Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,163, for William Pettingell, New York
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(3-1776)
SERVICE New York
Pettingell, William
or Pittengell
NUMBER S. 18163
Carded
CONTENTS [BLANK]
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New York 28.548

William Pittengells [Pettingell], of Otsego Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Yates of the Regt. commanded by Col Alden on the N. York Militia line for 14 1/2 mo. Private

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 48 Collars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of April 1834 and sent to A. Cork Jr

Arrears to the 4th of March 1834 $144.99
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept 4 '34  24.16
$169.15
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Saml H. Page Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 114

Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838 from 4 March to 15 Aug 1840. Agt notified 4. June 1841
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 27th, 1841.
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 the Treasury of the United States," the childn. of William Pettengell [Pettingel], a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Forty eight Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the
4th of March to the 15th August 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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No 16004
William Pettengel [Pettingell] N.Y

c.c.j.
Suspd

Ann
A. Cook Junior Agent
Cooperstown New York
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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. These 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.

A Statement, shewing the Service of William Pittengell, of Otsego Co. New York
Period when the service was rendered.  ||  Duration of the claimant's service.  |  Years.  |  Months.  |  Days.  ||  Rank of the claimant.  ||  Names and Rand of the Company officers under whom he served.  ||  Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.  ||  Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  ||  Country through which he marched.  ||  Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.  ||  Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Volunteered 1776  ||  [BLANK]  |  3  |  [BLANK]  ||  Private  ||  Capt. Samuel Pittengell [Pettingell]  ||  [BLANK]  ||  [BLANK]  ||  To Fort Herkimer  ||  Montgomery County, New York - Aged 74  ||  Traditionary.
Volunteered 1776  ||  [BLANK]  |  [BLANK]  |  not less than 15  ||  [BLANK]  ||  Same  ||  [BLANK]  ||  [BLANK]  ||  [BLANK]  ||  [BLANK]  ||  Living witness of undefined service
Volun. 1777  ||  [BLANK]  |  about 4  |  [BLANK]  ||  [BLANK]  ||  Same  ||  Genl Herkimer & Schuyler  ||  Ariskana  ||  To Fort Herkimer & " [illegible]  ||  [BLANK]  ||  [BLANK]
Called out 1778  ||  [BLANK]  |  a little more than 2  |  [BLANK]  ||  [BLANK]  ||  Capt Snook  ||  Colo Alden  ||  [BLANK]  ||  to Stone Arabia  ||  [BLANK]  ||  [BLANK]
Called out 1778  ||  [BLANK]  |  2 & little more  |  [BLANK]  ||  [BLANK]  ||  same  ||  [BLANK]  ||  [BLANK]  || to Fort Plain & Cherry Valley  ||  [BLANK]  ||  [BLANK]
Called out 1779  ||  [BLANK]  |  [crossed out: 1] 3-  |  [crossed out: 5] [BLANK]  ||  [BLANK]  ||  Capt Peter Gates  ||  [BLANK]  ||  [BLANK]  ||  to Johnstown  & Fort Plank  ||  [BLANK]  ||  [BLANK]

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, mucicians 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 } ss.
County of
On this [BLANK] day of [BLANK] personally appeared (a) before [BLANK] A. B. a resident (b) of [BLANK] in the county of [BLANK] and State, Territory or District of [BLANK] aged (c) [BLANK] 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) [BLANK], with [BLANK] and served in the [BLANK] (e) regiment of the [BLANK] 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. [symbol of a hand pointing to the right] 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 [BLANK]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [BLANK] 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, [BLANK] of the Court of [BLANK] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [BLANK] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [BLANK] day of [BLANK] &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 [BLANK] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [BLANK] who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [BLANK] 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 [BLANK] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [BLANK] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [BLANK] Clerk of the Court of [BLANK] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [BLANK] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [BLANK] day of [BLANK] &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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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 enquiry 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] [a hand-written bracket is to the right of this section] 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 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
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: [BLANK] For [BLANK] year [BLANK] months, and [BLANK] days, I served as a [BLANK]. For [BLANK] months and [BLANK] days, I served as a [BLANK]; 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; the particular place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an 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 affix 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.
[a hand-written bracket is to the right of this paragraph] 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] [a hand-written bracket is to the right of this section]  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.
[symbol of a hand pointing to the right] 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 to 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.
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William Pettingel [Pettingell]
A. Cook Jun. Atty
Cooperstown N.Y.
16004

admd
14 1/2 mo pri [months private]
$48.33
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State of New York
Otsego County ss
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for the County of Otsego William Pettingell who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that by reason of old age and consequent loss memory he cannot swear positively as to the length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less then the periods mentioned below - that [crossed out: he] I served for three months from in May 1776 - till [written in the left margin: 3-] August in same year as a Soldier. I. served 15- [written in the left margin: 15.] days as a soldier under my Father Capt. Pettingell in Septm. 1776. I served from in April 1777- till in August same year as a solder four [written in the left margin: 4-] Months - from June 1778 to in August same [written in the left margin: 2.] year I served two months as a Soldier. I served [written in the left margin: 2.] from in Sept 1778 till Nov. 1778- two months as a Soldier. I served three months or a Soldier [written in the left margin: 3.] from in May 1779 - till August of same year and further that I never did recieved a written discharge at any time
Sworn & Subscribed this 3d day of June 1833.
William Pettingell
Before me
Seth Doubleday Jr. Justice
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State of New York
Otsego County ss.
I Horace Lathrop, Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Seth Doubleday Junior Esquire, before whom the foregoing Affidavit purports to have been sworn was, at the date of the same, one of the Justices of the Peace, in & for the said County; and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand, and seal of Office this 15th day of June 1833.
Horace Lathrop, Clerk
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[the top of this document is under a fold in the paper and the text is not visible]

County ss
John Magraw of Florida in said County being duly sworn before Geo. Warnick one of the Justices of the peace of said County deposes and saith that he is well acquainted with William Pettengill [Pettingell] decd that said William Pettengill was a resident of the town of Florida aforesaid before and during the Revolutionary War, that said William Pettengill was out on the frontier, and other plain under Capt. Samuel Pettengill [Pettingell] that said William Pettengill served under Capt. Peter Yates and afterwards under Capt. Snook, and that said William Pettingell volunteered and went one of the guard with General Schuyler while making a treaty with the Indians and that the said William Pettingell was frequently out under the aforesaid officer during the Revolutionary War on the frontiers and other places.
John Magraw, his X mark

Subscribed & sworn August 24, 1832 before me
Geo. Warnick Justice

I George Warrick the Justice before whom the above affidavit was sworn do certify John Magraw the person who made the above affidavit is a person of truth and veracity and that full confidence may be placed in his statements
Geo. Warnick Justin Peace
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Montgomery County,
Clerks office ss
I, George D. Ferguson, Clerk of the County of Montgomery [crossed out: County] aforesaid do hereby certify that George Warnick, Esq. before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the County aforesaid, & duly authorized by law to act as such. And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that the signature of the said Justice subscribed to the within affidavit is Genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this 25th day of August, 1832.
Geo: D. Ferguson

Wm Pettengill [Pettingell]
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State of New York
Otsego County ss
On this 16th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at the Court house in the Village of Cooperstown in the County of Otsego aforesaid William Pettingel [Pettingell] a resident of the Town of Milford in the County & State aforesaid aged 74 years on the 20 of May 1832 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 7- 1832-
That he entered the army of the Revolution as a soldier in the year 1776, as a volunteer in the Militia and at different periods afterwards and served for the following periods & under the following circumstances to wit
That in May 1776 at Florida in the County of Montgomery & State of New York where he resided he volunteered to join a company of Militia under his father Capt Samuel Pettingel [Pettingell] that said corps was ordered the fort Herkimer on the Mohawk River and arrived there in a few days and
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[handwritten to the left of this paragraph: 3] were station there for three months during all which time he was on duty at the Fort or engaged with a small detachment from the Fort in driving back the Indians, who were occasionally committing depredations upon the settlements near the fort - that he remaind there three months when the company was dismissed and their place supplied by an other Company of Militia-
[handwritten to the left of this paragraph: 1/2] In September 1776- volunteerd at Florida aforesaid & went with a company of Militia under his father Capt Pettingel [Pettingell] to a Col. Butters (who was a tory) near Johnstown in Montgomery Co. N. Y. to take same Tories who had collected there & succeeded in taking 10- This excursion in as under the order of the Committee of Safety of what was then called Tryon Co - and was out not less than 15- days-
That in in April 1777, he again volunteered to join the company of Militia under his Father and went to Herkimer on the Mohawk River and were stationed there on duly till in the month July, when they were ordered to Fort Stanwix further up the River and was there engaged in fortifying that place and remaind there till the British Tories & Indians
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2.
[handwritten to the left of this paragraph: 4] under St. Leger to Tarlton was there and engaged in the Battle called the Ariskana [Oriskany] Battle in August and that his Father Capt Pettingel [Pettingell] was Killed at that time The American Militia were under Gen Herkimer & Schuyler. from after the Battle and about the middle of August 1777, he was discharged to visit home was out this time about four months - got home about the 20. August. during this summer he was out with Gen Schuyler who was making a treaty with the Indians.
[handwritten to the left of this paragraph: 2] In the month of June 1778 was called out with the Militia of Canajoharie under Capt Snook. (the Militia were ordered out at this time by the Committee of Safety of Tryon Co.) and sent to Stone Arabia in the present County of Montgomery and were stationed there at a Blockhouse to guard the Settlement from the Indians & Tories & staid there about one month, then went to Johnstown about 20. miles and were stationed there on Similar duty till the first of August. and then he went with a fort of said Corps to what was called Wimps Settlement to guard that place during the harvest and remained there till about the 20. of August and was then dismissed & wint home and was out this time a little more than two months
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[handwritten to the left of this paragraph: 2] About the 20th of Septr. 1778, The Militia were again called out, and he went in a company under Capt Snook and wint to Fort Plain in Montgomery Co. [crossed out: and] and stationed there on duty and was in an engaged in repairing the Block house at that place and remain there till about the middle of October and were then ordered to Cherry Valley about 20 miles South and was stationed at the Fort these (which was a Block house) and remained there till about the last of November 1778. was there when the place was attacked by the Indians & Tories under Brant & Butter and when the Settlement was burned (the forces at Cherry Valley or under command of Col. Alden who was killed at that time) and was after the massacre at C. Vally & on the last of Novr. 1778- dismissed & went home. and was out on duty this time a little more than 2. Months
[handwritten to the left of this paragraph: 3] In May and about the 20th of that month in the year 1779 - he was called out with the Militia & went in a company under Capt Peter Yates and went he Caughnawaga and was stationed there about one month and was then ordered the Johnstown in Montgomery Co and was stationed then about three months and then order & marched to Fort Plank in Montgomery Co and was stationed there on duty for five months and was then
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discharged & went home that he served this time in all about three months.
That he has no documentary evidence of his service nor does he know of any person by whom he can prove the service and has no other evidence in his power except the affidavit which is hereunto attached
And he hereby relinquishes all claim to a pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency of any State.
That he was born in Florida in the County of Montgomery on the 20 day of May in the year 1758. Then was a Record of his age in the family Bible of his Father, which is now in possession. that he lived there till he was 46 year old and then mowed into Milford, Otsego Co. N.Y. when he has resided ever since.
He refers for evidence of his character Mr Wellman, Gen: Crofts, William Barnard, Judge Morell, Hon W. G. Angel
William Pettingell

Sworn & subscribed in open Court the 16th day of October 1832
Horace Lathrop Clerk

Mr Richard Cooley & Samuel Petingell residing in the Town of Oneonta in the County of Otsego & State of New York and Robert Martin residing in Milford in said County and State hereby certify
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that we are acquainted with William Petingell [Pettingell] who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 74 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Richard Cooley
Samuel Pettingell
Robert Martin, his X mark

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Samuel 
Horace Lathrop Clerk

[crossed out: And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he States.]

And the Court do hereby declare their opinion after 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 certify that it appears to them that Richard Cooley and Samuel Pettingall are residents of the town of Oneonta [crossed out: Milford] in said County & state & Robert Martin of Milford in said County, and are credible persons & entitled to credit
J. O. Moore
E Fraite } Judges
Seth Chase

I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County

[text missing]iam Pettingell
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of Otsego Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application [crossed out: for a pension] of William Pettingell for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 19th day of October in the year 1832
Horace Lathrop Clerk
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J. H.
Mass

18163
INVALID.
File No. 18,163
William Pittengell [Pettingell]
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7" 32
Index:- Vol. 1, Page 297
[Arrangement of 1870]

Jan. 13/98. Hist. to Mr. Pettingill, Amesbury
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State of New York
Schoharie County ss.
Hugh Connally of said County being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he is Hugh seventy four years of age and that he was and acquainted with William Pettingell during the Revolution and has been ever since. Said William now resides in Milford in the County of Otsego and that said William served as a private in a company of Militia under his father Capt Pettingell and was stationed at Johnstown Caughnawaga Tribes Hill - that this deponent served in the same company at the same time that in 1777, Said William was stationed at Fort Herkimer in the same company & shortly went to Ariskana [Oriskany] & was there at the time the Battle was fought at that place that his Father was killed at that time. That said William was afterwards attached to a company under Capt Snook & Lieutenant Thomas Van Horn. and was [crossed out: that] Stationed at Cherry Vally Fort Plain and Fort Plank, and that this depont was in the same Company all the time, and that said William served in said Company at least one year & I think more. But this deponent cannot now recollect the length of time said William served & how long they were stationed at the diffent places-
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that this deponent served in the same company with said William in the years 1776, 1777 & 1778 - and said William was a good & faithful soldier and further saith not.
Hugh Connelly

I certify that on the 15th day of November 1833, personally came before me Hugh Connelly known to me to be the person described in & who signed the above affidavit & made oath to the truth of the parts therein stated and that he is a man of good moral character & entitled to full Credit
Marvin Judd one of the Judges of Schoharie County

State of New York
County of Schoharie ss.
I John Gebhard Jr. Clerk of the said county Do certify that Marvin Judd before whom the preceding affidant purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the court of Common pleas, in and for the said county: and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and certificate of credibility, to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal of office this 16th day of November 1833
John Gebhard Jr. Clerk
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Wm. Pettingell
affts of Service
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State of New York
Otsego County ss.
Thomas Van Horn of Springfield in the said County being duly sworn deposeth and saith that is Eighty one years of age and that is well acquainted with William Pettingell of Milford in said County of Otsego. and that this deponent was well acquainted with said William during the time of the Revolutionary war & has been well acquainted with him ever since. and that this deponent served as a private in a company of Militia under Capt Pettingell who was the Father of the said William Pettingell and that said William Pettingell was a Soldier and served in said Company at the same time and that the said Company were stationed at Caughnawaga Johnstown & Tripes [Tribes] Hill, this deponent cannot now recollect how long they were stationed at the above places, that the said Company was raised & was under the Committee of Safety, and were stationed at different places to protect the Inhabitants from the incursions of the Indians - that this deponent & the said William Pettingell were stationed at Fort Herkimer - for a part of the time and marched in the year 1777 to Ariskana [Oriskany]. He was there when the Battle was fought at that that place in August. that the American troops were under Gen. Herkimer at that time who was [illegible] in that Battle that Capt Pettingell was Killed in said Battle and that he this the said William Pietingell belonged to a company of Militia under
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commanded by Capt William Snook that this deponent belonged to the same company at the same time and were stationed for a time at Fort Plain and Fort Plank but how long they were at the places this deponent cannot now State. That this deponent was first Lieutenant in Capt William Snooks Company during this time. that during this time this company was stationed at Cherry under Col. Alden who was Killed in the Battle at that place when the Fort was taken & the place burnd by Brant & Butler with a party of Indians & Torys. that said William was in service at this time That said William was also stationed at [illegible] for a time under Col. Cox & Gen. Herkimer during this time a treaty was held by Genl Herkimer with Brant, who had command of the Indians. that this deponent is not now from loss of recollection able to state the precise periods that said William served or the length of time he was stationed at the different places or precisely how long said William served in Capt Snooks company while this deponent was Lieutenant in said Company. But this deponent is certain that said William served more than one year with this deponent in the different campains & at the different places above stated.
Thomas Vanhorn

Sworn & Subscribed this 11th day of November 1833. Before me
Walter Holt J.P.
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I certify that on the 18th day of November 1833, personally came before me Thomas Van Horn to me. Known to be the same person described in & who signed the foregoing affidavit and made oath to the truth of the facts therein states and that he is a man of good moral character & that full confidence may be placed in his statements.
Walter Holt J. P.

State of New York
Otsego County ss
I Horace Lathrop, Clerk of said County, do certify that Walter Holts, before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same one of the Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Otsego:
And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the foregoing affidavit & certificate to be his genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 21st day of November 1838
Horace Lathrop, Clerk
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Revo:
New York
Suspended act 7 Jn '32
letter 26 Oct 1833 to A. Cook Jr.
admd
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Amesbury, Mass., 1/2 1898.
Commissioner Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
I am writing a genealogy of the Pettingell family, (the name is spelt various ways by different branches) which I intend to publish, and will you kindly assist by sending me as complete a record as you can, showing the date of birth, marriage and death of each member, and the name of city of town where each occured. I would like to have you extend the record back as far as possible, and add any ifnormation in regard to any of them that would be interesting for publication, such as army service, political honors, occupation, etc. Awaiting your early kindness,
I am Respectfully Yours,
John M Pettingell

P.S.
Please tell me what course is necessary to learn [crossed out: who] about the following
Benjamin Petingal was a revolutionary pensioner living in Clarendon, Orleans Co. N.Y. in 1840. age. 79.
William Pettingell was also a pensioner
over
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living in Milford Otsego, N.Y. age. 82 in 1840 he was living with a Samuel Pettingell
If you can send me any information that will throw any light
on their antecedents - as to place of birth parents, place of death or place of enlistment it would assist me very much

[stamped: U.S. PENSION OFFICE D JAN 7 1898]

[stamped: OLD WAR & NAVY FILES [ILLEGIBLE] 1898]