Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 20995, Gerrit Dubois, New York
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New York
CONTENTS
Dubois, Gerrit
or Garret
Sarah
NUMBER
W 20995
CONTENTS
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6929 - 6929
New York - City
Sarah Dubois
widow of Garret Dubois
NY
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
21 Dollars 76 Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
24th day of May, 1843
and sent to Henry Wynkoop Esq
Catskill
N. York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book D& June 17, 1844
Vol. 2 Page 74

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No 284
Joint Resol of May
23rd 1843
Ref
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14431
21475 New York
Garret Dubois
of Ulster Co in the State of New York
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Pauling of the Regt. commanded
by Col Pauling in the N.Y. Man
line for 8 mo
Inscribed on the Roll of New York 
at the rate of 26 Dollars 44 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of May
1833 and Sent to
A. G. Hardenbergh Marbletown
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833   $53.32
Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept -   13.33
$66.65
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{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by W.L. Williams Clerk,
Book C Vol. 4 Page 53

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Order to pay, Ap'l. 19, 1837.
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21475
Garret Dubois
N. Y.
Admitted 8 mo for
$26.66
A. G. Hardenbergh
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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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, showing the service of Garret Dubois Ulster Co N.Y.
Period when the service was rendered.: Vol Apl '81
Duration of the claimant's servic: _ Years | 8 Months |  _ Days
Rank of the claimant.: pr
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.: Cap. Pawling
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.: Co'l Pawling
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.:
Country through which he marched.: N. Y.
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present                                          period; 49 Ulster Co N. Y.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported: Brady Portness

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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 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, 1822.
State, Territory, or District of}
County of} 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 _____ aged (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 provision 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 of the 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 entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he 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 muster, 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 application 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 service of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do  you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a Soldier.{ Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
6. {To an Officer { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure , taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in  which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule/
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:

"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months, and _____days, I served as a _____. For months _____ and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase "about three or four months", is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the Militia, &c. without specifying  the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[ ] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m[ The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
[signed] W. L. Williams G Clk
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State of New York}
County of Ulster}
On this Tenth day September One thousand eight hundred
and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the
Court of Common pleas for said County now sitting being a Court of record
having by Law Clerk and a seal Garret Dubois a resident of the town
Marbletown in the County of Ulster and State of New York aged 69
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
that said applicant volunteered and entered the service
in April 1781 at a place called Ashocan in the town of Marbletown
in said County of Ulster in a company of Militia
commanded by Capt. Henry Pawling - Henry Van Hoevenburgh first
and John Vandeusen second Lieut? belonged to a Regiment
commanded by Col. Albert Pawling - one Benschoten was
Major - was stationed at Ashocan aforesaid which was on
the frontier and continually harassed by the Indians and tories -
was on frequent scouts along said Frontiers up as
far as Paghkataehkan (Pakatakan) in Delaware County and said
company was exposed to great danger, and were very frequently
alarmed by the Incursions of the said tories and Indians - that
he enlisted for the term of nine months and served till between
Christmas and New year in the said year 1781 and was then
discharged at Ashocan in Marbletown aforesaid - received 
no written discharge-
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and in answer to the interrogatories put to him by the County as required by the War Department, said applicant on his oath states that he was been on the 13th day of July 1763 at Marbletown in said County of Ulster and State of New York, that he lived there when he entered the service, and has lived in said town ever since the Revolution, and still resides in said town, that his age is on Record in the Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in Marbletown, that he volunteered in the aforesaid service. that there were no regular officers nor continental troops where he laid, that he received no written discharge, and that he can state the names of Peter A. Cantine Esqr & Abraham G Hardenbergh in his present neighborhood who can testify to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
And said applicant would further state that the clergyman of his neighborhood is a young man who lately settled in the Congregation, and he has therefore produced in Court as Witnesses two Respectable inhabitants of his town of Peter A. Cantine and Abraham G Hardenbergh who are well acquainted with said applicant - and also that he has as documentary proof the affidavit of Henry Van Hoevenbergh his Lieut. whom he served under, and also the affidavit of Solomon Crispell who lived at the place where he laid, which are both hereto annexed-
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name ^is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State-
[signed] Garret Dubois
or to his subscribed the day
Garret Pulousand
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
A D Wher-- First Judge
John Jansen 
Abm A Deyo ⎬ Judges

We Peter A. Cantine and Abraham  G Hardenbergh-
residing in the town of Marbletown in Ulster County hereby certify that we are and acquainted with Garret Debois, who has subscibed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Sixty nine 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 with the opinion-
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid-
[signed] Peter A. Cantine
[signed] Abram G Hardenbergh
A D Wher-- First Judge
John Jansen 
Abm A Deyo ⎬ Judges

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after the Investigation of the matter, and after putting
the interrogatories provided by the War Department that the above 
proffered applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states - 
and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Peter A. Cantine and Abraham G Hardenburgh who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the town of Manthtown in said County of time, and are credible
persons, and that their statement is Entitled to credit
A D Wher-- First Judge
John Jansen 
Abm A Deyo ⎬ Judges
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UlstervCounty ss. I, Jacob Snyder Clerk of the Court of Common common pleas of the County of Ulster do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Garret Dubois for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this tenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Jacob Snyder

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Garret DuBois
21475
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Garret Dubois
appd
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State of New York}
Ulster County        }S.S.
On this twenty first day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty three before me Jacob Snyder one of the Judges of the County Courts in and for the County of Ulster aforesaid personally appeared Sarah Dubois a resident of the town of Marbletown County of Ulster and State of New York aged Seventy Six years who being first duly sworn according to law 
doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;
That she is the widow of Garret Dubois who in the revolutionary resided in the said town of Marbletown where he continued to reside untill [sic] the day of his death.
That during said war he the said Garret Dubois was a private Soldier in defence [sic] of his Country for which he received a pension at the rate of twenty six dollars and Sixty six Cents per annum which he continued to receive untill the day of his death.
She further declare that she was married to the said Garret Dubois the Seventeenth day of February in the year one thousand seven hundred and Eighty ["Nine" lined out] Six. -
That the ceremony was performed by the Reverend Mr. Gootches Clergyman of the Protestant Dutch Reformed Church in the town of Marbletown.
That her maiden name previous to her marriage was Sarah Roosa and
That her husband the aforesaid Garret Du(bois)
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(Du)bois died the Sixth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred a forty two:
That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took
place previous to the first day of January in the year one thous seven hundred and Ninety
four viz at the time above stated.
She further declares the annexed proof of her marriage and the certificate of pension of her
decd husband is the only the evidence she has procured to prove the same.
For proof of the services of her said husband she would respectfully refer to his declaration and proof on file the War Department under the act of the 7th of June 1832.
She further declares that ever since the death of her husband she has not intermarried but remains the widow of the said Garret Dubois as will more fully appear by referance to the proof hereto annexed.  Note the word nine: obliterated & Six inserted

[signed] Sarah (her X mark) Dubois

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written before me and I certify that I am personally acquainted with said Sarah Dubois and believe her deposition entitled to credit. And I 
further certify that said applicant from bodily infirmity is unable to attend Court-
Jacob Snyder one of the Judges of the County Courts of Ulster County

Ulster County ss Jacob G. Dubois of the town of Marbletown in said County being duly sworn saith that he is the son of Garret Dubois now deceased.  that Garret Dubois was a pensioner at the time of his death that he died on the Sixth day of April in
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year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two.  that he left a widow him surviving the mother of this deponent who is now an applicant for a pension and is and continues the widow of the said Garret Dubois that his mothers name is Sarah.
and further this deponent saith not
Subscribed and sworn before me
[signed] Jacob G Dubois

Subscribed and sworn before me the 20th day of January 1843 by Jacob G Dubois known to me as a Reputable person entitled to credit
Jacob Snyder one of the Judges of the County Court of Ulster County}
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Garret Dubois
proof of Marriage
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State of New York}
County of Ulster    } Ss.
Cornelius L. Vandyke of the town of Marbletown County of Ulster and State of New York being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is the present Clergyman of the Protestant Dutch Reformed Church in said town.
That it appears by the record of Baptism is said Church That Coonradt son of Garret Dubois and Sara Roosa was baptized on the twenty sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety one which is expressed on said record in fair legible figures as follows viz: -
Depost}
1791 June 26
Ouders
Garret Dubois
Sarah Roosa   ⎬
Kinders}
Coonradt
I Cornelius L. Vandyke above named do depose and say that I hold the office of Clergyman in the above mentioned Church that the foregoing is a true extract from the records of said church, that the marriage record appear imperfect in said church untill the year 1796 and further this deponent saith not.
[signed] Cornelius L. Van Dyck
Sworn to and subscribed on this 20th day of February 1843 by said Cornelius L. Vandyke before me and that he is the Clergyman as above Stated}
Samuel Stilwell one of the Judges of Ulster County Court.
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RECORD DIVISION.
"AUR" [initials?]
W.F. 20995

3 -- 525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C. , __________, 19____

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Gerrit Dubois a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Apr 1781
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
Dec. 1781
RANK.
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Henry Pawling
COLONEL.
Albert Pawling
STATE.
N. Y.
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Marbletown Ulster Co. N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 10, 1832 His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Marbletown, Ulster Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, {b. July 13, 1763 at Marbletown N.Y.. d. Apr. 6, 1842
Remarks: He mar. Feb 17 1786 Sarah Roosa or Rose, She was allowed Pension on an application  executed Jany 21, 1843 while a resident of Marbletown N.Y. aged 76 years Children Jacob G. and Coonradt:
The only soldier of this name
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
6 -- 2856
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1913 M ck. 20 Hist. - Mrs.
C. A. Stone V. L. M.

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[illegible scribble "Ready"?} WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20995
Sarah Dubois
Wife of
Garret Dubois
Priv Rev. War
Act March 3rd /43
June 17th 1844
Index: Vol. A Page 200
Arrangement of 1870
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No. 284
Joint Res 23rd
Jany 1843
Rep.

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9342
New York
Sarah Dubois
widow of Garret Dubois
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 6th April 1842
of Ulster Co. in the State of New York
who was a private
in the Company
commanded by Captain Pauling of the
Regt commanded by Col Pawling in
the New York line for 8 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 21 Dollars 76
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836
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Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of
May 1845, and sent to Henry Wynkoop, Esq
Catskill NY
Total amount $108.80
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Tho Lumpkin Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1. Page 153
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V 9576
Sarah Dubois
Ny
Rejected
husband died in '42
Set to Henry Wynkoop Au 3 43
"   "     '           '              Augst 22, 44
Act 7 July 1838

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STATE OF NEW-YORK,
Ulster County Clerk's Office,⎬  ss. I Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, do hereby Certify, That Conrad  Brodhead- Esquire, was in the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Ulster, duly authorized to take affidavits, &c; and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature "Coenradt Brodhead" 
subscribed to the Certificate of the said annexed Affidavit to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this fifth day of December 1832
[signed] Jacob Snyder
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State of New York
Ulster County ss    Be it known that on twenty ninth day of August in the year 1832 before me John A. Dewitt Court of the Commissioners of deeds for said County personally appeared Henry Van Hoevenbergh of the town of Charlton in the County of Saratoga to me known to be a man of truth and veracity and being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was acquainted with Gerrit Dubois of the Town of Marbletown, and that him the said Gerrit did serve under him as a private in the year 1781 at Ashokan in Marbletown, when I then acted as a 
Lieutenant
[signed] Henry V. Hoevenbergh
Sworn and subscribed before me the 29 of August 1832
[signed] Jn A Dewitt

}the above affidavit being taken before a Commissioner is not certified by the Clerk and said Hoevenberg is absent in Saratoga County & distance of more than 100 miles, and said applicant cannot have him sworn again
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the resolution of Congress of the 23rd January 1843
-
State of New York,
Ulster County} ss
Whereas the act of the 30th April 1844 prohibited me from drawing a pension for the same period during which my husband was a pensioner. I now make the following Statement under oath to obtain the benefits of the resolution above mentioned?
I am the widow of Garnet Dubois who was a pensioner under the act of 7th June 1832 at the rate of $26 66/100 per annum - I have made application under the act of 7th July 1838, to which I believe I am now entitled for 3 years & also under the act of 3d March 1843 for one year, which I now as at the yearly rate $26 66/00 under said Resolution
[signed] Sarah her X mark Dubois

Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 22nd day of March 1845
in presence of
[signed] Conrad G Dubois

J J Snyder Justice of the peace - in and for the said County of Ulster

I certify that the above declarant is personally known to me and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit-
[signed} J J Snyder Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Ulster
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State of New York
Ulster County-}ss
I Joseph H. Tuthill Clerk of the County of Ulster do hereby certify that John J Snyder before whom the foregoing affidavit of Sarah Dubois purport to have been subscribed and sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualifyed, & that his name subscribed thereto purporting to be his I believe is his genuine Signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the- Seal of the said County this 26th day of March 1845
[signed] Jos H Tuthill Clerk

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Sarah Dubois, widow of Garret Dubois, private under joint resolution of 23rd of January 1811 & Act of July 1838 - 3 March 1843
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Act '43 7832
Act '44 598

Admd: $21.76 per annum:
from 4 March 1836 to 4 March, 1841
from 4 March, 1843 to
4 March, 1844

Henry Wynkoop Eqr
Catskill, New York
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9576
Sarah Dubois
NY
Act 7 July 38
m 86. d42

Rejected
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State of New York
Ulster County       ⎬ ss
I Elizabeth Hasbrouck of Kingston in said County of Ulster being first duly sworn saith that she is the widow of James Hasbrouck dec'd and is acquainted with
Sarah Dubois the widow of Garret Dubois deceased. that this deponent was present at the Marriage of said Garret Dubois and Sarah that the ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr Goetches in the year 1786, that deponent cannot recollect the month or day of the month, that the maiden name of Sarah Dubois was Sarah Rose. before her marriage that her husband the said Garret Dubois was a pensioner and is now dead that his widow has not since intermarried but remains the widow of the said Garret Dubois for whose service she now claims a pension
[signed] Elizabeth Hasbrouok
Sworn to and subscribed this 25 day of May 1843, before me by deponent well known to me and I believe her deposition entitled to credit
Jacob Snyder one of the Judges of the County Court of Ulster County
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State of New York
Ulster County } SS.
I Soloman Crispell of the town of Olive in said County being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say that ^ he was sixty six years of age in Oct last past, he was well acquainted with Gerrit Debois in the time of the Revolutionary war - that he saw him in the service in the year 1781 on the frontiers in the said town of Olive, then Marbletown that he was stationed at the House of Hendrick Crispell under ["Capt. Henry Pawlings" crossed out] ^ Lieutenant Henrich Van Hoevenbergh,, does not aware what Cap't was, that the frontiers at that place was continually infested with the enemy and Indians, and that the party to which said Dubois belongest were obliged to scout about on said frontiers and to keep guard & as to protect the inhabitants from the cruelty of the Indians and Tories - And this Desponent further saith that he understood at the time and has never heard it contradicted that the company to which the said Dubois belonged were enlisted for & served nine months does not know the precise time in the spring that the said Company entered service. But well knows they were discharged between the 25th of December 1781. & the first day of January 1782, also well knows that the said Gerrit Dubois was in said Company during said time & further saith not-
[Signed} Soloman his X mark Crispell

I the subscriber one of the Justices of the of the Town of Olive in the County of Ulster do certify that on the first day of September 1832 before me came Soloman Crispell known to me to be the person described in the above Deposition, and made oath to and subscribed the same in my presence, and I further certify that he is a man of truth and veracity, and  entitled to credit as a Witness
Coenraedt Brodhead Justice peace
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State of New York
Ulster County } ss.
I George A. Gay Clerk of the County of aforesaid and of the Courts of the same do hereby certify that Jacob Snyder Esqr before whom the declaration of Sarah Dubois and the affidavits of Jacob G. Dubois and Elizabeth Hasbrouck purport to have been subscribed and sworn was at the several dates of the same one of the Judges of the County Courts in and for said County duly commisioned and qualified - that Samuel Stillwell Esqr before whom the affidavit of the Reverend Cornelius L. Vandyck purport to have been subscribed and sworn was at the same one of the Judges of the County Courts in and for said County duly commissioned and qualifyed, and that their several signatures subscribed to the annexed declaration and affidavits aforesaid are genuine.-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court and County this 14th day of June 1843
Geo. A. Gay Clerk

State of New York Catskill Sept 6th 1843
Sir
Please return your answer to me and oblidge
Respectfully your Obt. Sevt.
Henry Wynkoop
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Washington January 4th 1844
Sir
In compliance with your request of the 3d November last in relation to the application of Sarah Dubois (widow of Garret Dubois deceased) for a pension
under the act of the 7th of July 1838 I have the honor to enclose the certificate of the Comptroller of New York, and hope it may be satisfactory, and whatever may be your decision you will please direct to me and oblige
Very Respectfully your
Obedient Servant
Henry Wynkoop
Col. J. S. Edwards
Comm of Pensions
War Department
Washington
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Sarah Dubois
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In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their services in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz:
20th Decr 1781 | Garrit Dubois Priv |  £ 17  |  8  |  5

[a set of computations appears under the currency amount as follows:
17
x2
=34
+8.50
+1.00
+0.05
=43.55
divided by 6.66
=6 w/ remainder 3.59

4-78
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1      178  1.7 17 16 16

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STATE OF NEW YORK,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, Decr 8th 1843.}
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 2. now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz:
First- under Capt. Henry Pawling in Col. Albert Pawling Regt.
Second ""
Third ""
Fourth ""
Fifth, ""
Sixth ""
Seventh ""
Eighth ""
Ninth ""
Tenth ""

[signed] Philip Phelps
Dept Comptroler
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Mechanics Bank
New York 8th April 1837

Sir
I enclose for your examination the papers in the case of Garret Dubois a Private at $26 66/100 per annum under the act of 7th June 1832, who claimed his pension from 4th of March 1836.
Very Respectfully
your Obt Sert
Jno Fleming Presd & {illegible]
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James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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U. S. Pension Office
D Mar 11 1913
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Mexico N.Y.
Mar 8, 1913

To the Commissioner of Pensions:

Dear Sir, I am anxious to obtain information in regard to Joel Baker a Revolutionary 
soldier, who died about 1839. If he was a pensioner he must have lived at the time in Madison Co N. Y. or in the town of Volney Oswego Co. near Fulton N.Y. I believe him to have served in the 1st & 2nd New Hampshire regiments & to have enlisted at New Ipswich.
I wish to obtain name of his birthplace, date of birth & death and any information
that the records may show and will greatly appreciate such information.
I would also request you to look up the name of Gerrit Dubois. who was a
Revolutionary soldier from N.Y. State who if a pensioner must have lived in
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Herkimer or Oswego Co.
Yours-
Mrs. E A Stone
Mexico N Y.