Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,657, James Wilson, Continental New York Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental New York Penn.
Wilson, James
R 11,657
CONTENTS
b 1759 in Penn.
res at eul. Skeneborough (Whitehall) Washington Co. N.Y.
and died Apr. 21, 1831e at said Whitehall.

James Wilson
The within papers are returned with an Amended Declaration which it is presumed will be Satisfactory W H Parker
Wm H. Parker White Hall New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
19 Oct 1833
Sir:
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 case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those 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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of James Wilson
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank 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.   Years. Months. Days.     1776 Sub — — 6 — — Private None stated Traditionary History   1777 — — 6 — — { Capt. Holmes — Commissary Dept.   1778 — 1 — — — Capt. Stockwell   6 — — do in 1777 (Capt. Stockwell belonged to Col. Rynco's Regiment In declaration 1778)   6 — — { Capt. Allen in Col. Seth Warner's Regt. See amended declaration (N.Y.)  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
service in the commissary department, not provided for by the act of 7 th June 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 claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, 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.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[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 entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. (u) 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.
I _____ 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 _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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 days 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 application 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 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

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 traditional 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 inquiry 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 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 his 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 _____ months 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 an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he 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 affix 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 [i] 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 traditional 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.

State of New York
Washington County
Anna Barrett of Whitehall in the County & State aforesaid being duly sworn Deposeth and saith that she is the sister of James Wilson of Whitehall who is, as she is informed, an Applicant for a Pension for revolutionary services, that she this Deponent is now in the sixty ninth year of her age - that from the commencement of the Revolutionary War until July 1779 she resided with her father in the Town of Whitehall aforesaid and that said James Wilson who resided there that she well remembering that her Brother James Wilson served at various times for short periods in the Militia at Whitehall during those years, in guarding the frontier against the Indians & other enemies but she is not able to state the length of time, his service during those years she understood to be principally under Captain Stockwell, Captain Stockwell resided in Whitehall previous to the war & afterwards & whether he was a Militia Captain or not she cannot say but he was called Captain & generally had a small number under his command - This Deponent was married in the year 1779 & soon after her husband was taken prisoner & she removed to Fort Edward about 22 miles from Whitehall where she remained until Fort George was taken & did not return to her father's to reside again & cannot say from her own knowledge that her Brother James served in the Revolutionary war after the 1779 - but she was informed, by those who had the means of knowing & by her Brother James himself, that he served at various times as a Soldier in the revolutionary war from the year 1779 until the close of the war, she saw him frequently during that period & has not the least doubt but that he did serve at different years & times, as a Soldier in the Revolution altogether between one and two years but she cannot be particular as to the precise length of time
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the circumstances of the above statement & know the same to be true to the best of my knowledge and that she is subject to be a credible witness Dated Febry 10th 1834
Subscribed & sworn this 10th day of February 1834 Before me W.P. Parker Justice of the Peace
Anna Barrett

State of New York Washington County
Ephraim Thomas of Whitehall in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn makes Oath and says that previous to and during the first part of the Revolutionary War he this Deponent resided at Whitehall aforesaid, then called Skeneborough that this Deponent knew James Willson then and now of Whitehall, that this Deponent some time after Bunkerhill was taken & he believing in the year 1779 served in a Company Commanded by Captain Levi Stockwell who at that time belonged to the Militia or State Troops as this Deponent understood, a little over six Months and this Deponent saith that said James Willson did serve in the same Company with this Deponent under Capt. Stockwell and this Deponent believing that said Willson served in said Company the whole time that this Deponent did, & from information this Deponent believes he served under said Stockwell nine Months, that he has known said Willson ever since the Revolutionary War & now lives in the same town with him that said Willson is a man of integrity & well respected as an honest man
Sworn & subscribed this 8th day of March 1834
Ephraim Thomas
Before me M c Pherson
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Ephraim Thomas and that he is a credible Witness M c Pherson
Washington County ss I Joseph S. Leigh Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington in the State of New York do hereby certify that William H. Parker before whom the foregoing Affidavit appear to have been taken was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace of said County duly authorized as such to take the same and that I am well acquainted with his signature & sincerely believes the above signature (thru) M c Pherson to be his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this 12th day of March 1834
J. S. Leigh Clerk

General Wilson & others to John H. Boyd " " Power of Attorney
Power of Attorney

Power of Attorney.
Know all men by these presents, that Mr Lemuel Wilson & Ira Wilson of Whitehall County of Washington State of New York & Squire Wilson of the town of Hampton in said County John H Boyd do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint John H Boyd , of Washington City, D. C. our true and lawful Agent and Attorney to prosecute the Claim of James Wilson deceased for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of Pension that may be due under the provisions of the Act of June 7 1832 or any other Act or Resolution of Congress, and we hereby authorize our said Attorney to examine all papers and documents in relation to said Claim on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed: and to do all things that we might or could do, were we personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that our said Attorney may lawfully do in the premises.
Witness his hand and seal this 22 d day of January 185 3 .
In presence of
Albert G. White }
Ira Wilson Squire Wilson Lemuel Wilson
STATE OF New York Washington COUNTY—ss.
On this 22 d day of January 185 3 , before me a Justice of the peace in and for the County and State above mentioned personally appeared Lemuel Wilson Ira Wilson & Squire Wilson and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be their act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned.
R Doig Justice peace
STATE OF New York } ss. Washington COUNTY.
On this 22 d day of January 185 3 , before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Ira Wilson Squire Wilson & Lemuel Wilson residents of said County, and made oath according to law that they are the identical individuals who executed the foregoing power of Attorney, and that they are directly interested in said Claim, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as their said Attorney may use in prosecuting said Claim.
Ira Wilson Squire Wilson Lemuel Wilson R Doig Justice peace
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written.
STATE OF } COUNTY OF } I
Clerk of
do
hereby certify that _____ Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavit and acknowledgment were made and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my official seal this _____ day of _____ 185 _____

State of New York Washington County ss.
I Nathaniel B Millman Clerk of the County Court of the County of Wash- -ington the same being a Court of Record having Common law jurisdiction & a Clerk and seal do hereby certify that at a term of the said Court held at the Court House in Kingston in & for the said County on the 13 th day of April 1853 it was satisfactorily proven in open Court to & before the Judges thereof that James Wilson who resided during his life in the town of Whitehall in the County & State aforesaid died at Whitehall aforesaid on the Twenty first day of April One thousand Eight hundred and thirty six - that he left no widow then surviving - and that he left the following named children to wit: James Wilson, Squire Wilson, Ira Wilson, Samuel Wilson, Joseph Wilson, Rhoda Ferry, Polly Mills & Eliza Wilson.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office this 13 th day of April 1853.
N B Millman Clerk of the County of Washing- ton: N.Y.

James Wilson
Declaration & Supplementary Declaration

State of New York Washington County ss
On this twenty second day of May A.D. 1833 personally appeared before me John Mops one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington & State of New York James Wilson a resident of the Town of Whitehall in the County and State aforesaid aged twenty three 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 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and Served as herein stated, that in the month of July 1776 as he believes, there came to Skeneborough (now called Whitehall) in the County & State aforesaid where the declarant then resided a Company of Riflemen from Pennsylvania which he entered said Company as a substitute for a Soldier in that Company, whose name he cannot remember, to serve out the residue of his term being six months & that he did serve in said Company at Skeneborough aforesaid in that vicinity for six months, He cannot remember the name of the Captain or any other Officer belonging to that Company but does remember that one of the Soldier's name was Wendell - And he further saith that in the month of May in the following year viz 1777, as he believes, he enlisted at Skeneborough aforesaid as a private Soldier under Capt. Levi Stockwell for the term of six months & served in that Company at Skeneborough & in that vicinity for the full term of six months, At the expiration of which time he engaged with & entered into the service under Asa Holmes in the Compañy Department and served under him as an Assistant at Skeneborough aforesaid for the term of six months at Skeneborough at the expiration of which time and in May 1778 as he believes he again enlisted under the said Captain Levi Stockwell as a private for the term of one year and served in the said Stockwell's Company under this last enlistment for the full term of one year Making One year and six months that he served under Captain Stockwell under his two enlistments

lived six months in said Rifle Company & Six Months under Asa Holmes in the Comissary department, That during his service in Capt. Stockwell's Company he was Stationed principally at Skaneateles now called Skaneateles but some part of the time he was Stationed at Tioughnioga & at other times at Fort George at the head of Lake George he was in no battle during the time he served in said Company, was employed with said Company in building picket forts and in guarding the frontier against British and Indians by traversing the wilderness in the vicinity of those places in what was called scouting parties, John D. Knapp of Salina was Lieutenant and one Watson of the same place was ensign of said Company under Cap- tain Stockwell. This Company belonged or was attached to Col. Mynceop's Regiment being a Regiment under the Continental establishment raised in the State of New York as he understood - but whether Captain Stockwell belonged to the Continental establishment or State troops he is not able to say. Col. Mynceop was taken sick and died as he understood during his service in said Stockwell's Company, he does not remember who succeeded him - In the month of December 1779 as near as he can recollect he again enlisted in a Company commanded by Captain

He who belonged to a Connecticut regiment but he does not remember the Colonel's name or the number of the Regiment. One Brown was Lieutenant or Ensign in said Company he enlisted at this time as a private for six months to serve out the term of a Soldier in said Company whose name he does not remember - but that he served in that company under Captain Allen six months at Skaneateles & Fort George & in the vicinity of those places.
He further states that in addition to the service above set forth he was during the whole of the revolutionary war frequently called out on alarm and various service residing as he did at Skaneateles which was then a frontier and spent many months in service at short periods and under different officers the time he served on such occasions he believes was not less than six months but he cannot now state the particular times of service or the names of officers under whom he served with any precision & therefore will not attempt it - He further states that he was born in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine in the State of Pennsylvania the Town he does not remember. He has no record of his age - he lived at Skaneateles now called Whitehall in the County of Washington State of New York where he went into the service at the several times above mentioned and has resided at that place ever since ever since the war & still resides there. In his service under Captain Stockwell he enlisted voluntarily & did not serve as a Substitute, in his six months service previous & six months subsequent

Service he did serve as a Substitute ex above State but cannot recollect the names of the persons in whose place he served, He is not able to state the names of other officers whom he knew in his said service except those above named. He did re- ceive a written discharge from his service under Cap- tain Stockwell and kept it for many years but it is now lost or destroyed, he received no other written discharge and that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony in any way prove him who gave testimony to his service except Moses Kimball & Robert Melson both of whom he knew That he is familiar to Obadiah Dinsmore & Lemuel Bartholomew and others in his present neighborhood who can as he believes testify to his character for veracity & of their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution
We hereby relinquishing every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present and declaring that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State or the & he further saith that his health is so bad that he cannot attend a Court of Record without endangering the same
Sworn to & Subscribed this day and year aforesaid Before me
James Wilson
John Mott one of the Judges of Washington Com. Pleas
I Obadiah Dinsmore a Clergyman residing in the Town of Whitehall in the County of Washington & State of New York do certify that I am well acquainted with James Wilson in the above Declaration named and de- ceive him to be exactly three 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 I concur in that opinion
Sworn & Subscribed this 9th day of March
Obadiah Dinsmore
1833 Before me W. W. Parker Justice of the Peace
I Lemuel Bartholomew residing in the Town of Whitehall in the County of Washington & State of New York do certify that I am well acquainted with James

Wilson in the above declaration named and do believe him to be seventy three years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion
Leman Bartholomew
Sworn & Subscribed this 18 th day of May
1833 Before me
M c Partlan Justice of the Peace
And I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the Matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named James Wilson the said applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states
I do further certify that Phadiah Drummon who has signed the preceding Certificate, as it has been made appear to me is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Shitbale in that county aforesaid and that Leman Bartholomew who has signed the above certificate is a resident in the said Town of Shitbale and is a credible person and that the statements of the said Drummon and Bartholomew is entitled to credit & further that the said Applicant could not without too much trouble and expense procure their Attendance before me at this time & that I am well acquainted with William H. Partlan the Justice before whom said Certificates were sworn to & that the above is his signature And I do further certify that the said James Wilson the above named Applicant came to from bodily infirmity attend the said Court
John Moss one of the Judges of Washington Com Pleas

State of New York Washington County ss
I Joseph S. Leigh Clerk of the said County do certify, that John Noss before whom the foregoing declaration of James Wilson, & by whom the foregoing certificate purports to have been made
& sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of Washington County court And that William H. Parker before whom the Affidavits of Phadiah Dusenberry and Susan Bartholomew above and the Affidavit of Robert Wilson hereto annexed, purport to have been made was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace of the said County And that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and Justice & that their respective signatures to the said Declaration certificate and affidavits are their genuine signatures & in their respective proper hand writing
Witness my hand & Seal of Office this 28 th day of May 1833 and I have also affixed My said Seal upon the crossing of the tape at the commencement of the said Declaration J. S. Leigh CLK
Washington and state of New York

Moses Kinyon of Charlestown in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island aged sixty-three years on Oath Deposith and saith that in the fall of the year 1778 Early Early in the Winter of 1779 he Entered the Service of the United States as a private Soldier at Saratoga in the State of New York and soon after Joyned a Company of Rangers Commanded by Captain Stockwell whose Christian name he thinks was Levi in which Company he Served Eighteen months in guarding the frontier Settlements of the State of New York against the Canerry Particularly against the Indians; that this Deponant Perfectly Remembers James Willson a Soldier in Said Company in the same Service with himself who as this Deponant understood both from Willson and others of the Company then belonged to Skeneborough and now as he is informed and believes Lives in the State of New York. Precisely how long the said Willson Served in Said Company this Deponant is not Able to say but remembers that at the time he this Deponant Entered Said Company he he found the said Willson a Soldier therein and remembers well that he and the said Willson Served together a number of months in Said Company after this Deponant Entered the same as he has been before stated. This Deponant further saith that the said Willson was Discharged from Said Company before this Deponant was and he thinks that said Willson had performed a part of his term of Service before this Deponant Entered the Company. Moses Kinyon
State of Rhode Island & Washington, Ss. the Town of Charlestown March 13 th 1833. Personally Appeard Moses Kinyon who gave and Subscribed the proceeding Deposition by me taken and reduced to writing who was by me Duly Sworne thereto according to Law — and I further Certify that I am Personally Acquainted with the said Moses Kinyon and that he is a Credible Person and that his testimony is intitled to Credit
Asa Church, Justice Peace.

State of Rhode Island & Prov- idence Plantations. —
Washington Se } Clerk's Office Court of Common Pleas.
for said County March 14. A.D. 1833.
I certify that Asa Church Esq whose signature in his own proper hand writing is Affixed to his attestation of the preceding deposition of Moses Kenyon was at the time of his aforesaid attestation & now is a justice of the Peace for the Town of Charlestown in said County of Washington duly commissioned under the Seal of said State & otherwise qualified as Such. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of said Court the day & Year aforesaid. —
Saml. Helme Clk.

1 State of New York
Washington County
Robert Millson of Whitehall in the County of Washington and State of New York being duly sworn Saith that he will be Sixty six years of age if he living till the fifth of April next, that he resided at Skeneborough now called Whitehall during the revolutionary War and was then well acquainted with James Millson now of Whitehall an Applicant for a Pension that he well recollects Captain Stockwell his Company of Rangers and knowing that said James Millson who is the brother of this Deponent was in said Company and that he served therein under Captain Stockwell a long time he should think at least a year and a half but cannot be sure as to the precise length of time and this Deponent further saith that he has frequently heard since that time both from his brother James and others of his father's family that said James did serve 2 this Deponent believing he did serve under said Stockwell One year and a half and this Deponent further saith that said James served a considerable part of the time at different times during the whole war but does not remember under what officers he served except Captain Allen but does well remember that said James served under that officer & Capt Stockwell
Subscribed & sworn this 27th day of February 1833 Before me & I do hereby certify that the said Robert Millson is a credible Witness & sustains a fair Character for truth & veracity W. H. Parker Justice of the Peace
Robert his Millson Mark

State of New York
Washington County
I, J. S. Leigh Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington Do Certify that William H. Parker before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn and also before whom the within form of Attestation purports to have
State of New York
Washington County
I J. S. Leigh Clerk of the County of Washington Do Certify that William H. Parker before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn was at 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 verify believe his name subscribed to said Affidavit to be his proper handwriting and signature, Witness my hand & Seal of office this 13 th day of March 1833
J. S. Leigh Clerk

No. 9214. James Wilson Pension Applicant
Forwarded by Mrs. H. Parker of Shiloh Warren County N. York

State of New York
Washington County ss
On the sixteenth day of November A.D. 1833 personally appeared before me William H. Barker one of the Justices of the Peace of said County James Wilson in the annexed Declaration named Who being first duly sworn according to Law doth On his Oaths make the following Supplementary Declaration in Order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress in the aforesaid Declaration mentioned - That is to say That he is not able to recollect the Names of the Officers under whom he served during the first Six Months at Poughkeepsie as stated in his Original Declaration & therefore relinquishing any claim for that Service His next available service was under Captain Levi Stockwell in Col. Wyncop's Regiment of the Continental establishment of the New York line, and upon reflection he is very confident that Capt. Stockwell was a Continental officer and that he belongs to Col. Wyncop's Regiment - That he this Declarant served as stated in his Original Declaration One Year and Six Months in his (the said Stockwell's) Company & he further saith that it was near the end of his term of service under Capt. Stockwell, that Col. Wyncop left his Regiment sick, soon after which this Declarant heard of his Death, but he cannot state what officer succeeded him as he was but a short time in the Service after that time nor does he remember the Name of the Lieutenant Col. as he the Lieutenant Col. was not much with the Regt. And this Declarant further saith that he was mistaken in saying in his Original Declaration that Captain

Allen, under whom he served six months, belonged to a Connecticut Regiment, that on reflection he has become fully satisfied that Captain Allen belonged to Colonel Seth Warner's Regiment, this Regiment belonged to the Continental Establishment and was raised principally in the State of Vermont & was called Green Mountain Boys the Declarant served six months in that Regiment in said Capt. Allen's Company as stated in his Original Declaration, & he further states that during the eighteen months which he served under Captain Stockwell and the six months which he served under Captain Allen as aforesaid, he was not employed in any civil pursuits but was wholly engaged in said Military Service as a private Soldier
James Wilson
Sworn this 16 th day of November 1833
Subscribed before me
W. H. Parker Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Washington County
I Jesse S. Leigh
Clerk of the court of
Common Pleas in & for the County aforesaid Do Certify that William H. Parker before whom the foregoing Supplementary Declaration purporting to have been made & sworn to was at the date of the same One of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and surely believe the signature "W. H. Parker Justice of the Peace" subscribed to the said Declaration as a bona fide his proper handwriting and Signature
(Witness my hand and Seal of Office
This nineteenth day of November 1833
J. S. Leigh Clerk

11.657 P. O. Ja s Wilson
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: The printed list of 1852 under "Reasons for suspensions"
Re-enlisted: gives as follows; If he should be willing to accept a pension for fourteen months as a private; he should make a relinquishment of the other parts of his claim
Attorney: _____ P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contr
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

decl. Pension Claims WHITE HAVEN NOV 27 N.Y.
N.Y.
James Watson
Hon.

Hon L. C. C. Secy of War
Enclosed is the Afft. of Israel Warner son of Col. Seth Warner of the Revolution which it is believed will be sufficient with former evidence fur- nished & now in your office with the Applicant's Declara- tion to entitle James Willson to a Pension —
Yours dep
M m H. Parker

State of New-York, } COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
Albany, March 29 1854.
I hereby certify that on searching the record of audited accounts in this office, from May 22, 1782, to October 31, 1794, I find in Book B. pp 18 of said record the following audited account therein recorded, to wit:
Pay Roll of Capt. Levi Stockwells Company led Henry K. Van Rensalaer's Regt raised in the service of the United States from 1st Jan'y to 15th Jan'y 1780 consist- ing of one Capt n , one Lieutenant, one Sergeant, three Corporals, one fifer & eighteen privates amounting to £46.11.6
Audited 14th April 1786
H. D. Hasbuck Clk
Philip Schuyler

Pension Office,
April 22, 1854.
Sir,
In reply to your communication of the 8th instant, in relation to the claim for pension of the heirs of James Wilson, I have to state that the difficulty in the case is now, and has always been, that he is not identified with the service certified by the Comptroller of New York as having been performed by a man of that name. Comptroller's These certificates do of James Wilson not show a service in Captain Stockwell's company at any period. It must, consequently, have been mentioned in 1835 merely as an additional objection that Captain Stockwell was not, himself, in service before 1780 - Upon this point the office was in error - but that does not strengthen the present claim.
The certificates of service of James Wilson filed in this case have no reference to the father of the present claimant - as they show a soldier or soldiers serving under under an entirely different set of officers from those referred to

in his Declarations original Declaration and proofs.
Very respectfully
JC
Jno. H. Boyd
Apil 22/54
J. N. Boyd Esq Whitehall, New York

W. H. Parker
10 Dec 1883
OC
Rec d vol 30. p. 185.

War Department Pension Office Dec 18 1833
Sir
The papers of James Wilson have again been examined; The applicant now declares that he served in Col Wykoffs regiment under Capt Lockwood in the Continental line. His name does not appear on the rolls of the Continental line. It is necessary as respects that part of his claim that he should prove his service by two credible witnesses -
The case is suspended and the papers placed on file
Wm H. Patten Esq White Hall New York

White Hall March 31 st 1854
Hon L H Waldo
Dear Sir
Inclosed I send you the Secretary of State's certificate that Levi Stackwell was commissioned as Lieutenant 1776. I also send you the Comptroller's certificate that said Stackwell was commanding a company & had his acts audited in June 1780 -
This will obviate the difficulty stated in a letter on file in your office dated May 5 th 1835 addressed to Mr Parker in which is stated that Mr Stackwell was not commissioned as Capt until May 11 th 1780
I hope the enclosed will be sufficient
Yours & J H Boyd

State of New York
SECRETARY'S OFFICE
Albany March 30 th 1854.
I certify that it appears from the Military Register of the New York Continental Line in the Revolutionary Army, remaining in this Office, that Levi Stockwell was a Lieutenant in Captain Farnum's Company in the 3 d Regiment; that he enlisted for three years in November 1776, and was omitted May 1778.
A. G. Johnson, Dep. Sec. of State,

11657

White Hall April 8 th 1854
Hon L P Waldo
Dear Sir
From your letter of the 6 th inst I see you have mistaken the object of my communication of the 31 st ultimo. My object is to procure a pension for James Wilson of White Hall N.Y. or rather for his heirs.
If you will examine the papers on file in your office in James Wilson's case of White Hall you will find copy of a letter addressed to W m H Barker in 1835 stating that Capt Stackwell was not commissioned until 1780 and that consequently James Wilson could not have served under him in 1776 or 1777 as stated by Wilson. This Stackwell of whom I speak served in White Hall and as I learn died three years since yours Respectfully J H Sayre

Brief James Wilson of White Hall N.Y.

In the Matter of James Wilson of N.Y. Declaration
Oct 1830 Resided at Skeneborough (now Whitehall). entered Service in July 1776 in a company of Penn- sylvanian Riflemen as a Substitute. Served 6 months in said Company in and around Skeneborough. Does not recollect the Officers. After this, twice in May 1777 he enlisted at Skeneborough under Capt Stockwell for 6 months . Served out this time and then enlisted under Asa Holmes , in Commissary's Department and served 6 mo. at Skeneborough. In May 1778 he again enlisted under Capt Stockwell for 1 year , and served out this term. Was in no battle. Was employed in building picket forts and in guarding the frontier. Capt Stockwell was attached to Col Wynkoop's Regiment. In Decem- ber 1779 he enlisted under Capt Allen of a Connecticut Regiment & served 6 months .
Proof Submitted.
Nos. 10 June 1833. 73 years Served 18 months in a Company of Rangers under Capt Stockwell . Remembers a James Wilson a soldier in said Company, who as this deponent understood was from Skeneborough. Can not say how long Wilson served in said Company. When deponent entered said Co. he found the

Said Wilson a soldier therein, & remembers that he and Wilson served together a number of months . Wilson was discharged before this deponent was, but deponent thinks Wilson had performed a part of his tour of service before this deponent entered the company. (Certified Credible)
Robert Wilson } Was acquainted during the Rev. War, with Feb'y 1833. 66 years } James Wilson of Whitehall. He recollects Capt Stockwell This Company, and he knows that James Wilson, who is brother to deponent, was in said Company and served a long time; he should think a year and a half, but can not be sure. He knows his brother James served under Capt. Allen and Capt Stockwell. (Certified Credible)
Anna Barrett } Is sister to Claimant. Well remembers Feb'y 1834. 69 years } her brother James served at various times, for short periods in the Militia, but she is not able to state the time. She understood his service was under Capt Stockwell.
Israel Warner } Is son of Col Seth Warner & was waiter 27 Sept 1834 } to his father from 1778 or 1779 to close of the war. In 1779 he visited he saw James Wilson of Whitehall serving as a soldier he thinks under Capt. Stockwell. He can not say how long Wilson served. He has seen Capt Stockwell and

said Wilson in conversation and Captain S. recognised Wilson as one of his soldiers in the Revolution. He has always understood from said Wilson & Stockwell that Wilson served in said Company for 18 months or thereabouts, and from conversations with Wilson & Stockwell the affiant is convinced that Wilson served in Stockwells Company about 18 months & in Capt Burroughs Company 6 months (this service is not claimed by Wilson)
The Comptrollers certificates filed in this case have no reference to this claimant as they show a soldier or soldiers serving under an entirely different set of officers.
From the foregoing testimony we can not arrive at James Wilson's actual service. The first witness says he served a "number of months." It might have been two months or might have been 17 months. The second witness has no personal knowledge of his services, but thinks his brother served about 1 1/2 years. His sister says he only served in short tours. He claims to have served 18 months continued service. This witness therefore contradicts the declaration. The last witness is M c Warner who professes to have no personal knowledge but from conversations which he has heard he is convinced that the claimant served about 18 months. Those

Conversations might lead this office to a very different conclusion.
I think the claim not supported by the evidence and should therefore be rejected.
C. H. Evans
Ex. Clerk
March 1. 1854

Dec 29. NY WHITE HALL N.Y.
Emerson Clapp
Hon.
Louis Pabst
Secretary of War
Washington City D.C.
Yours sincerely James Wilson

State of New York
Washington County
Whereas I, James Wilson of Whitehall in the County and State aforesaid have heretofore made Application to the War Department for a pension for Revolutionary Services under the Act of 7 th June 1832 and in my Declaration in that behalf claimed for services in a Pennsylvania Company of Riflemen, the Officers of which I did not remember, as a substitute for a person whose name I had forgotten, and also for services in the Commissary Department, which services I am now informed was not Military within the meaning of the Act of 7 th June 1832 and also for services under Captain Allen of Willys Regiment Connecticut Line which said services I am not able to prove or substantiate in any other manner than by my own Declaration and whereas I stated in my said Declaration that I served under Captain Stockwell in the year 1776 for the term of six Months and under the same officer in the year 1778 for the term of one year (as I now think) and whereas I have been informed that I was mistaken as to the time of my service in the two last cases mentioned that is to say that my service under Captain Stockwell in 1776 was known to be but five Months and in 1778 but nine Months making in the two last mentioned terms fourteen Months service Now therefore in consideration of the premises and of my inability to prove or in any manner to substantiate my said Claims for any longer term of service than the term of fourteen Months as above mentioned, I have relinquished and do by

relinquish my claim for a pension by reason of the services mentioned in my Original Decla- ration & above referred to, excepting for — the said fourteen Months service under Captain Storknell in the years 1776 and 1778 and do hereby consent to accept a pension for the said fourteen months as a private in full satisfaction my Revolu- tionary services — In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 23 rd day of December
A.D. 1834 — James Wilson
In presence of —
J. E. Newcomb
Lemuel Wilson
State of New York
Washington County
Be it Known that on the 23 rd day of December A.D. 1834 personally appeared before me William H. Parker a Justice of the peace in & for said County, the above named James Wilson well known to me to be the person described in and who has executed the foregoing Deed of Relinquishment and acknowledged that he executed the same freely & voluntarily for the uses and purposes therein mentioned
W. H. Parker Justice of the Peace

Whitcomb Decr 23 d 1834 -
Hon Simon Cofg Secy of War
Sir
In pursuance of the suggestion of the Letter of J. L. Edwards Esq. bearing date the 12 th inst. I have procured from James Wilson a Relinquishment of the party of his service as stated in his Original Declaration which he has not been able to substantiate and his Consent to receive a pension for 14 Months service under Capt. Stockwell in the years 1776 & 1778 - as a full satisfaction for his Revolutionary service - By the Letter of Mr Edwards it appears the Department are satisfied that he is entitled to a pension for that term - and I herewith transmit to you the said Relinquishment & Request that his Certificate may be forwarded in due course Very Respectfully your Obedt Servt
Wm H. Parker

Commt
John H. Boyd Whitehall N.Y.

[Persons making application at the Comptroller's, or Secretary of State's Office, for searches, or certificates of service of any person, in the army of the U. S. during the revolutionary war, should give the name and ranks held by such person; the nature of the service; whether in the Infantry, Cavalry, or Artillery, &c.; in the regular army or militia; the names of the officers commanding the regiments and companies at the time of enlistment, service and discharge, as near as can be given. The names should be given with care, and in a legible hand.
In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their service in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz:
   1781. Sept 1. James Willson Private No. of Cert'e issued, 4567 £ 9 17 4   " March 7. do " " " " 8386 2 2 8   1780 Ap'l 2 do " " " " 8668 1 8 5   " " 20 do " " " " 8694 1 1 4   1779 June 27 do Serg't " " " 8716 1 12 —   " July 12 do Priv't " " " 8758 1 3 1   " May 1 do " " " " 8771 3 6 —   1781 Nov. 26 do " " " " 9382 3 — 5   1779 Dec 4 do Corpl't " " " 10741 4 4 —   1780 Nov. 1 do " " " " 10813 11 3 —   1782 July 10 do " " " " 10884 — 17 7   " Nov 21 do Private " " " 11091 6 4 5   1780 Aug 9 do " " " " 16473 3 11 —   1779 Oct 3 do " " " " 16674 — 5 4   1777 Nov 2 do " " " " 20364 1 15 6   1779 July 1 do " " " " 37484 3 7 6   " " "   " " "   " " "  
STATE OF NEW-YORK,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, May 12 th 1853.
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 8. now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz:
   First — under Capt.  Peter Olsworth  in  Col.  Marinus Willett's  Regiment.    Second " "  Lt Daniel Brundage  "  "  Alexander Webster's  "    Third " "  Capt. Elishama Foye  "  "  do  "    Fourth " "  do  "  "  do  "    Fifth " "  do  "  "  do  "    Sixth " "  do  "  "  do  "    Seventh " "  do  "  "  do  "    Eighth " "  do  "  Major  Thos. Armstrong  "    Ninth " "  Jacob Diffendorf  "  Lt. Col  Sam'l. Clyde  "    Tenth " "  do  "  "  do  "    Eleventh " "  do  "  "  do  "    Twelfth " "  Joseph House  "  "  do  "    Thirteenth " "  Henry Turner  "  "  A Hawk  "    Fourteenth " "  Garet Ackerson  "  "  do  "    Fifteenth " "  Gideon Seely  "  "  Gilbert Drake's  "   
* I have examined the rolls for the above, and find £54:19:7 to be correct.
Amos Lee Examining Clerk.
Philip Schuyler Comptroller.
* Sixteenth — Capt. Samuel Haight Col. Samuel Drake's "

State of New-York, COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
Albany, March 29 1854.
I Hereby Certify, That on searching the Records in this office for the Registry of Certificates issued in pursuance of a law, passed April 27, 1784, entitled "An Act for the settlement of the pay of Levies and Militia for their services in the late war, and for other purposes therein mentioned," I find the following, viz:
   NAMES. NO. OF BOOK. NO. OF CERTIFICATE. DATE. £ s. d. RANK AND NAME OF COMPANY OFFICER. RANK AND NAME OF FIELD OFFICER.     Levi Stockwell capt. 943.214 Jan. 15 1780 8 " " " Capt Levi Stockwell Col. Henry H. Van Rensalaer   Levi Stockwell capt. 943.239 Jan 15 1780 1 5 " " " "   £9 5"                  
I have examined the Rolls for the items above set forth, and find them to be correct.
J. H. L. Smith Clerk.
Henry H. Van Rensalaer Comptroller.

[Persons making application at the Comptroller's, or Secretary of State's Office, for searches, or certificates of service of any person, in the army of the U. S. during the revolutionary war, should give the name and ranks held by such person; the nature of the service; whether in the Infantry, Cavalry, or Artillery, &c.; in the regular army or militia; the names of the officers commanding the regiments and companies at the time of enlistment, service and discharge, as near as can be given. The names should be given with care, and in a legible hand.]
In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their service in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz:
   1778 April 24 James Wilson Lt No. of Cert'e issued, 7789 £ 1 6 6   1780 June 2 do " " " " 8805 2 11 —   " May 30 do " " " " 8832 2 10 8   " Nov. 3 do " " " " 8881 10 11 1   1779 Aug. 11 do " " " " 8930 7 13 9   1781 Nov 13 do Capt. " " " 9402 11 14 4   1779 Nov. 22 do " " " " 47227 26 10 4   " " "   " " "   " " "   " " "   " " "   " " "   " " "   " " "   " " "   " " "   " " "   " " "  
STATE OF NEW-YORK,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, May 12 1853
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 2 - 10 now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz:
   First — under Capt. John Hamilton in Col. John Williams Regiment.   Second " Lt Geo. McKnight " " Alexander Webster "   Third " Capt John. Hamilton " " do "   Fourth " " do " " do "   Fifth " " do " " do "   Sixth " " In command " " Maj. Thos Armstrong "   Seventh " " do " " Col. Morris Graham "   Eighth " " " " " "   Ninth " " " " " "   Tenth " " " " " "   Eleventh " " " " " "   Twelfth " " " " " "   Thirteenth " " " " " "   Fourteenth " " " " " "   Fifteenth " " " " " "  
I have examined the rolls for the above, and find £ 62:17:8 to be correct.
A.W. Lee Examining Clerk. Philip Phelps Esq. Comptroller.