Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9924, for John Lake, New York
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(3-1776)

SERVICE  New York   Lake, John  NUMBER S9924

carded
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New York 28.748
John Lake
of Dutchess Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the compy commanded by Captain Woods of the Regt commanded by Col Dubois in the New York line for 18 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 60 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of June 1834 and sent to Hon A. Boker  House Reps

Arrears to the 4th of March '34 $180.00
Semi-anl allowance ending Sept 4 '34  30.00

$210.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Saml H Page Clerk,
Book E Vol 4 Page 105
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14360
In the matter of the application of John Lake for a pension
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State of New York
Dutchess County

On this twenty fourth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the court of common Pleas in and for said county of Dutchess now sitting John Lake a resident of the Town of Pleasant Valley in the county of Dutchess and State of New York aforesaid aged seventy six years on the twenty sixth day of March last past 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 entered the service of the United States on or about the last of April or the first of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight as a substitute soldier for one Rowland Richerson in a company of state militia soldiers under the command of Captain Joseph Reynolds that at the time of his so entering the army of the United States he resided in the then precinct of Bickman in the county and state aforesaid and was marched from thence to West Point on the West side of the Hudson River and was there employed at labouring on the public fortifications until the expiration of his stipulated term of service which according to the best of his recollection was some five or six months
That he again entered the said service in the spring of seventeen hundred and seventy nine, as a class substitute soldier in a company of State militia then commended by Captain Wood That his residence was then the same as when he first entered the army and from thence he was marched with said Woods Company to Fishkill on the East side of the Hudson and from then crossed the river into the county of Orange and marched tot he [illegible] on the Delaware River crossing said river into the State of Pennsylvania and from thence marched to [illegible] from thence to Lackamaxan [?] where they lay
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in temporary forts for a short time from which forto they were marched to [illegible] Hollow and from there to a fort situate on th eLockawaxen River and from thence they were marched almost immediately to the Cayuga for [illegible] Lake in pursuit of the Indians a few of whom they found and took a small number the main body of them having crossed the lake before their arrival there. The object of this expedition appeared at the time to have been for the two regiments of which said Woods company was a part to proceed towards the said Lakes and [illegible] General Clinton's Army which was a division of General Sullivans but on their arrival at the Lake they found the whole body of men under the command of general Clinton had crossed over the lake some time before their arrival whereupon they were immediately marched back by nearly the same rout to Stony front on the West side of the Hudson and there remained until late in the fall when they were marched to Poukeepsie in said Dutchess County and thee and then discharged after having him in service about eight months, that the officers attached to said regiment were Major Van Benschoter and Colonel Dubois, and the other officers he does not now recollect - 
That he again entered the service in the spring of seventeen hundred and eighty, as a class substitute solider (so called) in captain Woods company. That major Van Benschoter and Colonel Bastwick were attached to the regiment of which his company formed about that they were rendevous at Poughkeepsee aforesaid and conducted from thence to Albany in the State of New York by water and from thence were marched to place called Stone Arabia
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commonly called stone nobbin in said State = where they were encamped until the British army consisting of two regiments of white [illegible] and the remainder of Indians under the command of sir John Butler and [illegible] came thus and attached in the army. The result of the battle was infor so able to the American army. and they were compelled to retire within the first. During this engagement Colonel Brown was killed. After the close of the foregoing engagement the British army [illegible] up the Mohawk River. The American army were so on reinforced by the arrival of a body of Militia when pursuit of the retracting army was immediately made. They were followed for several days during which time some few indians were made prisoners. The pursuit was as time as far as the Cayuga Lake to Stone arches. Commonly called Stone Robbie, where they attended the burial of Colonel Brown in the honor of War. They were then discharged after having completed their term of service and have a duty about five or six months - and after being so discharged [illegible] no more the service of the United States as a soldier in the army - That he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person where testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. That he has since the revolutionary war, and now does live in the town of Pleasant Valley in the said county of Dutchess. That he does not know that he ever received a written discharge from the service, but thinks he was
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verbally discharged by the commanding officer of the expedition of each term of service- That he is known in his neighborhood by [illegible] having Daniel S Dean, Joshua War, Joshua Georg, Omen Ward [illegible] who can severally testify as to his character for veracity and this 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

{signed] John his x mark Lake

Sworn to & subscribed this day & year aforesaid

We Frederick Luckerman a clergyman residing in the Town of Peasant Valley in the said county of Dutchess and Casper Skaier of Washington residing in the same county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Lake who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy six 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- sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid

[signed[ Frederick Luckerman Casper Ham
[illegible] clerk

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interogatories prescribed byt he war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Frederick Luckeraman who has signed the preceding certifi
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cate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Pleasant Valley, and county of Dutchess aforesaid and that Casper Ham who has also signed the same is a resident in the same county, and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Henry I Traver clerk of the court of common Pleas in and for the county of Dutchess do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original procedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Lake for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this twenty fourth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty two

[signed]  Henry I Traver Clerk
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June 30, 1924.

Marion Cronin,
515 N. 24th St.,
Lincoln, Nebr.

Madam;

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.9924, it appears that John Lake was born March 26, 1756 in Dutchess County, New York.

While residing at Beekman, Dutchess County, New York, he enlisted April or May 1778 and served five months as a private in Captain Joseph Reynolds' Company, Colonel Lee's New York Regiment.

He enlisted in the spring of 1779 and served eight months as a private in Captain Wood's Company, Colonel Dubois, New York Regiment.

He enlisted in the spring of 1780 and served five months as a private in Captain Woods' Company, Colonel
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Bostwick's New York Regiment and was in the battle of Stone Arabia.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 24, 1832, while a resident of Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York.

There is no data on file as to his family.

Respectfully,

Commissioner
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[column 1]
1910 June 3 Hist to Mrs. Geo. Worrall vlh
1910 Dec 22 Mrs. Geo Morrall that date of death & whether he arrived are not stated.
1924 June 30 Marion Cronin aws

[column2]
Rev War

9924
INVALID.

File No 9924
John Lake
Pri. Rev War

Act: June 7th 1832.
Index:-Vol. 1, Page 216

{Arrangement of 1870.}
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14360
John Lake,

Admitted

F.G. Hoffman
Pleasant Valley
N.Y.
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, August 8th 1833 To: The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace (thus: }) You will when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. [form - 9 columns] A Statement, showing the service of John Lake Period when the service was rendered/Duration of the claimant's service. years, months, days / Rank of the claimant. / Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom they served. / Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. / Battles in which the applicant was engaged. / Country through which he marched. / Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period / Evidence by which the declaration is supported.

[columns blank]

I am, Respectfully, your obedient servant,
J.L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions
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[Regulations under the Act of June 7, 1832.]
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[Regulations page 2]
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John Lake

Rev New York
Suspended [illegible] Jan '32
Letter 16 Nov '33
Ft G Hoffman
let to Hon A Bocker
'34
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April 4 1834
To Mr Edwards -
I wish to enquire into the case of John Lake an applicant for pension whose returned & amended papers were sent to the office
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Pleasant Valley Sept 26th 1833

Respected Sir

Enclosed I send you the pension papers in the case of Lake & Ward, as [illegible] I hape all [illegible]

Yours Respectfully

Fr S Hoffman

Hon J.L. Edwards
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

John Lake for File 9924

[chart] Dates of Enlistment or Appointment/Length of Service/Rank/Officers under whom service was rendered-Captain-Colonel./State

April/May 1776 / 3 months / Pvt / Joseph Reynolds / Lee / NY

Spring of 1779 / 8 mo / " / Ward/ Dubois

Spring of 1781 / 5 mos / [blank] / Ward/ Bostwick

Battles engaged in, Stone Arabia
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Beedman, Dutchess Co NY
Date of application for pension, Sept 24, 1832 his was allowed
Residence at date of application, Pleasant Valley Dutchess Co NY
Age at date of application, born Mch 26, 1756 in Dutchess co NY
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Record Division.

December 22, 1920.

Mrs. George Worrall,
of 52 Grand Avenue, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Madam:

In reply to your letter dated the 15th and received the 16th instant, you are advised that in the claim of John Lake, Sur. Fire No. 9,924, Rev. War, the date of his death is not stated nor is it shown that he ever was married.
for date of last payment of his pension, the person to whom paid, and probable date of death, application should be made to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U.S. Treasury Department, citing the following data: John Lake, Certificate No. 38,748, issued June 5, 1834 under Act of June 7, 1832 at the New York Agency.

Very Respectfully,

Commssioner.
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[illegible]
515 N 24st
May 24, 1924

[stamp] US Pension Office May 28 1924

Dear Sir:
What information can you give me as regards the wife and children of Peter Lake private, Captain Sundy's Company, Colonel Willet's Regiment of New York lines?
Would appreciate the same information of John Lake, Captain Robert Wood's Company, Albert Pawlings regiment, New York State Militia, and
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John Lake of Captain Thomas [illegible] company, 5th New York Regiment, commanded by Lewis Du Bois.
Thanking you for the favor, I am very gratefully
Marion Cronin
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52 Grane Ave,
Poughkeepsie, NY
15th Dec 1920.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir - In response to your letter received today, I would state that John Lake was born in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess Co., N.Y., March 26, 1756 and died about 1844. His place of residence at the time of enlistment and after discharge was Pleasant Valley Dutchess Co N.Y. He was a pensioner of your department for many years. I wish to know the exact date of his death and the name of widow.
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Peter Lake was a younger brother of John Lake born in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess Co., N.Y. His place of residence at time of enlistment and after discharge was Pleasant Valley, Dutchess Co., N.Y. He was also a pensioner of your department but died many years before his wife who was Hannah Cummings. She died about 1863 aged 101 years, 10 months, 10 days. I wish to know the exact date of birth, date of death & time of service of the said Peter Lake.

Very respectfully, 
Mary L Morrall.
(Mr's George Morrall)
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52 Grand Ave.
Poughkeepsie N.Y.
12th May 1910

Pension Department
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen, Will you kindly give me such information as can be obtained from the papers on file in your department as to the date of birth company, regiment and time of service of John Leak who enlisted as a private in the Revolutionary army at
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Poughkeepsie Dutchess Co, and is supposed to have been in the 4th regiment, Continental Line during the whole war and was for many years a pensioner of your department.
Very truly yours
Mary Leak Morrall

(Mrs. George Morrall.)

May 13 1910
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52 Grand Ave
Poughkeepsie N.Y.
May 25, 1910.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir - I have your letter of May 23, 1920 in reply to mine of an earlier date asking for information relative to John Leake, a revolutionary war pensioner in which you say "that the Revolutionary War pension records fail to afford any information relative
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to John Leak described by your"
It may be that there is some discrepancy in the spelling of the name as it was originally spelled "Leak" and later changed to Lake.
I am satisfied from inquiries I have made that John Leak, or Lake, was for many years a Revolutionary War pensioner as I was well acquainted with an old gentleman by the name of Isaac F. Collins who lately died m
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this city at the age of 92 years. who informed me that he had made out and forwarded to your department the pension papers of said John Leak or Lake
I would be glad if you would make a further investigation for the records of this pensioner and give me such information as the record contains.
I enclose my previous letter.
Very truly yours,
Mary L. Morrall

(Mrs. Geo. Morrall)
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State of New York
Dutchess County

Personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace in & for the said county of Dutchess John Lake of the Town of Pleasant Valley in said county. Who being duly sworn doth depose and say that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory e cannot swear positively as tot he precise length of service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below & in the following grades.
For five months I served as a substitute soldier for one Rowland Richerson in a company of State Militia soldiers commanded by Capt Reynolds
for eight months I served as a substitute soldier in Capt Woods company of State Militia Troops
For five months I again served as a class substitute soldier in said Woods company of State Militia troops & for such service I claim a pension

[John his x mark Lake.]

Sworn & subscribed before me this eleventh day of May 1833.
Garret Adriance Justice of the Peace
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State of New-York, County of Dutchess, I Hery I. Traper, Clerk of the County of Dutchess, Do Hereby Certify, That Henry I Traver whose name is subscribed to the attestation of [illegible] in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County, [illegible] and further, That I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said [illegible] and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavit is genuine, 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said county, this [illegible]
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In the matter of the application of John Lake for a pension

Awarded
Declaration
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In the matter of
John Lake

Amended
Declaration

On roll of
Capt Woods company- 8 mo-
1779 - no roll
of the company after that period

Admitted Private 18 months

Hon Abm Bakee
Hon Ripr NY
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State of New York
Dutchess county
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justis of the Peace in and for said county of Dutchess Danl S Dean of the Town of Peasant Valley in said county who being duly affirmed according to law doth depose and say that he is of the age of sixty six years and upwards and is the person refered to in the annexed declaration of the therein names John Lake and that he has been well acquainted with the said Lake for more than sixty years having from the earliest of his memory lived in the same neighborhood with him and while young within a mile of his Father with whom he then lived. That he well remembers his the said Lake leaving home as was said at the time for the purpose of joining the American Army and whilst army it was then, and still is believed he did join and remain in service with for an during three different campaigns as is set forth in his affidavit hereunto annexed and further this deponent doth say that he hath never heard any person at any time express a doubt if his having so been in the army of the Revolution as he hath stated

[signed]  Danl S Dean

Affirmed & subscribed this sixth day of September 1833
Garret Adriane Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Dutchess County  I the above named Daniel S Dean took & subscribed the above affidavit. Do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with said deponent that his character for truth and varacity is good and that his statement is entitled to credit

Garret Adriane Justice of the Peace
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Dutchess County

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justic of the Peace in and for the county of Dutchess Rowland Ricketson of the said county who being duly affirmed doth depose and say that he is of the age of seventy six years and is the same person referred to in the annexed declaration of the therein named John Lake and that he has been well acquainted with the said Lake for sixty years or more, and that he well knows that he the said lake did serve as a soldier in the war of the Revolution and that this deponent saw him as a soldier with the American Army then lying in the town of Fishkill in the county aforesaid but from the great lapse of time this deponent cannot say particularly how long he did serve nor when he was discharged from service & further this deponent saith not

[signed] Rowland Ricketson
Affirmed and subscribed to this 4th day of September 1833 before me

I the above named Justice before whom the said Rowland Ricketson took and subscribed the above affidavit do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with said deponent that his character for truth and veracity is good and that his statement is entitled to credit.

Joshua Brownell Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Dutchess County 

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for the said county of Dutchess. John Ward of the town of Pleasant Valley in said county. Who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is of the age of seventy two years and upwards. That he has for the last fifty five years have well acquainted with John Lake the person who has sworn and subscribed the annexed declaration. That he well remembers to have seen said Lake in the army of the revolution as a soldier as duty. but from the great laps of time cannot particularly say how long he was on duty or when discharged. That he well remembers to have heard Thomas Wesley William Ward and others now about [illegible] of the services of said Lake as a soldier aforesaid. That he had been to the month and [illegible] & the [illegible] said Lake took in that [illegible] . That he has heard said declaration read & believes that said Lake [illegible[ the services as is [illegible] by States & [illegible]

[signed] John Ward
sworn & subscribed this sixth day Sept 1833

Garret Adriana Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Dutchess County  I the above named justice before whom the said John Ward took and subscribed the above affidavit do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with said deponent that his character for truth and veracity is good and that his statement is entitled to credit

Garret Adriana Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF NEW-YORK,
County of Dutchess  ss. I Henry I Traper, Clerk of the County of Dutchess, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That [illegible] whose name is subsribed to the [illegible] in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County, And Further, That I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said [illegible] and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavit is genuine, 

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said county, the [illegible] day of
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In the matter of John Lake

Appli for certificate
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State of New York
Dutchess County ss 
Personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the justices of the Peace of the said county John Lake of the town of Pleasant Valley in said county an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. Who being first duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say in order to assert his dclaration heretofore made in order to obtain said pension, that from old age and continued [illegible] and the consequent loss of [illegible] there he cannot recollect with clearness and certainty the names of all the officers under whom in [illegible] services to the United States during the times he served in the War of the Revolution as state and set first in his declaration of [illegible] but according to the best of his personal recollection he thinks that the regiment to which his company was attached at the time he entered the services as a class substitute soldier, and during the times he was [illegible] at West Point & Stony Point was the west side of the Hudson River was under the command of Col Lee, and that during the [illegible] acts that he served, as a soldier of [illegible] he was under the command of the officers heretofore particularly unusual [illegible] in his said declaration & further said not.

[signed] John his x mark Lake
sworn & subscribed before me this 27th day
November 1833
Garret Adriance Justice of the Peace