Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6832, James Faurot, New York
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
New York

Faurot, James

NUMBER
S.6832
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CONTENTS
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[top lines of page missing]
of -- in the State of Penna
who was a private in the -- commanded
by Captain -- of the -- commanded
by -- in the Revolution [star]
line for 9 Months
N.Y. [star] Line July 6, 1904
Records completed [initials]
Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia
at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831, & Endg 3d December 1852
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of May 1854 and sent to Geo C. Ames Present
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending
Ctf 33241

{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by H. R. Weightman Clerk,
Book E. 2 Vol. 15 Page 20.
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33.620
Pension Claim of James Faurot

Hon. Sam'l. Fowler HR
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Sussex Pleas

State of New Jersey
County of Sussex } ss
On this twenty seventh day of November in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty five personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County the same being a Court of record now sitting James Faurot a resident of the Township of Sandiston [Sandyston] in the County of Sussex aforesaid aged Seventy two 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 was born the 19th of October 1763, at Piscataway in New Jersey, from there his father moved to the City of New York when he was about 4 or 5 years old and from the City, they moved to opposite West Point on the Hudson, and from there to Orange County New York about three ^miles west of of West Point at a place called New Cornwell, in the year 1777, in the Spring. At this place in the year 1778, about the first of November, his older brother David Faurot entered the Service of the United States in what were called the New Lines [3 words inserted:] for eighteen months under General Clinton, Colonel McLaughlin (or some such irish name) in the Company of Captain Amos Hutchins, Sergeant, Joseph Drake [?], that his brother served in this company until about the first of January 1779, when at the request and particular solicitation of Capt. Stutson [Stetson?] who commanded an Infantry Company on the lines, and wanted him for a guide, and by the consent of Capt Hutchins who consented he might go if this declarant would substitute himself in his stead, his brother volunteered and entered
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in the Company of Capt Stutson [Stetson?], and this declarant then entered in the aforesaid company of Captain Hutchins as a substitute for his brother for the remainder of the said Eighteen months, that he went from New Cornwell afs'd [aforesaid] and joined the Army under Gen'l Clinton at West Point, and were encamped during the Winter about 2 or 3 miles west of West Point, -- at the building of this encampment while at work at a Hut he cut off his left thumb with an ax, that he remained within the vicinity and at West Point on duty in the said Company during the Summer, and towards fall ab't the end of Summer, when his Company marched at a Station near the Jersey line on the Southwestern extremity of Tappan Bay on the Hudson River, where his company with some other men in all about 100. were stationed as an alarm gaurd to watch the landing of the British and prevent their invasions and plunders in the Country, -- while here there were patrol or scouting parties, formed from the station which travelled and marched about some distance from the Station to watch the depredations of the British and the movements of the disaffected and Tories, that when out with some others on a scouting party they took six Tories who were loaded with supplies for the British, and made them prisoners, that they remained at this place ab't [about] three months, and then returned to West Point and remained here on duty till about the latter part of May 1780. -- when he was drafted out and selected, under the order of General Patterson who then had command at West Point [4 words inserted:] as he now thinks, by Capt Joseph Crooks who had command of the Wagon Department, that he then entered in this service and took charge of a four Horse Team and wagon which
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belonged to the Army, and proceeded from West Point in company with Other Teams to White Plains. Above New York City, and there joined with the Army under General Washington, and remained connected with this Body of the Army, and in and about this vicinity until the year 1781 in the first part of the fall. When the army under Washington took up a line of march towards Philadelphia, and crossed the Hudson river at and near Kings ferry. And he proceeded on with the army to Newark New Jersey, and on the day they arrive there they encamped in the afternoon on a hill above the Town, with the whole army. On his way here the night before the Horses of his team got loose and got at ^the feed and became so badly foundered, that he could proceed no further with them, and a new Team was pressed and put to his Bagage Wagon and given in charge to another person, he remained here a few days to recruit his horses. in the night Washington with the main Army proceeded on, a few remained during the night and kept up the tents and fires to put on the appearance of the whole Army remaining there -- his horses got better in a few days and he then proceeded pursuant to orders to Morristown N.J. and remained there a few days, and was then sent back to West Point, he proceeded back through Newark, and to the Hudson River crossed at Kings Ferry, from there ^to Peekskill and thence to West Point -- and remained here on duty with his team, at and about this Garrison foraging, drawing wood and in all such services as were required, under the command of George Dennison a Commissary who had command of the Teams until the army were disbanded in the year 1783 in the month of November
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when his Horses, with the Troop Horses were taken and sold at auction, and was discharged. he recollects that Washington was quartered with some of his Army in the winter of 1782, at New Burgh above West Point, he recollects Generals Knox Gen'l McDuval [McDougall?], Gen'l Greene and some others in addition to those above named. that he received no written discharge and has no documentary evidence, he has a record in his own Bible which was taken from his fathers Bible between thirty and forty years ago; that he knows of no person now living whose testimony he can procure to testify to his service, except Elias Conklin who was living about a year ago in the State of New Jersey, who served in the Company of Captain Van Houten and whose testimony he can procure if living he is acquainted with the Reverend William Hough and John Shay, who reside in his neighbourhood and who can Testify to their belief of his Services as a soldier of the Revolution, that 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, he says that after the Revolutionary war he returned to New Cornwell, and that he shortly commenced boating on the north or Hudson River, and was engaged in that business upon the River for about eight years, after which he went to Sandiston township in the County of Sussex aforesaid and married, and where he now lives and has lived since he first moved there

Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid

James Faurot
Jos. Y Miller Presiding Judge &c
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We William Hough a Clergyman residing ^in the Neighbourhood of ^said James Faurot and John Shay residing in the same do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with the said James Faurot who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy two years of age; and that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

[signed] Wm Hough
John Shay

Sworn and Subscribed the day and year afores'd in open Court

Jos. Y, Miller Presiding Judge

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And the 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 certify that it appears to them that William Hough who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the neighbourhood of the said applicant, and that John Shay who has also signed the same is a resident in the same neighbourhood, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

[signed] Jos. Y. Miller
Robert J McCarter } Judges &c
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I Joseph E Edsall, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Sussex and State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Faurot for a pension.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and ^the Seal of the said Court this twenty eighth day of November AD Eighteen hundred and thirty five -- AD 1835.

J. E. Edsall, Clk

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State of New York
Ontario County } ss

On this ninth day of September AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty three before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Anna Whiting, who being duly sworn according to law saith she is Ninety four years and eight months of  age, that she is the widow of Elijah Whiting deceased, and that she is the identical Anna Whiting whose name is inscribed upon the Rolls of Pensioners for the State of New York at the yearly rate of one hundred and nineteen dollars payable at Albany, semi annually -- That she is the daughter of Henry Faurote deceased formerly of Orange County in this state -- That she was born at Piscataqua [Piscataway] in the State of New Jersey on the thirteenth day of November A D 1759. That she had three brothers, John Faurote David Faurote and James Faurote, who were all engaged in the Revolutionary war; John and David Faurote as soldiers and guides and James Faurote as a soldier and as teamster in a part of his service. That in the year 1778 he was living with her parents and brothers in Orange County in this State, on a farm near West Point, and she thinks some time in the fall of that year her brother David Enlisted in what was then called the "New Levies," under General Clinton, and some time the fore
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part of the year I think in January AD 1779 her brother James took Davids place in the company he then was in and David
was transfered to another company, as she then understood by them. That James Faurote was encamped with the company in which he was serving during the rest part of that winter on or near her fathers farm some two or three miles from West Point. That during that winter and subsequently she frequently saw him on duty with the other soldiers in the service and occasionally visited him in the encampments. That he remained there in the encampments during she thinks the summer and she well recollects that when there he lost his left thumb cut off as she then understood from him and others by accident while building a hut. That she does not now recollect the precise time when he left the encampment near West Point but thinks he was absent from there the fall & fore part of the second winter he was in the service, and when he returned be said he had been down near the Jersey line, with his company, and she recollects of his saying that he with some others had been out as a scouting party and had captured six Tories loaded with supplies for the Brittish. That some time in the summer as she thinks of 1780 he informed her and her parents that he had been drafted out of the ranks as a soldier in the Army into the baggage department
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and was to take charge of a four horse team. She recollects that soon after this time he left West Point and went as she then understood from him and others to join the army under General Washington. She well recollects that he was absent from home and from West Point at this time some thing like two years, during which time they at home occasionally heard from him as he sent them news from the army. That when he returned he told of seeing General Washington General Patterson general Knox and some others. He said he had been for some time at White Plains, and that he went with the army under general Washington in the fall of 1781 as she thinks when he crossed the Hudson and went towards Philadelphia. She heard him speak of going to Newark Morristown, and some other places. She recollects that he said his horses had become foundered, and another man and team were employed at his waggon. She well recollects of his telling that he with some other soldiers of the American army foiled the Brittish by keeping up the Camp fires one night at Newark when Washington with his army went on. He said he staid in New Jersey doctoring his team till they got well when he was ordered to return with them to West Point. That she well recollect he returned to the vicinity of her house after an absence of about two years, and as she now thinks in the fore part of the year 1782. That he remained
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on duty at or near West Point with the soldiers and teamsters there until the end of the war when he returned home to her fathers and said his team had been sold and he was discharged.

That she does not recollect of ever seeing any certificate of discharge belonging to him or in his possession. That in former years he has frequently heard him speak of the scenes in the camp and the sufferings of the soldiers and she fully believes from statements she has heard him make and from the statements of her other brothers now deceased, and from what she saw and knew of his service that he was in the service of the government of the United States in the Revolutionary war from about the beginning of the year 1779 to the close of the war in 1783, -- That he was about sixteen years of age when he entered the service but was strong and efficient for one of his age. That she was an older sister of his at that time by four years and that her age in 1779 was twenty years. That some fifteen years after the close of the war he moved from Orange County to Sandyston in the State of New Jersey and subsequently removed to Susquehanna County in the State of Pennsylvania where as she is informed and verily believes he died in December last 1832. That she moved with her brothers & fathers family to Sandyston New Jersey and afterward, in the year 1818 moved with her husband the said Elijah Whiting deceased to Lyons in Wayne County in this State, where she
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resided till after her husbands death when in the month of January of last year 1852 she moved to Canandaigua where she is now living. That she has no interest whatever either by inheritance arrangement or otherwise in the application of her brother James Faurote ^or of his liens [?] for pension money or any other monies due to him or them from the government of the United States

[signed] Anna Whiting

Witness [signed] L. F. Fitch
Robert Chapin

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first hereinbefore written. And I hereby certify that the said Anna Whiting is to me well known and I believe that she is the widow of Elijah Whiting, and the sister of James Faurote ^both deceased, and that she is of the age above stated by her. And I further certify that she bears an irreproachable character in the community where she is known for truth and veracity, and that her powers of body and mind are uncommonly good for a person of her age, and that her recollection of the early scenes in her life are remarkably clear & vivid. And I further certify that all the facts & contents of the foregoing affidavit were carefully read over to her by me and affirmed to be true by her before she executed the same, and I believe that her statement thereto is enti[tled] to full credit and belief, and further that I have no interest in the application of James Faurote or his heirs for pension.

[signed] Robert Chapin J.P.
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State of New York
County of Ontario } ss
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I John J. Lyon Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above mentioned do hereby certify that Robert Chapin whose genuine signature appears within is and was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record having general jurisdiction. Witness my hand and seal of office at Canandaigua this 9th day of September AD 1853

[signed] John J. Lyon
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County } ss

At an Orphans Court in and for the County of Susquehanna held at Montrose in said County on the 24th day of April AD 1854 Satisfactory evidence was furnished to said Court, by the family record of James Faurote late of Jessup township in said County and State deceased which said record contained in the family bible now in possession of Timothy Faurot son of said James deceased, produced in open court and by us fully examined, a full and exemplified [?] copy of which record duly attested is hereto attached; and by the affidavits of John Depue and Joshua and Ephrahim Shay residents of Sandyston, Sussex County New Jersey, which affidavits duly authenticated are also hereto attached;- that the said James Faurot deceased, at Sussex county New Jersey on the eleventh day of June AD 1799 was legally married to Elizabeth Shay, and that he lived and cohabited with her as his wife from that time till she died on the sixteenth day of January AD 1831, and by her had several children the survivors of whom are hereinafter mentioned, and will also appear by said family record

Satisfactory evidence by the testimony of Ralph S. Birchard Lucius W Birchard and James B. Mekesby [?] residents of Jessup township in Susquehanna County and State aforesaid, who are credible witnesses; was also produced that the said James Faurot deceased, died at Jessup aforesaid on the third day of December AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty two, that he left no widow, but that he left issue five children now living as follows to wit: Timothy Faurote, David Faurote James Faurote, Phebe, now intermarried with Myron Carrier, and Mary, now intermarried with Israel E Birchard, that these
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are his children, and his only children now living or that were living at the time of his decease, of the truth of which evidence we hereby certify that we are fully satisfied.

[signed] John Boyle
D. D. Warne } Judges

State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County ss

I, J. T. Langdon Clerk of the Orphans Court and Register and Recorder in and for the County & State aforesaid hereby Certify the above and foregoing to be a true record of the evidence and doings in the afore stated case had before the said Court, on the day therein set forth, and that John Boyle and D. D. Warner whose genuine signatures appear above are the acting Judges of said Court duly commissioned & qualified as such according to Law, and also that A. Chamberlin whose genuine signature appears at the end of the affidavit attached to the annexed copy of the family record, is and at the time of taking said affidavit was an acting Magistrate in & for said County whose commission is duly recorded in my Office and whose official acts are entitled to full credit.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Montrose this 24th day of April A.D. 1854.

[signed] J T. Langdon Clerk
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[crossed out:]
Montrose Sus'qua County Pa
April 20th 1854
April 20th 1854
April 18th

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are his children, and his only children now living or that were living at the time of his decease, of the truth of which evidence we hereby certify that we are fully satisfied.

[signed] John Boyle
D. D. Warne } Judges

State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County ss

I, J. T. Langdon Clerk of the Orphans Court and Register and Recorder in and for the County & State aforesaid hereby Certify the above and foregoing to be a true record of the evidence and doings in the afore stated case had before the said Court, on the day therein set forth, and that John Boyle and D. D. Warner whose genuine signatures appear above are the acting Judges of said Court duly commissioned & qualified as such according to Law, and also that A. Chamberlin whose genuine signature appears at the end of the affidavit attached to the annexed copy of the family record, is and at the time of taking said affidavit was an acting Magistrate in & for said County whose commission is duly recorded in my Office and whose official acts are entitled to full credit.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Montrose this 24th day of April A.D. 1854.

[signed] J T. Langdon Clerk
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Family Record
Marriages
James Faurot & Elizabeth Shay were joined in holy Matrimony June the 11th AD 1799

[two columns]
Births | Deaths
James Faurot was born Oct. 19 AD 1763 | 
Departed this life Dec. 3rd 1852

Elizabeth Shay W.B. March 26. AD 1781 | 
Elizabeth Faurot departed this life Jan. 16. 1831

Timothy Faurot W.B. May 2nd AD. 1801 |

Henry Faurot W.B. Dec. 22d AD 1802 | 
Henry Faurot departed this life March the 5th 1837

David Faurot W.B. Novr 30. AD 1804 |

Ephrahim Faurot W.B. Jany. 8th AD 1807 |
Ephrahim Faurot departed this life August 22d AD 1847

John Faurot W.B. April 27 AD 1811 |
John Faurot departed this life May 27th AD 1811

Phebe Faurot W.B. April 28 AD 1812 |

James Faurot W.B. Nov 30th AD 1814 |

Benjamin Faurot W.B. July 28 AD 1816 |
B Faurot departed this life July 17. 1849

Martha Faurot W.B. July 8th AD 1818 |
Martha Faurot departed this life March the 16th 1838

Mary Faurot W.B. April 4th AD 1821 |

Sarah Faurot W.B. March 14. AD 1823 | Sarah Faurot departed this life Aug. 22d AD 1824
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County } ss

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On this tenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County and state aforesaid, Lucius W Birchard aged forty two years, who being duly sworn according to law doth ^say that he has carefully compared the annexed foregoing copy of a family Record of the Family of James Faurot deceased. That all the foregoing extracts and Exhibitions therefrom are accurately and correctly taken from the blank leaves between the old and new testament Scriptures in said bible kept for a family record ^where they are inscribed and written, and that the foregoing is all [underlined] the family record that is therein inscribed or recorded That the bible is an old leather covered book large size and much worn, with some of the front leaves torn or worn out. That from the title page to the New testament, it was printed and sold by John Holbrook at Brattleborough Vermont in the year 1816. That the book is owned and kept now by one of the sons of James Faurot deceased, Timothy Faurote, and has every appearance of being the old family bible. I have no doubt but verily believe it is and that the record therein entered is correct.

The said record is in part written at different times apparently, being in different hand writings and with different colored ink and appears to have been made at or about the time the several events therein recorded took place.

I further declare that I have no interest whatever in the application of James Faurot of
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his heirs for pension or any other monies due them from the government of the United States.

Lucius W. Birchard

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first hereinbefore written, and I hereby certify that the said L. W. Birchard is a credible witness and also that the said family bible was brought by the said L. W. Birchard before me and the extracts hereinbefore given by him were carefully compared with the original by me and found to be correct and that the same is the entire & full record as it therein appears.

Albert Chamberlin JP Seal

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[in left margin, written upward:] Faurot
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State of New Jersey
Sussex County } ss

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On this 23d day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four before me a justice of the Peace within & for said County and state personally appeared John Depue a resident of Sandyston township in said County aged Seventy three years who being duly sworn according to law doth say that he was well acquainted in his life time with James Faurote late of Jessup township Susquehanna County Pennsylvania deceased who formerly resided in this County. That he was also well acquainted with Elizabeth Faurote to his wife before the time of her deceased. That he was present at her Marriage in Sussex County & New Jersey State on or about the Eleventh day of June & one thousand [lined out: eight] seven hundred and ninety nine, when the said James Faurote and Elizabeth (Shay her maiden name) were married and joined in lawful wedlock by Peter [illegible] Esq a justice of the peace. That from that time on till she died, they the said James and Elizabeth Faurote lived & cohabited together as man and wife and were so reputed & known by their neighbors. That he lived near the residence of the said James Faurote, in January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one, and that on or about the sixteenth day of January in that year she the said Elizabeth Faurote died, that he attended the funeral and burial services and he recollects that it was at or about that time. That at the time of her death they were living in Sandyston township in Sussex County & New Jersey State
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where they had resided together for the last thirty two years before that time, That some five or six years after her death as aforesaid, he the said James Faurote moved with his family to Susquehanna County Pennsylvania, where he has since deceased

[signed] John Depue

Affirmed to & subscribed before me the day and year first above mentioned. And I hereby certify that the said John Depue is a credible witness and that I believe he is of the age hereinbefore mentioned by him.

Peter Young J.P.

[written faintly] Clerk Certificate
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State of New Jersey
Sussex C[oun]ty ss }
[word obscured by seal, as is "authorized" below]

I Thomas J Ludlum Clerk of the County of Sussex do hereby certify that Peter Young whose genuine signature is attached to the foregoing deposition was at the doing thereof and still is one of the justices of the peace in and for the County of Sussex and State of New Jersey duly commissioned and sworn and fully author[ize]d by the Laws of the State of New Jersey to administer oaths in such cases and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such Justice

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at Newton this twenty fifth day of February 1854

Thomas J Ludlum Clerk
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State of New Jersey
Sussex County } ss
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On this 23d day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifty four before me a Justice of the Peace within & for the County and State aforesaid personally came Ephraim Shay aged sixty seven years and Joshua Shay aged Sixty five years residents of Sandyston township in the County of Sussex and State of New Jersey who being duly sworn according to law do say that they knew and were well acquainted with Elizabeth Faurote formerly wife of James Faurote late of Jessup township Susquehanna County Penn'a deceased. That her maiden name was Elizabeth Shay, and that on or about the Eleventh day of June AD 1799, to the best of their knowledge & recollection she was lawfully married to the said James Faurote, and that from thence on till the time of her death she lived & cohabited with him as his wife and by him had several children. That they well knew and were acquainted with her as the wife of said James Faurote up to the time of her decease which occurred as they now think on or about the sixteenth day of January A D 1831. That they were at the house at or shortly after the time of her decease and attended the funeral & burial services, and they are confident the death occurred at or about the time before mentioned, and that from that time till his death the said James Faurote was a widower and unmarried.

[signed] Ephraim Shay
Joshua Shay

Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year first hereinbefore written and I hereby certify that the said Ephraim Shay and Joshua Shay are credible witnesses, & I believe they are of the age above stated

Peter Young J. P.
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Check Certificate
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State of New Jersey
Sussex County ss }

I Thomas I. Ludlum Clerk of the County of Sussex do hereby certify that Peter Young whose genuine signature is attached to the foregoing deposition was at the doing thereof and still is one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Sussex duly commissioned and sworn and fully authorised by law to take such depositions and that full faith and credit are due and ought be given to all his official acts as such Justice In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at Newton this twenty fifth day of February AD 1854

Thomas I Ludlum Clerk
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James Fawrot, decd, N.J. 1832

Declared, Nov 27, 1835, ae 72.
Born Oct 19, 1763, at Piscataway N. J.
His father removed to N Y city 4 or 5 yrs after, and then to opposite West Pt. in Orange Co N Y. town of New Cornwell in Spring of 1777

About Nov'r 1, 1778 his older brother David entered service in the "New Levies," for 18 mos under Gen'l Clinton & Col McLaughlin (or some such Irish name) in Compy of Capt Amos Hutchins, Sergt Jos Dencks, & served until about Jany 1, 1779. when at solicitation of Capt Stetson, commanding an Infy compy on lines & wanted him for a guide. Capt Hutchins agreed David might go if declarant would serve as his substitute [underlined], which he did, & served for the remainder of his 18 months -- Joined army under Clinton at W Pt & encamped for the winter 2 or 3 miles west of W Pt. While building a hut cut off his left thumb with an axe -- remained in the same vicinity on duty during summer, toward Autumn marched to SW corner of Tappan Bay. Staid as an alarm guard, to watch the British &c -- patrol & scouting -- Took 6 Tories - Staid 3 mos
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and then returned to W.Pt. Staid until May 1780, when was selected under order of Gen'l Patterson by Capt Jos Crooks, in command of the Wagon Depart. & entered service as a teamster with a 4 horse team. Went to White Plains & joined army under Wash'n & remained in service in that vicinity until 1781 the first part of the fall, when the army marched towards Philad'a. Crossed the Hudson near Kings Ferry, Declt [declarant] went on to Newark, where his horses got foundered, he went on to Morristown & was sent back to W Pt, where he remained in service as teamster under [lined out: Capt] Geo Dennis Commissary, having command of the teams until the army was disbanded in 1783 in Nov'r. When his horses & the Troop horses were sold at Auction & he was discharged, Remembers that Washington was with some of the army in quarters at Newburgh in the winter of 1782. Remembers Knox, McDougal, Greene, & others. Refers to Elias Conklin.

Elias Conklin, Sussex Co. N.J., Decr 6, 1835.
Well knew James Fautrot in time of war He served in the Co of Capt Hutchins, Col
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McLaughlin's Rt. Clinton's Brigade. Thinks Lieut's name was Walker, Sergts name Willis. Regt stationed at W Pt winter of '79, saw him frequently in army & think must have served not less than about 9 mos. [underlined]

I was in army & at that time belonged to Capt Van Houten's compy, called minute men. Cannot remember when he entered but first saw him in service early in winter of 1779. Cannot say
when he left. Am ad'd 82. 

Claim denied on the ground that the service was not pensionable. See letter to Hon S. Fowler April 26, 36

Comptroller of N. Y. certifies no evidence of service.
Nov. 7, 1853 - also that the rolls are very imperfect

Anna Whiting, Ontario Co, Sept 9, 1853 - ae 94 yrs 8 mo Sister of John, David & James Faurot James took David's place early in 79. Stationed near house & West Pt. went to White Plains &c. in '80 Waggoner went to N.J. &c &c. as he stated. Lost thumb &c. Gone two years. long account.

James Faurot Jr. June 23, 1853
James died Dec'r 3, 1852
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[7 names at left, bracketed:]
Simeon Lewis
Benj'n Depue
Ralph S. Burchard
Lucas Steiger
Jona. C. Sherman
Lucius W. Birchard
& Benj'n Shay

of Susquehanna Co, Pa, testify to James account of his Revy services, his good character and the date of his death, Decr 3. 1852 and names of children --
James, Timothy, & David Faurot
Phebe Carrier, & Mary Birchard
certified by Court

Marriage June 11, 1799. Proved by Family Record &c.

Died Decr 8, 1852, leaving no [underlined] widow only children as above

his wife, Eliz'th. died Jany 16, 1831
Record & certificate of all
James Faurot Adm.r. bond $2000.

Rolls of Capt Amos Hutchins in Dubois Regt in 1778 & until May 1779 - name of James Faurot not found - Col McLaughing served under Clinton & so did Dubois.

McLaughlings men were 9 mos Rangers
Dubois in 5th Regt - No rolls in 1780 of much extent
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February 15, 1935.

Mr. Donald F. Clark
Fort Montgomery
New York.

BA-J/ILL
James Faurot
S. 6832

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of James Faurot, a Revolutionary War soldier.

The record of James Faurot is given herein as shown in pension claim, S. 6832, based upon his service in that war.

James Faurot, son of Henry Faurot, was born October 19, 1763 in Piscataway, New Jersey. When James was four or five years old, his father moved with his family to New York City, later moved up on the Hudson River, opposite West Point, New York, and in the spring of 1777, moved to a farm in New Cornwall, Orange County, New York.

While residing in New Cornwall, Orange County, New York, James Faurot served from January 1, 1779 in Captain Amos Hutchins' company, Colonel McClaughrey's New York regiment at West Point; this service was rendered as substitute for his older brother, David Faurot, also of New Cornwall. While at work on a hut at West Point, James Faurot cut off his left thumb; later in the summer while with a scouting party near the Jersey line on Tappan Bay, he assisted in capturing six tories with supplies for the enemy; he continued to serve until May 1780. He enlisted then as a wagoner and served under Captain Joseph Crooks and Commissary George Dennison until November 1783.

After the war, the soldier returned to his father's home in New Cornwall, New York, and engaged in boating on the Hudson River for about eight years, then moved to Sandyston Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.
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James Faurot married June 11, 1799, in Sandyston Township, New Jersey, Elizabeth Shay, who was born March 26, 1781. She died January 16, 1831 in Sandyston Township, New Jersey.

The soldier died December 3, 1852, at the home of his son, James Faurot, Junior, in Jessups Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, where he had lived for about ten years.

The following data regarding the children of James Faurot and his wife, Elizabeth, are shown:

Timothy Faurot born May 2, 1801.
Henry " " December 22, 1802, died March 5, 1837.
David " " November 30, 1804.
Ephrahim " " January 8, 1807, died August 22, 1847.
John " " April 27, 1811, " May 27, 1811.
Phebe " " April 28, 1812.
James " " November 30, 1814.
Benjamin " " July 28, 1816, died July 17, 1849.
Marth " " July 8, 1818, " March 16, 1838.
Mary " " April 4, 1821.
Sarah " " March 14, 1823, died August 22, 1824.

On June 13, 1853, soldier's son, James Faurot, Junior, applied for the pension due him and the other surviving children on account of the service of their father in the Revolutionary War; the names of these children were shown then as follow - James, Junior, Timothy, David, Phebe, the wife of Myron Carrier, and Mary, wife of Israel E. Birchard.

Their claim was allowed.

In 1853, soldier's sister, Anna, then the widow of Elijah Whiting, was a resident of Canandaigua, New York; she stated then that she was born November 13, 1759 in Piscataway, New Jersey, lived in New York at the time her brothers James and David Faurot served in the Revolutionary, that she moved with her father to Sandyston Township, New Jersey, and in 1818, moved with her husband, Elijah Whiting, to Lyons, Wayne County, and resided until after his death in January 1852, when she moved to Canandaigua.

In 1835 one John Shay resided in Sandyston Township, Sussex County,

2.
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New Jersey. In 1854, Ephraim Shay, aged sixty-seven, and Joshua Shay, aged sixty-five, both residents of said Sandyston Township, stated that they were at the funeral of Elizabeth (Shay) Faurot. No relationship between said Elizabeth and these persons was stated. In 1853, one Ralph S. Birchard, then of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, stated that he lived on a farm adjoining James Faurot, the soldier, in Sandyston Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, and had [illegible] close to him in Susquehanna Township, Pennsylvania; no relationship to soldier's daughter was stated.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

3.
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N. Y. service
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REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
O. W. & N. DIV.
MEMORANDA.

Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.

Full name of soldier: James Faurot

Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.) N J.

Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)

Date of death (as near as possible):

Christian name of widow:

Did either he or his widow receive a pension?

Remarks:

Your name and address:
James W Carrier
17 U (you) N.W.

6--870

[rectangular stamp] CHIEF'S DESK Old War and Navy Division MAR 12 1904
[rectangular stamp] O. W. & N. DIVISION MAR 12 1904 RECEIVED.
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Oct 25
Mrs Rufus Gregory Scott,
Montrose,
Susquehanna Co.
Penn.
Personal request
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Hon. E. F. Ware:
27-2.1904

Dr Sir:

You will confer a favor by informing me whether James Faurot, of N.J. was a pensioner of the American Revolution, when allowed and when discontinued.

Respectfully yours,
James W. Carrier
17 U St. N.W. N.W.
City

[round stamp] U. S. PENSION OFFICE. M MAR 1 1904
[rectangular stamp] OLD WAR & NAVY [illegible]
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[left side]
Hist to James W. Carrier
1915 Oct. 28. Hist to Mrs. Rufus G Scott M.13.14
1925 Aug 4 Copies mailed to Alpert A. Faurot + three cents over-payment returned to Him. AW.
1930 - Aug. 27. Hist [to] Mrs. Thoms. ILL
1930 - Sept 4 - Hist to C. W. Smith - ILL.
1935 - Feb. 15 - Hist to Donald [F. Clark IL]L.

[center]
Rev War 6832
INVALID.
File No. 6832
James Faurot
Priv. Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:-- Vol. 1st, Page 120
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[right side]
Mch. 18, 1904.
17 U St. N.[W.]
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33.620
James Fawrot
New Jersey
rejected
See let to Hon S. Fowler Apr. 26. 36
[Act] 7 June 1832
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[cut off or folded at right]
[crossed out: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSI
Commis]

Hon L. P. Waldo
Comm. of Pensions

[written upward at left]
Jas Fawrot
Act [illegible] 32

Mr Cole
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No 33.620
James Fawrot decd
N. Jersey
See [lined out: letters within & to G. C. Ames Jany 28, 1854]
Act June 7, 1832
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N. Jersey
T R Wise
Preset [Present?]
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POWER OF ATTORNEY.
STATE OF Pennsylvania
COUNTY OF Susquehanna } ss: Be it known that before the subscriber, a Justice of the peace personally appeared James Faurot aged Eighty Eight years, who being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states that he the said James Faurot of Jessup, in County Susq'a formerly of Sandiston Sussex County in the State of New Jersey *who was an applican for a pension for services in the revolution -- and that he believe -- that he is entitled to whatever is due, and that the United States are still indebted to him, under the laws of Congress, for the pension that was due for services in the revolution and that for the purpose of investigating and establishing his claims as aforesaid, he appoints TULLY R. WISE, of Washington, D. C., his true and lawful attorney, with irrevocable powers, to examine all papers on file, and to do whatever he might do were he personally present to establish his claim.

In witness whereof, I have on this 14th day October 1852, hereunto signed my name, and affixed my seal.

James Faurot X his mark

SEAL. SEAL. SEAL.

Witness: [signed] Aaron A. Wood
Witness: [signed] Charles Avery

Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me; and I further certify, that James Faurot has always by the community been known as a man of truth.

Dated on this 14th day of October 1852.

[signed] Charles Avery J. P.

STATE of Pennsylvania
COUNTY of Susquehanna } to wit:

I hereby certify, That Charles Avery Esq., before whom the foregoing power of attorney was made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have her hand, and affixed the seal of the court of Com Pleas of Susquehanna County this fourteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and fifty two

[signed] R. A. Ward Prot. [Prothonotary]
[illegible]

* State whether an applicant or a pensioner.
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Hon. S. Fowler
HR [House of Representatives]
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State of New Jersey Sussex County ss
Personly came before me the Subscriber one one of Justices of the Peace in and for said County Elias Conkin [Conklin] of full age who being duly sworn according to Law on his oath saith that he was well acquainted with James Fautrot [Faurot] in the time of the Revolutionary War, and that he served in Capt Hutchins Comp of Levise [levies?] of Milita; Comand by Col'o McGlolens and belonged to Gen'l Clintons Bragaid he recollects he thinks, the Lieuts name was Walker an Irishman by birth the Sargents name was Willis he sayse the Ridgment was stationed at West Point in ^the winter of 1779 I saw him frequently in the army and believe that he must have served not less then nine months or thereabouts, I was in ^the Armey my self at that time & belonged to Capt Vanhoulens Comp. Cauld [called] minnet [minute] men, I can not say at what time he entered the servis but the first recolection I have of seeing him in the Armey was in the fore part of the Winter of 1779 I have no knowague [knowledge] at what time or when he left the Armey I am Eighty two years of ague [age] last August and further sayeth not

Elias Conklin X his mark

Sworn and Subscribed before me at Montague in said County this 6th day of Dec'r 1835

[signed] John Hull

This is to certify that Elias Conklin resides in the Township of Montague in the County of Sussex & State of New Jersey being Infirm and unable to attend the County Court of said County, his residence being about twenty miles [?] from the site of Justice & says he is 82 years of age that he is a credible person and that his statement ^is entitled ^to full credit

[signed] John Hull
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State of New Jersey
Sussex County } I Joseph E Edsall Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for for said County do hereby certify that John Hull Esquire is a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn, and that his name written to the foregoing certificate is his genuine signature

Witness my hand, and Seal of said Court at Newton the tenth day of March AD Eighteen hundred and thirty Six

[signed] J. E. Edsall Clk
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Hon S. Fowler
Apl. 26. 36
NJ
O.C.
U
Rec'd Vol 43 page 83
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War Dept
Pension off
Apl 36

Sir

I have the honor to inform you that the claim of James Faurot has been examined & placed on our files. The alleged enlistment of his Brother in 78 in the "New Levies" for 18 mo under Capt Hutchins of Co'l McLaughlin (probably Co'l McCloughrey) is entirely inconsistent with the known facts of the "Levy service" which But there were no such officers in that service of which there are rolls in this office. These officers were of the Orange Co Militia and their service was to a very great extent a mere patrol upon the [4 words inserted:] adjacent shores of the Hudson River. This [2 words inserted:] description of service is not provided for by the act of 7 June '32. nor does the alleged service of driving a team in the transport service ^furnish any ground for a claim under that act. His claim is disallowed
N.J.

Hon. S. Fowler
Ho. Rep. [House of Representatives]
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I certify that the name of James Faurote does not appear upon the books & papers of this office relating to Revolutionary matters & also that these records now on file, are incomplete.

In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of my office this 7th day of November 1853.

J. C. Wright
Comptroller
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James Faurot decd [deceased] Registered in N. J. (now of Susquehanna Co. Pa
Act June 7, 1832.
Admitted
Private 9 months at $30 per annum from March 4, 1831 to December 3, 1852, when he died.
Certificate payable to James Faurot his adm'r [administrator], for benefit of himself [underlined]
and David Faurot
Timothy Faurot
Phebe Carrier and
Mary Birchard
his only surviving children.

Agent
Geo C. Ames
Present
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Breif [sic] in the case of James Fawrot dec'd N.J.
Susquehanna County and State of Pennsylvania
act June 7, 1832
===
Claim, (original," [lined out: or "for increase."])
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Service - Parol evidence
Marriage - Deaths and names of children - Family record
and parol.
Administration certified
(If for increase. )
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Name and residence of Agent
Geo C. Ames
Present

S. G. Dodge
Examining Clerk.
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James Fawrot
Dodge
Geo C Ames
Present
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I J. T. Langdon REGISTER for the probate of Wills and granting letters of Administration in and for the county of Susquehanna, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,

TO James Fauroat

GREETING --
WEREAS James Fauroat of Jessup Township of said County having died intestate (as is affirmed,) having, whilst he lived, and at the time of his deceases diverse goods and chattels, rights and credits, within the said county, by means whereof the full disposition and power of granting letters of administration thereof is manifestly known to belong to me: I therefore desire that the goods and chattels, rights and credits, which were of the said deceased may be well and truly administered, converted and disposed of according to law, DO hereby grant unto you the said James Faroat (in whose fidelity in this behalf I very much confide) full power by the tenor of these presents to administer the goods and chattels, rights and credits which were of the said deceased, within the said county -- as also to ask, collect, levy, recover and receive the credits whatsoever of the said deceased, which at the time of his death were owing or did any way belong to him and to pay the debts in which the said deceased stood obliged, so far forth as the said goods and chattels, rights and credits, will extend according to the rate and order of law, especially of well and truly administering the goods and chattels, rights and credits, which were of the said deceased, and making a true and perfect inventory and conscionable appraisement thereof, and exhibiting the same into the Register's Office in the county of Susquehanna, within thirty days from the date hereof; and also a true and just account, calculation and reckoning of your administration, upon your solemn Oath to render within one year from the date hereof, or when legally thereunto required. And I do, by these presents ordain, constitute and appoint you, he said James Fauroat Administrator of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits which were of the deceased within the limits aforesaid; saving harmless, and forever indemnifying me and all other officers, against all other persons, by reason of your administration aforesaid, and saving all others their rights, &c.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have caused the seal of the said office to be hereunto affixed. Dated at Montrose aforesaid,  the twenty-fourth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four

J. T. Langdon
Register
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County ss. }
I, J. T. Langdon Register &c. within named hereby certify that the within named James Faurot before taking the within Letters of Administration upon the Estate of his father James Faurot, deceased gave his bond with Charles L. Brown & S H. Sagre good and sufficient Surites which said Bond under date of February 24th 1854, remains on file in my office in the sum of Two Thousand Dollars Conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as administrator, and the accounting for and paying over the monies of said Estate that may come into his hands as such administrator to the heirs and legal representatives thereof according to Law.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my said Office at Montrose this 24th day of April A.D. 1854.

J T. Langdon
Register
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County } ss

On this twenty third day of June AD 1853 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, James Faurot jr a resident of Jessup township in said county aged thirty Eight years who being duly sworn according to law saith that he is one of the heirs, and a son of James Faurote deceased whose application for Pension is upon the list of suspended claims in Washington. That when his father made his application originally he was living with him in Sandyston in the State of New Jersey. That when he first heard that his claim had been suspended or rejected he was disappointed and vexed and said he would not try any more, for he had, as he thought and was told, got proof enough. Soon after this he moved from New Jersey into this place, and being so far away from the agent who had done the business before, and any witnesses who might have been obtained. He did nothing farther about prosecuting his claim until in the fall before he died he executed a power of attorney to T. R. Wise Esq of Washington. One other reason why he did not prosecute the claim, is because of his blindness, with which he had been afflicted for nearly ten years previous to his death. These I believe to be the reasons why he did not prosecute his claim when it was first suspended or subsequently.

My father lived with me from the time he was afflicted with his blindness up to the time of his death which occured
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the third day of day of December AD 1852, and was taken care of and supported by me.

James Faurot Jr.

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above first written, and I hereby certify that the said James Faurot Jr is a credible witness and that to my personal knowledge his late father had been blind about the time hereinbefore stated by him, and that he lived with him before and at the time of his death

Joseph W. Smith J. Peace
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County } ss

On this twenty sixth day of November A D one thousand eight hundred and fifty three before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Simon Lewis aged forty six years now a resident of Bridgewater township in the county and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law doth say, that from the time he was about eighteen years ^of age till the winter of A.D. One thousand eight hundred and thirty nine (1839) he lived in or near Sandyston in Sussex County in the State of New Jersey, and during all of that time he was acquainted with James Faurote, now deceased, and acquainted with his neighbors living in the same vicinity. That his character as a man and for truth was good and unquestioned by those acquainted with him and with his reputation. That it was commonly reported and believed among and by those neighbors, that he had been engaged in the Revolutionary war as soldier and teamster. That he has occasionally heard him speak of the war & some of its scenes but does not now particularly recollect about them except that he said for a part of the time he was in the service he was engaged as a teamster in the baggage department. That since he first knew him he well recollects that he had no thumb upon his left hand but does not recollect that he ever understood from him how it was lost or cut off. That since this deponent moved into Susquehanna County in the winter of 1839 as aforesaid he has lived within a few miles of the said James Faurote's residence in Jessup
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township in said County and was acquainted with him up to the time of his death and was acquainted with the neighbors and in the vicinity where he lived. That he sustained the same good and irreproachable character here that he bore in New Jersey and that his word for truth was undoubted. That some twelve years before he died his eye sight began to fail and for nearly ten years before he died he was entirely blind, and during that time he lived with, and was taken care of by his son James Faurot Jr. and his family. He further states that he has no interest whatever in the application of the said James Faurot or of his heirs for pension money due him or them from the government of the United States

[signed] Simon Lewis

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first hereinbefore written, and I hereby certify that the said Simon Lewis is a credible witness, whose statements are entitled to full belief

A Chamberlin J Peace
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County } ss

On this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifty three before me a Justice of the Peace within and for said County and State personally appeared Benjamin Depue a resident of Jessup township in said County aged fifty two years who, being duly sworn according to law saith that he was formerly a resident of Sussex County New Jersey near Sandyston, and that he moved into this County & in the town where he now resides in the fall of the year AD 1840. That before he came into this County from New Jersey he was well acquainted with James Faurot whose application for pension is on the list of suspended claims on file in Washington, and with his family and his neighbors in the community where he then lived. I know that he was then and there regarded by those neighbors and the community generally so far as he was known as an old Revolutionary soldier and believed to be such, both from his own statements and from the statements of other aged people then living in that community in New Jersey

I think the said James Faurot moved
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into this town from New Jersey in the fall of 1837, or beginning of winter 1838 and settled on a farm owned by his son James Faurot jr, about one mile and a half from my place, where he lived till he died in December last. I was well acquainted with the old man for some Twenty five years before he died, in Sandyston New Jersey and in this town and have frequently been in his company and heard him relate the scenes of the war and the incidents of his service. I have heard him mention some of the places which he was at while in the service such as West Point White Plains, Morristown and others, and have heard him speak of Washington, Clinton, and other officers of the army -- I well remember that he told me, that he learned to write while in the service, by marking with a piece of Chalk upon the wagon boxes, his captain or some other officer setting him a copy. During all my acquaintance with him and with his neighbors in this State and in New Jersey [crossed out: and] I have never heard his character for truth and veracity questioned, but he was always both in this State and that, regarded as a strictly upright and honorable man and his statements, have been entitled to, and received full credit & belief. I fully believe, from his statements and the statements [crossed out: and the statements] of
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others which I have heard in the state of New Jersey and which I believed, that he was in the Revolutionary war during the time, and performing the service represented by him, and that he was justly entitled to a pension from his government.

Since he came into this County I have seen the old man often, and I know for about ten years before he died he lived with his son James Faurote jr. and was taken care of and supported by him, and during all that time he was entirely blind, and was growing or nearly blind for some time previous.

And I further swear that I have o interest whatever in the application of the said James Faurote or of his heirs for a pension.

Bj'm Depue

Attest { L. F. Fitch
{ Jas Tompkins

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first hereinbefore named or written, and I hereby certify that the said Benjamin Depue is a credible witness and I believe that he is of the age herein before stated by him and that he is in no way interested in this application for pension.

James Tompkins J P
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County } ss

On this second day of June AD 1853 before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and state aforesaid Ralph S Birchard aged forty five years personally appeared who being duly sworn according to law saith that he is a resident of Jessup township in said County and resided there in the winter of 1838 (and from that time since on to the present time) when James Faurote with his family moved into this township & County aforesaid from Sandyston in the State of New Jersey. That when he moved into this township he settled on a farm adjoining mine and we have lived as neighbors about one half mile apart since that time till the time of his death in December last. I have very frequently heard him relate anecdotes about the Revolutionary war and mention scenes and incidents that occured to him and others therein. I have heard him say that he had been encamped at or near West point with the other soldiers. I have heard him say repeatedly that he had seen and known General Washington. I recollect he mentioned one incident when he said at one time when he was driving a loaded team he met General Washington and his staff and turned out of the road for them to pass and Washington stopped and said to him "Never turn out of the road with a loaded team for the officers, for General Washington nor no other man." He
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always spoke in the highest terms of Washington and said there was no other such man ever lived. I have heard him tell about being out with a scouting party at one time and capturing some tories. I have heard him say that he drove team part of the time he was in the service, and that his team got foundered at one time and he had to stop and take care of them while the army went on. I have heard him relate these incidents frequently and others which I do not now distinctly recollect.

Since I became acquainted with him ^in 1838 I know he had no thumb upon his left hand but do not now recollect the incident upon which he said he lost it.

I have been well acquainted with him since he moved into this township and have always regarded and believed him to be an old revolutionary soldier, from the facts & circumstances stated by him, which I have believed, and which the community generally have believed. Since he has moved into this County up to the time of his death he has always been called and known, as an old soldier, and as an honest honorable man, whose statements with regard to this and other matters were entitled to full credit and belief and were received as such.

And I further state that I have no interest whatever in his application or the application of his heirs for pension or other monies due him or them from the United States

Ralph S. Birchard

Sworn to and subscribed before me the
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Ralph S. Birchard

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first herein before written and I hereby certify that the said Ralph S Birchard is a credible witness and I believe that he is of the age above stated. And I hereby further certify that I was acquainted with the said James Faurot in his life time for about eight years before his death and I believe that the statements hereinbefore made by him ^(said Birchard) as to the standing and character of the said Faurote in the neighborhood where he lived and was known, is correct and true, and further that I have no interest whatever in this application for pension.

Joseph W. Smith } Justice of the Peace in Jessup township
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County }

On this 28th day of Dec'r. 1853 before me a Justice of the Peace within and for said County and State personally came Lucas Steiger aged fifty the years who being duly sworn according to law saith that he is a native of the Duchy of Baden in Germany and came to this country in the year 1821 and resided in New York City seven years, then removed to a place called Dingmans Ferry in Pike County in the State of Pennsylvania and resided there and in that vicinity till the spring of 1841 when he removed to Jessup township in Susquehanna County State of Pennsylvania where he now resides. That when he was in the old country he had been a soldier in the wars of Germany -- that while living in the vicinity of Dingmans Ferry aforesaid he became acquainted with James Faurot then living across the river from the Ferry in the State of New Jersey at a place called Sandyston. That while they was thus living this deponent used frequently to be at the house of the said James Faurot, and be then learned from him and from his neighbors with whom he was well acquainted that he the said James Faurot had been a soldier in the Revolutionary War and that he was reputed to be such and so believed in the community. That he has frequently conversed with the said Faurot about the incidents of the wars in
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which they had been engaged, and said Faurot had told him that he entered the service in place of his brother who had been called into another company. That he entered in the winter I think of 1779 under General Clinton, but I do not now recollect the name of his captain if he told me. He said he went with the army to near West Point & encamped and staid there for length of time, but ^I cannot now till how long. I well recollect that while there he said be cut off his left thumb with an axe accidentally when building a hut, and I now distinctly recollect that he had no thumb on his left hand at that time nor since up to the time of his death in December last. He told me as I well recollect about leaving West Point for a while and being stationed on the Jersey line as a guard with others to watch the Brittish & prevent them from plundering, and I recollect of his telling about capturing some tories who were going to the Brittish Army with supplies.

He told me that after he was in the army awhile as a soldier he was drafted into the Waggon or Baggage Department and left West Point and went and joined the army under General Washington at White Plains and went with him when he crossed the Hudson and took up his line of March towards Philadelphia. He said while on this march the team which he drove got badly foundered and he had to stop and take care of them till they got well, when the army having gone on, he was sent back with
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the horses to West Point and remained there till the son of the war. I recollect very well that he mentioned that he was at Morristown at Kings Ferry and at Newark and at some other places. And when at Newark in said be and some others one night kept up the camp fires and tents to cheat the Brittish, while Washington went on with his army.

He has told me these thing repeatedly and many other which I do not now recollect. The said James Faurot moved from Sandyston N. J. into Jessup township in the County & State aforesaid I think two or three years (with his family) before I came here in 1841 aforesaid. Since I came into this township I have lived on my farm about two miles from His residence and we have very frequently visited each other and he has many times told these matters over to me and others in my presence. And I further state that the old gentleman since he has been in this community has always been regarded as an old soldier of the Revolutionary War and believed to be such by his neighbors. That he was always called & believed & known to be a man of truth & veracity.

And I further swear that I have no interest whatever in the application of the said James Faurote or his heirs for a pension or other monies due him or them from the United States

Lucas Steiger
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I Charles Avery the Justice of the Peace within before named hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit was sworn to and executed before me by the said Lucas Steiger on the day and year first herein before mentioned, and that I have known the said Lucas Steiger for some twelve years since he first came into this part of the Country, that he is a credible witness whose statements are entitled to full belief and that I believe he is of the age herein before stated by him. And further the word "Dec'r" in first part of the foregoing was written on erasure before signing. Witness my hand at Montrose this twenty eighth day of December A.D. 1853.

Charles Avery J. P.
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J. C. Sherman
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County } ss

On this first day of June A.D. 1853 before me a Justice of the Peace within and for said County & State personally appeared Jonathan C Sherman aged sixty seven years a resident of Jessup township in said County who being duly sworn according to law saith that he knew James Faurot of said township & County deceased from the time he came into this County from New Jersey till the time of his death in December last. That when he first came into this County he settled on a farm about one half of a mile south of my farm and we have lived a neighbors from that time till he died. We used to be quite intimate as families and visited back and forth frequently. I have frequently heard him say that he was a soldier and waggoner in the Revolutionary War and have heard him relate some of the incidents connected with his service in the war. I do not now recollect when he said he entered the service but think it was not at the commencement of the war. I heard him say at one time that he had with some others captured some tories. There was another old soldier living in this neighborhood by the name of Luther Kallam who received a pension of ninety six dollars per year drawn at Philadelphia and who died in A. D. 1845. I have frequently seen these men together and heard them talk
over the scenes of the war, and listened to
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them attentively. They talked of the location of the army at different times about New York and in New Jersey, of the different officers and battles and movements of the army. Mr Faurote seemed as familiar with all these scenes and things as Mr Kallam did, and though they said they did not know each other when in the war, yet I was convinced from their conversations that they had both been in the war and in the same places, and also that they were both in the war at the same time. Mr Kallam was a father-in-law of mine and used to visit at my house frequently and being an old man I used to get Mr. Faurote to come to my house & visit with him and they would talk over these scenes.

I have known Mr Faurote since he first moved into this County and have never heard his character for truth and veracity questioned by any one. By the community generally he was believed to be an old Revolutionary soldier and his statements relative to his service are implicitly believed by all who knew him. He was regarded in the community as a man of truth and veracity and I firmly believe that he was in the Revolutionary War and that he was justly entitled to a pension.

Since I first became acquainted with him he had no thumb upon his left hand, and when I first saw him here he had lost the use of one of his eyes, and subsequently about ten years ago I think he became entirely
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blind. And after he become blind and for some time before, he lived with his son James Faurot Jr. who with his family took care of and supported him until he died in December last.

I have no interest whatever in the application of James Faurote or of his heirs for pension

Jonathan C. Sherman

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first herein before written

And I hereby certify that the said Jonathan C. Sherman is a credible witness and I believe that he is of the age above stated by him. And I hereby further certify that I have had some acquaintance with the said James Faurot ^deceased since he first came into this county and am well acquainted in the neighborhood where he lived, and his character as a man of honesty and for truth and veracity was good and his statements are entitled to belief

Orange Mott Jr
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County } ss

On this thirtieth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace within and for the County and state aforesaid, Lucius W Birchard aged forty three years now a resident of Montrose in said county who being duly sworn according to law doth say that until about the month of February in year AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty two lived in the township of Jessup Susquehanna County, That when living there he resided within about one half mile from where James Faurote located when he moved into said township from the State of New Jersey. That he was familiar with the family and had frequent intercourse with them and with the said James Faurote now deceased. That he was well acquainted with his general character for truth and moral honesty in the community where he lived and was known. That his character for such from the time he first came into this county (in the fall of AD 1837 I think) up to the time of his death in December AD 1852 was [lined out: was] good, and unquestioned by all who knew him. That he was a strictly upright honest man, and his word for truth and veracity was as good as any of his neighbors or any in the community. That he used when he lived near the said James Faurot to see him and another old soldier and revolutionary pensioner of the State of Pennsylvania, by the name of Luther Kallam occasionally together, and listen to their conversation upon the officers and scenes of the revolutionary war. That the said Faurot seemed entirely familiar with them all as much so as much as the said Kallam
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and seemed to speak from actual experience and knowledge of them with entire certainty; and many things descriptions and facts then spoken of by him which I thought none but an eye witness could know any thing about, were confirmed and said to be true by the said Kellam. I know very well that he had no thumb upon his left hand since I knew him first, and I have two or three times or more heard him say he lost it while in the service but do not now recollect in what manner. I have frequently heard him recount many of the scenes of the war and the part he took in them and some of the places to which he went while in the service. He told me he entered the service in the place of his brother who had been drafted or enlisted in another company. He said I think for the first year or more of his service he was a common soldier in the ranks of the army at or near West Point. That when he had been there a while he with his company and others were stationed on the Jersey line to watch the Brittish & prevent their plundering the inhabitants. And I well recollect that when in that service he said they captured some tories who were loaded with supplies for the brittish army. I recollect that he said after he had been in the service as soldier for a while, I think some eighteen months or two years, he was drafted or appointed into the Baggage or Forage department and took the charge of a four horse team and leaving West Point he went to White Plains and joined the army under General Washington, and went with the army under him when he crossed the Hudson and went towards Philadelphia. I well
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recollect of hearing him often tell of being at Newark in New Jersey and one night be with others kept up the camp fires &c. to "cheat the British", as he said, while Washington went on with the main army. He said while in some part of New Jersey, I think, that one night the horses of his team got loose and got to a sack of corn I think, and eat so much of that that they were badly foundered, and another team was placed at his waggon and went on with the army, while he staid to take care of his horses till they got well, when he was ordered to take them back to West Point which he did, and staid at West Point under command of the officer who had that station in charge till peace was declared. I recollect well that he said when the news of Peace first came to that place he with a great many other soldiers were washing their clothes on the banks of the river or on a creek near by, and he said some were so much overjoyed that they sat down & cried, others jumped & shouted, and all were greatly pleased. I recollect that he said after that there was a vendue [?] and the troop horses and other things were sold and the soldiers, he with the others, were discharged and he went home to his fathers.

I have heard him frequently speak in the highest terms of general Washington, and have heard him speak of General Knox, Clinton and other officers of the war, and heard him speck of the old continental money some of which I think he said he had at the close of the war.

From all these things and many other particulars which I do not now distinctly recollect I
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have not the least doubt that he was in the war and an active participant in its events and was in his life time fully entitled to a pension from the United States government. I recollect he said he had once before he came to this County made an application for pension and the government had refused it for some reason and he thought he was clearly entitled to it but had not been well used, and he was vexed and offended at it, and said he would get along without it. He was blind for some ten years before he died which occured in December AD 1852, and during that time he lived with and was taken care of by his son James Faurote Jr. and his family.

I further swear that I have no interest whatever in the application of James Faurot aforesaid or of his heirs for pension.

[signed] Lucius L. W. Birchard

Sworn to and subscribed before me Albert Chamberlin a Justice of the Peace within & for said County on this thirtieth day of December AD 1853. the day and year first herein before written. And I hereby certify that the said Lucius W Birchard is a credible witness whose statements are entitled to full belief, and I believe that he is of the age hereinbefore stated by him

A Chamberlin
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County } ss

On this second day of January AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty four before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally came Benjamin Shay aged fifty years who being duly sworn according to law doth say that he is a native of Sandyston Sussex County in the State of New Jersey, that he lived in Sandyston from the time of his birth till the fall of the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, when he removed to Jessup township Susquehanna County Pennsylvania where he now resides. That when he lived in the State of New Jersey at Sandyston, he lived in the same town and well knew James Faurote, late resident of said Jessup township, now deceased. That for twenty or twenty five years before he left Sandyston as before mentioned he was well acquainted with the said James Faurote, and with his character for truth and moral honesty; That his character was not only good but beyond reproach, as a man of truth and veracity and his statements were entitled to and always received with entire credibility and belief by the community where he lived and was known. That the said James Faurote then and there was known and called a revolutionary soldier by those acquainted with him, and with the other aged people around in that vicinity. That this deponents father was also a soldier in the revolutionary war for a short period, and this deponent used frequently to hear his said father (now deceased) talk over the scenes of the said war with the said Faurote, and from the knowledge which the said James Faurote then had of the
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scenes, facts, officers and circumstances of the war, from his own word which he fully believed, and from the statements of the other and older members of his family, (among whom was his sister Anna, now Anna Whiting widow of Elijah Whiting deceased of the State of New York at Canandaigua) and the statements and common report of aged people then living in that vicinity this deponent has no doubt but firmly believes, that the said James Faurote was in the revolutionary war at the times and doing the service represented and set forth by him in his application for pension.

And this deponent further saith that he has lived near and well known the said James Faurote since he came into Jessup township in Susquehanna County until the time of his death about one year ago. That he has bore the same good and irreproachable character for truth & moral honesty to the time of his death which he had and enjoyed when this deponent knew him in Sandyston New Jersey.

That the said James Faurote was afflicted with a disease of his eyes for many years before his death, and that for about ten years before he died he was entirely blind, during which time he was supported and taken care of by his son James Faurote jr and his family

And further that he has no interest in his application or that of his children for pension money due him or them

Benjamin Shay

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first herein before written and I hereby certify that the said Benjamin Shay is to me well known and a credible witness whose statements are entitled to full belief.

Gilbert Warner Justice of the peace
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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County } ss

I, F. A. Ward Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County do hereby certify that Joseph W. Smith, A. Chamberlin, James Tompkins, Charles Avery, Orange Mott Jr & Gilbert Warner, Esquires, were acting Justices of the Peace, at the several dates to which their names appear attached to the several foregoing affidavits & certificates hereunto annexed, duly commissioned and qualified as such & to administer oaths, according to the Laws of this Commonwealth, and the signatures thereto purporting to be theirs are genuine. And I also hereby further Certify that upon the Testimony, of Ralph S. Birchard, J.E. Bichard & James B. McKeely residents of Jessup Township in said County aforesaid, and Lucius W. Birchard resident of Montrose, formerly of Jessup Township, in said County, before the Court of Common Pleas of Susquehanna County, being a Court of Record and having general Jurisdiction, satisfactory evidence was produced, that James Faurot, late of Jessup Township aforesaid, Deceased, Died on the third day of December A.D. 1852, and that he left five children, to wit, James Faurot Jr, Timothy Faurot, David Farot [Faurot], Phebe Faurot, now intermarried with Myron Carrier, and Mary Faurot, now intermarried with Israel E. Birchard, which are all the children of the said James Faurot Deceased. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Montrose the Second day of January A.D. 1854.

F. A. Ward Prothy
P F. M. Williams Dept
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Washington Jany 24, 1854
Hon L. P. Waldo

Sir
Enclosed you will find additional evidence in support of the claim of James Faurot of N. Jersey act 7 June 1832.

Faurot States that he served as a Wagoner at West Point and was attached to the Department under the command of Geo Dennison who was an assistant to Hugh Hughes It is possible that Faurot may be found upon the returns of Hughes in your Office.

The testimony now furnished shews clearly that Faurot had the reputation of having served in the war of the Revolution as stated in his declaration

Very Respectfully
Your Ob't Ser't
Geo C Ames
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Pension Office
Jany 28. 1854

Sir
The additional proofs in support of the application of James Fawrot, [lined out: of] deceased, of New Jersey, under the act of June 7. 1832, have been examined.

Proof of James Fawrot having been married and of the date of his wife's death have been wholly omitted. This, together with evidence, duly certified, showing who are the only surviving children, the name of the administrator and amount of his official bond are necessary to the case.

Geo C. Ames Esq
Present.
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Geo. C. Ames
Jany 28./54
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Lima Ohio
Sept-1-1930
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.

[round stamp] U. S. PENSION OFFICE. SEP 3 1930

Dear Sir:-
I am writing to ask some help in the Revolutionary service of my great great grandfather, Henry Faurot, who lived near West Point or Garrison N. Y, afterwards at New Cornwall.

Do you have records of any Rev. Soldiers or just those who applied for pension? Have been told that he was burned out by Tories, and Washington took him in his headquarters at West Point.

If you have no record of his service, where can I find that the Government gave him land for his services?

He is mentioned as transferring land bounty warrents filing claims, etc in N. York.

Thanking you for any information you may be able to give me, I am,

Yours Truly
Mrs  C. W. Smith
Argonne Hotel
Lima Ohio
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Lima, O July 30 1930

Dear Sir:

I am writing to find out the service of Henry Faurot [inserted: father James] (Faro-Fawrot etc) of New York or N Jersey in Rev. War. If you have service of James Faurot please sent it too. I thank you

Mrs. Thoms.
1072 West Market St
Lima Ohio

[round stamp]  U. S. PENSION OFFICE. A AUG 1 1930
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[paper on left]
3-2233  113
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
July 23, 1925
Chief Rev Sect [lined out: Division.]
I have this day received from Albert A. Faurot
cash No. [blank] for $2.05 [lined out: requesting] in payment of photostat copy [lined out: post office address] } as per [lined out: letter] memorandum herewith.

1925 Aug 4 copies mailed and Finance Div notf AW Rev War Sect.

O. J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Div.
H.C.S.

[paper on right]
3-2006
OFFICE OF CHIEF CLERK
Job No. 2194 Date July 25. 25
Subject James Faurot S6832. Rev.
(No.) 1 copies of (No.) 3 pieces consisting of (No.) 12 pages to be forwarded when completed to the Reb & 1812 Sect [lined out: Division.]
Remarks:
Approved:
WE Wilson Chief [lined out: Div.] Sect.
[blank] Chief Clerk.

[at bottom of underlying page:] over
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[business card]
ALBERT A. FAUROT
ROSE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA

[rectangular stamp]
FINANCE DIVISION JUL 23 1925 [illegible] OF PENSIONS

paid on July 23, 1925 for certfd. photos of 12 pages from Rev. War pension claim of James Faurot S. 6832.

rec'd $2 05/100

A E Wilson
Chief Rev. & 1812 Wars Sect.
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AW.
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
August 4, 1925.

Albert A. Faurot,
Rose Polytechnic Institute,
Terre Haute, Ind.

Sir:
I have to advise you, that in paying for the photostat copies of the twelve pages from the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 6832 of James Faurot, you paid three cents too much. Please find enclosed said three cents.

Respectfully,
[signed] Winfield Scott
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.

[Handwritten note:]
Just after Mr Faurot left the room I found the extra three cents so I did not include it in the cost of copies when I notified the Finance Division as it is so much more complicated to return it through the Finance Division. I told Mr Larcombe, Finance Div what I was going to do and he said all right.
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S6832
Desire copies of original application of James Faurot [underlined; below:] 6 pp
4 p dated Nov. 27, 1835
5 pages (2) affidavit of Anna Whiting, Ontario Co. N.Y. Sept. 9, 1853
(3) Orphan's Court record April 24, 1854 in Susquehanna Co., Pa, re estate of James Faurot dec'd and Family record attached
3 / 12 p. & ctf [certification] 25

[calculation: 12*15+25=205, i.e. 12 pp @ $0.15/pg + $0.25]
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Fort Montgomery, N. Y.
February 5, 1935.

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

I understand that one James Faurot applied in 1835 for a pension for Revolutionary War service, but died before a pension was granted.

I would appreciate information as to whether such an application is on file with the Administration, and whether it contains data on the Faurot family and on the military service of the applicant.

Yours very truly,
[signed] Donald F. Clark
Donald F. Clark.

[round date stamp]
RECEIVED FEB 6 1935 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS. ADM. READER #11
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[on a page behind this one?]
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section ILL

September 4, 1930.
[hand-written:]
head & family data added - Feb 15. 1935 - I Leich

Mrs. C. W. Smith
Argonne Hotel
Lima, Ohio.

Dear Madam:

You are advised that this bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made on account of his services.

The records fail to show such a claim on file on account of the services of Henry Faurot.

For information in regard to land that may have been granted him by the State of New York, it is suggested that you consult the archives at the Capital of that State, and further, that information in regard to his military service might be obtained from the Adjutant General, War Department, this city.

It appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 6832, that James Faurot, son of Henry Faurot, was born October 19, 1763 at Piscataway, New Jersey, where he lived until about four or five years old. His father moved then with his family to New York City, later moved up on the Hudson River opposite West Point, New York, and in the spring of 1777, moved to a farm at New Cornwall, Orange County, New York.

While residing at New Cornwall, Orange County, New York, James Faurot served from January 1, 1779, at West Point, as a substitute for his elder brother, David Faurot, also of New Cornwall, in Captain Amos Hatchin's Company, Colonel McClaughrey's New York Regiment. While at work on a but at West Point, he cut off his left thumb; later in the summer, while with a scouting party near the Jersey line on Tappan Bay, he helped to capture six tories with supplies for the British; he continued to serve until May, 1780. He enlisted then as wagoner and served under Captain Joseph Crooks and Commissary George Dennison until November, 1783.
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After the war, soldier returned to his father's home in New Cornwall, New York, engaged in boating on the Hudson River for about eight years when he moved to Sandyston Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.

He married June 11, 1799, in Sandyston Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, Elizabeth Shay, who was born March 26, 1781. She died January 18, 1831, at Sandyston Township, New Jersey.

He died December 3, 1852 at the home of his son, James Faurot, Junior, in Jessups Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, where he had lived for about ten years.

Soldier and his wife had the following children:

Timothy born May 2, 1801
Henry " December 22, 1802, died March 5, 1837
David " November 30, 1804
Ephrahim " January 8, 1807, died August 22, 1847
John " April 27, 1811, " May 27, 1811.
Phebe " April 28, 1812, married Myron Carrier.
James " November 30, 1814
Benjamin " July 28, 1816, died July 17, 1849
Marth " July 8, 1818, " March 16, 1838
Mary " April 4, 1821, married Israel E. Birchard.
Sarah " March 14, 1823, died August 22, 1824.

Their son, James Faurot, Junior, applied June 13, 1853, for the pension due him and the other surviving children on account of the services of their father; their names are as follows:- James Junior, Timothy, David, Phebe, wife of Myron Carrier, and Mary, wife of Israel E. Birchard.

Their claim was allowed.

Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.
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August 27, 1930.

Mrs. Thoms
1072 West Market Street
Lima, Ohio.

Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 6832, that James Faurot, son of Henry Faurot, was born October 19, 1763 at Piscataway, New Jersey, where he lived until about four or five years old. His father moved then with his family to New York City, later moved up on the Hudson River opposite West Point, New York, and in the spring of 1777, moved to a farm at New Cornwall, Orange County, New York.

While residing at New Cornwall, Orange County, New York, James Faurot served from January 1, 1779, at West Point, as a substitute for his older brother, David Faurot, also of New Cornwall, in Captain Amos Hutchin's Company, Colonel McCaughrey's New York Regiment. While at work on a hut at West Point, he cut off his left thumb; later in the summer, while with a scouting party near the Jersey line on Tappan Bay, he helped to capture six tories with supplies for the British; he continued to serve until May, 1780. He enlisted then as wagoner and served under Captain Joseph Crooks and Commissary George Dennison until November, 1783.

After the war, soldier returned to his father's home in New Cornwall, New York, engaged in boating on the Hudson River for about eight years when he moved to Sandyston Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.

He married June 11, 1799, in Sandyston Township in Sussex County, New Jersey, Elizabeth Shay, who was born March 26, 1781. She died January 18, 1831, at Sandyston Township, New Jersey.

He died December 3, 1852 at the home of his son, James Faurot, Junior, in Jessups Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, where
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he had lived for about ten years.

Soldier and his wife, Elizabeth, had the following children:

Timothy born May 2, 1801
Henry " December 22, 1802, died March 5, 1837
David " November 30, 1804
Ephrahim " January 8, 1807, died August 22, 1847
John " April 27, 1811, " May 27, 1811
Phebe " April 28, 1812, married Myron Carrier.
James " November 30, 1814
Benjamin " July 28, 1816, died July 17, 1849
Martha " July 8, 1818, " March 16, 1838
Mary " April 4, 1821, married Israel E. Birchard.
Sarah " March 14, 1823, died August 22, 1824

Their son, James Faurot, Junior, applied June 13, 1853, for the pension due him and the other surviving children on account of the services of their father; their names are as follows, James,  Junior, Timothy, David, Phebe, wife of Myron Carrier, and Mary, wife of Israel E. Birchard.

Their claim was allowed.

Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.

[added by hand:]
David & John Faurot -- brothers of sol. Rev. Sol.
Ann Whiting, wid. of Elijah Whiting -- sister of soldier -- 94 yrs in 1853, lived in Wayne Co NY
Canandaigua Co. NY. in 1852 -
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BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., __, 19__

In reply to your request of ___, received ___ for a statement of the military history of James Faurot 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 6832.

[Table, 6 columns, 3 rows]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. |
LENGTH OF SERVICE. |
RANK. |
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. | COLONEL.  |
STATE.

Jan 1, 1779 | May 1780 | Pvt | Amos Hutchins | McClaughry | N.Y.

May 1780 | Mr 1783 | Wagoner | | { Joseph Crooks + Commissary Geo Dennison |

Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, New Cornwall, Orange Co N. Y.
Date of application for pension, Nov. 27, 1835. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Sandiston Twp., Sussex Co. N.J.
Age at date of application, b. Oct 19. 1763. At Piscataway N.J.
Remarks: He mar. in Sussex Co. NJ. June 11, 1799 Elizabeth Shay b. Mch 26 1781. She died Jan 16 1831 at Sandiston Twp, Sussex Co. NJ and he died Dec 3. 1852 in Jessup Twsp. Susquehanna Co. Pa. See Family date herewith

Respectfully,
Commissioner.
6--2856
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October 27, 1915.
Mrs. Rufus Gregory Scott,
Montrose,
Susquehanna Co., Pa.

Madam:

In addition to the military history of James Faurot. Sur. File No. 6,832, Rev. War, you are furnished the following family data from the papers on file.

Children.
Timothy born May 2, 1801.
Henry " December 22, 1802, died March 5, 1837.
David " November 30, 1804.
Ephrahim " January 8, 1807, died August 22, 1847.
John " April 27, 1811, " May 27, 1811
Phebe " April 28, 1812, married Myron Carrier or Cassier
James " November 30, 1814.
Benjamin " July 28, 1816, died July 17, 1849.
Martha " July 8, 1818, " March 16, 1838.
Mary " April 4, 1821, married Israel E. Birchard.
Sarah " March 14, 1823, died August 22, 1824.

Very respectfully.
[signed] G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.