Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10685, George Travis, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Travis, George
R10685
CONTENTS

✓ 34.343 I'm at to-day or to-morrow
Hon. G. Kemble

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7 th 1832.
State of New York Putnam County
On this 15 th day of November 1837 personally appeared before me Brinsfield Boyd Dist. Judge of the County aforesaid George Travis a resident of the Town of Phillipsburg in the County of Putnam aged Twenty Seven Years. Who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make before me the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as a private in or about the month of September in the year 1777 for the term of four months in a company commanded by Capt. Elyah Townsend in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Henry Ludington and Marched to the White Plains in the County of Westchester and there served the term of four months and was then Marched to the Village of Peekskill in the County of Putnam and was there honorably discharged.
And the declarant again entered the service in the Month of September in the year 1778 as a private in a company commanded by Capt. George Linn for the term of three months in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Pierre Ledington and Marched to the Town of Northend Westchester County near the Village of Peekskill and there served out the said term of three months as a horse soldier and was there honorably discharged.
And the declarant again entered the service of the United States in the month of June 1779 in the quarter-master department for the term of six months and was employed in the loading business in the town of Phillipsburg Putnam County and served out said term under the command of Major Campbell & Colonel Day and at the expiration of the said term he was honorably discharged.
And in answer to the Interrogatories proposed to him the said George Travis agreeable to instructions of the war department in on his oath answers and saith.

1 st That he was born in the town of White Plains Westchester County in the Year 1760
2 nd That his age or time of his birth is Recorded in his family Bible and he has always understood that he was born in said last mentioned Year
3 rd That he has Resided in said Town of Phillips for the term of Sixty Nine Years last past
4 th That he was ordered into the Service by his Superior Officers and allways served for himself and not as a Substitute
5 th That the only Officers with whom he served whose names he now recollects were those before stated and the General Circumstances of his Services are as herein stated
6 th That he never Received a Military Discharge from the Service
7 th That he has no documentary evidence of his service but it is proved by the affidavits of Isaac Post and Amos Bell here to annexed
That the names of the persons to whom he is known in his present neighbourhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his Services as a Soldier of the revolution are the Reverend Daniel D Tompkins and Daniel D Davis Esqrs
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatso- ever to a pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Sworn & Subscribed before me the 17 th day of November 1877 Bennet Boyle First Judge of Putnam County
Geo: G. Taylor

We Daniel D Tompkins and Daniel D Travis residing in the Town of Phillipsston county of Putnam and State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Travis who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Seventy Seven Years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier in the Revolution and that we concur in that Opinion
Daniel D Tompkins
Sworn & Subscribed before me Daniel D Travis the 17th day of November 1837 Bennet Boyd First Judge of Putnam County
I the said Bennet Boyd First Judge of the Court of Putnam do hereby deliver my Opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the war department That the above named applicant was a Revolu- tionary Soldier and served as he states and I further certify that it appears to me that the Reverend Daniel D Tompkins and Daniel D Travis who have signed the preceding certificate are Residents in the town of Phillipsston aforesaid and are credible persons and that their Statu- tus is entitled to credit
And I further certify that it is satisfacto- rily appears to me that the said George Travis cannot by reason of Bodily infirmity attend Court
Bennet Boyd First Judge of Putnam County

State of New York } Putnam County } 5
In this 17 th day of November 1837 Personally appeared before me Barnet Boyd First Judge of Said County Moses Bell a Resident of the Town of Phillipsstown in Said County who first being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is 82 Years of age that he is a prisoner of the United States That he knows George Travis this Deponent and the said George Travis Entered the Service of the United States as privates in the month of July in the Year 1777 the said George Travis Met under the Command of Capt Elijah Townsend in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Henry Luding- ton this Deponent was in the Company Commanded by Capt John Hyatt in the same Regiment and this Depo- nent further saith that they both served four months at the White Plains in the County of Westchester and was both hon- orably Discharged
And further the said George Travis Did Enter in the Service of the United States as a private in the Month of June in the Year 1779 in the Quarter master Department and was employed in the hauling Business in the town of Phillipsstown in what is called the Highlands for the term of six months this Deponent served with said George Travis and at the expiration of the six months they were both honorably Dis- charged and each Drew a suit of clothes
And further this Deponent saith that the said George Travis Entered the Service of the United States in the month of September in the Year 1778 in the Regiment Comman- ded by Colonel Henry Ludington in a Com- pany Commanded by Capt George Lakin and went to the town of Portland Westch-

State of New York } Putnam County } ss In this 17th day of November 1837 appeared before me Bennet Boyd First Judge of said County. Said Part a President of the Union & Phillipsburg in said County who first being duly sworn according to law, deposes & saith that he is 76 years of age that he knows George Francis he knows that the said George Francis entered the service of the United States in or about the month September 1837 and served for the term of three months in a company commanded by Col George Linn in a Regiment commanded by Col Samuel Henry Livingston this Regiment and the said George Francis marched under the above named officers to the Town of Calkill Westchester County and there both served out the term aforesaid and was honorably discharged as sworn & subscribed before me the 17th day of November 1837 Bennet Boyd First Judge of Putnam County
State of New York } Putnam County } ss I Jonathan Mendenhall Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Bennet Boyd whose name is subscribed to the connected affidavits was on the day of the date of the said affidavits a Judge in and for the said County residing in the said County - Commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same - And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Bennet Boyd and truly believe the signature to the said affidavits to be genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the said County the 15th day of December 1837 -
J Mendenhall Clerk
By his deputy W. H. Slout

February 8, 1940
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Mr. G. Baxter Travis 10 Parsonage Street Cold Spring-on Hudson New York
GEORGE TRAVIS R. 10685 BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
The data which follow in regard to George Travis were obtained from the papers in pension claim, R. 10685, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
George Travis was born in 1760 in White Plains, Westchester County, New York. The names of his parents were not given.
While living in Phillipstown, Putnam County, New York, where he had lived sixty-nine years, George Travis applied November 17, 1837, for pension which might have been due on account of his service. He alleged that while a resident of Phillipstown, New York, he enlisted in July, 1777, and served four months as private in Captain Elijah Townsend's company, Colonel Henry Luddington's New York regiment, stationed at White Plains; that he enlisted in September, 1778, and served three months as private in Captain George Lain's company, Colonel Henry Luddington's New York regiment; that he enlisted again in June, 1779, in the Quartermaster Department, and served six months as private under Major Campbell in Colonel Hays' regiment.
His claim for pension was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of service of six months in accordance with the requirements of the pension laws.
It is not shown in the claim whether the soldier, George Travis, ever married.
In 1837, one Daniel D. Travis was residing in Phillipstown, New York, his relationship to soldier not stated. In the same year, one Isaac Post, aged seventy-six years, was a resident of Phillipstown,

New York, and testified that he served a tour of three months with George Travis, from September, 1978, no further details of service given, nor is the date of death of George Travis shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

War Department Pension Office
Dec 27. 1837
Sir The papers of George Travis an applicant for a pension under the act of June 7 th 1832 have been examined and filed - The claimant states that he served four months as a private in Captain Elijah Townsend's Company Col Ludington's reg't at White Plains in 1777; and three months in Capt Geo Lanes Company in 1778 and six months in the Linton's Master's Department in 1779 under Col Hays in the grade of a Boatman - There is no evidence in the Department that Capt Elijah Townsend or Geo Lane  belonged to were periods referred to Captains in Col Ludington's reg't at the several in periods when there were any enlistments in the Linton's Master's Department for six months; There was Nor is there any evidence of any such service as that described as having been rendered under either of Captain Townsend or Capt Lane

The name of George Travis appears on the rolls of Captain Geo Lume at Yerington fort in 1779 one month and fourteen days - But as it was the period of the alleged service in the Quarter Master Department it cannot be shown credited to the officer  shown in this case - But The claim is therefore rejected This claim is after a full investigation rejected
Hon G. Kemble 27 Dec. 1837
E. P.
Hon G. Kemble House Reps NY

Non v. mure
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20 Jan. 1838
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War Dept. Pension Off. Jan. 20. 1838
Dear Sir,
I have at your request re- viewed the case of George Travis; and I regret to say that I find it difficult to arrive at any favorable conclusion favorable to his claim. Making all due allowance for a memory impaired by old age, and for discrepancies in his state- ments, the discrepancies resulting from an imperfect recollection of facts events which took place more than half a century ago, we are willing to admit that he served some time; but how long, we cannot possibly determine. The records of the office do not agree with his statements in relation to others, then several yrs and all the evidence which the books contain of his service amounts to only one month and seventeen days. It is not in my power to admit the claim without some further proof. I regret that I do not find his statements sustained by such evidence as the Dept. requires.
Hon. G. Kemble
House of Reps
Enter this on Index N. York case act 7 June 1832 No. 34343 =

N. York George Travis
Rejected
See letter to Hon. G. Kemble
27 Dec 1837
do. to same Jan. 20. 1838
10885

February 8, 1940
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Mr. G. Baxter Travis 10 Parsonage Street Cold Spring-on-Hudson New York
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the gist of the statement which was made by George Travis in support of the claim for pension of Isaac Post who served in the Dutchess County, New York militia, in the Revolutionary War, upon which recommendation the claim of said Isaac Post was allowed, as you have been informed.
There is one claim for pension, only, on file based upon service of an Isaac Post in the Revolutionary War, and only one based upon service of a George Travis under any spelling. Both these men were residents of Putnam County, New York, when they made applications for pension and neither claim was granted.
In the claim for pension, R. 8361, based upon service of Isaac Post in the Revolutionary War, one George Travis stated in November, 1837, that he (Travis) was then aged seventy-seven years, that Isaac Post entered the service in 1778, as a private in Captain George Lain's company, Colonel Henry Ludington's regiment for three months, that he (Travis) and Isaac Post went together to Cortland, Westchester County, near Peekskill, and there served out their term and were honorably discharged. He stated, further, that Isaac Post entered the service again as private in the quartermaster service, took charge of a mill for grinding grain for the United States Army and served ten months, the mill being in Phillipstown, Westchester County, formerly Dutchess County. George Travis did not state in this case that he served with Isaac Post during that term of service.
The record of George Travis is furnished you, herewith, as it may be of interest to you. No charge is made for search of the records and this report.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

10 Parsonage Street, COLD SPRING-ON-HUDSON, N. Y.
Stamp gone when rec. in Feb. 7/8/2 Bart D. J. May 23, 1939
Veteran's Administration, Washington, D. C. Gentlemen,
I am engaged in writing a sketch of the Travis family and would like to secure a copy of the recommendation made by my great grand father, George Travis, in the application made by one Isaac Post . Both George Travis and Isaac Post served in the Seventh Regiment of the Dutchess County (N.Y.) militia during the Revolutionary War. My information is that Mr. Post was granted a pension as a veteran of the Revolutionary War as a result of the recommendation of George Travis.
If it is possible to secure the desired copy I shall be glad to remit whatever amount is charged for making it. If impossible to secure the copy of the recommendation, a bare statement from your Administration, that said recommendation was actually made, will be greatly appreciated.
Yours truly,
G. Baxter Travis

10,685
P. O.
George Travis
Service: _____
REJECTED
1852 Printed List - Rejected Enlisted: _____, 18
Suspended Claims, shows _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
following cause of rejection: _____
"He did not serve six months."
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18
1940, Feb. 8 - Hirt to W. Boston, Travis - M.R.C.