Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10,732, Andrew Gillespie, New York
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20115 20115
New York [double underlined]
Andrew Gillespie
Subscribing in the State of N. York who was a private in the Camp commanded by Captain Smith of the Reg. commanded by Col. Weisenfelt in the N. York line for 15 mos. -

Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 50 Dollars ~ Censts per annum to commence on the 4th day of March. 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of Aug. 1823 and sent to J. C. Lansing Lansingburgh [double underlined]

Arrears to the 4th of Mc. '33 $100
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Sep '33 25 [double underlined]
$125 [double underlined]
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Go. C. Stiles Clerk
Book E. Vol. D Page 58
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No. 9485
Andrew Gillespie
Notfound
[?]
16
proof req'd
Dec. 13. '32
P154
Jacob C. Lansing
Lansingburgh N. Y.
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BRIEF in the case of Andrew Gillespie of Lansingburg in the State of N. York
(Act 7th June, 1932.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? in open Court
2. If before a Judge, dows it appear that hte applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank]
3. How old is he? Sixty nine
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
|Period.|
In 1779 1780 1781
|Duration of Service.|
Months, 9 6 9
|Rank.|
Post Rider Private do
|Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.|
Gen. in the employ of Gen'l. Clinton Col. Smith - N. York Militia
Cap't. G. Livingston - Col. Wiesinfelt
5. In what battles was he engaged? none named
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? County of Orange - N. York
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence alone
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? the papers are correct in form and authentication

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Wm. Gordon Examining Clerk.
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9485
In the matter of Andrew Gillespie Revolutionary Soldier
Claim as Post rider disallowed
aom'd
15. mo. pri [underlined]
50$ [underlined]
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Major John Gillespie commanded the Fort a short time - John Graham Sergeant - Eighteen men of whom I was one, went out to the Sackawana woods in the month of September, were met by a party of Indians supposed to be forty or fifty in number - Graham and nine men were killed among whom were Robert Sempter, Adam Emblee John Lair, James McCue, Moses Shaw, Daniel Consent, Abraham Vananburg - Adam Scott, and Alexander Crawford - The rest of the party escaped - Jacobus Ivory was shot in the mouth and in one of his arms, but made his escape. 
John Coulter, Simeon Vankeurea, Jacob Rynchart, Christopher Mause, were among those who escaped 
We were discharged in December on Christmas day - 
That I was born in Shawangunk (then Ulster County) now Orange County New York on the 4th day of July 1763. Record of my age was burnt in my fathers house just after the Revolution. I lived in Shawangunk when I entered the service each time never got any discharge in writing. I know John W. McCullough of Lansingburgh and Matthew Gillespie of Troy who can testify to my character for veracity & their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution and do not know but there may be others in Orange County who do know it, but I left that County forty five years ago I am poor and unable to go there & nearly blind -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any States, or (if any,) only on that of the agency of the State of  [blank]
Andrew his mark Gillespie ['X' placed between first and last name]
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Archibald Bull Clerk

We John  W. McCullough a Clergyman, residing in the Village of Lansingburgh and Matthew Gillespie residing in the City of Troy hereby certify that we are acquainted with Andrew Gillespie who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
J. W McCullough [signature]
Ma't Gillespie [signature]
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
by John W McCullough before me Jacob C. Lansing Justice of the Peace
Archibald Bull Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by  the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier [bold print], and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that John W. McCullough who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Lansingburgh and that Matthew Gillespie who has also signed the same, is a resident in the city of Troy and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. and that Jacob C. Lansing who took said affidavit is a Justice of the peace of said county
I, Archibald Bull Clerk of the [Court of crossed out] Troy Mayors Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings so the said Court in the matter of the application of Andrew Gillespie for a pension.
In Testimony whereof [bold print], I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this fifth day of September 1832.
Archibald Bull Clerk
(See over) [bottom of page]
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I certify that the interrogatories within mentioned were satisfactorily answered - Troy July 22nd 1833
Dan'l Gardner
Recorder for Presiding Judge Mayors Court
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State of New York}
County of Rensselaer} SS.
Town of Lansingburgh} [underlined]
Andrew Gillespie of Lansingburgh in said county being duly sworn says, that ^[insert] since the receipt of the objections of the War Department, to his application for a pension dated 13th September 1832, he has made diligent inquiry, as far as his means would enable him to, and has been unable to discover any person, by whom he can prove his actual service during the Revolution, except Mathew Gillespie, who will swear to his actual service during the Revolution, but cannot specify the length of time of his service; and this deponent further says that he served for the length of time, and in the different capacities, inventoried in his original application; and further this deponent saith not. 
Andrew his mark Gillespie ['X' placed between first and last name]
Subscribed and sworn before me, the said Gillespie being a credible person this 22nd day of July A.D. 1833}
Jacob C. Lansing Justice of the Peace
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Andrew Gillespie entered the service of the United Several times during the Revolutionary War being called out by [illegible] of the Government, but this deponent cannot recollect the length of time of the different services. But is of opinion from at least recollections that it was from six [illegible] months each time and further this deponent says not. 
Ma't Gillespie [signature]
Subscribed & sworn before me the subscribed being a credible witness this 22nd day of July 1833}
Jacob C. Lansing Justice of the Peace

State of New York}
Rensselaer County} SS. I Henry R. Bristol Clerk of the said county, do certify that Jacob C. Lansing Esqr. before whom the foregoing affidavit purport to have been sworn was at time of taking the same and is at this time A Justice of the Peace in and for the said county of Rensselaer that I am well acquainted with this hand writing and verily believe his signature to said affidavits to be genuine -
Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 22nd day of July 1833
Henry R. Bristol Clerk
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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of Andrew Gillespie, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Andrew Gillespie
Certificate [illegible]
Issued August 5, 1833
Rate $50.00 per annum
Commence March 4, 1834
Act of June 7, 1832
New York Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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1940 - Jan. 29 - Hist to Miss Nellie Schock cc [?] letter [crossed out] in file Cornelius Bradt. w 18649 cc

Revolution
10.732
INVALID.
File No. 10,732
Andrew Gillespie
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7 1832
Index - BVol. a, Page 142
[Arrangement of 1870]
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Andrew Gillespie which require further proof or explanation.
I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant reside? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for this not doing so? [blank]
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V.  Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language as definite as to enable the department to determine what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes. Not found on Rolls - proof of service required
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes.
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X.   Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  Yes.
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? [blank]
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? States that he has no documentary evidence, and is unable to obtain living witnesses to his services
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he , she, or they are persons of credibility? And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? [blank]
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?[blank]
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? The Court certify that the interrogatories were put to the applicant

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. Ina case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less thatnt he periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For____ year ____ months and ____days, I served as a ____. For ___months and ____ days, I served as a ____; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the cerificate.
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January 29, 1940.
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BA-J/CC
Cornelius Bradt
w.16649
Andrew Gillespie
S. 10732

Miss Nellie Schock
2312 Harlan Street,
Falls City, Nebraska.

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Andrew Gillespie, who drew a pension in New York, and that of Cornelius Bradt who served in the Albany County, New York militia under Colonel Abraham Wemple.
you are furnished herewith the Revolutionary War pension records of Cornelius Bradt and Andrew Gillespie.
Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.