Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,783, for John Patterson, New York
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(8-1776)

Service
New York

Patterson, John or Peterson

Number
S.43.783

Contents
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Arrearages to 4th Sept. 1818.
4 Mo: 29/30
$39.73
{Revolutionary claims, Act 18th March, 1818,}
3 Years.
Van Cortlandt
Cortlandt West Chester Co.
4 Sep 1818
continued

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Date of death not on [aB]

sent Dec. 8, 1820 to William Nelson
Peekskill West Chester Co. New York
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John [Peterson]
April

Tp the Honl. J.C. Calhoun Esquire
Secy of War
Washington

Patterson, John
NY S43783
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Westchester County ss. John Peterson of the Town of Cortlandt Town in the County of Westchester and State of New York being duly sworn on his oath saith that he enlisted as a soldier in the Continental Army in or about the year 1777, the precise time this deponent cannot recollect under Lieut. Isaac Thomas and was attached to Captain Samuel Pell’s Company of the 2nd Continental Regiment of the New York State Line commanded by Col. Philip Van Cortlandt and the deponent further saith that he received his regular and honourable discharge from the said Captain S. Pell’s Company at or near Morris Town some time in the year 1780, the precise time this deponent cannot recollect, and the deponent further saith that he is a poor man that he has a wife and eleven children to support and has no means whatever to support them other than his manual labor [struck: and further] that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence or than the following of his services and further the
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the deponent saith not.

John X Peterson
his mark

Sworn the 6th day of April 1818 before me I Requa one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Westchester County which is a court of Record of the state of New York.

Westchester County ss. David Ford — of the County of Westchester and State of New York being duly sworn on oath saith —  that he has for several years been acquainted with John Peterson mentioned in the above affidavit, that he is in indigent circumstances and has a large family to support with no other means than his manual labor & further saith not

Sworn the 6th day of April 1818 before me.
I Requa

David X Ford
his mark

I hereby certify that I have taken the above examination of John Peterson late a Soldier of the Continental Army and the evidence in support of his claim that I am personally acquainted with Col Philip Van Cortlandt whose certificate
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is hereunto annexed, who commanded the Regt. to which he belonged, and that it therefore appears to my satisfaction that the said John actually served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy. The evidences of which is hereby shown matter Dated this 6th day of April 1818 to the Honourable the Secretary of the Department of [War]

Given under my Hand and the seal of the said Court Westchester County the Day and year last above written.

I. Requa one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Westchester County.

Westchester County ss.

I Elijah Crawford Clerk of the County of Westchester do hereby certify that the above named Isaac Requa is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas duly commissioned and sworn to act as such in & for the County of Westchester. Given under my hand and the seal of the Court of Common Please of the County above said — this 7th day of April 1818 — 

Elijah Crawford
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John Patterson 2nd
No. 17
Cortlandt
West Chester Co
NY
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State of New York ss.

At a Court of Common Pleas held in and for the County of Westchester, in the State of New York at the court house in the Town of Bedford in said County, of the term of September, One Thousand Eight hundred & Twenty

Present the Honorable
William Jay Esq. — First Judge
Jonathan Ferris [line break] Stephen B. Hoffman } Esquires — Judges
Westchester County ss. Be it Remembered, That on the Twenty sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty —  personally appeared in the said Court in the open court, the said court being a court of record for the said County John Patterson 2nd aged Sixty five years, resident in the Town of Cortlandt in said County who being first duly Sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: That he enlisted in the Month of March 1777 for the term of three Years, in Col. Van Cortlandts Regiment, on the Continental Establishment, in a Company Commanded by Capt. Samuel Pell which said Company was then at Peekskill on the County aforesaid, was at the Battle in which Genl. Burgoyne and his Army was taken, he was at so in the Battle of Monmouth, he was also at a Battle at Newtown, with the Indians. He was discharged at Morristown New Jersey in the Month of March 1780. He served faithfully during the said term of three Years — He is in indigent circumstances — he is a Man of Colour — by occupation as
Labourer — He has a wife who is a cripple having lost one arm. She is Fifty six Years of age. He has six Children whom he maintains from his Labor, which together with the aid from Government in his pension heretofore received has enabled to afford himself and family a scanty support. That that aid being now cut off, he is unable to support his family without the aid of private charity, he is now infirm of Body being subject to fits, and that he has no other evidence, but what is annexed to his original application — That he is inscribed on the pension list Roll of the New York agency at Eight Dollars per month, that his Certificate is Numbered 2172.

and that his original declaration is dated the Sixth day of April one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen and that his pension certificate is No. 2172 Two thousand one hundred and Seventytwo
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AND I do solomnly swear 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 to diminish it as to bring myself witjin 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 , one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nore have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, to wit:

Real Estate none in possesion, reversion, remainder or expectancy
Personal property — viz
Two Cows	$30
Two Calves	8
One Heifer	10
Two Horses	50
2 Small Hogs	5
10 Fowls		2
			$105

This deponent Owes and is Indebted to the following persons, in the following sums of money to wit — 
To David Montrop		$15
W. Morton (illegible)	8
Titus Peterson			40
Genl. Van Cortlandt		30
John Cuthouse		10
Samuel Tompkins		2
Moses Tompkins		2
					$107

Sworn to this 26th day of September 1820 Before Me
(signed) William Jay — first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Westchester }

Signed John Patterson 2nd
X his mark
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I, William Requam Clerk of the Westchester Common Pleas Do hereby certify, That the foregoing Deposition and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court: and I do 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 nothing after deducting debts

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this Fifth day of October 1820

Wm Requa Clk
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[illegible] not recorded as colored in this record [illegible]

In reply to your request of ___ , received ___ for a statement of the military history of John Peterson or Patterson 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.

S.J. 43.783

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Mch 1777

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
3 yrs.

RANK.
Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Samuel Pell
COLONEL.
Philip Van Cortlandt

STATE.
N.Y.

Battles engaged in, 2” battle of Stillwater, Monmouth, Newton
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, apr 6 1818. His cl. [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Cortlandt, Westchester Co., N.Y.
Age of date of application, aged 63 yrs.
Remarks:
(Tombstone letter — family data omitted) For the date of soldier’s death and his last known residence, you should apply to the auditor for the Interior Dept, Wash. D.C. citing all of the following sata: “John Patterson, Cert no. 2172, issued aug. 8, 1818 at $8 per. mo. from apr. 8, 1818, under act mch 18, 1818, N.Y. agency.”

Respectfully,

Commissioner.

6—2856
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[handwritten]

[upside down]
Patterson, John
NY S43783
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This is to certify that the bearer hereof John Peterson served under my command on the continental establishment in the Revolutionary War in the years 1777-1778 and 1779 and was discharged from the Captain S Pells Company near Morris Town in the beginning of the year 1780 given under my hand the 4th day of april in the year 1818.

[Illegible signature]
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John Peterson

Correct

Mt Pleasant
April 14

[illegible]

to the Honl
J.G.

Mail [underlined]

Mr Boyd [written sideways on the left]

New York rolls. [written sideways on the right]
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John Peterson
Private
Correct andre the Court
no rolls.
April 18 1818
G B [underlined]

New York rolls.

[next section written sideways on page]
Mt Pleasant
April 14
Free [underlined]
To the Hon;. J.G. Calhoun Esq.
Sect. of War.
Washington -

Mr Bray [written upside down at bottom of page]

Mail [underlined; written sideways on bottom right of page]
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Mount Pleasant
Westchester County 14 April 1818

Sir

The enclosed application of Peterson, was made before the form, as directed by the War department arrives in this Quarter. The Judge having sealed the application agreeably to the act, I have at the request of Peterson enclosed the same.

I am sir
very Respectfully
Yours &c
Aaron Ward
[illegible] Peterson

[illegible]
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43783
INVALID
File No. 43783
John Patterson
[illegible]

Act: 18th March 18th
Index:-Vol. 5, Page 585

[Arrangement of 1870.]

[Handwritten on right side of page, "1917, apr. 14. History to Dr. J.P. Mysant f.w"]
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Peakshill New York
April 5, 1914

Pension Dept.
Dear Sir,

We are going to revise a monument to one John Peterson a pensioner of the Revolution. A colored man, who died in Peakshill New York in year about 1847.
I write to you to see if there is anyway to find out if I am right.
My record reads this, John Peterson member of the line of Capt. Pierre Van Cort­landt of Westchester [illegible]. Born 1744, died in Peakshill Oct 1847 at age of 103 years, 1 month, and 28 days. Buried at Croton on Hudson. 
How near am I right. What I need is the day in the month. Can you help me out. Thanking you. I remain respectfully yours.

Dr. G P Wygant
37 - North Division St.
Peekshill
New York