Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32035, Cornelius Z Van Santvoord, New York

SERVICE
New York
Van Santvoord, Cornelis J.
NUMBER _____
NUMBER S 32035
CONTENTS

24.261 New York Cornelius J. Van Kantvoord of Schenectady in the State of New York who was an Ensign in the Comp. commanded by Captain Ostrout of the Regt. commanded by Col. Wm. Pl. in the New York line for 16 months and 25 days
$168.24
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 10 Dollars 34 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Nov. 1833 and settle G. F. Water Schenectady
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 $ 140 Semi-ant. allowance ending Apr. 34 28 $168
Recorded by G. C. Stiles Clerk Book E. Vol. 4. Page 85 Revolutionary Claims Act June 7, 1832

see let. to Hon. J. Eramer (House) Repnt. 15 Jany 1834.
Corrected Feby. 5. 1834.
Let. to Isaac Lawrence and John Fleming 25 Feb. 1833

State of New York County of Schenectady } ss-
On this eighteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County, Cornelius Z. Van Santvoord, a resident of the City of Schenectady in said County, & State, aged upwards of seventy-five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following de- claration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
He was born on the 22 nd day of May 1757, in the then township, now City of Schenectady aforesaid. He lived there at the commencement of the revolution- ary war, also since said war & he lives there now.
In the spring of the year 1776 he entered the service of the United States in the army of the revolution, and then received a Commission as Ensign in Captain Abra- ham Oothout's Company of Militia of foot in said township in the Regiment whereof Abraham Wemple was Colonel. Which Com- mission according to the best of his recollection was signed by Nath l Woodhull President of the Provincial Congress. But on his receiving a new Commission as herein after stated, he took

no care of the Commission first named, so that the same was lost or mislaid. This new Commission bears date the 20 th Day of June 1778, & is signed by George Clinton Governor of the State of New York, and is hereunto annexed. His other Company & field officers were John Rombom & Nicholas Barheydt Lieutenants, Abraham Swift & Myn-dert Wemple Majors - John Van Driessen Ad-jutant, & Christopher Peck Quarter Master.
To give the nature of general circumstances of his service, it may be proper to observe that Schenectady was garri-soned during the war aforesaid, and that the militia of the place were required to guard it. In this service they engaged constant-ly when not called out to distant posts or to serve as patrols & scouts in the vicinity.
The Claimant engaged in the duties aforesaid in common with the rest of the mi-litia. To show the country through which he marched he will state some of the prin-cipal expeditions in which he engaged.
His first excursion was with General Schuyler to German Flatts in 1776 in the month of June. General Schuyler then held a treaty with the Indians. The same year he marched to Forts Edward, Fort Ann & Rensselaer.
In 1777, to Lake George, Fort Edward, Fort Miller - and served at the other posts occupied by the American army under General Schuyler in his retreat.
To Saratoga under General James Clinton, to Fort Hunter twice - Cragh-nawaga, Johnstown

Canajoharie, fort Plank, fort Plain, Schoharie, Co- bkill, Ballston & Stone Arabia - to fort Ann & Skenebo- rough to guard boats with provisions for the use of the army
THE FOLLOWING are the names of some of the regular officers whom he knew, or who were with the troops where he served, and such continental and militia regiments or companies with which he served, or as he can recollect, viz: Generals Schuyler, Arnold Gates, Colonels Cortland, Willett, Dubois, Weissenfelt Harper, Generals Gansevoort & Ten Broeck, and all the Officers of Colonel Temple's Regiment aforesaid with their Companies - also Adjutant Julius C. Fonda &c &c &c He never received any written discharge from the service.
That his Commission above referred to thereto annexed
He has no other documentary evidence, yet and knows of no persons whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services. He the claimant is the same person named in said Commission as Cornelius Van Santvoord he at that time did not use the letter "I" in his name
The following are the names of persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood, and who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution, to wit Giles F. Yates &
of the City of Schenectady aforesaid
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.
Subscribed and sworn to the } day and year first, aforesaid }
John J. Vrooman
Clerk.
Corn. J. V. Santvoord
State of New-York } County of Schenectady } ss.
On this eighteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirtytwo personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of common Pleas in and for said County now sitting Adam Vrooman a resident of the City - of Schenectady - in the County of Schenectady who being duly sworn, doth depose and say, that he was in the time of the revolutionary war and is now well ac- quainted with Cornelius I. V. Santvoord who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding declaration; that this Deponent knows said Cornelius I. V. Santvoord was an Ensign in said Company of Captain Abraham Coothout and that he served as such Ensign from the year 1777 when this Deponent saw him on duty

in the northern Campaign against Burgoyne & his army) until the end of said war -
Adams Freeman
Subscribed & sworn this } 28 th day of year aforesaid } John D. Freeman Clerk

Corn I V. Santoon

Countys of Schenectady
Albert L.
Widder of the Town of Root in the County of Montgomery, being duly sworn & examined, doth depose and say, that he was during the revolutionary war & is now well acquainted with Cornelius D. Van Santvoord of the City of Schenectady in the County of Schenectady aforesaid. that said Cornelius was an Ensign in the Company of Militia commanded by Abraham Oothout to which said Deponent belonged, & that said Cornelius continued to serve as such Ensign till the end of the war, to wit for the term of six years and more.
Subscribed & sworn this } Albert Laddew. 21 st July 1832 before }
James D r Ryley Judge Schenectady county courts. — 3
+ now on the pension list

I Jacob Van Vechten a clergyman residing in the city & county of Schenectady, do hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with Cornelius Z. Van Santvoord, an applicant for a pension under a law of Congress; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution; & that I concurs in that opinion. signed this 15 th day of October 1832.
Jacob Van Vechten Pastor of Ref. Dutch Ch. Schenectady
County of Schenectady ss I Cornelius Z. Van Santvoord the applicant before named, do swear that by reason of old age & the loss of memory consequent thereon, that he cannot state the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below in the grade of Ensign.
C. Z. Van Santvoord

WE Giles H. Yates residing in the city of Schenectady in the county of Schenectady aforesaid, and Jacob Swits residing in the same place do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Cornelius Z. Van Santwoerd who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five 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.
Subscribed and sworn the day and year aforesaid
John S. Vroom an Clerk.
G. H. Yates Jacob Swits
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 Giles H. Yates who signed the foregoing Certificate is a resident of said city & that Jacob Swits who also signed the same, is a resident in the same place & are both credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit,
I, John S. Vroom Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that James V. S. Riley before whom the preceding deposition of Cornelius Z. Van Santwoerd has been taken is one of the Judges of said court Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Schenectady I further do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Cornelius Z. Van Santwoerd for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eighteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- two.
John S. Vroom Clerk.

Sir
You must order one Centinel at the gate that leads to the boulevard and one at the gate on Albany street you are to order the Centinels to stop no person or persons coming in unless he or they appear to be strangers when he is to stop him or them and call the officer of the guard to examine him or them and on examining suspect the persons then to confine them and report the same to the Col. and to permit no Waggons that are moving off Women, Children and Effect that have Drivers above the age of sixteen years to pass in they change their Drivers for one under age
NY Oct. 13 th 1701
Ab l Wemyss Col.
To Lieut. Nich s Yates

By virtue of an act of the Legislature of this State entitled An act to me directed that the within named person are to furnish and deliver unto Lieut Joseph Van Ingen on the third day of August next one able bodied to serve as a private in the service of this State with the first day of November next. You are to furnish him with a good musket or firelock, Cartouch box or pouch, belt able of containing ten loose charges of ammunition a knapsack or haversack and a good blanket. In failure hereof you will be obliged to pay a fine of a sum double of the highest sum given by any Col. for a recruit and in paying said fine I must detach an able bodied man out of your force whom I am to give notice at his usual place of abode and on his not joining the Service he is to be apprehended as a deserter and be dealt with accordingly Given under my hand the 10th day of July 1781
1781
Ab m Wempel Col o
Col o Van Gansvoort Ensign.

Class No 19
Cornelis Van Vanduorn Enigen
Daniel Coome
Gerit Vredenjunt
Hendrius Veder
Hugh Mitchell
John Combs
John B. Inuax
John Cunnian
+ Laurence Schermerhorn
Mans Van Kranke
Elas Veder
Meijert Van Kranke
Meijert Van Kranke
Reuben Wofford
Walter J. Vrooman
Walter Taylor
W. Joel Coome
Federick Glute
Gerit Van Schrick
Henry Schanel
+ an applicant got a pension

10360
Col. L. Van Klief Schenectady Co. N.Y.
Admitted Ensign 16 mos & 25 days \frac{10}{160} = 6 #168.34 110/300/
Giles F. Yates Esq. Schenectady Co. New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Col L. Van Santvoord Schenectady Co New York.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1796 Not stated Ensign Capt Otho H. Smith Lt. S. Roxborough Col. Wm. H. Wainwright Maj. B. Wimple None N York 75 years Schenectady N. York Documentary & Witnesses -  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. 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 life, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [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 day 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 he 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 enquiry 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 [e] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is 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. 
Joseph Rowen Esq. etc.
We must state the length of his service

34635 by INVALID.
from letter to Mrs. Thomson.
File No. 52,005
Cornelia J. Blackford Ensign Rev. Ind.
Act: June 7 th 82
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 484
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sons of the Revolution
in the State of New York
Fraunces Tavern Corner Broad & Pearl Streets New York City
Revo Sec In
May 31, 1917.
Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you kindly send me the record of Revolutionary service of Cornelius Z. van Santvoord, who was born in Schenectady, N.Y., May 22, 1757, and died in Schenectady, March 12, 1845. In 1776 he served in General Schuyler's Army; also served under General Clinton and was commissioned Ensign by Governor Clinton, June 20, 1778.
Yours very truly,
Henry Russell Drowne
Secretary.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
N.Y. 32,032
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Cornelius Z. Van Santvoord a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Spring 1776 Served at Abraham Douthout Abraham Kumpel N.Y.   June 20, 1778 various times Ensign " " " " " "   End of War        
Battles engaged in, none stated Residence of soldier at enlistment, Schenectady N.Y. Date of application for pension, Oct 18, 1832 His cl. was al. Residence at date of application, Schenectady N.Y. Age at date of application, born May 22, 1757 in Schenectady N.Y. Remarks: There is no date on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Payments to be made at New York by President B. T. M. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
New York
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E, Vol. 11. Page 85 by John Miles Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Cornelius J. Van Santvoord of the State of New York who was an Ensign in the Revolutionary Army
is entitled to receive Fifty — Six — dollars and _____ cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 16 day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three
[Signature] Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
[Signature] Commissioner of Pensions.

The People of the State of New York.
by the Grace of God, FREE and INDEPENDENT.
To Cornelius Van Antford Esq re Greeting.
WE reposing special Trust and Confidence, as well in your Patriotism, Con-
dict and Loyalty as in your Valour and Readiness to do us good and faithful Service.
Have Appointed and constituted, and by these Presents DO Appoint and Constitute
you the said Cornelius Van Antford Esq re Ensign of Captain Abraham Catherats Com-
pany in the County of Albany in the Regiment whereof Captain Abraham Catherats Com-
pany is now.
YOU are therefore, to take the said Company into your charge and care as Ensign thereof.
and duly to exercise the Officers and Soldiers of that Company in Arms, who are hereby commanded to obey you as their Ensign.
and you are also to Observe and follow such Orders and Directions, as you shall from time to time,
receive from our General and Commander in chief of the Militia of our said State, or any other your Superior Officer, Accor-
ding to the Rules and discipline of War, in pursuance of the Trust reposed in you, and for so doing this shall be Your
Commission, for and during our good pleasure, to be Signified by our Council of appointment. In Testimony
whereof, we have caused our Seal for Military Commissions to be hereunto Affixed. Witness our Trusty and well
beloved, ROBERT LIVINGSTON Esq re our Governor of our State of New-York, General and Commander in
chief of all the Militia, and Admiral of the Navy of the same, by and with the Advice and Consent of our said
Council of Appointment, at New-York this twenty fifth day of June in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Eight
year of our Independence, and in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Eight.
By His Excellencys Command.
John K. M c Intosh Secretary.

State of New York Co: of Schenectady In the matter of the application of Com d T. Van Santvoord for a pension Proceedings of 1835
Cornelius J. Van Santvoord A.M. 32035 New York.
N o 30.
To the care of Giles H. Yates Schenectady N.Y.

6. Frankfort
to
John J. Schuff
Letter 2 Dec 7833
Washington
John J. Schuff Esq.
Report Hon. John Cramer H.R.

Schenectady 2 Dec. 1833
Dear Sir
Abel Gates Esq o presented me a Certificate from the Secretary of the Treasury allowing me fifty six Dollars, for my Services as an Ensign during the war of the Revolution; There undoubtedly is a mistake in filling up that certificate which will be found by looking over the papers and testimonys which M c Gates has carefully taken and sent down; there are only two of the same company yet living the one a Sargeant and the other a private who have both drawn their full portions according to law one year ago and neither of them have done more Services than I have; I have proved one year and nine months actual Services; If the nine months were deducted for guarding the Town still I have one year which would entitle me to one hundred and twenty Dollars; while fifty Dollars is not sufficient for six months I am Sir Your Obedient Com d M c Intosh
John J Bogart Esq

Jan 4. 1841
My
Dear Friend
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Schenectady Dec 10 th 1840
Sir. I am a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. In the matter of my application for a pension I forwarded to your office my Commission as Ensign in the Regiment of Colonel Abraham Wemple, during the War of the Revolution. As my children express a desire to possess and preserve said Commission. I would respectfully request that, (if consistent) with the same may be returned to me. I suppose that there is sufficient evidence of my rank in the Army independent of this Commission. Said Commission will be returned to your Office at any time when required.
I am Very Respectfully Your Ob t Servant
Com d 28 Jan y 1841
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions

Under the act of 7 th June 1832
Com d T. V. Santvoord
16.25
To the care of G. F. Yates Schenectady N.Y.

State of New York County of Montgomery ss.
I, Frederick Weller of the town of Minden in said County, being truly  justly sworn do depose and say, that I am well acquainted with Cornelius D. Van Santvoord the applicant named in the annexed papers - that I was during the war of the revolution, a sergeant in his the company of Abraham Oothout in the Regiment of Colonel Abraham Temple of which Company said Cornelius was an Ensign as set forth by him in his declaration hereto annexed. That I very frequently received my orders from him the said Cornelius D. Van Santvoord as my Ensign - pursuant to which orders I appeared with the men under my charge and marched with him to the several stations herein after named, and often in the absence of the Captain & Lieu- tenant of said company, and I do verily believe that the actual and active service of said Cornelius as an Ensign during said war exceeds two years

and I do further testify that I remember in particular to have served with the said Cornelius at the following places & on the following occasions & for the particular periods of time herein below specified - to wit:
To Fort Edward Fort Ann. & Saratoga
To Schenectady
To Fort George & down to Saratoga
To Fort Herkster
To Schenectady
To Saratoga
To Fort Stanwix
To P'keepsie
To Saratoga excursions and on several other occasions which I cannot now remember; and the times of the above mentioned occasions I do not remember.
Subscribed & sworn this 25 th day of Dec r 1833 before me
Thos W. Gibson Justice + now on the pension list
I Thos W. Gibson before whom the foregoing deposition of Frederick Miller has been taken do certify that I am well acquainted with said Frederick Miller know him to be a man of credibility & full faith is due to his statements. Wit my hand at Utica this 25 th day of Dec r 1833
Thos W. Gibson Justice
Subscribed & sworn to before me Thos W. Gibson Justice

State of New York Montgomery County Clerks Office
I Richard H. Cushman Deputy Clerk of the County of Montgomery do certify that Thomas W Gibson Esqr whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the forego- ing affidavit and also to the foregoing certificate was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Montgomery and authorized by law to take affidavits &c And further that I am well ac- quainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the Jurat of the foregoing affidavit and also to the foregoing certificate is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this twenty sixth day of June 1833
R. H. Cushman

State of New York County of Schenectady } ss -
I, Cornelius L.
Van Santvoord the applicant before named, being duly sworn do depose and say, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, I cannot swear positively as to precise length of my service, but according to the best of my recollection I served not less than the periods mentioned below in the grade of an Ensign, as set forth in said declaration.
I performed garrison duty at the Schenectady garrison on different occasions & for different periods of time during said war, for a length of time in the whole not less than nine months, and was while thus employed not engaged in any civil pursuits. That during the whole of said service I acted under commands and orders received from my superior officers in said Regiment of Colonel Abraham Wemple - some one or more of the field officers of said Regiment, every day inspected the men on guard, and gave orders to the officers of the guard.
The term of my service at the

9- 27 German flatts as set forth in said declaration was not less than one week, to wit in the year 1746 under General Schuyler. The same year I performed garrison duty at Fort Edward, and from thence marched to Fort Ann & Skeneateborough with a detachment of men. The whole term of my service in this last named expedition was not less than three weeks. My commanding Officers were Colonel Wemple aforesaid & Major Wemple & Swift.
415 I served in the expedition against Burgoyne in the year 1777 from the month of May until the 17 th day of October then next ensuing with the exception of two short intervals of a few weeks to wit for the term of at least four months. At Lake George when it was evacuated and at Fort Edward & the other posts & places occupied by the American troops during said expedition under the officers last named at Saratoga under General James Clinton at least one week - at Ballstown, when that place was destroyed by the enemy under General Burgoyne for a term exceeding one week, & I was in this last named expedition under command of Major Swift aforesaid.
111.13 In August 1780 I performed

garrison duty at Canajoharie aforesaid for the term of one week, and in October 1780 at Fort Hunter two weeks under Colonel Wemple & Major Swift aforesaid at Canajoharie when the settlements along the Mohawk river were destroyed by the enemy three weeks -
At Schoharie on three different occasions, at the middle fort two weeks at the lower fort one week & at Cobles- kill two weeks -
At fort Plank three weeks un- der Ensign Lawrence Vrooman, Capt- ain Oothout & Lieutenant Quacken- boss. At Stone Arabia three weeks under Major Swift & Wemple & Colonel Wemple at Johnstown one week.
In 1781, in the month of October at Canajoharie one week under Col. Wemple & Major Swift aforesaid - I have also served two weeks on a Court Mar- tial at Skaneateles & one week at Schu- nektady - for which service of more than nineteen months I claim a pension Subscribed & sworn this 4 th July 1833 before me J. B. Strong Justice of the Peace

State of New York - County of Schenectady) ss
I Adarn Vrooman of the City of Schenectady in said County being duly sworn do depose and and say that I am well acquaint- ed with Cornelius Van Santvoord the applicant narrated in the annexed papers that I was during the war of the Revolution a private, occasion- ally a Corporal, in the Company of Minutemen under Captain Myers in the Regiment of Colonel Abraham Wemple and I know that the said Cornelius was an Ensign in the Company of Captain Abraham Duthoit in the same Regiment as set forth by him him in his declaration hereto annexed, that I have march- ed with him to several Stations some of which are hereafter named, and I do surely believe that the actual and Service active of the said Cornelius as Van Santvoord as an Ensign during the said war exceeds two Years and I do further testify that that I remember to have Marched with him the said Cornelius to the following places, to wit, Fort  Warner and Fort to Gaughan's and there burned the Quarters of those that were quartered by the Enemy and after a short suspension returned to the former Station. I have also marched with said Cornelius to Fort Edward

under the command of Gen. Schuyler in the army of May 1861 and continued until the surrender of Accepted until the surrender of Appomattox I have had I believe I believe Harris 2nd day of July 1883 Westmoreland Justice of the Peace
I certify that I have been furnished with the Standard Adm. Brannan and B. Lewis here to B. I mean of veracity when I say it is to the entire & to full credit July 2nd 1883 Westmoreland Justice of the Peace

State of New York, County of Schenectady
I John Duckenbos of the City of Schenectady in said County being duly sworn do depose and say that I am well acquainted with Cornelius Van Santvoord the applicant named in the annexed papers, that I was during the war of the Revolution a Lieutenant in the Company of Capt. Thomas D. Barker in the Regiment of Col. Abraham Wempell and I know that the said Cornelius Van Santvoord was an Ensign in the Company of Capt. Abraham Dodd in the same Regiment as set forth by him in his declaration hereto annexed; that I have marched with him the said Cornelius to several Stations and done duty with  under him, and do surely believe that the actual and active service of the said Cornelius as an Ensign during the said war exceeds Two years, - and I do further remember to have marched with the said Cornelius to Skene- bergh, To Cobleskill, Fort Plain and several other places where and when required
Sworn and subscribed this 2nd day of July 1833 Wm Strong Justice of the Peace John Duckenbos

I know Strong before whom the foregoing Affidavit of John Shackenbap has been taken before me. I certify that I have well understood with the said John Shackenbap and I know him to be a Man of considerable credit and that the said Affidavit is true to the best of my knowledge.
As Witnesseth My Hand this 2 nd Day of July 1833
Wm Strong Justice of the Peace
State of New York County of Schenectady ss.
I, John S. Vrooman Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that William Strong Esq before whom the pre- ceding depositions of Cornelius T. Van Alst- yne, Adam Van Alstyne and John Shackenbap have been taken was at the respective dates thereof a Justice of the peace in and for said County; and that his signature to the same is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this fifth day of July 1833
John S. Vrooman
Clerk