Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19,578, Peter J Vosburgh, Continental New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental New York
Vosburgh, Henry Peter
or Peter I
Elizabeth
N. 19,578
{ B.L.W. 2251-300 - bapt. Issued Aug. 12, 1790. name spelled Vosberg No paper }
CONTENTS
His middle name was Isaac. See Schuman

118. New York, Albany Elizabeth Vosburgh widow of Peter S. Vosburgh.
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Lieut. & Capt.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 478. Dollars 88
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of June 1848 and sent to
L. Julius Albany N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 239, Vol. 4.
Reports.
AB
Died April 3-1856

639
146 29
Elizabeth Vorburgh
Lieut 1 Feb 1777
Capt 6 June 1779
Mus t to 1 July 1782
  Admiral  mo     Captain  23 & 25 days     Lieut  5 "      2 years  
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John P. Vorburgh Esq., Stuyvesant, New York

State of New York
Columbia County 3 rd .
On this Eighth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared before the Justices of the Superior Court in the City of Hudson, the same being a Court of Record. Elizabeth Vosburgh a resident of the town of Housatonic in the County of Columbia aforesaid aged Seventy four years ————— who being first duly sworn, according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows" — That she is the widow of Peter I. Vosburgh who was a Captain of Infantry in the New York line of the Army of the Revolution. That the said Peter I. Vosburgh was a Pensioner under the act of Congress entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution" approved 15 May 1828, as by reference to the Pension Certificate hereto annexed being her will appear —
She further declares that she was married to the said Peter I. Vosburgh on the Eighth day of October in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty four four . That her husband the aforesaid Peter I. Vosburgh died on the twenty eighth day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service but the marriage

Marriage took place previous to the first of January between hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated
Sworn to and Subscribed, on the day and year above written before.
Elizabeth Forburgh
P. Dean Corrigan, Clerk, of the Justice Court.

State of New-York Columbia County ss
I John C. Vandervort Minister or Pastor of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in the town of Kinderhook in the County of Columbia and State of New-York aforesaid do hereby certify that I have the custody of the Records of said Church, and that I find there recorded in said Records the marriage of Peter J. Vosburgh with Elizabeth Van Alstyne in the following words viz. "Pieter J. Vosburgh Y. M. en, Elizabethe Van Alsteyn Y. D. Getrouwd den 8 de October 1784. Mids attestatie van Blommack. That it is a true copy of the Record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed in the Record in fair legible figures as follows. John C. Vandervort
I John C. Vandervort above named do hereby depose and say that I hold the office of Minister or Pastor of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in the County of Columbia and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Church with the exception above named, as certified by me. and I do hereby certify that said Record translated is as follows viz "Peter J. Vosburgh and Elizabeth Van Alstyne were married the 8 th of October 1784." "with witnesses from Claverack"
Sworn before me this 7 th day of September 1838 John C. Vandervort
Lucas Hoes Justice Peace
I William Miller Clerk of the County of Columbia and State of New-York do hereby certify that Lucas Hoes above named is a Justice of the peace in and for said County and that his signature above is genuine. Whereof has my Seal of Office the 8 th day of Sept 1838 J. C. Miller Clerk

No. of Original Kayant 464 REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS. acvrd #19.578
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Aug 9. 1828.
Peter I. Vosburgh, of Stuyvesant, in the County of Columbia, in the State of New York, has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such until reduced under the arrangement of October 1780,
Commandant at which period he was a lieutenant in Col. Livingston's regiment of the N. York line; and does not state whether that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A.D. Jenkins,
OK 30 284
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
Aug 13 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to Capt. Peter I. Vosburgh in the New York line, amounting to Twenty four hundred dollars.
It further appears that Peter I. Vosburgh is now on the pension list of the  any  agency , and has been since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of  per month.
John Haggett
See #28.930
Allowed. Not 1828

State of New York } Montgomery County } ss.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and Soldiers of the army of the Revolution" approved on the 15 th day of May 1828 I Peter I Vosburgh of the Town of Stuyvesant County of Columbia and State aforesaid Do hereby declare that I was an Officer in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution and served as such that is served as a Lieutenant Commandant of a Company immediately previous to the command devolving upon me commanded by Peter Van Rensselaer as Captain in a Regiment commanded by Colonel James Livingston that I served as Lieutenant Commandant from the twentieth day of December in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine to the first day of January in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty one and that I have acted as Quarter Master of said Regiment but the time I cannot state, that I acted also as Quarter Master in the year seventeen hundred and eighty to a Brigade of Light Infantry commanded by General Edward Hand and that I was discharged on the first day of January in the year of our lord seventeen hundred and eighty one when by the arrangement of the Army provided by the Resolves of the Congress of the third and twenty first of October 1780 was carried into effect and that I was reduced under that arrangement and consequently discharged.
And I further declare that I have never received any Pension either from the United States or any State for or on account of my services or otherwise in the revolution - any War -
Subscribed & sworn to } This 19 th day of July 1828 }
Peter Vosburgh
Before me Aaron Haring First Judge of Montgomery County Court New York State -
Before me Aaron Haring the Judge above mentioned this day James Livingston and William Wallace who did severally make oath that the said James was the Colonel above referred in the declaration by Peter I Vosburgh above and that the said Peter and William were severally officers in said Regiment and that the said Peter has been an officer in the army of the Revolution in manner as in and by his declaration stated.
Witness my hand this nineteenth day of July in the year of our lord 1828 Aaron Haring

I George D. Ferguson, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Montgomery in the State of New York, do hereby certify that Aaron Haring Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was at the time, First Judge of the County Courts of the said County and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court this nineteenth day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.
Geo: D. Ferguson

659 464
Commission in favor of Peter J. Vosburgh as 1 st Lieut in Col: J. Livingston's Reg t dated 1 st Febr y 1777. —

February 12, 1940.
Mrs. Elmore S. Strang 39 Cleveland Road New Haven, Connecticut.
BA-J/ILL Peter I. Vosburgh W. 19578
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter, addressed to the National Archives, which has been referred to the Veterans Administration for further reply, in regard to Peter Vosburgh, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, who resided in Columbia County, New York; you state, also, that he married in that county, on July 17, 1771, Fitie Van Hoesen.
A search of the Revolutionary War records of this office has been made in your behalf and only one claim for pension found which was made to the United States, based upon service of a Peter Vosburgh of Columbia County, New York, that of Peter I. Vosburgh, pension claim W. 19578. The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in that claim. If this is not the record of the Peter Vosburgh in whom you are interested, another effort will be made to aid you.
Peter I. Vosburgh entered service (the date, his age and his residence at time of his enlistment are not shown) as an officer in Colonel James Livingston's New York regiment and, while in that service, was commissioned February 1, 1777, 1st lieutenant, served as such in Captain Peter Van Rensselaer's company in that regiment until December 20, 1779, when he assumed command of that company, served also as regimental quartermaster and continued in service until January 1, 1781.
On account of his service as an officer in the Revolutionary War, he was allowed three hundred acres of bounty land on warrant #2251, issued August 12, 1790.
Peter I. Vosburgh was allowed pension under the Act of May 18, 1828, on his application executed August 9, 1828, at which time he resided in Stuyvesant, Columbia County, New York. He died there January 28 or 29, 1830.
There is another one - but he was never in Col. Co. N.Y.
Heit. Service began as 2d Lt. 1st Feb - 1777 - May be married at time.

Peter I. Vosburgh married October 8, 1784, Elizabeth Van Alstyne (Van Elstein); their marriage was recorded by the minister of the Reformed Dutch Church of Columbia County, New York. The names of her parents were not given; no reference was made to a former marriage of this officer.
Elizabeth Vosburgh, this officer's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed September 8, 1838, at which time she resided in Stuyvesant, New York. She was aged then seventy-four years; the date and place of her birth were not given. She was living there in May 1848. She died April 3, 1856.
In 1838, John P. Vosburgh, the son of Elizabeth Vosburgh, resided in Stuyvesant, New York. In May 1848, John P. Vosburgh was a Justice of the Peace for Columbia County, New York. It was not stated that these two were identical. No reference was made to other children of this officer.
It is suggested that further information in regard to the military record of this officer, might be obtained from The Adjutant General, War Department, this city.
For information in regard to the location of the land which was granted on account of service of Peter I. Vosburgh in the Revolutionary War, you should address the Commissioner, General Land Office, this city, and furnish the following: warrant #2251 for 300 acres, issued August 12, 1790.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

letter to E. Vosburgh 31 Aug. 1843-
Albany 839
Elizabeth Vosburgh widow of Peter J. Vosburgh
who was a pensioner under the Act of May 15. May 1828 and who died on the 28 th January 1830 of Columbia Co. in the State of N. York who was a Lieut. & Capt. in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Revolution time for Lieut. 5 days _____ 2.22 Capt. 23 months & 25 days 476.66 $478.88
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 478 Dollars 88 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of Nov. 1838 and sent to John P. Vosburgh, Stuyvesant, N. Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '38. 1197.20 Semi-annual allowance ending 4. Mar. '39. 239.44 $1436.64
{ Act July 7, } { 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book A. Vol. 2 Page 108

3796.
New York Albany
Elizabeth Mosburgh widow of Peter V. Mosburgh who was a Lieut & Captain in the St. Lawrence
Report
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 478 Dollars 88 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of Oct. 1843 and sent to Madam Rutter, Elizabethton N. York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 1 Vol. 1. Page 115.

B-6927
JAN 25 1940
Mrs. Elmore S. Strang 39 Cleveland Road New Haven, Connecticut
My dear Mrs. Strang:
This is in reply to your letter of January 21, 1940, requesting information concerning Peter Vosburgh.
There are no records in The National Archives from which it can be ascertained whether Peter Vosburgh served in the American Revolution. If he received a pension as a result of such service, the Veterans' Administration, Washington, D. C., no doubt has a record of this fact and may be able to give you some information concerning him. We are therefore referring your request to that office for consideration and reply.
Very truly yours,
P. M. Hamer, Chief Division of Reference
EB:rt

39 Cleveland Road New Haven, Conn. Jan. 21, 1940
The National Archives. Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
In connection with my membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution I wish to ascertain the following:
Was Peter Vosburgh a Revolutionary war soldier, and if so, what was his war record? B6927
The Peter Vosburgh to whom I

refer married Fitie Van Hoesen, July 17, 1771 in New York State , probably in Columbia County. One of their children was Marie Vosburgh born June 6, 1776. She married William Van Alstyne in Clarnack, N.Y. in 1797. I have every reason to believe that Pieter Vosburgh was born and lived in Columbia County N.Y. I would very much like the names of his parents also, if you have that information in your records. Your Bureau has been of assistance to me in the past, and I look forward with interest to hearing from you again.
Very truly yours -
Edna V. A. Strang .
Mrs. Elmore S. Strang - 39 Cleveland Road New Haven, Conn.
B6927

RECEIVED - INCOMING
JAN 23 10 18 AM '40
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES MAIL SECTION
RECEIVED
JAN 23 10 22 AM '40
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES DIVISION OF REFERENCE

New York
40 West 88 th Street.
Sept 19. 98
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir -
I am advised by Colonel T. C. Hensworth. U.S.A. To make inquiry through your office. as to the records of Peter S. Voorburgh. Whose widow drew a pension as widow of Revolutionary officer. I enclose Col Hensworth's communication and my letter of inquiry to him -
Respectfully
Darius T. Voorburgh M.D.

WIDOW, &c.
Oct 20 '98 Benj. F. Woodbury N.Y.C.
File No. 19578 Elizabeth Woodbury widow of Peter J. Woodbury Capt Rev War
Act: Feb 24 48
Index:—Vol. M , Page 328
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Albany May 12. 1848.
James L. Edwards Esquire, Commisr. of Pensions,
Sir,
I enclose the declaration of Mrs. Eliza - beth Worthington, to obtain her pension Cert. under act 2 d Febry 1848.
Very respectfully
Your obed. Servt.
Samuel Jenkins.

Sept. 11, 1843.
G. Vashyl,
March 3 rd 1843.
My Friend
$478: 88 per am
Wethersfield Cong
Amos
Mead Butler Esq Stuyvesant N. York
29 J. Calvert
Proc

Stuyvesant 8 Septm 1843 Columbia County
How I b Edwds
In closed is Mrs Elizabeth Roberts Declaration with the County Clerks Certificate which will prove sufficient I hope with Grate Respect
Medad Butler

Admitted
L. Jenkins Albany N.Y.

State of New-York, } ss. County of Columbia }
On this Tenth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Columbia in the state of New York, Elizabeth Vosburgh a resident of the town of Stuyvesant in the said county of Columbia aged Eighty five years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War:
That she is the widow of Peter P. Vosburgh , who was a Captain in the Army of the Revolution , on account of whose services she was pensioned under the acts of 7 July 1838, 3d March 1843 & 17 June 1844. And the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of 17 June 1844, was four hundred seventy eight Dollars & eighty eight Cents.
She further declares, that she is still a widow. Sworn to & subscribed in the day & year above written, before me John P. Vosburgh Justice of the Peace. Elizabeth Vosburgh
Certify that the above Declaration is personally known to me John P. Vosburgh Justice of the Peace
State of New-York, } ss. County of Columbia - }
I, James G. Storm John P. Vosburgh Certificate, a Justice of the Peace and that the signatures to the Jurat of the above Declaration and to the above Certificate, purporting to be his, are genuine.
Clerk of the said county, do hereby certify that was on the day of the date of the above Declaration and in and for the said county, duly appointed and sworn,
In Testimony whereof, I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said county, this 10th day of May 1848.
James G. Storm Clerk

1464 Spt 13
N.Y.
7 July 1838
May resant NY Sept 10
Eliz Vorburgh re Revolutionary Claims
J. L. Edwards
Ques
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.

To J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Stuyvesant 10 th Sept 1838
Sir Enclosed I forward my Aged Mothers Pension or Annuity Claim. should there be any mistake in the proceedings of the within papers please return them with such instructions as are neces- sary Direct to Widow Elisabeth Vosburgh Stuyvesant Landing. Columbia Co
Very Respectfully Yours John P. Vosburgh

Columbia County, } ss. Clerk's Office, }
I, Johannus Alan Kalkburgh Clerk of the County of Columbia, Do hereby certify, That M. David Butts _____ before whom the affidavit purports to have been sworn, was on the day of the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County. And further, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the name of the said Justice subscribed to the said affidavit, to be his proper hand writing and signature.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of the said County, this 7 th day of September 1843.
J. A. Van Kalkburgh Clerk.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 3 d of March 1843 Granting Pensions for one year to certain Widows Who had Pensions under the act of 7 th July 1838. - - - - -
State of New York } On this 6 th day of June 1843 before Columbia County } the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County appeared personally Elizabeth Vorburgh a descendant of the Town of Haverkast in said County aged eighty years & Seven Months Who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 d of March 1843 granting Pensions to Widows of Persons who lived during the Revolutionary War That she is the widow of Peter Vorburgh who was a Captain in the War of the Revolution Revolution and this declarant has heretofore received five years pension at the rate of $480 per annum under the act of the 7 th of July 1838 & she still remains the widow of said Peter Vorburgh
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 6 th day of June 1843 by the said Elizabeth Vorburgh who is personally known to be the person who has above described herself to be & that she received the five years pension above mentioned and still remains the widow of Peter Vorburgh
Elizabeth Vorburgh
Edward Brewster Justice Peace

Honorable Richard Rush
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington City

The Hon ble Richard Rush Secretary of the Treasurer of The United States Washington City
Sir In my former communication to you respecting myself I stated that I did not know that any Officer of my Regiment were alive excepting William Wallace since which Peter Stosburgh has been with me and I have made affidavit to his identity. I wish you to send me a Check on the Cashier of the Branch of Albany for my two years Pay agreeable to the Act of Congress and your oblig d Your Friend -
Jas. Livingston Lieut. Col.

Revolutionary Claims.
1549
Under the Act, entitled, "An Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15 May, 1828.
Peter J. Woosburgh
Pay Certificate of
I Certify that Peter J. Woosburgh of Huyvesant in the County of Columbia in the State of New York — is entitled to receive pay under the above mentioned Act, as a surviving Captain of Infantry — in the New York Line of the Army of the Revolution, at the rate of Forty — dollars and — cents a month, payable during his life on the third day of March, and third day of September, in each year.
It is provided by law that the said pay, shall not in any way be transferable, or liable to attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the Treasury of the United States this third — day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine, and of Independence, the fifty fourth.
D. D. Ingham
Secretary of the Treasury
Eng d by Throp, Wash d
Huyvesant Landing

Allowed Oct 1528
awid * 19.578

County of Columbia State of New York Town of Housatonic 23 rd July 1828
Hon Sir
Inclosed I herewith find papers and Documents agreeable to the act of Congress of the United States respecting claims of the Revolutionary Officers and Soldiers and Sailors, after you have examined and find the Documents correct you will please to forward a check payable at the United States Branch Bank in the City of New York, for the amount of sum I am entitled to for Two years pay — I also inclose one of my commissions which you will inclose with the check directed me at at the above mentioned Town, and to be left at the Post Office at Housatonic Landing.
With Great Respect I am Hon Sir your Obedient
P.S. I wish your speedy answer — of convenience
Levi H. Housatonic