Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42593, Michael Verlie, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Nass
Verlie, Michael
B 42 593
CONTENTS

1819.750
New York
Michael Valio
of New York in the State of New York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Gilbert of the regiment commanded by Colonel Hazen - in the M as line, for the term of three years from December 1778 to December 1779
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 d day of March 1827
Certificate of Pension issued the 13. of March 1827 and sent to Geo. Wilson Esq. No 30 Reade Street, New York
Arrears to 4th of Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sept. 1827 $48. 80 48. 80
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March, 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }

N. Y. Com. Pleas 293/6
In the matter of Michael Berlie a Revolutionary Soldier -

New York Common Pleas.
In the court of common pleas for the city and county of New York held at the City Hall of the said city on the third monday of Janu- ary in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven —
Nicholas Dean Clerk
Present The Honorable John Irving First Judge City and County of New York ss: Be it remembered that on the Twenty seventh day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven in this same term personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York in open Court the said Court being a Court of record for the City and County of New York according to the Charter of the said City and the Laws of the State of New York Michael Verler aged sixty seven years resident in the City of New York who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: That he enlisted at Boston in the State of Massachusetts during the Revolutionary War to serve three years on the Continental Estab- served his time and was honorably lishment and that he discharged at Morristown in the State of New Jersey, That he enlisted in Col. Hayes Regiment called the Congregational Regiment sometimes Congregational in Capt. Gilbert's Company that he was in the Battle of White Plains and Horseneck in the State of New York in a company by trade but from age and want of sight

cannot work he has a wife (fifty six years old and six children living) that is to say Rebecca Berlie aged about thirty labourer residing at Albany or somewhere else in the western part of the State of New York, Sarah aged about twenty four a weaver. David aged about twenty boat builder both also residing in the western part of the State of New York all poor and unable to con- tribute anything from their means effectually towards his support. Also Ann the wife of George Strieghoff of the City of New York Gardner who has hitherto helped towards supporting him but who has three children of her own and who supports a child of Deponent named Thomas Jefferson Berlie about sixteen years of age who is now about to be put to a trade. said George Strieghoff has supported said Son for a number of years Also Adeline aged about twenty who does all she can to aid deponent but has enough to do to support herself. That his wife is in firm and unable to support herself, that deponent's son in law and daughter have hitherto aided him in his support but that he has become so weak and infirm that he shall be obliged to resort to the public Almshouse of the City if not more effec- tively aided - he hath now no means of support except from private charity or the aid of Government he has lost his discharge and knows not where to find other or better proof of his services at this late

period at the present are other than the affidavits of Gilbert Weeks and William Gailor hereto annexed and the affidavits of Henry Kimmel & George Wright Hoff as to his character except that one Francis Secor a Canadian by birth who is resident in some part of Orange County in the State of New York served with deponent in the same Company and Regiment in the Revolutionary War and is acquainted with deponent's services during said War in said Army as an American Soldier and whose affidavit when obtained properly authen- ticated deponent prays may be annexed to these proceedings which is granted by the Court now here to be annexed under the supervision of the Clerk of this Court and except that deponent relies upon the fact of his name being found on the Rolls of his Regiment - That the reason of his not having made earlier application for his pension is owing to his ignorance the want of advice from some friend on the subject - and his want of proof which he could command -
Sworn before me in open Court this 27 th day of January 1827- N Dean Clerk
his Michael X Perle mark
And in pursuance of the Act of the First of May Eighteen hundred and twenty I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the Eighteenth day of March Eighteen hundred and Eighteen, and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of

my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to being myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled "an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March eighteen hundred and eighteen; and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property, or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed - That since the eighteenth day of March eighteen hundred and eighteen the following changes have been made in my property: none now and no income -
That I have no real estate in my own right or that of any other person that my personal estate is as follows viz:
  Six chairs 3 $ 2.25   One Table 0.75   Pots kettles Pail & frying pan 3.00   Crockery ware 1.00   $ 7.00 
Sworn to and declared on the 27 th day of January 1827 in open Court
Michael D. Neill Mark
N o Dean Clk
I Nicholas Dean Clerk of the City and County of New York Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York do

hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Michael Verlie did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the Commonweal for the term of nine months under one engagement on the Continental establishment I also certify that the foregoing oath and the attached schedule annexed are truly copied from the records 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 Seven Dollars and no more. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this Second day of March 1827
M. DeLoach Clerk
New York Common Pleas
In the matter of the application of Michael Verlie a Revolutionary Soldier who makes application for a Pension under the several acts of the Congress of the United States of America in such cases made and provided —
City and County of New York To: Gilbert Weeks of the City of New York formerly of White Plains Westchester County Ship Carpenter being duly sworn doth depose and say that in the fall of the year of our Lord one

thousand seven hundred and seventy six deponent believes in the early part of the month of September the deponent being then in the Company Com= manded by Captain James Cook Col! Thomas Thomas Colonel deponent was mustered at Kings Bridge deponent then remembers, that the Con= gress Regiment with Col! Swartwouts with seve= ral others, were mustered by Col! Henry Rutgers who was commonly called Master Master Gene= ral by the Soldiers in the Army tho he does not know exactly what commission he bore and then deponent recollects a person whom he then saw then a Soldier belonging to the American Army a man of low stature whom deponent believes to be the man now here present and above named now making an application for a Pension as a Revolutionary Soldier and whom this deponent more particularly recollects from having made some observations on his diminutive stature and joked on the subject deponent being then about five feet eleven inches in height. De= ponent saith he well recollects Col! Hazen or Hazel as being then the commander of the Congress regiment - deponent joked upon the subject of the disproportion between the size of the said Michael Verlie and this deponents size and all deponent got by his joke was a promise on the part of Col! Rutgers to remove this deponent from the battalion - and to put him into another

battalion and to draft him into a company of
Guards his said deponent was so tall - deponent saith that he does not pretend to say to what Regiment of the American Army the said Mi- chael Verlie belonged and further saith not -
Given this 27 day of January 1827 in open Court - N Dean Clk
Gilbert Weeks
New York Common Pleas
In the Matter of the application of Michael Verlie a Revolutionary Soldier who makes an application for a Pension as such under the several Acts of the Congress of the United States of America -
City and County
of New York ss William Gailor of the City of New York formerly of West-Chester County to which place deponents father moved from Nyack - bay on Long Island when deponent was born being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was an American Officer in the American Revolution that the Regiment he belonged to, Col. Saml. Drakes Regiment lay in the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine at New Paltz, that in the Winter of that year he was made a Horseman of and was detached down in the night to join Col. Hull's Regiment to learn the Refugees tracks or bar- racks at Middletown in Westchester County and the deponent remembers that the Congress Regi-

must lay in ambush behind a brush-fence near Eastchester Church Westchester County and fired upon the Refugees as the Regiment to which de- pment then belonged situated and fired on the retreat - Genl Parsons laying there with a part of his Brigade about six hundred men to cover their retreat as they came out from Morristown deponent saith that the above named Michael Berlie now here present who says he belonged at that time to the Congregational Regiment mentions in circumstances in relation to that skirmish and others which induces a belief which leaves no doubt on his mind that the said Michael Berlie was as he alleges he was at that time a sol- -dier in the Congregational Regiment and further saith not -
Wm Gailor
Sworn before me this 27 day of January 1827 in open Court - N (Dean CLK)
New York Com:pleas
In the matter of the application of Michael Berlie a Revolutionary Soldier who makes application for a Pension as such under the several Acts of the Congress of the United States of America in such case made and provided -
Citizens County

of New York Jr: Henry Hammel of the City of New York Garden being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with Mi- chael Verlie the above named applicant now here present in open Court that he has known him for four years and upwards, that he is a man of good moral character whose truth every be relied on and deponent further saith that he has heard said Michael Verlie often recite the history of his services in the American Ar- my during the Revolutionary War has heard his statement here made read and from what he has before heard from him and from the ex- cellence of the character of said Michael Verlie deponent believes the same to be true and has the fullest reliance on the same deponent now points out said applicant in this Court and for the truth not — Henry J. Hammel
New York Court: pleas
In the matter of the application of Michael Verlie Revolutionary Soldier who makes application for a Pension as such under the several Acts of the Congress of the United States of America in such case made and provided
City of New York Jr: George Strieghoff of said City Garden being sworn saith that he hath read the depoi- sition and statement of the above named Michael

Bedie with whom he hath been acquainted for about five years that the character of said Michael Bedie is good, for truth and morality in every respect, he believes the statement above made in all its parts not only from the goodness of the character of the said Michael Bedie but also from the fact of having often heard him repeat the tale of his services during the war and further saith that he now points out said Michael Bedie here in Court and for the said not.
Sworn and declared to be in open Court before me this 27 th January 1827 N o Dean Clk
Geo s Stroughoff 19

In the matter of the application of Michael Verlie a Revolutionary Soldier for a pension as such during the war of the Revolution under the several acts of the Congress of the United States of America in such case made and provided —
New York 71:
Francis Lecon at present of the Town of Warwick in the County of Orange and State of New York a pensioner as a Revolutionary Soldier under the Acts above-mentioned being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with the above named Michael Verlie whom he has known ever since the Revolutionary War and during the same (Deponent saith that he came with the above named Michael Verlie from Canada was taken prisoner with the said Michael by the Americans and both enlisted together in the American Army in Boston in the State of Massachusetts to serve three years on the Continental establishment in Colonel Hazen's Regiment called the "Congress" Regiment sometimes commonly called "Congress's Own" in Captain Gilbert's Company. Deponent saith that he and the said Michael were together during the whole of the time they were in the American service and were honorably discharged at Trenton in the State of New Jersey. that they were

in the Battle of White-plain and Horse creek in the State of New York together - deponent saith he knows the whole family of the said Michael Verlie who has a wife considerably advanced in age - The said Michael was a cooper by trade is a man of low stature and deponent should suppose near seventy years of age deponent hath not seen him in four years but understands and believes that said Michael is very poor and unable to support himself except by the aid of General Government or private charity Deponent saith said Michael faithfully served his country during the war and in deponents estimation is deserving of a pension - and further this deponent saith not his Francis X. Lenoir Newark I swear to and subscribed before me the 2 d day of February 1837 -
Saml. J. Seward
First image of this bond of Coen:pleas - Orange County N.Y.

42593
Reef  INVALID.
File No. 42,593
Michael Belli
Dr. Rev. Rev.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 328
[Arrangement of 1870.]