Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12757, Egbert D Witt, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New York
or De Witt. Egbert D.
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CONTENTS

New York
8338
Egbert De Witt
of Cayuga in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain White of the Reg t commanded by Col. Waisenfelt in the N. York time for 9 mos.
Egbert D. Witt.
Records corrected Dec. 18/05. E
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of April 1835 and to the A. Bould Auburn
Arrears to the 14th of No. '33 $ 60 Semi-ant. allowance ending N o 33 15
$ 75
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Chas. Stiles
Clerk,
Recorded by Book E.
Vol. 4. Page 17
Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 th March 1838 to 4 th Sept 1838. age notified 19. July 1839.

Ebene D. D. D.
1. (Faint text) that the foregoing statement and the answers to the questions are true to the best of his knowledge, information and belief.
2. Upon the further deposition of the deponent, and of each of the other witnesses, the deponent is hereby acknowledged before me this day personally.
3. In the event any of the foregoing statements or answers are found to be untrue, the deponent agrees to indemnify the Company against all claims, damages, losses and expenses (including attorney's fees) arising therefrom.
4. In witness whereof, the deponent has hereunto set his hand and seal this day personally.
5. In witness whereof, the deponent has hereunto set his hand and seal this day personally.
   Respectfully Yours Respectfully Yours     Admitted Ebene D. D. D.  
E. D. D.
6. State his residence as described to the best of his knowledge.
7. How old is he? (Faint text)
8. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disqualifying by public judgment?
9. When the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? (Faint text)
10. (Faint text) in the cost of (Faint text) in the place of (Faint text)

BRIEF in the case of  Ebenezer D. Smith  of Cayuga Co  in the State of  New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 66 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Spring In 1782 9 As a Private Gen. Colt White Colt' Westm vltts  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Ulster Co New York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correct 
I  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Nicholas D. Smith Examining Clerk.

Egbert DeWitt
11737
Admission
Private - 9 mo $30.00

State of New York County of Cayuga ss } Daniel Berrin of the town of Avarasco in the County of Cayuga aforesaid being duly sworn before me the undersigned Justice of the peace of said County says, That he is aged Sixty four years on the fourth day of January last, That he was well acquainted with Egbert DeWitt of the town of Sempromius in the County aforesaid during the Revolutionary war and is now well acquainted with him. That in the Spring of the year 1782 as near as he can now recollect /the month this deponent does not now recollect, The said Egbert DeWitt entered the service of the United States and continued in such service during the season of that year but this deponent does not now recollect the length of time that said Egbert served nor at what particular time he was discharged That said Egbert DeWitt served in the Company commanded by Captain Andrew White in Col, Wiesenbells Regiment he entered the service in the town of Roxen in the County of Ulster and further this deponent saith not Subscribed & sworn to Daniel Berrin the 20 th day of August. 1832 before me
Cornelius Gray Kendall Justice of the peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Daniel Berrin the above deponent and that said Daniel Berrin sustains a good reputation and his evidence is entitled to full credit
Aug. 20 th 1832.
Cornelius Gray Kendall

State of New York Cayuga County
I Michael S Myers Clerk of Said County do certify that Cornelius Cruikshank before whom the within affidavit was made, was on the day of the date thereof and still is a justice of the peace in & for Said County duly commissioned and sworn and that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the Said justice and believe his signature to Said affidavit to be genuine Witness my hand and the seal of Said County the 10th 11th day of September AD 1832
M. S. Myers

State of New York Cayuga County ss On this 24 th day of September 1832 before the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County personally appears Jacob I Bevier of Senpronius in said County who being duly sworn says that he is well acquainted with Egbert Dewitt of Senpronius aforesaid and was well acquainted with him in the time of the Revolutionary War - that in the Spring of the year 1782 the said Egbert Dewitt entered the service of the United States in the company commanded by Captain Andrew White in Col Wisenvelts Regiment and continued to serve in said company a term of nine months, that as a guard upon the frontiers in Ulster County that he was a soldier in said company but was engaged as an indian spy during the most of said term and saw the said De- witt frequently - that they then both resided in the town of Rochester in the County of Ulster and State of New York Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Asahel Fitch judge Jacob I Bevier
The said Court declare that the said Jacob I Bevier appears to be a man of truth & veracity and is undoubtedly such Asahel Fitch judge

State of New-York, } Cayuga COUNTY, } ss.
On this
day of September A. D. 1832
personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga and state of New-York, now sitting, Egbert Dewitt a resident of Scipio in the County of Cayuga and State of New-York, aged 66 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832: — That he entered the service under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: — That in the Spring of the year 1782 then being a resident of the town of Rochester in the County of Ulster in the State of New-York he enlisted into the company of New-York State troops commanded by Captain Andrew White in Col. Wisenwells Regiment for a term of nine months, that he continued to serve in said company as a guard upon the frontiers in Ulster County during the whole of said term of nine months, at the expiration of said term, when he was discharged. That he served at different places on said frontier. That he never received a written discharge from said service, and has no proof of said service documentary or otherwise except the accompanying
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 any State or territory
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Isabel Fitch judge
Egbert Dewitt

We, Archibald McNeil a Clergyman residing in Onondaga in Cayuga County and Cornelius D. Dewitt residing in Seneca hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Egbert Dewitt who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding declaration; that we believe him to be 66 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Archibald McNeil Cornelius D. Dewitt
Asahel Fitch judge
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 Archibald McNeil who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in Onondaga and Cornelius D. Dewitt who has also signed the same, is a resident in Seneca and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Asahel Fitch judge Archibald McNeil Cornelius D. Dewitt
I, Michael S Myers Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga and State of New-York, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Egbert Dewitt for a pension.
In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court & subscri- bed my name the 24 th day of September A.D. 1832
M. S. Myers

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File No. 12. 757
Egbert De Witt Rev: Prov War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Egbert D. Witt Records corrected Dec. 18 th 85. J.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 3 d , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Egbert Dewitt, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Thirty — Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, 1838, to the 4 th Sept., 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
William E. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.