Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42604, Peter Christian Voght, New York

SERVICE
New York
Vogt, Peter Christian
NUMBER
S. 42604
CONTENTS
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42 604
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 42, 604
Peter Christian Pogh Pi Her Inn
Act: 16 th March 16 th
Index: —Vol. 3 , Page 523
[Arrangement of 1870.]

This is to certify that the bearer hereof Peter Christian Served under my Command on the Continental Establish- ment in the Second New York Regiment and was Transferred from Captain Van Denburgh's Company the first of Nov r 1781- into Col o Armand's Light Horse by order of the Commander in Chief Near York in the State of Virginia - given under my hand the 20 th day April 1818
J. H. Wortman late Col o 2 N.Y. Regt.

Peter Christian Vogt otherwise called Peter Christian. Affidavit of his enlistment for and during the war in the year 1777 & serving until its termi- nation —
of the name Peter in the resolution for
Admiral
John Brown Committee
Peter Christian Vogt Peter Van Bentham Schuyler 1777 to 1783 11. June 1818

of the united States in the revolution war
Peter Christian Vogt pair. Van Courtland N York reg. 1777 to 1783 11 April 1818
H. John Constable
Admitted.
John Christian Vogt Attorney at law Christian. Applicant of his settlement for and during the war in the year 1777. & being until its term. notice —

County of West Chester } State of New York -- } ss.
Personally appeared before me H. John Constant One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of West Chester and State of New York Peter Christian Vogt otherwise called Peter Christian of the Town of Cortlandt in the County of West Chester aforesaid and State aforesaid. and being duly sworn deposeth and saith that in the year 1775 He enlisted as a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Benedict for six months & served his time out That this Deponent again enlisted under Captain Ezekiel Hyatt for eight months and served that time and was discharged. That this Deponent again enlisted in the year seventeen hundred & seventy seven for and during the War in the Continental Establishment in Captain Stewarts Company in Colonel Du Bois Regiment in the State of New York that upon the Reduction of that Regiment he was transferred to to Captain Vandenburghs Company in Colonel Philips Cortlandts Regiment and served as a Private in that Regiment until the Capture of Lord Cornwallis Army in Virginia when he was drafted in Colonel Armagh, Troop of Horse and continued in that Troop of horse until after the termi- nation of the War when he was discharged — This Deponent further saith that he is now in the fifty ninth year of his age & that his discharge is worn out and lost & that he is in indigent & reduced circum- stances and needs the Assistance of his Country for support —
Sworn & Subscribed be- fore me this 11 th day of April 1818 — H. John Constant
his Peter the Vogt mark

I H John Constant one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Westchester do certify that on the Eleventh day of April 1818 the within named Peter C Vought personally known to me - appeared before me and made oath to the facts set forth in the within affidavit by subscribing by affixing his mark there to - and I am fully satisfied of the truth and correctness of the same and that Peter C Vought is entitled to the provisions contained in the act of Congress passed the 18 th day of March 1818 to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war
Attest the it of my hand this 11 th day of April 1818
John
H John Constant
11 th day of April 1818

7636 New York.
Peter Christain Voght Cortlandt in the state of N. York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Van Cortlandt of the New York line, for the term of 6 years - Nov
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 th of April 1810 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th of March 1819 and sent to St. John Constant, Esqr Pekskill, N. York
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 10 \frac{20 \frac{4}{30}}{30} 06. 36
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 - 40. 00.
$ 134 36
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued Westchester County -
This is to certify that the above is a true copy of the original as shown to the Rev. John Constant, Esqr Pekskill, N. York

Peter Christian Vogt
N o 18
7626
Coastlands Wiltshire Co
15 Mar '19
NY
[Large handwritten letter O]

Westchester County Com. Pleas, ss State of New York
At a Court of Common Pleas held at the Court house at Bedford in and for the County of Westchester before the Judges of the said Court on the fourth Monday in September, in the Year One thousand Eight hundred and Twenty
PRESENT the Honorable William Jay Jonathan Ferris Stephen B. Hoffman Esq rs Judges of said Court
Westchester County ss. Be it Remembered, That on the Twenty Fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in the said Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of Record with unlimited Jurisdiction as to amount and proceeding according to the course of the Common Law in open court, the said Court being a court of record for the state of New York.
Peter C. Wright aged Sixty three years, resident in the town of Cortlandt in the said County of Westchester who being first duly Sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: That he enlisted in the service of the United States in the said War, the Eleventh of June or July 1775 for six Months in Capt n Benedict's Company in a Regiment of which Philip Van Cortlandt was Lieut. Colonel, in which Regiment he served out the period of his Enlistment as a private Soldier, Afterwards in the Year 1776, he enlisted in a Company commanded by Ezekiel Hyatt in Col o Mac Dougall's Regiment for eight Months which Term he also served in said Regiment, & was at the Battle at White Plains, in the S d County of Westchester, in October in the Year 1776 Afterwards in December 1776 he enlisted in a Company, commanded by one Stewart, in the Fifth Regiment of the New York Line, commanded by Col o Dubois in which Reg t he served until the same became reduced when he went into the Reg t commanded by Philip Van Cortlandt, in which he served until after the Capture of Cornwallis at York Town when he was drafted into Col o Aramanti's corps of Dragoons, in which he served until discharged in November 1783 at Little York in Pennsylvania.
and that his original declaration is dated the Eleventh day of April one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen and that his pension certificate is No. Seven Thousand, six hundred & Thirty six

AND I do solemnly Swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, to wit:
No other property except my wearing apparel besides about Thirty Dollars of the Money received by me for my pension. That I have no trade, that I have no family beside myself. that I am disabled to earn my living by day labour, by means of my age, & having been wounded in my thigh at the Battle of White Plains, and also a wound in my Back.
Sworn in open Court
this 25 th day of Sept r . 1820
Before me
Signica Peter C his Voght mark
J. M. [unclear] Clerk

I,
William Pequa
Clerk of the Westchester Common Pleas
Do hereby certify, That the foregoing Deposition and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Thirty Dollars
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this fifth day of October 1820
Wm. Pequa Clk