Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,204, William Drew, New York

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[form] (3-1776)

SERVICE New York

Drew, William

NUMBER S23204

CONTENTS [blank]

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New York
William Drew
Corporal in
Captain Drake's Company of the New York Militia

Ratio of disability,
Date of discharge,
Inscribed on the roll of New York
at 3 dollars per month,
and increased to $4.80 by law 24th
April 1816.

Formal Certificate of pension issued the 8th of April 
and sent to Wm Covington Esq New York.

Arrears to 4th
Semi-anl. all'ce ending

Law of June 1785

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Increased to $5 33 1/3 per month on the 30th January 1828 commencing
25 January 1828, and new certificate issued and sent to pensioner, Carmel, N.Y.

Side letter to Pensioner Oct 29, 1829
do to Dr T.G. Mower  29 March 1831

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State of New York Putnam
County Common Pleas
On this 7th day of February in the year of our Lord 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the said court now sitting. William Drew a resident of the town of Carmel in the county of Putnam and State of New York aged seventy seven years. Who being first duly sworn according to law, sayth on his oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Acts of Congress passed June 7th 1832, That early in the year of 1776 he thinks in the month of February, he enlisted as a private soldier for three months in a company commanded by Captain Comfort Ludington, he enlisted at the house now occupied by Mr Calis Bloomer in the town of Kent in Putnam County but this in Dutchess County, the deponent ran away from his father and his father came to the place where he enlisted within an hour after he had united himself to the army by his enlistment. The same day of his enlistment he with the company started for New York & continued the march from day to day until they arrived in the city and whilst in the service the time was deployed in scouting & repairing fortification in & near the city. This whole period of three months was employed in such services.
That this deponent as soon as his term of three months expired he returned to his fathers residence in what is now Putnam County but was Dutchess County & very soon within two or three weeks after he had so returned & about the first of June 1776 he again enlisted under the same Sapt Comfort Ludington for a term of nine months. That this company including this deponent immediately marched for N.York & proceded as far as Kings bridge where they remained & there were employed in building Fort Independence, that during the period that the regiment to which was attached lay at Kings bridge, Gen Scott with seven hundred men of which number this deponent was one went to Morrisania to watch the movements of the enemy who were on Long Island just in sight of deponent, remained four days at Morrisania

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and during this period this detachment got out of [illegible] & this deponent with others were ordered to Kings Bridge to get a supply of [illegible] went on fast to KingsBridge & there got about throwpions [h?] & when on their return with [illegible] two [illegible] of war belonging to the British were so situated as to [illegible] if they choose our passage. We left along last under the shore, [illegible] plodded slowly along.  When [illegible] we were hailed & asked what we were doing we replied that we were looking for oysters & this excuse we were permitted to continue on our way & got with the [illegible] to the place where we intended to carry them for the detachment under Gen. Scott, within two or three hours after the [illegible] were delivered Gen. Scott ordered this deponent to the bank of the river to watch the operations of the enemy. Those who accompanied this deponent were stated by him in the bushes a few rods from the river, whilst deponent went to the [illegible] of the river & whilst there a shot from the opponents shore, intended for this deponent struck a [illegible] about two feet from the spot from where he stood.  that day or the next, the enemy landed from their shipping & came near surrounding the detachment. & to avoid this difficulty they marched in the night under the guidance of John Adel who conducted through the woods. until they met the army near white plains. when the deponent was returned to his company under the command of said Comfort Ludington, the deponent had but just arrived at White plains when the American troops came in driven by the british & the battle at that place immediately followed in which the deponent [illegible] after the battle of White plains deponent marched through North bartte to Peekskill & there commenced building a fort on the high ground that whilst engaged in this service he had injury done to one of his eyes which terminated in its total loss of sight, as soon as he recovered from the injury to his eye so as to be

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able to attend to duty, he was employed in obstructing the navigation of the north river so as to prevent the enemy from sailing up with their vessels, this was done by filling boxes of logs with stone, & continued in this service until the expiration of his term of service which was in the winter 
This deponent further says that afterward he thinks in the latter part of the summer in the year 1777, he again enlisted for a term of three months service in the military service of his country into a company commanded by Capt Elijah Townsend & Col Henry Ludingtons Regiment. This service was performed on the lines in the Southerly part of Westchester county -& after this expiration of the said three months the company to which this deponent was attached, was marched to drumand [?] in said county & then discharged having fully performed his term of duty for which he had enlisted
That late in the fall of the year 1777 the deponent again enlisted into the service under Captain John Hyatt, in Capt James Hammands regiment for one month & performed that service on the lines in Westchester county
That early in the year 1778 & the deponent thinks it was in the months of March he enlisted as a soldier in the military service of his country for the term of one year in a company commanded by Capt John Drake, in Col Morris Graham's regiment, this deponent enlisted into this company as a corporal & performed his duty as such, this service was performed on the lines moving from place to place in the lower part of Westchester County in consequence of that wound he is now on the list of invalid pensioners, he performed the whole of this enlistment until he was wounded when he was taken home & was not able to walk for nearly a year because of his leg having been severed by the [illegible]

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This deponent further says that he served in several alarms, which were very frequent & when he was not in the regular service he was often on this duty, he was absent from home on duty as a soldier, in an alarm when the town of Danbury was burned. &  pursued the british till the arrived near to the sound, on another occasion all of the regiments of militia of Col Ludington were called out & marched to Fishkill, from thence to Peekskill & were then discharged.
That on another occassion when the british were coming up on the river all the militia who were in the vicinity were called upon to go to Peekskill to protect the property & we held the enemy this deponent was in this alarm.
That on another occasion he was out searching for tories who were said to be in Peekskill hollow and indeed this deponent was on every occasion when his services [illegible] ready & willing & actually did perform all the services of which were required of him , he kept no account of his time spent in these alarms, but is confident that it cannot be less than one months
This deponent hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity for revolutionary services except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension rolls of the agency of any state only as an Invalid pensioner on the agency of the State of New York.
This deponent was born in the year of our Lord 1755 in Westchester County in a place now called Yorktown, he has a record of his age in the family bible at his residence in Carmel in Putnam County, That he was living at all times, when he enlisted into the military service of the country that since the revolution he has resided in what is now called the town of Carmel in Putnam County.

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on all occasions when he went into the service he enlisted voluntarily.
That in the year 1776 when in the service in New York for three months in Capt Ludingtons company, this deponent cannot now recollect its officers except for Captain. Lieutenants Elijah Oakley John Brady & Insign Asabel Berry, in the  service of nine months commencing in 1776 he knew. Colonel Swarthout. General Scott, & after volunteering at White Plains he knew Gen Washington Gen gates was also there after the taking of Burgoyne, Major Matt was the major over the deponent. Isaac Townsend and John Monroe were the two lieutenants in the company to which the deponent belonged for this service of nine months.
In 1777 when deponent served in Capt Elijah Townsends company he knew Col Henry Ludington to whose regiment the company belonged. The lieutenant of the company John Berry & Elijah Fuller, He knew Cap James Hammond, Capt John Hyatt, Lieutenant Smith Hadden
In 1778 he knew Col Morris Graham Capt John Drake Smith Hadden & Daniel Delevan were lieutenants David Hunt was adjutant, Gen James Clinton had the command of the brigade, he knew Gen Philip Van Cortland
He never secured any written discharge from the service. He never rec'd a commission nor a warrant although served as a sergeant and also as a corporal at different times. 

[signed] William Drew

sworn & subscribed in open court
February 7, 1833  J Morehouse Clerk of said court

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We residing in the town of Carmel in the County of Putnam & state of New York and residing in the same town do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Drew who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a solider of the revolution & we concur in that opinion

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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.

Dec 20 33

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 claim 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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

[chart]
A Statement showing the Service of William Drew

Period when the service was recorded. / Duration of the Claimant's service. years. Months. Days. / Rand of the Claimant /  Names and Rank of the Field officers under whom he served. / Age at Present, and place of abode when he entered the service.  / Proof by which the declaration is supported.

1776 Mo of Feb / 3 months / Private / Capt Ludington / 77 years / [blank]

June / illegible ] same [Capt ludington]

1777 Latter part of summer / 3 mo / Sergt / Col Ludington & Capt Elijah Townsend

Half of June year / 1 mo / " [Sergt] / Cap Hyatt Col Hummond

1778 March / 1 yr / Corporal / Cap Drake Col Morris Graham

nor cap thm a 1 mo

[side note] +26 July 1778 [illegible]
3 mos & 17 days
7
10 - 17

[end chart]

I am respectfully, your obedient servant,

James L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.

[handwritten note]
+ Capt Townsend was in Col Grahams Regiment
+ 3 mo & 19 days in Capt Druller Company payroll

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Regulations under the Act of June 7, 1832.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claim in
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first in
stance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
of
On this
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of
ss
On this day of personally appeared (a) before
A.B. a resident (b) of
in the county of
and State, Territory or District of aged (c)
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
served in the
(e) regiment of the
with
and
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
who has
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 and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
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, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I.
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under and
her oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

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Regulations under the Act of June 7, 1832.

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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore. these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace. the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a 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 bis service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:
For year months, and days, I served as a ; For mouths and days, I served as a and for such service I claim a pension."
{It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with au embodied corps called into service by competent authority that lie was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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 certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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. The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

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[form]

In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of William Drew a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his [crossed out (or his widow's)] application for pension on file in this Bureau.   S. File 23,204

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DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. / LENGTH OF SERVICE. / RANK / OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. ; Captain ; Colonel.  / STATE

Feby 76 / 3 mo. / Pri / Comfort Ludington; [blank] / N.Y. 

June 1 '76 / 9 mo. 1" Sergt / Comfort Ludington; Swartwout 

Sum 77 / 3 mo. / Pri. / Elijah Townsend; Henry Ludenton

Fall 77 / 1 mo. / 1st Sergt. / John Hyatt; James Hammand

Apr 1 78 / [blank] / 1" Corpl / John Drake; Morris Graham

Served until  July 26, 1778  When he was accidentally wounded in the left leg at mile square Westchester Co NY He was pensioned for said disability.

[end chart]

Battles engaged in, White Plains

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Kent Dutchess Co NY.

Date of application for service pension, Feb 7, 1833. This claim was also allowed.

Residence at date of application, Carmel Putnam Co. NY.

Age at date of application, born May 22, 1755  what are afterwards [illegible]

Remarks:  Westchester Co NY

1835 sol. bro. Isaac Drew at 78 of Southeast, N.Y. testifier.

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Revolution  
23204
INVALID

File No. 23204
William Drew
Sergt Rev War

Act:  June 7th 39

Index: Vol. 2, Page 114

(Arrangement of 1870.)

1909 Oct 17 Hist to Dr. Chas W. Drew

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24722
INVALID

Rev War
Consolidated with D.W. Drew file 23.204

File No. 27.722

William Drew
Corp N.Y. Mil

Act:  Invalid

Index:  Vol 2, Page 114

(Arrangement of 1870.)

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[left side]
24.6.15
New=York
[the following is x'd through]
William Drew
of putnam Co. in the State of New York
who was a Sergt: vc in the Comp commanded
by Captain Ludington of the Rgt
Col Ludington in the Masuit
line for 3 mos.
 Sergt $15.
12 " Corpl 44..
4 " private 13.33
$72.33

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 12 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Janu 1834 and sent to Cor. Award H.of Rep.

Arrears to the 4th of [illegible] $10.82
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4: [illegible].34 16
=
$216.98
 Revolutionary Claim,
Act of June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Geo C Stiles Clerk.
Book 6. Vol. 4 Page 96
[right side] Letter to to John Fleming July 23d 1835
" " " Pensioner " " "
" " [illegible] May 28, 1830

144.66
36.16
180.82

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New York 24.615
William Drew
Putnam Co. in the State of N. York
[torn page] ho was a Pr. Corpl V Augt in the company commanded
by
Captain Luddington of the Regt.
commanded
by Col. Luddington in the [crossed out N, J,]
N Y line for 6 mos. Pr.  20.00
3" 17. as corpl. 13.05
6 " Srgt. 30.00
$63.05
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 63 Dollars 05 Cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of July
1836 and sent to Pens
Carmel NY
Arrears to the 4th of March
Semi-anl. allowance ending
Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book E. 2. Vol. 4
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Clerk,
Reduced from $72.33

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New York
---
---
William Drew,
Corporal
in U.S. Army
Inscribed on the roll
of the New York agency, at $3, and increased
to $4.80 by law 24th
April 1816-
Formal certificate
issued 8th April 1824 &
sent to Wm Ovington,
New York
Respecting apn for increase, see
letter to W. Drew, Jan. 2 1828.

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.
0.3.0 - Capt Ludington Private
05.0 " Townsend Sergt
01.0 " Hyatt do

03.17-" Drakes Corp
-----
0.12.17. This all
3.0 " Townsend in 1777 Private
O.15.17

6 mo Private
3 " 17 days Corporal
6 " Sergt
133.17-

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State of New York
Putnam County p. I Jonathan Morehouse Clerk of the cause of Common Pleas in afore said county 
also clerk of said county do hereby certify that the annexed [illegible]
contain the original drawings of the said county on the
application of William Drew for a pension, and on which their auspices was founded.
And I do further certify that the affidavit of Jacob Berry and of Joshua Gregory were [illegible] to before me as a future of the peace in afore said county + [illegible]
I am such justice, that they are credible persons + their statement entitled to credit.
In testimony where of I have hereunto set my
hand + affixed my seal of offer this fourteenth
day of February in the year of our Lord 1833
Morehouse

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William Drew

William Drew NY

undefined service
not allowed

Admitted
Private 6 mo                      $20.00
Corporale 3 mo 17 days      13.05
Sergt 6 mo                           30.00
                                            $63.05

[Amd]
19 mo

Hon [Atraw]

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The  John Warren a Clergyman residing
in the town of [illegible]
in the County of Putnam & State of New York and
Stephen Craft
of the town of Carmel
do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
William Drew who has subscribed & sworn to the above [illegible], that we believe him to be seventy seven years
of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood
where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution &
we concur in that opinion
John Warren
Stephen Craft

Subscribed in open court February 7th 1833 J. Morehouse Clerk of said Court 
and the said court do hereby declare their opinion
after the investigation of the matter & after putting its questions presented by the war department, that the above
named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served
as he states. And the said Court further certifies that
appears to them that John Warren
who has signed the
preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the town of
Patterson in Putnam Court & that Stephen Craft who
has also signed the same is a resident of [illegible] in
said County and credible person & that the statement
is entitled to credit [illegible] of the Judges
Harry Janson
Bennet Boyd Judge
Samuel Markham Judge

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Putnam County ss. Joshua Gregory of the town of Carmel in
the County of Putnam being duly sworn doth depose and say that
he was a soldier in the army of the revolution that in or about
August 1777 he enlisted into a company commanded by Capt Elijah Townsend as a private for the term 
of three months that Col. Henry
Ludington commanded the regiment to which Capt Townsends company was attached that he faithfully served said term of three months
part of the time on the lines in Westchester County & part of the time in
going to Fishkill staying there a few days then back to
Crompond in said Westchester County that this deponent knew
William Drew who has made the preceding declaration & has
known him more than fifty six years that the said William
Does also enlisted into the said company of the said Elijah
Townsend & served in the same for the period of three months
This deponent has always lived within a few miles of the said
Drew ever since the revolutionary war the said Drew
now lives in Carmel & knows him to be the same person
who has made the preceeding declaration that the deponent
believe him the said to be seventy seven years old last
may & that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where
he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution &
that this deponent knows it to be the case & therefore
concurs in the opinion
Joshua  Gregory
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court
February 7. 1833J  Morehouse Clerk of said court

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State of New York
Putnam County
I Jabez Berry of the town of Kent in the said county of Putnam after being duly sworn according to the laws of said state doth depose and say that he is in the seventy sixth year of his age that he the deponent did enlist in February 1776 for three months in Capt Henry Ludingtons company which company served in Col Swartwouts regiment in the city of New York in building & repairing forts - that this deponent was present when William Drew of said county of Putnam into said company it being the same time this deponent enlisted as aforesaw that this deponent remembers that the said Drew did serve according to said enlistment the term of three months as aforesaid. And also on his oath aforesaid says that about the first of September 1777 this deponent enlisted in Capt Elijah Townsend Company which served in Col Henry Ludington regiment for three months that this deponent served in said company & regiment on the hills in the south part of Westchester county, and that this deponent well remembers that the said William Drew did serve in the same company in the same service and for the same time and served as second sergeant as aforesaid also upon his as aforesaid oath says that n March 1778 the deponent enlisted in Capt Elijah Townsends company which was attached to Colonel Morris Graham's regiment deponent enlisted for one year that he served in said regiment which was attached to James Clinton's Brigade served in and about Westchester near the White Plains for the first part of the time. The latter part of the time in General Scott's Brigade. The most of the time of not all this deponent remembers that the said William Drew did serve the time aforesaid of one year in Capt John Drake's company in said Morris Graham's regiment part of the time as a corporal or sergeant that this deponent verily believes thus no doubt that said Drew served the said one year faithfully, in said Drakes Company  At the same time the deponent served aforesaid in such regiment & further the deponent sayth not.
[signed]  Jabez Berry
Sworn & subscribed the 11th day 
December 1832 before me 
Jonathan Morehouse Justice of the Peace and I do hereby certify that Jabez Berry is entitled to credit

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Putnam County ss. Isaac Drew of the town of Southeast in the county of Putnam aged seventy eight years or his seventy ninth year being duly sworn doth depose & say that William Drew of Carmel in said county a brother of the deponent did serve in the revolutionary war in the year 1776 in Captain Comfort Ludington's Company  in Colonel Swartwouts regiment the deponent understood & has no doubt that said William Drew enlisted for nine months in said company as he knows his brother was taken sick while in such service & this deponent took his place for about two weeks & served for him as a first sergeant which office that said William Drew herein said company at the end of about half a month say in June or July the said William returned to his duty & this deponent returned home and also that the said William Drew served in many alarms during said revolutionary war with this deponent, in the year 1777 as the deponent believes was the year that one of which they served half a month as militia men went to Fishkill & soon went into the neighborhood of Crapond & staid in that neighborhood the remainder of the time, and further the deponent sayith In the 3 word Drew initiated in the 5th the word "year" & in the 10th the word "first" interlined before taking of this affidavit.

[signed] Isaac Drew

State of New York, County of Putnam, I Jonathan Morehouse clerk of the said county do certify that Edward Smith before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county and that, I am acquainted with his handwriting and know his name subscribed & the said affidavit to be his proper handwriting. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 10th day of June 1835

J. Morehouse Clk

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Carmel NY   Free

May 24

J.L.Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Washington City
D.C.

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William Drew of the town of Carmel in the county of Putnam & state of New York does for the purpose to have his pension increased at the war department of the United States hereby further declare that he enlisted on the first day of April in the year 1778 under Captain John Drake and in Colonel Morris Graham's Regiment as first corporal for one year and served on the British lines in the United States service until he received a wound on the 26th July of the same year that he is in his eighty first year of his age that he had the small pox in March 1778 that makes him remember that he enlisted first day of April 1778 in said Captain John Drake's company 1778

[signed] William Drew

Sworn & subscribed before me this 18th day of May 1836
Edward Smith Justice of the Peace

Samuel Pardy of the town of Southeast in the county of Putnam aforesaid does testify and declare that he is well acquainted with the above named William Drew and knows he did serve is said Col. Graham's regiment in the year 1778. The deponent served in the same regiment in Capt Sacket's company in the year 1778 and which account makes him remember that the said Drew did serve in said Regiment in 1778.

[Signed] Samuel Pardy

Sworn & subscribed before me this 18th day of May 1836.
Edward Smith Justice of the Peace

State of New York, County of Putnam ss
I Jonathan Morehouse Clerk of the said court do certify that Edward Smith before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peach in & for said county duly commissioned & sworn & that I am acquainted with his hand writing & know his name subscribed to the said affidavits & be his proper handwriting and signature this 18th day of May 1836.  Witness my hand & seal of office J. Morehouse

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William Drew of the town of Carmel in the County of Putnam & State of New York being duly sworn does depose & say that he is aged eighty years that he has endeavored heretofore to certify  state to the Commissioner of Pensions in Washington City all the services he did in the revolutionary war but has not been able to prove one month service in Captain Hyatt's company in 1777. That he is the identical person who served in Captain Drake's company as a corporal in 1778 and that he was wounded in that service and may more fully appear by the old paper hereunto annexed.

[signed] William Drew

Sworn & subscribed this 12th day of August 1835 before me.
Edward Smith 

Gilbert H. Travis of the town of Carmel in the County of Putnam & State of New York being duly sworn doth depose and say that he has been acquainted with the foregoing named William Drew for many years. That he has always understood that the said Drew was a revolutionary soldier & that he has been & still is a pensioner from the United States government & from the general report has no doubt it is true

[signed] Gilbert Travis

Sworn & subscribed this 12th day of August 1835 before me. I do further state that the said Travis is a credible witness.

Edward Smith Justice of the Peace State of New York, County of Putnam. I Jonathan Morehouse clerk of the said county do certify that Edward Smith before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken & sworn was on the day of the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the said county, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and know his name subscribed to the said affidavits to be his proper handwriting.
Witness my hand & seal of office this 12th day of August AD 1835
J Morehouse Clerk

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Hon. James Barbour
Secretary of War
Washington City

Increase from 23 Jan.
1828 to $5.33 1/3 pr month

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Wed 19 Jany 1828

William Drew
Carmel N  York

Claim to an increase in pension

Barbour
Secretary of War
Washington City

Increase from '23 Jan
1828 to $5.33 per omonth

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William Drew lives in the town of Carmel in the county of Putnam & State of New York.

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For W. Drew.

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[1 page copied on top of another]
State of New York, Putnam County 
I Jonathan Morehouse, Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Jonathan Morehouse has been duly commissioned as a Justice of the Peace for the county of Putnam aforesaid, and has taken & subscribed the oath of office and that he was on the first day of January Instant and still continues to be a Justice of the peace for said county, and that I know the signatures to be the proper handwriting of the said justice of the peace
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the court of common pleas of said county January 23 A.D. 1828  J Morehouse.

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INCREASE OF PENSION.

It is hereby certified that William Drew formerly a Corporal of Captain John Drake company, in the Regiment of Lives commanded by Col Morris Graham, who, it appears by the accompanying certificate, was placed on the pension roll at the rate of three dollars per month, on account, as he states, of having received a wound with a knife which severed the tendons of the left leg by means of why his use of him leg is much impaired and in a general manner in of state of obtaining a livelihood by hand labor  While in the line of his duty, and in the said service, on or about the twenty six day of July in the year 1778 at a place called Mrh Square in the state or territory of New York, is not only still disabled in consequence of the said injury, but, in my opinion, is entitled to [illegible] more than he already receives as a pensioner, being disabled to a degree amounting to two thirds of a total disability.

[signed] Ashen Gilbertz  Rowland Bailey

Sworn and subscribed
this 22nd day of January
1828 before me
Jonathan Morehouse
Justice of the peace

I certify that I am acquainted with the surgeons who have signed the above certification and that they  are reputable in their professions. Jonathan Morehouse J.P.

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STATE OF NEW YORK,
Putnam County, Clerk's Office, ss.
I Jonathan Morehouse Clerk of said county, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, do hereby certify, that Barnabas Cowen before whom the annexed deed or instrument in writing was executed was at the time of taking said instrument a Judge in and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn, and as such Judge duly authorized by the laws of said state to take the proof and acknowledgement of Deeds, and other instruments in writing; and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Barnabas Cowen and verily believe the signature Barnabus Cowen subscribed to the said acknowledgement, to be the proper hand writing of said Judge
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 15th December one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven.

J Morehouse

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Increase of Pension.

United States.

District, ss. New York

To Doctor Rowland Bailey of Putnam County and Doctor Asher Gilbertz of Putnam in said district.
Pursuant to an act of Congress of the United States, passed the 25th April, 1812, entitled "An act to revive and continue in force" Ac act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the Revolutionary War, and for other purposes," you are hereby appointed and authorized to examine William Drew.
who is inscribed on the Pension List of the United States, and is claimant for an increase of pension, conform-ably to the 5th section of the act of the 10 April, 1806, revived as aforesaid: and you are to report, in writing, and on oath or affirmation, your opinion of the nature of his disability and in what degree it prevents him fro obtaining a subsistence by manual labor; and in your proceedings in the premises you are to be regulated and governed by said act.

Given under my hand at Carmel this fourteenth day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and 27

[signed] illegible

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D 195

July 11, 1836.
Pension Office.
NY

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Carmmel 28th June 1825

I received your letter twenty seventy sixth I was a first sergeant in John Henots company & do not think to put it in Henots company when I sent my writing

Also [illegible] the rest of my life in the army to help save our motherly country

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[illegible] bill
Jany 29th

War Department

Washington City

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Carmel 12 June NY
Isaac Drew in spport of Wm Drew

JL Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.

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the enclosed is forwarded to the War Department for the purpose that William Drew may have his pension certificate raised as he suppond that he was not allowed his pay as a sergeant or perhaps not his full time on account of his services not having been fully proved only by his own declaration.

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J. L. Edward Esq
Pension office
Washington

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By Richard Varick and Richard Platt of the City of New York Esquire 
This is to certify that in pursuant of the Law of the State of New York Entitled an act making provision for officers and soldiers and seamen who have been disabled in the services of the United States passed the 22nd day of April 1786 we have examined William Drew of Fredricksburgh in the County of Dutchess farmer and find that during the late war he was a corporal in Captain John Drakes Company in the regiment of levis in the services of the United States commanded by Colonel Morris Graham that while in the services aforesaid in the Company and regiment aforesaid to whit on or about the twenty sixth day of July one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight whilst on the British lines at mile square in the county of Westchester he was accidentally wounded with a knife in the calf and thick part of the left leg by which the use of his leg is much impaired and herein a great measure rendered incapable of to making a livelihood doing hard labour. That on the twenty seventh day of May last he was thirty three years of age wherefore in pursuance of the law of some said we do further certify that from the

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principles of the act of Congress of 7 June 1785 the said William  Drew is [illegible] to receive from the treasury of this state a yearly pension of thirty six dollars from the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine if not before said

Given under our land this thirteens Day of August 1787
Richard Varich  Richard Platt

Spring in Carmel Town and County of Putnam this last year.

City of New York
William Drew appeared before me and make oath that he is the person described in the above certificate. That he never received a pension ticket from the war office but always received his pay as a pensioner from certified copies of the above that he now resides in Carmel county of Putnam & previously in Westchester County. 

William Drew

Sworn subscribed before me this 16 March 1824
Wm Orvyton J.D.

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New York March 16th 1824

Sir

I take the liberty of enclosing my affidavit with a view of obtaining a Pension certificate under the seal of the secretary of war which please to forward to the care of William Ovington branch banks New York.

William Drew

J.L. Edwards Esq

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Baj Richard Varich and Richard Platt of the City of New York Esquires

This is to certify that in pursuance of the Law of the State of New York Entitled an Act making Provision for Officers Soldiers and Seamen who have been disabled in the service of the United States passed the 22nd of April 1786, We have examined William Drew of Federicksburgh in the County of Dutchess Farmer and fiend that during the late war he was as a Corporal in Captain John Drake's company in the Regiment of [illegible] in the Service of the United States commanded by Colonel Morris Graham; That which in the service aforesaid in the Company and regiment aforesaid to wit on or about the twenty sixty Day of July one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight while on duty on the British lines at miles square in the County of Westchester he was accidentally wounded with a knife in the calf or thick part of his left leg by which the use of his leg is much impaired and he is in a great measure rendered incapable of

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obtaining a livelihood by hand labour; that on the twenty second Day of May last he was thirty three years of age. Wherefore in persuance of the law aforesaid we do further certify that upon the principle of the Act of Congress of the seventh Day of June 1785 the said William Drew is entitled to receive from the treasurer of this State a Yearly Pension of thirty six Dollars from the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine if not before paid.

Given under our hands this thirtheenth day of August 1787
Richd Varick  Rich Platt

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Mechanics Bank
New York 25th July 1835

Sir

William Drew a Sergeant Sc at $72.33 per annum, suspended by your letter of the 23rd [illegible] was paid to the 4th of March 1835 on the 28th of the same month,
I am very Respectfully your Obt Servt

Jno Fleming, Presd & pens ag

James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions

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James L Edwardds Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

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Wm Drew 20195 

Payments to be made
at New York
by [illegible]
Agent for paying pensioners 
in the Agency of 

New York

Recorded in the Pension Office
in Book C Vol 41
Page [?]  by Geo C Stiles
Clerk

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CANCELLED [scrawled across the face]

WAR DEPARTMENT.

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, William Drew of the State of New York Who was a Sergeant in the Revolutionary Army

is entitled to receive Seventy Two dollars and Thirty three cents per annum, during his natural life. commencing on the 4th of March 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.

Given at the War office of the United States this 18 day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.

[signature illegible]
Secretary of War

J. L Edward
Commissioner of Pensions.

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[typed letter]

Dr. Charles W. Drew
416 Century Building

Telephone:

Office, N.W. Nic 1810
Residence, N.W. So 229

Minneapolis MN Oct 1, 1909. 

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.,

Dear Sir:-

Will you kindly advise me whether there is on file in your office anything bearing upon the Revolutionary services of Gilbert Drew and William Drew who were members of the Dutchess County Militia and who belonged to the town of Southeast in Putnam Co., N.Y.

I am particularly anxious for information in relation the the place and date of birth of Gilbert if on record. 

Yours very truly,

Chas. N. Drew

[stamp]  U.S. Pension Office A  Oct 4 1909