Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14759, Garret Vanfleet, New Jersey

SERVICE
New Jersey
Vanfleet Garret
NUMBER
S14759
CONTENTS
buried

8963 1769
New York
Garret Van Fleet
of Canajoharie in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Jones, of the Regt. commanded by Col. Mahan in the N.Y. militia line for 10 mo 1 day.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 33 Dollars 44 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of May 1833 and sent to A Gould Auburn
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $66.88 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. 16.72
$83.60
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book C Vol. 4 Page 34

Garset Van Fleet
11769
admitted 10 months 1 day Private
10

State of New York } County of Cayuga } ss. John Corson of Seneca in the County aforesaid being duly sworn says That he is aged Seventy three years on the fifteenth day of January last (as near as he now recollects) That he was well acquainted with Garrit Vanfleet of Onondaga in said County during the Revolutionary war, and he is now well acquainted with him, that the said Garrit Vanfleet Resided in Reading- town in the County of Hunterdon in the State of New- Jersey, during the Revolutionary War, and this deponent now recollects that the said Garrit and this deponent served as Soldiers in the militia at South Amboy in New Jersey in the Summer of the year 1776, they served in the same company with each other the names of the officers this deponent does not now recollect nor can this deponent now say whether the said Garrit Vanfleet then served three months or less, but this deponent well recollects that he this deponent then served two months and this deponent thinks that the said Garrit Vanfleet had served one month previous to the time this deponent entered the service and remained in the service and was discharged (as this deponent believes) at the same time that deponent was discharged, and further This deponent saith not
Subscribed & sworn to September 10 th 1832 before me
Cornelius Grykendall Justice of the peace
John Corson
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named John Corson and that he is entitled to full credit as a witness
Cornelius Grykendall

State of New York Cayuga County
3 rd ss I Michael S Myers Clerk of said County do certify that Cor- nelius Buykendall before whom the foregoing affidavit was made was on the day of the date thereof and still is a justice of the peace in and for said County - that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said justice and believe his signature to the affidavit to be genuine Witness my hand and the seal of said County the 25 th day of September AD 1852
M. S. Myers

State of New-York, Cayuga COUNTY, } ss.
On this 25 th day of September A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga and state of New-York, now sitting, Garret Van Klief a resident of Onondaga in the County of Cayuga and State of New-York, aged 76 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 7th, 1832: — That he entered the service under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: — That in the month of April A.D. 1776 Then being a resident of the township of Readingtown in the County of Hunterdon & State of New-Jersey, he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in the Com- pany commanded by Captain Thomas Jones & Lieutenant Henry Cook off in the Regiment commanded by Col. John Mahelm and Major Sidney Berry as he believes that he marched with said company to Sparta and from thence to Amboy, from thence with a part of said Regiment he crossed to Staten Island where he remained about three weeks and was employed in building a fort, during said term, from thence he returned to Amboy where he continued until the ex- piration of five weeks from the time of entering said service when he was discharged and returned home. He further declares that from the month of July A.D. 1776 to the month of December following he was in said service in different companies of militia a term of four months; that the two first months he was stationed at Amboy, during the first of said months he served in the company of Captain Joseph Hankinson, and the last of said two months he served in the company of Captain Benjamin Allaga. that during the two last of said months he was stationed at Elizabethtown, one month under Captain John Stilwell and the other under Captain Rineheart, that he was part of the time under Colonel John Mahelm and the rest of the time under Colonel Joseph Beavis, that his Lieut. Col's names were John Pinn- brook and Abraham Bunnell. He further declares that in the month of January A.D. 1777 he was again called

into said service in case of alarm in the company of militia commanded by Captain John Peterson and Lieut Edward Willimotte in Col John Taylor's Regiment that he marched with said company to Dykenses Mills from thence to Bon Brook on the Raritan River, thence he returned to Dykenses Mills where he was discharged having served a term of two weeks, that he returned home and continued a few days, and again entered said service in the same company and Regiment and was stationed on the Raritan River as a guard for a term of two weeks. He further declares that on the fifteenth or sixteenth of June A.D 1777 he again entered said service in the company of militia commanded by Capt Moses Esty, in Col Taylor's Regiment, that marched first to the forks of the Raritan River where he continued about one week, from thence about five miles below, from thence to Piscataway and joined the detachment under General Hand. from thence to Bonamtown to attack a small British fort, from thence to Raritan River, and from thence he returned home having served two weeks or more. He further declares that in the month of August A.D 1777 he again entered said service in the company of militia commanded by Captain John Stilwell in the Regiment commanded by Col Taylor as he believes, that he marched with said company to Elizabethtown where he was stationed and continued to serve a term of three months that he served part of the time under Captain Richards and part of the time under Col Joseph Beavers, he further says that during the aforesaid four months service from the month of July to the month of December A.D 1776 he served two of said months as a substitute for his father

And also part of the time during the said three months service, that the militia were called out in monthly tours one half one month and the other half the next, and that when it came his father's turn to go out in said service he went as his substitute, he further says that after the close of his first monthly tour in the fall of 1877 he returned home, and whilst at home he was called upon to enter said service for a few days in guarding a company of refugees who had been taken prisoners, and were then at the Dykenses Mills, that he removed with said prisoners to the "white horse" and from thence to Trenton Prison, from thence he was employed in guarding a number of ammunition wagons from Trenton to Springfield by the way of Princeton Millstone Court House and Elizabethtown, from Springfield he returned home having served a term of two weeks or more, he further says that soon after his return he again entered service and served a term of two months as above mentioned - he further says that he never received a regular written discharge from said service

and that he has no other documentary proof of said services than the accompanying That whilst in said service he saw and knew the following named officers to wit Gen Washington, Lord Sterling, Gen Reed & others
He hereby relinquishes all claim to a pension except the present and due and that his name is not on the pension roll of any State or territory -
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Asahel Fitch judge
Garret Langert

We, Israel Hammond a clergyman residing in Onondaga in Carmen County and Powell J. Hammond residing in the same town hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Garret Van Fleet who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding declaration; that we believe him to be 76 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood 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.
Israel Hammond
Asahel Fitch judge
Powell J. Hammond
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 Israel Hammond who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in Onondaga and Powell J. Hammond who has also signed the same, is a resident in Onondaga and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Asahel Fitch judge
I, Michael S. Myers Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Onondaga and 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 Garret Van Fleet for a pension.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court the 25 th day of September AD 1832
M. S. Myers

11769
Garset Van Flut
admitted.
10 mo. 1 day Private.

BRIEF in the case of  Garrel Vanfleet  6 th of Cayuga in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 76 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.     April In 1776 1 5 Private Gen. Jno. M c Wharm   July 1776 2 " Gen. H. Kears   1776 1 " Col. Sturdivant   1776 1 " Col. P. Schuyler   1777 14 " Col. Taylor   June 1777 14 " Col. Taylor   Aug t 1777 14 " Col. Taylor   Aug t 1777 3 14 " Col. Taylor  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? 30 one  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hunterdon Co. N Jersey  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary & living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Cutts Examining Clerk.

Rehas
14759 INVALID.
am
File No. 14 759
Garret Vanfleet
Pris New York
Act: June 7 th 32
Index: Vol. 1 , Page 389
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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