Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42535, Samuel Truesdell, New York
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(8-177C)
SERVICE New York.  Truesdell, Samuel 
NUMBER S42535 
CONTENTS  [section empty]
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[Preprinted form on left side of page with handwritten answers].
19.709
New York
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Samuel Truesdele
of Westchester in the state of New York who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Sackett of the regiment commanded by Colonel Wisenfelt in the N. York line, for the term of nine months 
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 6th of January 1877
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Certificate of Pension issued the 11th of Jany [January] 1877 and sent to the Hon. A Ward House of Representatives 
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Arrears to 4th of  Semi anl. [annual] all'ce [allowance] ending 4 Mar. 1877 $15.74  $15.74 [total repeated] 
{Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820.} 

[handwritten note on top of right side of age] Hon. S. Miller, Feb.12/59
d. of d. not on A. B.
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Pension Office 
[written over Pension Office in darker ink is number] 20.10.4
In the matter of Saml. Truesdell }
A Revolutionary Soldier
Admitted commencing 6th Jan. 1827, the date of Mr. Ward's certificate (within). 
Hon. A. Ward, 
Mount Pleasant, N.Y.
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Original Claim
Declaration in order to be placed on the Pension list under the Act of the 18th March 1818
Westchester County Ss 
On this twenty fifth day of September 1826, personally appeared in open Court being a court of Record for the said County of Westchester Samuel Truesdell resident in said County aged sixty six years and five months who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th. March 1818 and the 1st. May 1820 that he the said Samuel Truesdell enlisted for the term of nine months on or about the first day of April 1780 in the State of New York in the company commanded by Captain Richard Sackett in the regiment Commanded by Colonel [Eliah Sheldon name crossed out] Weisonfelts in the line of the State of New York on the Continental Establishment that he continues to serve in the said Corps until the Expiration of the said nine months the term for which he Enlisted as aforesaid when he was discharged from the Service in the Town of North Castle in the County afore-said [aforesaid] in the State of New York which discharge the deponent had back. And the deponent further saith that on or about the first day of April one thousand seven hundred and Eighty one he again Enlisted for the term of nine months in Dutchess County in the State of New York in the Company commanded by Captain William Williams in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Weisonfelts (his christian name unknown to the deponent) in the line of the State of New York on the Continental Establishment that he continued to serve in the said Corps until about the middle of the month of January in the year one thousand seven hundred and Eighty two when the deponent was taken sick at Georgetown in the district of Columbia on the return of his corps from York Town in the State of Virginia.
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when the deponent was left having served about six weeks more than the time for which he enlisted. And the deponent saith that sometime in the month of May 1781 he received a Lieutenants commission in the Army which he lost during his sickness at Georgetown aforesaid with all his other papers relating to his services in the Revolutionary War. And the deponent further saith that after he received his commission as aforesaid the company of Capt. Williams was detached from the Regiment commanded by the said Colonel Weisonfelts and annexed to the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Alexander Hamilton and was present and assisted at the Taking of the British Troops at York Town in Virginia aforesaid; on the return from which place he was taken sick as aforesaid. that he hereby relinquishes Every claim whatever to a pension Except the present that his name is not on the roll of any state Except New York and that the following are the reasons for not making Earlier application for a pension -- to wit That in the year 1817 he the deponent applied to Ebenezer Purdy Junior Esquire to write out his papers to apply for a pension; that in pursuance of such application the said Purdy drew up his papers and presented them to Daniel Quick Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Westchester aforesaid which as the said Purdy informed the deponent was all that was necessary for him to do. And the deponent saith that sometime after the said Purdy informed the deponent that he had received information from the Honorable Caleb Thompkins then member of Congress at Washington that his the deponents papers had never arrived at the office of the secretary of War. The said Purdy then advised the said deponent to make out another set of papers and renew his application and that deponent on the seventh day of April 1818 presented his papers again to the said Judge Daniel Quick who having
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prepared the same returned them to this deponent to send to the proper authority at Washington and the deponent further saith that he diliver'd [delivered] the last mentioned papers to Doctor Benjamin DeLavan a surgeon in the Army of the United States who promised this deponent to hand them to the office of the Secratary [Secretary] for the War department at Washington to which city the said DeLavan was going. And the deponent further saith that he heard nothing from his application for above a year when he saw the said DeLavan and inquired the fate of his application who informed the deponent that he had lost his papers before he arrived at Washington. And the deponent further saith that in 1823 he again made application before the court of Common Pleas of Westchester County to be sent to Washington the fate of which application the deponent does not know to this day.
And in pursuance of the Act of the 1st May 1820 I do solemnly 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 any 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 for provision for certain persons Engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contract or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed.
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[on left side of page] and by me subscribed. Sworn to and declared on the 25th day of September 1826 before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Westchester. at the Court house at Bedford in said County.- } 
N S Bales ClK [Clerk] [signature]

[on right side of page] Samuel Truesdell [signature]

I Nehemiah S Bale, Clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Westchester do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the said Samuel Truesdell did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months under one Engagement on the Continental Establishment. I also certify that the forgoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copies 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 thirty dollars.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this twenty sixth day of September 1821
NS Bales [signature]
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Schedule of the property of Samuel Truesdell a Revolutionary Soldier ---
one cow, two pigs, two pots two Kettles dish Kittle, shovel and tongs, six chairs, six Knives and forks, six cups and saucers, three spoons One broom, six plates, four platters, two old tables, One frying pan, one griddle, Old Chest of drawers, two chests, one hand trunk, An old horse, necessary bedding & beds and clothes for Deponent and wife Sibirl aged sixty years - that he the said Samuel Truesdell is a farmer and in consequence of his age and its concomitant disabilities [word crossed out] entirely unable to support himself and wife by his Labour. that he has no children residing with him and one grand child by the name of Adaline an orphan who was left entirely destitute

I Do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Samuel Truesdell and believe his statement as regards the amount of his property to be correctly set forth by him [illegible] 27th Sept 1826              A. Ward.  M C. JP
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Washington Jany [January] 6th 1827
I certify that I have been acquainted with Samuel Truesdell since and before the [word "year" crossed out] 18th of March 1818, that he has since that time disposed of no property, that I am personally acquainted with Timothy Benedict & Ruben Smith and know them to be credible & disinterested witnesses
            A Ward  M C
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Westchester County Ss 
Timothy Benedict of the Town of North Salem in said County being duly sworn on his oath saith that in the year 1780 about the month of August he this deponent belonged to Captain Benjamin Stevensons company on the Continental Establishment in the line of the State of New York in Colonel Frederick Weisonfelts regiment that he then knew Samuel Truesdale of the said Town of North Salem, a soldier belonging to Captain Richard Sackets company in said Regiment and that the said Samuel continued in the said Company when he this deponent was discharged [next line and a half crossed out, but last word looks like "Infantry"] And the deponent further Saith that he at that time understood that the said Truesdell had Enlisted for the term of nine months which he this deponent verily believes to be true. And the deponent - further saith that from what he knows and has understood he has no doubt but the said Samuel Truesdell faithfully served out his term of Enlistment --
Timothy Benedict [signature] 

Sworn this 25th day of September 1826 before me in open Court 
Caleb Tompkins first Judge of the Court of Common pleas in & for said County
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State of New York Westchester County, } Ss 
I, Nehemiah S. Bales Clerk of the County of Westchester do hereby Certify that Caleb Tompkins whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the annexed affidavits and endorsed therein was on the day of the date of said certificate a First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid dwelling in the said County commissioned and sworn and duly authorized by Law to which full faith and credit is to be given to his acts accordingly. 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 4th Decr. 1826.
NSBales. Clk [signature]
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Westchester County Ss.
Reuben Smith of North Salem in the County of Westchester aforesaid being duly sworn on his oath saith that he is well acquainted with Samuel Truesdell in the declaration to which this affidavit is annexed named and has been before and since the year one thousand, seven hundred, and eighty and the deponent further saith that in the month of April 1780 the said Samuel Truesdell enlisted for the term of nine months in said County in Captain Richard Sacket's company at Scotia in the aforesaid declaration and the deponent saith that he lived at the house of the father of the said Samuel and that he knew him to be home during the said term on furlough twice and that he stayed in the said company during nine months the term of his enlistment aforesaid.  And the deponent further saith that he afterwards in the year 1781 saw the said Samuel a soldier under arms in Captain William Williams Company as likewise in the said declaration but when where or how the said Samuel Truesdell was discharged this deponent does not know and further saith not. 
Reubin Smith [signature] 

Sworn the 26th. day of September 1826 before me in Open Court. 
Caleb Tompkins [signature] first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Westchester
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[black and white graphic of an early version of the Great Seal of New York State] 
[Preprinted form with handwritten answers]

State of New=York, County of [no written name] }  Ss. 
I, Nehemiah S Bates Clerk of the County of Westchester Do Hereby Certify, That John Sing whose name is subscribed to the [Certificate of - words crossed out] affidavit of Samuel Truesdell and Jonathan L. Miller hereunto annexed was on the day of the taking of the same [line of printed type crossed out] Commissioner in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized by law to take affidavits to be rec'd in the same court. [line of printed text crossed out] And further, that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Commissioner, and verily believe that the signature of John Sing subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper handwriting of the said Commissioner.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said County, the 13th day of December 1826.
NS Bales [signature]
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State of New York, Westchester County, }  Ss 
Samuel Truesdell being duly sworn on his Oath saith that he is the declarant mentioned in the declaration to which this affidavit is annexed and that the insertion of the name of Colonel Elisha Shelden [name underlined] as being the Commander of the Regiment in which this deponent served during the revolutionary war was a mistake made by Jonathan Miller the person who drew the papers and which mistake was not acted by the deponent at the time the declaration was read to him (in the presence of Reuban Smith one of the witnesses to the service of the deponent) by the said Miller. And the deponent further saith that Col. Weisenfelts, whose name in the place Shelden is now insert is ["is" word crossed out] was the Colonel who commanded said Regiment [3 words crossed out] And further saith not 
 Samuel Truesdell [signature] 

Sworn the 12th day of December 1826 Before me John Sing Commissioner 

Westchester County Ss 
Jonathan Miller being sworn saith that the papers of Samuel Truesdell the above deponent for his pension were drawn up by him __ and that the mistake that the said Samuel Swears to May have happened as the papers were drawn up at Court and the said Samuel & his witnesses were anxious to get home the day the papers were presented to the court by which the deponent was hurried in [word "everything" crossed out] drafting them [another word crossed out] Jon A Miller [signature] 

Sworn the 12th day of December 1826, before me John Sing Commissioner
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[a typed letter] 
Washington  August 31, 1931 
Mrs. Theodore Westermann              BA-J/MLB
54 Sagamore Road
Bronxville, New York 

Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 42535, that Samuel Truesdell, while a resident of North Salem, Westchester County, New York, enlisted about April 1, 1780, in Westchester County, New York, and served nine months as private in Captain Richard Sackett's company, Colonel Frederick Weisenfels' New York regiment. He enlisted about April 1, 1781, in Dutchess County, New York, and served as private in Captain William Williams' company, Colonel Weisenfels' New York regiment, was appointed lieutenant in May, 1781, transferred to Colonel Alexander Hamilton's New York regiment, was at the siege of Yorktown, length of this service ten and one half months. 

Soldier was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1826, at which time he was a resident of Westchester County, New York, aged sixty-six years and five months. 

In 1826 it was stated that he had residing with him a wife named Sibiel, aged sixty years, and an orphan grandchild named Adaline.

In 1859 a son, William H. Truesdell, was a resident of Pike County, Ohio; there are no further data in regard to him, and none to any other children.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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[Preprinted form with handwritten answers] 
42535
INVALID.   Revy
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File No.  42,535 
Samuel Truesdell
In Rev War
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Act: 18 March 18
Index: -- Vol. 3 ,  Page  513
[Arrangement of 1870.]   [square brackets used in original document]
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Feb. 17, 1910
To Mrs. Horace Anderson
53 Leighton A  Yonkers N.Y.

1919 Feb. 17. Hist. to AE Broadbent AW
1931 - Aug. 31 - Hist. to Mrs. Theodore Westermann MLB (By letter in Jesse Truesdale W. 20106) ---
1932 - Apr 2. Hist. to Caroline Braley (Sec ltr in case of Jesse Truesdale, W. 20106) MLB
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House Representatives
Washington Feby 10th 1859

Sir, I enclose a letter from Mr Wm H Truesdell of Pike County Ohio, making inquiry as to back pay claimed to be due his father Saml Truesdell.  Will you please furnish me such information as your record affords and whether the agent named in Wm T's letter was acted in the matter before your Office
I am Respectfully Your obt svt [obedient servant]  J Miller 

Hon Geo C Whiting  Commer Pensions  Washington 

Letter not in case Aug. 28. - '31  [Note added in pencil to bottom of letter]
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[a typed letter] 

April 2, 1932  BA-J/MLB 
SAMUEL TRUESDELL  S. 42535  One 

Caroline K. Braley 1401 Linden Avenue Carpinteria, California

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of recent date, requesting the record of Samuel Truesdell, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 42535, based upon the military service of Samuel Truesdell in the Revolutionary War.

Samuel Truesdell, while a resident of North Salem, Westchester County, New York, enlisted about April 1, 1780, in Westchester County, New York, and served nine months as a private in Captain Richard Sackett's company, Colonel Frederick Weisenfels' New York regiment. He enlisted about April 1, 1781, in Dutchess County, New York, and served as private in Captain William Williams' company, Colonel Weisenfels' New York regiment, was appointed lieutenant in May, 1781, transferred to Colonel Alexander Hamilton's New York regiment, was at the siege of Yorktown, length of this service, ten and one half months.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1826, at which time he was a resident of Westchester County, New York, aged sixty-six years and five months. 

In 1826 it was stated that he had residing with him a wife named Sibiel, aged sixty years, and an orphan grandchild named Adaline.

In 1859 a son, William H. Truesdell, was a resident of Pike County, Ohio; there are no further data in regard to him, and none to any other children.

Very truly yours  A. D. HILLER  Assistant to Administrator
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[Preprinted form with handwritten responses, handwriting is very faint] 

sion on file in this Bureau. Samuel Truesdell.  S. Files 42, 535
[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. Captain. Colonel. STATE] 
April, 1780  9 mos.  Pvt. Richard Sackett. Frederick Weissonfels. NY. 
April, 1781 10 1/2 [" symbol meaning repeat above response, in this case, "mos" -- months] Pvt and Lieut. Williams. {Frederick Weissonfels, Alexander Hamilton} [" repeat above response: NY.] 

Battles engaged in, at siege of Yorktown
Residence of soldier at enlistment, North Salem, Westchester Co., N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Sept 25, 1826 - - His cl. was ad. 
Residence at date of application, Westchester Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, 66 yr. 5mos. 
Remarks: In 1826 his wife Sibiel was 60 yrs. of age and grand-daughter [granddaughter] Adaline -- an orphan, resided with them. In 1859 a son William H. was a res. [resident] of Pike Co., Ohio. No further data. 

Very respectfully,  Commissioner.
4043b5m3-09   1-2 

[very faint handwritten notation in bottom left corner of page: 197'09 NY.]
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[a typed letter] 
[letterhead begins with a row of names and below each name, their position in the company written in italics]  Jonas C. Canniff -- President    Ernest C. Strempel -- Vice-President    Charles A. Lindsley -- Treasurer     Harry B. Salmon -- Secretary     A. E. Broadbent -- Acting Secretary  
Rev War man [handwritten note added in pencil] 
The New Jersey Coal Dealers' Association  901 Union Building Telephone 1257 Mulberry   Newark, N.J., February 7th, 1919.

Hon. G. M. Saltzgaber, Commissioner, Department of the Interior,  Bureau of Pensions,  Washinton, D.C. 

Daer [Dear] Sir: -- 
Will you kindly furnish me with the military history of SAMUEL TRUESDELL whose name appears on list of pensioners under Westchester County, New York, and is given as a private in the New York line; was placed on roll January 10th, 1827, commencement of pension January 6th, 1827, age 74 years.

The information is desired to trace family genealogy; also to file an application with the New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. 

Respectfully yours, A. E. Broadbent [signature] 

[round black office stamp in bottom right of page: PENSION OFFICE U. FEB 10 1919 S.]