Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Reg. 291114-1855, John Adams, New York

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New York

Adams, John
Elizabeth

B.L. Reg. 291114-1855

The National Archives
Bounty Land Files
Act Of 1855 Rejected 291114
Veteran John Adams
Rev War 1775
Grade Priv
Service N. Y. Mil.
Capts White, Crane
Can No. 1818
Bundle No. 232

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Capt. Stephen White
NY

Capt Jno Crane

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291114 Act Mar 3 55

June 10 58

Elizabeth Adams
wid. of
John Adams decd
Private

Capts Stephen White and
Capt John Crane

Cols Schyler & Livingston
N.Y. Mil.

July 2 58 ERC

Ent Dis War of 1812

A. Gallup Esq
Schoharie N. York

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291 114

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State of New York
Comptroller's Office.

Albany, March 5 1858.

I Hereby Certify, That on searching the Records in this office for the Registry of Certificates issued in pursuance of a law, passed April 27, 1784, entitled "An Act for the settlement of the pay of Levies and Militia for their services in the late war, and for other purposes therein mentioned," I find the following, viz:

Name: John Adams
No. of Book: 5
No. of Certificate: 23674
Date: Oct. 19th 1780
£ 1
S. 1
D. 9
Rank and Name of Company Officer: Capt Stephen White
Rank and Name of Field Officer: Col Stephen J Schuyler

Name: John Adams
No. of Book: 9
No. of Certificate: 42840
Date: June 5 1779
£ 0
S. 13
D. 0
Rank and Name of Company Officer: Capt John Crane
Rank and Name of Field Officer: Col Henry Luddington

I have examined the Rolls for the items above set forth, and find them to be correct. }
/R Chamberlain/ Clerk.

£ 1
S. 14
D. 9

/Philip S_/ Comptroller.

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291114

No 5

Elizabeth Adams
Claim for Bounty Land

H. Gallup Atty
Schoharie
Schoharie Co
N.Y.

Now present

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State of New York
County of Schoharie

On this 4th (9th?) day of March A. D. One thousand Eight hundred and fifty Eight Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State alone Said Elizabeth Adams widow of John Adams, xxx(Der?) aged ninety five years a Resident of the town of Sharon Schoharie County and State alone Said who being duly Sworn according to Law dictates that she is the Identified widow of John Adams who was a Private in the Company Commanded by Capt. Stephen White Col. Ste[hen S. Schuyler Capt. John (Grune? Grene?) Col. Henry Ludington in the Militia Regiment of New York. [Blurred, possibly crossed out or otherwise faded] in the war with Great Briton declared by the United States, on the fourth day of July Seventeen hundred and Seventy Five that her Said husband was ordered in to service [unclear] before the Oriscuny battle and Remained in actual Service in Said war for the term of fourteen days and was honorably discharged. 

She further states that she was married to the said John Adams in (Fort?) Plain by one [Unclear] Peek(?). Our family records are lost or destroyed and [unclear] her name before her Said marriage was Elizabeth Vandewerken that her Said husband died at Sharon Schoharie New York on the 4th March 1846 and thus she is now a widow and [handwriting changes] I do hereby affirm [unclear] Gallup of Schoharie N.Y. my agent to receive my [unclear] warrant. [Handwriting reverts] She makes this declaration for the Purpose of Obtaining the bounty land to which she may bee[sic] entitled under the Act Approved March Third 1855 and the [unclear: Justice? Function?] declares that she has not receive bounty land under this or any other Act of Congress. 

[Signature] Elizabeth Adams 
Her X Mark [Written in between "Elizabeth" and "Adams"]

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We James Hall and John W. Hall residents of Sharon Schoharie in the State of New York upon Our Oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed before and acknowledged by Elizabeth Adams in Our Presents[sic] and that we believe from the offered [???] and statements o the affirmed that She is the identified Person She Represents herself to be and is still a widow.

James Hall, John W. Hall in the town of Sharon

The foregoing declaration and affirm[??] were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and Identify [unclear] know the applicants to the Credible Persons that the Claimant is the Person She Represents her self to be and is still a widow and that I have no interest in this Claim

Sworn and Subscribed[?]
before me this 9th day
of March 1858

[unclear](Wm. E. Sprony Justice of the Peace
in the [unclear] Schoharie Co. N.Y

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State of New York
County of Schoharie
}[unclear]

On this Eleventh day of February, One thousand Eight hundred and Fifty Eight personally appeared before a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State a [lone?] Said Peter Vanderwerken aged Eighty Three years a resident of Sharon Schoharie County New York who being duly Sworn according to Law declares that [scraped away] he was well acquainted with John Adams deceased and Elizabeth his wife who was a Private in the Revolutionary War and that he was in a certain battle at [unclear] in Schoharie County New York under Col Marinus Willet as I have been [unclear](credibly?) informed and that they were married at Fort Plain by the Reverend (Domany?) Peek and that they have lived together and raised a family of children together and were always reported as man and wife and that I have ever since known the Said Adams and that he died in March 1846 about the ninth. I was at his funeral and saw him buried and that the Said applicant was a sister of mine and So Reported by my parents and that I have no interest in the Said Claim and further Saith(Sayeth?) not.

Sworn to before me the 11th
Day of 1858

Peter Vandewerken 
This X Mark [in between "Peter" and "Vandewerken"]

Isaac Lou[?](Isaac Louck?), Justice of the Peace
[unclear] to mark

James Hall
Isaac Louck