Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28786, for John Lawrence, New York
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New York

Lawrence, John

NUMBER
S.28786

CONTENTS
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6162
New York
John Lawrence
Queens Co in the State of New York
a Lieut in the Company commanded
Captain Woodward of the Regt commanded by
Col Holmes in the New York line
for 2 years-

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
the rate of 320 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of Feb. 1833- and sent to Hon C. T. White
Ho. Represent's

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1832   $480.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '33 $160.00
[Total] $640.00
{Revolutionary War
Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Jno Cromwell
Book D, Vol. 5, page [torn off]


Let S. A. Peugh  Ot. 4/52
1890
April 15 15 Seaton Monroe
hulong Prior
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State of New York
County of Queens } ss:
On this 21st day of November 1832 personally appeared before me Benjamin W. Strong
one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in the County of Queens & State of New York, John Lawrence of the County of Queens & State of New York aforesaid, aged 77 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 on or about the 1st day of August 1775 as second Lieutenant in the third Company of the
fourth Regiment of Militia, raised by order of the Convention of the (then Colony) State of New York, under Colonel Holmes, for the 
Continental service; and that said Regiments were commanded by the officers named in the annexed statement, certified by the Deputy Secretary of the State of New York at Albany. That he was for some time attached to the said Regiment at Ticonderoga, and was from thence repeatedly detached to different parts of the Country to bring up recruits.  That he was afterwards promoted to a Captaincy by warrant under the aforesaid Col Holmes & served as such in the several skirmishes with the British on Long Island, and that he continued in the service as Captain until he left the service in 1778 as near as he can recollect, but from the lapse of time, is unable to state the precise period, having lost all his papers. And the said John Lawrence further says on his oath
aforesaid that at the time he entered the service as aforesaid, he resided in the town of Newtown in the County of Queens aforesaid. That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the
present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
He further declares that he was born in the City of New York December 15th 1755 as record in Family Bible. That he has resided in Newtown in the County of Queens aforesaid, since
the Revolution, and resides there at present.
[signed] John Lawrence
Sworn to and Subscribed
before me this 21st day of November 1832-
Benj W Strong Judge of Queens Common Pleas
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John Lawrence

Admitted $320
N.Y. @ Act. 32
Sep 9, 1857

M. Cole
Sep. 9, 1837

Ex. by Wm. Peugh
Sep 25, 1857
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POWER OF ATTORNEY - Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Mrs Mary P. Hartman, daughter of John Lawrance, deceased, hereby constitute and appoint D. L. & S.A. Peugh of Washington City my true and lawful Agents and Attorneys to prosecute the Claim of John Lawrance, (Dec'd) for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agents to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, and to appoint one or more substitutes under them for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorneys and Agents shall lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 3d day September A. D., 1851
Mary P Hartman
Signed and Sealed in the presence of
Wm. B. Meech 
the Coms A. Berrian
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STATE OF New York
COUNTY OF New York } ss:
On this Third day of September A.D. 1851
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Mary P. Hartman
and acknowledged the foregoing Power
of Attorney to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand the day and year aforesaid }
Wm B. Meech.  J. Peace.
Justice of the Peace in and for the City & County of New York
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Claim of
Act of

STATE of New York
COUNTY of New York } ss:
Be it Known, That on this Third day of September A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty one, before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Mrs Mary P. Hartman a resident of New York City in said County, and made oath according to law that she is the daughter and child of John Lawrance, deceased.
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner

at the rate of $320, three hundred and twenty Dollars per annum; that she has been
informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that she is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agents may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and
year aforesaid, before me. }
[signed] Mary P. Harman (Seal)
Wm. B. Meech, J. Peace
Justice of the Peace, etc.

I, William B. Meech, Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that
Mary P. Hartman who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
Wm. B. Meech, J. Peace.
Justice of the Peace &c


I, [blank] Clerk of the [blank] Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that [blank] before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County
duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is [blank]
signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this [blank] day of [blank] 
A. D. 185
Clerk.
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STATE OF New York
COUNTY OF New York } ss:
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me that [Mrs. Mary P. Hartman - crossed out] John Lawrance was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $320 per annum and that he died on the the nineteenth day of December eighteen hundred and forty four
leaving surviving one child which is Mrs Mary P Hartman
and that Mrs. Mary P. Hartman is the only surviving child of the aforesaid John Lawrance deceased who left no widow

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this Third day of [blank] one thousand eight hundred and fifty one.
Wm. B. Meech, Justice of the Peace in and 
for the City & County of New York


N.B. The words " Mrs. Mary P. Hartman" in the
4th line of this page were excised or erased
before execution
Wm. B. Meech, Justice &c.
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State of New-York,
City and County of New-York, } ss:
I, GEORGE W. RIBLET, CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk
of the Supreme Court for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Wm. B. Meech, whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the City and County of New-York, duly elected and sworn. And, further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the 3rd day of Sept. 1851
Geo. W Riblet, Clerk
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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE. 1-681 
PHONE Branch 476

All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 36838

Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON

CHIEF, Division of Publications,
Room G 139.
October 30, 1928.
Please furnish work specified below.

Bureau ordering: Pension
Deliver to Room No. 5033.

(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE,
EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job:  photostatic copies of 5 pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of John Lawrence, S. 28786, New York Troops.
No. of copies: 1 of each Shall form be kept standing? _______  _______days
For further information see Mrs. M. M. H. Finch Room No. 5033,  Phone No. 541

Approved:  A.D. Wilkinson, Chief Clerk of Bureau
Margaret M H. Finch, Chief of Division.
NOTE:  No order made ""SPECIAL"" unless statement showing necessity is written
below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering

CHECK WORK DESIRED

[stamped with oval stamp:  "DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS
RECEIVED  OCT 31, 1929
DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR ]

Duplicate
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Addressograph from lists
Envelopes, size __  Cards, size
Proof list____ Pay rolls
Labels (submit sample)  Corrections

Photostat x Size: actual Official use?
Repay? Yes. $.75
Blue Print Size  Official use?  Repay?  $

Remarks
(OVER)
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NOTE:  Routine changes of addresses may be made on this blank without formal
reference through or initialing of chiefs of branches or chief clerks of bureaus.
(Date)  ____192 .

INDICATE BY AN X IN PROPER SQUARE ACTION TO BE TAKEN.
Make new addressograph plate
Change present addressograph plate
Destroy present addressograph plate
On list.
as follows:
Now reads 1._________
2._____________
3.______________
4.___________
5.____________
Should read  1.__________
2._____________
3.______________
4.___________
5.____________

FOR USE OF DUPLICATING AND ADDRESSING SECTION
ADDRESSOGRAPH
The above change was made_______ 192  .
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Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

October 30, 1929.
Cash - 75 cents
[Square stamp:  FINANCE DIVISION
BOOKKEEPER'S DESK
OCT 31 1929
BUREAU OF PENSIONS]

Dear Sir:
Please furnish me photostatic copies of five pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of John Lawrence, New York Troops, S. 28786, uncertified.
Very truly yours,
-
Mrs Lila James Roney
425 Riverside Drive
New York City
NY
Through Miss Kate Curry

Received payment
75 cents
October 30, 1929.
Antonia W Ford
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.

over
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List to Mrs Roney Nov. 6, 1929:

Power of Atty of Mary P. Hartman, dated
Sept 3, 1851, 4 pages - blue paper
Mary P. Hartman's ap. for increase of pens[ion].,
dated Mch. 24, 1852.  2 p. blue paper
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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE. 1-681
PHONE Branch 476

All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 36508

Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON

CHIEF, Division of Publications,
Room G 139.
October 18, 1929.
Please furnish work specified below.

Bureau ordering: Pension
Deliver to Room No. 5033.

(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE,
EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job: photostatic copies of 5 pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of John Lawrence, S. 28786, New York Troops.
No. of copies: 1 of each Shall form be kept standing? _______ _______days
For further information see Mrs. M. M. H. Finch Room No. 5033, Phone No. 541

Approved: A.D. Wilkinson, Chief Clerk of Bureau
Margaret M H. Finch, Chief of Division.
NOTE: No order made ""SPECIAL"" unless statement showing necessity is written
below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering

CHECK WORK DESIRED

[stamped with oval stamp: "DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS
RECEIVED OCT 21, 1929
DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR ]

Duplicate
Multigraph single or double space? Facsimile signature?
Mimeograph one side or both sides? Facsimile signature?
Folding
Assembling
Stapling Once? Twice? Side? End?

Electric typewriter Fill in Addresses? Dated?

Addressograph from lists
Envelopes, size __ Cards, size
Proof list____ Pay rolls
Labels (submit sample) Corrections

Photostat x Size: actual Official use?
Repay? Yes. $.75
Blue Print Size Official use? Repay? $

Remarks
(OVER)
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NOTE: Routine changes of addresses may be made on this blank without formal
reference through or initialing of chiefs of branches or chief clerks of bureaus.
(Date) ____192 .

INDICATE BY AN X IN PROPER SQUARE ACTION TO BE TAKEN.
Make new addressograph plate
Change present addressograph plate
Destroy present addressograph plate
On list.
as follows:
Now reads 1._________
2._____________
3.______________
4.___________
5.____________
Should read 1.__________
2._____________
3.______________
4.___________
5.____________

FOR USE OF DUPLICATING AND ADDRESSING SECTION
ADDRESSOGRAPH
The above change was made_______ 192 .
Operator

MULTIGRAPH
Operator________ Date_______Type set by_____
Date___________

MIMEOGRAPH
Operator________ Date_______Cut by_____
Remarks:___________
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Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

October 18, 1929.


Dear Sir:
Please furnish me photostatic copies of five pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of John Lawrence, New York Troops, S. 28786, uncertified.
Very truly yours,
-
Mrs Lila James Roney
425 Riverside Drive
New York 

Cash - 75 cents
[Square stamp: FINANCE DIVISION
BOOKKEEPER'S DESK
OCT 19 1929
BUREAU OF PENSIONS]

Received payment
75 cents
October 18, 1929.
Antonia W Ford
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.

(over)

15 
__5
.75
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List to Mrs Roney Oct 24, 1929
Sol's decl - Nov. 21 - 1832 - 1 p.
Sol's decl - Feb. 16 - 1833 on 
green paper   4 p.
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Rev'y

(3-469.)

Bureau of Pensions

[stamp:  BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
APR 3 1890
OFFICE OF CHIEF CLERK ]

Application No._________
Certificate No.___________

NAME OF SOLDIER,
John Lawrence
Co.____, 4 Reg't N.Y
INFORMATION DESIRED.

Continental Est.
Died in 1844 aged about 90
Wants copy of papers for family history

To:  Seaton Monroe, Esq.
1420 7th St. NW
City

(19013-25M.) 6-061
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47 York Square
New Haven

Dear Sir:
Will you kindly examine you Rev. pension list & 
see what you can find concerning John Lawrence, born 1755, died in 1834 or 1844 about - I think.
His tombstone at Newton (Hell-gate) near Astoria L.I. says that he was an officer of the
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Revolution.  I want specially to know where he was born, in which company he served, etc., in fact any thing concerning him.
Yours sincerely,
Louise Tracy
April 27, - 99.

[circular stamp:  U.S. PENSION OFFICE
APR 29 1899]

[rectangular stamp: O.W.& N. DIVISION
MAY 3 1899 RECEIVED.]
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28.786
Revy INVALID.
File No. 28,786
John Lawrence
Lieut Rev War
-
Act: June 7th '32 2
Index: --Vol. 2, Page 236
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1896 Apr 8 sold. pensioned
John Lawrence, NY City

Apr 30. '96 sold. pen.
(statement) to Jno Lawrence, NYC thru
Franklin Bartle (FWB)

July 19, '99
Miss Louise Tracy
New Haven, Conn.

1929 Oct. 24, Photos mailed to Mrs. Lila J. Roney & Fin. Div. not'f'd. ADY

1929  Nov. 6. Photos mailed to
Mrs. Lila J. Roney through K. Curry & Fin. Div. Ntf'd. ADY
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July 29-52
Revolutionary
Appl of John Lawrence dec 'd
for increase of pension

S.A. Peugh
Present
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Washington City D.C.
29 July 1851

J.E, Heath
Off. of Pensions.

Sir:

I herewith enclose the application of *Timothy Bunce for pension under Act of 7 June 1832, & also the declaration of Mrs Hartman, Daughter of John Lawrence who was a pensioner under act 7 June 1832, on the N.Y. City Agency at $320, for increase of pension as Paymaster.

In the case of Bunce I presume this is evidence of his service in the Records of the Pension office which can be referred to & also in
the case of Mr. Lawrence.
Yours &c
S. A. Peugh

* No papers or Decl.
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House of Represent.
 Feb. 21. 1833

Sir:

I enclose you the additional testimony required
in the case of John Lawrence which I hope will enable the Petitioner to receive that relief to which he is so well entitled.
With much respect,
Your Obed. Serv.

Campbell White


J. L. Edwards, Esq.
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State of New York
County of Queens } ss:
We John Goldsmith residing in Newtown in the County of Queens & State of New York, Clergyman, and Lewis Hartman residing in the City of New York, County & State aforesaid, Merchant, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Lawrence, who has subscribed & sworn to the declaration hereto attached; and that we believe him to be 77
years of age: that he is reputed & believed in the Neighbourhood in which he resides, to have been a Soldier in the Revolution, and
that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the 21st
day of November 1832 before me
Benj W. Strong Judge &c
[signed] John Goldsmith
[signed] Lewis Hartman

State of New York
County of Queens } ss:  I Benjamin W. Strong one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Queens & State of New York, do hereby declare my opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And I do further certify that it appears to me that John Goldsmith who has signed the preceeding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the town of Newtown, County & State aforesaid: and that Lewis Hartman, who has also signed the said certificate, is a resident of the City of New York, County & State aforesaid,
& is a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit. And I further certify that the said John Lawrence could not from bodily
infirmity attend the said Court of Common Pleas, which is held twenty
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certificate is a resident of the City of New York, County & State aforesaid, & is a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit, and I further certify that the said John Lawrence could not from bodily infirmity attend the said Court of Common Pleas, which is held twenty miles from his residence, which is the reason his declaration & examination were taken out of Court. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of November 1832.
Benjn W. Strong

State of New York
County of Queens } ss: I Samuel Sherman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County do hereby certify that Benjamin W. Strong who has subscribed the above certificate, is one of the Judges of the said Court, & that the signature to said
certificate is our proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereto set
my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court this
23rd day of November 1832 -
Samuel Sherman Clerk
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Mr Lent
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State of New York
County of Kings } ss: 
Isaac Nichols of the Town of Brooklyn in the
said County of Kings Esqr one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said Town being duly sworn doth depose & say that he entered the service of the United States as Sergeant in the 4th Regiment of the New York State Troops under Col James Holmes, raised for the prosecution of the enterprise against Canada in the year 1775, and at the reduction of St. Johns on the 3 day of November this deponent was appointed adjutant & continued such
until the 15th day of April 1776 when he was promoted to a Lieutenancy under Col John Nicholson.  This deponent further says
that he knew John Lawrence as an officer in the 4th Regiment of said Troops under Col Holmes. & that he understood & believes the said John Lawrence was engaged in the Battles on Long
Island with the British; and that he believes the said John Lawrence is now about 77 years of age. Sworn & subscribed before me this 20th day of November 1832.
Isaac Nichols
Justice of the Municipal Court
in the Village of Brooklyn, Kings
County & State of New York, said
Court being a Court of Record.

Sworn in open Court November
20 1832 Joseph Dean Justice Peace

I Sidney C. Herbert, Clerk of the Municipal Court in the Village of Brooklyn Kings County & State of New York, certify that Joseph Dean before whom the above deposition was
made was at the time Justice of said Court, and that the signature above, is his proper handwriting. Witness my hand & Seal of the said Court this 20th day of November 1832-
Sidney C. Herbert
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County & State of New York, said
Court being a Court of Record
Sworn in open Court November
20th 1832
Joseph Dean Justice
-
I Sidney C. Herbert, Clerk of the Municipal Court in the Village of Brooklyn, Kings County & State of New York, certify that Joseph Dean before whom the above deposition was
made, was at the time Justice of said Court, and that the signature above, is his proper handwriting. Witness my hand & Seal of the said Court this 20th day of November 1832-
Sidney C. Herbert
Clerk

State of New York
County of Kings  } ss:
I Joseph Dean Justice of the Municipal Court in the Village of Brooklyn before whom the aforegoing affidavit of Isaac Nichols was taken Do hereby certify that the said Isaac Nichols is to me known and is a person of veracity and credibility.
Dated 18th February 1833
Joseph Dean Justice &c.
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State of New York } ss:
I, Sidney C. Herbert, Clerk of the Municipal Court in the village of Brooklyn, Kings County do hereby certify that Joseph Dean, whose name is signed to the preceding certificate is the same person before whom the deposition of Isaac Nichols to which said certificate relates was taken. That said Joseph Dean is and was at the time said certificate was signed a Justice of said Court and that the signature to said certificate is his proper handwriting - Witness my hand and the seal of said Court the Eighteenth day of February 1833.
Sidney C. Herbert
Clerk
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State of New York 
City and County of New York } ss:
On this 24th day of March 1852 before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of said State for the City aforesaid personally appeared Mary P. Hartman, widow, who being by me duly sworn doth depose that she is about Seventy years of age, that she is the daughter of John Lawrence dec'd who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States
at the rate of $320 per annum; that she had
frequently heard her father recount the part he
took in the war of the Revolution and according to the best of her recollection he frequently stated that he was first appointed Lieutenant in one of the New York Regiments (thinks it was Van Cortland's) and served until he was appointed Captain:  was then made Pay Master [about the year 1776 (as she thinks) - this was crossed out] and served in that capacity a considerable time
but cannot state now how long.
That in making application for his pension
originally he was not anxious about it, and for some time after the law was passed, would not apply, that Mr Riker, then Recorder of the City of New York frequently urged him to make application, which he did.
She refers to the proof on file in the
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Department of the Interior, and makes this declaration for increase of pension
according to the provisions of the law in the case as made and provided for his services in the Staff.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my name & caused said Mary P. Hartman to subscribed her name - the words "about the year 1776 (as she thinks)" being cancelled before signature.
[signed] Mary P Hartman
Wm Mitchell
Justice Supreme Court
State of New York
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State of the four Regiments, raised in the Colony of New York, for the Continental service, and the order of their Rank. --

4th Regiment:
James Holmes, Colonel, June 30th 1775
Philip Van Cortlandt Lieu Coll. June 30th
Barnabas Tuthill, Major, June 30th
Job Mulford, Adjutant. August 2d
Benj'in Chapman Jr, Qr. Master

1st Com:
Henry B Livingston Captain, June 28th
Jacob Thomas, 1st Lieutenant June 28th
Isaac Paddock 2d. Lieut July 19th

2d:
Joseph Benedict Captain. July 27th
Samuel Sackett 1st Lieut June 28th
Gould Bouton 2d. Lieut August 3d

3d:
Nathaniel Woodward Captain June 28th
Abraham Riker 1st Lieut. June 28th
John Lawrence. 2d  Lieut August 1st

4th:
Rufus Herrick. Captain June 28th
Charles Graham 1st Lieut ditto
Jesse Thompson 2d Lieut ditto

5th:
Ambrose Horton, Captain. June 28th
Samuel T Pell 1st Lieut. July 13th
Isaac Van West 2d Lieut. August 3

6th:
Daniel Mills Captain. June 28th
Elijah Hunter 1st Lieut ditto
Miles Oakley 2d Lieut August 3d

7th
Jonathan Platt. Captain. June 28th
David Dan 1st Lieut. ditto
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[7th - continued from previous page]
Manning Bull. 2d Lieut. June 28th

8th:
Jacobus Wynkoop, Captain. June 28th
Anthony Welsh, 1st Lieut. ditto
Thomas Leroy, 2 Lieut. July 7th

9th:
Jacobus Rosecrans, Captain August 3d
Thomas Lee 1st Lieut., ditto
William Balger 2d Lieut, August. 21st

10th:
David Palmer Captain
William Crane 1st Lieut
William Matthewman 2 Lieut

Ebenezer Haviland Surgeon, August 4th
Mate
2d. ditto


Whereas, the provincial Congress of the Colony of New York hath resolved and ordered, as follows, that is to say, that the
New York regiment, be the first or senior Regiment of the troops raised in this Colony and take rank accordingly and unanimously approved of Alexander McDougall for Colonel, Rudolphus Ritzema for Lieutenant Colonel
and Herman Ledwitz for Major of the first Regiment, That Goose Van Schaicks, Regiment, be the second Regiment and take rank accordingly, and unanimously approved
of Goose Van Schaick for Colonel, Peter Yates for Lieutenant Colonel, and Peter Gansvoort Junior for Major of the second regiment. 
That James Clinton, Regiment, be the third
Regiment and take rank accordingly, and unanimously approved of James Clinton, for Colonel, Cornelius D. Wynkoop for Lieutenant Colonel and Henry Livingston Junior for Major of the third Regiment, That James Holmes's
Regiment be the fourth Regiment, and take rank accordingly
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[duplicate from prior page:  - koop for Lieutenant Colonel and Henry Livingston Junior
for Major of the third Regiment, that James Holmes's Regiment be the fourth Regiment, and take rank accordingly]
and unanimously approve of James Holmes for Colonel, Philip Van Cortlandt for Lieutenant Colonel and Barnabas Tuthill for Major of the fourth Regiment. And whereas the provincial Congress have appointed a Committee
to form and determine the rank of the Captains and inferior officers in each Regiment and of the Captains and inferior officers of the several Regiments, the said Committee
being therefore met to execute the powers to them delegated by the provincial Congress, unanimously elected Colonel Jacob Blackwell Chairman of the said Committee and John McKesson for their Clerk, and the said Committee have mutually and deliberately considered of the rank of the Captains and inferior officers, in each Regiment, and of the rank of the Captains and inferior officers of 
of the several Regiments, Do resolve agree and order
That the officers of each respective Regiment, shall take rank and command in their respective Regiments in the order they stand above numbered, And that the officers of the several Regiments, when they serve together
shall take rank and command according to the seniority of their Regiments and their numbers in their respective Regiments, that is to say, that the first or highest in rank of the first or other senior Regiment present, shall command
the officers of equal or inferior rank of any other Regiment present. That a first captain in any Regiment, shall always command a second Captain in any other Regiment.
That the first Lieutenant in the first company of the first, or other senior Regiment then present, shall command all other Lieutenants present, and the first Lieutenant in any first company of any Regiment, shall command
the first Lieutenant in the second company of any other Regiment then present; and in the like order throughout the whole of the said four Regiments.
By order of the Committee
Jacob Blackwell, Chairman

Attest. John McKesson. Clerk.
New York August 4th 1775
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State of New York
Secretary's Office }
I certify the preceding to be a true Extract
from an original instrument bound up in up in Vol. 25 of Revolutionary papers in this Office which volume is Endorsed and marked "Military Committee 1775. 1776. 1777. 1778."
Given under my hand and the Seal of this Office at the City of Albany the first day of November in 
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred 
and thirty two.
Arch'd Campbell
Dep. Secretary
.
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State of New York
County of Queens} ss:
Personally appeared before me Benjamin W. Strong, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Queens
in the State of New York, the within named
John Lawrence whose name is subscribed to
the deposition hereto annexed taken before me on the twenty first day of November last past, and the said John Lawrence being by me duly sworn did depose and say: That at the time he entered the service of the United States as stated in his declaration hereby amended, the company in which he served as second lieutenant was commanded by Nathaniel Woodward as captain: and that said Woodward commanded the same until his resignation of his captaincy in February 1775. That some time in August or September 1775, this deponent being then in the City of New York, assisted the regiment under the
command of Col. McDougall and the City
militia in removing the cannon from the battery to prevent their falling into the hands of the British. That in the fall of 1775 this deponent proceeded with his company by water to Albany and marched thence to Ticonderoga. That a part of the company was detached from the latter place to act with the troops under General
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Montgomery - this deponent remaining at
Ticonderoga with the rest of the company.
That some time in February 1776 the said
company returned to New York having been
relieved at Ticonderoga by troops from the
Green Mountains (now Vermont). That the
regiment to which this deponent was attached
was commanded by Col. James Holmes who
at Albany promoted this deponent to a captaincy some time in February 1776 while this deponent was on his way to New York. That this deponent continued in New York or its neighborhood until the battle of Long Island which took place in August 1776 when
the troops commanded by this deponent as
captain were under the orders of Col. Lewis
Dubois. That this deponent continued in
the service during the retreat of the army after
the last mentioned battle, and its operations
along the Hudson river and its neighborhood, being part of the time under the command of
Col. Van Cortland and part under that of Col. Dubois.  That he was engaged in the battle of White Plains in October 1776; wintered with the troops at Fort Montgomery, was at Peekskill where the stores were destroyed
by the Americans on their retreat thence in
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March 1777.  That he assisted in blowing up
Fort Constitution after the capture by the
British of Fort Montgomery in the year
1777 and was nearly opposite Kingston with
the American troops when that town in
burnt by the enemy. That this deponent
was afterwards placed under the immediate
orders of Governor Clinton, who held a commission as Brigadier General of the troops of the United States and so continued until the Spring of 1778, when the five New York regiments were reduced and the deponent was one of the officers whose commission expired by lot.  And the deponent says that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory, and from the loss of his papers he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service,  but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:  For seven months he served as a second lieutenant:  and for two years and two months he served as captain and for said service he claims a pension.  And this deponent further says, that the detachment from his company that proceeded to St Johns was commanded by Lieut. Abraham Riker
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Captain Woodward being then sick -- Lieut. Riker was with the army in New Jersey under
the command of Genl Washington and died in the service at Valley Forge when the army wintered there.
[signed]  John Lawrence

Sworn to and subscribed this 16th February 1833 before me
Benjn W. Strong, Judge of Queens County Common Pleas &c.

State of New York
County of Queens } ss:
I Benjamin W. Strong one of the Judges of the Court of Com. Pleas the County of Queens and State of New York do hereby certify that it satisfactorily appears to me that the above named John Lawrence has served as a Revolutionary officer as he states. Dated this
16th day of February 1833.
Ben'jn W. Strong

State of New York
County of Queens } ss: 
I, Samuel Sherman Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas of said County Do Certify that Benjamin W. Strong who has signed the aforegoing certificate is a Judge of said Court and that said signature is his own proper hand writing. Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this sixteenth day of February 1833. 
Samuel Sherman, Clerk