Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,474, Jacob Wallace, New York

SERVICE
Wallace, Jacob
NUMBER _____
S. 23.474
CONTENTS

Albany 30.738
Jacob Wallace of Albany in the State of N. York who was a Pr. Dyer in the company commanded by Captain Delavan of the Regt. commanded by Col. Sheldon in the N. York line for
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 25 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of July 1836 and sent to Mrs. W. Taylor N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March '36. 125.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Sep. '36. 12.50 $137.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. } 28.1836
Recorded by D. Brown Book E. 2. Vol. 4 Page 81 Clerk,

1 st Brief N o 7808.
Jacob Wallau
In Vol 7 p 41 - $39.66 5 mo. & 28 days
16 Page 71
Col. Talmadge's certificate required
17 Sep 1832 20 Nov 1832
A. Smith Agent
39.66

No 7808.
BRIEF in the case of Jacob Wallace of Manlius of the County of Onondaga 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?
73 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.     May In 17 80. — more than 2 Years. As a private Gen. Capt. Selkirk, Col. Shaeffer  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Salem, Westchester County, New York —
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By traditionary Evidence. —
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Certificate of Clergyman wanting, —
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
James Ord
Examining Clerk.

State of New York Monroe County ss. James Wallen of the town of Penfield in said county of Monroe being duly sworn depoueth and saith that he this deponent is seventy three years of age that he is the brother of Jacob Wallen of the town of Mendon in the county of Onondaga in said state. That he this deponent resided with his father John Wallen from the commencement to the close of the Revolutionary war. That he this deponent re- ollects that said Jacob Wallen who likewise re- sided with his father in the town of Salem in the county of Westchester, was engaged in the service of the war of the revolution more or less from about the commencement until the close of the war. That this deponent recollects that said Jacob Wallen was several times called out in the mili- tia either drafted or volunteered but can not recollect the particular periods of his service in the militia, this deponent being at that time in ill health. And further this deponent saith that according to the best recollection of this deponent in the spring of the year 1780 the said Jacob Wallen enlisted into a company of horse under the command of Capt. Samuel DeLavan, and that he re- mained in said company of horse until near or quite the close of the war, and that during the time he was in said company of horse he the said Jacob Wallen was in actual service on half of the time, according to the best of his recollection.
Subscribed and sworn to this James Wallen 19 th day of November 1835 before me Nelson Root Jr.

State of New York Monroe County ss. I certify that Nelson Putnam is a Justice of the peace in and for said county and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his name sub- scribed to the within affidavit, purporting to be his, is genuine — Witness my hand and official seal this nineteenth day of November 1835
Samuel G. Andrews clerk

David Wallace
1808
See Vol 7 page
16.
11.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
State of New York
Onondaga County ss. On this eleventh day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Judge of the  Daniel Morely  219 in Vice Chancellor of the seventh circuit of the State of New York  at a court of Chancery now sitting at Onondaga in said County  at a court of Chancery now sitting at Onondaga in said County David Wallace a resident of Manhattan in said County aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, did 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 May 1780, being then a resident of Salem, in Westchester County State of New York, he there enlisted in Captain Samuel Delavan's Company of Volunteer Light Horse, or Dragoons, attached to Colonel Sheldon's Regiment, that he furnished himself with horse, equipage, arms, and accoutrements of all kinds, that he continued constantly employed in the service of watching the enemy, conveying intelligence, protecting the citizens from plunder and the like services in the immediate neighbourhood of the British lines in Westchester County, until the time that active hostilities ceased, which as near as this applicant can remember was late in the fall of 1781, that during the remainder of the time till 25 November 1783, he was frequently called to perform service, some part of the Company being in constant employ a portion of which was the protection of the citizens against Horse thieves, that on the said 25th November 1783, the day of the evacuation of the City of New York by the British, this applicant was called to accompany the Officers to New York, and was there verbally discharged from further duty; his said enlistment having been for the war; that, the first Lieutenant of the Company was Mandeville, the second Lieutenant Uriah Wallace, and the third was Van Miller;

That from 1776 to 1780, this applicant performed several turns of duty as a Militia soldier, some times with all the militia, at other times, was drafted, that at one period in that time he was called out three months under Captain Furniss and served in the neighbourhood of White Plains in said County of Westchester, but was discharged before the term expired; that in all this applicant has served more than two years in the United States Military service during the Revolutionary war, that he has no documentary evidence whether he ever had any that he recollects; that he was born in Salem in the County of Westchester State of New York in the year 1759, that he has no record of his age but has formerly seen one of his fathers, that at his entering into the service and up to the year 1800, he resided at the place of his nativity now called North Salem, that from 1800 to 1828 he resided in Chautauqua County and since 1828 at Manlius, in the County of Onondaga, that his services were always voluntary, and for himself, never as a substitute; that he was never once conversant with any Regiment except Sheldon's, that his discharge from service was verbal and he thinks was from Captain Delavans, that he has no documentary evidence of service, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service, that Abraham Close of Pompey, and Nathan Williams of Manlius are persons who know him in the neighbourhood where he now resides and who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid, the words "Daniel Moreley, &c." written by Erasure or interlined
Daniel Moreley Circuit Judge B Vice Chan. Clerk
J. A. Wall

We Abraham Close of Powney and Nathan Williams of Manlius hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Wallace, who has subscribed the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy three years of age, that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in their opinion. Dated 11 th September 1872.
Abraham Close Nathan Williams
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid
Daniel Mosley, Circuit Judge Vice Chancellor
He the said Jacob Wallace hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity, except the present and hereby declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State
Jacob Wallace
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 Abraham Close, and Nathan Williams who signed the preceding certificate, are residents of the town of Manlius in said County, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Daniel Mosley Vice Chancellor

Daniel T. Mosely Deputy Clerk of the Court of Chancery of the Seventh Circuit for the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Wallace for a pension —
D. T. Mosely Dep. Clerk
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal of office this 11 th day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty two —
Daniel T. Mosely Deputy Clerk

Production
23474
INVALID.
File No. 23,474
Jacob Willard Rev. Rev. Rev.
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 435
[Arrangement of 1870.]

W. O. W.
P. O. _____
Jacob Wallace
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____

New York Rev
Jacob Wallace
Suspended
let. A Sm. the 12 June
1833
let. to Rev. Wm. Taylor 21. Jany. 1836 " " Summ — 18 Feb "
11069
Act 7 June '32

W. Taylor

Resolved That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be instructed to enquire into the expediency of placing the name of Jacob Wallace upon the pension roll of the United States and that the papers herewith submitted be referred to said Committee —

Mr. A. B. Alms 29
Jacob Wallace Sp: acc d
J. L. Edwards Clem Pensions Pension Office Washington D. C.
Wm W Taylor J. A. R.

Sir
A bill granting a pension of twenty five dollars per annum to Jacob Wallace has passed both branches of Congress - I wish as soon as you shall be in poss- sion of the law you would send me a certificate - I think I shall be under the necessity of leaving here as early as Thursday week and I should be glad to have it before I leave -
I am Respectfully your Ob't Serv't W. Taylor
Hon J. L. Edwards
Washington June 28 th 1836

Jacob Wallace
March 1 1836
Ref d to the Committee on Rev d Pensions
March 21 1836
Bill — No. 444
Taylor

War Department Pension Office
February 10 th 1836
Sir
Agreeably to the request contained in your letter of the 7 th instant I herewith enclose the pension papers of Jacob Wallace and a copy of my letter on the subject under date of the 21 st ulto. You will please return a receipt for the papers
Respectfully
Your ob st serv t J. L. Edwards
Hon William Taylor Home Reps U.S.

JACOB WALLACE.
[To accompany bill H. R. No. 444.]
MARCH 21, 1836.
Mr. STORER, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made the following
REPORT:
The Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to which was referred the petition of Jacob Wallace, ask leave to report:
That it appears by the rolls in the War Department, that the petitioner served five months and twenty-eight days in the war of the revolution, as a private in Captain Delavan's company of dragoons, but has been refused a pension under the law of 1832, on the ground that it did appear on the rolls that he had not served six months. There are two affidavits on file, properly authenticated, which prove, in general terms, that the petitioner was in active service for a longer period than six months; but as the statements are not precise, the committee are not authorized in their judgment, to regard them as the evidence of a longer term of service than six months; and as the committee are satisfied there is sufficient proof for that period, they report a bill, and offer the following resolution:
Resolved , That the petition of Jacob Wallace for a pension be granted.

W.H.
Pension office.
Hon. William Taylor
No. Rep. no.

War Dept Pension office June 16. 1836
Sir
Agreeably to your request I have the honor to inform you that the full pension of a Dragoon is one hundred dollars pr. an m and that Jacob Wallace would have been entitled to a stipend of twenty five dollars pr. an m if the rolls of capt. Delavans Company had shewn that he served Six months - whereas he served but 5 mo. 28 days.
I have the honor to be very respt ly yr mo. ob st S t J. L. Edwards
Hon. W m Taylor Ho. Rep.

Papers from N. York
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Post Office
Washington City
175 7.50 1.66 134.16
A. Smith

Mauldin, 21 Feb 1833
Sir,
Accompanying this, are the Applications of of Caleb Pratt 7803
Lewis Swinton 7806
Jacob Wallau 7808
Jeremiah Potter 7810
Samuel Jones 7811
Horace Pickett 7816.
under act 7 th June 1832
- each having been connected by the Clerk with Ribbons & and each also accompanied by such additional & other documents as the nature of the Case requires, and as I suppose coming up fully to the description in the brief returned, excepting Jacob Wallau, who not having belonged to Sheldon Regiment but in an Independent Corps serving in the same neigh- borhood, and under only the general control of Sheldon he cannot procure Warrants, Certificates, but has returned Col. Tallmadge's letter showing how it was. I suppose it unnecessary to add that the Applicants are somewhat impatient of the delay already, and it will oblige them to be able to draw their money as early after 4 weeks as may be.
In Sept. last I forwarded the application of Sarah Keith of Pembury, & in November last that of Richard Townsend both residents of Pembury from neither of which I have rec d . returns.
Yours truly A. Smith
J. L. Edwards Esq.

A. Smith Esq
Sheffield Conn. Feb. 12. 1833
Sir,
I have before me your letter of the 7 th instant, & in answer to the four Queries therein contained, I remark,
1 st I do recollect the name of Capt. Delavan, who commanded a Corps of Volunteers, in the revolutionary war, belonging to the State of New York, Col. Sheldon's Dragoons (of which Reg t I was then the Major) frequently fell in with Capt. Delavan's Corps in the County of West Chester, in the course of the revolutionary war. 2 d Having no control over said Company, I never had a Roll of the Men who composed it. 3 d Having no Roll of Capt. Delavan's Company, of course I cannot tell whether the name of Jacob Wallace is on said Roll or not.

4 th Capt. Delavan's Company were not under the command of Col. Sheldon, in any other way than as an Officer of inferior rank is always under the command of his superior Officer whenever they come in contact with each other.
If Capt. Delavan's Company was called into service by Authority of the State of New York, I presume the Evidence of that fact, may be found in the Archives of that State.
I am your
Obedt. Servt.
Wm. Tallmadge

State of New York
County of Onondaga ss.
Jacob Wallace, applicant for a Pension under the act of 7 June 1832, being duly sworn, deposed & said, that when in his application he stated that he enlisted in Captain Delavan's company of volunteer light horse dragoons attached to Colonel Sheldon's Regiment; that he did not intend to be understood that Delavan's Company belonged to Sheldon's Regiment, but being both dragoons, it was attached to it, and were performing services some what similar and when together, as they occasionally were, Colonel Sheldon being Superior Officer, controlled Delavan's men; that having in a brief return from the War Department been required to support his pension by the certificate of Col. Pallmridge, he procured his agent A. Smith to write, who has recently received the annexed letter, which explains the circumstances of the Regiment of Sheldon & Company of Delavan, just as un- derstood & intended to be stated by this defment in his ap- plication. This defment further saith, that there is in the neighborhood of his present residence no clergy- man with whom he is acquainted, and that he did not understand that it was important whether he procured the certificate of a clergyman or another, or two reputable able persons, and that if requested he can procure the certificate of many others to the same effect as that of Nathan Williams & Abraham Close, whom he did procure
Subscribed & sworn this 18th day of February 1833
Jacob Wallace
before me A. S. May Justice of the Peace

State of New York Onondaga County
I Hanson Edwards Junior Deputy Clerk of the said County Do certify that Asa Kings Esquire 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 jurat of the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature Witness my hand and seal of Office this 20th day of February 1833.
In the absence of R. S. Hesp. Clerk. H. Edwards Jun. Dep. Clerk.
720

State of New York } County of Madison } fs.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace of the town of Cazenovia in the County & State aforesaid Nathaniel Ruler of the town of German in the Shen County, who being duly sworn made out & said that - he was 78 - years of age That. in & previous to the year 1780. he was in the Service of the United States in a Company of Horse Commanded by Captain Samuel Delyan . That in the year 1780 in the month of May. as near as he can recollect. Jacob Wallace then of Salem  enlisted into said Company Westchester County New York. That. the said Wallace continued in service in said Company. till after the British Army evacuated the City of New York in the fall of 1783 - That. the said Wallace was out when the rest of the company were out. and they were deemed in service all the time as much so as Sheldon's Horse (of the line). although at some times. a part of the Company were at times allowed to go back & recruit their horses - as were some of Sheldon's Horse at different times But. the precise length of each term of active service of the Company he cannot. recollect.
Nathaniel Ruler
Sworn before me this 14 th day of Dec r 1835 } Justice of the Peace } Shen County

Rev 152
24th CONGRESS, 1st Session.
H. R. 444.
MARCH 21, 1836.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Mr. STORER, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill:
An Act
A BILL
For the relief of Jacob Wallace.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That 3 the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, instructed to place 4 the name of Jacob Wallace, of New York, upon the pension 5 roll of revolutionary soldiers; and that he cause to be paid to 6 said Jacob Wallace the sum of twenty - five dollars per annum 7 during his natural life, commencing on the fourth day of March, 8 anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one.
Approved 28 th June 1836
A true copy compared with the Roll in this office.
Dept. of State June 30 th 1836
Albion P. Smith Chief clerk

HR. 444
Jacob Wallace
Albany } N. York } act 1832 roll - $25 per ann. to Commence 4 March 1831 act 28 June 1836
Hon. W. Taylor H.R.
- Com: on Pensions