Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,568, Richard Townsend, New York

SERVICE
New York
2 Townsend Richard
NUMBER
S. 11568
carded.
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20. 1. New York
Richd Townsend
of Onondaga in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Camp commanded by Captain Johnson of the Reg. commanded by Col. Root in the N. York line for 11 mos 23 ds
Inscribed on the Roll of N York at the rate of 89 Dollars 20 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Aug 1833 and Vito A. Smith Maulins
Arrears to the 4th of Mar '33 $78.40 Semi-ant. allowance ending A Sep '33 19.60 $98.00
} Revolutionary Claim, } } Act June 7, 1832. } Recorded by J. C. Miles Cler Book 6. Vol. 3. Page 86

23375
Richard Townsend
New York
3 rd N.Y. Regt
entered 10 May '78
for war
discharged 3 May '79
A. Smith Manlius N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Richard Townsend Somerset County of Onondaga State of New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted 1777 time Not written accurately Lieut Gen. Manasseh Capt Johnson Col Gause 73 Years Clarmont Columbia County N York Tradition only Evidence Only No Reason given why he has no living Witness  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
The applicant has Not accurately stated his service but thinks it was for more than 18 months

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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 and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served: the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Richard Townsend

State of New-York, } ss : Onondaga County }
On the first _____ day of March 1822 personally appeared in open court in the court of common pleas in and for the county of Onondaga, being a court of record proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of their proceedings, Richard Townsend aged Sixty three years, resident in the town of Pompey in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his Oath
declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:— That in the year eighteen hundred and eight he this deponent resided in the town of Clarmont now in the county of Green that in the month of April of said year he this deponent at the town of Edon in the county of Ulster enlisted as a private soldier in the regiment commanded by Col. Gansevoort in the company commanded by Capt. Johnson and that he this deponent continued in the service till the spring of the year in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight at which time he left the said Regiment by the written consent and permission of said Col. Gansevoort and went as a deserter to Robert R. Livingston member of Congress in which capacity he served till the close of the war and that he enlisted for during the revolutionary war
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, 1818; 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.
This deponent to wit    One small iron pot worth $1 One Tea Kettle Three cups and saucers One Table $1 one doz. knives & forks one fire shovel one pair bellows one flat Iron one Spider one small wheel Three spoons one cow   75 1.25 1.75 2.5 25 75 1.50 2.84 10.00   3.37 11.25   3.37   2.84   18.46 
This deponent has no other family except his wife who is about fifty nine years of age and is very infirm has been blind for about four years during all of which time has been and is now under the care of Physicians and this deponent further saith that from many misfortunes and the natural infirmities of old age he is unable to support himself and wife without assistance from public or private charity and this deponent further saith that sometime ago and according to the best knowledge recollection and belief of this deponent in the spring of the year eighteen hundred and eighteen he applied to his Honor Josiah Forman Esq. first Judge of the court of Common pleas in & for the county of Onondaga for the purpose of having his name placed upon the pension list under the law of the 18th March eighteen hundred & eighteen and that the application was sent to the war office and returned for want of proof. Richard Townsend subscribed & sworn before me this first day of March 1822.
N. H. Earle Judge of Common Pleas.
Daniel Moseley I, Truman Adams, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in
and for the county of Onondaga, do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record 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 Eighteen dollars and fifty six cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this Eighth day of August 1822
D. Moseley Clerk of the court for the County of Onondaga.

On Rolls 3rd N.Y. Regt 10 May 78 to 3rd May 19 war
Richard Townsend
23375
Abm d 11 mo. 23 ds pri
36 66 255 3919
R. & H. G. clerk
28th day of November
in the original handwriting
Country

State of New York, County of Onondaga ss. On this, twenty eighth day of November 1832 Personally appeared before the Honorable Samuel L. Edward, George Pettit, Otis Bagelow and John Smith Esquires - Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County at a Court of Common Pleas, in & for the said County at the town of Salina in said County
now sitting, Richard Townsend a resident of Pompey in the County of Onondaga, State of New York, aged seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declarative in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7-1832; that he was, born in Litchfield Connecticut in December 1758, that he has no record of his age, that his residence was at Clermont, County of Columbia, State of New York, when called into service, that since his service and immediately thereafter he lived at Clermont a few years, then about eighteen years at New Durham, Greene County, then about thirteen years in Pompey, and for the last four years he has resided himself part of the time in the town of Grove in Allegany County, his wife all the time residing in Pompey, this applicant having spent every winter of the four years but one in Pompey, and having been the past summer at Grove is now spending the winter with his wife in Pompey, that he never had a discharge, and has no documentary evidence of his service and knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service that, he enlisted voluntarily, that he knew Colonel Gansevoort, Lt Colonel Willett, Captain Grig who had been scalped by the Indians, Captain De Witt, Captain Noble, & Major Graham or Grimes besides his own company officers, was not associated with any Regiment but his own; that, Daniel Cande and James Hudson of Pompey, as well as sundry others are persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his service as a soldier of the Revolution, that there is no clergyman residing near any present residence. But General Jones, lives within four  ten miles, and several years ago this applicant heard him preach, he might possibly know him. Applicant by sight, but this applicant never had any considerable acquaintance with him; that he is not acquainted at all with any other clergyman in his neighborhood That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated; In the fall of 1777 he enlisted at Eriop's State of New York to serve during the war, under Moses Yeomans a lieutenant and recruiting officer, that he was stationed with the recruiting party, about six months after his enlistment, that early in May 1778, he was mustered at Albany, and joined Captain Johnson's Company, Lieutenant Bagendres, Design Spoor, Colonel Gansevoort's Regiment that he staid at Schenectady some time, and joined Colonel Gansevoort's Regiment at Fort Stanwix in June 1778, and did garrison duty there part of the time, and part of the time was waiter to Captain Johnson, that he left Fort Stanwix late in the fall of 1778, and returned to Albany that he went into winter quarters at Saratoga, most of the Regiment remaining in Albany - that in May or June 1779 being sick, Colonel Gansevoort gave this applicant a furlough to go home to Clermont and stay till called for, that he never was again called for, into service that most of the time he was, waiter to Captain Johnson, once he went as waiter to Colonel Gansevoort from Albany to Saratoga; that General Morgan Lewis knew this applicant in the time of the Revolutionary war, and possibly may recollect his being absent in service, and this applicant has applied to him for information on this subject: that some thirty or forty years ago, he left his furlough with Adjutant Philip Rockefeller, who promised to try to get land for this applicant, and since, the said Rockefeller denied having it; and this applicant has not seen it since he left it with him: that this applicant served as a private, or waiter, all the time from his enlistment, till his furlough, and that his length of service was more than one year and six months, and was in the opinion of this applicant from about the middle of November 1777 to about the first of July 1779. that from the length of time since, and from old age, and loss of memory this applicant can not tell the day, or the month of his enlistment or furlough with certainty, that this applicant is sure that the time he served in Fort Stanwix was the year following the Siege, and the Battle at Orleans, for this applicant saw the clothes and bones of those killed in the Orleans Battle who had not been buried, and

this applicant is also sure that his enlistment was within a few weeks after the taking of Pen- -goyne; that on getting his furlough he went immediately to work for Chancellor Livingston, and to the best of his recollection, it was after the commencement of gathering hay; that this applicant believes that the only reason he was not again called into service after his furlough was the interference of Chancellor Livingston & General Lewis. He humbly re- -questing leave to state in a petition or annuity, except the present and declar, that his name is not within Pension Roll of the agency of any State Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid R. S. Hoss Clerk
Richard his X Townsend mark
We Daniel Cande, and James Miedler, residing in the town of Pompey in said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Richard Townsend who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy three years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion, and that he is a man of good reputation for truth and veracity, and that from our knowledge, there is no minister of the gospel residing near the said Townsend whose testimony he could procure, that the minister who resides near him, and with whom he was acquainted, at his present residence, the Rev. Mr. Baldwin, has removed. — Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid R. S. Hoss Clerk
Daniel Cande James Miedler
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department, that the above mentioned applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that there is no clergyman residing in the neighborhood of the said Applicant whose testimony he could procure, and that Daniel Cande and James Miedler who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the town of Pompey and are credible persons and their statement is entit- led to credit
Samuel L. Edwards First Judge of Onondaga County
I, Andrew L. Hoss Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of of the said Court in the matter of the application of Richard Townsend for a Pension.
Interlocutory order of I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 28th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty two.
R. S. Hoss Clerk
On Hold 3rd N.Y. Regt 10 May 48 to 3rd May 49 Richard Townsend 23375 (Adm d) 11 mo. 23 d. 48 36 66 25 61 65

John ... August 14 1895 Jacob's Mill Pittsylv Virginia or of Petersburg
Mr William Lockarn VA Commissioner Dear Sir you will please give me the name of the company and Reilly must that Bill and Townsend served in in the Revolutionary War as I have wrote to you three times Last year and never got any answer from you so I kept ball all these papers to you that you told me to send ball
you will please write to me as soon as you get this letter and then I will give this to the widow and then you have ball all these letters I mean after to her or to me Yours truly
James L Townsend 11568 I

Washington D.C.
you will please find the this one name this time Rilkard Townsend
he was in the Revolutionary war
The other Rilkard Townsend was in the war 1812
Send the name of the one who was in the Revolutionary war

O. W. & M. Division,
P.S.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., September 18, 1895.
Sir:
Referring to your request for the military history of one Richard Townsend, supposed to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary war, you are advised that this Bureau can furnish the history of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned, or whose widow's were pensioned for their services. No record has been found of any application for pension for the services of the above named soldier and the Bureau is, therefore, unable to supply you with the information desired.
There is no law granting pensions to the children or other descendants of Revolutionary soldiers.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. James C. Townsend,
Jacoosville, Va.

June 2nd Mauldin Iowa 1st
Free
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm. of Pensions Washington City
Chas. H. Hitt

1828 papers to be filed with ad aw Intelligencer Invalid File # 11.568

Richard Townsend N. York line
Rob.
New York
Ex d , one old Book & Ref.
Inval., file #11, 568.
"Not allowed, act 1828"

Is Edward Ely
Cons. Persian

Sir,
I have enclosed the papers in R. Townsend application with the explanation indicated by the accompanying Brief
As there will probably be no further objections, and as the applicant has been for some time a charge on the County for his support, if his case could receive attention at once, it would at once place him, where the intention of the Laws would be realized, on the footing of government must on the Poor Laws.
Yours truly
A. Smith
J. L. Edward Esq
Nearling Waverly (88)

M. 20.-
Richard Townsend -
20 May 1818 private Gansvoort's reg t N o York 78 War which the judges certificate of the reduced circumstances of the party.
not on Rolls
not on rolls
Rejected
see letter to Harvey Baldwin, Esq. Oct. 25. 1822
Judge Farrar

State of New-York, } ss :— Onondaga County, }
On this twentieth day of May 181 9 8 , before me the subscriber, First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said county of Onondaga, personally appears Richard Townsend aged fifty nine years, resident in the town of Pompey in the said county, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:" That he the said Richard Townsend enlisted in April 1770 — for during the war with Great Britain — at Esopus in the state of New York in the company commanded by Captain Jensen in 60 th Garrison's Regiment of the New York Line ; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the end of the war  when he was discharged from service in  the state of  that he was in the battles of that he was stationed with his regiment the first season at Rome  afterward he was some time at Albany & the second season at Saratoga, where in the spring of the year 1780. on the application of Robert Livingston Esq. then member of Congress from the state of New York Colonel Garrison gave this deponent a writing authorizing to go with said Robert Livingston as a waiter for two years & then join his Regiment which he found as waiting for said Livingston till the end of the war which happened before the expiration of said two years & he never joined his Regiment after or got a discharge and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, } the day and year aforesaid.
Joshua Forman
Richard  his  Townsend mark
I, Joshua Forman — First Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Richard Townsend did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. Onondaga May The 20 th 1818
Joshua Forman
Joshua Forman First Judge &c as aforesaid do further certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the above named Richard Townsend is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. Mar. 22. 1819.
Joshua Forman

Richd. Townsend Mr Edwards
Recd. 17 Aug. 1822

State of New York County of Columbia
Be it Remembered that on the twentieth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty two before me John I Miller first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County personally came Nicholas Sagendorp of the Town of Claverack in the said County of Columbia, with whom I am personally ac- quainted and know him to be of good moral Character and a man of truth and veracity who after being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists did depose and say that he has been acquainted with Richard Townsend the Soldier applying for a Pension from his youth, that he the deponent knows that the said Richard Townsend enlisted as a Soldier in the Revolutionary wars in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight, according to the best of the knowledge and belief of him the deponent and that the said Richard Townsend continued to serve as a Soldier against the common enemy for nearly two years when the late Robert R Livingston Esquire when he was by consent of his Commander obtained him as a waiter in which Capacity he served until the close of the War when he returned home with the said Robert R Livingston Esquire and continued to live with him for several years afterward, and further this deponent saith not
Sworn and Subscribed the 20th day of June 1822
before me
John I Miller, first Judge of Col. Com. Pleas
Nicholas Sagendorp

State of New York Columbia County
Cornelius Miller clerk of the County of Columbia do hereby certify that John L. Miller was and still is the first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Columbia on the 20 th day of June one thousand eight hundred and twenty five. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my name and prefixed the Seal of the said County This 20 th Day of June one thousand eight hundred and twenty five. Cornelius Miller Clerk

Old case.
18305 ✓
Richard Townsend Onondaga Co. N.Y.
Harvey Baldwin Onondaga Co. N.Y.
Recd 17 Aug. 1822.
Suspended. see letter to Harvey Baldwin, October 25 th 1822.
John ...
Onondaga Aug 15
Will ...

Hon. J. C. Calhoun
Dr Sir,
Inelona and the
of Richard Sparre (Pension Applicant) It is particularly desirable that they should be active in soon as the new Govt. should a certificate be granted have the good up to form a list to me
I am with great respect,
Yours &c. Sir,
Henry Balcomb
Onondaga Court House
August 9th 1822.

State of New York
County of Onondaga } Personally appeared before me the
undersigned a justice of the Peace in and for said County Richard Townsend, applicant for a Pension under the act of 7 June 1832 who being duly sworn according to Law, depon- eth and saith, that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the manner length of his service as set forth in his declaration, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following grade: For one year and six months, I served as a pri- vate and for such service I claim a Pension; and the said Richard further saith that the reason why he has named no living witness, as to testify as to his service is as stated in his declaration, that he knows of no persons whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. Several years ago this deponent applied for a Pension under the act of 1818, and employed Joshua Forman & afterwards Sanders Van Rensselaer as his agents, but that he was not then able to procure such proof as to be satisfactory to the War Department; this deponent then procured the testimony of Charles Townsend, and Nich- olas Lagedorf, and called on Genl Morgan Lewis, but was not recollected by him: this deponent has had frequent inquiries made verbally and by letter, but cannot ascertain where either the said Charles Townsend or the said Nicholas Lagedorf are either of them alive or whether either of them are living; this deponent further saith that for the whole period of one year & six months, he served as a private, and as a waiter to the officers, all the time in a mil- itary and not in a civil capacity. his
Subscribed & sworn to May 23 - 1833 before me A. King J.P.
Richard + Townsend mark

State of New York } County of Onondaga }
fs. I Reuben S. Hefz Clerk of the said County do certify that Jenkins before whom the within 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 handwriting and verily believe his name sub- scribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal of office this 30th day of May 1833
R. S. Hefz Clerk

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
13 Nov 1828.
Richard Townsend of Buffalo in the County of Erie in the State of New York has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Johnson's company, in the Second regiment of the New York line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, Nothing
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary J. A. Dickinson.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
14. November 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Richard Townsend in the
It further appears that Richard Townsend is now on the pension list of the any agency, and has been so since the 3d March 1826 at the rate of  dollars per month.
The name of Richard Townsend can not be found among those of the New York line to whom certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars were issued - It appears from the Muster Rolls, recently received from Albany, that a man by the name of Richd Townsend, enlisted in Capt. Hansens Company, for the War, on the 10th May 1778 and that he was discharged from service on

The 3 d May 1779 - Charleston and
War Dept: Bounty land office
The records of this office do not show that Richard Townsend of the N. York line ever received or is entitled to bounty land of the United States.
Robert Taylor 29 April 1829

State of New York, ss. I, John H. Bushnell of the Town of Granville County, ss. Minerva, said County one of the justices of of the peace in and for said County duly appointed Commissioner and sworn do certify that on the twentieth day of March Eighteen hun- dred and thirty before me came Charles Townsend a resident of the Town of said whom I personally know and being duly sworn deposeth and saith as follows viz that he is and has been for more than fifty years last past personally acquainted with Richard Towns and now a resident of the Town of Pompey in the County of Onondaga and state of said that the said Richard did formerly reside in the Town of New Durham in the state of said and that the said Richard did in the spring of the year in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eighteen Hundred and twenty eight enlist as a private soldier in the third regiment of the New York line commanded by Col. Gansroot in the com- -pany commanded by Captain Johnson and that the said Richard continued in the service till the spring of the year in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eighteen Hundred and Eighty at which time he left the Regiment by the written consent of Col Gansroot and went as directed to Robert R Livingston member of Congress in which capacity he served till the close of the war and further the said deponent saith that the said Richard enlisted for during the war and further the deponent saith not Further this deponent saith that the said Richard resided in the Town of Clermont in the then County of Albany & State aforesaid at the time of his enlistment & that he enlisted at Esopus under Moses Youmans and further this deponent saith not — Charles Townsend Mark.
Sworn to & subscribed this 29 th day of March 1826 — before me — J. H. Bushnell J. Pease

J. H. Bushnell Justice Peace To Richard Bowness

This may certify that I have been personally acquainted with Charles Townsend the within named deponent for about 14 years and know him to be a man that has sustained a respectable character and verily believe his word may be depended on —
J. H. Burhneel J. P.

State of New York } Genesee County
S. J. Simeon Cummings, Clerk of the County of Genesee do hereby certify that John H. Bushnell was on the 20 th day of March A.D. One thousand eight hundred and twenty A Justice of the peace in and for said County, acting under the authority of this State, and that full faith and credit are due to all his acts in that capacity In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 15 th day of August A.D. 1828. —
Simeon Cummings Clerk By Rb. Mead Deputy

Rec 230 Oct 1828
Revolutionary Claims
St
Wm Richard Rush Secretary of the Treasury Washington

Buffalo Oct 23 d . 1838.
Sir I enclose the papers of Richard Lounsdell, who is an applicant for a pension. I hope they are sufficient to entitle him to be placed on the pension list
Yours Respectfully
J. C. Clary
Hon R. Rush

Revolutionary Claim
1219
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution", approved on the 15 th th of May 1828. I Richards Townsend of Buffalo in the County of Erie in the State of New York. do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination, at which period I was a private in Captain Johnsons Company in one of the New York Regiments of the New York line, that when I first enlisted under Captain Johnson, his Company belonged to Col. Ganservorts Regiment, and that after the consolidation of the New York Regiments Captain Johnsons Company was transferred either to Col. Dubois or Col. Van Schaacks Regiment, but which of said two last mentioned Regiments I do not now recollect, And I also declare that I afterwards received Certificates for the reward of Eighty dollars to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed the 15 th of May 1778. And I further declare that I was not on the 15 th day of May 1828 on the Pension list of the United States Witness my hand this Twentyfirst day of October in the year 1828. —
In presence of J. C. Clark
his Richard X Townsend Mark

State of New York Erie County ss Azariah Townsend and Martin Wheaton of Amherst in said County being duly sworn doth depose and say that Richard Townsend by whom the foregoing declaration was made & subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Martin Wheaton
Ab. Azariah Townsend
Before me Joseph Clary a justice of the peace in the County of Erie in the State of New York personally appears this day Azariah Townsend and Martin Wheaton of Amherst in the said County who did severally make oath that Richard Townsend by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand this Twenty first day of October in the year 1828 Joseph Clary justice of the peace

State of New York Erie County Clerk's Office
Mr. I Jacob A. Barker Clerk of the County of Erie in the State of New York do hereby certify that Joseph Clary before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the day of the date of the said affidavits a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths &c.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 21st. day of October A.D. 1828
Jacob A. Barker Clerk
By Horace B. Dunning Deputy Clerk

Putnam
11568
INVALID.
File No. 11,568
Richd Townsend
Dr New War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 877
[Arrangement of 1870.]

REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
O. W. & N. Div.
MEMORANDA. not W no other
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.
Full name of soldier:
Richard Townsend
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Lunenburg Co. Va.
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Pittsylvania Co. Va.
Date of death (as near as possible):
June 22, 1840
Christian name of widow: Hannie
Townsend
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
No Sir
Remarks:
I wish for every person or persons to have what is due honorable and just.
Your name and address:
James C. Townsend Gadsbyville Pittsylvania County Virginia