Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 18673, Peter Vrooman, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Woman, Peter, Woman or
P. 18673
Angelica
CONTENTS

Let. to Pen. Agent, Nov. 7, '37. " " Secy of War, Nov. 7, '37. " " Mr. John Caring Sullivan '38 Copies of papers handed to J. Sammons, Pres. Mar. 21. 1838 Let. E. Holiday, Aug. 16: '37
New-York (Albany) 20.674
Peter Brooman,
A. Newly Rec. in the State of N. York who was a pri. in the camp commanded by Captain Starbuck of the Reg't commanded by Col. Brooman in the N York line for 6 Mos. 6 Dys. Private
Adm'd from $86 per annum
Inscribed on the Roll of New York (Albany) at the rate of 20 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836
duplicate of Pension issued the 1 st day of Novem- ber, 1837. and delivered to the claimant, Present.
the 4th of Sept. 1837. $30.99 Arrearage ending 4 M. '38 = 10:33
$41.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
S. A. Elliot Clerk, Vol. 4 Page 78.

20674 New York Peter Freeman
1. John J. Brown of Montgomery, in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Sturtevant of the Batt. commanded by Col. Norman in the N. York line for Fullerton .
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars ————— Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Sept 1832 and sent to H. C. Child Auriesville
Arrears to the 4th of p.p. 33 $ 200 Pemi-ant. allowance ending 1 st N. 26 40
$240
Revolutionary Act June 7, 1833 A. H. [unclear] Clerk Recorded by [unclear] Book 6 Vol. 4 Page 24

Whereas I, Adam Vrooman, am a son of Peter Vrooman deceased who was a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of the 7 th June A.D. 1832, at the rate of $80. per annum, allowed him for his services in the War of the Revolution, which said Pension was subsequently reduced to the sum of 20 50 / 100 dollars per annum, and whereas I am informed & believe, that, the said pension ought not to have been so reduced.
Now therefore I do hereby constitute and appoint Sam l H. Marks, esq. Vernal Street Esq. My true & lawful Attorney for me & in my name, and on behalf of all the children of the said Peter Vrooman deceased to present and prosecute our claim to such increased amount of pension as we may be law entitled to, and I do hereby make this power of attorney irrevocable during our lives from this date, — Witness my hand and seal at Schoharie this twenty-first day of July A.D. 1852 — Executed in the presence of Peter Mix David D. Roarick Adam Vrooman
State of New York
County of Schoharie Schoharie ss. On this 21 st day of July A.D. 1852, before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Adam Vrooman, above named, and to me known, and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act and deed.
Peter Mix, Justice of the Peace.

STATE OF NEW YORK, { ss. Schoharie County Clerk's Office,
I, LORING ANDREWS, Clerk of said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Peter Mix Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of Proof, or acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the said County, elected, sworn and duly authorised to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of Proof or Acknowledgment is genuine.— And that the same is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New York.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my Official Seal the 24 th day of
December
A. D. 1852
Loring Andrews, CLERK.

State of New York
County of Schoharie ss. Adam Vrooman of Schoharie in said county being duly sworn according to law deposits that he is a son of Peter Vrooman deceased who was a pensioner of the United States as set forth in the within petition, and that he is directly interested in the claim, and application for an increase or restoration of his said pension
Subscribed & sworn to on _____ of Adam Vrooman this 21 st day of July 1852 before me Peter Mix, Justice of the Peace.

Rolls Suspended New York - for widow
My Cole
June 4 1837
Suspended case of New York
No papers in N.Y. suit or reg d act 1832 or 1838 Look for widow
pled June 1851
F. Edwaisler Atty

State of New York Jefferson County ss. On this 24 th day of May A.D. 1857. Personally appeared before me James H. Bowen a Notary Public in & for the County, & State aforesaid. Gilbert Vrooman aged 65 years a resident of the town of Antwerp Jefferson County N.Y. Who being first duly sworn according to Law declares that he is the son & only living child of Peter Vrooman who was an Ensign & Lieutenant in the War of the Revolution. That he was first an ensign in the Company of N.Y. Militia Commanded by Capt Lytle, and served in the said Company as Ensign & Lieutenant during the whole term of the War. That his Father commenced an application for a Pension near the year 1829, which was not granted to him on account of his having too much property. That the Application was renewed afterward and, on account his name not having been found upon the Continental Establishment his service having been in the Militia Service That the said Gilbert Vrooman now desires that he may be allowed to know if he may not urge the claim of his father and receive the amount that justly belonged to him on account of said Service. He desires that the case may be taken up & considered and his legal rights as the son & heir of the said Peter Vrooman granted to him. The Proof of his service & his Commissions are on file in the Department.

and makes this application that the application as made by his father signed by Dr. Frowbridge & Mr. E. Fowler may now be re-examined &c. and for the purpose of the said examination he does by these presents appoint, constitute J. E. Hassler Esq. of Washington D. C. his true & lawful attorney for him this name Place & stead to ask for & prosecute the aforesaid claim of his father Peter Vrooman for all pension, pay, commutation &c that may be due on account of services rendered by the said Peter Vrooman in the War of the Revolution with full power to do all that I might or could were I personally present at the doing thereof in the receiving of said amount, and giving full receipts & discharge for the same fully ratifying whatsoever my said attorney may do in the premises. Witness my hand & Seal This 2 nd Day of May 1831.
Gilbert Vrooman
Given to & subscribed before me the day & year above written Witness my hand & Seal
JAMES A. BOWEN Notary Public

20307
Peter Krooman Montgomery Co. New York
C. J. Admitted Pmale 2 years
Howland Fish Auriesville New York
 Feb 3, p. 64 40 31 81  " " 1 14 80  " 76 2 44 80  " 77 0 66 81  " 86 0 31 80  " 88 1 44 "  " 71 0 42 81  " 72 0 72 "  " 81 1 60 80  " 80 1 60 "  4. 1 3 11 1781  " 6 0 87 1781  " " 3 55 1779  " 12 14 71 "   32 72  3 64 0 10 1780   38 02  4 14 3 10   41 12   6 mo 28 days   $20 \frac{66}{100} 

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 subjoined 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. These 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 Peter Vroman Montgomery Co. N.Y.
   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.     Vol. 1778 pr Capt Stu brach Col. Vro- man 59 Schoba- ria, St- bany. H.   May. 1779 " do do N.Y. Living Witness   1780 " " "   1781 " " "   1782 " " "   1783 20 " " "  
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 line, 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 guardian.
[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 [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in 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.
Witnesses too general to be satisfactory
R. Newman

Peter Vroomen for A Pension

To all whom it may concern
This is to certify that Peter Roman was born May the 12 th 1763 according to the records of the High Dutch Ref d church in Schoharie
Schoharie Oct r 3 rd 1832
Attest Paul Weidman Pastor of the above said church

State of New York } Montgomery County } ss.
On this twenty-first day of November 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  Common Pleas of the county of Montgomery now sitting, Peter Vroman a resident of the town of Glen in the county of Montgomery and State of New York, aged sixty nine years and seven months, 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, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. In the spring of the year 1778, according to the best of his recollection, he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer, at the age of about fifteen years, in Captain Christian Stuberach's company in Colonel Peter Vroman's regiment , that he joined the company at the Lower Fort in Schoharie, then in the county of Albany, where he resided at the time of his entering the service. That he continued in the service at the Fort aforesaid till sometime late in the fall, and till the company were discharged at Schoharie aforesaid. That in the spring of the year 1779, sometime in the month of May, he thinks, he was enrolled in Captain Stuberach's company in Col. Vroman's Regiment, at Schoharie aforesaid, and required to do duly in the said company, that he accordingly joined the company at the Lower Fort in said town and continued to serve in said company and regiment from May till late in the fall of the same year, when he with the rest of the company was discharged at the Fort aforesaid, but that his discharge was not in writing.
That he was again called in to the service in the same company and regiment, at Schoharie aforesaid in the spring of the year 1780, and continued in the service till late in the fall of the same year. That in the month of October 1780, the British and Indians burnt the town; and some of the inhabitants they murdered and scalped, and some they took prisoners. That the now county of Schoharie was at that time a frontier settlement, and the inhabitants during the War greatly troubled with the the savage Indians.
That in the spring of the year 1781, he was again called into the service at Schoharie aforesaid, in Captain Stuberach's company in Col. Vroman's regiment, that they were stationed at Schoharie aforesaid and that he continued in the service till late in the fall of the same year when they were discharged at the Lower Fort in Schoharie.
That in the Spring of the year 1782, he was again called into the service in the same company and regiment at Schoharie aforesaid and that he continued to serve in said company and regiment till late in the fall

when they were discharged, at the fort aforesaid, in Schoharie, that his discharge was not in writing. That during the different periods of his service he was chiefly employed in garrisoning and helping guard the Fort and town.
That in the spring of 1783 he was again called in to the service at Schoharie aforesaid in the same company and regiment and remained in the service till some time in May when they were all discharged by Col. Vroman at Schoharie aforesaid. That he thinks that he was in the service at this time about 18 or 20 days.
And to the further interrogatories of the court he answers. That he was born in the town of Schoharie, then County of Albany and State of New-York, the 12th day of May 1763, according to the information he has received. That his age is recorded in the High Dutch reformed church Book of the town and county of Schoharie and State aforesaid, a certificate whereof is hereunto annexed. That he was living. In the town of Schoharie, then County of Albany, where he was called into the service and that he had lived there ever since till between two and three years ago, he moved to the town of Glen in the county of Montgomery and State of New-York where he had lived since he moved there, and living there now. That he entered the service the first time as a volunteer, when he was about fifteen years of age, and at the other different periods of his service he was ordered into the service each time by some of the officers but cannot remember in what particular manner or form he was warned or ordered in to the service. That he does not recollect many of the names of the regular officers; that there were not many of any stationed for any length of time near where he served. Colonel Dubois's regiment was at Schoharie a few months during the war. That he was well acquainted with Col. Peter Beekley who commanded a regiment at the Middle Fort during a certain period of the war. That he never received a written discharge that he recollects of. That in his present neighbourhood he has only lived between three and four years and cannot therefore say who can testify as to their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution, but he can name those to whom he is known who he thinks can testify as to his character for veracity. To wit, Richard Hudson, Peter Wood, Kneut Duackenbost, Abraham Pulman, and others. But in the town of Schoharie where he has lived since the revolution and war till he moved to the place where he now lives, he is known to many persons who he thinks can testify to his character for veracity and of their knowledge of his services in the revolutionary war. To wit, Bartholomew Swart, John Becker, Henry Becker, Jacob Becker, Jacob Schoenraft, John Schoenraft, Abraham Bergh and others.

who he thought can testify to his character for veracity and of their knowledge of his services in the revolutionary wars. To wit, Bartholomew Swart, John Becker, Henry Becker, Jacob Becker, Jacob Schoenraft, John Schoenraft, Abraham Bergh and others.
But that he has no documentary evidence of his services.
He hereby relinquished every claim whatsoever 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.
N.B. the word "regiment" in the 10th line of the first page interlined and the word "that he was living" in the 12th line of 2nd page interlined before sworn to. The words "after 1 st January 1800" & the words "Common Pleas" interlined on the first page before sworn to.
Peter Vroman
Sworn to and subscribed the 12th day of December 1802 - in open court.
Geo: D. Ferguson, Clk
And the said Court, do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the affidavits interrogatories prescribed by the War Department and after an examination of the annexed affidavits of the revolutionary services of the applicant, that he was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
N.B. in the 3rd line where the word "affidavits" erased before sworn to.

George D. Ferguson, Clerk of the court of Common Pleas  Superior and Common Pleas of the County of Montgomery and State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing concerns the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of Peter Vroman for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twelfth December day of November 1832
Geo: D. Ferguson
[Faint, illegible handwriting or bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]

State of New York } Schobam County }
Jacob Schoolcraft of the town and county of Schobam and State aforesaid, being duly sworn saith that he is thirty years of age and about nine months, and that he is well acquainted with Peter Vroman, Junior, who now writes his name Peter Vroman, and was well acquainted with him during the Revolutionary War, and he knows that the said Peter Vroman served in the revolutionary War, in the town of Schobam then in the County of Albany in Captain Christian Stubrach's Company and Colonel Peter Vroman's Regiment, from the Spring of the year 1778, till some time late in the fall of the same year that he again served from the Spring of the year 1779 till the fall of the same year, that he again served in the same company and regiment from the Spring of the year 1780, till late in the fall of the same year, and that he served the next year from the Spring till late in the fall 1781, in the same company and regiment to wit Captain Stubrach's company and Col. Vroman's Regiment at Schobam aforesaid. That in the year 1782 he again served in the same company and regiment from the Spring of the year till late in the fall, and in the Spring of 1783 he thinks he served about fifteen or twenty days when they were all discharged at Schobam in May 1783 that this defendant was orderly sergeant of the same company during the whole period of the said Peter Vroman's service aforesaid and before that time. And further that the said Peter Vroman is a man of truth and veracity.
Sworn and Subscribed in open court this 5th day of October 1882
John Schobam Jr. Clerk.
Jacob Schoolcraft

State of New York } Schuylkill County }
Bartholomew Stuart of the town and county Schuylkill and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that he is well acquainted with Peter Vroman, Junior, who now writes his name Peter Vroman, and he has been acquainted with him for before and during the revolutionary war, and he knows that the said Peter Vroman served in the revolutionary war as stated in the within affidavit, known to be by Jacob Schoeller aft. That this deponent was during the time, in the same company and regiment, and that he has heard the within affidavit read and that it is true in every particular to the best of this deponent's knowledge that this deponent is sixty nine years and ten months old and using kind he further saith that the said Peter Vroman is a man of truth and veracity.
It is the word "war" the 6th line from the top which Sworn & Subscribed this 5th day of October 1832 in open court
John G. Schrand Jr. CLK
Bartholomew Stuart

Schoharie County Pa.
We the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Schoharie now in session Do certify that We are well acquainted with David Schoenraft, and Bartholomew Dewast, who have subscribed and sworn to the annexed affidavits & that they are men of truth and veracity, and We further certify, that we are well acquainted with Peter Bronnenmann in the affidavits aforesaid and that he is a man of truth and veracity October 5th 1832
William Beckman
Wm Mann
Martin Ladd
Henry Shafer
State of New York Schoharie County Pa. }
I, John Gebhard, Junior, clerk of the court of Common Pleas of the county of Schoharie, Do hereby certify, that the foregoing affidavits subscribed by David Schoenraft & Bartholomew Dewast, were taken sworn to in open court on the day and year aforesaid, and that the above certificate was signed at the same time by William Beckman, Wm Mann, Martin Ladd & Henry Shafer Judges of said court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this tenth day of October
1832
John Gebhard Jr. Clerk

Peter Vroman Glen N.Y.
Pension papers
20307
50 ct
... may be entitled to share in said company and interest all due to me

State of New York
Montgomery County ss Peter Vrooman of the town of Glen in Montgomery County & State aforesaid being duly sworn doth depos. and say that in addition to his former declaration for a Pension, and as a more definite specification of the same and a supplement thereto; that he entered the United States Service in the Spring of the year 1778 in the manner stated in his former declaration and as early as the first of June he is positive, & he believes some time earlier in the season; and that he served under the Officers in the several places mentioned in said declaration until as late as the tenth day of October at the least - making four months & ten days. The declarant further states that in the Spring of the year 1779 as early as the 15 th day of May he again entered the Service in the manner particularly specified in his former declaration, and continued regularly in the same until as late as the fifteenth day of October at the least making five months wanting one day. The declarant further states that in the Spring of the year 1780 as early as the 15 th day of April he again entered the Service as stated in his former declaration and continued therein as late as the first day of December following at the least - making that period of service amount to seven months & fourteen days at the least. The declarant also states that in the year 1781 he was again ordered into the Service as early as the first day of May in the manner specified in his former declaration & regularly continued in the Service until the fourteenth day of October following at the least - making the term of service in that year five months & fourteen days at the least. The declarant further states that in the year 1782 as early as the tenth of May he was called into Service in the manner particularly specified in his former declaration, & continued therein regularly until the fourteenth day of October at the least when he was discharged as related in his former declaration - making in that period of service five months & four days at the least. The declarant further states that in the Spring of the year 1783 he was called into Service as also stated in his former declaration some time the latter part of April & served fifteen days

at the lowest estimate & was discharged some time in May, the particular day month he cannot now remember nor mention. and the declarant & the residue of his company then were regularly discharged: But the declarant never had any written discharge during the whole term of his service: and in making up the several years & periods of service, the declarant in this supplemental declaration has stated the same less an amount of time than what he really believes the same to be in order to meet the desire of the war department as to specification of terms of service: and that in footing up the several periods of service as set forth in this supplemental declaration the sum of service will amount to two years three months & twenty six days - And the declarant further states that he is not acquainted with any clergyman in the county of at Schoborn Montgomery, who can give the requisite certificate to the war department required. and the time for which the service was performed the applicant was not employed in any civil pursuit - that Bartholomew Smart one of the witnesses on my application since his testimony has departed this life & died about six weeks after he testified -
Subscribed & sworn to this 10th day of June 1833
Before me Aaron Haring Jus Pacis
State of New York, Montgomery County Clerk's office
vs George D. Ferguson, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, do hereby certify that Aaron Haring before whom the foregoing supplemental declaration of Peter Nooman purports to have been sworn, was on the date thereof a Justice of the peace of the said county. And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice & truly believe that the name of said Justice subscribed to said supplemental declaration is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 10th June 1833
Geo: D. Ferguson

5484 Angelica Vroman widow of Peter N.Y.
at 7 July 38
X died Nov 38.
E. Holliday Schoharie N.Y.

State of New York Schoharie County.
Jonas Clark, being duly sworn, saith that he was present and saw Angelica Vroman, named in the annexed declaration, married to Peter Vroman, also named in said declaration, and thinks it was in the year seventeen hundred and eighty four; that they were married at Schoharie, by a stranger to this deponent, and who was not a resident of the town of Schoharie, that there was no priest residing in Schoharie at that time that he can recollect of; that the said Peter Vroman died, he thinks, in the month of November last, and that the said Angelica Vroman has remained and still is his widow.
Sworn to and subscribed this 23 rd day of May 1839, before me David Miles Justice of the peace
Jonas Clark
I certify that the above named Jonas Clark is a person of veracity
State of New York Schoharie County, ss.
David Miles Justice of the peace
Anna Sawyer, being duly sworn, saith, that she attended the wedding of the above named Peter Vroman and Angelica Vroman which, she thinks, was in the year 1784, she does not know the name of the person who married them, nor does she know where he was from, but that he was not a resident of Schoharie where the marriage took place. She understood and believes that the said Peter Vroman died in the month of November 1838, and that the said Angelica Vroman has remained and still is the widow of the said Peter Vroman.
Sworn to and subscribed this 20 th day of May 1839 before me
David Miles Justice of the peace
Anna X Sawyer mark
I certify that the above named Anna Sawyer is a person of veracity
David Miles Justice of the peace

State of New York, Schoharie County, } ss.
George A. Lintner, Pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church of the town and county of Schoharie and State aforesaid, being duly sworn, saith that he has examined the Register of marriages of said Church, and cannot find therein recorded the marriage of Peter Vrooman to Angelica Vrooman named in the annexed affidavit Declaration: And he further saith that he has also examined the Register of marriages of the High Dutch Reformed Church of said town and cannot find therein recorded the marriage of the said Peter Vrooman to the said Angelica Vrooman and he verily believes that the marriage is not recorded in said town. N.B. the word "Petition" in the 8th line above was erased before sworn to
Subscribed and sworn this 27th day of May 1839 before me David Miles Justice of the peace G. A. Lintner
State of New York Schoharie County } ss. William M. Holton, Clerk of the county of Schoharie do hereby certify that David Miles before whom the affidavit of Josiah Clark and Anna Sawyer, within name, and the affidavit of George A. Lintner above named purport to have been taken, was on the day the taking hereof a Justice of the peace in & for said county and I further certify that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and would believe that the signature to the taking said affidavits and certificates under which to be genuine
Given under my hand and the Seal of said county this 27th day of May 1839.
William M. Holton, Clerk

State of New York Montgomery County } ss.
On this eighteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before John Hand Esquire, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Montgomery and State aforesaid, Angelica Vroman a resident of the town of Glen, County of Montgomery and State aforesaid, in the seventy third year of her age, 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 7th, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows," that she is the widow of Peter Vroman, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the time of his death. She further declares that she was married to the said Peter Vroman on the twelfth day of July Seventeen hundred and eighty four, at the town of Schoharie, now in the county of Schoharie and State aforesaid by a priest by the name of the Rev. Scuanaman who was said to belong to the town of Catskill now in the county of Green, in said State, there being at that time no settled minister in Schoharie, where she was married. That her husband the aforesaid Peter Vroman, died on the Twenty third day of November 1838. that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time above stated.
Sworn to and subscribed } her on the day and year above written } Angelica F. Vroman before me } mark John Hand a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Montgomery

I hereby certify that the within named Angelica Vrooman cannot, from bodily infirmity attend the court. She made her mark in subscribing the within declaration by reason of bodily infirmity - John H. Hand a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Montgomery
State of New York Montgomery county, } ss.
Peter V. Langer, being duly sworn saith, that the within named Peter Vrooman died at the town of Glen in said county on the 23 rd day of November 1838 - That he was a prisoner of the United States at the time of his death. That the within named Angelica Vrooman has not been married to anyone since the death of the said Peter Vrooman, but has remained and still is the widow of the said Peter Vrooman deceased.
Subscribed and sworn this } Peter V. Langer 18 th day of April 1839. } before me John H. Hand a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Montgomery
I certify that the above named Peter V. Langer is a person of veracity, and that the statements by him made in the above affidavit are entitled to full credit
John H. Hand a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Montgomery
State of New York Montgomery County Clerk's office ss.
I do hereby certify that the above named John H. Hand whose name is subscribed to the jurat of the foregoing affidavit re, was the day of the date thereof a Judge of Montgomery County Courts and duly authorized by Law to administer Oaths and that his signature subscribed to the same is genuine In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of my office the 19 th day of April 1839 A. J. Vrooman Clerk

X 5484. Angelica root Rejected
Lat. E. Holliday, Aug. 16: '39. let to same April 8 th 1843
ad 7. July 38

March 30th, 1899.
United States Pension Department,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you kindly advise me fully as to the records you have of Major Peter Vrooman and also Colonel Deitz, of Schoharie County, New York, both of whom served in the Revolutionary War?
I desire to join the "Daughters of the Revolution", and if you will kindly send me the above information so as to enable me to properly fill out the application blank which I now have, I shall feel under many obligations to you, and thanking you in anticipation, I am,
Very truly yours,
MRS. WILLIAM T. LINTNER.

Soldier H7.963
18673 Reg
P. O.
Angelica Vroman
Service: Widow of Peter
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
June 17 1899 M rs W m L. Putnam Georgetown Ky
See 8/03 class list (2) & rolls (2) to door Sept thru sec, Inbr W H G

Sir,
Schoharie March 28, 1839.
I herewith enclose the application of Angeline Vrooman for a pension.
I am respectfully Yours &c
Chas. Wolsey
James T. Edwards Esq Chair of An'ly

Copies of papers wanted for W. T. Hammond
William Ferguson } Albany roll Peter Noonan } act 32
Elisha Cady (not allowed) same
March 8 th 58

War Department Pension Office April 20, 1836
Sir,
On a re-examination of the papers upon which your claim to a pension under the act of June 7, 1832 was admitted, it appears from the rolls of Capt. Stubrack's company, recently obtained from Albany, that you served therein but about six months. You will return your pension certificate to this Office.
The Agent is directed to suspend payment of your pension.
I am respectfully Your Obdt. Servt. J. L. Edwards
60
240
Mr. Peter Noman
Glen
N. York
60
120
240
720

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Peter Nooman of the State of New York who was a private in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive Eighty 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 20 day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three
[Signature] Acting Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
[Signature] J. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Ho of Reps March 1 st '38
Sir,
The petition of Peter Vroom of N. York, inclosed, has been referred to the Com ee on Rev d Services and that you may know the grounds upon which it rests, I think it strictly proper to submit the same - asking its return, with such information as the files of your office may afford -
Very Resp y .
Yrs & J. L. Edwards
J. L. Edwards Esq.

Oct 3/52 Revolutionary Pension Angelica Vrooman
Suspended New York
Oct 5/52
filed 4 Oct 1852 P. E. Wassler attorney

Washington City D.C. Oct 24. 1852 Honorable J. C. Heath Sir. Commissioner of Pensions
As Attorney for the Revolutionary Pension of Peter Vrooman, I would respectfully call for a reexamination & increase of Pension = 1st, We find an order from Sr. Col. V. Vander dated Gaughnawaga - ordering Lieutenant Peter Vrooman to detach 15 men for 9 Months = we find that the order was obeyed & the names of the men given - this is from the original order on file with the papers =
2nd, We find a Pay roll of his = 9 Mo. as Lieutenant = an original one =
3rd, We have the evidence of Jacob Schoelcraft who was Pensioned Oct 1832 in Rolls of N.Y. =
4th, That the department recognized him as private for two years = whereas the proofs under the Lieutenant Colonel's own signature is that he was a Lieutenant or at least an Ensign & Lieutenant =
5th, Peter Vrooman was placed on the New York State Rolls, Oct 1832 = at $80. per annum as a private. I am respectfully,
F. C. Hassler

Washington Jan 1 1853
For Enclosed is a Power of Atty from Adria Vro- Vroman son of Peter Vroman who claims that his father's pension has been unjustly reduced An opportunity of examining the papers in this case is requested
Respectfully Your Obl Servt Vinal Luce
J. E. Hunt Esq Committee on Pensions

3 State of New York Schoharie County, }ss
Johan Jost Deitz in the seventy seventh year of his age being duly sworn saith, that he is well acquainted with Peter Vroman and was well acquainted with him in the revolutionary war and knows that the said Peter Vroman was a soldier of the revolution in Capt. Stibrachs company in Col. Vroman's regiment at Schoharie in said State from the spring of the year 1778, at different periods till in the fall of the year 1789, that this deponent was in the same company and regiment for a portion of each year of said and from what he knows of the said Peter Vroman's services he thinks his services would in all amount to as much as two years.
Johan Jost Deitz
Subscribed and sworn this day of February 1837 before me
(David Miles Bush of the peace)
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Johan Jost Deitz and that he is a man of veracity.
(David Miles Bush of the peace)

Sir:
Schoharie March 15, 1843.
In 1839, Bethiah Lumps, widow of William Lumps. Rachel Clayton, widow of Peter Clayton and Ang Angeline Vroman, widow of Peter Vroman each applied for a pension, and their claims rejected upon the ground that they were not widows at the time the act of 7 July 1838 was passed.
I now understand from your letter of the 8th inst. that by the Joint resolution of the 16th August last it extends the benefit of the act of July 7 '38 to widows whose husbands have died since the passage of that act.
How should either of the above widows renew their application with the what formality will then be required in such case.
I am very respectfully your obedt Servt
Elias Holliday
James V. Edwards Esq. Com. of Pensions

State of New York Schoharie County, } ss. Johan lost Dietz, in the 77 th year of his age being duty sworn saith that, that he resided at Schoharie during the Revolutionary War, and was a soldier in Capt. Stubrach's company in Col. Vrooman's regiment from 1778, at different periods till the close of the War; and that there were but two persons by the name of Vrooman in Capt. Stubrach's company, that he recollects of, to wit, Peter Vrooman, whose pension payment has been suspended, and an Uncle of his who is now dead.
Subscribed and sworn to this 25 th day of August 1837, before me
Johan lost Dietz
David Miles Just. of the peace
Testify that the above named Johan lost Dietz is a person of veracity
David Miles Just. of the peace.

State of New York
Schoharie county p
I, Abraham Kleyser, clerk of said county, do certify, that David Miles, Esq. before whom the within affidavit of Johan Jost Dietz purports to have taken, & by whom the within certificate is subscribed, was on the 25 th day of August 1837 a justice of the Peace in & for said county, duly commissioned & sworn. & that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said justice, & verily believe that his signatures subscribed to the taking of the said affidavit, & to the said certificate, are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the court of common pleas of said county, this 22 d day of September 1837.
A. A. Kleyser Clerk

To what time was Peter Vrooman, private, at $80, Act. 7 June, 1832, paid at Albany (York) Agency?
5 th March 1836
27

War Department, Pension Office, October 30, 1837
Sir, -
The additional evidence

State of New York, County of Schenectady, ss: Josias Smart of the City of Schenectady in said County being duly sworn deposeth, That he has been acquainted with Peter Vrooman of the Town of Glen in the County of Montgomery in the said State, ever since his birth was three years old. That said Vrooman formerly resided in the Town of Scho- harie in the then County of Albany, now Scho- harie, near the former place of residence of this deponent in Schoharie aforesaid, from whence this deponent about Forty Years ago removed to the said City of Schenectady his present place of residence. And this deponent further saith that he well knew the said Vrooman during the Revolutionary War, and that he served as a Soldier in Col: Peter Vrooman's Regiment of Militia, and in the Company commanded by Chris- tian Stubrach. That the said Vrooman served as a Soldier in the said Company & Regiment at various times from & including the greater part of the year One Thousand Seven hundred and Seventy Seven, until the year Seventeen hundred & Eighty two when Peace was agreed upon. That said Vrooman was a prompt, faithful & ardent Soldier always among the foremost in time of dan- ger & alarm, to which the Inhabitants of Schoharie, from its exposed situation, were

So frequently subjected from the incursions of the Indians & Tories, That deponent recollects well to have seen said Vrooman with said Company at the attack upon the Lower Fort at Schoharie by the Enemy under Sir John Johnson in the year 1780 where he acted with his accustomed bravery and that during the said period between 1777 & 1782 he has seen the said Vrooman on active duty as a Soldier in said Company at various times & places, though he cannot at this distant period recollect the precise times & places, Yet he feels fully satisfied & verily believes, that he has been engaged in actual service as a Soldier in said Company & Regiment during said period for at least two Years & upwards.
Sworn the 5 th day of November 1836
Josiah Sweet
Henry Van Ingen Commissioner of deeds.
I certify that Josiah Sweet the within deponent is a credible person, & that I am well acquainted with him —
Henry Van Ingen Commissioner of deeds.
STATE OF NEW-YORK, COUNTY OF SCHENECTADA. } ss. CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, Jonathan C. Burnham, Clerk of the County of Schenectady, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY— THAT Abraham Van Ingen Esq whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgement of the annexed instrument and thereon written, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a commissioner in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same: And further that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Commissioner, and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of proof or acknowledgement, is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my official seal, the fifth day of November A. D. 1836
J. C. Burnham CLERK.