Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10694, Jacob Tremper, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New York
Tremper, Jacob
R 10694
CONTENTS

12.049
sent to David Ely agent
+ 87-

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Jefferson County, }
ON this 11 th day of September 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County, now sitting, Jacob Thompson a resident of Lyons in said County, aged 73 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, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as here-in stated. Resided at Rhinebeck Flats, Dutchess County New York & in 1776. Volunteered to take care of the Hay, Waggons & Ammunition in the fall of the year. Served regularly as a volunteer during Eighteen Months. Started to take some prisoners to Boston, but before he reached Boston was ordered back; when we came back the British were coming up the North River towards New York. Stopped twelve miles at Poughkeepsie. Then found Genl. Putnam's Army after Burgoyne had surrendered in 1777. Spent up a short week at Rhinebeck in Maj. Radcliff's Ord. The British shipping lay in the North River about above West Point, fired at the West Point fort, finally landed on the west side of the River through Esopus. After the British returned to New York, there was long continued the parties against the Indians & Tories. After the expiration of the 18. Months Service as above stated, left the Army of Putnam's Army, I continued in the Service until the Year 1781. during the course of the time, I was at Esopus, Woodstock, Packerstockton a painted post, P'keepsie. Never was in any Battle. During the time I was under Capt. Jacob Thompson, Maj. Briscoe, Col. Pauding. Was born at Rhinebeck in Dutchess County in the Year 1759. Never received any discharge in writing. Have no documentary evidence. At present my age. Resided in Dutchess then went to Ulster County Esopus. Then went to Jefferson County Resided in Lyons since then.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Jacob Tremper
P. Burchard Clerk
We, Nathan Rathburn  a Clergyman , residing in the Town of Brownville  Oregon in said County, and Hannanus Philips residing in Syracuse — hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jacob Tremper who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 73 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 to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Hannanus Philips
P. Burchard Clerk
N. Rathburn
And the said Court 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 Nathan Rathburn who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman , resident in the town of Brownville and that Hannanus Philips who has also signed the same, is a resident in Syracuse and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, PELEG BURCHARD , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Tremper for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the Court, this eleventh day of September 183 2
P. Burchard Clerk

Jacob Trumpf
Admiral Ely advis
Comm of Pensions Please let Th. Lumpkin Esq of Washington City examine the papers on file in this case
Admiral Ely
March 1853
J. Lumpkin

State of New York
Jefferson County ss Jacob Tremper a resident of Orleans in the County aforesaid being sworn deposes and says that his father Jacob Tremper was a soldier of the Revo- lution and in 1833 made a declaration for pension under the Law of June 7. 1832 and appointed Adriel Ely of Watertown in the County aforesaid his attorney He further deposes & says that his father the aforesaid Jacob Tremper died without obtaining said pension & that said claim is on file as one of the suspended cases. He therefore as one of the children of the said Jacob Tremper desires he does hereby constitute and appoint Adriel Ely of Watertown his true & lawful attorney with full power of sub- stitution to prosecute the claim to a pension for the children of the said Jacob Tremper deceased
Sworn & subscribed & acknowledged
before me this 21 day of
Jacob Tremper
February 1853
Ralph Gurnee Justice of the peace

State of New York,
JEFFERSON COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE,
{ ss W. E. Massie Deputy,
I, JOHN L. MARSH, Clerk of the County of Jefferson do hereby certify that Ralph Guance Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking such affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same; and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of such Justice, and verily believe his signature thereto is genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of said County, this 8th day of March 185 3
W. E. Massie Dep. Clerk.

No. 12049
Guad Tempe
Obj. 6, 11, 12, 13, 17
21 Refe 32 10 Abc 33
P 352
Adrian Ely
Watertown
Jefferson Co.
W.Y.

No 12049
BRIEF in the case of  Jacob Thempson of Lysine  County of Jefferson  in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Before a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy three years, 73  4. State his service, as directed in the form 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Volunteered in the Fall In 1776 - Mountmoll Station 1 6 - private no officers named  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Not any  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Rhinebeck Flatz. New York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. B. Wirt Examining Clerk.

May 27, 1935.
Mrs. Jessie Marquette Green 1289 Belle Avenue Cleveland, Ohio.
BA-J/III Jacob Mariquart S. 22892 Jacob Tromper R. 10694
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Jacob or John Tromper, and Jacob Marquette, or Marquart, soldiers of New York.
A search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no record found of claim for pension on file based upon service of a John Tromper. The records of Jacob Tromper and Jacob Marriquart, pensioned Mariquart, have been found; these records are furnished herein as shown in the papers on file in said claims, based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
JACOB MARIQUART- S. 22892.
Jacob Marriquart was born May 26, 1764; the place of his birth and names of his parents are not shown.
He served first in 1778, or 1779, in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, nine months as a guard under Lieutenant Thomas Lewis, a part of the time at the jail, and also as guard to Governor George Clinton. After this, he enlisted and served six months as private under Lieutenant Francis Kipp, stationed in Westchester County, and three months in Captain Samuel Concklin's New York company; subsequently, he enlisted and served four months as private in Captain Andrew White's company, Colonel Weisenfels' New York regiment, during which service he assisted in capturing and hanging a spy near Schuyler's Mill; he was discharged from service sometime after the surrender of Cornwallis, specific date not given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 30, 1833, at which time he resided in Cochecon, Sullivan County, New York. He had resided there about twenty-two years, previous to which he had

resided fourteen or fifteen years in Neversink, Sullivan County, New York.
Jacob Marriquart died January 4, 1844.
There is no reference to wife or children of the soldier in this pension claim.
JACOB TREMPER-R. 10694.
Jacob Tremper was born in the year 1759, in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York; the names of his parents are not shown. He resided during the period of the Revolutionary War in Rhinebeck Flats in said Dutchess County; later, he resided in Esopus, Ulster County, New York, from which county he moved to Jefferson County, New York.
On September 11, 1832, while a resident of Lyme, Jefferson County, New York, he applied for pension which might have been due on account of his service in the Revolutionary War. He stated then that he volunteered about September 1, 1776, served as a private in Captain Jacob Tremper's (his uncle's) company, Colonel Pawling's New York regiment, was stationed on the North River until the following spring, then guarded prisoners to Boston, that he was in a sharp skirmish at Nine Partners, was at Esopus when it was burned, and continued to serve until February or March 1778; that subsequently, he was called out at various times, amounting to about two months, under Captain Van Renschoten and Colonel Pawling, at Woodstock, Painted Post and at other places, and was in the service until 1781; specific date of discharge from service not shown. He stated also, that his uncle, Captain Jacob Tremper, died in August 1777, after which Ensign Steenbar (possibly meant for Van Steenberg) was in command.
His claim for pension was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of service as required by the pension laws under which he applied.
In 1853, Jacob Tremper, one of the surviving children of the

soldier, was a resident of Orleans, Jefferson County, New York. He stated then that his father was deceased, but did not give the date of his death, nor the name of his mother or names of other children.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILIER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Deputy Sheriff Jacob Tremper
Admiral Ely Watertown Agent

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jacob Temp. which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? No No VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 5th
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 the 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.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.
A very full & detailed account of service is necessary in all cases to substantiate a claim when there are no living witnesses

New York Rev.
Jacob. Sremper
Rejected
let to A. Ely 8 Aug 31 let to A. Ely 25 June '32
10694
Act. 7 June '32

Cleveland, Ohio, May 6, 1935.
The Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
The Adjutant General's Office has suggested that I refer to your department for possible information concerning certain revolutionary war records I should like to know whether you have any records pertaining to the receipt of pensions or land bounties by either Jacob or John Tremper , or by Jacob Marquette . These were residents of Duchess County, New York. The name "Marquette" may not be exactly the way it appears on the old records, as I find it variously spelled Marquart, Marquat, etc.
I shall very greatly appreciate any possible information, or suggestion, which you may be able to give me, as I am attempting to trace my genealogy, my maiden name having been Marquette, and I find references to the names of the above parties in the early family records.
Sincerely,
Mrs Jessie Marguette Green
1289 Belle Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.

1895 May 27 - sent to Mrs. Francis M. G. ... J.L.R.
10,694 P.O. Jacob Tremper
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P.O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Watertown N. Y. May 2 nd 1833
Sir
I herewith forward the claim of Jacob Kempner for a Pension corrected
Yrs
Respectfully
Admiral By
Hon J. L. Edwards Comg of Penna

to E. H. Ely A. C.
Rec. Vol. 33 pa. 20.

War Department Pension Office June 25 1834
Sir The papers of Jacob Trumper have again been examined - The different statements made by the applicant at variance with the service described no support by any evidence in the Department - If the claim be persistent in it will in order to being allowed it will be necessary to sustain it by proof
The papers remain on file
A. Ely Admiral Ely Esq. Wolcottown New York

A Ely
8 Aug 33
OL
Rec Vol 9
Page 429

War Dept Pension Off. Aug. 8. 1833
Sir
The claim of Jacob Tranziker has been examined & disallowed - There is no evidence of any service, undated during the Rev. war corresponding with that alleged by him - There is too a palpable discrepancy between the term claimed for in the first & 2 nd declaration - If he should renew his application, he should state the period of and  each term of each hour of service the names of officers - Where stationed or marched - that his service was in an embodied corps in the field or garrison & that he was not engaged in any civil pursuit during  for the time claimed for. It will also be necessary to prove his service for it can not be admitted that a claimant still residing in New York is unable to prove a long term of service within the limits of that state - His papers are placed on file
A. T. June
A. Ely Esq. Watertown - N.Y.

Watertown August 24. 1833
Sir
I have before me yours of the 8 th instant, in which you deny a Pension to Jacob Tremper, on the ground that there was no service corresponding with that for which he claims rendered during the Rev. War - and also that there is a discrepancy between his two declarations. To show that Mr. Tremper is honest in his declaration I forward you several affidavits of his neighbors, two of whom, are Justices of the Peace, and that of Mr. Shield one of the first men of the Village of Brownville - There can be no doubt that Tremper has done a great deal of service - there is a great difficulty in stating this his claims, owing to a want of Memory, occasioned by age and a constitution broken down in the service of his Country - I also send his affidavit detailing more particularly some of his services - Were he to make application in person to you. I know that you would be satisfied of his Honesty and service and grant him a Pension in accordance with the Spirit of the Law - although it might be impossible for him to comply with your regulations - He is needy - he declares declares his services to have been very arduous in the Rev. struggle - he is in infirm health and a broken down man - a man of strict truth and integrity and if denied this claim may be soon hastened out of a world in which he has done much for his Country - He will accept the smallest amount you may think him entitled to by Law - I take the Liberty to request you to review his case & bear in mind his good character & the place where he lived during the War & that no true American could have then lived without performing much service and grant him such Pension as you may think he is justly entitled to Yr ob. Servt Adriel Ely Hon. J. L. Edwards

State of N. York
Jefferson County Is
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said County Samuel Lockwood Esq Stephen Fisher Henry N. Hills William Clark James Hall Milton Fisher
Who being duly sworn do severally testify that they are the neighbors with right of Jacob Tremper and have been acquainted for several years that the said Tremper is in their opinion a man of strict truth and veracity. that his statements are entitled to the fullest confidence and belief that it is was their opinion from conversations had with the Dr Tremper previous to the passage of the pension act of 1832 that he was engaged in the military service of his country during the revolutionary war that in their opinion it would be very difficult for him at his advan- ced age and feeble state of health to perform a journey of several hundred miles in pur- suit of evidence of actual service and from the length of time the said Tremper has been from the place of his nativity and separated from his revolutionary comrades they believe that said Tremper does not know of any living person who can testify to said service
Sworn and subscribed to this 24 th day of Augt 1833 J. J. Gage Justice of the Peace
Henry N. Hills Samuel Lockwood William Clark James Hall Milton Fisher Stephen Fisher
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above deponents and that they are all credible persons I am also well acquainted with Jacob Tremper and consider him a man of truth and veracity J. J. Gage of Peace

State of New York Jefferson County ss. I, Polycarpus Burchard Clerk of the said County do certify that J. P. Kirtland Esq. before whom the within affidavit and certificate of confirmation purport to have been sworn, was on the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County and that I am ac- quainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and certificate to be his proper hand and seal and signature. Witness my hand and the seal of the said County this 24 th day of August. 1833. J. Burchard Clerk

State of New York
Jefferson County ss. Personally appeared before the Subscriber Justice of the Peace in the County aforesaid James Shields Esqr. of the Village of Brownville aged 53 Years or more who being duly sworn according to law deposes that he is well acquainted with Jacob Tremper who is an applicant for a pension that he has been thus acquainted with him about twenty eight years, and that the said Jacob is a man of unquestionable integrity and his character for truth and veracity perfectly good. The said James do further testify that from frequent conversations with the said Tremper at various times and sev- eral Years previous to the passage of the Act of June 1832 I en- tertained the belief that the said Tremper had performed many Military services during the Revolutionary War I consi- der his statement entitled to the fullest confidence and belief
Sworn and subscribed to this 20 th day of Aug. 1833
J. Shields
before me M. P. Jackson Justice
I do hereby certify that James Shields who has subscribed the above affidavit is one of our most respectable citizens and that he is a credible person
M. P. Jackson

State of New York Suffolk County
I, Poley Burckhard Clerk of the said County do certify that Mr. F. Jackson Esq. before whom the within affidavit and certificate, purport 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 then and there acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe his name subscribed to the same to be his proper handwriting and signature. Witness my hand and the seal of the said County this 24 th day of August 1833.
P. Burckhard Clerk

State of New York Jefferson County ss }
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in the county aforesaid Jacob Tremain, 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 period mentioned below, and in the following grades.
For One Year, and Eight Months I served as a Private and for such service claim a Pension. I lived at Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, N. Y. during the Rev. War, and at that place about the 1 st Sept. 1776 volunteered a private in Capt Jacob Tremain's Coy. William Stuyvesant Lieut. & John Stuyvesant Ensign in Major Paulding's Battalion New York State Troops Immediately marched to North River to Major Adley's Dock and was then stationed to keep guard over the munitions and forage which was then collected by order of Admiral Graves and remained there on duty till the Spring when the Army was sent on board of Stoops & carried down to New Point and the Ammunition sent to the Army against Burgoyne. Some British Prisoners having been bro't across the river I was detailed to form a portion of the guard to take them on to Boston & marched with the Prisoners. At a Place called Stuyvesant the Prisoners rose upon us and we had a severe skirmish & killed one & shot another through the ankle before we could subdue them. Our guard was then increased & news having been received that the British were coming up the river. Several of us were ordered back and joined our company at a place on the W. River opposite Esopus, where Genl Patnam & his Troops joined us. The British had burnt M c Stuyvesant's Mills at Poughkeepsie on the way up & we expected them to land but had thrown up Breast work in Redbank, or Red Bank & succeeded in preventing their Landing - although there was a great deal of firing at us - they then landed on the other side of the River and went to Esopus - this I think was in October 1777 - the British soon re-

turned to New York and I was kept on duty to assist in guarding the Country against the British and Tories till sometime in February or March 1778 when I was dismissed - I recollect Col Henry Livingston and Genl Putnam of the Continental Army & Genl Patnam's Troops - there were no Militia Regts in service with us - After I was discharged in 1778 I was more or less of the time in actual service till 1781 performing short tours of duty many of which I cannot now recollect they were all performed as a Private in Capt Jeremiah Col. Major Benschente & Colo. Paulding's Regt N.Y. Troops and I remember of turning out on alarms occasioned by Indians & Tories painted as Indians - One tour to Esopus of not less than two Weeks - One of not less than Sixteen Days to Woodstock - one of Eleven days to Painted Post - one of four Days to Pochalague and some others - In all not less than two Months in these different tours - I was for guard to one Daniel Taylor a Spy who was seen to swallow a Silver Ball which was got through him & in it was a letter to Genl Burgoyne - I saw a Skunk hanging on an apple tree in Hurly, Ulster Co. New York - At the time I made my application the Clergyman nearest to me lived in Olive seven Miles distant & this is the reason why I did not obtain the affidavit of a Clergyman - I know of no living witness to my services nor have I any documentary evidence nor did I ever receive a written discharge Sworn and subscribed to this 10 th day of May 1833 before me David Lee Justice of the Peace
Jacob J. Jempler

State of New York
Suffolk County ss
I, Peleg Burchard Clerk of the said County do certify that Daniel Lee Esqr before whom the foregoing 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 writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper handwriting and signature
Witness my
hand and seal of Office this 2 nd day of March 1833
Peleg Burchard Clerk.
Wm David. Findley Dep't Clerk.

State of New York Suffolk County
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Suffolk Jacob Trempner who being duly sworn deposes and says, That he was in actual service in garrison or Field for Eighteen Months in continuance - That this Corps was raised by request of Admiral Sitgreaves - or Admiral Evans as he was then called - Major Paulding soon after Col Paulding gave orders to the different Capt's in his Reg't to turn out five Men as this deponent believes from each company - and that the Companies were ordered out and called upon to see who would volunteer and that this deponent then by request of Capt. Jacob Trempner, who was Uncle to this deponent volunteered in said service - Jacob Trempner had command of the forces - Capt Trempner died he thinks in August 1777 after this deponent had been in service about Eleven Months - Lieutenant Stantenburgh having left this service Ensign Stumber had the command - during part of the time Major Paulding was with us and took the command - Was with us when Esopus was burned - that he can not better detail this service than has been already done - This deponent further testifies that during the time stated in his declaration he was not engaged in any civil pursuit but was in a regular embodied corps - That he has heretofore made attempts to prove his service having written three Letters to different persons who if alive would give testimony to the above Eighteen Months Service - These were written more than a year ago and have never been answered - I know of no person living who knew me in service - but I think I can prove it if my life is spared and health permits me to go Rhinebeck Flats Dutchess Co. which is about 260 Miles from where I now live -
Of the two Months claimed for short tours under Capt Benschoten - two weeks was a tour to Esopus to which place we marched from Rhinebeck Flats crossing the River on Barclay's Ferry employed in guarding the place against Indians or Tories painted as Indians After this in same Co. a same Reg't 16 days to Woodstock which is 10 Miles West of Esopus town in the Mountains

When we took up some Tories - one by the name of John Karl by order of Col Paulding was hung by the neck to a sapling tree bent down for the purpose in order to make him disclose some information it was supposed he was possessed of - he refused to tell & Col Paulding told us to let the tree spring back - which came so near killing him - that we had to bleed him with a pen knife to bring him to life - soon after we were called out again and marched immediately to Painted Post about thirty Miles from Esopus under the same officers and were there eleven days - our company consisted of about thirty men. We were employed in guarding the passes of Tories & Indians and to remove a few families who lived there in the Mountains conveying information to the British and subversary their intent in every possible way. I was also four days to Pockatocke on another tour under same officers - besides several shorter tours I called them all not less than two months . I consider that I have procured the best evidence in my power, with my present abilities and health. Sworn and subscribed to this 24 th day of August 1833 before me.
Jacob Tremain M c Knight First Judge of Sup er ior County Courts
State of New York Sup er ior Court of Ulster Co. J. S. Kellogg Burchard Clerk of the said County do. certify that Calm M c Knight Esq r , before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken, was in the day of the date of the said affidavit first Judge of Sup er ior County Courts, and further that I am acquainted with his handwriting and rightly believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be the proper handwriting of the said Judge. Witness my hand and the seal of the said County this Twenty fourth day of August 1833.
J. Burchard Clerk