Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11690, John Wallace, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Wallace, John
S. 11690
CONTENTS
carded

865 New York John Wallace
of Greene in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp'y commanded by Captain Burbank of the Reg't commanded by Col. in the Massachusetts line for 9 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 30 Dollars & 62 1/2 Cents per Ann. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Octr. 1832 and sent to Patterson & McConnell
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 $21 50 Semi-ann. allowance ending Mar. '33 15 - $60
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. M c Cracken Clerk, Book D Vol. 5 Page 155

BRIEF in the case of John Wallace of Greene in the State of New York (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Before the Vice Chancellor of the Sixth Circuit of the State of New York, at a Court of Chancery held at the residence of the Vice Chancellor  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy two years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     July 1 st In 1777 4 Private Field Officers Not Recollected Major State Troops   Novem r 5 or Decem r 3 1777 3 Private Capt. Burbank - Col s name not recollected   Jan 7. 1780. or 1781 1 do to guard Prisoners in the Jail of Berkshire County  
He further states that, he was called out in several cases of alarm, and believes that he served more than one month in this way
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Was at the taking of Burgoyne, and in several Skirmishes  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Town of Sutton, County of Worcester State of Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By Traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are in due form and regularly authenticated 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Gordon Examining Clerk.

John Wallace-
Nov 17/22.
30- 2497.2 333

State of New York } Chenango County } }
On this 30 th day of July in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Robert Morell Vice Chancellor of the Sixth Circuit of the State of New York at a court of Chancery held at the residence of the Vice Chancellor in the town of Green in the County of Chenango and State aforesaid, - Now Sitting, John Wallace a resident of the town of Green Chenango County and State aforesaid, aged 72 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 act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - That he Entitled the Service of the United States under the following named officers and Served as herein Stated - That in the month of July about the first of the month, 1777, he Entisted in a company commanded by Captain Bartholomew Woodbury Col. Name not recollected Massachusetts State Troops, for four months, lined in the town of Sutton in the County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts, and marched from that place through Adams town, to Lake Champlain, and there understood that General Burgoyne had marched his Army down towards Albany and we marched down after him down to Still Water, there he had a Battle, and my company was in the Battle. I was a guard to watch the liquor, and after the Surrender of General Burgoyne, marched down to Kings Bridge and had Served out our time of four months, and was discharged at the

last mentioned place, that he saw at this time General Putman who came down and viewed the Regiment and by a General order discharged the Regiment; —
That in the year 1777. in the month of November or December, he again Enlisted for three months in a company commanded by Captain Ben Banks, given name not recollected, and does not now recollect the Col. name, lived at the time of Enlistment in the town of Sutton in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, and marched from that place to old Providence in the State of Rhode Island, and was stationed at that place, and served out his time at this place, that there were several other companies at this place but cannot now tell the names of the officers nor the General who commanded at that place and was duly discharged opposite Newtown, —
That he then moved from the town of Sutton to the town of Windsor in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, and in the month of January in the year 1780. or 1781. Cannot now recollect which year, Enlisted for one month in a company commanded by Captain Noah Green, to guard the Jail of Berkshire County, when several prisoners were confined, and served out the month at this place, and was discharged, at Great Barrington, That he was called out at different times, on alarms being given for,

Several times some times two weeks at a time, the first time he recollects that he served under Capt. Pears, thinks his name was Joseph, and Lieutenant Coley and has no doubt but what he served in this manner more than one month, that he never was in any regular battle except at the taking of General Burgoyne, but was in General Haimishes with the Tories, that he never had a written discharge, saw General Gates at the taking of Burgoyne's Army and that he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person or persons whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and declares that he is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State —
John Wether
Sworn & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Robt. Allonell T. Chancellor
The following questions were propounded by the Court to the applicant —
First When and in what year were you born
Ans. I was born in Woodstock Conn, in the year 1760.
Second
Have you any record of your age and if so where is it —
Ans.
He has no record of his age, but that he is

Third
on record in that town.
Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live.
Ans
When called into service I lived in the town of Sutton Conn. Then removed to Windsor Conn. from thence to Greene, Chenango County New York where I now live.
Fourth
How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom.
Ans.
He enlisted never was drafted.
Fifth
State the names some of of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your services.
Ans.
Has served under Capt. Woodbury and Lieut. Woodbury Gen. Gates. He has been present at the engagement at Stillwater guarding the stores of the army -
Sixth
Did you ever receive a discharge and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
Ans.
Has never received a written discharge has been discharged verbally by Genl. Putnam

Seventh
State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Mrs. Daniel Truman Warren Gray Sophia Dits, Levi Farr Charles Wams.
We Warren Gray a Justice of the peace of the town of Greene and Charles Gurnes Esq. residing in the town of Greene and county of Chenango and State of New York and residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Wallace who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be 72 years old and that he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood 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. Robt. Allouee Vice Chancellor
Warren Gray Charles Gurnes
And the said Court doth hereby declare his 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 him, that Warren Gray a Justice of the peace, and Charles Gurnes

residents of the Town of Greene, in the County of Chenango, and State of New York, and who have signed the preceding Certificate, are credible persons, and that this Statement is entitled to credit —
Robt. Moore Vice Chancellor
I, Jonathan S. Woods, Clerk of the Court of Chancery of the Sixth Circuit of the State of New York, do certify, that the foregoing, contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of John Wallace, for a pension —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this Twentieth day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and thirty two —
Jonathan S. Woods, Clerk

April 27, 1934.
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BA-J/ady
John Wallace, S.11690 & William Hoyt, R.5309
Miss Ruth L. Webb 25 Cortland Street Norwich, New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of John Wallace and William Hoyt, Revolutionary War pensioners.
Their records are furnished you herein as found in the respective claims for pension based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
John Wallace, S.11690
John Wallace, the name is also shown as Wallase, was born in 1760, day and month not stated, in Woodstock, Connecticut. No reference is made to his parents.
While a resident of Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, he enlisted about July 1, 1777, served four months as private in Captain Bartholomew Woodbury's Massachusetts Company and was at the taking of General Burgoyne. He enlisted in November or December 1777 and served three months as private in Captain Burbank's Massachusetts Company. While a resident of Windsor, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, he enlisted in January 1780 or 1781 and served one month as private in Captain Noah Green's Massachusetts Company. He was in several skirmishes. He served also on several alarms, dates not stated, over one month in all, a part of the time in Captain Joseph Peirce's Massachusetts Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 30, 1832 while a resident of Greene, Chenango County, New York.
On 9/3, Rep. dead June 1846
There are no family data.
William Hoyt, R.5309
William Hoyt was born April 13, 1758 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut. The names of his parents are not stated.

While a resident of Norwalk, Connecticut, he enlisted and served four months as private in Captain Daniel Benedict's Company, Colonel Mead's Connecticut Regiment and was discharged March 28, 1776. He enlisted the first of August 1776 and served about two months as private in Captain Daniel Benedict's Company, Colonel Mead's Connecticut Regiment. He served at various times in 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780, amounting to eighteen or twenty months in all, in Captains John Carter's and Reuben Scofield's Companies, Colonel Mead's Connecticut Regiment and was at the burning of Danbury and also at the burning of Norwalk.
After the Revolutionary War he lived in Walton, Delaware County, New York, and in Cairo, Greene County, New York, and then moved to Greene, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 30, 1832 while a resident of Greene, Chenango County, New York, where he had lived about twenty years.
He died January 4, or 5, 1838 in Greene, New York.
Soldier married November 26, 1799 in Cairo, New York, Anna McIntire who was born March 16, 1766 in Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
Soldier and his wife, Anna, had only one child, Anna, who was born in Cairo, New York, date not stated. Her mother died at her residence in Penfield, Monroe County, New York, July 29, 1846. In 1854 she was Mrs. Anna Lockwood, aged fifty-two years and still living in said Penfield. The date and place of her marriage and the name of her husband not stated.
A brother of the soldier, his name not shown, was living in Walton, New York, in 1832. There are no further family data.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

1934 Apr. 27. Visit to Ruth L. Webb A.D.Y.
Rehman
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File No. 11.690
John Wallace Driv. Rev. war
Act: June 1 th 1832.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 394
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Norwich N.Y. March 26-1934
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir—
I wish the Revolutionary Service and any family data of the soldier William Hoyt whose name appears on the Pension Roll of Chenango County N.Y. as Private in Conn Cont. Oct. 20, 1832 aged 74 yrs also service of John Wallace whose name

appears on Chemango County, N. Y. Pension Roll as Private in Mass. Mil. Oct. 20, 1832 aged 12 yrs.
Yours truly Ruth L Webb, 25 Cornwall St., Norwich, N. Y.