of Albany and Anthony Sanford residing in the same place hereby Certify that We are well acquainted with Garret Goewey who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that We believe him to be seventy three years old that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that We concur in that opinion

Isaac Ferris
Anthony Van Santvoort

Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
   J. G. Wasson Clk

And the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation
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of the City of Albany do hereby certify that on the twenty first day of July Eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared before us in open court Abraham Vosburgh the witness named in & who made the foregoing affidavit of services rendered by Garet Goewey in the Revolutionary war, that we are acquainted with him & that he is entitled to credit and that he made his mark in signing the said affidavit for want of having been taught to write
[Signed] Gerrit L Dox
[Signed] C. H. Shear 
Justices of the Justices Court

J. G. Wasson Clk
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O.W. & N. Division.
F.S.
M.E.C.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

May 13, 1895.

Sir:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of -- Garrett Goewey -- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 

[There is a table with rows and columns. The columns read DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT, LENGTH OF SERVICE., RANK., OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED (CAPTAIN. and COLONEL.), STATE.]

DATE OF ENLISTMENT June 1773 LENGTH OF SERVICE 2 mos. RANK Pvt. CAPTAIN Lt. Levinus Winne COLONEL Mjr. Abraham Fonda STATE N.Y.
DATE OF ENLISTMENT May 1779 LENGTH OF SERVICE 2 mos. RANK Substitute. CAPTAIN Lt. Conrad Sharpe COLONEL Not Stated. STATE N.Y.
DATE OF ENLISTMENT May 1780 LENGTH OF SERVICE 7 mos. RANK Sergt. CAPTAIN William Willsen COLONEL Not Stated. STATE N.Y.
DATE OF ENLISTMENT [blank] 1732 LENGTH OF SERVICE 2 mos. RANK Pvt. CAPTAIN Jacob Lansing COLONEL Mjr. Abraham Fonda STATE N.Y.

He was also called out frequently to render short tours of guard duty, officers not stated.

Battles engaged in, None.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Albany, N.Y.
Date of application for pension, July 21, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Albany, N.Y.
Age at date of application, Born, Albany, N.Y. in 1759.

Remarks: [blank]

Very respectfully,

J. Warren Cutler, Esq.,
Rochester, N.Y.

Commissioner
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May 21, 1931
Mrs. Richard Jones
406 Huston Street
Scotia, New York
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF: MLB

Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 23236, that Garet or Garret Goewey was born in 1759 in Albany, New York.
While residing in Albany, he enlisted and served with the New York troops, as follows: - from June, 1778, two months as private under Lieutenant Levinus Winne and Major Abraham Fonda; from May, 1779, two months as private under Lieutenant Conrad Sharpe; from May, 1780, seven months as sergeant under Lieutenant William Willson; in 1782, two months as private in Captain Jacob Lansing's company under Major Abraham Fonda. He also served on several alarms, amounting to about four months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 21, 1832, at which time he was living at Albany.
The above noted is the history of the only soldier with surname Goewey that is found in the Revolutionary War records
of this bureau.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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[Stamped at top of page] REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS SECTION APR 2-1931 BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
Will you kindly send me any information you have concerning
Barent B. Goewey who fought in the Revolutionary War.

[Signed] Mrs. Richard Jones
406 Huston St.
Scotia N.Y.
[Note on right side middle of page] only with clear surname
[Stamped lower left side] U.S. Pension Office APR 2 1931
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[round stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
May 18, 1895

[rectangular stamp]
OLD WAR & NAVY FILES
MAY 21, 1895

[handwritten notes]
File

G.W. 23236

Gerrit Goewey
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James G. Cutler.
J. Warren Cutler
[stamp with company logo?]
Patented and Authorized

2--M.R.

The Cutler Manufacturing Co.
Sole Makers U.S. Mail Chutes
Rochester, N.Y.

May 17, 1895.

William Lochran, Esq., Commissioner,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your report on the Revolutionary services of Gerrit Goewey, for which I finger-- there being no bill enclosed--there is no charge. Please accept my thanks for your prompt attention to my request, and believe me,

Very truly yours,
[signature of J. Warren Cutler]
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[round stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
May 7, 1895

[rectangular stamp]
OLD WAR & NAVY FILES
May 9, 1895
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NEW YORK STATE SOCIETY
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
ROCHESTER CHAPTER.

JOSEPH WARREN CUTLER, PRESIDENT.
JOHN HENRY ROCHESTER, VICE-PRESIDENT.
EDWARD GRIFFITH MINER, JR., SECRETARY.
FREDERIC PERCIVAL ALLEN, TREASURER.
WILLIAM WATSON WEBB REGISTRAR AND HISTORIAN.
[There is a handwritten letter G in center of page]
Dictated, M. R.   Rochester, N.Y. May, 16th, 1895.
[There is a handwritten P in the center of the page]
The Honorable,
The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: -
Will you kindly examine the Revolutionary Pension Rolls, and if you find the name of GERRIT GOEWEY, a soldier in the Revolution (presumably from New York State) to whom a pension was granted, send me a certificate to that effect. I do not know what the charge for such a certificate is or would enclose the amount. I will send you a check on receipt of the certificate, or if you will kindly advise me as to the amount of the charge, I will forward the check in advance if desired.
Respectfully yours,
[Signed] J. Warren Cutler
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[Left side of page]
23236
[initials] w.e.l.
INVALID.
23,236
Garret Goewey
Sergt Rev War

Act: June 7th 32
Index: -Vol. 2, Page 157
[Arrangement of 1870.]

May 13/95 Hist to J. Warren
Cutler, Rochester, N.Y.
1931 - May 21 Hist. to Mrs. Richard Jones ewy
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Personally appeared before the [illegible] of the Justice's Court of the City of Albany in the County of Albany and State of New York in open Court Garret Goewey who being duly [illegible] and [illegible] that by [illegible] of old age and the Consequent loss of memory he cannot swear fortuitously 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 [illegible]. For seven months I served as a first sergeant. In ten months I served as a private and for such service [illegible].

[signature of Garet Goerey]

[illegible] to [illeigible] the 17th day of November, 1832 in Open Court
[signature of J. G. Wasson, Clk.]