Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 15133, Paul Gammut, R.I. Vt.

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RI  Gamut. Paul. [Number] S15133
Vt.
Carded

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1222
New York
Paul Gamut
of Onanta in the State of New York
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Briggs of the Regi commanded
by Col. Hewitts in the [illegible]
line for 22 Month + R.I.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of [illlegible] 3 Dollars 26 Cents per [illegible]:
to commence on the the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of October
1832 and sent to J.C. Walworth.

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832  $109.89
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar. '33 36.63
$146.52

Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk,
Book D Vol. 5 Pa

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State of New York
Otsego County ss 
Be it remembered that on the 2d day of August 1832 personally appeared before James C. Walworth Esq is one of the Judges of the Court of ['common' crossed out] Common Pleas of the county of Otsego it being a court of Record proceding upon Common Law principle having Clerk and [illeg] Paul Gammut of the town of Oneonta in said County for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the provision of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
Paul Gammut after being first duly sworn says that he was been in the town of ['Afton' crossed out] East Greenwich in the state of Rhode in the year 1757 in the month of May and is now 75 years of age and does not know of any record of  his age that in the town of Pownal in the now State of Vermont in ['year' crossed out] the year 1779 he served as a substitute for Jeremiah Wilson of the same town of Pownal + he was stationed from the Militia he then served under Captain Joseph Briggs and Col. Herricks Regiment and Marched to Castleton in the said State of Vermont and Served one month and was than was discharged verbally by Col. Herrick at at a small fort in Castleton and previous to this and in the year 1778 in State of Rhode Island in the town of East Greenwich he served one month under each of the following Captains

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Garding the shores in the town of East Greenwich Rivertown and at the town Gardhouse in the town of North Kingston (to wit) Captain John Angel. Capt. Draper. Capt. Wall. Capt Joseph Hopkins and Captain Roy - at Newport and Lieutenant Caleb Green one month in all Six months and then again one month more under Captain Wall at East Greenwich aforesaid and then again in the year 1781 in the part of the year he enlisted under Captain Rhodes in town Newport (thinks in the last of August or or first of September) for the term of three months does not recollect the Regiment but was under french officers ['and' crossed out] and did the 3 months service was done in the Fort in Prison duty at Newport and then in the year 1782 went back to the town of Pownal in the ['town of' crossed out] State of Vermont on the 7th day of September volunteered into Captain Joseph Briggs Company Lieutenant Elisha Parker and Ensign Richard Brown and marched [illegible] under Ensign Brown to and went to the ['Fort at' crossed out] Mill at  Castleton commonly called Blanchard Mills again in the said State of Vermont and Col Herricks commanding at the time and often saw General Ethan Allen there and once he mounted a large pine stump and made a long Speech to the soldiers there he then did serve two months and was then discharged by Col Herrick Discharge

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he then returned ['then' crossed out] back to the town of Pownal then again in three months of March 1783 Enlisted in the said town of Pownal under Lieutenant Abel Dimick in the Vermont or State Service for the term of Eight months and Marched again immediately to Castleton in the State of Vermont aforesaid and served under Lieutenant Blanchard at the small fort in that [illegible] Major Branson commanded the Fort at this time ["Comm' crossed out] Col Herrick commanded at Blanchard's Mill in the same town at the time and Stayed about Nine Months a guarding the forts and the inhabitants against The Indians - and was then discharged by Major Brunson ['and' crossed out] verbally at the said Fort. Was in the Battle in Gen. Sullivans Expedition upon Newport was was in the Forts at the time the engagement he has Resided since the War of Revolution in the town of Pownal in Vermont and in the now town of Oneonta in the ['town' crossed out] County of Otsego where he now lives and has lived for more than forty years past and that he has never had any Record of his age

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He hereby relinquishes every claim of every name or Nature to a pension or an Annuity except the present and hereby declares that his name is not om the Pension roll of the Agency of any State and that he has no Documentary evidence of his Service - 
Subscribed and sworn the day and year first above mentioned Before me 

/s/X his Mark Paul Gammut

/s/J. C. Walworth a Judge of Otsego County

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admitted
years
['$80' crossed out]
3.33
 22 months
______
  666
 666
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[sum] 73.26
          36.63
          ______
       $109.89

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4265

BRIEF in the case of Paul Gammut - of Oneonta in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court of a Judge? a Judge
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? Yes
3. How old is he? aged 75 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[column headings: Period.|Duration of Service.(Years,|Months,|Days)|Rank(as a)|Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.|
thinks In 1779-he served as a substitute}|([blank|1| - |( - )|{Cap Joseph Briggs Col Herrick Regt|
previous to the above period in the year 1778}|([blank]|6| - )|( - )|{Capt Job Angel, Cap Draper Cap Wall, Cap Joseph Hopkins, Cap Ray, + Lt Caleb Green|
And then again 1 mo more|( - |1| - )|( - )| Cap Wall
1781 thinks the last of August or 1st Sept enlisted for 3 m. dont recollect the Reg't but did 3 mo service}|([blank|1| - )|French Officers|
1st Sep 1782 volunteered|( - |2| - )|( - )|{Col Herricks, Cap Joseph Briggs, Lt. Elisha Parker + Ensign Brown|
['5. In what battles was he engaged?' crossed out]
March 1783 enlisted|( - |9| - )|Lt Abel Dimick Lt Blanchard Major Bronson - |
['6. Where did he reside when he entered service?' crossed out]

5. In what Battles was he engaged - was in the Battle of Gen Sullivans Expedition upon Newport.
6. Where did he reside when he enlisted in the service - Pownal Vt.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living Witness - Thomas Card was in the service with him the two last years of the War. Jonathan Car served with him in 1782 - Joseph Dolliver well recollects service with him - Lory Jenks recollects seeing him do service
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? There is no string passing thru' them and under the Seal
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
/s/A Reintzel Examining Clerk.

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15133
INVALID
File No. 15133
Paul Gammut
Priv. rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 138
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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State of New York
Otsego County ss} Thomas Card of the town of New Lebanon in the said County being duly sworn Deposeth and Saith that he is 70 years of age and that that he has been acquainted with Paul Gammut that has this day read thru foregoing declaration in his presents that that he was in the service with him in the town of Castleton in the State of Vermont in the two last years of the Revolutionary War and that he has lived near him for ['6' crossed out] 3 years past and that he is a man entitled to the full credit and belief and that he is almost blind and very infirm and thinks that he unable to attend the County Court
/s/Thomas Card

Subscribed and sworn this 2d day of August 1832 Before me
/s/J. C. Walworth 
a Judge of Otsego County

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State of New York
Otsego County ss} Jonathan Card of the town of New Lisbon in the said county being first duly sworn deposeth and says that he is 67 years of age that in the year 1782 Paul Gammut served with him in the army in the State of Vermont at the town of Castleton and that they both lived in the town of Pownal in the said State that they both lived in Captain Joseph Briggs Company at Castleton and Ensign Brown give him a jack knife to volunteer another month or two months in the service and he well known that he did three months service  in that year at Castleton in ['that year' crossed out] and that he was a good Soldier and that this deponent served with him that again in the year 1783 that he and the said Gammut served in the same town of Castleton and that they served there about eight months and has lived near him for about 40 years past and that he is a respectable man and entitled to full credit and belief anywhere and from his advanced age blindness and bodily infirmities is unable to attend the County Courts at the Court house. and thinks that he is as much as 75 years of age and that he made two foregoing declarations in his presents
/s/X his Mark Jonathan Card

Subscribed and Sworn this 2d day of August 1832
Before James C Walworth a Judge of Otsego County

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State of New York
Otsego County ss 
I James C. Walworth one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Otsego it being a Court of Record having a Clerk and Seal to Certify and Declare that on the 2d day of August 1832 Paul Gammut of the town of Oneonta in the said county made the foregoing ['Assertion' crossed out] Declaration before me and I the said Judge do hereby declare it is my opinion after the investigation of the matters and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that Paul Gammut the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states.
And that I the said Judge further certifies that 
I am personally acquainted with Lory Jenks, Jonathan Card, Thomas Card, and Joseph Dolliver. that has signed the Annexed  affidavits and that they are all residents of the said County and are all creditable persons and entitled to full belief'
And I the said Judge to further Declare it is my opinion that the above named Applicant from his advanced age Blindness and bodily infirmities is not able to attend the regular terms of the Court of Review of this said County.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 2d day of August 1832 at Otsego County
/s/J. C. Walworth a Judge of Otsego Common Pleas

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State of New York
Otsego County ss
Joseph Dolliver of the town of Oneonta in the said County is 75 years of age well knows of Paul Gammut Serving in the revolutionary Army in the state of Rhode Island that he well recollects that has served with him in town of East Greenwich in the St of Rhode Island the year not well recollected but thinks in the year 1777 under Captains Draper, Hopkins, Roy, Angell and Walls Companies as much 5 or six months and had often seen him a doing service after this this Militia when in the service of the revolution and that he has lived in the same neighborhood with the said Gammut for 20 years past and that he is a man of truth and veracity and entitled to full credit and belief and I believe him form his advanced age blindness and bodily infirmities to be unable to attend the regular County Courts it being 20 miles to the Court house of said County - and believes that he is seventy five years of age -

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State of New York
Otsego County ss
Lory Jenks of the town of Oneonta in the said County being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saeth that he this deponent held the Commission of a Lieutenant and acted as magistrate [illegible] Col. Oliver Regiment in the Regular Army at Newport in Rhode Island in the year 1781 well recollects of often seeing Paul Gammut doing service in ['Fort' crossed out] there and believes that he did as much as three months service then there and from his advanced age and blindness and bodily infirmities is unable to attend the County Court as the Court house of the said County it being 20 miles from his residence and he believes him to be 75 years of age and that this deponent is himself 76 years of age and that he lives within a mile of the said Gammut-
/s/Lory Jencks

Subscribed and Sworn this 27th day of July 1832 before me
/s/James C. Walworth
a Judge of Otsego County Courts

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Paul Gammut No 6265

State of New York
Otsego County ss}

I Horace Lathrop, Clerk of the said County of Otsego, do certify, that James C Walsworth before whom the preceding Affidavits purports to have been sworn, and whose name appears to the foregoing Certificate was at the date of the same a Judge of Otsego County Courts, duly Commissioned and sworn as such, and also that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavits and Certificate, to be his own proper hand writing and signature - Given under my hand and Seal of Office the 6th day of August 1832
/s/Horace Lathrop, Clerk.