Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46,510, Moses Van Campen, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Van Campen, Moses
S 46,510 B.L.W. 2219-200,
CONTENTS

Moses Van Campen N o . 2219.
J. A. Dickinson Esq.

Know all Men by these Presents, THAT
I John P. Dugal attorney in fact with power of substitution for Moses Van Campen, Moses Elmer and James M c Creery, officers of the Army of the Revolution,
have made, constituted, and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute, and appoint Francis A. Beckins this and my
true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name, place, and stead, to demand and receive from the proper accounting officer at Washington City all money which may be due the aforesaid officers or their heirs for their commutation pay and also to demand and receive from the War Department all scrips or bounty land due for the services of the said officers during the war of the rebellion and also to demand and receive all money now due to each and every officer or their heirs. Exo. or or those who have constituted me their attorney in fact.
giving and granting unto my said Attorney, full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as I — might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney or — substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
In Witness whereof, have hereunto set my hand and seal the 5 th day of Feb y — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven
Sealed and delivered in the presence of
John P. Dugal Esq.

Power of Atty.
J P Bu Val
to
Francis A. Dickinson

Florida City of Tallahassee
ss. Be it known that on the 5 th day of Feby one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven before me Thomas H Bulal Clerk of the Superior Court for the Middle District of Florida perso- nally appeared John P Bulal and acknowledged the within Letter of Attorney to be his free act and deed In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of office the day and year above stated written. Thos H. Bulal Clk

No 35919
Mrs Van Kampen NY
act 7 June 1832
See act 1828
Agency Office Washington Dr. J. Adair Esq.
13/11
tho.

Simon Van Campen of Dansville in the County of Livingston and State of New York, make the following declaration in order to obtain an increase of pension under the Act of June 7 th 1832. I am now pensioned under the Act of May 15 1828 at the rate of $320 per. An. for my revolutionary services as Lieutenant in the Pennsylvania Line, and being informed that I am entitled under the Act of June 7 th 1832 to a higher rate of Pension for my additional services as Adjutant, I now make the following Statement of that Service.
On the 8 th day of April 1780 I was commissioned as Ensign of Captain Thomas Robinson Company of Infantry Pennsylvania Line, on the 10 th day of February 1781 I was promoted and commissioned as Lieutenant of said Company, and as we had the British to fight on our sea board, and British Indians and Tories on our frontiers, Robinson Company was stationed for the protection of the frontier settlements of Northumberland County Pennsylvania, in November 1781 our Company was ordered to Reading Berks County State of Pennsylvania, where we was joined by three Companies, two of them of the Pennsylvania line and one of the Congress Regiment so called, and if my recollection is correct, they was commanded by Captains Walker , Hanecay and a Lieutenant Cadey , and a Maj r Bowen Commander in Chief, I was selected to do the duty of Adjutant in which Capacity I served from the first of December 1781 to the last of March 1782, 4 months, we had during that time the guarding of 700 Hessians taken prisoners with Gen l Burgaine, the last of March, the opening of the Campaign of 1782 we was all ordered to our respective Stations, I marched Robinson Company to Northumberland, and entered upon the laborious duty of protecting the frontiers of the said County on the 16 th day of April 1782 I was taken prisoner by the Indians, and surrendered to the British at Niagara, from thence I was sent to Montreal from Montreal to Quebec, in the month of November a British fleet sailed from Quebec to New York, I was sent with that fleet to New York, in March 1783 I was exchanged, and joined my Company at Northumberland.

On or about the 1 st of April 1783. Robinson Company was ordered to Wyoming, Wilksbarrey fort. Now in Luzorn county, together with a Company commanded by Capt. Schrawder, Where I was Again Selected to do the duty of Adjutant, in which office I served till in November 1783, 7 months in the whole Eleven Months. — peace was declared and our Army was discharged
For the foregoing Service of Eleven Months as adjutant I now claim an Increase of pension from $820 to $393. 33 / 100 per Annum to commence on the 4 th of March 1831 under the Act of June 7 th 1832, and to continue during My Natural life, Which I am Informed, that Service Entitles me to, and request that a Certificate may be Issued Accordingly and made payable to me at Albany New York
Moses Van Campen
Sworn to and Subscribed before me This Seventh day of October 1844 and I certify that I am Personally acquainted with said Moses Van Campen and that he is a credible Person. Orville Fowler
Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Livingston
State of New York Livingston County Clerk's Office
I William W Whiting clerk of said County do hereby certify that Orville Fowler Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit appears to have been taken and Subscribed, was on the day of the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Elected and Qualified to act as such and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice and verily believe his signature subscribed to the above affidavit to be genuine
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County at Geneseo this 8 th day of Oct 1844
W W Whiting clerk

State of New York } County of Livingston } ss.
I Moses van Campen aged seventy nine years on the twenty first day of January instant do upon oath testify and declare that I entered the service of the United States on the eighth day of April seven hundred and eighty and that I served from last mentioned date as lieutenant in the Company commanded by Captain Thomas Robinson which company was one of five raised in Pennsylvania in the last mentioned year for the war and detached for the frontier services. The said five companies were raised under a Resolution of Congress which Resolution likewise entitled them to the same pay, rations and every emolument which the officers of the Continental line were entitled to and the five companies aforesaid were placed under the command of the officers respectively of the Counties for which each was raised respectively, the Company of the said Captain Robinson being under the command of Colonel Samuel Hunter who bore the Title of Sub-lieutenant of Colonel Northumberland County Pennsylvania. The commissions of the officers according to my best recollection were signed Joseph Reed President and directed that the officers should serve within or without the said State of Pennsylvania and that the Commission should continue in force until revoked by this or any other succeeding Supreme Executive Council. I further declare that I was honorably discharged on the sixteenth day of November seventeen hundred and eighty three. I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty of land promised to me on the part of the United States, nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim in any manner whatever: Therefore
Know all men by these presents that I Lieut nt Moses van Campen aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint John P. Durval to be my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid & my said Attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute & appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the special purposes above expressed.
Moses Van Campen
Subscribed & sworn before me this 14 th day of Jan y 1836.
Rufus Day

State of New York } Livingston County } ss:
I Alonzo Bradner aged Thirty five years do upon oath declare that I have been long acquainted with Lieutenant Moses Van Campen who has subscribed the above declaration in my presence and well knows that he is the Identical person he therein represents himself to be; and further I believe that he did perform the military service therein stated.
Subscribed & sworn to this day of Jan y 1836
Russell Day J.P.
Alonzo Bradner
In testimony that the above written was a Magistrate Russell Day Justice of the peace is duly authorized to administer oaths within the County of Livingston and State of New York at the above date and that his name here subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature. I have hereto affixed the County Seal and subscribed my name and quality at Geneseo Livingston County New York this Nineteenth day of January eighteen hundred thirty six.
E. Clark clerk
F. A. Dikins Esq.
N o June 5. 1838

1913 Feb. 21, History to Wm. M. Sweeney. Err.
1919 Feb. 1. Hist. to J. S. Du Shane. P. 1924 Nov. 18. " " Vera Du Mond Aug.
1926-Aug. 27. Hist. to Mrs. Geo. Chapin.
1936 July 22. " to J. S. Hefner 2003 MMN
Ct No. 1036
46510
Inv. File 46,510
Name: Moses Van Campen Rank: Lieutenant Comp'y: _____ Reg't: Pennsylvania line Rev'y
New York } Agency.
RATE PER MONTH, AND DATE OF COMMENCEMENT.
1st { _____ Comm'g _____ Issue. { Ct dated Feb 4-1831 2d { Rate $320 per annum Comm'g _____ Issue. { _____ 3d { _____ Comm'g _____ Issue. { _____
DATE OF CERTIFICATE, AND TO WHOM SENT.
1st { _____ Sent to _____ Issue. { _____ 2d { _____ Sent to _____ Issue. { _____ 3d { _____ Sent to _____ Issue. { _____
Act 14th July, 1862. Bk. G., Vol. _____, Page _____
Registering Clerk: _____
Disability. { Rejected claim inside

Moses Van Campen
Suspended Conference New York.
June 1852
Robert W. Young.
alt 3-

State of New York } ss. County of Albany }
Be it known, that on the 3 day of April A. D. 1852, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Alvan Burr and made oath according to law, that he is the heir at law of Moses Van Campen deceased—widow of Alvan Burr (who was an officer of the War of the Revolution,) that he has reason to believe that he ought to receive a pension, and that he is directly interested in the same, and makes this affidavit to be filed by his attorney, with any additional evidence or arguments he may deem necessary in the prosecution of said claim.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned, before me,
James L. Green Justice of the Peace.
State of New York } ss. County of Albany }
Be it known, that before James L. Green Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, personally appeared Alvan Burr who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say, that he is the child of heir at law of M. Van Campen deceased, widow of Alvan Burr (who was an officer in the war of the Revolution,) that he now makes this declaration to recover any increase and arrears of pension, that may be due, on account of the services of Moses Van Campen as aforesaid, for the benefit of the heirs of Moses Van Campen deceased under any acts or resolutions of Congress applicable to the case.
Sworn and subscribed this 3 day of April 1852, before me,
James L. Green Justice of the Peace. Alvan Burr
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, Alvan Burr , heir at law child of  Moses Van Campen deceased, widow of Alvan Burr (who was an officer in the War of the Revolution,) do hereby constitute and appoint Robert W. Young, Washington, D. C., my true and lawful attorney for me, and in my name to prosecute my claim to any increase and arrears of pension that may be found due on account of the services of said Moses Van Campen as aforesaid; and I hereby authorize my said attorney to examine all papers and documents touching my claim, on file in the departments at Washington or elsewhere, and file any additional evidence or arguments he may think proper, to ensure the recovery of the same.
Witness my hand and seal this 3 day of April A. D. 1852. Signed and sealed in the presence of
WITNESS, W. G. Angel WITNESS, P. M. Fish
It is understood that if the said Young does not get any thing this is not call on me for any thing Alvan Burr
State of New York } ss. County of Albany }
On this 3 day of April A. D. 1852, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Alvan Burr and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned.
James L. Green Justice of the Peace.
State of New York } ss. County of Albany }
Be it known, that on the 3 day of April A. D. 1852, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Alfred Lockhart and Franklin Lewis two disinterested and respectable witnesses, and made oath according to law, that they were well acquainted with Alvan Burr son-in law of deceased widow of  Moses Van Campen deceased (who was an officer in the Revolutionary War,) and that Mary Lockhart  Anna Burr , Priscilla Mulholland & Elizabeth Hubbard are the only surviving children. And that the said Moses Van Campen departed this life on the 15 day of October A. D. 1849.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned, before me,
Alfred Lockhart Franklin Lewis James L. Green Justice of the Peace.
I John J. Roraback clerk of Grundy Superior Court in the County of Albany and State of New York do hereby certify that James L. Green before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly authorized by law to administer oaths, and his name thereunto subscribed in his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this 5 day of April A. D. 1852.
John J. Roraback Clerk

July 22, 1936
Moses Van Campen-S.46510 BA-J/AWF
Mr. L. G. Hepworth 3240 Bellefontaine Avenue Kansas City, Missouri
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Lieutenant Moses Van Campen, War of the Revolution, from Pennsylvania.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 46510, based upon the service of Moses Van Campen in the Revolutionary War.
Moses Van Campen was born January 21, 1757, place not stated, nor are the names of his parents given.
While a resident of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Moses Van Campen was commissioned, April 8, 1780 ensign in a company of rifle rangers commanded by Captain Thomas Robinson, raised for the defense of the Pennsylvania frontiers against the Indians; he was commissioned, February 10, 1781 lieutenant in same company, was taken prisoner by ten or twelve Indians, killed his captors and made his escape the same night; in November, 1781, his company was ordered to Reading, Pennsylvania, where he was chosen adjutant and served as such four months, then returned to the frontier, and on April 16, 1782 at Bald Eagle, he was taken prisoner by the Indians and carried to the British at Niagara, thence to Montreal to Quebec to New York City, where exchanged in March 1783, rejoined his company in Northumberland County, and was adjutant from April, 1783 until the company was dismissed in November, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application exe-

ecuted August 21, 1828, at which time he was a resident of Angelica, Allegany County, New York. This pension was at the rate of $320 per annum.
It is stated that Moses Van Campen was Judge of the County Court of Allegany County, during his residence in that county. He was living in Dansville, Livingston County, New York in 1844. He died October 15, 1849.
The following were the only surviving children in 1852: Mary Lockhart, Anna Burr, Priscilla Mulhallen, and Elizabeth Hubbard. Alvan Burr on April 3, 1852 stated in Allegany County, New York, that he was the son-in-law of Moses Van Campen. The name of the wife of Moses Van Campen is not shown, there are no data as to their marriage, and no further information in regard to children.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

(21.168)
Mrs Van Campen Steuben County - New York act 18 March 1818
Reptd 8 March 1830 See letter to Hon J Mason

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Moses Van Campen a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. 46,510
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 8, 1780 Ensign Thomas Robinson Col. of Rangers Penn.   July 10, 1781 Lieutenant   Discharged Mar. 16, 1783 Major  On Apr. 16, 1782 he was captured by Seneca Indians in Northumberland Co. & turned over to the British at Niagara; imprisoned at Montreal & Quebec; exchanged at New York on March 1783, rejoined his company & served to end of war. (She stated that he had been previously taken but killed his captors & made his escape.)   
Battles engaged in, see above.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Northumberland Co., Penn.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 21, 1838. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Angelica, Allegany Co. New York.
Age at date of application, born Jan. 21, 1757.
Remarks: in 1844 he resided at Dansville, Livingston Co., N.Y. He died Oct. 15, 1849 leaving the following children only in 1852: Mary Lockhart, Anna wife of Alvan Burr, Priscilla Mulholland, & Elizabeth Hubbard.
There is no further family data. The above is the only Moses Van Campen found on the Rev. War. sec. of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

901.
Alma Van Campen
Declaration
✓
Presented 2 nd Sep. 1828

Revolutionary Claims.
[ A. ]
Form of a Declaration to be made by the Officers.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828, I, Moses Van Campen of Angelica , in the county of Allegany , in the State of New York , do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, and served as such* from the 8th day of April 1780. till the end of the war
at which period I was a Lieutenant in the Capt n Thomas Robinson Company of  regiment  of the Pennsylvania line.
And I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates (commonly called commutation certificates) for a sum equal to the amount of five years' full pay; which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress, of the 22d of March, 1783, instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21st of October, 1780.
And I do further declare, that I have received of the United States as a pensioner since the 3d day of March, 1826,† I did not receive any. Commutation certificates or any thing else in lieu thereof since my pension from the United States have I ever received.
Witness my hand, this 21 st day of August , in the year 1828.
Moses Van Campen
Before me,‡ Alvan Burr a Justice of the Peace in the county of Allegany , in the State of New York , personally appeared, this day, George Miles Esq r Atty at Law and Samson Lloyd Esq r Atty at Law , of the said county, who did severally make oath that Moses Van Campen , by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this 21 st day of August , in the year 1828.
Alvan Burr, Justice Peace
I, Amos Peabody , Clerk of the Court of the county of Allegany , in the State of New York , do hereby certify, that Alvan Burr , before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a Justice of the Peace , and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the [L. S.] said Court, this 21 st day of August 1828.
Amos Peabody Clerk
* Here insert, To the end of the war, or, (as the case may be,) to the time when the arrangement of the Army provided by the resolves of Congress of the 3d and 21st of October, 1780, was carried into effect; and that I was reduced under that arrangement.
† Here insert, The sum of dollars, paid to me by the agent for paying pensions in the State of If the claimant has not been a pensioner, this part of the declaration may be omitted.
‡ A Justice of the Peace, or other magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths, as the case may be.

MOSES VAN CAMPEN.
[To accompany Senate bill No. 159.]
————— MAY 29, 1838. —————
Mr. POTTER, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made the following
REPORT:
The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the Senate bill (No. 159) for the relief of Moses Van Campen, make the following report:
That the case of the petitioner has heretofore, on two several occasions, been before, and acted upon by, the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, viz: during the last and preceding sessions of Congress; and unfavorable reports were then made. The production of new and additional evidence has induced the committee to re-examine the case, which has resulted in a conviction that he is entitled to commutation, and that the bill passed by the Senate for his relief, and referred to the committee for investigation, ought to pass. The question that arises is one of fact, viz: Was there sufficient evidence adduced to satisfy the committee that the petitioner was an officer in the army of the United States on continental service, and did he serve to the close of the war? If he was, and did so serve, he is clearly entitled to relief. The additional evidence consists, first, of the affidavit of the applicant, dated on the 14th of May, 1838, in which he swears that, on the 8th day of April, 1780, he received a commission of ensign from Congress, and signed by the President thereof; that, in the month of February, 1781, he received the commission of a lieutenant from Congress, in the company of Captain Robinson; that the latter commission, on the 16th day of April, 1782, fell into the hands of the Indians, when the applicant was taken prisoner by them; that the commission of ensign was, in 1827, forwarded to Harrisburg, in Pennsylvania, and there lost by a member of the Legislature of that State.
The next piece of evidence is an extract from the comptroller general's office of Pennsylvania, duly certified on the 8th day of September, 1837, by the auditor general of that State, giving an abstract "of the account of Moses Van Campen against the United States ," for his pay as ensign in Captain Robinson's company, from "April, 1780, to 10th February, 1781," and for his pay as a lieutenant from the "10th February, 1781, to the 4th November, 1783." This conclusively establishes the fact that the applicant was in the service of the United States, and so continued to the close of the war, and has received his pay as an officer in the Federal army. The letter of Peter Hagner, Esq., of the 18th day of May, 1838,
Thomas Allen, print.

addressed to William W. Potter, Esq., shows that Captain (afterwards Lieutenant Colonel) Robinson, received his pay as a continental officer up to the 4th day of November, 1783, and "his commutation of five years' full pay, in lieu of half pay for life." On the 24th day of March, 1785, the General Assembly of Pennsylvania passed an act granting bounty lands to the officers and soldiers of that State in the continental service, of which the following is an extract from the 4th section: "That all officers or soldiers of the Pennsylvania regiments or of independent corps acknowledged by this State as of the quota of Pennsylvania in the Federal army , and officers being citizens of the State at the time of their entry into the service, not attached to the line of any other State, who have served therein to the end of the late war with Great Britain," &c. By this act, the grant of bounty lands was expressly confined to the officers and soldiers in the continental service. No officer who was in the service of the State, or whose commission was issued by or under the authority of the State, could, by any possibility, receive or be entitled to bounty land. Nor could any officer or soldier of the five companies of rangers, enlisted for nine months for the protection of the Western frontier, under the resolution of the 25th day of February, 1779, and who had served out the period of his enlistment or engagement, be embraced within the provisions of the act of 1785.
The next piece of evidence is an extract from the land office of Pennsylvania, duly certified by the secretary of the land office on the 24th day of May, 1838, proving that the comptroller general of Pennsylvania, whose duty it was under the act of 1785, returned and reported to the land office, as follows: "Return of the Pennsylvania line entitled to donation land, reported by the late comptroller general—Van Campen, Moses, 1st lieutenant, Boyd's regiment, 400 acres, Nos. 834-849, 4th district." This is conclusive evidence that, in 1785, the State of Pennsylvania recognised the applicant, and acknowledged him as an officer in the " Pennsylvania line " in the continental army. The loss of the commissions having been accounted for by the affidavit of the applicant, which was competent evidence for that purpose, the door was opened for the reception of secondary evidence. The additional evidence, connected with that on which the Senate reported the bill, carries conviction to the mind that Moses Van Campen was a continental officer, and served as such to the close of the revolutionary war; and hence the committee recommend that the bill from the Senate for his relief be adopted.
By the Act of Congress passed June 12 th 1830 Moses Van Campen was allowed "Commutation Pay"

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Moses Van Campen , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. F. 46,510.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 8. 1780 to end of war Ensign Lieut Thomas Robinson. ✓ Pa.   (On Apr. 16, 1782, was captured by Indians, taken to Canada and detained by the British until Mar. 1783, when exchanged.)  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 21, 1828. His cl. was at
Residence at date of application, Angelica, Allegany Co., N.Y. in 1828. Dansville, Livingston Co., N.Y. in 1844.
Age at date of application, Aged 71 yrs.
Remarks: Soldier died Oct. 15, 1849, leaving the following children: only Mary Lockhart, Anna, wife of Alvah Burr, Priscilla Mulfollan, Elizabeth Hubbard.
The above is the only Moses Van Campen found on the Rev. War records of this B.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Hepworths Book Store
4647 Troost Avenue Kansas City, Missouri. June 26 1936.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C. Gentlemen:-
In 1838 a petition was sent to Congress in behalf of Lieut. Moses Van Campen a soldier of the Revolution (Pennsylvania Line) asking for a pension. My information is that the pension was granted. Can you tell from your records the amount of this pension and how long it was continued?
Thanking you for the information, I am .
Respectfully
L.G. Hepworth
L.G. Hepworth 3240 Bellefontaine Ave., Kansas City, Mo.,
Send list & refer to Sen. Acuff

pension Bureau. Dept of the Interior Wash. D. C.
Commissioner of pensions:—
Gentlemen: Under Moses Van Campen I think I am eligible to join the U. A. P. will you please if it is on your records, tell me the following "If he received a pension? To whom was married? When? and where??"
His childrens names? their birth days and to whom they married?
Moses Van Campen was born Jan. 21, 1757. Hunterdon Co. New Jersey. Soon after Moses birth his father moved to Penna. To a farm on the Delaware a little above the famous Water Gap.
In 1776, Van Campen was appointed ensign in a regiment raised in Northumberland County designed

to join the Continental Army under Washington who was then stationed in the vicinity of Boston.
Before his death he wrote a book of his life in which he speaks about fighting in the Rev. war and of his many experiences with the Indians.
He received before leaving the service a major's commission.
Thanking you in advance and hoping you can give me the data asked for, on first sheet. I am.
Very truly Yours,
Mrs George T. Shepard. 41 Seward street. Hawesille New York.
Carbon copy to Myrtle in my desk Notes to Ruth - in class -

OFFICE OF THE SURVEYOR
Room 140
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE
PORT OF NEW YORK
Feb. 14, 1913
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions. Sir:-
I have been informed that in the year 1838, Major Moses Van Campen, then living at Dansville, N.Y. (?) applied for a pension on account of his services in the War of the Revolution. He claimed to have served under Colonel John Kelly, of the Pennsylv- ania Militia.
If there is any record

in your office of his services Will you kindly send me a copy of same?
Respectfully, Wm M. Sweeney.

Consolidated
10834
P. O.
Moers Van Campin
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

No 35918.
Mary Van Campen MS
Let to J. J. Addison Dec 26 th 1824 1825. a same person, 16. May 1825.
10834
act 7 June 1832

Nov 6 44 N.Y. Moses Van Campen Act May 15 th 1828 Pensions Ad. June 7 th 32
A
L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions

Washington Nov. 6 th 1846
Rev. Sir
I herewith enclose the declaration of Moses Van Campen, under the act of June 7 th 1832. Mr. Van Campen is now a pensioner, under the act of May 15 th 1828, for his services as Lieutenant, at the rate of $320 per annum; but having also served as Adjutant, claims an increase under the act of June 7 th 1832.
I am, very respectfully Wm Lloyd J. M. Addison
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions

Office 20, 1845.
Dear Sir,
My dear Sir,
Yours sincerely, J. S. Edwards
J. S. Edwards Commr of Pensions

W. Sir,
Washington March 31 st 1845
I herewith enclose the affidavit of Samuel Knapp, a pensioner under the act of 1828, in support of the claim of Moses Van Campen of New York, whose application for an increase of pension, on account of his service as Adjutant, is now on file in your Office, under the act of June 7 th 1832.
Mr. Van Campen receives a pension of $300 p. an. under the act of 1828.
I have respectfully to request that you will cause an examination to be made of the "Washington Papers" for further evidence of his service as Adjutant.
I am, Very respectfully Yr. mo. Servt. R. R. Addison
J. S. Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions }

Sir
Pen off
May 16 th 45-
The parole proof to shew the service rank of Moses Van Campen as adjt does not meet the requisition contained in my letter of 26 Dec r . last to you - Without record or documentary proof the enclose claimed can not be allowed consistently with the rules
J. D. Addison Esq Present

mmNF
August 27, 1926
Mrs. George T. Shafer 41 Seward St., Daneville, N. Y.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 46510 it appears that Moses Van Campen was born January 21, 1757, place not stated.
While residing in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania he was commissioned April 8, 1780 Ensign in Captain Thomas Robinson's Company of Rangers in the Pennsylvania Troops, February 10, 1781 was commissioned Lieutenant, also served as Adjutant, and April 16, 1782 was captured by Seneca Indians and turned over to the British at Niagara, was imprisoned at Montreal and Quebec, exchanged at New York in March 1783 and rejoined his company and was discharged November 16, 1783. It is also stated that he had been previously taken by the Indians, but killed his captors and made his escape the same night.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 21, 1828 while a resident of Angelica, Allegany County, New York.
Allegany

In 1844 he resided in Dansville, Livingston County, New York. He died October 15, 1849.
The following were the only surviving children in 1852: Mary Lockhart, Anna wife of Alvan Burr, Priscilla Mulhallan and Elizabeth Hubbard. The name of soldier's wife and the date and place of their marriage not stated, and no further information is given in regard to the children,
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
au-3
November 18, 1924.
Neva DuMond, Croswell, Mich.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 46510, it appears that Moses VanCampen was born January 21, 1757, place not stated.
While residing in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, he was commissioned April 8, 1780, Ensign in Captain Thomas Robinson's Company of Rangers in the Pennsylvania Troops, February 10, 1781, he was commissioned Lieutenant, he also served as Adjutant, April 16, 1782 he was captured by Seneca Indians and turned over to the British at Niagara, was imprisoned at Montreal and Quebec, exchanged at New York in March 1783 and rejoined his Company and was discharged November 16, 1783. It is also

stated that he had been previously taken by the Indians, but killed his captors and made his escape the same night.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 21, 1888, while a resident of Angelica, Allegany County, New York.
In 1844, he resided in Daneville, Livingston County, New York. He died October 15, 1849, leaving the following children in 1852- Mary Lockhart; Anna, wife of Alvan Burr; Priscilla Mulhallan; Elizabeth Hubbard.
The above noted Moses VanCampen is the only soldier by that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Croswell, Michigan October 30, 1924
The Pension Office, Washington, D.C.
My dear Sirs:
I am most anxious to secure the Revolutionary record of Moses Van Campen for Daughter of the American Revolution papers, and if you will kindly furnish me with a copy of his pension record the service will be greatly appreciated.
Moses Van Campen was born in Hunterdon Co., N.J. Jan. 21, 1757, and died in Angelica, N.Y., married Margaret McClure. Believe that he served under Gen. Sullivan 1779 and under Gen. Samuel Hand.
I am
Most respectfully yours,
Eva Cluhead
1856 79 1757

NEW CASTLE CHAPTER SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Rev Sec
NEW CASTLE, PA.
Jan. 24 1919
Commissaire
Dear Sir:-
If Moses Van Campen or Margaret his wife made application for a pension for service in the Revolutionary War will you please give such personal and military history as may be in their application.
Moses Van Campen in 1778 served as Lieutenant in New Jersey Militia.
In 1779 served under General Sullivan
In 1781 was Lieutenant in the National Army.
This information is desired by his descendant to secure membership in the Sons of the American Revolution
Yours truly J. S. DuShane, Newcastle, Pa

State of New York
Tompkins County ss: Samuel Knapp of Dryam in said County being sworn doth on his oath depose and say that he is Eighty Eight years of age and upwards. That during the years of 1781 and 1782 he this Deponent was engaged as a soldier in the Revolutionary service of the United States in a Company of in the Pennsylvania Continental line commanded by Captain Thomas Robinson; that during that time he well knew Moses Van Campen who was a Lieutenant in the same Company with this Deponent and served as such during the years 1781 & 1782 and until he was discharged from service at the close of the war. That said Captain Robinsons Company with this Deponent and the said Moses Van Campen was called from Northumberland County about the last of November 1781 to Reading, Berks County in the State of Pennsylvania to guard the Hessian when we met two other companies of the Pennsylvania line commanded by Captain Walker & Kennedy and one Company of the Cocheque Regiment under the command of a Lieutenant Cady whose uniform was white coats. That said Company with this Deponent and the said Moses Van Campen continued in such service actively and actively engaged from the first of December 1781 to the last of March 1782 when we were ordered to Northumberland and about the middle of April 1782 at a place called Bald Eagle the said Moses Van Campen was taken a prisoner by the Indians, and delivered to the British at Niagara & from thence as he understood & verily believes was conveyed as such prisoner to Montreal and Quebec. That at the same time most of the Company under said Captain Robinson were killed. That during the service aforesaid the said Moses Van Campen served as an adjutant from the first of December 1781 until he was taken a prisoner as aforesaid. That in March 1783 the said Moses Van Campen again joined his said Company still under the command of Capt. Robinson at Northumberland the said Moses Van Campen having as this deponent understood and verily believes been exchanged & thus released as a prisoner from New York: that in April 1783 said Company with this Deponent & the said Moses Van Campen were ordered to Wyoming or Wilkes Barre where the said Moses Van Campen continued to serve as adjutant for said Capt. Robinsons & Capt Shraders Companies till in November 1783 when the Army was discharged & this Deponent with said Moses Van Campen returned to our homes in Northumberland County. That during all the service aforesaid the said Moses Van Campen sustained a good reputation as an officer & was loved by the men under his command & who were engaged with him in the service of his country. And further that he was to the knowledge of this Deponent a brave and meritorious

officer and soldier - and further this deponent saith not -
Subscribed and sworn before me this 2 d day of December 1844
Wm Lloyd J. Pease
Samuel Knapp
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Samuel Knapp & have been for many years that he sustains a good reputation for truth & veracity & in my opinion his statement is entitled to full credit and belief -
Dated Dec. 2 d , 1844.
Wm Lloyd J. Pease
State of New York
Tompkins County Clerk's office: I Henry B. Mawer Clerk of said County do hereby certify that William Lloyd Esq before whom the proceedings af- firmed purports to have been subscribed & sworn and whose name is subscribed to the jurat thereto and to the certificate thereunder written was on the day of the date thereof & still is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & sworn and duly authorized & qualified as such. And further that I am well acquaint- ed with the hand writing of said Justice and that his signature to said jurat and certificate are genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my official seal at Ithaca in said County this 2 d day of December 1844.
Henry B. Mawer Clerk by Ezra Mawer Dept. Clerk

Geo. Miles
Ransom Lloyd Henry Bryan Antoni C. Beck
Henry Wells
Arthur H. Smith
Alvin Burr
Stephanich L. Caswell
Howell
David W. Henry Stiff
Atkinson Burr
Attorneys

We the subscribers Judges Attorney Clerk of the County of Allegany & others do hereby certify that Moses Van Campen one of the surviving officers of the revolution was one of the first settlers in this County that he is a respectable & worthy citizen who by his industry and economy had gathered a good property sufficient to have supported himself and companion comfortably through life but being a man of good credit and ever ready to do his good act has by becoming security and lending his name become liable to pay large debts which have in a measure reduced him to poverty his property has been sold at Sheriff's sale and he is now at the mercy of his creditors & may at any time be turned out of possession - We would also state that from report which we have no doubt is true he was a brave active and enterprising officer and endured much hardship & passed through many scenes of danger to obtain the liberty & independence of our the country. 'Tis said he is said to have been taken a prisoner by the Indians and at one time to have destroyed his capturers & returned to the service of his country. From what we know of his circumstances & from what we have heard and believe of his revolutionary services we do not hesitate to recommend him to the benevolence of Congress as a person entitled to protection & assistance & are of the opinion that if there is a person in the United States that ought to receive aid from Congress it is Major Van Campen
John Griffin first Judge
Asa P. Kimball
Jonah Atte
Asa S. Allen
Judges
Major Peabody Clerk
Sam. L. Hough

Hon ble John H. Eaton Secretary of War Washington City

Bath County of Steuben State of New York February 19 th 1890
Hon John H. Eaton Secretary of War
Sir
Your obliging answer under date of the 19 th inst o in answer of mine of the 6 th ult o addressed to the President has been duly received for which I return my cordial thanks Your remark that my letter does not show that I was in the Continental Service and to remedy that de- ficiency I address this letter to you - My services were rendered in a company of rangers raised for the defense of the Western frontiers of Pennsylvania against the Indians - In the year 1779 the depred- ations of the savages on the Western frontiers of Pennsylvania, Connecticut & New York had become so very great that representations were made upon the subject to Congress and resolutions adopted by that body of which copies are herewith forwarded to you among which you will observe one directing that five companies of Rangers be immediately raised on the said frontiers to protect the same against the enemy & directing the appointment of Officers by the Supreme Executive Council of Penn a and that they should be raised for nine months & that every volunteer on passing muster should receive a bounty of one hundred Dollars & be entitled to continental pay & rations providing his own arms & clothing &c On the 29 th of March of the same year in pursuance of the above resolution the Genl Assembly of the State of Pa passed a resolution referring in terms to the

aforesaid resolution of Congress & the five companies thereby directed to be raised as "needed to be raised by Congress for the defence of the frontier" making some other appropriations & allowances to those troops - On the 8 th day of April 1780 the Supreme Executive Council of Pa a by resolution appointed Officers for the Northumberland Company and I was commissioned an Ensign & continued upon the service & continued to hold that Office until the 10 th February 1781 I was then appointed & commissioned a Lieutenant in which post I continued until discharged at the close of the war - In the 1782 I was taken captive by the Indians who destroyed my commission. Upon my return from imprisonment in the month of November of that year a duplicate was given to me which is now at Harrisburgh in the State of Penn a - & can be produced if required - I send copies of the above mentioned resolutions from the proceedings of the Genl Assembly & Executive Committee of the State of Pa a which are of record at Harrisburgh in that State - The copies are mere transcripts but if higher evidence of their authenticity is required exemplifications can be obtained - I have been informed that the records of the proceedings of Congress were lost at the destruction of the Capitol during the late war. Therefore refer to the records of Pa a as containing evidence of their existence - In my former letter I made some mention of my services. I now enclose some further evidence upon the subject as well as of my present standing & circumstances - More evidence of my service is obtainable if necessary although after a lapse of fifty years it is to be expected much will have been forgotten in the progress of time which has swept almost the whole of that generation out of existence -
The evidence I now furnish I cannot but

hope will be found satisfactory to establish my character of a Continental Officer entitling me to a share of the liberality of the Country because I belonged to a Company raised by authority of a resolution of Congress, commissioned indeed by the State of Pa but only in pursuance of the authority given to them by that resolution and always was called & considered as in the service of Congress - If it is so may I ask the favour of you to send me the necessary instructions to regulate my application for a Pension under existing laws - If I am not considered as coming within existing provisions will you have the goodness to inform me by what circumstance I am excluded from a benefit so dearly bought so highly needed by my declining years & increasing infirmity This pittance to me so important to the nation is immaterial the ravages of seventy three years have reduced the span of life almost to a day which the late liberality of nation may indeed render comfortable but cannot prolong & consequently the charge upon their bounty must be small indeed if enjoyed at all
I have the Honor to be Sir With great respect Your ob t Serv t
M rs Van Campen
PS Permit me to solicit a return of the accompanying documents if my claim should be rejected - And as early as assured as your very important avocations will conveniently admit

Return of the Pennsylvania Line, entitled to Donation Lands, reported by the late Comptroller General.
   Rank Regiment Acres No s     Moses Vancampen Lieut. Paych Co. 400 { 834 4 th District   { 849 4 th District  
I do hereby certify that the above is a copy of an extract of the Return of the Penn. a Line, entitled to Donation Lands, remaining in the Office of the Secretary of the Land Office of Pennsylvania.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Office at Harrisburg this 28 th day of December 1830.
R. M c rae Deputy Pay Master

Moses Van Campen
Dat 13. 1830
Ref d to Col n Mil. Pensions
Dat 28. 1831 being discharged by to be
Mr. G. C.

State of New York Livingston County ss
Horatio Jones of the town of Geneseo in the county of Livingston and State of New York being being by me duly sworn deposeth and saith that in the month of April or thereabouts in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hu- ndred and eighty two the said deponent then being a prisoner with the Seneca Tribe of Indians and being at a place called the Pigeon and in what is now called the county of Allegany in this state was called upon by the Indians to examine a prisoner which they had then recently taken. this deponent thereupon repaired to the place pointed out where there were a large body of the Seneca Indians probably as many as five hundred in number and in the midst of them this deponent found Moses Van Campen with whom this deponent has been acquainted for more than thirty years past and was directed by the said Indians to make an examination of the said Moses Van Campen. he accordingly made such inqu- iries of Van Campen as were dictated by the Chiefs and inter- preted the same to the Indians with answers given. that previous to such examination this deponent had heard of the said Van- Campen having some time before been taken a prisoner by the Indians on a branch of the Susquehanna River and of his having in company with two other prisoners effected their rescue by attacking and killing several of the party and disarming & disputing the remainder. and this deponent further saith that at the time he was called upon to take the said examination of Mr. Van Campen he understood and it was then talked about amongst the white prisoners that the said Van Campen was the person who had rescued himself and killed his captors and this deponent was under great apprehensions that the Indians would get information of the fact that Van Campen was the person above alluded to. this deponent used some necessary precautions to prevent their suspicions. and further this deponent says that. Shortly after the said Van Campen was delivered as this deponent then understood to the British and the Indians then found that he Van Campen was

the person that had rescued himself and destroyed his captors, and this deponent further saith that it was then currently reported & believed by the prisoners & Indians that the Indians had demanded the said Van Campen of the British and made great efforts to obtain him with the intention of making him a sacrifice to their vengeance, and further it was then currently understood that the British had to secure the said Van Campen so as to prevent the Indians from killing him - and this deponent further saith that he was told at the time of first seeing the said Van Campen at a prison at the Pigeon Ground that the said Van Campen was an officer and as such had command of a party of men of the American forces who had partly been destroyed and the rest with the said Van Campen taken prisoners, this deponent further saith that this was then fully believed and publicly understood, and that the examination of the said Van Campen was because he was the commander of the party and the examination related to the situation of the country and condition of the frontier. and further this deponent saith not Novatius Jones Sworn and subscribed the 8 th October 1830
before me
C. H. Bryan a commissioner of deeds and to take affidavits &c for said County of Livingston
State of New York Livingston County } Clerk's Office } p.
I, Chauncy R. Bond Clerk of the said County of Livingston do hereby certify that Calvin H. Bryan before whom the above affidavit was sworn & subscribed, was at the time thereof a commissioner of deeds in & for said County commissioned & sworn and duly authorized by Law to take the acknowledgment of deeds & discharges of mortgages & also duly authorized by Law to administer oaths, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signature of "C. H. Bryan a commissioner of deeds and to take affidavits &c. for said County

of Livingston" is genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 8 th day of October in the year 1830
Chauncy R Bond Clerk of Livingston County

  N o 702 John Hopkins private N o 695. M m G. C. O. private Leavon. N o 687 W. H. H. H. private   N o 78. Sol. Aug. Wap- Th o B. Bower. N o 834 Moses Van- campen, Lieuten- ant. N o 842 John Shiny private N o 850 Rob t McDonald private   N o 833 Ludwig Belf private N o 841 William M c Lane private N o 849 Moses Van- campen Lieutenant.   N o 848 Simon Van- campen, private. 
Vacant land in District N o 4.
In testimony that the foregoing is an Extract from a genuine draft of the 4 th Donation District, remaining in the Surveyor General's Office, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Office at Harrisburg the 27 th December 1830.
Jacob Spangler V.G.

In the matter of Moses Vanclampen Affidavits & Certifi- cates &c
Pension Documents

The Grand Jurors of the County of Allegany at the February term of the said Court convened do certify That we are acquainted with Moses Van Campen Esquire That for many years Mayor Van Campen has been an inhabitant of the said County inhabiting  thirty four years Indeed was one of the first settlers by industry & frugality acquired a competence for his comfortable support. That he has during his whole residence sustained a reputation as unblemished & fair as can be proposed. That he has held the Office of Judge of the County Courts of this County together with many others of the first offices of the said County with universal approbation. That by misfortunes equally great & unavoidable he has been reduced from competence to poverty That the military services of Mayor Van Campen during the war of our revolution are matter of public notoriety as well as his pecuniary necessities designate him as a proper person to receive a share of public munificence Dated February 10 th 1830 -

James Wilson Freeman JOHN M. ELLIS H. Cook
Samuel Buchanan Elijah Partridge Solomon Willard Anson Rigdon Cyrus H. Clement James Borthwick Nanning Hardy John Moore B. G. Crandall William Burnell

To all to whom these presents shall come the the Judges of the County Courts Sheriff & Clerk of the of Allegany  said County. Members of the bar attend- ing the said County respectfully represent
That actuated by a deep sense of the great debt of gratitude due to the Heroes of the revolution that gave rise of our national existence & the many fore privileges & advantages there resulting to us, we are desiring to obtain for Major Moses Van Campen a proper share of the pecuniary favour provided by the Government of our County for the soldiers & officers of the Army of that period. — To most of us he is person- ally known by reputation to all and so far as pub- lic service & private worth constitute a claim upon the liberality of the County his pretensions are inferior to few if any other. His services of Major Van Campen as an Officer during the war of the Revolution are matter of general reputation & historical proof. His dis- tinguished feats in the indian wars of that period for the defence of the western frontiers of Pennsylvania were of a character that for high daring & unexampled conduct are scarcely paralleled. After a service equally useful to the County & service to himself upon the establishment of Peace Major Van Campen left the Army & turned upon the pursuits of private life. His enterprising spirit early directed his attention to the new Counties at the West and among the first of the settlers he located himself in this County. By a long course of persevering industry & frugality he acquired a comfortable provision for his declining years and having filled with credit to himself & advantage to the public several of the first offices of the County he retired with the pros- pect of a comfortable & honorable old age. But at an

advanced age a series of misfortunes equally exten- sive & unavoidable have reduced him from compe- tence to want and at the age of more than seven- ty three years leave little but the acquisitions of his own industry for his daily support. Of public service & private worth of devotion to the service of the country the best & earliest period of his life amidst toils & dangers & sufferings of the most aggravated character and present necessity constitute a claim to the gratitude & beneficence of the country or justly call for its liberality then is Major Vancliefen fully entitled to all that a grateful country ought to bestow. Dated February 12 th 1830.
Anson Hinman
Abel Fitch
Judges of Atty. com. Chair
Jonah Utter Samuel H. Smith
John Collins
Luther C. Peck
Attorneys for
Nelookes Dist Atty of Allegany County E. Griswold
J. Wilson
Amos Peabody Clk.
W. Lathrop, U. Sheriff
Ransom Lloyd
Ar. Henrick
Attorneys for
Geo. Miles
J. H. Waldo
Horrell Dist Atty of Steuben County NY

State of New York
Steuben County ss James Beadly being duly sworn saith that he is aged seventy six years upwards and now resides in the town of Canisteo in the said County of Steuben That he is well acquainted with Moses Van Campen now an inhabitant of the town of Angelica in the County of Allegany with whom he first became acquainted at Northumberland County in the State of Pennsylvania in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty or about that time - M c Van Campen was then an Ensign in a company of Rifle Rangers commanded by Captain Thomas Roberson then on recruiting service enlisting men for that company - The troops to which M c Van Campen belonged were particularly assigned to the defence of the western frontiers of the State of Pennsylvania against the inroads of the hostile Indians - This deponent afterwards enlisted into the said Company and as he believes about the latter part of the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one at which time M c Van Campen was a Lieutenant in the said Company and this deponent was a sergeant in the same company - M c Van Campen continued in the service in that Company together with this deponent until the close of the revolutionary war in the fall of the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty three at which time the said Company was disbanded & officers & soldiers discharged - That during the period deponent belonged to the said Company they were generally employed in detached parties watching the approach of the savages & deponent & M c Van Campen were frequently separated from each other for considerable length of time - And at one time within that period M c Van Campen was absent about

are yet a prisoner to the enemy as was generally reported & believed. M r Vande Kampen with a party of his company had been out on an excursion & information came that they had been cut off by the enemy and this deponent together with a small party went out to ascertain the truth of the report and at Bald Eagle upon the west branch of the Susquehannah river they came to the place where a battle had then lately been fought & found the skeletons of several men & evident traces of a severe battle. After about one year M r Vande Kampen returned & joined the company again. The reputation of M r Vande Kampen was that of a prudent vigilant & daring officer upon whom great reliance was placed for the defence of the frontier and he was according- ly detached upon the most important & hazardous cons service & almost continually engaged in ex- peditions against the Indians. Among the many hazardous & brave exploits ascribed to Lieutenant Van- Kampen one of a character so extra ordinary & unusual was currently reported & believed that this deponent is induced to give a short account of the transac- tion. M r Vande Kampen together with two other men were made prisoners by a party of ten or twelve Indians and in the night rose upon them with their own weapons & dispatched all of them except one called Mohawk and returned in triumph with the guns & other weapons of the slaughtered enemy. This deponent has since seen Mohawk the only sur- vivor of the Indian band & examined the deep trace of a blow with an Indian hatchet upon his shoul- der which he said M r Vande Kampen had inflicted upon him upon the occasion of his escape. The scar which has frequently examined & frequently convers- ed with the Indian upon the subject & heard from him an account of the whole affair. The troops

to which said Newbump & deponent belonged was always reputed & considered as well by the soldiers as Officers to be in the Continental service - They were enlisted under such representations and were promised the pay emoluments & all perqui- sites & advantages enjoyed by the other continental troops were enlisted to serve during the war Sworn & subscribed this 18 th day of February 1830 before me James H. Hardy
Geo. C. Edwards first Judge Steuben Co. N.Y.
State of New York } I David Rumsey Clerk of the County of Steuben County } Steuben and Clerk of the Court of Common Clerks office } Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that George C. Edwards Esquire before whom the above affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking the same First Judge of the said County of Steuben commis- ioned and sworn and duly authorized by law to take the same - And further that I am so acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe that the signature of "Geo. C. Edwards" subscribed to the said certificate of the taking of said affidavit is the proper hand writing of said Judge -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 19 th day of February A.D. 1830 -
D. Rumsey Clerk

No of orig Payt 1081
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Sept. 2. 1828.
Moses Van Campen, of Angelia, in the County of Allegany, in the State of New York, has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war -
at which period he was a lieutenant in the _____ regiment of the Pennsylvania line; and that he has not received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of _____
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. D. Jenkins.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
9. Sept. 2. 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to _____ in the _____ line, amounting to _____ dollars.
It further appears that Moses Van Campen is now on the pension list of the _____ agency, and has been since the 3d March 1826 at the rate of _____ per month.
The Revolutionary records in this office, furnish no evidence whatever in relation to the services of Moses Van Campen of the Pennsylvania line -
John H. Stagg Mr. Aud

The Hon.
931
Mr Magee of N.Y.
Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
3 January 1829.
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Moses Van Campen under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive, the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution; and, if so, whether he became entitled to the same by service to the termination of the war, or in what other manner.
R. Rush.
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
War Dept.
Bounty Land Office
It does not appear by the records of this office that Moses Van Campen as an officer of the Penn a line ever received or is entitled to bounty land of the United States.
Robert Taylor 7 Jany 1829

18 Congress 25th. Feby 1779.
The Committee appointed to confer with the commanders in chief to whom were referred the instructions from the General Assembly of the state of Pennsylvania to their delegates and other papers respecting the defence of the western frontiers report.
That they have according to order met and conferred with a committee of the said General Assembly on the subject of the said instructions and received from them a representation of the circumstances of the western frontiers, whereupon,
Resolved That the representation of the circumstances of the western frontiers communicated by the committee of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, and also copies of the memorials and of the letters from the Governors of Connecticut and New York, respecting the depredations on the said frontiers be transmitted to the commander in chief who is directed to take effectual measures for the protection of the inhabitants and chastisement of the savages.
Resolved That five companies of Rangers be immediately raised on the said western frontier to protect the same and annoy the enemy, each company to consist of a captain two lieutenants, four serjeants, four corporals, a drummer, a fifer, and sixty privates.

and that one paymaster and one deputy commissary of musters be appointed for the whole of the said corps. That the supreme executive council of the state of Pennsylvania be authorised to appoint the said officers, and to give the necessary orders for raising and keeping up the said companies to their full complement, (and that they be requested, if they deem it necessary to apply to the legislature for a law to enable them to make draughts from the militia for these purposes.
That the companies shall be raised and enlisted for nine months unless the service shall sooner admit of their discharge.
That every volunteer on passing muster shall receive a bounty of one hundred dollars, and be intitled to continental pay and rations, providing himself at his own expence with arms and clothing.
Extract from the minutes
Cha. Thomson Secy
In General Assembly of Pennsylvania Monday March 27. 1777.
On Motion
Resolved That the five companies ordered to be raised in this state by Congress for the defence of the frontiers be furnished by the state over and above the bounty of

134 One hundred dollars allowed by Congress with shoes or paid six pounds in lieu thereof one hunting shirt or four pounds ten shillings in lieu thereof, one pair of leggings or four pounds ten shillings in lieu thereof, and that every person enlisted in any of the said five companies who shall find his own blanket shall be paid for the use of the same the sum of one pound ten shillings and every one of the said soldiers who shall furnish himself with arms and Accoutrements shall be paid Two pounds ten shillings for the use of the same and shall be paid the value thereof if lost in actual service agreeably to the Resolutions of Congress of the twenty ninth day of January 1778 the said value to be ascertained as the Supreme Executive Council shall direct.
Extract from the Minutes John Morris Junr Clerk of the Genl Assy
In Congress 5th Nov 1778.
Resolved
That the three companies commanded by Capt. Cluggage, Black, and McDonald raised for the defense of the frontiers of Pennsylvania be reinstated and compleated to their full complement for the space of one year from the 15th day of December next unless sooner discharged by Congress.

That every non commissioned Officer, and private enlisting in the said companies receive as a bounty a suit of clothes to consist of the articles usually allowed the Continental troops, and that it be stipulated with the said non commissioned officers and privates so enlisting that they shall not be removed from the frontiers of the said state on any account whatsoever except on expeditions against the Indians
Extract from the Minutes Cha. Thomson Secy
In Council. Philad: Saturday. Apr 8th 1780
Present his Excellency Joseph Reed Esquire President pro tem the Vice President, Wm Lacy Mr Gardner, Wm Reed and Mr Hamburg
An order, was drawn on the Treasurer in favour of Mr Thomas Grant, or his order for the sum of two hundred and fifty five pounds, for his expenses as an Ensign from the County of Northumberland.
The Council proceeded to Nominate the officers of the Ranging Company for the County of Northumberland and the following Gentlemen were chosen Viz Thomas Robison Captain, Joseph Menardet, Lieutenant, and Moses Van Campen Ensign

2 a Ranges - copy Resolutions of Congress & Assembly & Ex com of Pa -
James Barnett Jan y 1 st 1829

Saturday, February 10th 1781.
President, Honourable William Moore, Esquire Vice Presidents, Mr Read, Mr Gardner, Mr Potts, Mr Van Campen, and Mr Pipes.
The Council taking into consideration the appointing Officers for the four Companies of Rangers to be raised in this state for the defence of the Frontiers. On consideration — Resolved, That the following Gentlemen be appointed and Commissioned accordingly. Viz: Thomas Robison Captain, Moses Van Camp Lieutenant, and Ensign, of the Company to be raised in the County of Northumberland.
Thomas Stokely, Captain, John Cummins Lieutenant and Ensign, of the Company to be raised in the County of Westmoreland.
Phillip Shrauder, Captain, Jacob Kreamer, Lieutenant, and Ensign of the Company to be raised in the County of Northampton.
John Boyd, Captain, Richard Johnston Lieutenant and Ensign of the company to be raised in the County of Bedford.
Saturday November 23 1782
Also (an order) in favour of Lieutenant Moses Van Camp of Captain Thomas Robisons, Company of Rangers in Northumberland County and lately returned from captivity for twenty five pounds in part of his pay.

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