Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11625, Isaac Vail, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Vail, Isaac Vale
S. 11625-
carded
CONTENTS

1891 March 6. D. D. Vail history Prior 1095
Rate of death not in A.B.
New York 14655.
Isaac Vail
Halfmoon in the State of N. Y. who was a Lieut. in the Company commanded by Captain Vail of the Regt. commanded by Col. Vanderburgh in the line for N.Y.
2 years Isaac Vail.
14655
Records corrected May 24th 56.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Y.
at the rate of 320. Dollars — Cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7. day of June 1833, and sent to Seth W. Higgins Halfmoon, Saratoga Co.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. 640 0
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. — 160. "
$ 800. "
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. F. Francis Clerk, Book C. Vol. 4 — Page 84.

Waac Vant
asma 2 years Lieut.
320 $

State of New York Senatoga County
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the town of Clifton park in the County and State aforesaid Isaac Tait of Halfmoon in the County & State aforesaid who being duly sworn deposes and saith that by reason of old age and general debility and consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grade For several years  in the following grade For two Years in the whole I served as a Second Lieutenant which services I performed in a regularly organized and embodied company of militia of the State of New York independent of guard or patrolling and for such services I claim a pension and I further certify that the periods of the war in which I served are set forth in my declaration with a few exceptions as near as I can recollect and that I have not, nor do I know of any documentary relating to my services which I can procure whereby I can identify specifically the same
Isaac Tait
I Isaac E Gandy Justice of the peace in and for the County of Senatoga Certify that on the 27 th day of December 1852 personally appeared before me the above named Isaac Tait who subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Isaac Tait who has subscribed to the same and believe that he is a man whose character for truth and veracity stands unimpeached and the fullest confidence can be placed in his statement
Isaac E Gandy Justice of the peace

State of New York Saratoga County ss. I Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the County of Saratoga do certify that Isaac E. Gann sey, before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature —
Witness my hand and seal of office the fourth day of February 1833 —
A Goodrich Clerk

I, Jeremiah Harris of the town of Clifton Park in the County of Saratoga and State of New York aged 65 years do hereby certify and say that I am well acquainted with Isaac Talcott the son of Deacon in the County and State aforesaid, and have been acquainted with him from my childhood. That from the earliest period to which my memory extends to the close of the Revolutionary war he lived in Berkmanstown in Dutchess County of the State of New York - That during the forementioned period he was a Lieutenant in the Militia of that place, and as such he was called out frequently in the service of the war - That within the forementioned period he was in the public service from two to six weeks at a time. and that in the year 1779 according to the best of my recollection he was out from home in the forementioned service at least six months - That he was called into the service at Fishkill, Poughkeepsie, and other places near Hudson River between Poughkeepsie and New York I am confident that the whole time he was in the forementioned service during the war of the Revolution amounted to more than one year - and I believe it amounted to two years - That the Militia Company to which he belonged and in which he held the office of Lieutenant during six years previous to the close of the war, was commanded by his Father Captain Israel Talcott in Col. James Ward's Light Infantry Regiment - And further I the forementioned say not  Subscribed to in open Court the 6 th September 1832  THOMAS PALMER Clerk  Jeremiah Harris

I do hereby certify that I was present in attendance at the Court of Common Pleas held in and for the County of Saratoga in September last and heard the said Jeremiah Harris swear and saw him subscribe to the within Affidavit and also that I was present when the said Jeremiah Harris subscribed and swore to the Certificate of Credibility of the Claimant Warren Vail and that he is the same Jeremiah Harris of which the Court certifies to his credibility
Joseph Reed Justice.
State of New York Saratoga County ss. I Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the County of Saratoga do certify that Joseph Reed named in the above certificate named, was at the date of the same, and is now a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Saratoga, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Certificate to be his proper hand writing & signature Witness my hand and seal of Office the twelfth day of February 1833.
Alpheus Clerk

Zebulon Mott of the town of Halfmoon in the County of Saratoga and State of New York aged 74 Years an Affirmation and Say that I am well acquainted with Isaac Talc of the town County & State above mentioned. In the Year 1779 I was called into the service of the revolution and was by order of Colonel Van Denburgh to serve as militia man in West Chester County, where we were stationed near Pines Bridge this was a Company directed to that post to guard the inhabitants against the invasion of the enemies in that County. In this Company I served as Sargeant and Isaac Talc the person above named served as Second Lieutenant under the command of Captain Penny the term of service at that time as near as I can recollect was six weeks and the said Isaac Talc entered the service at that time with me and was discharged when I was at the time I entered said service I lived in the town of Bethlehem County of Dutchess and State of New York and the said Isaac Talc lived in the same place and further the deponent saith
not
Zebulon Mott
State of New York } ss Halfmoon. August 16 th 1832. Saratoga County }
Zebulon Mott Affirmation Saith that the above declaration by him subscribed is true before me Joseph Root Justice Peace

State of New York Saratoga County
I Joseph Reed one of the Justices of the peace in and for the county of Saratoga certify that Lebulon Root who subscribed and affirmed to the within declaration before me on the 16 th day of August 1832 I well known to me then known to me to be a man of the strictest truth and veracity Dated at Clifton Park the 2 nd January 1833
State of New York Saratoga County
Joseph Reed
I Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the County of Saratoga do certify that Joseph Reed before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same, one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit and to the above certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature —
Witness my hand and seal of office the seventeenth day of January 1833 —
A Goodrich Clerk
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Isaac Root
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State of New York } On the sixth day of September 1832 Saratoga County } personally appeared in open court before
In Court of Common Pleas now Sitting Isaac Talc of the town of Half Moon in the County of Saratoga and State of New York age a Seventy Seven 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 hereinafter stated
That in the Year 1776 about the first of October he the deponent - entered the service of the United States as a Militia man in a Company of Militia of infantry under the Command of his then deponents father Israel Talc which company belonged to a Regiment of the New York State Militia Commanded by Colonel James Van Devenburgh of which Regiment William Clark was Major and the deponent further states that when he the deponent entered the Company above stated in the deponent was appointed Second Lieutenant of the same which appointment was sanctioned by the Colonel and that Samuel Curtis was the other Subaltern Officer and the deponent further states that during the remainder of the fall before the campaign broke up he the deponent was ordered out on duty but how often he the deponent cannot recollect - that the Regiment was generally called on by alarm and general or due for the whole or a part to turn out to guard the Shore of the

Hudson. & Croton Rivers that then place of destination was near Pikes Hill on the Croton River and Fish Hill on the Hudson that at the time he the deponent was at Croton River at Pikes Hill they were near the Enemys bounds when it became necessary to have a guard for defence that he the deponent thinks that in the Year 1776 as above stated the time of his entering the Service the deponent was stationed at the places above named with the remainder of his Company under the Command of his father Isaac Talc — from about the middle of October to the first of Novr the deponent further states that in the year 1777 from the opening of the Campaign to the close of the same for that year he the deponent served his Country in actual service on alarms by general orders at different places on the borders of the Hudson all of which Service was performed in all the aforementioned officers excepting at one time when he the deponent was ordered to serve under Captain Penny as a guard at Kings Bridge near the Enemys Camp I served as a Lieutenant under the said Penny as Captain At the time Entered as to day & date or the time we were dismissed from said Guard I have nothing in my possession whereby I can exactly determine but am confident it was at least one month and a half

and the deponent for the States that he continued in the service of the United States under the directions of Colonel Van Dorn Burgl as Colonel in the Company under the Command of the deponent's father Israel Fale until the close of the war, that during said service he was not in any engagements of importance the in the year 76, 77 and 78 and 79 he was called out with the remainder of the Company as part of them a considerable share of the time during the season but is not in his power to determine how long at a time and how often in a season, that he the deponent was near Colonel Van Dorn Burgl and wherever there was any guard or patrolling party where the deponent was ordered to go and that he the deponent continued so to serve from one to Eighty months in a Year during the Revolution from the time he entered until the close of the same and the deponent for the States that he the deponent never received a Commission of his Lieutenancy to his knowledge that Colonel Van Dorn Burgl gave him a Certificate of his appoint- ment and promised him his Commission but never gave it to him and the deponent for the States that served as Lieutenant from October 17 76 to the close of the war as above stated in the manner above mentioned at times and places as stated many of which he the deponent cannot now recollect that during the period of service as above stated he the deponent was in the service of the United States as much as two years and more that the deponent knows of no person living by

He can prove his service on the circumstances of the same excepting those whose certificate is her unto attached and the deponent further states that he was born in the town of Beckman, county of Dutchess and State of New York on the 29 th day of October 1754 that he has a record of his age that he lived in the town County and State afore mentioned when he entered the service of the United States that he lived there during the Revolution and until the year 1784 when he moved to the town of Halfmoon in the County of Saratoga and State of New York where he now resides and where he has resided ever since
To the interrogatories propounded by the court, I answer as follows.
1. I was born in the town of Beckman, county of Dutchess and State of New York in the year 1754. 2. I have a record of my age shown in a Book at home. 3. I was living in the said town of Beckman when called into the service, I have lived in the town of Halfmoon County of Saratoga and State of New York since the Rev- olutionary war and still reside there. 4. I was a volunteer. 5. Genl. George Clinton, James Clinton, Israel Putnam Col. Dubois - I belonged to Col. Van Den Bergh's regiment of militia, and do not recollect any other regiment at this

time except that commanded by Col. Dubois of Pough- keepsie. The general circumstances of my service are stated in my declaration.
6. I never received a discharge from the service.
7. I would mention the names of Jeremiah Harris, Naptha- li Guild, John Taylor, Elnathan Finch as persons to whom I am known in my present neighborhood and who can testify to my character for veracity, and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution.
I have no documentary evidence and know of no person whose testimony I can procure except what is hereto annexed.
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court Thomas Palmer Clerk
Isaac Vail
We Elnathan Finch, a clergyman, residing in Wilton, Saratoga county N.Y. Jeremiah Harris, residing in Saratoga county N.Y. and John Taylor residing in Halfmoon, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Isaac Vail, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy seven 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.
Elnathan Finch
John Taylor
Jeremiah Harris
Sworn and subscribed to in open Court the 6 th day of September 1832
Thomas Palmer Clerk

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 such in the States. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Nathaniel Finch who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clugy man and Jeremiah Harris who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Clifton Park Saratoga County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Thomas Palmer Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Saratoga do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Isaac Talcott for a pension. And that Jeremiah Harris whose statement is hereto annexed subscribed and was sworn to the same in open court. And that Joseph Reed who has subscribed the jurat of the affidavit signed "Zebulon Talcott" is a Justice of the Peace of the town of Clifton Park and that the signature "Joseph Reed" is in the proper handwriting of said Justice.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal of office this seventh day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Thomas Palmer Clerk
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10952 Isaac Talcott

1 st Brief N o 10956 Stearne Vale.
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15 Sep 1832 10 Dec 1832
Seth W Higgin Halfmoon Saratoga Co N.Y.
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No 10956.
BRIEF in the case of Isaac Vale of Ulster County of of Saratoga. in the State of New York. (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
In Open Court.
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?
77 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.     at Alb. In 1776. at least 1. & 15. 2 at least & more. As a Pvt. Gen. Capt. Israel Vale. Col. James Van Dornburgh  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Berkshire County of Dutchess, New York.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By two living witnesses & traditionary evidence.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
They appear to be in due form.
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
James Ork
Examining Clerk.

AWF Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
Mrs. R. C. McElroy 321 Kahkwa Avenue East Erie, Pennsylvania.
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 11625, that Isaac Vail (pensioned Vail) was born October 23, 1754 in Beekman, Dutchess County, New York.
While a resident of Beekman, New York, he enlisted October 1, 1776 and served at various times as second lieutenant in the New York Militia, under Captains Israel Vail (soldier's father) and Penny, Colonel James VanDeburgh's Regiment, the service amounting in all to two years.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 6, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Half-moon, Saratoga County, New York, where he had lived since 1784.
There is no reference to wife or children.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Isaac Vail Pen. Vail - 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. S.F. 11625
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Oct. 1 '76 at various times 2 yrs. 2nd Lt. Isaac Vail James M'Intosh Pa.   to close of war Penns   aunt in all 2 yrs   + Father of Isaac Vail  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Beekman Dutchess Co. NY.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 6 1832. New claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Halsmood Saratoga Co. NY 1784
Age at date of application, 6 Beekman NY Oct. 29. 1754. married 45
Remarks: _____
No father's data as to family. The above noted is the only soldier of that name found on the Rev. war Pension Records. no ref to wife or chil-

Author
11625
INVALID.
No. 11625-
Isaac Vail ★
Lieut Genl War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. A , Page 889
[Arrangement of 1870.]
★ Isaac Vail.
Records corrected May 20 th 88.

March 25-1904 History
A. Becken - Buffalo NY
1906 Oct. 16. History to Mrs. Russell Franklin Benson
1909 July 30. History to Arthur W. Orson, Ithaca, NY. - also
1915 Dec. 10. Hist. to Annie V. S. Orson
1930 Aug 2. " " Mrs. R. C. McElroy

File with (Panchadina)
SV 11. 6 25
Isaac Vale

Washington N o . 20/91
To the Hon ble Commissioner of Pensions. I have the honor to request to be furnished with the Revolutionary record of Isaac Tait (Vail) who was a Lieutenant in a Company Commanded by Captain Tait in a Regiment Commanded by Col d Vanderberg of New York
Respectfully
David Duncan Tait
Barrett House Cor r 4 th St & 13 th Way New York City

No 2 S. Pauls Place
New York
July the 21 st 1809
Peruine Bureau
Washington D. C.
I am enclosing this request from the S. R. Thinking it would ex- plain for it any better than I.
If you will kindly send the desired catalogue it will greatly oblige
Yours very sincerely
Arthur W. Peruine Peruine

Mem
Two S. Paul's Place.
Commissioner of Pensions Dear Sir.
Will you kindly send me the record of service of Lieut. Isaac Vail, per- sonnel in Saratoga Co., in 1832 and greatly
obliged Hamilton P. Burns
From Very Rev. J. N. R. (Mrs. Russell Franklin Burns)

2 cc stamped envelopes, etc.
Rev. Oakwood Heights Stumped. em. ret'd W Staten Island N.Y. Com. of Pensions - Dep. of the Interior -
Dear Sir -
Would it be possible for you to send me the date of Isaac Vail's death S. File 11,625 Oct. 29, 1754 as per the enclosed paper, returned to me and any other information you can give me regarding him. As I believe my ancestry traces back to him. Applied for pens. Sept. 1832. The information is desired in order to complete data relative to becoming a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Thanking you in advance,
Anna V. S. Crocheron
Dec. 2 nd 1915

To Chf. _____ Div. Action _____ MAR 17 1904 COMMISSIONER.
address 163 Highland Ave Buffalo N.Y. March 15 1904
J. L. Davenport Esq. Acting Attorney of Russia Interior Dept. Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Will you kindly send me a statement of the military history of Isaac Vail, of Half Moon Swamp Co. N.Y. a lieutenant in the Revolutionary War, as shown by his application for a pension?
and oblige
Yours Truly
Stephen Becker

321 KAHKWA AVENUE EAST ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA
Bureau of Pensions Dept. of Interior Washington D.C.
Gentlemen -
Please send me Pension record for Isaac Vail - 1754 - 1839 of N.Y.
Yours Truly
Mrs. R. C. McElroy. 321 Kahkwa — Erie Pa.

Secretary
Sons of the Revolution
FRANCES TAVERN
Corner Broad & Pearl Streets
New York City
June 29th. 1909.
Arthur W. Benson Esq.,
2 St. Paul's Place,
Troy, N. Y.
Dear Sir:-
In arranging for our Year Book, I beg to call your attention to the fact that our Registrar has approved the service of your ancestor, Capt. Isaac Vail, 5th. Regt. Dutchess Co., N. Y. Militia, Col. Wm. Humphrey, Oct. 12th. 1775, but states that for subsequent service we must have a certificate from the Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Will you kindly write for this and send it to us as soon as received.
Yours very truly,
Curator.