Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,763, James Trowbridge, New York
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(3─1776)

SERVICE
New York

Trowbridge, James
Elizabeth

NUMBER
W. 16.763

CONTENTS
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New York 537[torn off]
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Elizabeth Trowbridge
widow of James Trowbridge
who died on the [blank] 1821
of Westchester Co in the State of New York
who was a Private in the [blank] commanded
by Captain [blank] of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Hammond N. York
line for 8 months N. Y.
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of April
1837 and sent to Hon A.
Ward, Singsing N.Y
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Arrears to the 4th of March '37 160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep '37 13.33
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$173.33
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{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 18[36]  ,Section the 3rd }
Recorded by D. Brown
Book [blank] Vol. 1 Page [torn off]

Let to Hon. A Ward Apl 19
1837 Hon. A Ward 22d Apl 37.
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1020
Elizabeth Trowbudge
Widow of James Trowbridge
application for
Pension
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on roll of Capt Mills
Company
Entd July 75
Dis 31 Dec 1776- mo 5. 23 day

Hon. A. Ward
H. R.
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State of New York
Westchester County  ⎬ ss.
I Elizabeth Trowbridge of the Village of Sing Sing in the said County Do Solemnly Swear and Declare in the presence of Almighty God that I am the widdow of the Late James Trowbridge Deceased. that he departed this life in the year 1821 in said Village and I Do further sware [swear] that I was married to the said James Trowbridge in the year 1777 and I Do further sware [swear]that my late husband James Trowbridge was in the service of the United States as a Solder [Soldier] as a Minit man During the whole of the Revolutionary war that he was taken a Prisoner and carried to New York and remained as a prisoner Six months and then made his Escape to Long Island and from Long Island Came home and then went into the servis [service] again
[right] her
[right] Elizabeth X Holdridge [X being her mark in lieu of signature]
[right] mark

Subscribed to by making her mark or Cross and sworn to before me on the 4th Day January 1837
[signature] Charles Yoe Justice of the Peace

I certify that I know that C Yoe is a magistrate for the County of WestChester & State of New York & duly authorized to administer oaths. I do further certify that I am acquainted with Abijah Hams, Ezekiel James & Sam'l Young & that they are entitled to credit & belief. I also certify that I am personally acquainted with the widow Trowbridge and she is a Lady of truth & veracity that she is old
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and unable to go to Court, but she is a woman of strong mind & memory.
[signature] A. Ward M. C.
March 2d 1837
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WestChester County ss.
Abijah Hams of the Town of Bedford in the County of Westchester and State of New York being duly sworn on his oath saith that he was well acquainted with James Trowbridge now deceased during the Revolutionary war and up to the time of his death
that he this deponent is known to the  fact of the said James Trowbridge having belonged to Captain Daniel Mills Company of Militia in Col. James Holmes Regiment of Infantry of the militia of the State of New York that he entered the service in the said Company and Regiment in the spring or summer of 1775 that said Regiment marched from the County of Westchester and State of New York to Ticonderoga in said State that he this deponent belonged at the time to the same army and was well acquainted with the said James Trowbridge at that time that he served as a private in that Company and continued in the actual service for nine months or thereabouts, that he continued in the service until the end of said [illegible of service which he honorable served out That this Deponent knows that said James Trowbudge was attached to Capt. Elijah Hunters Company of Militia ~  the County of West Chester and State aforesaid in or about the month of July 1776. and was in actual service.
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on tht Hudson tiver in said County for at least two weeks which term he served out honorably. That this Deponant is also known to [illegible] service which the said James Trowbridge performed in actual service during said war but cannot set forth the length of time with any degree of certainly but he is certain that he did serve in actual service the years 1778. 1779 & 1780 but he cannot state the precise lengh of time nor the officers under whom he served
This Deponent further saith that he was present when the said James Trowbridge was married to his Widow Elizabeth Trowbridge. that they were married between the twenty fith day of December and the first day of January in said seventeen hundred and seventy seven year and that deponent twenty ninth day of December of that year. That they were married by the Rev'd Samuel Mills the Presbyterian Clergyman of Bedford aforesaid that he this Deponent also saith that the said James Trowbridge departed this life in or about the year 1821. leaving the aforesaid Elizabeth Trowbridge his widow and that she has ever since  remains his widow & still remains his widow.
[signature] Abijah Harris

Sworn this this 25th day of Oct. 1836 before me
[signature] Charles Yoe Justice of the Peace

I Certify that I am acquainted with the above named Abijah Harris & know him to be a man entitled to credit & belief
[signature] Charles Yoe Justis of the Peace
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State of New York
Westchester County ⎬ ss
Ezekiel Harris of the town of Bedford in the said County being Duly on his oath before Charles Yoe one of the Justices of the peace of said County Saith he was well acquainted with James Trowbridge Now Deceased during the Revolutionary War and up to the time of his Death. that he this Deponant is now 82 years of age and a Pensioner of the United States. That this Deponant is well known to the fact, that the said James Trowbridge was Serving as a Soldier in a Ridgment [Regiment]  Commanded by Col Thomas Thomas in the Company Commanded by Capt Sackett in the Servis of the United States, and that he was in the servis as Long as four or five years and this deponent well recollects that the said James Trowbridge was taken a prisoner and Carried to New York, and that the said James Trowbridge made his escape to Long Island and from thence back again to Westchester and that he entered the servis after he Came back again - and this Deponant further Saith that he was present at the wedding of the said James Trowbridge with Elizabeth Harris, which is now the widdow Elizabeth Trowbridge which he thinks was in the year of 1777 or 1778 he Cannot Now Recolect
[signature] Ezekiel Harris

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th day of January 1837
[signature] Charles Yoe Justice of the Peace
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March 8, 1940

BA-J/AWF
James Trowbridge
W. 16763

Mrs. Lionel K. V. Lane
28 Prospect Avenue
Ossining, New York

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of the following soldiers Captain Elijah Hunter, of Bedford, New York; Lieutenant Abraham Hyatt, of New York State; Sergeant James  Trowbridge, served in Mill's New York company; Abram Hitchcock, Ferry man Verplanck's Point.

Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is not possible to comply in full with each request which requires so much time and research.

The data in regard to James Trowbridge which are furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, W. 16763, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth of James Trowbridge, and names of his parents were not given.

While residing in Bedford, Westchester County, New York, James Trowbridge enlisted in the spring or summer of 1775, served at various times as private and sergeant with the New York troops, during the whole of the Revolutionary War under Captains Daniel Mills, Elijah Hunter, Richard Sackett, and Colonels
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James Holmes, and Thomas Thomas; during the service he was taken prisoner, carried to New York and held six months, when he made his escape, and entered the service again, dates of imprisonment not given.

James Trowbridge married about December 29, 1777, in Bedford, New York, Elizabeth Harris. The date and place of her birth and names of parents were not given.

He died in 1821, in Sing Sing, Westchester County, New York.

His widow, Elizabeth Trowbridge, was allowed pension on her application executed January 4, 1837, at which time she was a resident of Sing Sing, New York.

It was not stated that they had children.

Abijah Harris was living in Bedford, New York, in 1837, and Ezekiel Harris, in 1837 was eighty-two years old, then living in Bedford, New York. They were both present at the marriage of James Trowbridge and Elizabeth Harris, but there was no relationship given to the widow, nor to each other.

The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible family data.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the widow, Elizabeth Trowbridge, it is suggested that you apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office,
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Records Dvision, this city, and furnish the following data:

Elizabeth Trowbridge, widow of James Trowbridge
Certificate #537
Issued april 6, 1837
Rate $26.66 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of July 4, 1836
New York Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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16,763 Wid [Widow]
Bureau of Pensions.
Jas. Trowbridge
Jany 4. 1837
Sing Sing NY
Married 1777[illegible]
Rev. Samuel Mills at
Bedford N.Y.
He died in 1821
affidavit of Abijah
Harris say solder
in 1775 Capt Dan'l Mills
Col Jas Holmes
9. m. [months] Redford N.Y.
[?] 76 Capt Elijah Hunter
2 wks
Maiden Name Harris
Afft. [Affidavit] of S. Young
Capt Rich'd Laskett
Col Thomas Thomas
term not stated
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W. 16,763
James Trowbridge
Jany 4, 1837 Res. Sing Sing
Westchester Co. NY
at

mar [?] Dec 29 Jany 77
Elizabeth Harris

Sol. 8. at Sing Sing
1821
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Pension Office
Washington D.C.

Kindly send me record of pension grantid Mrs. Elizabeth Trowbridge Widow of James Trowbridge of Bedford Westchester Co. N.Y. who was Captain in the Revolutionary war.
Yours &c 
[signature] Mrs. W. J. Morton
Ft. Johnsville
N. Y.
April 5th 1900

[date stamp]
U. S. PENSION OFFFICE K
APR 9 1900
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EM
To.
The Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Sir,
Will you kindly give me the information necessary for me to prove my eligibility for membership in the D. A. R. Society, through my Great grandfather James Trowbridge of Sing Sing Westchester Co. N. Y. his widow Elizabeth Harris Trowbridge drew a pension after the revolutionary war.
Thanking you in advance
Please Address
Mrs C. [?] Mine 75 Hamilton Ave
White Plains - N.Y.

[stamped upper right]
U. S. P. H.
OLD WAR & NAVY FILES.
FEB 4 1905
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Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16,765
Elizabeth Trowbridge
Widow of
James Trowbridge
Pri Rev War
Act July 4th 36
Index: Vol. M, Page 281
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Apl. 28, 1900. - H. [?]
Mrs. W. J. Morton
St. Johnsville N. Y.
-
Feby 11, 1905, Hist to Mrs. C. V.
moore, White Plains, N.Y.
1938 Feb. 2 hist to
Mrs. Uru. C. Rose
[illegible]
1935 Sep 29 - Hist to Memeu[sp] Bradley[sp]
awy
1940 Mch 8 hist to Mrs. Lionel
[?]. V. Lane awy
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["Albany" lined thru] N. York 537
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Elizabeth Trowbridge, widow
James Trowbridge
of Westchester Co. in the State of N. York
who was a Private in the [blank] commanded
by Captain [blank]  of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Hammond in the N. York
line for 8 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 2d day of March
1837 and sent to Hon. A. Ward
H. R.
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Arrears to the 4th of March 37 160.00
Semi anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 37 13.33
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$173.33
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Act. 4 July 1836 3 Section
{ Revolutionary Claim,["June 7, 1832." lined thru]
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book ___ Vol. 1 Page 139
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Free
A. Ward
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Pension Office
Washington
DC

[left side on edge]
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[left side]
Sing Sing N.Y.
April, 20

Write to [?] Ward
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Sir
I transmitted to you some thing like three weeks ago the pension certificate of Mrs Elizabeth Trowbridge be crrected in respect to the place which it is to be made payable, namely at New York instead of Albany. Will you be pleased to let me know what whether it has come to hand. if so will you be so good as to return it to me after you shall have corrected it
I am truly
[signature] A. Ward

Sing Sing April 19
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Elizabeth Trowbridge
Act 4 July '36
3d Section
-
Albany Roll
Send cert. to
Hon. A. Ward
H. R.
8 mo.
$26.66 per ann.
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Free
A. Ward

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Pension Office
Washington

Sing Sing Apr 4

[left side, on edge]
Apl 6
Cont
Enclosing Mrs. Trowbridge's Certificate

[right side, on edge]
Hon A Ward
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Sing Sing April 3d 1837

Dear Sir
The payment of the within certificate of Mrs Trowbridge is made payable at Albany when it should have been made payable in the City of New York, Will you be pleased to correct the certificate in this respect & return it to me as soon as convenient. The old Lady resides in this County. If no notice was sent to New York I presume you will be obliged at the same time to give such Notice.
I am most truly
[signature] A. Ward

Hon. J. L. Edward
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Payment to be made
at N. York
by S. [?] Olcott Esqr
Agent for paying Pensioners,
in the Agency of Albany
Corrected
Recorded in the Pension
Office in Book - Vol 1.
Page 139 by D. Brown
Clerk.
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[This form has a big black X drawn across it]

WAR DEPARTMENT
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the 3d section of the law of the United States of the 4th July, 1836, Elizabeth Trowbridge of the State of New York widow of James Trowbridge who was a Private in the War of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty six dollars and Sixty six cents per annum, during the time she may remain unmarried, commencing on the 4th of March 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September.
Given at the War Office of the United States this Second day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven.
[signature] B. F. Butler
Secretary of War. ad interim 

Examined and
Countersigned.
New Certif Sent 
[signature] J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

[illegible Seal affixed upper left]
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28 Prospect Avenue
Ossining, New York
February 16, 1940

Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

Our local Chapter D. A. R. is planning to mark the graves of Revolutionary patriots. Any information you could give me in regard to the following would be greatly appreciated.

Capt. Elijah Hunter Bedford, New York Militia

Lt. Abraham Hyatt  Enlisted 1776 New York State

Sgt. James Trowbridge Mill's Company

Abram Hitchcock  Ferryman Verplanck's Point

Thanking you for your attention to the matter, I am
Yours very truly,

(Mrs. Lionel K. V. Lane) [signature] Mabel S. Lane
Registrar of Mohegan Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution

One

[date stamp top left with numbers 1 thru 12 divided into quarter hours on the outside edge and arrow pointing to 2:45]
RECEIVED 
FEB 19 1940 [or 1948]
MAIL SUB-DIV.
Reader No. 5
VETS ADM.
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[page 1 of 2 page letter]

October 29, 1935

James Trowbridge -- W. 16763
BA-J/AWF

The Quartermaster General
Memorial Branch
War Department
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of James Trowbridge, who died May 5, 1821 in New York.

The Revolutionary War record of James Trowbridge which follows was obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 16763, based upon his service in that war.

The date and place of birth of this soldier are not given, nor are the names of his parents stated.

While residing in Bedford, Westchester County, New York, James Trowbridge enlisted in the spring or summer of 1775, served at various times as private and sergeant with the New York troops "during the whole of the Revolutionary War" under Captain Daniel Mills, Elijah Hunter, Richard Sackett, and Colonels James Holmes, and Thomas Thomas; he was taken prisoner, carried to New York and held six months when he made his escape and entered the service again.

He married about December 29, 1777 in Bedford, New York, Elizabeth Harris. He died in 1821 in Sing Sing, Westchester County, New York.

His widow, Elizabeth Trowbridge, was allowed pension on her application executed January 4, 1837, at
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which time she was living in Sing Sing, New York. The date and place of her birth are not shown, nor are the names of her parents stated.

Abijah Harris was a resident of Bedford, New York in 1837, and Ezekiel Harris in 1837 was eighty-two years of age and then living in Bedford. They were both present at the marriage of the soldier and Elizabeth Harris, but it is not stated that they were related to the widow.

The application for headstone for James Trowbridge and a letter addressed to your office, signed by Thomas P. McGilton, Liaison Office, Water Street, Ossining, New York, are both returned herewith.


Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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[right] MCS

Rev. & 1812 War Section

February 2, 1928

Mrs. William C. Rose
The Rose Corner
Elsmere, N.Y.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 16763, it appears that JAMES TROWBRIDGE enlisted in Westchester County, New York, in the spring or summer of 1775 and served with the New York troops at various times until late in the Revolution, exact length of service not given, as a private and sergeant under Captain Daniel Mills, Elijah Hunter and Richard Sackett and Colonels James Holmes and Thomas Thomas; he was taken prisoner carried to New York and held six months when he made his escape and entered the service again.

He married about December 29, 1777, in Bedford, Westchester County, New York, Elizabeth Harris.

He died in 1821 in Sing Sing, Westchester County, New York.

His widow, Elizabeth, was allowed pension on her application executed January 4, 1837, at which time she was living in Sing Sing, New York.

No charge is made for this service.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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[page 1 of 2 page letter]

in re Revolutionary War Pensions.

U.S. Pension Office
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:-
My great-grand father was Captain James Trowbridge who saw service throughout the Revolution. In 1776 he was in the 2nd Westchester County Regiment (later the 4th) N. Y. militia and continued with that Regiment until November 1781 under several different Captains and Colonels. For his services in the Revolution his widow Elizabeth Harris Trowbridge was awarded a pension on April 6, 1837. I am anx-
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[ious] to get a copy of the date under which this pension was granted, together with the file numbers &c under which same is recorded in your office.
I am very anxious to secure this information and if there is any charge for the labor involved or any voucher that you may consider necessary to prove my authority to these facts please let me know that I may immediately send my check or get you necessary information or introduction.
Yours very truly
[signature] Isabella Trowbridge Rose
(Mrs.  Wm C. Rose )

June 28. 1927.
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State of New York West Chester County Ss. Samuel Youngs of the Town of Green in the said County of West Chester being duly Sworn Saith that he was in Capt Jesse Bakers Company in Col James Hammonds Regiment during the years of 1776 - 1777 and 1778 and 1779 That during which time he resided with his Father Joseph Youngs at whose house the American head quarters for their Troop Stationed on the American lines were kept That a greater part of those years the deponent was employed as one of the guides to the American Troops that on Station. That he became acquainted with James Trowbridge who then resided at Bedford in the said County in the early part of the year 1776. That he recollects to have seen him frequently in parties of the Militia of the said County attending at the said head quarters and drawing provisions from the Continental Stores then kept at his said Fathers house during the Summer and fall of that year and also in the fall of the year of 1777 and in the latter part of the year 1778. That in the month of June 1779 he well remembers to have Seen the said James Trowbridge in a company commanded by Capt Richard Sackett in Col Thomas Thomas's Regiment. That in the said month of June all the Inhabitants who resided in the vanity of his said Fathers house were driven from that part of the County of West Chester by the Brittish Troops. About one hundred of Col Hammonds Regiment kept embodied and retreated to Bedford in the said County that they were there joined by a part of Col Thomas Regiment under the said Capt Richard Sackett, that they drew provisions from the Continental Stores at Peeks Hill. That the Deponent and the said James Trowbridge were but to Peekskill to draw the provisions that they had under their Command eight man. That the said James Trowbridge then did duty as a Sargeant. That they had orders and did impress two teamss from the Tory inhabitants of the said County which conveyed the said Provisions from Peekskill to Bedford and from Bedford to Grass River, as it was soon discovered that the force of the British Defridaing[sp] Parties were too Strong for the Militia to make an attempt to defend Bedford. That about ten days after they had removed their provisions from Bedford that Village was burnt by order of Col Tarlton of the Brittish Cavalry.
That he well remembers to have seen the said James Trowbridge verry frequently during the whole of the Summer of 1779 and until late in the fall of that year in the American Service under the said Capt Sackett. That he was an active man and always considered a good Soldier. That the Militia that were then embodied consisted of months of belonging the Regiment of Col Thomas and Col Hammond but the officers who had the immediate command of the men were frequently absent for some days yet the Men kept together but moved from the place they defended in the day and divided in small parties to
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waylay the road leading to the encampment of the Enemy.
That the Deponent with Nathan Fisk made out the pay roll for Colo Hammonds Regiment mostly from memory, and he has since discovered that the names of a Number of Meritorious persons who served in Hammonds Regt were not to be found on the pay roll. That from the manner of the service it was impossible to keep any regular or Correct account of the time of the Service of Each man. That by keeping together and guarding the different roads leading to the quarters of the Enemy prevented the disaffected from sending their fat cattle and other Supplys to the Enemy. That the Deponent cannot at this time recollect what particular officer or Company the said James Trowbridge belonged to excepting Capt Richard Packett
[signature] Sam Youngs

Sworn this 6th day of February 1837
Before me
[signature] Steuben Swartout Justice of the Peace

I certify that I am well acquainted with the above Deponent Samuel Youngs and consider his Testimony entitled to full credit
[signature] Steuben Swartout Justice 

I certify that Steuben Swartout Esq. is a Magistrate in the County of West Chester & State of N York & duly authorised to administer oaths. March 2d 1837
[signature] A. Ward H. C.