Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14717, Richard Tripp, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Tripp Richard
S 14 717
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2420
New York
Richard Tripp of Greenville in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Alger of the Regt commanded by Col VanWyck in the New York line for 13 months,
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 50 Dollars Cents per ann to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Novem ber 1832 and sent to Lewis Wakely Greenville, Green Co N.Y.
Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832) — $ 75 00 Semizant. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 25 00 $ 100.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by John Cromwell Clerk Book D Vol. 5 Page 144

State of New-York County of Greene } ss
On this fifth day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting Richard Tripp a resident of Greenville in the County of Greene and State of New York aged Seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth in his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832; That he entered the service under the following named officers and served as herein stated That on or about the fifth day of April of the year 1775 he was drafted at Fishkill in the County of Dutchess and State of New York to serve in the Militia of said State for the term of six months. That he entered the service and served in the company commanded by William B. Algeo in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Cornelius Van Wyck. That the Ensign in said Company was Cornelius Melick. That the said Company and Regiment was formed some time previous to his entering the service. That he joined the said Company and Regiment at West Point in said State and continued to serve there until the expiration of his said term of enlistment in the fall of said year when he was regularly discharged at West Point aforesaid. That on the same day that he received his discharge he enlisted again at the place aforesaid for the term of six months and served in the same Company and Regiment as the preceding enlistment, the same Officers continuing in command. That soon after this second engagement he marched with his Regiment to Cobleskill or Rensselaer in said State to guard the lines. That while stationed at

Croton Creek He was in an engagement with a party of the Enemy who came over to the number of 40 to to drive away Cattle That He continued with His said Regiment at this Station until February of the year 1776 when His Regiment returned to Fishkill aforesaid where this Applicant was regularly discharged in the Spring of the same year That on receiving His second discharge he returned home, but remained but a few days only and in the same Spring returned and enlisted again at Fishkill aforesaid in the same Company and Regiment and under the same Officer as in the preceding engagements for the term of Three Months That soon after this Engagement He marched with His said Regiment to Newark in the State of Connecticut for the pur- pose of guarding the lines. That He continued to serve at Newark aforesaid until the expiration of his said enlistment and was regularly discharged in the Summer of the year 1776 That this applicant at the period of his several enlist- ments was a resident of Fishkill in the State of New York That at the expiration of each of His several terms of Service He received from His Colonel Cornelius Van Wyck aforesaid a muster discharge; that he retained these several discharges in His possession until about the year 1800 when He destroyed them with many other papers He considered of no value on removing from Fishkill. That after the above mentioned Service He was one of the Men who hired a third man by the name of Burch for during the War and for which they paid Him Three hundred Dollars and soon after He hired an other man for Six months and paid him Sixty Dollars besides furnishing Him with a blanket and Three days provision and after- wards hired a third man by the name of John McGill for three months and paid Him 35 Dollars and fur- nished him with a blanket and three days provision That He has no documentary evidence of his said service nor does he know of any person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his said service That He hereby re- linquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity ex-

after the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension of the agency of any state That in an- swer to the interrogatories put by the court he states that he was born in the year 1754 in the town of Washington in the County of Dutchess and State of New York That when called into the service he resided in Fishkill in said County That he has the record of his age in his father's family Bible That he removed from Fishkill aforesaid into the town of Westerlo- in the County of Albany That he has resided in the town of Germantown fourteen years That he has hired several Sub- stitutes but never served as such That in the section of country where he served there were but few Continental officers or Regiments That he received in the course of his service three written discharges, all of which were given by Colonel Van Wyck That Abijah Root Esq the Hon'ble Perkins King Frederick County and any person of respectability within the acquaintance of this applicant are given as persons who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services in the Army of the Revolution J. N. D. & J. V. 1832 Sworn and subscribed in open court Sept. 5. 1832. William T. B. Heermance Clerk
I Frederick Coonley residing in Germantown in the County of Greene and State of New York do hereby certify that he is well acquainted with Richard Tapp who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration That he believes him to be seventy eight 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 I concur in that opinion And I Perkins King of Germantown aforesaid do certify that I am well acquainted with Richard Tapp who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that I believe him to be seventy eight years of age

and a person of veracity and I further certify that I believe him to have been a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he has stated Frederick Coonley Subscribed Sworn in open court Sept. 5. 1832
Perkins King
William T. B. Heermance Clerk
And the Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the before named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Frederick Coonley and Perkins King who signed the preceding certificate are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit Dorrance Killand Dorrance Judge
I William T. B. Heermance Clerk of the Court of common pleas of the County of Greene do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the applica- tion of Richard Tripp for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal of office this fifth day of Sep. 1832
William T. B. Heermance Clerk
Richard Tripp 8528 Application

N o 8828 Rich d Tripp
admitted
Lewis Wakeloy Greenville Green Co NY

BRIEF in the case of  Richard Tripp  of  Greenville  - 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? 78 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. As a Gen.     In 1775 about 5 th Ap r was drafted in Co y . - Served — 6 — — William G d Algers Campy Co y Cornelius Van Deyke's Reg t   same day that he was discharged on the above enlistment he listed again for 6 mo. as discharged in the Spring of 1776 - listed again same Spring for 9 mo. Served — 6 — — same Campy Reg t & Officers.   — 3 — — Same as above.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none Stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Fishkill New York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Frederick Cooley and Jenkins King prove Traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
A Reintzel Examining Clerk.

Rev hms
14717 INVALID.
File No. 14717
Richard Tripp Pr. Rev War.
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 378
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No 8828
BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Richard Lipp of Greenville N.Y.  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? yes 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? And is the official character and signature of the magistrate 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? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Answered
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.