Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3033, Levi Doty, New Jersey Penn.
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SERVICE.                                        NUMBER

New Jersey.         Doty, Levi.         R. 3033
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CONTENTS

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This is a two sided journal type document with contents on both sides as follows:

Left Side:
16.209
In the matter of  the application of Levi Doty of Steuben County N. York for a pension for a pension  __under Act Luke 7-1832 —-
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Amended declaration
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Direct in reply to Issac L. Endress
Davisville —-
Livingston Cy
N. York

Right Side:
“The papers of Levi Doty, have also been examined and are again herewith returned. The applicant must specify as indicated in note (E) of the printed sheet, the duration of each term of actual service.”

Copies from a letter from the Pension Office, signed Geo. We Crump and dated 17 Oct 1833- which letter containing likewise some directions in the matter of Elisha Sutton’s application under act June 7 1832 was returned to said office, with papers and wiring said directions -
Leonard Endress
Davisville
N. York


Baringer to see
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But this deponent further says that in reg and to the duration (double lined under the word) of each term of service-he failed to come up to the requirements of the Pension Office in the statements in his declaration as aforesaid.
     And further this deponent saith that at the time of returning the papers by the said Pension Office as aforesaid  the said office transmitted to this deponent a copy of a form of an affidavit by which the declaration might be amended and this deponent says that in making an affidavit of amendment the said form was strictly followed and this deponent did then in clearly and distinctly on his oath say as to the first term at Swedes Ford near Philadelphia he served not less than four months and a half. - that as to the second term in Northumberland County Pennsylvania he served not less than four months that as to the third term in the New Jersey Militia he served not less than two years-
     And this deponent says that he had well hoped that said affidavit taken in connection with the affidavit Elizabeth Smith and Peter Van Diventer would have proved satisfactory as to the said office.
     But this deponent says that on the twenty fifth day of October 1833 as this deponent is informed by his attorney and believes the said 
Papers making claim to a pension as aforesaid (not legible) second time returned to this deponent with the direction that this applicant must satisfy the duration of each term as indicated in note (E)of the printed sheet that is to say as indicated in the form of an affidavit session before mentioned to have been sent by the Pension Office to this deponent for his guidance and which deponent declares that he had literally followed when the force of suspension signed particularly to demand it and at this deponent further says that upon (not legible) second returning of said (not legible) he was utterly at a loss what to do in the (not legible)
     And with the loss this deponent is willing to add that in regard to his first time of service in the said declaration he mentioned the 

Along the left side of the paper there were two additional sentences that stated the following:

A stamp of a fisted hand with the first finger pointing to the following sentences:  What he had followed in the agreed apparently desired to be obtained, could specifically to declare the largest term of service on which the memory of the applicant could rely - and which this deponent declares.
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Militia of Pennsylvania near Philadelphia it commenced in the month of October 1777. and continued until the making up of the writing what number of month's and days he was then actually in service this deponent cannot at this distance of time take it upon himself to state, but he is quite sure in saying on his oath, that in such first time he served was less than four months and a half and in regard to the same term of service in Northumberland County this deponent has stated that it commenced some time in the spring of 1778. and continued until the settlers men ordered to move down the river as in said declaration stated, - but on what day said service commenced and on what day it ended this deponent 's memory (not legible) him no longer so good as to state, but this deponent is quite free in saying on his oath that such service lasted not more than four months - But in regard to the third term of service to wit in the militia of New Jersey as a minute man this deponent say's that it commenced sometime in the spring following the battle Monmouth and continued until the end of the war but exactly how long this term lasted this deponent hereby declaes he is altogether unable to state  but (this word is missing due to what appears to be dropped ink on the page) he is quite sure in saying on his oath that it lasted not less than two years (4 words are lined through) and this deponent now further states and desires that he may be distinctly understood by the officers before making judgment of his said declaration by any further (not legible) accurate particulars that would throw light upon the subjects objected to by the Pension Office as will sufficently  provedand should the papers as soon amended be deemed un satisfactory in those respecty he must submit to a loss of his Pension -
And this deponent in conclusion prays of the Justice of the Office
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to whom is entrusted with the execution of the law of 1832 toward a speedy end to his suspence as to the result of the matter -
Levi Doty

     And further this deponent saith not (This line written on the margin of this page before swearing  - Sworn to before me this 18th day of November 1833 - Peter Doty -Justice of the Peace

I Peer Doty , Justice of the Peace before whom foregoing affidavit was subscribed and sworn to do asking that I am well acquainted with the deponent -n that I believe him to be a man of undoubted honor - Dansville - Steuber County - November 18th 1833 - Peter Doty Justice of the Peace

State of New York
(word lined through) County }js: I, William H Bull. Clerk of said Steuben County do certify that Peter Doty before whom above affidavit was made and who has signed above certificate is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Steuben aforesaid, that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verify believe the above to be his proper signature -
     And I also certify that above declaration of Levi Doty is the same as passed under the judgement of the Judge's of the County Courtof Steuben aforesaid at October (the area is either smudged or has tape holding another piece of paper over this section) said court eighteen hundred and thirty (not legible) My hand and seal of Office this 30th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
W H. Bull
by AC Switzer
DC
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This is a journal type document with both sides showing writing. 

Left side of document:

16.209
In the matter of the application of Levi Doty of Steuber County N York for a pension - under Act June 7. 1832
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Amended Declaration 

The bottom of page :
Direct in reply to Isaac L. Endress Davisville, Livingston Cy - N York

Right side of document:

"The papers of Levi Doty, have also been examined, and are again herewith (not legible). The applicant must specify as indicated in note (E) of the printed sheet, the duration of each term of actual service." 

     Copies from a letter from the Pension Office, signed Geo. Wm. Crump and dated 17th October 1833 - which letter containing likewise some directions in the matter of Elisha Sutton's application under act June 7. 1832, was returned to said office, with papers answering said directions -
Leonard L. Endress
Dansville
N York
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and and this deponent urged that as to the first time of (2 words are crossed out ) said near Phildelphia he has stated I said declaration the names of five officers besides that of General Washington and that it is clearly to be gathered from said declaration that said services was performed at Sneeds Ford near Phildelphia part of the time in the field part of the time in munition quarters  - and this deponent would at this present time be understood to state disctinctly to me names that as of officers as to the places of performance and  and as to the (not legible)(whether in field or garrison) during said first time of service near Philidelphia it is impossible to offer any frther particularz. 

And this deponent says that as to second term of service in said declaration mentioned and by the affidavit of Elizabeth Smith supported that it is clearly to be gathered from the said declaration that as to particularly authorized officers the armed settlers had none that the county of Northumberland was the issue of skirmishing - that as to detail of operations it would require more patience than this deponent would be willing to give thereto to read a statement of facts and for (not legible) the (not legible) states of the settlers were tho only (not legible) of which this depondent had any information during the said second time of service  as from to the said declaration is without any stretch of imagination clearly to be gathered -

And this deponent urges that as to the third term of service in the said declaration to unit in the militia of the state of new Jersey as in and by the affidavit of Peter Van Diventer corroborated - this deponent has stated the names of three officers and that the place of service was near Bedminster,  County of Somerset New Jersey - and this deponent as this present time states distinctly that he there acted all the time of the third term of service as a minute man that he was not in garrison at any time during his service that it is beyond his honor to add the names of any other officers or any further to particularize the circumstances (four words were lined through) comucted wth the service declared upon
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State of New York }
Steuben County } ss
Personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the town of Danville Steuben County N. York. Levi Doty, a resident of said town who being duly sworn saint that by a declaration (word crossed through) the sixteenth day of October eighteen hundred and thirty two submitted and approved by the judgement of and sealed under the seal of the court of said Steuben County. He has saith what certainty, accuracy and detail he was advised to be necessary, stated the duration and all other circumstances of the services by this dependent performed for his country during the war of the Revolution which declaration together with other papers corroborating the facts henceforth was transmitted to the Pension Office of the United States and this dependent says that by the said declaration he had desired to make it appear that services had so been performed by him at these distinct times and places; the first in the Militia near Philadelphia Pennsylvania in the year 1777 - the second in the summer of 1778 in the irregular companies for the defense of the county against Indian incursions in Northumberland County Pennsylvania; and the third as a Minute Man in the Militia of New Jersey commencing in the spring following the battle of Monmouth and continuing till the end of the war.
     And further this dependent says that the affidavit of Peter Van Diventer, who had been this deponent’s officer and a Lieutenant in the company in which the deponent served in the State of New Jersey has established the fact of (at the least) a  two years service in the Militia of New Jersey.
     And further this deponent says that about the twentieth of May 1833 - the said papers (making claim to a pension as aforesaid was returned to this deponent’s attorney with the objection - that the said declaration had not clearly shown under what officers the applicant served - (The following sentence was double underlined) the duration of each term and regiment the particular place or place where the service was performed, and whether the applicant was in field or garrison -
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and, this deponent says that as to the first term of service was Sneedes Ford near Philadelphia he has stated. In said declaration the names of five officers besides that of General Washington and that it is clearly to be gathered from said declaration that said service was performed at Sneedes Ford near Philadelphia part of the time in the fieold, part of the time in munition quarters - and this deponent woud at this present time be understood to state distinctly to the names that as of officer as to the place of performance and as to the necessaries (whether in field or garrison) during said dfirst tiime of service near Philadelphia it is impossible to offer any further particulars. 
     And this deponent says that as to second term of service, in said declaration mentioned, and by the affidavit of Elizabeth Smith supported that it is clearly to be gathered from the said declaration that as to particularly authorized officers the armed settlers had none - that the county of Northumberland was the issue of skirmishes- that as to detail of operations it would require more patience than this deponement would be willing to give thento to read a statement of facts and for garrisons the log huts of the settlers more tho only garrisons of which this deponedent had  had any information durnig the said second term of service as ow tho said declaration is without any (two words x'd through) stretch of imagination clearly to be gathered -
     And this deponent says is that as to the third term of service in the said declaration to wit - in the militia of the state of New Jersey as in and by the affidavit of Peter Van diventer, corroborated -- this depoonent has stated the name of three officers and that the place of service was Bidminster, County of Somenus New Jersey - and this deponent at this present  time state distinctly that he tho acted all the time of the third term of service as a minute man - that he was not in garrison at any time during his service that it is beyond his power to add the names of any other officers or any further to partiulars the circumstances (3 words scratched out) connected with the services declared upon
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State of New York } ss    Katherine Webb
County of Albany        being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that She is daughter and heir of Levi Doty, deceased, to whom a pension was probably due, who was an applicant for a pension from he state of New York that this deponent is directly interested as one of the claimants in said claim. 
Attent
J. Leonard      Katherine Webb

Know all Men by these Presents, that I Katherine Webb daughter and applicant for a pension from the State of New York, do hereby constitute and appoint Arad Joy, of Ovid, N.Y. my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name as one directly and personally interested as also for and in behalf of all others interested in the claim or application for a pension as above mentioned. 
Witness my hand and seal, this 31st day of May 1852
SEALED AND DELIVERED IN THE PRESENCE OF
J. Leonard                                Katherine Webb
The seal is round but the middle is completely black

STATE OF New York (the handwritten form is completely covered with a piece of paper that says the following:
State of New York}88
ALLEGANY COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE}
I, John J. Rockafellow, Clerk of said County, and of the Courts thereof, do hereby certify, that J. Leonard Esq, before whom the annexed instrument is Waiting was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a Justice of the Peace is and far said County, duly elected sworn and authorized to take the same, And that I am we well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe that the signature to said Certificate of proof or acknowledgement is genuine, and that said Instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws of thi State 
      In witness Whereof, I hae hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Angelica, in said County, this 9th day of June 1852
JJ Rockafellow
Clerk of Allegany County
Along side of his signature was his seal. A circular non-fancy seal that said: Allegany around the top, SEAL N.YORK in the middle, and County along the bottom.
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State of New York
COUNTY OF Allegany} ss.     Katherine Webb
Being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says tht she is Daughters & Heir of Levi Doty deceased, to whom a pension was probably due, who was an applicant for a pension from the State of New York that this deponent is directly interested as one of the claimants in said claim.
Attent
J Leonard.                        Katherine Webb

Sworn and subscribed before me this 31st day May 1852 and I do hereby certify that the said Katherine Webb is a respectable person, and that I have full faith in the truth of the above statement sworn to my her as being directly interested in said claim.
J Leonard J. Peace

Know all Men by these Presents, That I  Katherine Webb daughter of Levi Doty deceased, to whom a pension was probably due, and was an applicant for a pension from the State of New York, do hereby constitute and appoint Arad Joy, of Ovid, N.Y. My true and lawful attorney for me and in my name as one directly and personally interested, as also for and in behalf of all others interested in the claim or application for a pension as above mentioned.
Witness my hand and seal, this 31st day of May, 1852
SEALED AND DELIVERED IN THE PRESENCE OF J Leonard.                     Katherine Webb
Round shaped seal with nothing legible on it
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State of New York
County of Allegany }. Be it known that on the 31st day of May 1852 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State, duly authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgements, personally appeared Katherine Webb, above named, and duly acknowledged  (several words are covered by a folded sheet of paper it starts where it is legible here): of Attorney and affidavits to be her act and deed. Thereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and date above mentioned
J Leonard  - J. Peace
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State of New York }
COUNTY OF Allegany } ss.   Katherine Webb
Being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that she is daughter & heir of Levi Doty deceased, to whom a pension was probably due, who was an applicant for a pension from the State of New York that this deponent is directly interested as one of the claimants in said claim.
J Leonard.                           Katherine Webb

Sworn and subscribed before me this 31st day May 1852 and I do hereby certify that the said Katherine Webb is a respectable person, and that I have full faith in the truth of the above statement sworn to my her as being directly interested in said claim.
J Leonard    J. Peace

Know all Men by these Presents, That I Katherine Webb daughter of Levi Doty deceased, to whom a pension was probably due, and was an applicant for a pension from the State of New York do hereby constitute and appoint
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Revolutionary Claim
Suspended Claim
State of New York
Levi Doty

Sir
Please furnish me a copy of his alleged service
Respectfully
Howell Leel
Arad Joy

Hon J.E. Heath
Court of Pensions
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State of New York
Livingston County ss:

Personally appeared before me Levi Doty a resident of the town of Dansville, Steuben County, New York being duly sworn doth depose and say - that in certain declaration heretofore transmitted to the War Department; after detailing his services made in the war of the Revolution in the State of Pennsylvania, he proceeded to state that they this deponent departed the State of Pennsylvania, and again entered the service in the State of New Jersey as a minute-man - And this Deponent now says that on [stricken: removing] his way removing he this deponent heard the news of the battle of Monmouth - that after he arrived in the State of New Jersey it was about four weeks before he volunteered as a minute-man as aforesaid - and this deponent verily believes that it was not longer than six or eight weeks after the battle of Monmouth when he volunteered as aforesaid - and this deponent says that he thereupon continued to serve as a minute-man as aforesaid until the end of the War - and this deponent verily believes that he to so served over four years -
And this deponent further says that his service as a minute-man as aforesaid, was a very arduous service - that the minute-men were called out very new to make tours of two week, and tours of over two weeks, tours often days, and tours of a week - 
And this deponent is willing on his oath to say, that he so served, as a minute man as aforesaid, in actual service upon actual duty two years - 
And further this deponent saith not - 
Levi Doty

Sworn & subscribed before me this 10th day of Feby [February] 1834
S. Shannon Comr [Commissioner] of Deeds

I certify that I am acquainted with Levi Doty - and that I beleive [believe] him to be a man of truth and veracity and that his statement is entitled to credio [credit]
S. Shannon J. P.
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State of New York
Livingston County } ss I. Chauncey R. Bond clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for Livingston County do certify that Samuel Shannon whose signature appears to the foregoing Jurat & certificate of credibility was at the date thereof a Commissioner of Deeds & also a Justice of the Peace in and for said county - & that I am well acquainted wth his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed thento to be his own proper signature and hand writing - writ ing my hand & seal of office this 12th day of February A.D. 1834
Chauncey R. Boud
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THIS IS A JOURNAL TYPE PAPER WITH WRITING ON THE LEFT SIDE ONLY

In the matter of the application of Levi Doty

The original papers are on file in the Pensions Office

The aff of Lieut & Van Diventer on file in this matter is, I think (underlined) intended to convey the same meaning as this apt -
J L Ende
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State of New York
Livingston County

On the twenty-sixth day of October in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-two before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared Elizabeth Smith, a respectable citizen of the Town of Sparta County of Livingston, who being duly sworn doth {depose} today -- that she was born in October seventeen hundred sixty-two--that in the early part of the revolutionary war she lived in the County of Northumber--and was well acquainted with Levi Doty, who is now making claim for a pension--that the said Doty's wife was her aunt --that said Doty was the nearest of her Father's neighbors, and that she was in and out at his house very often--the very well remembers that the said Levi Doty did for about eighteen months scout against the Indians who were making inroads against the frontier settlements--that he was called out frequently to {skirmiches} with the Indians--that she remembers this was before the taking {and burning} of Freeling's Fort--and that he there remained defending with his neighbors the settled country from the attacks of the Indians until the danger of the settlers became so great that they all moved down the river--and further this {deponent?} saith not.

Elizabeth Smith, (X) her mark

Subscribed and sworn before me this 26th day of October 1832.  Signed, J. Rupel Day 

J. Rupel Day Justice of the Peace, before whom the above affidavit was made, and which I have subscribed, do hereby certify that Elizabeth Smith, the above named {deponent?} was at the time of subscribing the above affidavit, as respectable citizen of said Town of Sparta and County of Livingstone and had been such for several years previous to her subscribing as aforesaid, and that she is a credible person, and her statement is called to credit.  Dated the A.D. 24th day of May 1833.
Signed, Rupel Day, JP
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State of New York
Livingston County

I Chauncey R. {Boud} --Clerk of the said County, do certify that Rupel Day before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been made, and who has likewise made the preceding certificate, was at the several dates of making said affidavit certificate and she is, one of the Justices of the Peace in for the said County, duly empowered to administer her oaths and that I am acquainted with his hand-writing and {verify} believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit & certificate to be his proper hand-writing signature --witness my hand {  } of office this twenty eighth day of May A.D. 1833.
Signed:  Chancey R. B{oud} Clk.
By S. H. {Flavue} Dep. Clk.

In the matter of Levi Doty's claim.
Afft. of Eliz. Smith
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Levi Doty
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In the matter of the Petition of Levi Doty of 
NY
Col Freelinghausen
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Praying for a Pension
Howell 18
Court on Revolutionary Pensions
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Jan.15.1835
Rej - Found on Rev. Pensions
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Feb.3rd - 1835 - Com-a-d(last three letters are run together and not legible) to be


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Howell
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War Department
Pension Office
January 9. 1834.

Sir,
The papers of Levi Doty have again been examined. On a former Examination the
applicant was required to specify the duration
of each term of actual service; the place or places where each tour was performed, the names of the Officers etc. The requisition not having been complied with the case is suspended and the papers placed on file -
The claim for two years continuous service
in a corps of New Jersey minute men is not supported by any Evidence in the Department, on the contrary there is abundant evidence that it was an occassional [occasional] service, consisting of short tours, rarely if ever exceeding a month. If the claimant cannot
specify the different tours in question
no part of the two years can be allowed unless
specified by witnesses

Same, Respectfully,
Sir. [illegible] St.
J. L. Edwards
Commr. [Commissioner] of Pensions

Isaac L. Endress Esq.
Danville, New York.
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Levi Doty
Act June 7 32
Rev 
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Letter no 3033
IL Endress
Jan 19 1834
This line is too dark to read and aging
April 9 '34
this line looks like I.L. Endress
month is smudged and black date is 31 1834
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3133 stamped REJECTED
Levi Doty
Service: Papers delivered January 15 1835 to Court of Pensions and do not appear returned Papers read from (not legible) 
Discharged: May 1883
Alleges: N.J.
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Rec'd Jany 15th 1825 of the Commissioner of Pensions papers of Levi Doty which have been referred to the Committee of the House of Representatives on Revolutionary Pensions
Howell
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Hon E. Howell
Recv'd
January 15, 1835
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To the Honourable [Honorable] Congress of the United States of America 
The Petition of Levi Doty, of the Town of Dansville, Steuben County, State of New York, respectfully sheweth:
That your Petitioner was a soldier and served in the winter of 1777-78 in the militia of Pennsylvania not less than four months and a half, as by reference to certain papers filed in the Pension Office Washington City, in which application is made for a pension under act June 7th 1832, will more fully and at large appear: 
which papers, together with the affidavits
in amendment and those in corroboration thereof pled also as aforesaid your petitioner prays may be annexed to this petition and made a part thereof -
That your Petitioner served in the summer of 1778 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania in irregular companies formed for the defence [defense] of the Country against Indian incursion not less than four months, as by reference to the papers filed in the Pension
office as aforesaid will more fully and at large appear -
That your Petitioner served as a minute man in the militia of New Jersey a term of service commencing in the Spring following the battle of Monmouth and continuing until the end of the war, that the last mentioned term of service lasted about four years, was very arduous, that your Petitioner was very frequently called upon to leave home and that your Petitioner was
in actual service when thus called upon not less than two years-
And your Petitioner sheweth, that the application aforesaid is suspended not from a failure of proff [proof] of the fact of a service as
aforesaid, but on the ground that "the service in a corps of New Jersey minute men was an occasional service, consisting of short tours rarely if ever exceeding a month - If the claimant cannot specify the different tours in question no part of the two years can be allowed unless specified by witnesses" all which will more fully and at large appear by reference to a letter received by the Attorney of this Petitioner from J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pension, the same being hereunto annexed-
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And your Petitioner sheweth, that he is eighty one years of age and that it is quite out of his power to specify the number of tours and the duration of each made by your Petitioner while
serving as a minute man in New Jersey as aforesaid, neither does your Petitioner know of, nor does he believe, there is any witness living, who could specify the tours as aforesaid - 
Wherefore your Petitioner prays the intervention of Congress for his relief, and that such pension may be allowed to him under the said Act of June 7th 1832 as his said services in the War of the Revolution may deserve-
Dated Dansville, Steuben County, New York, December the twenty seventh eighteen hundred and thirty four -
Levi Doty


[written vertically in bottom left corner]
Petition of Levi Doty
Steuben County New York
for a pension for Revolutionary Services
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report in the case of Levi Doty 
The declarant states that in the winter of seventy seven he entered the service of the United States in the militia of Pensylvania [Pennsylvania] - as a volunteer - in - or about the month of October - and served not less than four and an half months. he gives the names of his company
officers and Col of the Regiment but is unsupported by any proof, save - the general that character - in such cases prescribed. He further states that he again served the United States in the war of the Revolution By scouting & skermishing [skirmishing] with the
Indians in the County of Northumberland, Penn - Commencing in the Summer of 1777 and recieving [receiving] through a period
of about 18 months and by addition claims for this a continuous service of not less than four months - This he admits that he was never
In an organized company & had no
officers - and that the only garreson [garrison] he heard of was the lay of the Letter. He further states that he served The United States, as a minute man in The militia of New Jersey. Commencing within six weeks after the battle of Monmoth [Monmouth] up to the end of the war - in a Regiment commanded by Col Freelinghuysen - and in a company commanded by a Lieutenant Peter Vandeventer - and in
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claims as for a contenuary service of
two years - without specifying the number of times he was called out or the length of time he continued in the field at each call -
To the service for four months against The Indians he produces the deposition of Elizabeth Smith who says that she knew the said Doty in Northumberland City [County] Pennsylvania - It being the place of Residence of said Doty & he being her fathers Nearest Neighbor - and
that she well remembers that said Doty did scout against the Indians for about 18 months - 
To the service of two years claimed as
having been rendered as a minute man
In the New Jersey Militia, he produces The deposition of Lieut. Peter Van deVenter - who in general terms, [illegible; possibly describes] that said Doty servd [served] in his character as a minute man for the period of two years - without designating - how often call upon - or for how long each term of service continued -
The declaration of the petitioner has been
Examined at the pension office - and suspended for uncertainty - and the indefinite terms in which the service is set forth - And altho [although] the sd [said] declaration has been [illegible; possibly thus] amended - The same objection still exists - The committee In no reason for taking this case out of the common course; and ask to be discharged -
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State of Penns. [Pennsylvania]
Eric County 
ss:
On the Seventeen day of June in the year eighteen hundred and thirty three before
me a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County Personally appeared Peter Van Diventer, who being duly sworn doth depose & say - that during the Revolutionary War this deponent served the United States in the Capacity of Lieutenant in the New Jersey Militia under the
command of Colonel Frelinhousen - that [stricken text] at the same Levi Doty, then a respectable citizen of Pluckemin Village, Somerset County & State of New Jersey was called into the service of the United States and
served as a private in the company in which this deponent held command, that said Doty was called into service at various times amounting to at least two years service - and further saith not - 
Peter Van. Deventer

Sworn & subscribed this Seventeenth day of June AD 1833. before me.
James H. Woodworth
Justice of the Peace

I, James H. Woodworth, a Justice of the Peace in & for Erie County before whom foregoing affidavit was made do certify that I am acquainted with Peter Vandeventer who hath subscribed & sworn to said affidavit, that he is a respectable citizen of Springfield township, in aforesaid County and that I believe him to be a man of truth & veracity -
June 17th 1833.
James H. Woodworth
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State of Pennsylvania
Erie County SS - 

I, Edwin L. Kelso Prothonotary of the Court of Common Plead in and for the County of Erie do
hereby certify that James H. Woodworth Esquire before whom the within deposition purports to
have been sworn & is one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County: And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit to be his proper hand writing and Signature. In Testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this Seventeenth day of June A.D One thousand eight hundred and thirty three -
Edwin L. Kelso Prothy [Prothonotary]
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SERVICE                                     NUMBER
New Jersey        Doty, Levi            R3033
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State of New York
Steuben County ss

I William H Bull Clerk of the county of Steuben do certify that Amherst Kingsbury before whom the within affidavits were taken was at the respective dates thereof a Justice of the peace
in and for the County of Steuben, and I am well acquainted with his hand writing and truly believe his signature is ginune [genuine]. Witness my hands and seal of office this Second day of July AD 1833-
Wm H Bull - Clerk
A.C. Switzer D.C.

[written upside down]
dire of in reply to -
IL Endress. Dansville - Livingston Cy. [County] New York.
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In the matter of Levi Doty, a claimant for a
pension under the Act of Congress passed Jun 7-1832-

State of New York
Steuben County ss:

On this sixteenth day of October in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting Levi Doty a resident of the Town of Dansville County of Steuben and State of New York aged seventy nine years who being 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 the said Levi Doty was born in Bedminster, Somerset County, State of New Jersey on the seventeenth day of May in the year seventeen hundred and fifty three from whence he moved after his marriage to the County of Northumberland State of Pennsylvania - has forgotten the name of the Township it being (then) a new County, and his residence there only four years on the whole, but-- about seven miles above the then small village of Northumberland - This Deponent
has no Record of his age in his own  possession-- his Father's family Bible in which he has seen [stricken text] frequently the
Record of his Birth, is in the possession of a Brother's children in New Jersey - resided in the County of Northumberland immediately before he entered the army - That sometime
in October of the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven he volunteered into the militia of Pennsylvania at the time the British had possession of Philadelphia - Having heard that there was to be a draft of men, he march with
others in private parties till they came to Swede's Ford on the Schuylkill, where they were organized and formed into a regiment - The company in which he served was commanded by Captain - Smith - John Poke Lieutenant Ensign Jacob Kean - General Potter of Penn's valley - Col James Maurer - The service of the winter was scouting and skirmishing with the British - The position of the regiment he belonged to was between Genl [General] Washington army at Valley Forge and the British - about six miles
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more or up from Philadelphia - The militia of which he was a part were stationed at Swedes Fort some considerable time before General Washington's army  crop'd the Schuylkill on a bridge of wagons to go to winter quarters-was in two skirmishes of considerable importance where many lives were lost on our part, and one of life consequence - one of these heavy skirmishes was at a place called Gulph Mills thinks but will not be certain that Captain Smith was taken prisoner at Gulph Mills-had, the opportunity of seeing General Washington Several times-broke up quarters some time in Spring - the river had broken up, snow was gone-weather warm & cold by turns - Thinks likely it was in April that he was discharged and set out to return to his home - This deponent has no testimony to offer in (one word is liined through) proof of the service in this campaign other than his own affidavit.
     During the following summer this deponent remained in the County of Northumberland - scouting and skirmishing with the Indians -until by degrees all their Forts were taken from them, and in July orders came that the settlers should move down the River -this took place before the (not legible) at Wyoming - in this scouting and skirmishing with the Indians they were never formed into a regular company-but fought in defence of themselves and families , the men going out in parties of ten and fifteen -Immediately after the settlers had moved away he returned with his family to his friends in Somerset County, New Jersey-
     In the Spring following the battle of Monmouth was enrolled in the militia of New Jersey - The British had (3 not legible words or one that was broken up) of New York - served as a private in the Militia of New Jersey about 2 years as this deponent thinks- the whole time in one company - Nathaniel Porter had been Captain of this company but was taken prisoner at the battle of Monmouth - Peter Van Divenden 1st. Lieunt acted as Captain all the time this deponent serve - the duty of this deponent in his company was to watch the munitions of
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the British, to guard the lines and to be ready at a call - Freelinghuysen, Colnel [Colonel] - was called to Elizabeth Town at the time at the time Genl Washington had a small skirmish at Elizabeth town Farms with the British - remained in the service in this capacity, being frequently called upon when militia were needed and marched forward & back over the country, until the end of the war -
Deponent has no documents to substantiate
his testimony, but offer the affts [affidavits] of Elizabeth Smith and Peter Van Diventer - After the Revolution he continued in New Jersey about 7 years, when he moved to Tioga County, Pennsyl- From thence into Steuben County his present place of residence where he has lived twenty five years
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
His 
Levi Doty
Mark

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me
M. S. Rumsey Dep. Clerk
Steuben County

We Robert Hubbard, Clergyman residing in the Town of Dansville, [stricken text] County of Livingston and Moses Van Campen residing in the Town of Dansville County of Livingston New York hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Levi Doty who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age: that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Robert Hubbard
Moses Van Campen

Sword to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me
M. S. Rumsey Dep. Clerk
Steuben County
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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 Robert Hubbard who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Village of Dansville in the County of Livingston and that Moses Van Campen who has also signed the same is a resident in the aforesaid Village
of Dansville in Livingston County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit-

Clerk
I Martin S. Rumsey Deputy Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas in and for the County of
Steuben, State of New York do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter
of the application of Levi Doty for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of office this 16th
day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
M. S. Rumsey Dep. Clerk
Steuben County
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In the matter of the application of Levi Doty for a pension -August June 1832

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