Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,518, Uriah Travis, New York

SERVICE
SERVICE New York.
2 Travis Wriah
NUMBER _____
$ 42,518
CONTENTS

New (dup.) certificate of service to Wm Minott Mitchell, 43 Liberty St. New York Apr 29: 1835.
Det. of death cert.
Specification New York June 29th 1821. To the Hon. J. P. Bates Esq. Benson, N. Y.
New York Rolls.
(959)
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Mariah Travis Capt Haight, Corporal
New York lines - 1776 - 3 years.
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th of June 1818 and sent to the Hon. R. Riker, New York.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818.
5 months 4/30
$ 41.06.
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March 1818 }
10 5 141
Van Cottlandt
Capt.
Albany County

Uriah Francis.
959. Oct. 18 a true copy
Con.
J.L.E.

Schedule
State of New York - Wiltshire County ss: On this twenty ninth day of May 1821
Personally appeared in open court the undersigned being a court of Record for the County of Wiltshire Ulrich Francis aged sixty six years resident in North Berth p o County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows that the said Francis enlisted in the year 1776 for three years or during the war at North Berth State of New York in the company commanded by Jacob Deyo in Col. Col. H. H. Regiment in New York line in the Continental establishment that he continued in service until the year 1780 when he was discharged at Morristown New Jersey by reason of a fever soon afterwards by a hurt on the taking of Bennington by which he became a cripple that the 1 st day of April 1818 he presented his original Declaration & Pension certificate No 959 dated 18 th day of June 1818 - And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby to be deceived as to being my own within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War etc. On the 18 th day of March 1818 that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due from me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed by me subscribed
Ulrich Francis his mark
I swear to and declare on this twenty ninth day of May before me in open court
A. S. Bates Clerk

I Nehemiah S. Bates Clerk of the County of West Chester do hereby certify. That the foregoing Deposition And the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court. And I do further certify. That it is the opinion of the said Court. That the total Amount in Value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Seventeen dollars & twenty five cents
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court. On this Twenty ninth day of May 1821 -
Clerk of the Court for the County of West Chester
N. S. Bates. Clerk

Inventory -
Real Estate. None. or fixed Income of any Description
  Personal Estate - 1. Table $ 1 - 50   4. Chairs 1 - 25 -   1. Kettle 25 -   2. Pigs 6 - 0   1. tea kettle 50   1. Shovel & tongs 50   1. Gr. of An Irons 50   2. kinds of Burs 4 - 0   6. Irons & Spokes 50   1. Ax 50   1. Hoe 25 -   1. Plane 1 - 25 -   1. Pitch fork 25 -   1. barrow 50   $ 14 - 75 
Applicant has no Occupation
I in family say 66 years of age very lame & suffer not able to do but very little - my Wife 62 years of age almost blind not able to do much not sufficient to earn her living
Uniah his Francis mark

State of New York Westchester County ss. Uriah Snow personally appeared before me Isaac R. D. one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Westchester County Which is a Court of Record of the State of New York, and being duly sworn did Depose and say that in October in the year of 1776, he entered a Corporal in Captain Jacob Hight's Com- pany in Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt's 2 nd Regiment of The of the New York Line and the said Deponent continued in the said Company and to do Duty against the Common Enemy for Three years and Three months or thereabouts and then Received an Honorable Dischar- ge from the said Company at Morris Town in the State of New Jersey, in January the precise time the Deponent cannot Recollect 1780, which Discharge is Mislaid or Lost, and that the said applicant is now a Citizen of the United States, and now residing in Westchester County and by reason of his reduced circumstances in life is in need of assistance from his country for support, The said Deponent being first above sworn says That the matter by him set forth in the foregoing Declaration are in all Respects just and true, Sworn this 1 st Day of April 1818 - Uriah Snow Before me J. R. D. one of the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Westchester County
Westchester County ss. William Wilken being Duly sworn saith he has been acquainted with the said Uriah Snow mentioned in the above Declaration for a Number of years and that he is ignorant in his circumstances and in need of assistance from his country for support, and that the said applicant is entitled to the fullest credit - Who being by me duly swor- en the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing Declaration.
Sworn this 1 st Day of April 1818 William Wilken Before me J. R. D. one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Westchester County - mark
Whereupon I being satisfied that the said applicant did serve in the Continental Army

army of the United States in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy for the term of nine months or longer to wit for the term and in the manner stated in the Declaration of the said applicant, and that he is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act of Congress approved March 18. 1818
Therefore I do hereby certify and transmit the testimony in the case and the proceedings thereon as before set forth on the other side to The Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War,
Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court this 13th day of April 1818
J. P. RATHBONE
State of New York / Rensselaer County
I Elijah Brainerd Clerk of the County of Rensselaer and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the above named Isaac Brewer is one of the Judges of the Court of Com- mon Pleas duly commissioned and sworn to act as such in and for the County of Rensselaer aforesaid.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Rensselaer this 13th day of April 1818
Elijah Brainerd Clerk

I certify that I am acquainted with the within named Ulrich Davis a Soldier of the Revolution and I readily believe that the matters set forth in his affidavit are entitled to full credit & belief, April 22 nd 1835
A. Ward

Application for new Certificate
State of New York City & County of New York } S.S. On this twenty Second day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty five before me the subscriber, a Notary Public for the State of New York personally appeared Uriah Travis of the Town of North Castle in the County of Westchester and State of New York, who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company com- manded by Captain Jacob Wright in the Regi- ment commanded by Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York, that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the Twentieth day of September 1834 at the said Town of North Castle was delivered by the said Uriah Travis to a Boy who resided with him, to be placed in a drawer in the chest of said Travis; for safe keep- ing, the said Uriah Travis at that time being blind in both of his eyes and very lame by reason of a wound in his right leg, received by him at the second attack on the taking of Burgoyne. That since the same was so delivered to be depos- ited as aforesaid, the said Travis has partially recovered his eye sight, and has with others made thorough and diligent search for the purpose of finding said certificate, both at the dwelling house of the said Travis and elsewhere, but the said certificate was no where to be found, and the said Travis believes that said certificate is destroyed, and that the boy to whom the same was delivered has destroyed the

same. Ando the said Unah Travis further saith that he is very poor and indigent and unable to sustain himself without the pension from the United States which he has of late received, is continued to him, and also saith that the reason why he believes that the said certificate was destroyed by the Boy above mentioned, is that the Boy was at various times abusive towards him, and that the Boy destroyed the said certifi- cate out of feelings of revenge or resentment towards the said Travis.
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid the word "partially" being interlined
his Mark X Travis
J. H. Crompton Not. Pub.

awg May 27, 1932
BA-J/ANF XXXXXXXXXXXX
Uriah Travis S.42518
Mr.R.H.Traynier 13 Park Circle White Plains, New York
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information relative to the headquarters of Captain Jacob Wright's New York company in 1776, also, the place where Colonel Philip Van Cortland's regiment was formed and the active engagements of that regiment in 1776, the company and regiment in which Uriah Travis served.
In the Revolutionary War pension claim of Uriah Travis, S.42518, the record of which was furnished you on February 8, 1927, that soldier stated that he enlisted in October 1776, in New Castle, New York, also, that he was wounded in the right leg at the taking of Burgoyne; he did not state that he was engaged in any other battles.
This office is unable to advise you in the matter of further activities of the company and regiment to which you refer; such Revolutionary War data as are furnished, are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land which have been made to the United States.
It is suggested that you apply to the Director, New York State Library, Albany, New York, for further information.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon the service of John Paulding Horton in the Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours,
A.D.HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Uriah Travis
Soldier
2 d Regt New York Line.
Deceased
Found in Reber's Ward

I do hereby certify that Uriah Travis is well known to me, and that he served as a Soldier in the 2 nd New York Regiment in the Army of the United States for several years during the Revolutionary War given under my hand the 14 th April 10/10-
Wm. Fish Major of 2 nd York Regiment during the Revolutionary War

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Genl Lewis Cass Secretary of War Washington (Pension office)
Comr. Chief of Staff Catherine ... the Northern ... D.C.
Miss Harris N.Y. City

Genl Lewis Cass Secretary of War Sir.
I enclose the Affidavit of Uriah Travis a survivor of the Revolution, who has lost his certificate, and now makes application for a new one. I have foreseen the certificate of Genl Aaron Ward as to the credibility of the appli- cant, I am myself personally acquainted with Mr Travis, and can testify to the integrity and uprightness of his character, but presume it will be unnecessary as the certificate of Genl Ward will be quite sufficient to establish that fact.
Mr Travis is very aged and indigent and is now suffering for the loss of his half yearly annuity due in March last.
I am with much Respect
Yours very truly
Wm Minott Mitchell
No 43 Liberty St.
New York City
April 22 d 1833

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
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February 8, 1927
Reuben H. Traynier 13 Park Circle White Plains, N. Y.
Sir:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 42518, it appears that Uriah Travis enlisted at North Castle, New York, in October 1776 and served as corporal in Captain Jacob Wright's Company, Colonel Philip VanCortland's New York Regiment, he was at the taking of Burgoyne, where he was wounded in his right leg, and was discharged in January 1780, at Morristown, New Jersey.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 1, 1818, while a resident of Westchester County, New York.
In 1821, he resided at North Castle, Westchester County, New York, and stated that he was sixty-six years old, and referred to his wife, as aged sixty-two years, but did not state her name.
no data Respectfully, re to child
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Uriah Travis 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.
S. 42,518
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Oct. 1776 to Jan'y. 1780 Corporal Jacob Wright Philip Van Cortland N.Y.   discharged   at Morristown, N.J.        
Battles engaged in, taking of Burgoyne - where he sustained injury to right leg.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted at North Castle, N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 1. 1818. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Westchester Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, in 1821: sixty-six years.
Remarks: in 1821 he resided at North Castle same Co., & referred to his wife as 62 yrs. but did not state her name.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

White Plains 13 Park Circle New York State Comm of Pensions War Department
Dear Sir,
Can you give me any information as to whether Uriah Travis of West Chester Co New York who drew a pension until his death Dec 1 1842 from the United States fought in the Revolutionary War. and if so under whom did he serve.; if your records show any other facts in relation to the Party above will you kindly inform me

as to the same
Thanking you for any consideration which you may take I am
Yours Respectfully
Reuben H. Traylor 13 Park Circle White Plains New York.
5 Received A. G. O. DEC 4 1926
P.S.
Also Mayor John Horton who was in Revolution at Battle of White Plains

New York
White Plains April 11, 1932.
13 Park Circle.
Bureau of Pensions
Dear Sir,
Uriah Travis enlisted in the Captain's Jacob Wright company in October 1776, was the company's headquarters at North Castle? Colonel Philip Vancortland's Regiment was active in what engagements during 1776? Is there any record where the Reg. was formed?
Can you inform me if Captain John Paulding Horton , fought in the Revolution and if so, where?
Thanking you for any consideration. Very Truly, R. H. Traynier

Thomas

Per sec 1821
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:- I am applying for membership to the D.A.R. and want what information you can give me regarding
Uriah Travis - who I believe served in the Revolutionary War as a corporal in a New York Regiment - and later was allowed a pension. He died Dec 2nd - 1842 in New York City. Any information you can

Furnish me from your records will be much appreciated
Yours truly Mrs M. M. Thomas
548 Orange St. New Haven. Conn.
Dec 10/1916

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File No. 42, 518
Wick - Travis Corp No. 100
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: —Vol. 8 , Page 578
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1916 Dec. 27. Hist. to Mrs. W. N. Thomas. & 1927. Feb. 8. Hist. to Reuben H. Traugott awg. 1932. May 27. P. H. Traugott rev. adv. notice of free copy

Payable on the 4 th of March & 4 th of Sept. of each year at the United States Branch Bank, New York.
Uriah Travis

WAR DEPARTMENT,
I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the law of the UNITED STATES, of the 18 th of March 1818, Nariah Travis,
_____ late a Corporal in the Army of the Revolution,
is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency at the rate of Eight dollars _____ cents per month, to commence on the first day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
Given at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES, this tenth day of June one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
J. C. Calhoun Sec y of War.

Office Bank Notes New York May 22 d 1835.
Sir
Uriah Travis having found his original Pension Certificate, of which he recently obtained a renewal, has surrendered it and it is now forwarded agreeably to the directions contained in the new Certificate.
I am Very respectfully
Sir Your Obs t Serv t
Isaac Lawrence Esq r
Acting as Agent for himself
James L. Edwards Esq r Committee of Pensions