Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43613, Lewis Goslin, Moses Hazen'S Regt.
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(3-1776)
Service Moses Hazens Regt. 
Goslin, Lewis 
Number S.43613
Contents
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13674

NEW YORK
Lewis Goslin of Champlain in the state of New York who was a Lieutenant in the regiment commanded by  Capt Oliver, Colonel Hazen  of the NY line, for the term of 7 years 
____________________________________ Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence or the 29the May1819
____________________________________ Certificate of Pension issued the 24th of June 1819 and sent lo Hon. J. Palmer Plattsburgh N. York
__________________________________. Arrears to 4th oft portion of Semi-an.  ending 4 Sep 1819    $64.59
                                     $64.19
 
Revolutionary claim,
 Act 18th March, 1818. 

Note in pencil below written "continued"

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Let to Hon. R. Russell June 5 1846

Died Aug 7, 1823
AR

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Notification sent Nov 5th 1820 to Julius C Hubbell Chazy NY
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Lewis Goslin
Rev. Pension Claims
29 May 1819 Lieut. Harris Regiment
1776 to 1783

On roll
Admd [admitted]
Hon. S Palmer Plattsburgh
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State of New York
Clinton County Ss: On this twenty ninth day of May one thousand eight hundred & nineteen before me the subscriber of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Clinton Personally appears Lewis Goslin aged seventy five years resident in Champlain in the said State who being by me first duly sworn according to Law on his oath doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitles "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war, that the said Lewis Goslin was appointed a Lieutenant in Captain Whites Company in Col Moses Hazen's Regiment in the army of the Revolution in March 1776 at Quebec that he was taken prisoner in the May thereafter at the retreat of the Army from Quebec and continued a prisoner seven and a half months when he escaped and joined his regiment in July 1778 having been a long time before he was able to get out of Canada & financially got through the Provenance of Maine & joined at White Plains when he was ordered by General Washington to go into Canada on secret service & he was absent eleven...
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months & then joined his regiment and in 1779 he was transferred to Oliver's Company
the same Regiment and continued in the
service of the United States untill [until] 1783 when he was disbanded with the Regiment at New Windsor near Newburgh in the
State of New York that he was in the battles
of White Plains and at the siege of York
tower that he is in reduced circumstances.
stands in need of the assistance of his country for support that his commission was
burned in his house a long time since &
that he has no other evidence now in his
Power of his said services than the annexed
Lewis his X mark Goslin
Sworn to this 29 day of May 1819
Caleb Nichols
a Judge of Clinton Common Pleas
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STATE OF
       COUNTY, SS. }
    On this                       day of               181  , before me the subscriber, one of the Judges the Court of Common Pleas of the county and state aforesaid : Personally appears  aged                   years, resident in     in the said county and state, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That the said                 enlisted in              in the state of                 in the company commanded by Captain                  or in the service of the United States until                       when he was discharged from service in                 state of                  that he was in the battles of                    and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support ; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
    Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.

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I Caleb Nichols of Judge of the court of Common Pleas of the county of Clinton and state aforesaid, DO CERTIFY, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Lewis Goslin ~ did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy ; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the secretary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. 
I certify that I am satisfied that the said Lewis Goslin is in reduced circumstances and in need of assistance from his Country for support Witness my hand & the seal of the said Court this 9th day of May 1819 ~ Caleb Nichols
                                             a Judge of Clinton
                                                 Common Pleas
I Charles Platt Clerk of Clinton County Certify that Caleb Nichols Esq. is a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said county & that his name subscribed above is his auth. [authentic] handwriting & Reuben H Walworth is a Notary Public & his signature on the back hereof is his proper handwriting
Plattsburgh June 1st, 1819
Chas Platt Clerk of Clinton Court Pls
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Clinton County Ss John Vinet & Basile Nadeau being sworn say that they are acquainted with the with the within named Lewis Goslin and know that he was a lieutenant in Hazen's Regiment and served in the army of the United States in the war of the revolution as mentioned in in the annexed [dc - illegible] declaration that the deponents were a part of the time under his command & that he is in reduced circumstances + Stands in need of assistance from his Country for his support & further say not 

Basile his X mark Nadeau
Sworn & subscribed to this 29th day
of May 1819 before me & I 
certify the deponents are credible witnesses

Reuben H Walworth  Notary Public

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Lewis Goslin 
Rev. Pension Claim
29 May 1819 Lieut. Hazen's Regiment
1776 to 1783 
On roll
Admd [admitted]
Hon. S Palmer Plattsburgh
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Lewis Goslin
Revy Pensioner
copy =Oath & Schedule
13.679
Sept 9 1819
Con -
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 At a Court of Common Pleas
holden at the Court-House in Plattsburgh, in and for the County of Clinton and State of New York on the day of October 1820
Present: Elisha Arnold, Caleb Nichols, Nathan Carver & Allen R Moore Esquires
Judges of the said Court.
COUNTY OF CLINTON ss: On this third
day of October 1820 personally appeared in open Court, it being a Court of Record proceeding according the course of the common law, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, and keeping record of their proceedings to and for the County of Clinton, John Goslin age twenty six years resident in the town of Champlain in the said County of Clinton, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows; that he the said John Goslin was commissioned a Lieutenant at Quebeck [Quebec] in the
month of May 1776 and was taken by the enemy & was kept a prisoner about two years that after wards on the twenty sixth of July in the year 1778 joined the army at White Plain in the State of New York served under Captain White Colonel Hazen's
Regiment in the line of New York troops on the
continental establishment, was transfered [transferred] to Captain Oliver's company same regiment continued to serve in the said regt. [regiment] untill [until] the paper when he was discharged from the said serve in New Windsor in the State aforesaid that he was in this battle of Elizabethtown [illegible] & at Yorktown that his original declaration, to obtain a pension under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 was made the twenty Ninth day of May 1819 that he has received a pension certificate numbered 13,674 and dated the twenty fourth day of June 1819
And I do solemnly that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March,
1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property
or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled" An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule, hereto annexed,
and by me subscribed.
Real Estate None - Personal estate exempting bedding and clothing, one tea kettle $1
$1.60
One Small Kittle [kettle] 62  4 common chairs $2.  2.62
three knives & forks 25- .25
Six tea cups & Saucers 37 1 table $1.31 - 1.68
$5.55
I am by occupation a mason. I am infirm and
unable to labor. My Wife Tirza Goslin is about
Sixty seven years and is very sickly & infirm. I have as a granddaughter residing with me Constance Lafontaine aged seven years
Signed
Lewis Goslin
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Sworn to and declared on the third day of October 1820 before the above judges-

I Charles Platt, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas held in and or the County of Clinton; do certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court, and I further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Five Dollars & fifty five cents.

Chas. Platt Clerk of
Clinton County
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September 21, 1934 

Mrs. William Cowell
2008 Rebecca Street 
Sioux City, Iowa

LEWIS GOSLIN 
S. 43613 
 BA-J/MLB

 Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary Wer record of Louis Goalin (Gosselin), whose wife was named Tirza, and who received a pension.

The record of Lewis Goslin (as soldier's name appears in the claim) follows as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 43613, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. 

The date and place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not stated.

Lewis Goslin was commissioned lieutenant in Quebeo in March, 1776, in Captain White's company, Colonel Moses Hazen's regiment, in May, following, was taken prisoner in the retreat of the army from Quebec, was held in Canada about two years, made his escape and rejoined the army on July 26, 1778, at White Plains, under the same officers, when he was ordered by General Washington to go into Canada on secret service and was absent eleven months, after which, he joined his regiment and in 1779 was transferred to Captain Olivia's company in the same regiment and was in the battles of Elizabethtown, Morrisania, at the siege of Yorktown and was discharged when peace was declared in 1783. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 29, 1819, at which time he was aged seventy-five years and a resident of Champlain, Clinton County, New York.

 In 1820, the soldier was still residing in Champlain, New York, and then referred to his wife, Tirza, aged about sixty-seven years, also to his granddaughter, Constance Lafontaine, aged seven years, who lived with him (the names of the parents of his granddaughter not given). 

Lewis Goslin died August 7, 1823, place not stated.

Very truly yours 

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator .
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September 24, 1934 
Mrs. William Cowell 
2008 Rebecca Street
Sioux City, Iowa

LEWIS GOSLIN
  S. 43613
 BA-J/MLB
 
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letters in which you request information relative to Louis Goslin (Gosselin), Joseph Lafountain (or Menard, Guerin, Surprenant or Perras), Pierre La Bonte and Joseph Gireaux, all of whom were from France or Canada and served in the Revolutionary War. 

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land made to the United States based upon military service of soldiers in that war. 

A careful search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the Revolutionary War service of Joseph Lafountain (Menard, Guerin, Surprenant or Perras), Pierre La Bonte or Joseph Gireaux (all names searched under various spellings). The record of one Louis Goslin was found and is furnished herewith. 

This office is unable to state where you can obtain the information desired in regard to the above-named persons. 


Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER 
Assistant to Administrator ,
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MRS. WILLIAM COWELL
 2008 Rebecca Street
 Sioux City, Iowa

 Sept. 18,1934.

Pension Bureau, 
Wash. D.C.

My Dear Sir, 

Quite awhile ago I wrote you in regard to some researches I have been making of my French and Canadian ancestors who fought in the Revol utionary War and I as I have not heard from you I am quite certain the letter miscarried. 
One of those I wish to learn about went by various names due I believe to the various titles. In the book by Heitman on officers in the Revol . he is listed in the section got up through American sources as Louis Gossel in: died 1823: wounded at York. In the part got up by the then minister to Paris,t the Honorable Mr. Rush and furnished for him by a Frenchman he is Listed under Castille de and Laumont de and Josselin de Laumont de Castille. Also there is listed Marie Robert Leaumont de Castille wounded at York. Lieutenants all. All I believe are the same man. Grandmother was living with Louis Gosselin and his wife Tirza (?) when he 'applied for pension in 1820 and in this affidavit he describes her as his granddaughter. (Affidavit made in Plattsburg, N. Y.) I should very much like to learn all I can of this man andwill greatly appreciate your giving me what you have on his pension papers and the papers of his wife if she had a pension. Tradition says that he was living at the court of France and was a nobleman and came with La Fayette Also that his name was Robert which seems borne out by the fact that grandma although called Constance all her life was known. to have been baptized Marie Roberta. I hope at least to learn the place of his birth and death and the exact name of his wife-possibly more. In sending the data would you kindly tell me where I can find additional data? 
Another ancestor was Joseph Lafountain and I asked you about him and you replied that he had not had a pension. I find that he was another of those with a multiplicity of names due to the titles and that de LaFontaine was a title. I do not know whether he yas from Franceor Canada but his name was Joseph Mehard, Guerin, Surprenant or "Perras. His wife was Marie Reine La Bonte dau. of Pierre La Bonte who was asoldier in Gen. Moses Hazen's Regt. Pierre La Bonte' had children Benj Jean/or John) Baptist La Bonte, Marie Reine, Clemence, but if he had a pension I hardly think they would have been mentioned as they were grown. I do not know when Pierre La Bonte' died but he was dead in 1804 when his childrem sold the land that had been granted him by the state of N.Y. in the Canadian and Nova Scotia Refugee tract. He did not receive a pension? Perhaps his widow may have if he did not? Another name was Joseph Gireaux. All of these were efther from France or Canada and I shall be very glad of any information you can give me in regard to them or any advice as to where to obtain data in regard to French and Canadian ancestors who served in the Revol. other than from the Adjutant General's Office. I shall greatly appreciate this service,
 Very truly yours, 
Mrs. Wm Cowell
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MRS. WILLIAM COWELL
 2008 Rebecca Street
 Sioux City, Iowa 

Sept. 4, 1 934. 
U. S. Pension Bureau, 
Wash. D. C. 

My Dear Sir,

 In the Revol. / War Soldiers' Affidavits, of Clinton Co. N.Y. in the county clerks office I find that one Louis Goslin (Gossel in) applied for pension Oct. 3, 1820 at which time my grandmother Constance (Mary Content Roberta) Lafontaine then seven was living in his house and spoken of as his granddaughter. His wife was Tirza-

 It would seem then that he was one of my Revol. ancestors and I should be very grateful if you will send me all the data you can find in regard to him. I made a trip this, summer into the place where my grandmother died and many cousins live.

 They told me that grandmother 's name wastJocelyn" ie that is the way it sounded but I find Gosselin sounds the same. They said our French Revol. ances. was living at the court of France and came over with La Fayette. I wonder if this is true or if he came from Canada. I hope your records will at least show where he was born and I shall appreciate all you can find and also advice as to other sources of information. 
Very truly yours, 

Mrs. Cowell
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43613
Invalid
[illegible]
File No. 43613
Lewis Goslin 
Lieutenant Rev War
18th March 18"
Index, Vol, 3, Page 201
[Arrangement of 1870]

1934 Sept 21 Hist to Mrs. Wm Cowell - MLB