Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23648, Thomas Galusha, Conn. Mass. Vt.

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Conn.
Mass.
Vt.

Galusha, Thomas                             S. 23648

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State of New York
Washington County} ss

On this Sixth day of December 1832 personally appeared in Open Court before us the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Washington and State aforesaid no Sitting Thomas Galusha a resident of the town of Fort Edward County of Washington and State of New York aged Seventy Six years on the Second day of August last 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 7th 1832.

That He entered the Service of the United States under the following named Officers and Served as herein Stated 

That while he lived in the town of New Milford County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut and in the last of the Month of April A.D. 1775 he enlisted  in the State Troops Connecticut line for Seven Months and entered the service under the command of Capt Elnathan Curtiss. Lieut's Name he does not recollect Ensign Nables and he was marched through the town of Kent Salsbury, New Canaan, Barrington, Stockbridge ['New Lebanon Easttown' crossed out] and comes to the North river at ['Flatburg' crossed out] Greenbush and crossed the river to Albany and went up the river oposite to New City now Lansingburgh and Crossed the river again at Half Moon Taint now Waterford and was marched up the river to Roger's Ferry near Fort Edward where he crossed and was Marched to Lake George where he went into boats and down the Lake to Ticonderoga where he join Col Hermans Regiment and was there Stationed and his company was employed in transporting units and stores up and down Lake George and remained there untill in November when he was take with Auge Fever when he was taken with all the Sick to New City now Lansingburgh and on the last of November his time of inlistment expired and he was discharged in writing Signed by his Capt Ebenezer Curtiss which discharge he has lost and does not know where it is and he further saith [interlined] 7 Mo [interlined] he Served and did his duty Seven Months as a private Soldier and further this declarant says he remembers of of seeing Gen Montgomery and Several other offs but cannot recollect their Names – that there were other troops there but he does not remember the names of the officers or regiments

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And he further states that while he lived in New Milford aforesaid and on the first of January A.D. 1776 he enlisted in the state troops for one year under the command of Capt Isaac Bostick. Lieutenant Bostick the 2d Lieut name he does not recollect and Ensign Bostick three brothers–and was sent to Boston where he Joined his company and was attached to Col Webb Regt does not remember the names of the other officers of them his said Regiment and was stationed in Rockbury as a Guard untill in the Middle of March he was marched on to Dorchister Hills where he built or helped to build three Forts with Logs and brush & that while there as the British lay there in their Shipping they fired upon them but were not able to elevate their  pieces so as to mark them that he remained there until April the third when he was Marched to New London where he went on board of Sloops on Long Island Sound and 
Sailed to New York and landed about three miles from the City and Marched into the City of New York where he was stationed as a guard untill the British came from Long Island into the City when the Main Army commanded by Gen Washington retreated from the city
when he was marched to the White Plains where he remained untill the Brittish army came up who followed their retreat and had a battle and he retreated on the Hills and the British returned to New York and he was Marched to the north river and up the said river & camped the north river South of West Point and was marched through the State of New Jersey to the State of Pennsylvania and was Stationed at Valley Forge as a guard where he remained untill the first of January A.D. 1777 when his term of enlistment expired and
he received an honorable discharge in writing does not recollect the officers name that Signed it that had or took no care of it and has lost it Several years ago. that he served and performed his duty as [margin note: 12 Mo] a private Soldier one year
and he further Says he remembers of Seeing Gen Washington Gen Israel G Putnam Gen Green and Several more Officers but and regiments and troops but does not remember their names or the officers commanding

And he further states that while he lived in the town of Williamstown. County of Berkshire and state of Massachusetts and in the Month of May A.D. 1777 he enlisted in the State Troops Massachusetts line for Seven Months and joined the Company at Manchester in the State of Vermont commanded by

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Capt John Warner Lieut Eastman, cannot remember the Ensign's name and was attached to Col. Herrick's Regiment does not recollect the names of the other Officers of the Reg. that he was stationed at Manchester as a guard over the Military Stores and was employed in Scouting once was sent out in small parties to Lake Champlain & into the town of Hills and many other places though the marches untill the 16th day of August when he was marched to Bennington and arrived there in the Morning of the 17th and was sent acrost Bennington river in the rear of Col Baum's Regiment who was sent there by Gen Burgoyne to cut off their retreat and they first commenced once attacked Col Baum in his entrenchments and he was soon drove from his entrenchment and they were ['took' crossed out] made pensioners and killed the most of them that Col. Baum was wounded and died. That Daniel Warner his Capt brother and several others of his Company were killed that in the afternoon then comes a reinforcement from Burgoyne's army commanded by Col Richmond when he retreated untill Col. Warner came up with his regiment of Continental Troops and then there was a battle which continued untill dark that about half of Richmond's Reg't were killed and several of his own men were also killed that he was in both battles - -
Then after these battles he was marched up between Lake George and Lake Champlain through the woods to the French lines near the outlet of Lake George and took a party of the Enemy that was stationed then as a guard on the said French lines and remained there three days during which time he with about 500 took Mount Defiance and then went [illegible] up Lake George in boats they had taken from the enemy including two gun boats having come on board and two sloops within gun that of Simon Island and having a small skirmish with the enemy that was on the s'd Island with the intention of taken it but was departed he then went up into Vanwormer bay and burnt the boats and sloops and sunk the canon(sic) and he was  marched over the Mountains to Skenesborough now White hall and remained there a few days and was marched through the town of [illeg] Manchester to Bennington where he remained untill the Month of December and he received a written discharge signed by Col Herrick which is lost long since and do not know what has become of it

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and further say, he remembers of seeing Col. Brown [illegible] his regiment that he thinks there were no Gen Adkins with him during this campaign on any other Colonels commanding except his Col. Herrick. Col Brown and Col Warner the he served and performed his duty as a private soldier 7. Mo seven months and returned home
and this declarant further saith that while he resided in the town of Williamstown aforesaid and on the first day of July A. D. 1780. he enlisted in the State troops a new service for six months Massachusetts line to fill up the Continental Army and was sent to the town of Sheffield and was mustered and then sent to West point that Gen Arnold then commanded there that he was put into the drill a short time and was sent into a company commanded by ['Capt Hudang' crossed out] Lieut Pratt commandant in Col Bigelow Regiment commanded by Lieut Col Titus and Major Ballard in Gen Glover's Brigade as near as he can remember from his best recollection - and he was Marched down the north river on the east side to the Kings Ferry where he crossed over the river into the New Jersey State and was detached and put into a light Infantry Company commanded by Capt Hudang does not recollect no other ['Officers' crossed out] name in his company that he had no particular station but was marched from one place to another as a Scouting Party does not distinctly  remember the several places he sent that he was continued in this service untill in the month of December when he was marched up the river to West Point and remained there in the barracks untill the first day of January AD. 1781 when his term of enlistment expired and he received an honorable and written discharge but does not remember the name of this Officer that signed it that he has long since lost his said discharge. and he further saith he served 6 mo and did his duty as a private soldier six months
That he remembers of seeing Gen Marquis Lafayette, Gen Barron Steubens and several other officers and Regt but does not recollect their names.
That he returned home to Williamstown aforesaid when he lived about thirteen years from thence he moved to the town of Argyle now Fort Edward where he lived about thirty years and then

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moved to the town of Putnam Warren County State of New York where he lived six or seven years from there he moved to Fort Edward where he now lives and has lived ever since.
1st That he was born in the town of New Milford in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut in the year of our Lord 1756
2 That there is no record of his age to  his knowledge or information 
3 That he lived when he entered the service in the town of New Milford County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut once has lived since the revolutionary war in the towns of Williamstown, Argyle - Putnam and Fort Edward where he now lives
4 That when he entered the served he entitled
5 That the names of the officers once regiment he cannot more distinctly remember them he has set forth in his declaration and that the facts and circumstances as near as he can remember or set out in the above declaration
6 That he received some written discharges ['signed' crossed out] two were signed by Capt. Eleazer Curtiss and Col Herrick and two he cannot remember the officers names that signed either of them and they are all of them lost and gone
7 That there is no clergyman residing in the neighborhood where he lives and that he is known in his present neighborhood by Samuel Bennet Taylor Lewis Warren Bell Edward Fullington and many others who can testify as to his character for truth and truth and veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State or territory
/s/Thomas Galusha
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid}
/s/I. S. Leigh Clk.

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We Edward Fullerton residing in the town of Fort Edwards and Taylor Lewis residing in the town of Fort Edwards hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Galusha 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 this day and year aforesaid }
Edward Fullerton
Taylor Lewis
J. S. Leigh CUB
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the revolution and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Edward Fullerton who has signed the preceding certificate resident in the town of Fort Edwards and that Taylor Lewis who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town and that they both are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Jesse S. Leigh clerk of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Washington do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of this said court in the matter of the application of Thomas Galusha for a pension.  I also certify that John Moss before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Washington and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed [obscured by seal] affidavit to be his proper hand writing once [obscured] signature my hand and seal of office this 6th day of December 1832.
J. S. Leigh CUB

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Thomas Galusha
New York
Comd
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July 7. 
page 237
Hono
M. Pitchen
H.R.

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BRIEF in the case of Thomas Galusha
County of Washington in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1.  Was the declaration made before a Court of a Judge:  Open Court
2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3.  How old is he?  76
4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

April in 1775  7 months  private  Cap. Eustis  Colo Henman
1776  1 year  ""  Cap Bostik, Colo Webb
May 1777  7 months  ""  Cap. Warner-Colo [illegible]
July-1780   6 months   ''  Cap Huddany. Colo Bigalow

5.  In what battles was he engaged:  Battle with part of Burgom Army and then
another battle took some [illegible] skermish at {illegible} Isle
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service:  {illegible] Connecticut
7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary two living wittnesses
8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect?
on of the living witnesses is not certified to be credible
Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

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5794
New York
Thomas Galusha
of Washington in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Eustice of the dept. commanded
by Col. Henman in the Connecticut
line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 80 Dollars per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of Feby:
1833 and [illegible]
Hs of ref
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1832  $120
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4th '33  40
$160
{Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles
Book D Vol. D Page 139

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RECORD DIVISION
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION
8-525
AWF   DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
S.23648  BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C., -----------, 19-----

In reply to your equest of, received
for a statement of the military history of Thomas Galusha
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen-
sion on file in this bureau.

Apr. 1775  7 mos.  Pvt  Eleazar Curtis   Hinman   Conn
Jan.1-1776   1 year   Isaac Bostwick    Webb   Conn.
May 1777   7 mos   John Warner   Herrick   Ct.
July 1-1780   6 mos   Hudong   Bigelow   Mass

Battles engaged in, Bennington & Diamond Island
Residence of soldier at enlistments, New Milford Conn & Williamstown Mass.
Date of application for pension, Dec. 6-1832 His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Ft Edward Washington Co. NY.
Age at date of application, Born Aug 2-1756 in New Milford-Conn
Remarks: There is no data of file as to family
Respectfully, Commissioner.

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State of New York
Washington County
I Jesse S Leigh Clerk of the court of
Common [illegible] in and for the County of Washington do
hereby certify that the [illegible]contains the original
[illegible] of the said Court in the matters of the applica
-tion of Thomas Galusha for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereto [illegible] my [illegible]
on the Seal of my office this 6th day of December
1832
J.S. Leigh [illegible]

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State of New York 
County of Washington}
John Smith of Argyle in said County being Duly Sworn Says that he was acquainted with Thomas Gallusha(sic) in the year 1780 he then joined the fifteenth Regiment of Massachusetts Stephen Bigallow Col'n the Regiment was that year Commanded by Lieutenant Coln Peters and Meyer - Ballard, and believes that he joined the Lieutenant Coln's Company Commanded by Lieutenant Pratt and that he was soon after Drafted into the Lite infantry Company Capt Hudang and served on the Lines under the Marquis Lafaitt (Lafayette} and from conversation with the said Gallusha I believe that he served thru the campaign of the year 1777
/s/John Smith
Subscribed and sworn Before me this third Day of Dec 1832
/s/Mason Martin
Justice of Peace

State of New York
Washington County} ss
I Isaac S Leigh clerk of the said County do certify that Mason Martin before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the ['time' crossed out date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature
[court seal affixed]
Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 6th day of December 1832
/s/I. S. Leigh Clk
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Deponent John Smith of Argyle, Washington County N.Y. and know him to be a man of truth + veracity July 8, 1833
/s/Nath'l Petchers

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In the matter of
Thomas Galusha
Revolutionary Soldier
Declaration for a Pension
On Rolls Bigelow [illegible]
aomd
2 years pri
80

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State of New York
Washington County} ss
Israel Lamb of the town of Fort Ann County of Washington and State of New York who being duly sworn according to Law Deposeth and Saith that he is seventy years of age that he resided in the town of Williamstown County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts in the time of the revolutionary war and was well acquainted with Thomas Galusha whose of Williamstown aforesaid he the said Thomas Galusha on the first day of July A. D. 1780 Entered the service of the United States and joined the State Troops or new [illegible] Massachusetts line from six months to fill up 
the continental Army that he this deponent entered the service with him the said Thomas as a private soldier and was sent and went to the town of Sheffield in the said State of Massachusetts and was mustered that he was then sent under the charge and care of Nathaniel B. Toury to West point where Gen Arnold had the command and this Deponent believes he was attached to Col Bigelow Regiment in Gen Glovers Brigade and he was marched down the river on the east side to Kingbury when he crossed into the Jersey where he was detached and put into a Light Infantry Company commanded he thinks Capt Hudang and was marched away or [illegible] went into another department - this deponent from the facts and circumstances verily believed he served the full time of six months and this deponent further saith not
/s/Israel Lamb
Subscribed and sworn before me this 4th day of December 1832 and I further certify that this deponent Israel Lamb is a man of truth and veracity in the neighborhood where he resides
/s/John Moss a Judge of Washington County Court
I am well acquainted with the above named Israel Smith he is a man of excellent good character and his credibility for truth and veracity cannot be questioned.
/s/Nath'l Petchers
Feby. 8, 1833

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2 cl stamp enclosed
2 Douglas Road
Schenectady N.Y.
March 29, 1923
Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs:-
Please inform me 
whether you received my
letter of Feb. 25th asking for
information concerning my
ancestor Thomas Galusha of
Ft Miller, Washington Co. New York
a soldier of the American

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Revolution?
Kindly reply.  I am enclosing
stamp.
Respectively yours
(Mrs. Wm J) Caroline McEachern Foster

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2 Douglas Road
Schenectady N.Y.
Deb. 26, 1923
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions.
Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs:-
I am a direct descendant 
of Thomas Galusha who fought in the
Revolutionary War.  I wish to establish
my right to become a member of the
Daughters of the American Revolution.
I can establish the line of descent from
Thomas Galusha but have not all the inform-
ation I think I need.
According to Bascom's History of Ft. Edward
Thomas Galusha moved to Ft. Miller Washing-
ton Co. New York in 1809, and a tombstone in the old cemetery there gives the date of his birth, 1755 and that he died July 24 in his 89th year: (in 1844?)
He undoubtedly received a pension.

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2.
Please look up the records and give me
all the information that is regularly requir-
ed for applicants for membership in this organization, such
as:- place of residence when taken into the
army; length of service; company he served in;
date of discharge; wife's maiden name etc. etc
Thanking you in advance.  I am
Respectfully yours
(Mrs. Wm. J) Caroline McEachern Foster

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1923 May 9 Hist to Mrs. Wm. J.
Foster [illegible]

23648
INVALID.
Revolution
File No. 23648
Thomas Galusha
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
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