Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,906, Johannes Van Wagenen, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Van Wagener Johannes
R 10,906
CONTENTS

Ulster Common Pleas
Of September term 1832
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit Of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
State of New York
Ulster County ss p: On the fourth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ulster now sitting Johannes Van Wagenen a Resident of the town of Hurley in the County of Ulster and State of New York aged 70 years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and Served as herein stated.
In answer to the several interrogatories he deposes and says
1 st That he was born in the town of Hurley in the County of Ulster in the year 1762 2 d That the Record of his age is contained in his father's family Bible 3 rd That at the time he was called into Service he lived in the town of Hurley and has lived there ever since. 4 th That he volunteered 5 th That he knows of no Regular Officers and that there were no Continental or Militia Re- giments except the one in which he served 6 th That he never received a written discharge from the Service but was verbally dismissed at the expiration of each term by the Commanding officer 7 th That he is known in his neighbourhood to John Van Wagenen and Isaac Leffler Esquires & Col. Krom

9 m s (Mr. Farnsworth) Witness -
And the said Johannes Van Wagener declares that in the year 1778 he volunteered as a private soldier in the Militia Service for the term of "Nine" Months and served the whole of the term of "Nine" months in the Company of Infantry commanded by Captain Seferon in Colonel Albert Pawlings Regiment Stationed in the town of Shandaken in the County of Ulster and State of New York at the house of one Jacob Longyear in the picket fort, a part of the time - part of the time at Lackawack in the town of Nawarsing and the rest of the time in the town of Woodstock at Fort Short under Lieutenant Samuel Schoonmaker in a detachment belonging to said Company. That this service was for the protection of the frontier, and that at the end of this term of Nine Months, he this respondent was verbally discharged by his commanding officer, that to the best of his recollection there were no Regular Officers in this Service and no Continental troops or Militia Regiments except the Militia Regiment of Colonel Pawling in which this respondent served and for proof of this service, begs leave to refer to the affidavit of William Farnsworth a living witness, hereto appended.
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And the said Johannes Van Wagener further declares that in the years 1779, 1780, 1781 & 82 then belonging in the tract of the Militia Company of the said Simon Seferon, he has served for "Four" Months and more in the different alarms during those several years, always under one of the Company Officers as a private, that he cannot now state more particularly detail those services, that they were days nights & weeks at least twenty times, but from the great length of time

Since these services were rendered, and through all age and loss of memory he cannot give the length of each particular service, that cannot know when affidavit in herewith appeared was in most of those different alarms, that he lives in the same town with this deponent and in his immediate neigh- bourhood to whom he would respectfully refer the Department in support of this deponent's character for veracity
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to & Subscribed Johannis  Jan Van Wagener the day & year aforesaid J. D. Dyer Dist. Judge W. H. Lake 3 judges Samuel Stilwell Henry Weykoop
WE John Cosmas a clergyman Residing in the town of Kingston Ulster County and John S. Van Wagener Residing in the town Hurley - in Ulster County - Do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Johannis Van Wagener who has sub- scribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be 78 years of age, that he is respected and beloved in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that Opinion -
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid John Cosmas J. D. Dyer Dist. Judge John S. Van Wagener W. H. Lake 3 judges Samuel Stilwell Henry Weykoop

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 Salem Gorman who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Kingston and that John J. Van Wagenen who has signed the same is a resident in the town of Hurley - and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. D. Slee First Judge Wheeler L. Pease Jr. Judge Samuel Stillwell Henry Van Keek
I Jacob Snyder clerk of the court of Common pleas in and for the County of Ulster do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the said court in the matter of the application of Johannes Van Wagenen for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this tenth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Jacob Snyder

State of New York Ulster County
3 p. William Terpenning of the town of Esopus aged 80 years being duly sworn deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Johannes Van Wagener of the town of Hurley and now an applicant for a pension. That this deponent was in the United States Service in the Revolutionary war, and was in the Company commanded by Captain Philip Seart. Lieutenants Abraham G. Van Eken and Andries Terpenning, & Ensign Theophilus Elsworth Stationed on the Northern frontiers of Ulster County in the Year 1778 at Saab Longyears, Peter Skats Rows, and at Sagg & Durham for the term of Nine Months, under the Lieutenant above mentioned in Col d Sawin's Regiment, and will know the said Johannes Van Wagener, that the said Johannes belonged to the same Regiment and served in the same detachment with this deponent, that this deponent saw the said Johannes in said service for more than two months and to the best of Recollection the said Johannes remained unabsent from the whole of the said term but this he cannot state positively, and that the said Johannes served as a private Soldier - and further
says not Sworn & subscribed this 10th day of September 1833 -
his William Terpenning mark
Before me J. W. Gassbeck to his Pan
Ulster County p: Do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with William Terpenning above named that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
J. W. Gassbeck Justice of the peace

Ulster County Clerks office Esq:
I. Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County do hereby Certify that Peter Van Gaasbecke Junior Esquire was on the day of the date of the within affidavit a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly authorized to take affidavits &c and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and verily believe the signature "P. V. Gaasbecke Jr." subscribed to the Certificate of the within affidavit to be genuine — Witness my hand and seal of office this twenty-third day of September 1833.
Jacob Snyder

State of New York Ulster County
§ P. Conelius Kroner of the town of Hurley in Ulster County aged 76 years a soldier of the Revolution being duly sworn deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Johannes Van Wagener of the same place. That the deponent was in the United States Service in the Revolutionary and was in the Company of Lieutenant Simon Lefer in Colonel Pawlings Regiment at Wawarsing and that the said Johannes Van Wagener belonged to the same Company and Regiment with the deponent. That the deponent saw the said Johannes in said service in the year 1778 but does not remember for what length of time. That the said Johannes was a private soldier in said service. And this deponent further says that he the deponent has also been with the said Johannes in said service in the town of Hurley at several different times, on short excursions upon the different alarms but does not now remember for what length of time for at least twenty different times that then different services were some one say some 2 days some a week and some more.
Given this 5th day of September 1833 before me P. V. Gansbalk Jr
Conelius X Kroner mark
Ulster County p: Dr Herby certify that I am well acquainted with Conelius Kroner who signed the above affidavit, that he made his mark through old age and unbedly that he is a reliable person and entitled to credit. P. V. Gansbalk Jr. justice

Ulster County Clerk's office
3/5: I. Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster and clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County do hereby certify that Peter Van Gaasbecke Junior Esquire was on the day of the date of the within affi- davit a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly authorized to take affidavits to me and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe the signature "P. V. Gaasbecke Jr" subscribed to the Certificate to the within affidavit to be genuine Witness my hand and seal of office this twenty third day of September 1833. —
Jacob Snyder

State of New York 28 268 Ulster County
In the matter of the - - - application - - - of Johannis Van Wagener
Pension Declaration No.
J. V. Gaasbeek Esq. Agent or atty.
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State of New York Ulster County
vs. Personally appeared before me the the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County. Johannes Van Wagenen, who being duly sworn, deposes 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 up than the periods men- tioned below, and in the following grades.
That in the year 1778 he volunteered as a private and served for the term of Nine months in the com- pany of Infantry commanded by Captain Simon Leferu, Lieutenant, Samuel Schoonmaker in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Albert Pauling Stationed on the north western frontiers of Ulster County at the different frontier posts, as more particularly described in my original declaration hereto annexed
That in the year 1779, 80, 81 & 82 he served as a private for the space of Four months and more in the Company of Captain Simon Leferu in Colonel Johannes Snyder Regiment of Infantry in the several alarms caused by the Tories and Indians, that he cannot at this time state the length of each of those alarms, that at each of those alarms he was summoned by order from the Commanding Officer of said Company for the time being, and not as a volunteer, and without any treat authority calling him into said service - That Simon Leferu was Captain, Samuel Schoonmaker was Lieutenant & Johannes Blanshan was Ensign, all of whom are now dead, that he cannot state the services more particularly, and finally for one Year and one Month he served as a private and for such service I claim a pension -
Subscribed from this 10th day of Feb y 1834 before me - J. V. Saushak B. J. Pease

State of New York
Ulster County Clerks office To J. Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County do hereby certify that Peter Van Gaasbeck Junior Esquire was on the day of the date of the within affidavit a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly authorized to take affidavits &c and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and justly believe the signature of said Justice to the within affidavit to be genuine —
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court and County this twelfth day of February 1834.
Jacob Snyder

28.2/18
Johannis Van Wageningen
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J. V. Gansbeck L. En Kingston N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Nov 18. 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 subjined 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, showing the Service of Johannes Van Wagonen -
   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.     Volunt d 78 9 - pri: { Capt. Leferver Col. Pauling Albany N.Y. Traditionary   79 80 81 82 4 - 71 2 witnesses -  
X see note 'e'
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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. 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. (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) 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 the 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] 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.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
+ Mr claim for service not specified in the manner indicated above can be allowed

W. 13. The applicant has made an additional affidavit before me of the length of his service, but could not procure any additional proof. Col Stern whom afft is annexed to his declaration, told me that he had been with Van Wagenen, in many of their excursions - but could not swear to the length of any of them, and that he had not brought in that time yet has no doubt that it does in the whole amount to more than 4 months during the war. That they were called out as Van Wagenen states in his declaration, by the officers of the Company. Van Wagenen is a substantial farmer whom I have known for 30 years past. He always has been an irreproachable character, and I am sure would not for the trifle the 4 months would add to his claim, state an untruth - If by the Rules of the Department, the 4 months cannot be admitted he must submit, yet protesting against such a decision. He claims that the most of his services, for which he never received compensation had to be at the whole expense.
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Yours very respectfully J. V. Gassett

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1863.
10,906
P. O. Johnas Van Wagener
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 REJECTED
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

10905

FREE
wards Esq.
umpcum of Pensions Washington

Langton April 17. 1834.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Inclon the additional afft of Joh s Van Wagenen, the mistake he made in calling Simonds Leferu Captain, arose from the fact that Leferu was appointed Captain after the war, I will remem d to have seen Leferu, Captain, but that did not occur to me, until I saw your objection.
I would desire to draw your attention to the claim of Robert Beatty dec d . You informed me last Spring that his claim was allowed, the proof of his death was sent. Since which I have heard no more of it.
Yours Respectfully
J. V. Gaensbeck Jr.

State of New York Ulster County
ss. Johannis Van Wagener of the town of Hurley being duly sworn says that he this deponent served in the Revolutionary war as a private in Colonel Paulings Regiment on the north western frontiers of Ulster County in the 1778 at Kaaterskillkill in Captain Hendricks Schoonmaker Company and at Fredrick Town at Little Shandaken under the same Captain at Pine Knots under Lieutenants Samuel Schoonmaker and Lieutenant Simon Lefever for the term of Nine Months.
And he further says that he served under Johannis Blanham & Samuel Schoonmaker for 4 days at Lapha wayh. for the term of 8 days at Matthew Knights under Lieut. Lefever in Hurley - also at Cornelius Kleys in Hurley under Lieut. Johannis Blanham for 2 days - that this deponent cannot now recollect in what year of the war these services were. that there were other and often repeated services at the above places and others where he served which in the whole would make at least 4 Months but he cannot remember under what Officers. that the indian depredations on our frontiers were so frequent as to have but little intermission for the soldiers.
Subscribed & sworn this 27 th day of March 1834 J. V. Gausbeck Kn I Pean
and he further says that Simon Lefever acted as commanding Officer and that he did not intend to state that he was Captain under Col: Pauling Johannis Van Wagener

State of New York
Ulster County Clerk's office Esq. I Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County do hereby certify that Peter Van Gaesbeck Junior was on the day of the date of the within affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized to take affidavits to and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe the signature "P. V. Gaesbeck Jr." subscribed to the Certificate of the within affidavit to be genuine — Witness my hand and the seal of said Court and County this seventeenth day of April 1834.
Jacob Snyder