Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,851, Mathew Van Deusen, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New York
Van Deusen, Matthew
P. 10,851
CONTENTS

No. 35.417
Matthew VanDuzen
Rejected
Lot. J. B. Fetter 100.2.1842
108 57
out fund 32

Lu Farmingburgh Oct. 27 th 1842
I enclose you the Application of Matthew Vandusen for a Pension.
I Am Yours Respectfully J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions. Joseph B. D'ollet

1933 May 26 - Hist. to Mr. A. Crawford B. Allison - MILB
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED.
10,851
P. O. Vandensen Matthew Vandensen
Service: _____ Adm.
Enlisted: Aug. 27, 1906 , 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Printed List of 1852 of Rejected husband claims shows Application filed: _____, 18 Cause of rejection as follows:
"Alleged service by his slave as a substitute, of which service there is no proof."
Re-enlisted: _____ _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

18 New York Nov. 2,
42.
Sir
The claim of Matthew Van Duzen has been examined & dis allowed. - The service of his slave as his substitute affords no ground of a claim for pension on his part and no service is either specified or proved as having been rendered by him
Enter on N.Y. Index act 7. June 32
Joseph B. Follen Esq Lansingburgh N.Y.

State of New York Columbia County
On this Twenty third day of March Eighteen hundred and forty two. Personally appeared before the Justices of the Justice's Court (now sitting being a Court of Record) Matthew Vandusen aged Eighty three years, who being duly sworn according to law. Doth on his Oath make the following
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provision of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War and belonged to Col. Robert Van Rensselaer Regiment, in Captain Hook's Company and in the first part of the war was drafted and went to Saratoga County to - P'keepsie - Saratoga - Stillwater - and other places to the north. but from the length of time old age and loss of memory cannot remember all the different towns near the time I entered or left the Service, but must depend on the records if any was made but can say was not less than six months
And further this deponent testifies that in the time of the Revolution he owned a Slave a (Colored man) by the name of Sam Vandusen that this deponent was often drafted and sent the said Sam in his place, and that the said Sam went to the south to Fredericksburg, Stillwater, and served in different Companies all which will appear by the proof an- nexed. He hereby relinquishes any claim to a pension or any of Pension except the present. And declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any State Mother Vandusen, intitled before signature
Sworn to and subscribed this 23 rd day and year above written
W m E Heath Justice
Mother Van Dusen
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the war department that the above named Matthew Vandusen was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states
W m E Heath Justice

Columbia County } City of Hudson } ss
I Edward D. Holley
Clerk of the Justices court of the City of Hudson do hereby certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of Mathew Sanderson for a pension, and that the within named Wm E Heath was a Justice of the Justices court being a court of Record at the time the within deposition was taken, and that the signature annexed to the within deposition is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 23 rd day of March 1842.
Edward D Holley - Clerk -
No. 35.417
Mathew Van Deusen
NY
act 7. June '32

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON
April 15, 1933
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IN REPLY REFER TO: BA-J/MLB
Mr. A. Crawford G. Allison 104 West Mermaid Lane Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of April 1, in which you request information relative to Matthew Van Dusen, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data given by you in regard to the above-named soldier are not sufficient to enable this office to make a proper search of the records.
In order to identify the record of the particular soldier named Matthew Van Dusen or of similar spelling, should it be on file, as much as possible of the following data should be furnished: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
Please return these letters with your reply.
Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator
104 W. Mermaid Lane. Chestnut Hill, Pa. April 20-1933.
Dear Mr. Hiller, Thank you for your kind letter! Matthew Van Dusen in question was born Sept. 2-1759 & died at Philadelphia on November 30-1812. Married at Philadelphia on Dec. 24, 1783 to Lydia Brechant. I am anxious to know if he has applied for a pension & who his parents were. Yours very truly A. Crawford G. Allison P.S. Place of residence at enlistment was Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

May 26, 1933
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METHEW VAN DUSEN R. 10851 BA-J/MLB
Mr. A. Crawford G. Allison 104 West Mermaid Lane Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letters of recent date in which you request the record of Matthew Van Dusen, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
You are furnished below the history of Methew Van Deusen (as he signed his name), the only soldier of that name, or of similar spelling, found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
The date and place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not shown in the claim.
Methew Van Deusen applied for pension March 23, 1842, while a resident of Columbia County, New York, and aged eighty-three years.
He alleged that he belonged to Captain Houk's company and Colonel Robert Van Rensselaer's New York regiment, and early in the Revolutionary War was drafted and went to Palmerstown, Saratoga and Stillwater, and that he served not less than six months, also, that during the Revolution he owned a slave, Lun Van Dusen, a colored man, whom he sent on a number of tours of service for which he (Methew) was drafted.
The claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of service as required by the pension law.
There are no family data in the claim.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator
Note:
Other pprs. referred to in claim as "proof annexed" not found in claim when examined by W. L. Bottruff, May 26, 1933.