Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14903, Jacob Wright, New York
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(3-1776) 

SERVICE 
New York 
Wright, Jacob 

NUMBER 
S. 14903 
carded 

CONTENTS
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New York
Jacob Wright
of Stephentown in the State of New York,
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain [blank] of the Reg’t commanded
by [blank] in the New York line for Nineteen Months.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 65 Dollars 33 Cents per An
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of October 1832
and sent to Ebe. Wadsworth.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 — $94.99
Semiannual allowance ending 4th Mar. ’33 — 31.66
$126.65

(Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.)
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles, Clerk.
Book D, Vol. 5, Page 155.
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4730 
Jacob Wright 
Private Genl Schuyler 
NY 
admitted 
19 mo
$63.33 

Eb. Wadsworth
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BRIEF in the case of Jacob Wright
 of Stephentown in the State of New York
 (Act 7th June, 1832)
Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
 open Court.


If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
 [blank]


How old is he?
 Seventy three years.


State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period 
- In about 1st March In 1777 enlisted a volunteer under Sergt. Roderick Beebe. 
- In 1780 he went into the service as a substitute. Enlisted.

Duration of Service
Years,  Months, Days,

                 9 

                 6

                 4

Rank
- As a 
Private

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served
- Gen. Terry Lee

- Gen. Washington. The names of the other officers he has forgotten 

- Lt / Skinner 

5. In what battles was he engaged? None stated

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Kings District near New Lebanon

7. In his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Roderick Beebe proves nine months service & Matthew Turck and Ebenezer Wadsworth prove documentary evidence.


8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
They have no string passing Thor’ them and under the seal 


I certify that the forgoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 

Anthony Reintzel Examining Clerk
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Roderick Beebe’s affidavit in favor of Jacob Wright 
Exd. 4730.

Searched Apl 17 79 
not found 

Jacket 
J D M
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State of New York 
County of Rensselaer } ss:
On the Ninth day of August 1834 personally appeared in open Court before Daniel Gardner Esq Recorder of the City of Troy in said County of Rensselaer in the Mayors Court of said City now sitting Jacob Wright a resident of Stephentown in said County of Rensselaer aged Seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits 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 
On or about the first of March 1777 he elisted as a volunteer under Sergeant Roderick Beebe who enlisted a company of soldiers as he understood by a Brevit or warrant for that purpose who took command of them as captain and marched from a place then called Kings district (now New Lebanon) to Albany and was put under command of General Schuyler and served at various places on the river north of Albany and was at Saratoga near Bemis heights when Burgoynes army came there was there at the taking or Surrender of Burgoyne and was dismissed about the first of December following serving whole term of enlistment viz nine months. 
He went into the service as a substitute for Joel Stevens of Pittsfield and was transferred from one place to another to fill vacancies for six months till a competiner [? compliment?] of Soldiers could be enlisted for [them? three? these?] years the several companies & officers being strangers and from the length of time & infirmity of recollection cannot name them but served six months & was dismissed and returned home. this was in the year 1780. in this campaign went to New Jersey and was under General Washington and was dismissed at Fishkill 
He enlisted again under Lieutenant Josiah Skinner and went to Schoharry [Schoharie] and kept garrison there four months and was dismissed in all served one year & seven months
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He further declares that he has no documenting evidence of his service and knows of no person he can procure, who can testify to his service except Rhodorick Beebe who testifies to the first tour of nine months whose affidavit is hereunto annexed that he removed from New Lebanon to Stephentown where for [I now reside?] 
He also declares that he was born in a place then called nine partners in Dutchess County has no record of his age but by tradition was born in 1759 
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] Jacob Wright X his mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
[signed] Archibald Bull Clerk 

We Matthew Turck and Ebenezer Wadsworth residing in Nassau in said County of Rensselaer hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jacob Wright who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy three years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion 
[signed] Matthew Turck  Eb Wadsworth
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
[signed] Archibald Bull Clerk
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State of New York 
 ss.
County of Columbia 

								I, Rhoderick Beebe of Chatham in the County of Columbia aforesaid, being duly sworn, do depose and say that I am acquainted with Jacob Wright, formerly of New Lebanon in said County and now a resident of Rensselaer County, and I believe, in Stephentown and that I was a sergeant in the revolutionary service of the United States, and under a warrant for  enlistment I enlisted a company of soldiers, of which I took command as Captain and that Jacob Wright aforesaid was one of them enlisted for nine months and went into service on or about the first of March 1777 and marched them to Albany and was put under command of General Schuyler, and that said Wright served the full term of nine months, and was honorably dismissed on or about the first of December following.
[signed] Roderick Beebe
Subscribed and sworn this third day of August 1832 before me,
[signed] David Carshore, Justice of the Peace

I, Ebenezer Wadsworth, residing in the Town of Nassau, do certify that I have been long well acquainted with Roderick Beebe who signed the above affidavit, and that he is a credible person, this statement is entitled to credit.
[signed] Eb Wadsworth
Sworn and subscribed the 10th Aug. 1832 in open court. 
[signed] Archibald Bull Clerk
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Matthew Turck, Ebenezer Wadsworth and Roderick Beebe who has signed the above affidavits & certificate are residents in the county of Rensselaer & Columbia and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit, & that there is no clergyman residing in the vicinity of the said Jacob Wright who is sufficiently acquainted with him to certify on his behalf
I, Archibald Bull Clerk of the Troy Mayors Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Wright for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Tenth day of August 1832 
[signed] Archibald Bull Clerk
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State of New York
Columbia County } ss  I. Joseph D Monell Clerk of said County do certify that David Carshore Esquire before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn, was, at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name Subscribed to the said affidavit, to be his proper hand writing and Signature. 
Witness my hand and seal of Office this twenty ninth day of August 1832. 
[signed] Jos. D. Monell
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December 15, 1939 
BA-J/AWF 
Jacob Wright 
S. 14903 
Mr. Edwin E. Ellis 
239 Huntington Avenue 
Buffalo, New York 
Dear Sir: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Jacob Wright of the State of New York. 
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 14903, based upon service of Jacob Wright in the War of the Revolution. 
Jacob Wright was born in the year 1759, in Nine Partners, Dutchess County, New York. The names of his parents are not shown. 
Jacob Wright volunteered in New Lebanon, Columbia County, New York, March 1, 1777, served nine months as private under Sergeant Roderick Beebe who commanded the company, was at the surrender of Burgoyne. He served six months in 1780, officers' names not stated. He served four months under Lieutenant Josiah Skinner, and did garrison duty in Schoharie, dates of this service not given. 
He moved from New Lebanon, New York, to Stephentown, Rensselaer County, New York. He was allowed pension on his application executed August 9, 1832, then living in said Stephentown. 
The papers on file in this claim contain no
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discernible data in regard to the family of the soldier, Jacob Wright. 
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, it is suggested that you apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data: 
Jacob Wright 
Certificate #1161 
Issued October 27, 1832 
Rate $63.33 per annum 
Commenced March 4, 1831 
Act of June 7, 1832 
New York Agency. 
Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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14903 
Rev War INVALID. 
File No. 14, 903 
Jacob Wright 
Priv. Rev War

Act: June 7, 1832 
Index: -- Vol.4, Page 417 
{Arrangement of 1870.} 


1930 Feb 10 - Hist. to E. D. Lum see letter in Eneas Gary S. 13128 [initials] a.w.f. 
1931 Dec. 15 hist to Edwin E Ellis  [initials] awf
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(3-469.) 
Rev  Bureau of Pensions. 
File # 
Application No. 14.903 
Certificate No. 
NAME OF SOLDIER, 
Jacob Wright 
Co.  .   Reg't NY
INFORMATION DESIRED. 
All papers for exam
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[stamp] SECOND DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FEB 18 1895
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section 
AWF/HMM
February 10, 1930. 
E. D. Lum & Sons 
Wahpeton 
North Dakota. 
Gentlemen: 
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 14903 it appears that Jacob Wright was born in 1759 at Nine Partners, Dutchess County, New York. 
He enlisted March 1, 1777 and served nine months under Captain Roderick Beebe and General Schuyler with the New York Troops and was at the surrender of Burgoyne. He served in 1780 six months, names of officers not given, and served four months under Lieutenant Josiah Skinner, dates of this service not given. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 9, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Stephentown, Rensselaer County, New York, having moved there from New Lebanon, New York. 
There are no data as to family. 
Very truly yours, 

EARL D. CHURCH 
Commissioner.
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Sons of the American Revolution 
Buffalo Chapter 
November 18, 1939 
EDWIN E. ELLIS 
REGISTRAR 
233 HUNTINGTON AVENUE 
BUFFALO, N. Y. 
Mr. A. D. Hiller, Executive Assistant to the Administrator 
Veterans Administration 
Washington, D. C. 
My dear Sir: 
Will you kindly send me what records you may have from the pension claim of 
JACOB WRIGHT 
I find that he served in the Revolutionary War and received a pension for same. He was with one of the New York State regiments and a resident of this state. 
Thank you.
Very truly yours,
[signed] E E Ellis
Registrar
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES  Form VAM-51  12-5-41 
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD* 

NAME Wright, James  GRADE Private  LINE  Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 6647  ACREAGE 100    ISSUED Oct 7, 1789 to Benj. Tallmadge, assignee

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.