Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10491, for Garret Thew, New York
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(3-1776) 

Service
New York

Thew, Garret 

Number 
R. 10491

Contents
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Plattsburgh, NY
November 4, 1830

Sir, 
My grandfather Garret Thew through J.D. Woodward, Esq. applied to your office for a Revolutionary Pension since which time Thew is dead and it is supposed that a certificate had been issued in his favour. Will you be kind enough to inform me whether any action has been had on said claim or what has been done about it. 
I am Sir Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
Amos Storr

J.S. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City,
D.C.
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Plattsburg Nov. 20, 1836

Hon. Dudley Parlin

Dr. Sir,
I enclose an appeal from the decision of James L. Edwards Esq Comr &c to the Secretary of War in the case of Garret Thew prepared about the time of his death. His children now wish to obtain the amount of Pension which they conceive justly due them under the law. They feel confident that the decision of the Hon. Benjn. F. Butler upon the questions presented will be favourable. 
Will you obtain all the papers in the case from the pension office, and see that they are placed (with the enclosed) in the hands of Mr. Butler. 
Yours respectfully
J.D. Woodward for
& on behalf of the children
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Garret Thew
Private in Rev. 
1 yr & 9 months
21899

Plattsburg NY
Jany 9, 1833

J.L. Edwards Esq. 
Sir,
Mr. Thew wishes his certificate sent to me by mail. 
Respectfully & c
J. Douglas Woodward
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State of New York
County of Clinton ss. We Heman Garlick a clergyman residing in the town of Avon in said county & George Heyworth residing in the same Town, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Garret Thew of Avon applicant for a pension. That we believe him to be seventy-four years of age. That he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion. 

Heman Garlick clergyman
Elder of the Methodist
Episcopal Church
George Heyworth

Sworn & affirmed and sub-
scribed to this 4th day of 
January 1833. I certify 
that the said Heman Garlick is a Clergyman
resident in Avon aforesaid
& that George Heyworth who 
has also signed the same 
is also a resident of said 
town & is a credible person 
and that their statement is 
entitled to credit and I fully
concur in their statements
Joseph Everest Justice Peace
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State of New York 
County of Clinton ss.  Gilbert Thew of Peru in said County aged Seventy Six years being sworn according to law says that his Brother Garret Thew enlisted at Clarkstown N.Y. on the 4th July 1776 into Col. Gilbert Cooper Regt. N York State Troops for six months Deponant resided at Clarkstown at the time his Brother volunteered for said time and well recollects when he entered & that he returned in the winter of 1777. Deponant understood at the time and has now no doubt of the fact that said Garret served and was impressed three months longer as stated by him in his declaration hereto annexed. Deponant further says that to his personal knowledge said Garret Thew served in Capt Orra Smiths Company Col Henhawk Hays Regt. N.Y. Militia from January 1778 to the close of the war & was engaged in actual service on guard, more than one year on the North River and on the lines between us and the enemy & in New Jersey. Deponant served in said Company during all of said time with said Garret. - Deponant further says that he verily believes said Garret Thew actually served one year and nine months, including two months & a half imprisonment during the revolutionary war.

Deponant further says that the statements of the said Garret contained in the annexed declaration agree with those heretofore made to Deponant by said Garret. That said Garret is Seventy four years of age and is generally reputed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution. – 
[signed] Gilbert Thew
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 27 day of November 1832 and I certify that Deponant is a credible person & witness 
[signed] John Warford Judge of Clinton Common Pleas
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. 
State of New York 
County of Clinton ss.  On this twenty seventh day of November 1832 Personally appeared before John Warford one of the Judges of Clinton Common Pleas in said State. Garret Thew of Peru in said County (the said Court of Common Pleas being a Court of record) aged Seventy four 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 7, 1832 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. 
I was born in the town of Clarkstown County of Orange (now Rockland) State of New York on the tenth day October 1758. I have a record of my age made by Judge Tunis Cooper, more than forty years ago Cooper is dead & I have had the record in my possession during said 40 years.
I resided in Clarkstown NY & enlisted at that place as a volunteer private into Capt. (dont recollect his name He was from Clarkstown. Col. Gilbert Coopers. Regiment of New York State Troops for six months marched from thence through Taupann [Tappan?]. Willow meadow English neighborhood to Hackensack Bridge in New Jersey. I sent on gard at Hackensack a long time. I entered the service on the 4th July 1776 and served until the six months for which I enlisted expired I was there discharged on the fourth day of January 1777 at Hemstead N.Y. with my Company  I recd no [illegible] this discharge - during this six months service I was engaged at Hackensack bridge, tean [town?] of rye. Strawtown Taupann & on the North River. - after my time was out. I returned home to Clarkstown & there remained until the fall of the year 1777 when I went into Capt Orra Smiths Co Col. Henhawk Hay’s Regt. New York militia and went on guard at Slaughters landing on North River and was there taken a prisoner by the British & carried to New York & confined in the Sugar House in that City two months & a half when I was exchanged and released in the winter of 1778. I served in said Company on guard before my capture two weeks & was imprisoned two & a half months making the who time of my second service & imprisonment three months - I then returned to Clarkstown  [remainder of line cut off - complete page transcribed on the following page]

and during the same month of January 1778 entered again as a private into Capt Orra Smiths Company Col Henhawk Hays Regt N.Y. militia & served in said Compy & Regt until the close of the war I was in actual service in said company one year & was principally engaged on guards. - when the war closed I was at Clarkstown and – 
[signed] Garret Thew
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. 
State of New York 
County of Clinton ss.  On this twenty seventh day of November 1832 Personally appeared before John Warford one of the Judges of Clinton Common Pleas in said State. Garret Thew of Peru in said County (the said Court of Common Pleas being a Court of record) aged Seventy four 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 7, 1832 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. 
I was born in the town of Clarkstown County of Orange (now Rockland) State of New York on the tenth day October 1758. I have a record of my age made by Judge Tunis Cooper, more than forty years ago Cooper is dead & I have had the record in my possession during said 40 years.
I resided in Clarkstown NY & enlisted at that place as a volunteer private into Capt. (dont recollect his name He was from Clarkstown. Col. Gilbert Coopers. Regiment of New York State Troops for six months marched from thence through Taupann [Tappan?]. Willow meadow English neighborhood to Hackensack Bridge in New Jersey. I sent on gard at Hackensack a long time. I entered the service on the 4th July 1776 and served until the six months for which I enlisted expired I was there discharged on the fourth day of January 1777 at Hemstead N.Y. with my Company  I recd no [illegible] this discharge - during this six months service I was engaged at Hackensack bridge, tean [town?] of rye. Strawtown Taupann & on the North River. - after my time was out. I returned home to Clarkstown & there remained until the fall of the year 1777 when I went into Capt Orra Smiths Co Col. Henhawk Hay’s Regt. New York militia and went on guard at Slaughters landing on North River and was there taken a prisoner by the British & carried to New York & confined in the Sugar House in that City two months & a half when I was exchanged and released in the winter of 1778. I served in said Company on guard before my capture two weeks & was imprisoned two & a half months making the who time of my second service & imprisonment three months - I then returned to Clarkstown NY I resided there till the year 1785 when I moved to Plattsburg NY where I where resided one year & then moved to Peru NY where I have ever since resided and now reside. I actually served & was imprisoned during the Revolutionary war one year and nine months. I have no no documentary evidence and know of no person except Gilbert Threw [Thew] by whom I can prove my service, or whose testimony I can procure to testify to my service - The names of persons to whom I am known in my present neighborhood
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and who can testify to their belief of my services are John Eells Gilbert Thew Thomas Miller Daniel Harkness Paul Southwick Isaac Hallock Edward Hallock & the whole neighborhood. These same persons will testify to my character for veracity –
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State –
note a piece of paper signed by me attached to this by a [illegible, wafer?] & the words “one year and” interlined before signing and swearing. –
[signed] Garret Thew
Sworn affirmed and subscribed to before me this 27th day of November 1832 & I certify that Deponant is a credible person & was unable by reason of bodily infirmity to attend the late October Terms of the Court of Common Pleas of said County & that he is still unable by reason of bodily infirmity to attend Court he is severely afflicted with the bloody piles & has great difficulty in getting about 
[signed] John Warford Judge of Clinton Common Pleas.

And I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion after 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 sta[tes]
Nov. 27 1832  [signed] John Warford Judge of Clinton Com Pleas 

and I further certify that it appears to me that Heman Garlic who has signed the annexed Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Peru in said County and that George Heyworth who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town and and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. January 7, 1833. 
[signed] John Warford Judge of Clinton Com Pleas

State of New York 
County of Clinton ss  I the Subscriber Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Clinton and of said County do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Judge in in the matter of the application of Garret Thew for a pension and further certify that Joseph Everest before whom the annexed affidavit of Heman Garlic & George Heyworth was taken and sworn on the
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fourth day of January 1833. was at the time a Justice of the Peace of the town of Peru in said County, and that the signature of the said Justice to the Jurat of said affidavit is the genuine handwriting of the said Justice. I being well acquainted with it - I also Certify John Warford before whom the annexed affidavit of Gilbert Thew was taken & sworn on the twenty seventh Day of November 1832 & before whom the foregoing declarations of Garret Thew was made on the said day, & who made & signed the two Certificates which follow said declaration one dated Nov. 27. 1832. & the other dated January 7. 1833, was at the said times respectively a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County & that his signature, to the jurat of said affidavit, the said declaration & to the said certificates are in his genuine and proper hand writing of the said Judge I being well acquainted with it - The words to “Clinton Common Pleas and of” [illegible] by me. In testimony of all of which I have hereto set my hand and seal this Seventh day of January 1833 at Plattsburg N.Y.
[signed] Nathan Taylor Clerk 
By Smith Mead Deputy
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Garret Thew’s Rev Claim for 19 months as a Private – 
see first decln taken before Judge Warford Nov 27, 1832 & 2d decln. sworn before Elias Larkin Esq. Sept 1833  & see also Hon A C Kuggs letter dated Sept 22 1832 in which he says “I am well acquainted with Gilbert Thew & Garret Thew & have known them for 18 years. They are men of unquestioned veracity & honesty and the most implicit reliance may be placed upon their statements.”

Pension certificate to be sent to J Douglas Woodward Plattsburg N.Y. 
1778 - Capt Aurie Smith 3 day Vol 4. p 26 
1779 same Company m2, 12days page 27
2.15
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State of New York
County of Clinton ss.  Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Garret Thew of Peru in said County applicant for a Pension who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he believes that Daniel Winters was the Captain under whom he served & that he belonged to Col. Coopers Regiment. Deponant belonged to Capt Orra Smiths Company of Militia. Col. Hays Regt New York Militia & Deponant volunteered out of that Company at Clarkstown NY. as a private for six months into Capt. (I believe his name was Daniel Winters) Company Col. Gilbert Cooper’s Regt New York Militia. Major Hutton belonged to our Regt. Deponant signed an enlistment the day he entered the service at Clarkstown and took the usual oath. Deponant served as a waiter to Col. Gilbert Cooper who was an uncle of Deponent during the whole Six months for which he enlisted, and this is one reason why deponant does not recollect the names of the other officers. Deponent enlisted as a Private in said Company & Regt. and served at the places stated in his original declaration made before Judge Warford on the 27th day of Novr 1832. Deponant was discharged from the six months service at Clarkstown N.Y. on the 4th Jany 1777 when deponant & the whole of Col Coopers Regiment were discharged. (I stated that I received no written discharge. I may have received one, but if I did, it has been lost or destroyed). Deponent further says that he has stated that he enlisted into Capt Orra Smiths Company Col Hay’s Regiment New York militia - Deponant should with more propriety have stated that he was enrolled in and belonged to that company, and that he was called into actual service at the time stated by Deponant to wit in October 1777. Deponant in that month was called upon to go on guard at Slaughters landing N.Y. to watch the motions of the Tories and British
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who then had vessels lying at anchor in the River Hudson. There was a Sergeants guard consisting of about fifteen. Deponant believes, Abraham Snyder was the Sergeant of the guard to which Deponant belonged. That Deponant & said guard served two weeks on guard at Slaughters landing in the month of October 1777 and that while Deponant was on guard and while he was actually standing as a Sentinel on his post during the night a party of British & Tories surprised Deponant and the whole of said Sergeants Guard and took us prisoners of war - our men were in a barrack by the side of the Road leading to Slaughters landing, & deponant was captured with said Guard. Deponant cannot state the name of the officer who commanded the party who Captured him. The party consisted of about thirty Tories and Refugees & they compelled our guard to march in the centre & they occupied the front and rear of us. They surprised us by taking a circuitous route through a corn field, & the first we knew of their approach they presented their Bayonets, & demanded Deponant and the said Guard to surrender. It was excessively mortifying to us that we were taken without an opportunity of fighting. Deponant and said Sergeants guard during that night were put on board of a Sloop lying in the North River in the service of the Enemy, & Deponant & said Guard were taken in said vessel to new York City. (The British then had possession of that City.) The same party of Tories which captured Deponant and said Sergeants guard on the next morning after we were taken proceed to the houses of Capt Smith, & Major John Smith & burnt their houses and barns. Deponant Stated that he was captured by the British.
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he should have stated as above that the party which captured him were tories in the service of the British Deponant & said guard after we landed from the vessel before mentioned at the City of New York or rather about two miles above the City of New York were put into a prison called the Sugar House and deponant with about one hundred other american prisoners of war were confined there two months and two weeks and until Jany 1778. when deponant & said Sergeants guard were exchanged and released. During our imprisonment we were every night locked in the upper part of the prison, & our names were called over every night. The house was fenced in by a high bard fence. The British officer who commanded the prison was called Cunningham an equal number of British Prisoners were exchanged for us. Deponant actually served on guard at Slaughters landing two weeks before he was taken prisoner as aforesaid and was a prisoner of war in the Sugar house aforesaid (a most filthy prison) for two months and two weeks. (our food while in that prison was of the coarsest & [illegible]est kind) making three months of service and imprisonment as aforesaid. Deponant may have misstated the dates of the time he was taken a prisoner & the time he was discharged from the prison house, but he believes he has stated the time correctly, & he recollects the fact that while passing through an orchard situated between the place where we landed and the sugar house (while a prisoner) he filled his pockets with apples, which were there lying on the ground, from this & some other circumstances, he is convinced that he was captured during the month of October as before stated. Deponant is clear that the time he was impaired & served as aforesaid, was three months.
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Deponant stated in his deposition made before Elias Larkin Esq Jus Place Sept 6. 1833. that he enlisted into Capt Orra Smiths Company &c. Deponant should have stated that he belonged that company which was a militia Company & that he dign not actually sign any enlistment. Deponant further says that during the same month of January 1778 he joined his said Company at Clarkstown, and stood as a militia man. our company was not called out until the spring of 1778. Then on the first of May of that year Deponant was called upon to go upon guard duty at Haverstraw Landing Dobbs ferry Slaughters landing Niac [Nyack] & Clarkstown on the North River, and he served at those places from the first of May 1778 to the first of November of the same year, two months being one third of said time - Deponant cannot say whether any other Company of Col Hays Regiment was required to serve on guard duty one third of the time during the season of navigation, but he knows that Capt Orra Smiths company to which Deponant belonged was divided into three and four parts, and that we were required to take our turns in serving on guard in said Company, and that during the season of 1778, 79 80. 81. & 82. He Deponant actually served two months in each year making ten months of actual service. Deponant is confident that his time of actual service in said Capt Smiths Company during said years was in fact more than he has stated but has to be [illegible] stating the time shorter than it actually was rather than claim that he served longer than he really did. Deponant further says that while we were on guard at the places before mentioned & those mentioned in his aforesaid declarations he drew rations a part of the time & sometimes - we took one
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provisions from home. When stationed at Capt Smiths house we drew rations, and also when at Major John Smith's, but for our services we received no compensation save the reflection that we were doing our duty. Deponant further says that during the whole of the war in the summer season, Guards were constantly kept along the North River to prevent the British from plundering the inhabitants residing upon its borders. Deponant would limit the last sentence to the time the British took possession of New York in 1776 till the war closed. 
Deponant further says that the company to which he belonged (Capt Smiths) were required to perform guard duty during the summer seasons as aforesaid every other week and Deponant did actually perform such guard duty as before stated and so Deponant says that during the Revolution he actually served six months as a private in Capt Daniel Winters Company Col. Gilbert Coopers Regt. of New York militia. and that Deponant served and was imprisoned three months as aforesaid and that in addition he actually served as a private on guard as aforesaid for ten months, and for nineteen months service imprisonment during the Revolutionary war Deponant claims a pension 
[signed] Garret Thew
Affirmed and subscribed to before me this 11th December 1833 and I certify that Deponant is a highly respectable citizen and I hereby declare my opinion after investigation of the matter that the said Garret Thew did serve nineteen months as a private during the revolutionary was as he has stated – 
[signed] Wm F Haile Judge of Clinton Common Pleas Counsellor &c
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State of New York 
County of Clinton ss.  Gilbert Thew of Peru in said County being duly sworn says that he was present this day and has heard the annexed Deposition or declaration of Garret Thew read and Deponant has examined the same, and Deponant says he verily believes the same to be true. Deponant further says that he well recollects the time that said Garret Thew enlisted into Capt. Daniel Winters Company Col. Gilbert Coopers Regiment of New York State Troops. The men which formed Col Gilberts Regiment were taken from the militia & said Gilbert enlisted as a private at Clarkston on the 4th July 1776 for six months and Signed an enlistment. Lieut [illegible, Pathamus?] ented [enlisted?] him, & said Garret was absent from home in said service six months and served during that time as a waiter to Col. Gilbert Cooper Deponant is a Brother of said Garret and resided at Clarkston NY. when said Garret entered the said six months service and was there when his time was out, and as he was absent six months and as Deponant understood at the time that he did actually serve his time out Deponant is clear that said Garrett did serve six months in said Company & as waiter as aforesaid, said Col. Gilbert Cooper was an uncle of Deponent. 
Deponant further says that he has frequently heard his said Brother Garret relate the story of his imprisonment in the Sugar house & that the same set forth in the annexed declaration agrees with the statements which said Garret has frequently heretofore made. And Deponant
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verily believes that said Garret did actually serve on guard two weeks, and that he was actually imprisoned two months and a half in the Sugar House as he has stated making three months of service & imprisonment.
Deponant is clear that said Garret was taken prisoner of war as he has stated for Deponant belonged to the same Company at the time & heard of his capture the day after it took place. It was in the month of Oct. 1777. he was taken & he got released the January following (1778) Deponant was in Clarkstown during the imprisonment of said Garret except when Deponant was absent on duty & Deponant was there when said Garret got released from his confinement. 
Deponent further says that the company of Capt Orra Smith to which said Garret Thew belonged took turns during the summer season and served by tours every other week during the years of 1778 & 79 --- --- and that said Garret did actually serve two months in the summer season of each of said years, and performed duty on guard as said Garret has stated - Deponant further says that that he served in the same company with said Garret in performing guard duty during the years of 1778 & 79. Deponant then left Clarkstown, and said Garret remain there, and served in said Company in performing guard duty during the summer seasons of 1780. 81. & 82 as Deponant
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understood at the time and verily believes to be true - Deponant during the year 1780 81. & 82 was frequently at Clarkstown Deponants Father resided there during the whole war & Deponant heard said Garret & his Father relate the services of said Garret while on guard during the said years, and Deponant has no doubt whatever that said Garret performed two months of actual service during each of the said years 1780. 81. & 82 & Deponant knows (because he served with him) that he served two months in said Capt Smiths Company on guard duty as said Garrett has stated in each of the years of 1778 & 79, making ten months of actual service besides the nine months service. - and further saith not 
The words “each of” & besides the nine months service & imprisonment before mentioned” interlined before before signing & swearing 
[signed] Gilbert Thew
Sworn before me this 11th day of December 1833. and I certify that Deponant is a credible person and witness 
[signed] Wm F Haile a Judge of the County Courts of Clinton County
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State of New York 
County of Clinton ss  I the subscriber Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that William F Haile before whom the within & annexed affidavits were respectively taken & sworn on the Eleventh day of December 1833, was at the time a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Clinton, and that his signature to the jurat of each of said affidavits is the genuine hand writing of the said Judge, I being well acquainted with it. Witness my hand and Seal of said County which is hereto affixed over a seal which covers a piece of red tape by which these papers are fastened together. at Plattsburg this 12th day of December 1833 “court of” interlined 
[signed] Nathan Taylor Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT. 
Pension Office, 

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, shewing the service of Garret Thew Clinton Co NY

[BEGIN TABLE]
Period when the service was rendered  |  Duration of the service Years. Months. Days.  |   Rank of the claimant.  |  Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.  |  Rank of the General and Field officers.  |  Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  |  Country through which he marched.  |  Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.  |  Evidence by which the declaration is supported.  |
Vol 4 July 1776    |  6 Months.  |  Private  |  Col Cooper  |  74 years Clarks Town N.Y.  |  Traditional Evidence stated credible by the Judge & the clerk states the Judge to be authorized to administer the oath - Witness certified credible by the Judge  |
 Fall 77  |  3 Months.  |    |    |    |    |
 Jany 78  |  1 Years. 9 Months  |    |    |    |    |

I am, respectfully 
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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2 
REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
The following regulations have been adopted: 
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops. 
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 
4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 
DECLARATION. 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
State, Territory or District of County } ss.
On this ___ day of ___ personally appeared (a) before __ A.B. a resident (b) of ___ in the county of ___  and State, territory or District of ___  ages (c) ___ 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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ___  , with ___ and served in the ___ (e) regiment of the ___ line, under the following named officers: 
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers, the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which marched. [ ]This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of ___
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. ____ A. B. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I _____ of the Court of ____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of ___for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ___ day of ___&c. 
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
 (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the ___ and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ___ , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ___ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. ___ who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the ___ and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ___ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I ___Clerk of the Court of ___ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of ___ for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this ___ day of ___&c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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Children of Garret Thew
Clerks Certificate
Fr 235
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At a Court of Common Pleas (the same being a court of record) held at the court house in the town of Plattsburg in & for the County of Clinton on the fifth day of October 1836 
Present Hon John Palmer first Judge 
William F Haile 
William Hedding }
James W Wood & } Judges
Richard Keese  }
In the matter of the application of the children of Garret Thew deceased soldier of the Revolution –
Be it remembered that on the fifth day of October 1836 in open Court before the Judges aforesaid at the Court House in Plattsburg aforesaid it was proven to the satisfaction of said Court that Garret Thew was a soldier of the Revolution & died at Peru in said County on the Seventh day of April 1836 leaving now widow; and that John S. Thew Rebecca Fouche, Hannah Hallock, Elizabeth Everett, David Thew, Walter Thew, Garret Thew Daniel Thew & Anna Jones & Catharine Storrs –
are the children and only children and heirs at law of the said Garret Thew, and are all of age - I further certify that the evidence adduced was satisfactory to said Court - witness my hand & official seal at Plattsburg aforesaid this 14th day of November 1836. –
[signed] Thomas Crook Clerk
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[crossed out: Acts of July 14, 1862 and March 13, 1873.]
[stamped] REJECTED 
10.491
P.O. Garret Thew 
Service: 
Enlisted: , 18
Discharged: , 18
Application filed: , 18 
Alleges: 
Re-enlisted: 
Attorney: 
P. O. 
Recognized.   Contract.
Cert. of Dis.    Searched for  , 18
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New York
Garret Thew
Revoy
Suspended 
Let to Hon R. Whallon 
2. 1834 
Lett to J D Woodward 7 March 35
Lett to same 26 June 1835
Lett to -d-  4 Aug 
Act 7 Jun ‘32
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21.899 
Garret Thew 
See letter to Hon. Dudley Falin [Farlin] 22 Mar 1836 
Let A. Storrs, Feb 6/51 

10 & 191
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War Department 
Pension Office 
June 2d 1834 
Sir
The papers relating to the claim of Garret Thew have again been examined. It is objected to Mr Thews statement that there were no enlistments in the militia as alleged, and that there does not appear to have been any tours of six months in Col Coopers regiment in 1776. nor on guard such as he described kept up at Sloughtons landing. The terms of service also in Capt Ora Smiths company did not recur in the order set forth. An other objection to the claim for the tour in 1776, is that the claimant was employed as a waiter, a kind of service not embraced by the act, the benefit of which he applies for. The papers remain on file. 
I have the honor to be 
Very Respectfully 
Your Obt Sevt.
[signed] J. L. Edwards 

Hon. R. Whallon 
House Representatives
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War Department 
Pension Office 
March 22, 1836 
Sir 
The claim of Garret Thew, whose case is reported to in the letter of J.D. Woodward Esqr, under date of the 4th December last, has been again examined It is stated in his declaration, that in 1776 he belonged to Capt Aurie Smiths company of Col Hawks Hays regt of which Gilbert Cooper was Lieut Col. that he enlisted for six months in Capt Winters Company of the same regt and served the whole term as Col Coopers Waiter; that in 1777 he as one of a guard was, after having served fifteen days, taken prisoner and detained two and a half months; and that from the commencement of 1778 to the close of the year 1782 he was at least two months in each year in actual service, and therefore claims a pension for nineteen months To the tour in 1776 it is objected 1. That there is no evidence in the Department that a captain of the name of Winter belonged to Col Hawks Hay regt.
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2 That the Militia were not raised by enlistment and lastly that there were no tours of six months in the militia at any time during the war - The pay rolls of Col Hawks Hays regt. from and after the commencement of the year 1778, have recently been obtained from the Archives of the State of New York; These rolls sustain the conclusion heretofore arrived at, predicated upon the abstract of the Treasurers accounts; viz that all the service rendered by the claimant if that in 1776 & 1777 be excepted, was no more than two months and a half which if added to the term of three months in 1777 would not be sufficient to entitle him to the benifit of the act under which he seeks relief 

Hon Dudley Farlin 
House Reps 
N Y 


Hon. D. Farlin
22 March 1836
O.C.
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Hon D. Farlin 
Jany 24. 1837. 

Recorded M B
No. 17 Page 112
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War Department 
Jany 24, 1837. 
Sir
In compliance with your request I have examined the case of Garrett Thew, but without finding sufficient reasons for reversing the decision of the Comr of Pensions therein.
Very 

Hon Dudley Farlin 
H of R.
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Plattsburg Dec. 4. 1835. 
Hon D. Farlin 
Dr Sir
The Pension Case of Garret Thew one of your constituents next requires attention. He claims as a Private for service in 1776. 6 months 
He claims as a Private for service in 1777 including imprisonment 2 ½ months  3 months
& as a private during the years 1778. 79. 80. 81. & 82 (two months in each year } 10. months 
[totals]19 months 
He wishes you to obtain all his papers at the Pension Office, & lay them (personally) before the Secretary of war. He thinks he ought to be placed on the Roll, & I concur in this opinion. It is possible Mr Thew, his Brother, & Capt Felter may be mistaken as to the length of the claimants service in Capt Smith, Co, but it cannot readily be admitted that his services for six months in Col. Coopers Regt. do not entitle him to an allowance for that period. The applicant & his Brother are among the most worthy & respectable men of Peru.
Yours respectfully 
[signed] J.D. Woodward
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War Department 
Pension Office 
March 22, 1836 
Sir,
The claim of Garret Thew, whose case is referred to in the letter of J.D. Woodward, Esqr. under date of the 4th December last, has been again examined. It is stated in his declaration that in 1776 he belonged to Capt Aurie Smith's company of Col. Hawks Hay's regiment, of which Gilbert Cooper was Lieut Colonel, that he enlisted for six months in Capt. Winter's company of the same regiment, and served the whole term as Col. Cooper's waiter; that in 1777 he, as one of a guard was, after having served fifteen days, taken prisoner and detained two and a half months; and that from the commencement of 1778 to the close of the year 1782 he was at least two months in each year in actual service, and therefore claims a pension for nineteen months. To the tour in 1776 it is objected: 1st That there is no evidence in the Department that a Captain of the name of Winter belonged to Col Hawks Hay's regiment. 2d. That the militia were not raised by enlistment, and lastly, that there were no tours of six months in the militia at any times during the war. The pay rolls of Col Hawks Hay's regiment from and after the commencement of the year 1778 have recently been obtained from the archives of the State of N. York. These rolls sustain the
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conclusion heretofore arrived at predicated upon the abstract of the Treasurer’s accounts: viz. that all the service rendered by the claimant, if that in 1776 and 1777 be excepted, was no more than two months and a half, which, if added to the tour of three months in 1777, would not be sufficient to entitle him to the benefits of the act under which he seeks relief. 
I have the honor to be 
Very respectfully 
Your Obt. Sert. 
[signed] J. L. Edwards 

Hon Dudley Farlin 
House of Representatives
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Plattsburg Dec. 4. 1835. 
James L Edwards Esq 
Comr of Pensions 
Sir. 
It is submitted whether the Treasurers account referred to in your letter of the 4th August last showing that Mr Garret Thew was paid for only two months & a half service proves that he rendered no more service in Capt Smiths Company    It is thought such an inference cannot be drawn from the record inasmuch as the affidavits of Mr Thew, his Brother & Capt John Felter negative the idea that he served for that period only.  The abstract of the Treasurer account may show the amount of pay due to Mr Thew at the close of the war, but he apprehends that there is no evidence showing his name entered as entitled to pay for all his services in that Company. 
In Dr Crumps letter of June 26. 1835, he says “the six months tour as Col Coopers Waiter cannot be admitted without the clearest explanation If the claimant had been drafted, and afterwards detailed to serve as a waiter, the presumption would have been in his favor but now it is decidedly against him"    The Evidence in this case shows that the claimant was enlisted as a Private by Lt. Parhamus at Clarkstown on the 4th July 1776 as the Deponent (Gilbert Thew) understood at the time, and applicant signed an enlistment, & though he acted as waiter for Col. Cooper during the tour of six months service, yet
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he was as Deponant understood considered as a private, & liable to be called upon for field & garrison duty.” 
A similar statement is also made by the applicant on oath before Thomas D Gilson Esq Justice of the Peace on the 3d February last. 
It is thought that this claim for six months service as a waiter is provided for by the act of June 7, 1832. and the Regulations adopted by the Secy of War on the 27th June 1832, in which he says. “This law has been construed to extend as well to the line as to every branch of the staff of the army and to include under the terms Continental “State Troops” Militia & volunteers all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered & who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts such as Clerks to Commissaries & to store keepers &c Teamster Boatman &c.”
The claimant desires a review of all the evidence in his case, and that he may be placed on the Roll for the amount to which he is entitled.
Yours respectfully 
[signed] J. Douglas Woodward
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Plattsburg N.Y. July 27. 1835. 
James L. Edwards Esq 
Comr of Pensions 
Sir. 
It was not supposed that the certificate of the Secy of State would throw any light upon the claim of Garret Thew. It was sent to show that no other evidence than that adduced, could be procured from the records of this state. 
In relation to the paper purporting to be a copy of Capt Smiths Pay Roll (No 1. or 2?) it is perhaps proper to remark, that it bears no date; nor does it show that no other services were rendered by Mr Thew, than those there mentioned. That other services were rendered is clearly proven by the affidavits of Gilbert Thew, & Capt John Felter. 
Is it not then reasonable to conclude, that the services for which Mr Thew appears to have been paid, were those rendered during one of the years in which he was engaged? Such inference would square with the evidence in the case; particularly that of Capt Felter, where he swears that “he is confident Mr Thew served ten months in that company during the years 1778. 79. 80. 81 & 82. & that he the witness served with him during that time.” 
For thirteen months service & imprisonment as a private, (leaving the six months tour as waiter to Col Cooper for further consideration) Mr Thew claims a Pension 
Yours very respectfully 
[signed] J. D. Woodward
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State of New York 
County of Clinton ss  Nathan Taylor of Plattsburg Clerk of said County being duly sworn says that for more than twenty years previous to his elected as Clerk in 1832 he resided in the town of Peru in said County, and held the office of Post Master there for more than thirteen years, & Deponant during all that time was well acquainted with Garret Thew of said town applicant for a pension, & has frequently, during said time heard him relate his services in the war of the revolution and Deponant has no doubt that said Thew is justly entitled to a pension - That he is generally reputed in his neighborhood to have served in the revolutionary war and Deponant believe he did so serve as he states - Deponant has visited that town frequently since he came to Plattsburg to resides & having resided there so many years is intimately acquainted with many of the inhabitants. That said Garret Thew is justly esteemed as an honest man & a worthy citizen & Deponant is confident there is but one opinion among the citizens of Peru as to the justice of his application for a pension –
[signed] Nathan Taylor
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 22nd day of December 1834 & I certify that Defendant is a credible person & witness – 
[signed] Wm F Haile a Judge of Clinton County Courts
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State of Newyork 
Clinton County ss.  I Nathan Taylor Clerk of the said County of Clinton do hereby certify that William F Haile Esqr before whom the within affidavit was taken was at the time of the taking of such affidavit a Judge of the Courts in and for the County of Clinton and that his signature within subscribed is genuine 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 22d day of December A.D. 1834 
[signed] Nathan Taylor  Clerk

Nathan Taylors affidavit in case of Garret Thew:
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War Department 
Pension Office 
June 26th 1833 
Sir
The certificate of the Secretary of the State of New York relative to evidence in support of the claim of Garret Thew is received. It does not throw any light upon the subject. It appears from the pay roll of Capt Smith that all the service rendered during the war by Mr Thew in his company did not exceed two months and a half, and it appears also from his declaration that he was for a like term only a prisoner. The six months tour as Col Coopers waiter cannot be admitted without the clearest explanation. If the claimant had been drafted and afterwards detailed to serve as a waiter the presumption would have been in his favor, but now it is decidedly against him 
I am Respectfully 
Your ob Servant 
[signed] Geo. Wm Crump

J. D. Woodward Esq 
Plattsburgh N. Y.
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War Department 
Pension Office 
7th March 1835 
Sir
The papers of Garret Thew have again been examined. It is understood that further evidence, in regard to the claim of Garret Thew, may be had from the records of the State of New York. As soon as such evidence shall have been obtained, a final decision may be expected.
I am Respectfully 
Your Obt Servant 
[signed] J. L. Edwards 

J. D. Woodward Esq
Present
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Washington Feby 27, 1835 
James L Edwards Esq. 
Sir, 
Herewith I hand you the explanatory declaration of Garret Thew & the affidavits of Gilbert Thew Nathan Taylor & John Felter together with several original orders signed by Col Cooper in 1776 & 77 & also a Pay Roll of his Regt bearing the name of Garret Thew It is supposed that the evidence now adduced, is abundantly sufficient to obviate the objections in this case, & entitle the applicant to a pension. 
I ought perhaps to add that the old documents were obtained by me from John Cooper a Son of Col. Cooper, during the present month.
yours respectfully 
[signed] J. Douglas Woodward
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War Department 
Pension Office 
November 23d 1833 
Sir,
The papers of Joseph Wescott have again been examined. 
The additional proof furnished is insufficient to render the claim admissible. The papers are placed on file. 
[side note] Shall forward some papers in this case soon J.D.W. Dec 12th 1833
The account given by Garret Thew does not correspond with the history of the malitia service of the period in which he claims to have served. In order to a satisfactory examination of the claim, he must detail the circumstances under which he was taken prisoner, specifying the number and commanding officer of the force by which he was made a prisoner. It is required also, that he should shew that the regiment under the command of Col. Hay were engaged to serve every other week. The applicant declares, that he enlisted in Col. Cooper & Col. Ha’ys Regiments. There no evidence in the Department, that there were any enlistments in either of the regiments. Further and more satisfactory proof as required in order to a favorable decision in this case. The papers are placed on file. 
I am, respectfully 
Your obedient Servant 
[signed] J L Edwards 
Commr of Pensions

J. D. Woodward Esq
Plattsburgh N.Y.
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Plattsburg NY June 13. 1835.
James L Edward's Esq 
Comr. of Pensions 
Dr. Sir 
It seems from Mr Campbells letter enclosed, that there are no muster rolls or lists of the Militia or those of the State levies who were in the service in the revolutionary war in his office. 
The claimant supposes the evidence already furnished, sufficient to entitle him to a pension, & he wishes his certificate forwarded as soon as practicable. 
If a former decision of the Department in this case be strictly adhered to, the claimant will not be allowed for his tour of six months as a waiter to Col Cooper, though he insists that he enlisted as a private & was liable to perform duty as such - aside from his service as a waiter the evidence according to my recollection shows him Entitled to an allowance for thirteen months service and imprisonment as a private.- 
Yours respectfully 
[signed] J.D. Woodward 

[calculation]
6.66 
6.66 
13.32
3.33
16.65

16-2 15
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War Department 
Pension Office 
April 29. 1834 
Sir,
The papers of Garret Thew have again been examined. The additional proof is deemed insufficient to establish his claim. By the regulations, every applicant is required to produce the best evidence in his power. It is believed that proof of the service in Capt. Ora Smith's company may be had from some of the surviving members of that company if sought for in the County of Rockland. 
The papers remain on file.
I am respectfully 
Your Obt. Sevt. 
[signed] J.L. Edwards

J. D. Woodward Esqr 
Plattsburgh N. York
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Garret Thew 
2d Pension declaration 
19 months as a Private 
21899. 

Pension Certificate to be sent to J D Woodward Plattsburg N.Y.
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State of New York 
County of Clinton ss  Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of said County Garret Thew of Peru in said County applicant for a pension 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 mention below in the following grades 
For six months I served as a Private in Captain (dont recollect his name he was from Clarkston) Col Gilbert Cooper Regiment of New York State Troops as stated in my declaration hereto annexed made before Judge Warford on the Seventh day of January 1833. 
[side note] 6. Mos
In October 1777 I enlisted into Capt Orra Smiths Company Col. Henhawk Hays Regt New York Militia as a Private and was captured & taken prisoner at Slaughters landing New York by the British & was taken by them to New York & confined in the Sugar House at that place as a prisoner of war two months & two weeks when I was exchanged and released in January 1778. I served in said company on guard at a place called the Hooks & at Slaughters landing as a Private two weeks before my capture. I was out in actual service two weeks & imprisoned as aforesaid two months & two weeks as aforesaid 
[side note] 3 mos.
In January 1778 I enlisted again at Clarkstown N.Y. as a private in Capt Orra Smiths Company - Col Hays Regt New York Militia and was engaged in actual service one third of the time from May 1. 1778 to November 1. 1778 two months in doing guard duty at Haverstraw Landing, Dobbs Ferry Slaughters landing, Niac [Nyack], & along the North River near those places. Jacob Parhamus was a Lieut in one Company [side note: 2. mos.]  In 1779 I served as a Private at the places above named under the officers of said Company last mentioned from May 1. to November 1, 1779 one third of said time being two months of actual service during said time & during that year – 
[side note] 2. mos. 13 mos
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[Side note]13 mos 
In 1780 I served at the places above named as a Private under the officers last named from May 1. to November 1. 1780. one third of said time being two months of actual service during said time & said year 
[Side note] 2 mos
In 1781. I served at the places above named as a Private under the said officers from May 1. to November 1, 1781 one third of said time being two months of actual service during said year. 
[Side note] 2 m
In 1782. I served at the place above named as a Private under said officers from May 1. 1782 to November 1. 1782 one third of the time being two months of actual service during said year 
[Side note] 2 m  19 m 10 -  9 [illegible] 
During the times above stated Capt Smiths Company to which I belonged took turns in performing guard duty at the places above named on the North River, part served one week & another part the next. my turn of actual service occupied one third of the time from May 1. to Nov. 1 during the years 1779. 80. 81.& 82. during the two months mentioned in each year I was actually in the field and not employed or engaged in any civil pursuit. The said Company in which I served as aforesaid was an embodied corps and called into service by competent authority. I performed other services during the Revolution but am unable now to state them with precision, For nineteen months I served as a Private during the revolutionary war and for such service I claim a pension (note: The words “at Clarkston N.Y.” interlined & the words “as a Private erased [illegible] and line at the bottom of the first page erased before signing & swearing)
[signed] Garret Thew
Affirmed to before me this 6th day of September 1833 & I certify Deponant is a credible and highly respectable person & witness 
[signed] Elam Larkin Justice Peace. 

State of New York 
County of Clinton ss  I the Subscriber Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that Elam Larkin Esquire before whom the
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foregoing affidavit of Garret Thew was taken and sworn on the sixth day of September 1833 was at the time a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that his signature to the Jurat of said affidavit is genuine  I being well acquainted with his hand writing. In Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand & Seal of Office (which seal is over & upon the piece of red tape) which fasten these papers together this fourteenth day of September 1833. 
[signed] Nathan Taylor Clerk.
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John Felters. affidavit
in case of Garret Thew.
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John Felters affidavit
in case of Garret Thew.
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State of New York 
County of Rockland ss I John Felter a resident of Haverstraw in said County aged Seventy seven years & a revolutionary Pensioner of the United States do on oath declare that I was acquainted with Garret Thew now a resident of Clinton County in said State during the Revolutionary war and resided in Clarkstown in Rockland County with him - Said Garret Thew to my knowledge was a private in Capt Orra Smith, Company Col Henhawk Hays & Col Coopers Regt of New York State Militia, and served in said Company & Regt during the years 1778 79. 80. 81. & 82, when the company of Capt Smith was in service during those years. I served in the same company with said Garret Thew whenever the company was engaged in service during those years & have no doubt that said Garret actually served in that company more than two months in each of said years of actual service. Said company was divided into classes and we took turns in performing guard duty at Slaughters landing Tappann, Closter, English neighborhood, Hackensack Clarkstown & Nyack during the season of navigation as often as once a week & whenever there was an alarm the company all turned out to prevent the Emeny from plundering & laying waste to the country during the other parts of the year. Said Garret was a faithful soldier & I served with him in the company & at the places before mentioned & I believe said Garret Thew served at least ten months during said years of actual service. Deponant is confident that he served with said Thew at least ten months in said company of actual service during the years before mentioned – 
The word “revolutionary” & “Nyack” interlined before signing & swearing
[signed] John Felter
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 14th February 1835 & I certify that Deponant is a credible person & witness 
[signed] Leonard Gurnee Jus Peace
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State New York 
County of Rockland ss  I the subscriber Clerk of said County certify that Leonard Gurnee before the within affidavit of John Felter was taken & sworn on the fourteenth day of February 1835, was at the time a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, & that his signature to the Jurat of said affidavit is in his genuine hand writing & being acquainted with it – 
Witness my hand & official seal at Clarkstown this 14th of February 1835 
[signed] Abraham Hogenkamp Clerk
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State of New York 
County of Clinton ss  William Coe of Plattsburg in said County aged Seventy Six years being duly sworn says he was well acquainted with Garret Thew of Peru in said County now here present during the Revolutionary war & Deponant resided in the same town (Clarkstown) with him during a considerable part of said time & saw him frequently when in the service, & understood at the time said Garret served in Col Cooper's Regt, but how longed he served and the years in which he served Deponant does not recollect. Deponant knows that said Garret sold in Capt Orra Smiths Company, but he cannot say how long. Deponants recollection is very indistinct & his faculties are much impaired & he can only only say generally that said Garret Thew served a long time in the revolutionary war as a private & always sustained a good character & Deponant believes that said Garret served and was imprisoned as he states. - and further says not 
“that” & “time” interlined
[signed] William Coe
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 20th day of May 1834 & I certify that Deponant is a credible person 
[signed] J Douglas Woodward Notary Public 

State of New York 
County of Clinton ss.  On this twentieth day of May 1834 personally appeared before me William Coe above named and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the facts contained in the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed. In Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand & official seal at Plattsburg the day & year last aforesaid 
[signed] J. Douglas Woodward Notary Public
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State of New York 
County of Clinton ss  I the subscriber Clerk of said County certify that J Douglas Woodward before whom the within affidavit of William Coe was taken & sworn on the twentieth day of May 1834, was at the time a Notary Public in & for said County & that his signature to the Jurat of the within affidavit & the certificate following it is in his genuine & proper handwriting I being well acquainted with it - Witness my hand & seal of said County this 20th May 1834 
[signed] Nathan Taylor Clerk.
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Garret Thew
affidavit of William Coe in this case
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Plattsburg NY May 20, 1834.
James L Edwards Esq 
Sir. 
You have referred me to Rockland County for evidence of my service in Capt Orra Smiths Company.   I do not know to whom I can write, nor do I recollect the name of a single person in that County whose testimony I can procure. It has been clearly proven that I served six months as a private in Col. Coopers Regt & you cannot doubt that I served & was imprisoned three months as stated in my declarations and as the proof of my service two months in each of the years 78. 79. 80. 81. & 82 is not deemed conclusive, I leave you to estimate the amount of my pension at such sum as you shall deem proper, reserving to myself the right to an increase in case I should hereafter be able to obtain additional proof. From the evidence in your department, you will probably have no difficulty in determining how much I ought to receive. I have endeavoured to give a correct statement of my services in the Papers which are now on the files of your office, but I may have have mistated them, as I claim no exemption from the common frailties of our nature. I am now nearly seventy six years of age & to require me to go to Rockland is about equal to a denial of my application 
Respectfully 
[signed] Garret Thew
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Garret & Gilbert Thews affidavit
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State of New York 
County of Clinton ss. Garret Thew of Peru in said County being duly sworn or affirmed says that he is confident that on the 4th of July 1776, when he entered into Col Gilbert Coopers Regt he entered as a private and signed an enlistment at Clarkstown N.Y. Deponant may have been mistaken as to the period of his enlistment, it may have been for a longer period than six months but Deponant served out that time only during that tour of service. Although Deponant acted as waiter for Col Cooper during the aforesaid six months yet he was in fact considered a private and liable to more severe duties than he was called upon to perform. From the fact that Deponant signed an enlistment and took the usual oath he is confident that his services before mentioned were intended to be considered as that of a private and was so considered, and further says not 
[signed] Garret Thew
affirmed to before me this 3d day of February 1835 & I certify that Deponant is a credible Witness. 
[signed] J. D. Gilson Justice Peace of Clinton County 

State of New York 
County of Clinton ss. Gilbert Thew of Peru in said County being duly sworn or affirmed says that Lieut Parhamus enlisted Garret Thew at Clarkstown N.Y. on the 4th July 1776 as a private into Col Cooper Regt as Deponant understood at the time & said Garret signed an enlistment at that place & although he acted as waiter for Col Cooper during that tour of six months service yet he was as Deponant understood considered as a private and liable to be called upon for field & garrison duty, and further says not 
[signed] Gilbert Thew
Affirmed to before me this 3d day of February 1835 & I certify that Deponant is a credible witness. 
[signed] J. D. Gilson Justice Peace of Clinton County
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State of New York 
County of Clinton ss  I the Subscriber Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County & of said County do hereby certify that Thomas D Gilson Esq before whom the within affidavits of Garret Thew & Gilbert Thew were respectively taken and sworn on the third day of February 1835, was at the time a Justice of the Peace in & for said County and that his signature to the Jurat of each of said affidavits is genuine I being well acquainted with his hand writing - Witness my hand & official seal at Plattsburg this third day of February Eighteen hundred and thirty five – 
[signed] Nathan Taylor Clerk of said County.
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State of New York 
Secretary Office 
Albany June 6, 1835 
Sir,
Your letter relative to Garret Thew was received on the 27. ultimo but I was so much engaged that I could spare no time to make the search you requested until to day. 
There are no muster rolls or lists of the Militia Soldiers of those of the State Levies who were in service in the Revolutionary war in this office. 
It appears that on the 28 of May 1778 the Governor & Council appointed A. Hawkes Hay Colonel of a Regiment of Militia in Orange County and that on the same day the following were appointed officers of a company in said Regiment viz: 
Arie Smith Capt. 
Tunis Talman 1. Lieut 
Derick Vanderbell 2. Lieut 
Harmanus Talman Ensign 
I could not find a colonel of the name of Gilbert Cooper nor a captain of the name of Winters in this State 
Yours very respectfully 
[signed] Arch Campbell Dep. Secretary

J. Douglass Woodward Esq
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Case of Garret Thew 
appeal to Hon. Secretary of War F235 
Jany 25, 1837. 
Pension office 

Entered in Weekly Report

Communicate to Hon. Dudley Farlin 
H. R.

not proved 

Left by Hon D Farlin.
See letter to Hon D. Farlin from War Dept Jany 26 37.
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Plattsburg April 1. 1836 
Hon Lewis Cass 
Secretary of War. 
Sir, 
In appealing to you from the decision of the Commissioner of Pension in the case of Garret Thew it is not intended to question the ability industry & general correctness of that valuable public officer, but in the case now under consideration, it is respectfully urged that his opinion is erroneous – 
In the first declaration of the applicant made Nov. 27. 1832 for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act of June 7 1832, he states amongst other things that “he resided at Clarkstown & enlisted at that place as a volunteer private into Capt. (did not recollect his name he was from Clarkstown) Col Gilbert Coopers Regt of New York State Troops for six months, marched from thence through Tappann, Willow meadows, English neighborhood, to Hackensack Bridge in New Jersey. He entered the service on the 4th July 1776 & served until the six months for which he enlisted expired & was then discharged on the 4th January 1777 at Hempstead N.Y. with his company. He received no written discharge, during this six months service he was engaged at Hackensack Bridge [illegible, tean?] of Rye, Strawtown & Tappaun & on the North River.” In a second declaration made before Elam Larkin Esq on the 6th Sept 1833, the applicant says amongst other things "For six months I served as a Private in Capt (dont recollect his name he was from Clarktown) Col. Gilbert Coopers Regt of New York State Troops as stated in my first declaration.”
In his third declaration made before Hon William F Haile, the applicant , says "He believes that Daniel Winters was the Captain under whom he (applicant served & that he belonged to Col Coopers Regt - applicant belonged to Capt Smith Company of Militia Col Hays Regt & volunteered out of that company at Clarkstown N.Y. as a Private for six months into Capt. (He believes his name was Daniel Winters) Company Col Gilbert Coopers Regt New York Militia Major Hutton belonged to our Regt applicant figured an enlistment on the day he entered the service at Clarkstown & took the usual oath & served as a waiter to Col Cooper (who was his uncle) during the whole six months for which he enlisted & this is the reason why he does not recollect the names of the other officers.” 
Applicant was discharged from this six months service at Clarkstown N.Y. on the 4th January 1777 when the whole of Col Coopers Regt were discharged.”
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From Deposition made by the applicant on the 3d February 1835 he says that he is confident that on the 4th July 1776, when he entered into Col Gilbert Coopers Regt. he entered as a Private and signed in enlistment at Clarkstown N.Y.  he may have been mistaken as to the period of his enlistment, it may have been for a longer term than six months, but deponant served out that time only during that tour of service, although Deponant acted as waiter for Col Cooper during the aforesaid six months yet he was in fact considered a private and liable to more severe duties than he was called upon to perform. From the fact that he signed an enlistment & took the usual oath, he is confident his services, before mentioned were intended to be considered as that of a private and were so considered”. 
To prove the above service the applicant has produced the following evidence. 
The usual traditionary evidence in such cases & the Deposition of Gilbert Thew taken before Judge Warford on the 27th Novr 1832 in which he states that “his Brother Garret Thew enlisted into Col. Gilbert Coopers Regt of New York State Troops at Clarkstown on the 4th day of July 1776 for six months Deponant resided at Clarkstown at the time, and well recollects when he enlisted and that he served his time out and returned in the winter of 1777” 
In an affidavit made by Gilbert Thew before Judge Haile on the 11th December 1833 he (witness) says “that he well recollects the time that said Garret Thew enlisted in Capt Winters Company Col Gilbert Coopers Regt of New York State Troops. The men which formed Col. Gilbert Coopers Regt were taken from the militia and said Garret enlisted as a private at Clarkstown N.Y. on the fourth day of July 1776 for six months and served during that time as a waiter to Col Gilbert Cooper. Deponant is a Brother of said Garret and resided at Clarkstown NY when said Guard entered the said Six months service, and was there when his time was out, and as he was about six months and as Deponant understood at the time that he did actually serve his time out Deponant is clear that said Garrett did serve six months in said Company as waiter as aforesaid –“
In an explanatory affidavit made before Thomas D Gilson Esq Jus Peace on the third February 1835. Deponant stated that Lieut Parhamus enlisted Garret Thew, at Clarkstown N.Y. on the 4th July 1776 as a private in Col Coopers Regt as Deponant understood at the time & said Garret signed an enlistment at that place & although he acted as a waiter for Col Cooper during that tour of six months service, yet he was as Deponant understood considered as a private & liable to be called upon for field and garrison duty”
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The Certificate of the Hon A. C. Flagg states that he is well acquainted with Gilbert Thew & Garret Thew & has known them for fifteen years, & that they are men of unquestioned veracity & honesty and the most implicit reliance may be placed upon their statements – 
The Commissioner of Pensions has raised several objections to the above service which will appear by a reference to his letters in this case addressed to J. D. Woodward Hon R Whallon & Hon D. Farlin. 
As there was no Capt in Col Coopers Regt of the name of Winter it is posible the applicant is mistaken as to the name of the officer into whose company he enlisted & this is the more probable inasmuch as the applicant expresses his belief only that his name was Winters & the tour of service was performed as a waiter to Col Cooper. 
Although the militia were not raised by enlistment and there were no tours of six months in the militia at any time during the war, it does not therefore follow that the applicant did not serve six months as stated by him & the witness. They State distinctly that Lt Parhamus (Polhamus) enlisted the applicant, & that a tour of six months service as a waiter to Col Cooper was performed & it is respectfully urged that under the circumstances of the case this six months service ought to be allowed –
That part of the decision of the Comr of Pensions which allows for only two months and a half service from and after 1778 predicated on the Rolls of Col. Hays Regt & the abstract of the Treasurers account is also thought to be repugnant to the declaration of the applicant & the testimony of Gilbert Thew & Capt John Felter where they state a service of ten months - The whole case is respectfully submitted to the Secy of war upon all the papers at the Pension office upon which the claim is founded. 
Respectfully submitted 
[signed] J.D. Woodward for & on behalf of Garret Thew.