Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,348, Thomas West, New York.
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(3 -1776)
SERVICE
New York
West, Thomas
NUMBER
R. 11,348

CONTENTS
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Thomas West
Suspd. Act 1832

Exd Aug 3/54

C.W. Bennett
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State of Vermont}       St Means
County of Franklin}

Be it Known, that on this 27th day of April A. D. 1854 before me, the undersigned, a
Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared (*1)Ichabod West resident of 
(*2)Sutton CuC and made oath according to law that (*3)he is son of Thomas
West who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore  made application for the benefit of 
the Pension Act of (*4)_______
That (*5)he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint C. W. BENNETT, of
Washington City, my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of (*6)Thomas West for
any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents
in relation to said claim, on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive
for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency;
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to all things that I might or could do were I personally present.
Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
attest. Mirsa Skinner                (*9) Ichabod West
   "       Harris Skinner


Sworn to, Subscribed and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said
(*8)Ichabod West to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged.

(*9)William Bridges Judge

State of Vermont}       St Means
County of Franklin}
It is Hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me,
Judge of the Court of Probate District
of Georgia that (*8)Ichabod West
the party who has sworn to, and
acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney, is the(*10)son of the reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify,
that (*11)I am Judge as aford(aforesaid) before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and
acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Judge in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I know to be genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office,
this 27th day of April 1854.
(*12)Wm Bridges Judge of
Probate for the District of Georgia

(-----affixed seal covers parts of writing)       
1. Claminat----------2. Post Office address.
3."That he is the------"--,"that she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man,"&c.,&c.
4. Leave this line blank.  5."He is," "she is," or "they are."  6. Revolutionary soldier's full name.  7. Claimant's signature.  8. Claimant's name. 
9. Magistrate's Signature.
10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of."  11. Magistrate's name." -- 12. Clerk's signature.
N. B. -- Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.
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No 33593
Thomas West
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Declaration of 
Thos.(Thomas) West

9th July AD 1836
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State of Vermont}
Grand Isle County  ss}

On this 9th day of
July AD 1836 personally
appeared before Mr John M. Sowles a Judge
of the County Court within and for the County
of Grand Isle afsd(aforesaid) Thomas West a resident
of Dunham a place so called in the [illegible](Province?)
of Lower Canada aged Seventy Six 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 AD 1832 that he entered the service of the
United States under the following named officers
and served as herein stated I lived when I first
entered the afsd(aforesaid) Service at a place then called Beekmans
Precinct in Dutchess County & State of New York in the
forepart of the month of July 1777 I voluntered for three
months in Colonel Humpreys(Humphreys) Regiment my Captains
name I do not recollect my Lieutenants name was
Daniel Boley we marched down the North river to
a place called Peekskill our object was to prevent
the Brittish(British) from coming up the river from New York
to assist Burgoyne & to protect the frontiers &
Military Stores there was a depot of provision near
Peekskill at a place called Gallows Hill which we
renamed to Fishkill Landing & afterwards finding or
supposing it not Safe there we remained there about
twenty miles back into the country where we
served until Burgoyne was taken & the Brittish(British)
retreated down the River when I was dismissed
& went home- after this in the month of April in
the year 1780 the first of the month I voluntered for nine
months in Col Lewis Duboi's Regt my Captains name
was Henry Dubois we marched to Fishkill staid there a short
time & then went to West point staid there about a week we
then joined a Regt of Regular troops commanded by Colonel
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Courtland the Major was a Frenchman I do not recollect
his name we marched into New Jersey & Joined the American
army at a place then called the English Neighborhood consisting
of three Brigades one from New England commanded by Genl
Poor who died there I do not recollect who command the other
two Brigades or who commanded the whole I recollect seeing
Genl Layfaette there I also saw Genl Washington there
a number of times after staying there a while how long
I do not recollect we marched to a place called Bargain Town
or Powlers Hook a place that his partly between New York
& Staten Island we staid(stayed) there about two days it was
said at the time that the object was to surprise Staten Island
but they being informed of our object the plan was thus frustrated
we then went back to the English neighborhood taking with us
all the cattle & provision kind me could find we staid(stayed) there
same time I cannot say have long we were then
Marched back into the Country about two days march to
a place then called Lotoway where I staid(stayed) until my time
was out Same time in December 1780 when I was
dismissed & went home I never was in a regular engagement
but when we lay at Bargain Town or Powlers Hook the
enemy fired upon us from the battery on Staten Island with
their artillery but did us no damage I have been in
the service in the whole one year I was horn in the
year 1760 in the State of Rhode Island in the Town of North
Kingston but have no record of my age when I was called into
Service I lived in a place then called Beekmans Precincts
in Dutchess County in the State of New York as afsd(aforesaid) from there 
I removed to the town of Saratoga N.Y. where I lived about
ten years from there to Stephen Town Rensselaer County N.Y.
lived there four or five years from there to the town
of Allough County of Grand Isle & State of Vermont from there
to Dunham in the Province of Lower Canada where I have
ever since & do now reside I went into the service as a
volunteer I recollect the following regular officers who
were with the troops where I served Col Courtland, General
Poor commanded the New England troops but died while
I was there in the service I saw Genl Layaette there often
& General Washington once or twice I do not recollect of
ever receiving a written
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discharge If I did I do not know what has become
of it I will state the names of the following persons
with whom I am acquainted in [illegible](Alburgh?) & who can testify
to my character for truth & veracity & also their belief of my
services as a soldier of the Revolution I hereby relinqush(relinquish)
every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except
the [illegible](grant?) & declare that my name is not on the
pension Roll of the agency of any State or territory
the names of the persons above alluded to are Stephen
Sweet Nathan Niles Ichabod Niles Paul Niles John
R. Chilton & George Bremer

Thomas West
Sworn to & Subscribed this 9th day of July
AD 1836 Before me John 
M. Sowles Judge of Grand Isle County[illegible] (Court?)
We the undersigned inhabitants of the Town of [illegible](Alburgh?) in
the County of Grand Isle & State of Vermont do hereby certify
that we have been well acquainted with Thomas West
who hath subscribed the foregoing declaration for thirty
years past & that he is a man of credibility & his statements are
entitled to credit that we believe he is of the age he represents
& that he has always been reputed & believed in the 
neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution
& that we have not or ever had any doubt on that
subject but fully concur & that opinion
We also certify that we are acquainted with Peter West the
witness whose affidavit is hereunto attached & that he is a person
of credibility & his statements are entitled to credit
Paul Niles                    Ichabod Niles                                   
George Straight          Stephen Sweet
Nathan Niles                [illegible signature](George S. West?)
Subscribed & Sworn to before me this 9th day of July 1836
John M. Sowles Judge of G. I. Co Court
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I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Paul
Niles Ichabod Niles George Straight George S. West Stephen
Sweet & Nathan Niles all of Alburgh afsd(aforesaid) & that they
are men of Credibility & their Statement is entitled to
Credit & that full reliance (when they are known) would
be placed upon their Certificate hereunto annexed
& that there is no permanently established Clergyman residing
in Alburgh & that the applicant cannot from bodily infirmity
attend the Court
John M. Sowles Judge of Grand Isle County Court

And I the said John M. Sowles Judge as afsd(aforesaid) do hereby
declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter
& after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war
department that the above named applicant was a
revolutionary Soldier & served as he States in witness
whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name at
Alburgh in sd(said) Grand Isle County this 9th day of July AD
1836             John M. Sowles Judge of Grand Isle County Court

I further certify that the foregoing contains my
original praeedings(proceedings) in the Matter of the application
of Thomas West
for a pension
John M. Sowles Judge of Grand Isle C. Court

State of Vermont}
Grand Isle County  ss}
Clerks Office North [illegible] July 28th AD 1836
I Joel Allen Clerk of the County Court within
and for said County of Grand Isle do hereby Certify that John
M. Sowles is a Judge of said County Court duly commissioned and
qualified to act in that behalf & that the signatures annexed
are his genuine signatures In testimony whereof I have
thereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said
Court the day & year afsd(aforesaid)
Joel Allen  Clerk
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State of Vermont}
Grand Isle County  ss}
I Peter West of Sutton
 in the Province of Lower
Canada aged Seventy four years do testify & say
that I am personally knowing to my Brother Thomas
West Serving two tours of service
in the American
army in the War of the Revolution in the whole I
should think about one year as stated in his
declaration hereunto attached I see him in the
Service under arms & said him go and return
& further this Deponent saith not
Peter West 

Subscribed & Sworn to before me this 9th day
of July AD 1836. John M. Sowles Judge of Grand Isle County Court

I certify that from a slight acquaintance with the
above witness & from the certificate annexed I have
no doubt that the above deponent is a credible
witness    John M. Sowles Judge of Grand Isle County Court
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Vermont
Revo y . __
Thomas West
Suspended
[illegible] Let to I.ch Sowles
Aug. 12th 1836
to same 8. Dec. 1836
B H. Baldron, Oct. 27/54
______
1832
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11.348
P.O.
Thomas West
Service:
Enlisted:  REJECTED, 18
Discharged:______,18
Application filed:______,18
Alleges:_____
Re-enlisted:____
Attorney:______
P. O._____
___Recognized.   _____Contr
____Cert. of Dis.    Searched for___,18
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V                Free
Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Office Washington City D.C
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West Alburgh V.[illegible]. July 27th 1836
Hon J. L. Edward
Sir Inclosed I send you
the application of Thos. West for a
pension he hopes you can make
it [illegible](convenient?) to give it an
early attention please direct to me
Verry Respectfully your Obt Servt(Obedient Servant)
J. M. Sowles
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Revolutionary

Papers
LMM
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AFFIDAVIT AND POWER OF ATTORNEY.
REVOLUTIONARY PENSION CLAIMS.

State of Vermont}
County of Franklin}  ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this thirty first day of August 
A. D., 1854, I, Elias W West,
do make known and declare that I am
the son and heir-at-law to Thomas West
who was a Revolutionary Soldier,
[the wife of (crossed out)]
who served      years under the command of 
in the forces raised in the State of       , and that he and his wife were married about the month of     , A. D. 1784, that he died about the month of July, A.D. 1846, and that his said wife also died about the month of October, A.D.1846, and [(crossed out)that a pension of dollars a year was drawn by said] that application has been made on account of said services,[(crossed out)and so continued until the year A.D.18  ,since which time] and nothing has
been received by either, or the heirs of either of said parties.

And that claimant is now 49 years of age; and it is understood and believed that there are
arrearages of Pension, and other claims due for said services. NOW, THEREFORE, the true intent of all this is to qualify and irrevocably appoint and empower Benj H Baldwin, of Washington, District of Columbia,
as my true and lawful Attorney, with power of substitution, to investigate and substantiate, [(crossed out)demand, and receive the avails of,] said claim or claims, and to say and do all things relative thereto, as amply as I might do; hereby ratifying every thing said or done by said Attorney, or his substitute, in virtue hereof; ALSO, revoking all Powers of Attorney, or other authority previously given for any such purposes.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, day and date first above named.         Elias W. West  **seal**
ATTEST:                                                       
E. B. Northrop
A. G. Brush
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Washington Oct 21s 1854
Hon. L. P. Waldo}
Com. of Pensions}
Sir
I beg leave to call
your attention to the claim of Thomas West of
Vermont under the act of June 7, 1832.
Claimant alledges to have enlisted for nine
months in the month of April 1780, into Capt
Henry Dubois Co Col Dubois Regt. New York
troops, and in a short time to have
joined Col. Van Cortlands Regt and Marched
to New Jersey where he served out his time.
The office say in their last letter that
there was no such officer as Capt Henry
Dubois in the New York Line, or Militia
[illegible]. I believe it is well known that Captain
Henry Dubois belonged to the New York line
and I am informed there are rolls now in
your office of his company. I would therefore
ask that the case of Claimant May be
Examined in connexion with the Rolls of
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Capt Dubois- and the Rolls of Col Van
Cortland. I enclose herewith a Power of
Attorney from one of the Heirs
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Srnt(Obedient Servant)
Benj H Baldwin
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I Thomas West of Durham in the
Province of Lower Canada aged Seventy
Six years do hereby testify & say in addition to
my or Explanatory of my former declaration
that as near as I can recollect the commanding
officers name of my Company in Col Humpreys
Regt was Oal or Daly he was a dutchman
& how he spelt his name I do not know
whether he was Capt or Lieut I do not
know but he had charge of my Company
during my first three months Tour
as it respects my next tour of nine months
in 1780 I enlisted as I before stated in Capt
Henry Dubois Company Col Lewis Dubois
Regt & went to West Point they then heat 
up for volunteers to Jain(join) & fill up the
infantry Companies in Col Courtland
Regiment & a part of our Company &
myself among the rest volunteered for the
campaign & served my time out as I stated
in my former declaration & the reason I
never applied for a pension before is that
I lived in the Province of Canada and
supposed that I must prove my Service
by two witnesses & I knew not where to find
them & further I say not
Thomas West

Sworn to & Subscribed this 13th day of
October AD. 1836 Before me John M. Sowles Judge of Grand Isle County Court
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State of Vermont
Grand Isle County Clerks Office October 20th 1836

I Joel Allen Clerk of said Grand Isle County Court
do hereby certify that John M. Sowles is a Judge of said
Court duly Commissioned & qualified to act in that
behalf & that his signature hereunto annexed is his
genuine signature in witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court
at North Hero in said County the day and year
afsd(aforesaid)
Joel Allen
Clerk

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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME  West, Thomas          GRADE  Private    LINE  Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER  10599     ACREAGE    100
ISSUED    April 6, 1790
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.