Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 46078, Henry C Vought, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Vought, Henry b.
S 46078
CONTENTS

- Date of death not en a B
1893 New York
Henry C. Vought of West Chester in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Howel — " — of the Regt. commanded by Col. Van Stuyck in the New York line for 2 Years — " — " —
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of July 1833 — " — " — and sent to Mr. Howard Min. of Rep.
Arrears to 14th of Sep. 1832 $ 120 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Mo. '33 40 $ 160
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk Book D Vol. 5. Page 148

No. 1192a Henry C. Douglass
Const. Took declaration
No allowance for 78 7/80 as Ferry man
14. 16.
A. Ward Ginn King Westchester Co. N.Y.
26 Dec 1832 P-183.

No. 11920
BRIEF in the case of Henry C. Bought of Courtlandt County of Westchester, in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Before a Commission authorized to act as a Judge of the Supreme Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? It does  3. How old is he? Seventy two years - 72  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.     Enlisted in 1778 1. - - Private Gen. H. Hughes' regt. Capt. How's   Enlisted in 1780 1 - - - Copy New York State Troops Same regt. Capt. Bond's comp.   was engaged at above periods at Kings Ferry, ferrying cattle & provisions across the river.   In the year Cornwallis was taken (1781) 9 months Private Capt. Sackett's comp. P. Pungus, Col. Van Dyck's regt. N. & H. Troops  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Not answered  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Courtlandt, N.Y.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses as to 9 months service & by traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No objection 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. G. Wilcutt Examining Clerk.

In the Matter
Henry of  the Daught of the town of Cortland County of West Chester Applicant for Pension under Act of 7th June 1852
11920
as Smaller

On this twenty fourth day of August in the year 1832 personally appeared before me Balsaman C. Austin a commissioner to perform the duties of a Judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of New York residing in the town of Cortlandt in the county of West Chester in said State Henry C. Vought of the said town of Cortlandt aged seventy two years the 16th day of February next 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
I first entered the service of the United States by enlisting into the service for the period of one year under Capt Slow in Col. Hughes Regiment in the regular line of State troops of New York and served out the period of my enlistment at Kings Ferry in the county of West Chester & Rockland being constantly employed in ferrying across back and forth, the Army battle and Provisions for the army and such like services. This enlistment was in the year 1778. ~ I again enlisted in the year 1780 in the same service for 12 months (twelve months) in the company of Capt Bond in the same Regiment and served out the time at Kings Ferry aforesaid in the same services as before detailed. My next enlistment was in the same year Cornwallis was taken into a company of Rangers commanded by Capt Sacket in the Regiment of Col. Van Dugck in the State troops of New York for the period of nine months during this enlistment some part of the time I was stationed with the standing Army at

Pines Bridge in the county of West Chester; at other times we ranged from the North to the East River in different parts of the county of West Chester - During this enlistment I was in the skirmish at Mile Square near the town of Bedford in the county of West Chester - when Col. Holmes with a Party of Lories surrounded us and we cut our way thro' killing one man and wounding fourteen - I served my time out and was regularly discharged with the rest of my company - Besides these services while regularly enlisted I was frequently called out in the Militia in Arms and Scouting Parties - The whole time I was engaged in actual service in this way would according to my best judgment and belief amount in the whole to more than three months - - And I do further Declare that I relinquish every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present and that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State and that I have no documentary evidence relating to my enlistment services or discharge.
In answer to the Interrogatories recommended by the War Department I answer as follows - I was born in the year 1760 according to the best information I have on the subject in the village of Peks Kill town of Goshen county of West Chester and State of New York - My age is recorded in the Church Books of the Dutch Reformed Church in the town of Goshen to which church My Parents belonged - I lived when I first entered the service in the town of Goshen in the county of West Chester I have lived ever since the Revolution

nary War in said town of Courtlandt and now live in said town. I do not at this distance of time recollect the names of many of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where I served among them how- ever I remember Col. Hamilton & Major Fish - The general circumstances of my service were such as detail- ed in my Declaration - I never received a Dis- charge in writing to my knowledge - My company was usually paraded with the other troops and verbally discharged - The names of persons in my present neighbourhood, to whom I am known and who can testify to my character for veracity and their be- lief of my services as a Soldier of the Revolution are Gen. Pierre Van Courtlandt & St. John Con- stant Esquire
Sworn to and subscribed the Henry his C Vought day and year aforesaid mark before me
R. C. Austin Commissioner to perform Duties of a Judge of Supreme Court of the State of New York
We Darius D. Lapham a clergyman residing in the town of Philipsburg in the county of Tioga adjoining the town of Court- landt in the county of Westchester and Pierre Van Courtlandt and St. John Constant residing in said town of Courtlandt hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry C. Vought who has subscribed and sworn to the above Decla- ration that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur opinion in that and we do further certify that there is no clergyman residing in the neigh- bourhood of the said Henry C. Vought
Subscribed & sworn before me the Pierre Van Courtlandt day & year aforesaid St. John Constant R. C. Austin Supreme Court Commissioner

And I do hereby declare my opinion after investigating the matter and after putting the Inter- rogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states And I do further certify that it appears to me that Daniel DeLamater who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergymen residing in the town of Philipstown adjoining to the town of Courtlandt and near the residence of the said Henry B. Vought and that Pierre Van Courtlandt and Saint John Constant who also signed the preceding certificate  same are residents of the said town of Courtlandt and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit — And I do further certify that the above named Applicant Henry B. Vought can not from bodily infirmity attend court — And I do further certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings before me in the matter of the application of Henry B. Vought for a Pension — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of Au- gust 1832 Re. C. Austin Commission- er to perform duties of a Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of N. York
State of New York West Chester County
I Nathaniel Baylies Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of West Chester Do certify that Halaman G. Austin

before whom the preceding Declaration of Henry Henry C. Vought was sworn and other proceedings had on the application of the said Henry C. Vought for a Pension was on the day of the date of said Proceedings duly & com- missioned & sworn as a commissioner to per- form duties of a Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of New York and as such commissioner had on said day full power and authority to administer oaths and to do those acts which Judges of the Supreme Court of said State have power to do at Chambers and also that I am well acquainted & also that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said commissioner and verily believe that the signature of the said commissioner to the certificate of proof of the Declaration of said Hen- ry C. Vought, & to the certificate of proof of the certificate of Pierre Van Kortland & St. John Constant and also to the De- cision of said commissioner upon the application of said Henry C. Vought is genuine. And I do further certify that Daniel Wm. Pondsall whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof of the affidavit of James Croft and Isaac Lent was on the day of the date of said certificate a commissioner in & for the County of Westchester residing in said County commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Daniel

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 W m Birdall and verify believe the signature thereto is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto to set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County the Seven ty sixth day of September 1832
W m Bayles

State of New York West Chester County ss.
Isaac Lent of the town of Courtlandt in the county of West Chester and James Croft of the town of Phillipstown county of Putnam and State of New York being sworn both severally depose and say that they are well acquainted with Henry C. Vought in the annexed Declaration named, that they enlisted into the com- pany of Capt Sackett at the same time with said Vought for the same period of nine months and served with him during the whole of said time and were dischar- ged at the same time he was - We both well remember being with him at the skir- mish when we were surrounded by Holmes & his Tories and we concur with him in the detail he has given of that transaction And we further say that said Vought dis- charged his duty as a soldier faithfully And further Dependants say not Subscribed and sworn this James his Croft 25 th August 1832 before mark me Daniel W m Birdsell Isaac his Lent Commissioner of Pleadings mark
Nov 29. 1832
I certify that I am acquainted with Isaac Lent and that he is fully entitled to credit.
A. Ward. M c

I certify that the within declaration in the handwriting of R. C. Austin esq. Commr. is no doubt the paper intended to be authenticated by the Clk - Nov 29. 1832.
A. Ward M.P.

September 11, 1934
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Mr. Donald F. Clark Fort Montgomery New York
BA-J/REL Henry C. Vought-S.45078
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Henry Voght or Vought, who, you state, is listed in the 1841 Census of Pensioners under Westchester County, New York.
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.46078, based upon the military service of Henry C. Vought in that war.
Henry C. Vought was born February 16, 1760, in the village of Beekskill, town of Cortland, Westchester County, New York. His parents, whose names are not shown, were members of the Dutch Reformed Church in said Cortland and his birth was recorded on the records of that church.
While residing in Cortland, New York, Henry C. Vought enlisted sometime in 1778, served one year in Captain Slow's Company, Colonel Hughes' New York Regiment, and was engaged during the whole period of his enlistment in ferrying cattle for the army across the river at King's Ferry in Westchester County, New York. He enlisted in 1780, served in Captain Bond's Company, under same colonel and was engaged for another year in the same service. He enlisted in 1781, served nine months in Captain Sackett's Company of Rangers, Colonel Van Dyck's New York Regiment and was in the battle of Mile Square, near Bedford, Westchester County, New York. He was also called out frequently on short tours on alarms and went on scouting parties; entire length of this service more than three months; dates and names of officers not shown.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 24, 1832, while residing in Cortland, New York.
There are no data as to soldier's family.
found ad in Heat check Co. Mil. but not under any of these officers.
Could not identify these officers. There was a major? Hughes Could not find Capt Bond. There were two Capt's Sackett but could not find either under Col Van Dyck

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Henry C. Vought(S.46078), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Henry C. Vought, Certificate No. 4093, issued January 11, 1833, rate $80 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

1934-Sept 11- Hist To Donald T. Clark- 884
Rey Immali WAS...
File No. 46.078
Henry G. Vought Private New York Militia
Act June 7. 1832
Index: Vol. 5, Page 148
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Fort Montgomery, N. Y. August 21, 1934.
Veterans' Administration, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
In the 1841 Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services there is listed under Westchester County, New York, one Henry Voght (or Vought).
If possible, I would like to obtain a copy of any data concerning the members of his family, and his military service, that may have been filed with his application for a pension.
Yours very truly,
Donald F. Clark. Donald F. Clark.