Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,168, Ezra Gallup, Conn
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( 3 - 1776 )
SERVICE NUMBER
Conn. Gallup, Ezra S. 29.168
CONTENTS
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32.352
New York
Ezra Gallup
of Schoharie in the State of NY who was a pri in the Co commanded by Captain Stanton of the Conn commanded by Smith in the Revo line for 6 mos
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of July '15 and sent to Pensioner Gallupville Schoharie Co
Arrears to the 4th of N.Y. Semi-annual allowance ending
{Revolutionary Claim, June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by F. L. Swan Clerk, Book E2 Vol. 4 Page 27
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Ezra Gallup
33646
NY
Act 7 June 32
admd by Secy
6 mo pri
20.
Mr Ezra Gallup
U.S. Pension
Gallupville
Schoharie
NY
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State of New York }
County of Schoharie } Ss
On this seventh day of October 1843 personally appeared before the Court of Common pleas now sitting Ezra Gallup a resident of the town of Schoharie in the County of Schoharie and State of New York aged eighty 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 was enroled in the malitia of the State of Connecticut in the year 1779 and that after his enrolment he immediately commencing serving as an alarms or minute man as they were then called in the month of September or October of that year as near as he can recollect the same that the company he served in was commanded by Captain William Stanton and belonged to the regiment of commanded by Colonel or major Oliver Smith that at the time and after his enrolment in the malitia as above stated the coast of Connecticut was invaded by the british and according to the best of his recollection in the year 1780 there was a british fleet stationed in Gardners bay in Long Island, sound and that from the time of his enrolment in the malitia until 1782, he was frequently called to alarm that he was in the service of the United States at the burning of New London by the British in the year 1781 that he was called to the defence of New London at the time aforesaid That some time in the year 1781 thinks about the time New London was burnt he was also called upon to go to the defence of fort Griswold but did not arrive there until a short time after Colonel Ledyard was slain that he attended the funeral of Col Ledyard That in the year 1782 he was draughted for the term of two months to serve in the malitia at Fort Griswold That during the time he was draughted for he served in the company commanded by Captain Prentiss in the regiment commanded by Samuel McLallan
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That after the expiration of the term he was draughted for he again served as an alarms or minute man until the close of the revolutionary war and that after the expiration of the time he was draughted for until the close of the war he was called to a number of alarms That the whole time he was employed in actual service at alarms he does not recollect but thinks it does not exceed six months That he was born on the thirteenth day of March in the year 1763. That he has no particular record of his age that when he was enrolled in the service or malitia as aforesaid he resided in the town of Stonington in the County of New London and State of Connecticut That since the revolutionary war he has resided in the town of Bern in the County of Albany and State of New York and now resides in the town and County of Schoharie and State of New York 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 That Levi Gallup is  the only witness by whom he can prove his services
Ezra Gallop his X mark
Levi Gallup of the town of Jefferson in the County of Schoharie and State of New York after being duly sworn according to law says that he was born on the 24th day of March in the year 1760 at Stonington in the State of Connecticut that he knows Ezra Gallup who has made the preceding declaration that he knows he was
enrolled in the malitia of the State of Connecticut sometime in the year 1779 that he knows it from the circumstance that the said Ezra Gallup was born in the year 1763 and that all ablebied males were enrolled at the age of sixteen and that the said Ezra Gallup had then about attained his growth and was a Stout robust boy That the coast of Connecticut was at that time invaded by the enemy and that alarms were frequent and that The company commanded by William Stanton in the regiment commanded by Colonel Oliver Smith in which the said Ezra
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Stout robust boy that the coast of Connecticut was as that [illegible] invaded by the enemy and that alarms were frequent and that The company commanded by William Stanton in the regiment commanded by Colonel Oliver Smith in which the said Ezra Gallup served was always called upon in case of alarms and were divided into Guards and command to be in readiness at a minutes warning that he saw the said Ezra Gallup at the burning of New London by the British in 1781 and knows he then served in the company commanded by William Stanton that he also saw him in the service of the United States at fort Griswold at the time Colonel Ledyard was slain that in 1780 he thinks there was a British Fleet stationed in Gardners bay on Long Island Sound by which the coast of Connecticut was frequently alarmed and the company commanded by William Stanton called upon for defence or some of the guards into which they were divided that he also knows that he was draughted to serve in the malitia of Connecticut at Fort Griswold for the term two months some time in the fall of 1781 that he knows the said Ezra Gallup was draughted and served from the circumstance that he also served there that after the expiration of the term he was draughted for to serve in the malitia or at fort Griswold as aforesaid he continued to serve as an alarms minute man until the close of the revolutionary war that during the time he was draughted for he served in the company commanded by Captain Prentiss in the regiment commanded by Samuel McLallan That he knows the said Ezra Gallup was at the alarms and did service in 1779 at Fishers Island Ram's Island and also at Masons Island at which last mentioned place the alarms men then rendezvoused then Dairyauch (so called) that he he knows the said Ezra Gallup served at a number of other alarms and thinks according to the best of his recollection that that he was actually engaged in actual service for six months or thereabout as near as he can recollect the same
Levi Gallup
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of Levi Gallup
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that the above named applicant has served in the revolutionary war as stated by him and that the said Levi Gallup is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit
I Thomas McArthur Clerk of the Court of Common pleas do certify that the preceding contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ezra Gallup for a pension and that the word (roll) in the third line from the bottom of the declaration made by the Said Ezra Gallup was interlined and made before the same was subscribed and sworn to by him In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 7th day of October 1843
Tho. McArthur, Clerk,
Ezra Gallup
33646
ny
Act 7 June '32
admnd by Seely
6 mo pri
20.
Ezra Gallup
U. S. Pension
Gallupville
Schoharie
ny
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INVALID.
Revy 29 168
File No. 29, 168
Ezra Gallup
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32"
Index :-Vol. 2, Page 189
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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35646
Ezra Gallup
N. Y.
Suspended
Sent to Peter Dickey Apl 11.44
" to same Jany 30.45
" to same April 5th 1845
" to Hon. W. D. Marcy July 5 : 45
Act 7th June 32
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J. L Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
Washington
D. C
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Centreville 19th May 1845.
J. L Edwards Esqr
Dr Sir
I herewith forward to you the declaration of Mrs Elizabeth Stuart with some additional testimony certificates &c, I also enclose the letter of Mr Brewer which is all the information I can get from him; the delay in forwarding the papers has been occasioned by our Courts being in session alternately in the District, so that I could not get the attendance of Judge Hopper until to day, I hope however the delay will occasion to you no inconvenience or retard seriously the progress of the case; the certificates sent are relative to the nonexistence of marriage license record, widowhood of Mrs Stuart in 1836, &c &c will you be so good as to acknowledge the receipt of the papers, and also give me some information in regard to the progress of the case of Mrs. May Green, I sent you the papers I think in February last, the old lady is very solicitous about her case, in conclusion permit me to Sir hastily, to express my obligation to you for the attention and friendly suggestions already bestowed -
I am Dr Your Obt Servt in haste
W. J. Gibson
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Gallupville N.Y.
Mch 21.45,
Peter Decker.
for decision on Ezra
Gallup's pension claim
D76 [illegible] 24
Pension Office
Ny
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State of New York. Schoharie County
Gallupville March the 21 1845
Sir at the October term of the Schoharie Common please 1843 Ezra Gallup of the town and County of Schoharie made a declaration for a pension pursuant to the requirements of the war department to which declaration was presented to the proper department for decision from time to time such further requests as the department saw fit to make
were complied with so far the declarant could comply with the same on the 7th day of February last an additional affidavit such as required by the war department was made and sent directed to the Secretary of war of the United States since which time no answer has been received and this an old man upon the eve of his departure from this world is held in doubt or suspense relative to this county gratitude if an answer is delayed in consequence of business dependent upon that department for decision of his last application inadvertently overlooked or mislaid we have no complaint to make but we trust and answer will be returned to us such as we in common with our fellow citizens have a just right to expect
Your Most Obedient and humble servant
Peter Decker 
Wm L Marcy
Secretary of war
USA D C
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Pension Office
April 5. 1845,
Comm of Pensions
Copy of letter to Peter Decker in the case of Ezra Gallup
I am of opinion that the evidence is sufficient to prove a service  of six months in this Case S July 45
W. L. Marcy
Sec of War
Pension office
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(Copy)
Pension Office
April 5th 1845
The supplemental statement of Ezra Gallop who has recently set up a claim under the act of 7th June, 1832, has been examined and filed
If is not consistent in some respects will the Original declaration and upon a full view of all his [illegible] it is believed that he did not serve as much as six months in the revolutionary War in field or Garrison
I am Very Respectfully, Your Obt. Servant
Denied J. L. Edwards
Peter Decker Esq
Gallupville, Schoharie County, New York
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State of New York }
Schoharie County ss } Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace of the County of Schoharie in this state of New York Ezra Gallup who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear 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
In 1777 for one month as a private in the company commanded by Captain William Whitney in the regiment commanded by Oliver Smith for eight months he served in 1780 as a private in the Company commanded by Captain William Stanton in the regiment commanded by Oliver Smith that the services he rendered during the aforesaid year were rendered at New London and Stonington in the State of Connecticut and consisted in attending alarms and watching the movement of a british fleet then stationed in Gardners bay and that the said Regiment was called into service by proper authority as he was informed that in 1781 he served at least twenty days in attending alarms and watching the movement of the enemy that such service was rendered in the company of the said William Stanton in the aforesaid regiment as a private at New London and Stonington in the State of Connecticut aforesaid That in 1782 he was draughted to serve at fort Griswold in the State of Connecticut for the term of two months which time he served in the company commanded by Captain Prentiss, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel McLallan that he served at fort Griswold as Servant for the company That after the expiration of his term at fort Griswold he again
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served as a minute man or alarms man until the close of the revolutionary war that the services he then rendered was in the company commanded by Captain William Stanton in the regiment commanded by Oliver Smith That his services then consisted in watching the movement of the enemy and attending at alarms that the time he was so employed after the expiration of his term at fort Griswold
until the close of the revolutionary war was not less than twenty days for which service he claims a pension
Sworn to  before me this }
7th day of February 1845 }
Ezra Gallup his X mark
Charles R. Gordon Justice of the peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Ezra Gallup that he is of good moral character and a man of undoubted truth and veracity and that the word war in the second line from the bottom was interlined before swearing & subscribing the above affidavit
Charles R. Gordon Justice peace
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Schoharie County } Clerks office, Ss } I Thomas McArthur Clerk of the County of Schoharie do certify that Charles R Gordon before whom the above affidavit was made and who also subscribed the above certificate was at the time of taking the said affidavit a Justice of the peace for the said County of Schoharie and that full faith and credit should be given to his official acts In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said County this 11th day of February 1845
Thos McArthur Clerk of Scho. Co
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3
Mr Ezra Gallup
Gallup Ville
Schoharie Co
N. Y.
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Comptrollers Office
Hartford Count 13 Nov. 1844
On application for evidence of the service of Ezra Gallup, in the war of the Revolution, I have examined the documents remaining in this office relating to that war, and do not find any payrolls of the Companies of Capt. Wm Stanton and Cap. Prentice, under whom he claims to have served. But in a "Pay Table" Book under date of 21 Octo. 1779 are these items:
"War Dr to order on Trear Cap. Wm Stanton, New London Alarm 50. 1. 0
ditto ditto Service at London 526. 19 "
ditto ditto do at Stonington &c, 120. 7. 5"
And in "Harkells Receipts" under head "Expense of the Post at New London", Cap. Eleazer Prentice Pay Roll is entered as L365.5.8 and under head "Expense of Militia Service", the Amt his Payroll is 25.12.5 for "militia service at Groton". The first entry is dated 22 March 1783 and the second 22 August 1782 - supposed to be the duty of rendering the act or settlements made.
And also in "Harkells Receipts" under head of "Expense of the Post at New London", Col. Samuel McClellan is credited. L1.093.19.10 Specie, under date of 20 May 1783, supposed to be that of settlement and also other credits for service at that post. Col. Oliver Smith is also mention as serving at that place. I certify the above statements & extracts to be correct.
A Carrington, Comptroller
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(revolutionary claim)-
To the Hon
The Secretary of war of
the United States
Washington City D C
Gallupville ny
[illegible] by 8
Feb 12 1845
[illegible]
Pension Office
case Ezra Gallup
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State of New York Schoharie County
Gallupville February the 7th 1845
Dear Sir
On the fourth inst I received a communication from the war department relative to the claim Ezra Gallup for a pension for revolutionary Services the most unwearied exertions have been used in order to procure testimony to prove the length of time he was engaged in the service of the United States but has failed in procuring any except the testimony of Levi Gallup which is contained in the declaration made by the pensioner before the Court of Common pleas of the County of Schoharie in October 1844 I have sought for Testimony in New London & Stonington but it appears that those that were engaged in the service with him are dead or have removed to some part of the United States to him unknown at the time of making his declaration he supposed that he could not be allowed for more time than he actually spent at alarms but the time he actually spent in in watching the movement of the enemy was not then taken into consideration enclosed is an affidavit agreeable to the requirement of the department which will furnish the department with the lenght of time he served as near as his frail memory can reach it an answer as soon as the convenience of the department will permit will be received with much pleasure by your most obedient servant
Peter Decker agent for the sd Ezra Gallup
the Secretary of }
war of the United States }
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(Revolutionary Claim)
The Hon
the Secretary of war of
the United States
Washington City DC {usa}
Gallups Ville NY
Novemb 22
Nov. 25 1844
Addl tes case of Ezra Gallup
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State of New York Schoharie County
Gallupville Nov 21 1847
Sir
I received in the month of April last a letter from the war department dated the 11th day of April last relative to the claim of Ezra Gallup for revolutionary services in which letter it was stated that his declaration had been received and filed at the time of the reception of that letter Ezra Gallup was confined to his bed by sickness and his life dispaired of but by the kind dispensations of him who controuls the destinies of man his life has been spared and he again restored to his usual health which has now again caused us to call the attention of the Secretary of war to take into consideration his case the Comptroller of the State of Connecticut has been applied to in obedience to the request of the war department the enclosed contains the certificate from the Comptroller of the state of Connecticutt there being nothing in his office to establish the services of Ezra Gallup we would respectfully Submit his case to the candid decision of the Hon the Secretary of war of the United States the best evidence the nature of a case will admit of should in all
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judicial proceedings be produced and to that inferior evidence ought to be received the declaration of Mr Gallup together with the testimony accompanying the same clearly establishes that he served for the term of six months in the revolutionary war that there is no record of his services ought not not to be arged as a barrier against his receiving a pension that he rendered Services during the Revolutionary war is clearly made out by the testimony of Levi Gallup the officers under whom he served are mentioned in the Comptrollers letter we have thought proper to send the letter to the war department and with the Hon Secretary of war if consistent with his views and the established practice in his office to award to Mr Gallup a pension and by so doing a deserving man will be in a measure awarded for arduous labors rendered for the freedom of our now happy land
I am Sir your most Obedient and humble Servant
Peter Decker
to [illegible]the Secretary of war of the United States
Washington City DC
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Gallupville 22 June 1845
Ezra Gallup
Appeals from an adverse decision of the department in relation to his claim for a pension
G.70 Rec ND 2 July 45
Pension Office
Ezra Gallup
N.Y.
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Schoharie Co N.Y.
Gallupville, June the 22d 1845
Dear Sir
Sometime since I was shown a letter directed to Peter Decker purporting to have been written by the war department in April last relative to the application I made to that department for a pension for revolutionary services had the department for a moment cast their eyes over the history of the times when and the place where I performed my services they might have spared the remark that it was believed I had not served six months in the field or Garrison I thought I had in my original declaration detailed with sufficient certainty the kind of service I performed I will however again State that the service I performed (with the exception of two months) consisted in watching the movement of the enemy and attending at alarms I lived at that time near Long Island Sound and british armed vessels were almost daily to be seen in the sound and it was the duty of the alarms or minute men to watch the movement of those vessels or if british soldiers made their appearance at any place near where I lived and the alarm was given immediately had to repair to such place and remain under arms as long as the superior officers considered it necessary this was the kind of service I performed I also at times had to assert in exploring the sound if those services were considered by the department of no consequence they should in the early stage of my application have informed me to that after much as I need a pension I crave it not unless legally entitled to it and in making an application for a pension I only desire to have that respect shown to me that I as a citizen of the United States am entitled to
Ezra Gallup his X mark
To the Hon William J Marcy
Secretary of war of USA
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To the Hon the 
Secretary of war of the United States
Washington City DC
Gallup Ville Oct 2nd
Gallupville NY Oct 9 43
Peter Decker
Declaration of Ezra Gallup for a pension
5133 Lre Oct 11 1843
Ezra Gallup
June 7 1832
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Gallupville October 9th 1843
Enclosed is the declaration of Ezra Gallup for a pension he has detailed his services as accurately as he can recollect them Levi Gallup is the only living witness of his services that after the most diligent search could be found extreme necessity has compelled him at this late day to present his case to the war department for their decision trusting that his case will be favorably considered and he in a measure relieved from the grasp of poverty The department will please to direct all communications relating to his case to me Gallupville Schoharie County New York
I am Sir Your most obedient Servant
Peter Decker
agent for the said Ezra Gallup
To the Hon the secretary of war of the United States
NB the clerks certificate is written with two different kinds of ink part was written in the Clerks office the remainder in the court room