Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21,561, for Joseph Lamb, New York
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(8-1776)

SERVICE New York

Lamb, Joseph
Martha

Number W. 21.561.

CONTENTS
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New York 28.535
---
Joseph Lamb
of Saratoga in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Pierce
of the Regt commanded
by Col Swartwout in the N. York Militia line for 6 mo. Private

---

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
the rate of 20 Dollars per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

---
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of April
1834 and sent to
Messrs Bloore & Kirtland
---
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834 $ 60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept 4 '34 
10.00
---
$70.00

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Sam H. Page Clerk,
Book E Vol. 4  Page 105
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Reported


1131
New York Albany
Martha Lamb
widow of Joseph Lamb
N.Y.
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
---
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
20 Dollars -
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
---
Certificate of Pension issued the
3S day of August 1848
and sent to
S. W. Higgins
Clifton Park
N.Y.
---
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 118 Vol. 4,
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Amended Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
State of New York 
Saratoga County ss }  Joseph Lamb named and described in the annexed declaration being duly sworn saith that Genl. George Clinton was the commanding General of the Brigade to which deponent was attached during his five months service mentioned in his aforesaid declaration. William Pearce was his Captain Nathaniel Butler his first Lieutenant and Benjamin Elliott his second Lieutenant. deponent recollects of a Captain Israel Vail, Capt. - Calkins and Cornelius Van Wyck (the last of which Captains viz Van Wyck was killed at White Plains in a scout) who were officers in his aforesaid Regiment & does not recollect the names of any others at present - that there were no regular troops or officers in company or at the place where deponent lay during his aforesaid five months service - deponent further saith that for the month service mentioned in his aforesaid declaration Abraham Swartwout was his Captain and Nathanel Butler his Lieutent that they had the command & charge of what few men were left to take charge of Fort and stores and they are all the officers deponent recollects to have been with or immediately under during the aforesaid months service. that deponent for the aforesaid month was attached to the Regiment of Colo. Swartwout as he was also during his five months service
that at one time & in the year 1777 deponent thinks he was called out upon an alarm to go to Peekskill and was there when Fort Montgomery was taken deponent was there five days under his aforesaid Captain Pearce & Nathaniel Butler was his Lieutenant that Genl. Putnam at the time had the command at Peekskill - that deponent recollects another time when he was called and went out for two days under his aforesaid officers - that deponent does not recollect the names of any of the officers under whom he served for the two tours of three weeks each as mentioned in his original declaration except that his Colonel was Field who discharged deponent - and this deponent further saith that he can not recollect
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the names of the officers under whom he served with any greater particularity than what he has already stated –
And this deponent further saith that by reason of old and the consequent loss of memory he can not swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following grades - For twelve months in all I served as a private and and for such service I claim a pension 
[signed] Joseph Lamb
Subscribed and sworn before me this 31st day of December 1832 
[signed] Henry Edson Justice of the Peace 

State of New York 
Saratoga County } ss I Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the County of Saratoga Do certify that Henry Edson 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 and for 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 the fourth day of January 1833 
[signed] A Goodrich Clerk
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1st Declr

6906
Joseph Lamb.
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Declaration 
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
State of New York 
County of Saratoga } ss  On this fourth day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga, now sitting, Joseph Lamb a resident of the Town of Half Moon in the County of Saratoga and State of New York, aged Seventy Eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832- 
that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. that about the close of the month of July in the year 1776, he enlisted for the term of five months in a company of which William Pearce was Captain, in a Regiment of the New York State troops, under the command of Colonel Swartwout - that he resided in the Town of Pawling in the County of Dutchess and State of New York when he entered the service - that he marched from Pawlings, unto the vicinity of Kings bridge when the regiment was stationed some time, and were employed in building Fort Independence, and while so stationed, he was sent several times on guard to Morrisania. that he remained at the station aforesaid, until the latter part of October or first of November, when, information being received from General Washington, that volunteers were needed on Long Island, the Company of Captain Pearce of which deponent was a member, and the company of Captain Abraham Swartwout, both belonging to Colonel Swartwouts regiment volunteered to go, and immediately marched to New York and crossed over to Long Island. where they remained two days, when the American Army left the Island, and crossed over to the city of New York - that they remained at New York a few days, and then the two companies aforesaid returned to Kingsbridge - where they were stationed for a short time - that deponent was then detached as one of a guard of fifty men to proceed to Morrisania, to relieve a guard of one thousand men, and was afterwards ordered back to Kingsbridge aforesaid - that immediately after returning to Kingsbridge, the station then was broken up, and the troops crossed over the Hudson River into New Jersey in the night, within sight of the British shipping - that deponent was then ordered to Peekskill, where they remained until they were joined by the remainder of the Brigade and afterwards proceeded to Fort Constitution, that deponents five months
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having expired while at Fort Constitution, he enlisted a second time in the service of the United States for the term of one month, in the company of the said Captain Swartwout, as a Sergeant - to wit from the 1st of January 1777 to the 1st of February in the same year - that deponent was stationed at Fort Constitution during that month, and was discharged on the 1st day of February aforesaid - that the Lieutenant of the company in which deponent served under his second enlistment as aforesaid was Nathaniel Butler, who was also Lieutenant in Captain Pearces Company in which deponent served under his first enlistment aforesaid-
And this Deponent further saith on his oath aforesaid that immediately after his discharge at Fort Constitution as aforesaid he returned to the Town of Pawlings, his residence aforesaid - that the country in that vicinity was much exposed to the incursions of the Enemy who were continually sending out foraging and marauding parties - that the militia were repeatedly and at various times ordered out to oppose them - and that deponent was frequently and for different periods ordered out to oppose the Enemy on such occasions - that thrice, he was ordered out for periods of three weeks each time, and did duty for those periods accordingly - that at other time he was ordered out, and remained on duty for a few days in succession, and that he was thus ordered out and did duty for about three years, and that the times in which he was thus employed in the service of the United States would in the aggregate, as this deponent verily believes amount to the term of six months, at least - and that deponent knows of no surviving witness, by whom he can establish his service as above set forth or any part thereof - And this Deponent on his oath aforesaid & in answer to the Interrogatories propounded under the instructions from the Department of war, further saith that he was born at Pawlings in the County of Dutchess & State of New York in the year 1755 - that he has a record of his age at his present residence - that he lived at the Town of Pawlings aforesaid when he enlisted, and also when he was ordered out into the service as before stated - that he continued to reside at Pawlings until the year 1795 when he removed to the Town of Half Moon in the County of Saratoga, where he has since resided and still resides - that for the term of Five months and one month he enlisted as is above stated, and that for the six months duty as above mentioned, he was ordered out as a militia man - that the names of the officers who were with the troops where he served and whom
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he recollects are General George Clinton & Colonels Swartwout, Lasher & Brown - that the general circumstances of his service are above detailed - that he never received a written discharge from the service - and that he is known to the Reverend Abijah Peck, Doctor William Cary, Zebulon Mott & Stephen Badgley who reside in his neighbourhood, and who as Deponent believes can testify to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution - and that he has no documentary Evidence by which to establish his service as aforesaid – 
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 –
[signed] Joseph Lamb
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
[signed] Thomas Palmer Clerk
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Saratoga County ss }  We Abijah Peck a Baptist Clergyman residing in the town of Clifton Park in the County of Saratoga aforesaid and Zebulon Mott -- of the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Lamb who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be seventy eight years old - that he is reputed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion and we further certify that the said Joseph Lamb's character for truth & veracity is good –
[signed] Abijah Peck  Zebulon Mott
Sworn & subscribed this 27th day of August AD 1832 by Zebulon Mott, Before me
[signed] William Fowler Justice &c
Abijah Peck appeared in open Court on the 4 September 1832 & was duly sworn to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed 
[signed] Thomas Palmer Clerk 

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 Abijah Peck who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Clifton Park in the County of Saratoga and that Zebulon Mott who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit - and further that in their opinion the above named applicant cannot without too much expence and inconvenience to him produce the said Zebulon Mott in open Court upon his said application now made –
I, Thomas Palmer Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court
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in the matter of the application of Joseph Lamb for a pension and that William Fowler Esquire before whom the preceding affidavit was made by the aforesaid Zebulon Mott is a Justice of the Peace of the County of Saratoga and that the signature annexed to the same is his genuine signature –
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourth day of September in the year 1832 –
[signed] Thomas Palmer Clerk
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2413
Martha Lamb
NY
act 7 July 38
admd
2199
m 92. d 37
A 2. 87

admd
6 mo pri
20$

died 9 Oct '37

W. C. Follet Esq.
Lansingburg
N York
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State of New York 
Saratoga County } ss   appeared before me this first day of September in the year One Thousand Eight hundred and Thirty Eight Elijah Porter a resident of the Town of Waterford in the County of Saratoga State of New York who after being duly Sworn according to law, Testifies that he is well acquainted with Martha Lamb a resident of the town of Half Moon in the County of Saratoga the wife of Joseph Lamb -- deceast, a Pensioner of the Revolutionary War, and that I was well acquainted with said Joseph and Martha to the time of his death, and was a Physician in the family, and that I knew them to live together as man and wife for more than thirty years and that the said Martha the applicant now applying for a Pension is the Widow of said Joseph Lamb and that she is a person of Truth and veracity.
[signed] Elijah Porter 
Sworn before me this 1st day of September the year 1838 
[signed] J. Cramer 2d Justice of the Peace 
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above deponent Elijah Porter and that he is a person of Truth and veracity 
[signed] J. Cramer 2d Justice of the Peace
I certify that the words “than thirty" were interlined before signing by Elijah Porter 
[signed] J. Cramer 2 Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF NEW-YORK, 
Saratoga County Clerk's Office, } ss.  I, Alpheus Goodrich, Clerk of the county of Saratoga, Do Certify, That John Cramer 2d before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for 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, the Eighth day of October 1838 
[signed] A Goodrich Clerk
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FAMILY RECORD.

[left column]
Joseph Lamb February 9 1755 
Thamer Hunt March 11. 1759 
Martha Thompson February th 8 1771 
Sally Lamb born January 5-1788 
John Lamb July 7 1792 
one daughter born March 10 1794 
Died without a name 
Caleb Lamb April 7 1795 
Thamer Lamb 2 August 14, 1797 
Joseph Lamb Junior October 2 1777 
Mahala Lamb January 1-1802 
March 5 1804 one Son died without Name 
Assenath Lamb may 3 1806 
Elizabeth Lamb April 22 1808 
Allanson Lamb June 17 1810 
David Thompson Lamb September 1 1814 
Juliet Lamb November 13th 1822 
August 8th 1826 Ann Elisa Lamb 

[right column]
BIRTHS. of Sally & Charsick 
Children James Payn October 3 1813 
Joseph W Payn December 16 1814
Asseneth Payn July 15th 1816 
October 9th [illegible, Caleb?] Payn
Lydia [illegible] Payn December 1th 1818
John Payn 21 of January 1822 
Martha Payn October 3th 1823 
Juliann Payn 25 of July 1825 

of Caleb Lamb & Delias children 
January 6th 1822 Ethan J Lamb 
July 9th 1824 Elizabeth Lamb 
June 29th 1827 George William Lamb

Births of John & Janeann Lambs Children
August 20 1822 Mary & Martha 
June 11th 1826 George William Lamb
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FAMILY RECORD..
MARRIAGES. 
October 26, 1786 Joseph Lamb and Thamer Hunt married 
February 9 1792 Joseph Lamb and Martha Thompson married 
February 8 1812 Sally Lamb Married to Charsick Payn 
January 25 1821 Caleb Lamb married to Delia Sweet - --- --- 
December 13th 1821 John Lamb married to Janeann Dowers - --- 
February 12th 1821 Joseph Lamb Junr. Married Two Freelove VanMyning 
August 13 the 1825 Harmanus Peck to Elizabeth Lamb 
January 24 1829 George Winset married to Mahala Lamb – 
March 1st 1832 Alanson Lamb married to Eve Ann Welden 
April 29th 1837 David J Lamb married to Emaline Van Voorhees

MARRIAGES
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State of New York 
County of Rensselear } ss  on this 20th day of September in the Eighteen hundred and Thirty Eight personally appeared before the Justices Court of the City of Troy Martha Lamb a resident of the town of Half Moon County of Saratoga in said State who being duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benifit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838. Entitled an act granting half pay and Pensions to certain widows. That in the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety Two she was married to Joseph Lamb in the Town of Poulding [Pawling] in the County of Duchess in the State of New York by William Pearce a Justice of the Peace, who has been dead twenty years, and that there is no record of his marriages that her husband the said Joseph was a Pensioner untill the time of his death for his services in the New York Militia, and drew a Pension of Twenty dollars a year from the 4th day of March 1831. That the said Joseph was placed on the Pension Roll 11th April 1834 That she is the identical widow of the said Joseph. And the anexed leaf of my Bible is a true Record made by the said Joseph of our marriage, and that I am now in my Sixty seventh year of age. That the said Joseph my Husband died in the town of Half Moon on the 9th day of October in the year Eighteen hundred and Thirty seven, and that the reason of my making application for my Pension in the County of Rensselaer is that I am on a list [?] to my sons John Lamb, and for his assistance in obtaining my Pension and that she was married to the said Joseph Lamb after his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four Viz at the time above stated. 
[signed] Martha Lamb + her mark
Sworn in open Court this 20th day of September 1838. 
Signed] Geo. Wheeler Clerk 
And certify that the said Martha Lamb is a person of truth & veracity.
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I George Wheeler Clerk of the Justices Court of the City of Troy in the County of Rensselaer do hereby certify that the foregoing within contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Martha Lamb for a pension the said Martha having never learned to write made her mark to her name subscribed to the within affidavit 
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and the seal of the said Court. the 20 day of September 1838 
[signed] Geo Wheeler Clerk
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6906 
Joseph Lamb 
Suspended
[crossed out, rejected]
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5.16
detailed specification required

[illegible] Sep 1832
17 Nov 1832
Bloore & Kirtland 
Waterford 
Saratoga Co. 
N. York
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6906 
BRIEF in the case of Joseph Lamb Half Moon Co of Saratoga in the State of New York 
(Act 7th June, 1832.) 
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court 
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 
3. How old is he? 78 years 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 

[TABLE]
Period.   |   Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days.   |   Rank.   |   Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   |
July In 1776   |  5 Months  |  As a private  |  Gen. Capt Pearce, Col. Swartwout   |
Jany 1777  |  1 Month  |  Sgt  |  Capt Swartwout, Lt. N. Butler   |
“at various times amounting to 6 months" (blank)
[END OF TABLE]

5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Paulding, Dutchess Co. N.Y. 
7. Is his is statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary 
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
[signed] W. Fawcett Examining Clerk.
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This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services. Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States. 
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY. 
L. W. B. 
W. 21561, 
I. 40424. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
WASHINGTON, D. C., 
January 20, 1898. 
Madam:-
Replying to your communication of a recent date you are advised that Joseph Lamb, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, made an application for pension on September 4th, 1832, at which time he was 77 years of age and residing at Halfmoon, N. Y., and his pension was allowed for six months' actual service as a private and sergeant in the N. Y. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Pearce and Col. Swartwout. He enlisted at Pawling, N. Y. His widow, Martha, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Ahimaas Sherwin made an application for pension on April 10, 1818, at which time he was 58 years of age and residing at Hartland, Vermont, and his pension was allowed for one year's actual service as a fifer in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Wilder and Col. Doolittle. Place of his enlistment not stated. 
Very respectfully, 
Commissioner.
Miss Calista Willard Wheeler, 
102 Fir St., Akron, Ohio.
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Rev. 21.561 
WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 21.561 
Martha Lamb 
Widow of Joseph Lamb Pri Rev War 

Act Feb 2d 48 
Index: Vol. A.  Page 421 

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Nov. 15/95 Hist. to Mrs. D. T. Lamb, Little Falls, N.Y.  m.e.c.
Jan. 20/98. To Miss. C W. Wheeler Akron, Ohio
Nov. 22 1901 Fanny Lamb Phila Pa
Aug. 22, 1904. Hist. to Wm. H. Pearce, Pension Office D.C.  F. W
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[stamped OLD WAR & NAVY FILES JAN 15 1898]

Akron O.  Jan 10th ‘98
As I wish to become a member of the Society of the Daughters of the Revolution I am directed to write to this Burean for information 
Wish to learn of Joseph Lamb a pensioner who enlisted in Vermont. and Ahimaaz Sherwin also a pensioner who enlisted a Hartland Vermont.
Respectfully
Calista Willard Wheeler 
102 Fir St 
Akron

[stamped U.S. Pension Office Jan 13 1898]
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Joseph Lamb pri 20$ act 7 June  Albany - when last pd.
G. W. C. 

27. March 39
Pd to 4 Sep 1837 
J.H.
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Joseph Lamb 
New York 
Act 7 June 1832 
Suspended See Letter to Messr. Bloore & Kirtland January 19th 1833
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6906 
BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Joseph Lamb which require further proof or explanation. 
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides. It does 
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? He did 
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason signed for his not doing so? 
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? He has 
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? He has 
An allegation of aggregate service composed of various tours is objectionable Each tour should be distinctly set forth 
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? He has not 
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? He has 
VII. Has the Court given their opinion? Has 
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? He has 
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  It is, & is so distinguishable
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? He has
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  He has
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? 
And is the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? 
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? They are not
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? They are
EXPLANATORY NOTES. 
*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how 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; For--- year --- months, and --- days, I served as a --- For --- months and ---- days, I served as a --- and for such service I claim a pension.
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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. 
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service 
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
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 paper 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.
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2403 
Oct 12 
N.Y. 
7 July 1838.
Martha Lamb 

J. L. Edwards Esqr 
Pension Office 
Washington City
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Lansingburgh Oct 9th 1838
J.L. Edwards Esqr 
Sir.  I enclose you the Papers in the case of Martha Lamb for a Pension.
I am Respectfully 
Yours &c 
[signed] William C. Follet
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Pension Claim under the act of Congress of March 3d 1843 
Hon J. L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Pension Office 
Washington 
D. C

1548
Clifton Park NY 
May 27th 
N.Y.
Mar 3d 1843 
Martha Lamb

$20 per an 

S. W. Wiggins
Clifton Park 
N. York
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Clifton Park NY 
May 27th 1843 
Sir
Enclosed I forward you the papers of Martha Lamb claiming to be inscribed on the Pension List Roll under the act of Congress of March 3d, 1843 
All of which is respectfully submitted 
Yours obt 
[signed] S W Wiggins
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Clifton Park N.Y.
July 27th

Free

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C
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Cliffton Park 
N. Y. July 27, 1848  
Dr Sir
I herein enclose the application of Martha Lamb & Mary Vincent for renewal of Pension 
Please forward all Communications to me in relation to these cases 

Yours &c
[signed] S. W. Higgins

J. L. Edwards Esq.
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Little Falls Oct 31 
Officers of the Pension Dept. Washington 
Will you please send me what facts you have concerning Joseph Lamb a soldier of the Revolution who went from Dutchess Co. N.Y. 
And oblige 
Mrs. D. T. Lamb 
Little Falls 
N.Y 
Send me facts concerning Marshall Newton who enlisted in 1775 under Gen Geo Wash and was stationed at Cambridge Mass. Please give this your earliest attention 
Mrs D T L
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J. L. Edwards
Commission
of Pensions
Washington City

mar 25 In at NY.
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Lansingburgh March 20th 1839 
Sir 
I wrote you yesterday in answer to your letter to Honl. Henry Vail concerning Anna Lamb Widow of David Lamb for a Pension. I find that the papers I forwarded you was the application of Martha Lamb widow of Joseph Lamb a Pensioner, and that in December I received from you a printed circular on the margin was wrote (The claim of Martha Lamb will be examined in turn) the above will enable you to correct the same 
I am Respectfully 
Your Huml Servant 
[signed] William C. Follet

J. L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions
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Anne Lamb
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner
of Pensions
Washington City

In at Mar 23
NY
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Lansingburgh March 19th 1839 
Sir
Yours of March 7th To the Honl Henry Vail I received this morning, stating that the Pension of Mrs Anne Lamb was not allowed on account of her husbands death after the passage of the act of 7th July 1838 Passed If her affidavit so states their must have been a great mistake in making it out as it does not agree in any way with the copy in my possession. I think that on further examination you will not find it so Viz July 16th 1838 
I am Yours 
Very Respectfully 
[signed] William C. Follet

J. L. Edwards Esqr 
Commissioner of Pensions
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O. W. & N. Division. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C., November 15, 1895. 
F.S.
M.E. C.
Madam:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Joseph Lamb a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 

[TABLE]
DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.   |  LENGTH OF SERVICE.   |   RANK.  |   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN.   |    COLONEL.  |   STATE.  |
July 1776  |  5 mos.  |  Pvt.  |  William Pearce  |  Swartwout  |  N.Y.  |
Jan. 1777  |  1 mo.  |  Sgt.  |   Abraham Swartwout   |  Swartwout   |  N.Y.  |
He then returned to his home in Pawling, N. Y., and for the succeeding three years was frequently called out with the militia to render short tours of duty whenever occasion demanded. In this manner it is probable that he rendered in the aggregate at least six months actual service. 
[END OF TABLE]

Battles engaged in, None mentioned. 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Pawling, N. Y.
Date of application for pension, September 4, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Halfmoon, N. Y. 
Age at date of application, Born, Pawling, N. Y., Feb. 9, 1755. 
Remarks: He married Thamer Hunt Oct. 26, 1786, and Martha Thompson Feb. 9, 1792; died Oct. 9, 1837. 
Very respectfully, 
Commissioner.
Mrs. D. T. Lamb, Little Falls, N. Y.
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Reported

1069 
New York. Albany 
Martha Lamb 
widow of Joseph Lamb who was a Private in the Revolution 

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 22d day of July 1843 and sent to S. W. Wiggins 
Clifton Park, N. York 

[Act of March 3, 1843.] 
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1   Page 108.
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New York. 2,199 
Martha Lamb widow of Joseph Lamb who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June ‘32 and who died on the 9 Oct 1837 of Saratoga in the State of N York who was a pri in the Compy commanded by Captain Pearce of the Regt commanded by Swartwout in the N. Y. line for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 20 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the10 Oct 1827 

Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Mar 39. said sent to W. C. Follett Lansingburgh N.Y. 

Arrears to the 4th of Mar $30.00
Semiannual allowance ending 10.00 
[totals] $40.00 

{Act July 7,1838.}
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk, 
Book A Vol. 2 Page 87
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State of New York 
Saratoga County } ss
On this 28th day of April one thousand Eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Saratoga aforesaid Martha Lamb a resident of the town of Halfmoon in the county of Saratoga and State of New York aged Seventy one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd March 1843 granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War 
That she is the widow of Joseph Lamb who was a Private in the Revolutionary war and Served in the Militia of the State of New York as she is informed and believes and for a more particular history of his services refference will be had to Declaration made by the said Joseph and on file at the War Office of the United States under which he the said Joseph Pensioner aforesaid claimed and received a Pension Certificate under the act of Congress of June 7th 1832 at the rate of Twenty dollars per annum and so continued a Pensioner up to the day of his death 
She further declares that as the widow of the said Joseph Lamb Pensioner aforesaid she made a declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 granting half pay or pension to certain widows under said act and that
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on said declaration she received a pension certificate granting her the sum of Twenty dollars per annum as widow aforesaid for the term of five years agreeable to the act aforesaid which amount she received in semi annual payments untill the full end and term of said act when on receiving her said last semi annual payment she submitted up said Certificate to the Agency Office of the United States at the City of Albany State of New York agreeable to requirement –
She further declares that She still remains the widow of the said Joseph Lamb Pensioner aforesaid
[signed] Martha Lamb X her mark 
Sworn and Subscribed on the day and year above written before me this 28th day of April 1843 [signed] Abijah Peck Jr Justice of the Peace

State of New York 
Saratoga County } ss  I Abijah Peck Jun one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Saratoga aforesaid certify that I am personally acquainted with Martha Lamb who appeared before me and subscribed and swore to the foregoing declaration on the day therein set forth and that she is a woman of character and entitled to credit and that she is unable to write her name having never learned to write or unable so to do by reason of debility
[signed] Abijah Peck Jr Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF NEW YORK. 
Saratoga County Clerk's Office. } ss.  I, HORACE GOODRICH, Clerk of the County of Saratoga, Do Certify, That Abijah Peck Jr before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for 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 of the 24th day of May 1843 
[signed] Horace Goodrich Clerk
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State of New-York, 
County of Saratoga } ss.
On this 19th day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty eight personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the peace in and for the county of Saratoga in the State of New York, Martha Lamb a resident of the town of Halfmoon in the said county of Saratoga aged 76 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War: 
That she is the widow of Joseph Lamb who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution and on account of whose services she was pensioned under the act of July 7th 1838 also March 3 1843 and 17th June 1844 and the amount of the Pension which she received under the act of 17th June 1844 was Twenty Dollars per annum. she further declares that she still remains the widow of the said Joseph Lamb aforesaid 
[signed] Martha Lamb X her mark
Sworn and subscribed this day of July 1848 before me 
[signed] J. W. Wait Justice peace  [illegible]

I certify the above declarant is personally known to me and that she cannot write her name having never learned to write 
[signed] J. W. Wait Justice peace

State of New-York, 
County of Saratoga } ss.
I, James W Horton Clerk of the said county, do hereby certify that [illegible] W. Wait was on the day of the date of the above Declaration, a Justice of the peace in and for the said county, duly elected and sworn, and that the signatures to the Jurat of the above Declaration and to the above Certificate, purporting to be his, are genuine. 
In Testimony whereof, I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said county, this 26th day of June 1848. 
[signed] James W Horton Clerk
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2 Decl

Joseph Lamb 

Admitted 
Private 6 months 

Bloore & Kirtland 
Waterford 
New York
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To the Hon Lewis Cass Secretary of War 
You petitioned & applicant again amends his declaration in support of his former declaration made in open Court in the Court of Common pleas of the County of Saratoga which declaration is now at the war office and in so doing he would humbly beg leave to present to you the following facts & circumstances relating to his case for your examination 
I Joseph Lamb of the town of Half moon in the County of Saratoga State of New York aged Seventy nine years on oath depose and say That in the year 1776 in the month of July on the 20th or 24th of said month I received notice that Captain William Pearse had selected me as a member of his company to go into the service of the United States as a Militia man in the militia of the State of New York. I joined the Company immediately and was was marched to a place called King Bridge where we joined a Regiment under the command of Col James [illegible] Jacobus Swartwout where we were stationed During our stay at that post a call for Volunteers was made to go on to Long Island then invaded by the Enemy Capt Pearses Company to which I belonged went and also a Company commanded by Capt Abraham Swartwout we remained there untill orders were given to evacuate the post when we returned to our Quarters Ref to Declaration after our return the main army took up the line of march for White Plains, and an order was issued for a rear guard to be left at Kings Bridge of Six hundred
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then under the command of Col Lesher & Brown I volunteered to remain as one of the guard, from this post I was ordered to Fort Washington on York Island where this guard remained one or two days from there we crossed over to the State of New Jersey by night and under the mouth of the enemies fleet then lying in the harbour, from there we marched up the Hudson river to Stoney Point, then crossed the River and went to Peekskill at this place orders were received for our guard to march to head quarters at White Plains and join on respective Companies after a march of ten miles our orders were countermanded and we returned to Peekskill where we remained untill the Brigade arrived when we joined our respective Companies. from Peekskill we were ordered to march to a place then called Mindners Creek near Fishkill Landing on the Hudson River whilst at this place we was employed in drawing timber from out of the water to build the Shevan die fure there made to prevent the British Shipping from passing up the Hudson here we remained untill the Snow and Ice prevented and further labour of this nature our company together with some more of the Brigade then returned to Fort Constitution on the Hudson River where we remained untill our term of five months had Expired for which term I entered the service, and at the date of our dismissal the regular troops had not returned and the garrison at the Fort was not considered sufficiently strong to protect it. I then together with some more of my company enlisted under Capt Abraham Swartwout to serve as a guard at that Post untill the
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regular army or some of them arrived I continued to serve under said Enlistment untill I was dismissed at Fort constitution by Captain Swartwout afore named on the second day of February 1777 after a tour of duty of Six Months and twelve days at the time of entering the service of the United States as afore stated I resided in the town of Pawling County of Dutchess State of New York 
And I further depose and say that after my return home the care of two aged parents unable to provide for themselves prevented me from accepting a commission in the regular Army for which I was solicited, the remainder of the Revolutionary struggle my tours of duty were short and although attended with great danger and soleatude they may not be considered as comeing within the limits of the Law in case of Pensioners.
In the year of the taking of Fort Montgomery on the Hudson River there was a general alarm and I was ordered out in the afore named Capt Wm Pearse company of Militia to march to Peekskill on the Hudson river. the command was under the controll of General Isreal Putman we arrived at this place where we remained two weeks as near as I can can recollect when we were dismissed and returned home we were at Peekskill at the day the Fort was taken and I distinctly remember hearing the report of Cannon
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And I further depose & say that the time I was engaged in service of the United States during the war of the Revolution even the same performed according to the regiments of the Secretary and the Law in that case would Justly entitle me to pay for at least Eighteen months service 
[signed] Joseph Lamb
Sworn & Subscribed this 7th day of March 1834 before me 
[signed] Henry Close Justice of the Peace

I Henry Clow a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Saratoga do hereby certify that Joseph Lamb who subscribed and swore to the foregoing declaration before me at the date afore name is well known to me to be a man of a good moral character and whose reputation for truth and veracity stands high in the estimation of those to whom he is acquainted 
[signed] Henry Clow Justice

Dated
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State of New York 
Saratoga County } ss  I Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the County of Saratoga Do Certify that Henry Clow before whom the foregoing declaration purports to be sworn and the annexed certificate of Henry Baker Sworn & Subscribed and also the said Henry Clows certificate signed was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verally believe his name subscribed to the foregoing declaration and the anexed affadavit and certificates to be his proper hand writing and Signature 
Witness my hand and seal of Office this 20th day of March 1834 
[signed] A Goodrich Clerk
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Henry Baker of the County of Saratoga aged eighty six being duly Sworn, deposeth and saith that in the time of the Revolution he lived in the County of Dutches in the State of New York and was acquainted with Joseph Lamb who lived in said County of Dutchess three or four miles distant from Where he lived that the Joseph lived in a Mountainous part of the Country in the town of Pawlings in said County of Dutchess and near the line between two Redgments and was frequently called out by the Officers of Both Redgments in alarms and in search of Robbery and from the knowledge of this deponant and from information he should Judge that the said Joseph Lamb Spent as much as a year in said alarms and in search of Robers and Tories besides the six month said Joseph was in actual service as this deponant was informed and believes to be true - This deponant further Saith that the said Joseph was verry active and verry much engaged in the defence of the County but does not recollect particularly the names of the Officers under whom he served being called upon frequently by different Officers on short service he being acquainted with Country 
[signed] Henry Baker
Sworn to before me this 10th day of July 1833 
[signed] Henry Clow Justice of the Peace 

I certify that I am personally acquainted with Henry Baker who subscribed & swore to the above affidavit on the date above named and from personal acquaintance the said Henry I believe him to be a man of truth & veracity 
[signed] Henry Clow
Dated Clifton park July 10th 1833
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Form VAM-51 12-5-41 
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD* 
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives 
NAME Lamb, Joseph GRADE  Private  LINE Pennsylvania 

WARRANT NUMBER 9794  ACREAGE 100  ISSUED August 7 1789 to Richard Platt, assignee 

*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.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Form VAM-51 12-5-41 
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD* 
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives 

NAME Lamb, Joseph   GRADE  Private  LINE Pennsylvania 

WARRANT NUMBER 9847  ACREAGE 100  ISSUED February 27 1793 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.