Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8587, for James Randel, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Randel James
TR. 8587
CONTENTS

8587 James Randel //
Capt Morris's Company Col Poole's Regiment Massachusetts Line
New Hampshire
Rejected
Enlisted 12 th Mar 1776
Deserted July 7
1777
Did not serve quite 8 months
In Grover - Auburn
of New Hampshire

State of New York Cayuga County
On the 24 th June 1819 Personally appeared Jonathan Adams Resident of the town of Brutus in the County of Cayuga and State of New York who being duly sworn did depose & say that he has been acquainted with James Randal of Brutus for a number of years & alius understood that he served in the Revolutionary war & further saith that the said James Randal lives in the same town with this deponent & he knows him to be in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance from this country for his support & further saith
not
Sworn & subscribed before Jonathan Adams
me John Hoover Judge of Cayuga Co. N.Y.
I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Jonathan Adams of Brutus and do consider him a credible witness John Hoover N.Y. July 10 th 1819 Judge of Cayuga Co. N.Y.

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } Cayuga County, } ss.
ON this 12 day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen before me, the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Cayuga in said state, personally appears James Brandel aged 62 years, resident in the town of Brewster in the county of Cayuga and state aforesaid, 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 the said James Brandel enlisted in the Town of Nottingham- ham in the state of New Hampshire in the Company commanded by Captain Morrill under Col. Starks in the month of May. 1775. for the term of six months & then he was discharged he then enlisted for & during the war, & that he served the that he continued to serve in the said Corps, or in the service of the United States, until 1778 personal and that he hired a man Nathaniel Randel to serve in his place for & during the war, & that he did serve out his time, and was discharged after the peace when he was discharged from service in and that he his deponent was in the battles of Bunker Hill
and 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 first aforesaid. }
services. Yours Truly  Handwritten
John Grover  Lodge of Cayuga Co. N.Y.
1, John Grover Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Cayuga as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said James Randel 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. Dated this 27 th day of April 1818
April 1818
John Hoover Judge of Cayuga Co. pleas
STATE OF NEW-YORK,  Cayuga County, }.
I certify that the Hon. John Grover — before whom the foregoing declarations under oath were made, and by whom the foregoing certificate was made, was on the day of the date thereof, and still is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Cayuga — duly commissioned and sworn as such Judge, and that full faith and credit are to be given to his acts in that capacity. I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge, and know the foregoing signature to be his.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court, and my name subscribed. this twenty seventh day of April A.D. 1878.
E. L. Through Elk

James Randal the within affidavit being by me truly I were doth depose and say that there was some mistakes made in his application originally which are corrected in the affidavit of John Randal hereunto annexed Sworn before me this 24th day June 1819 John Groves Judge of Cayuga      J. RANDALL Com. pleas

James Randal Papers
(This Certificate is void unless countersigned)

Jonathan Adams of Waterloo County of Cayuga and State of New York age 55 Separath and Truth that he hath been acquainted with James Randal for about 30 years and the said James Randal has Lent money for him or on Land of his for more than one half of that time that he has frequently heard him tell over his campaigns Battles and sickness which the Battle at Bunkerhill at the Tredars in Canada against Independence and Murbeyston his being Sick after the Battle at Hubbardston and having felt his having a pass to go home to Notting- ham in State of New Hampshire his being Sick at Nottingham that he hired Nathaniel Randal his Brother to take his place in the Army that he went to Col. Gilly with his Brother Nathaniel and that the Colonel Gilly in his stead that he went on to the Army and served until peace was declared for Eleven years I lived a near Neighbour to John Randal James Randal's Father I have heard John Randal say frequently that his son James coming home Sick from the Army he was obliged by the Ties of Nature to Let his son Nathaniel go in to the army in James Randal's stead I have heard Nathaniel Randal say that his Brother James hired him to serve his time out in the Continental at St. Louis and that I never heard the least informa- tion of his being a Deserter from the army and have no reason to believe that he was a Deserter from the army — he always has sustained a honest Character a man Subjekt to fits and Love in the world and Needs Support from his Country in his Declining years
State of New York Cayuga ss Jonathan Adams In Waterloo County afore said personally appeared Jonathan Adams of Waterloo afore said to me known a Man of Respectability & Veracity and made Solom Oath that the foregoing Affidavit is the truth and nothing but the truth Before me this 21 st April 1824 I own before me April 21 st 1824 - Daniel Dyer - Justice of the Peace I certify the above deposition to be correct

James Randal Doth Bare and Say Solemnly before God that he James Randal of Brutus County of Cayuga State of New York never did desert the Army of the United States but that after he came out of Canada in year 1776 that he had the Small Pox at Crown Point that it very hard it Left him in a Low State of Health that he spent the Next winter at Piconterague and Mount Independence in the Year 1777 The Ridgement that he was in was Drove from Mount Independence by Gen Burgoyne Troops that part of his Ridgement was in the rear Guard at the Battle at Hubberston in Vermont State by Meardship Mungo and Harkleque together with the Poor State of Health Occasioned by the Small Pox it flung him in to Gramps Convulsion fits and was not able to do duty Col. Gilley who Commanded the Ridgement gave me a furlough and I went home until I should recover my health I still remaining in a Low State of health until the winter of 1778 at Nottingham in the State of New Hampshire Col. Gilley coming Home to Nottingham in the winter 1778 he Told me that if I could hire a man such a one as he could except he would receive him in my room or stead accordingly I hired my Brother Nathaniel Randal the Colonel recd him and released me and sent him on to the Army he served his time out until the Peace and returned home to Nottingham
James Randal
State of New York County Cayuga } } } } }
Personally appeared James Randal of Brutus Personally known to me to be a man of Honesty and Respectability and made Solomon Oath that the foregoing Affidavit is the Truth the whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth before me Sworn before me April 21 st - 1828 Daniel Smith Justice of the Peace

John Stevens of Brasher County of Cayuga State of New York Aged fifty four years Deponeth and saith that he was John Stevens was was born and brought up in the Town of Nottingham State of New Hampshire in the neighbourhood with James Randal John Randal his Father and Nathaniel Randal was knowing to James Randal being in the United States Service under Col. Gilly Bridge that that he saw James Randal come home sick in the latter part of the Season of the year of 1777 was sick and subject to Cramp Convulsion fits that in the Winter of 1778 Col Gilly Came Home to Nottingham James Randal was still in a Low state of Health and that James Randal hired Nathaniel Randal to take his place in the United States Service Col Gilly Rec'd him and sent him on to the Army and served his time out and came back to Nottingham at the close of the war and that James Randal is in Low Circumstances and prays his Court Report John Stevens
State of New York & At Brasher in the said said Cayuga County ss County on 21 st day of April A D 1821 personally appeared John Stevens of Brasher Aforesaid to me known and Made Oath that the above Affidavit is the truth the whole truth and Nothing but the truth
Sworn before me April 21 st - 1821
Daniel Sennett Justice of the peace
I certify the above deponent to be a Credable Witness
Daniel Sennett

STATE OF NEW-YORK, Cayuga County } ss. Clerks-Office. }
I Certify that Daniel Gannet
Esquire, was on the twenty first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one a Justice of the peace
in and for the county of Cayuga, duly commissioned and sworn as such Justice and that full faith and credit are to be given to his acts in that capacity.
I further certify, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe the signature to the annexed Certificate & affidavit of Daniel Gannet be his.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the court of common pleas of said county, and subscribed my name, this Seventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty two.
Leah P. Throop Clerk

James Randall

State of New-York, } ss. Cayuga County, }
ON this 22 nd day of May 1821, personally appeared, in open court, being a court of record for the said county, to wit a Court of Common Pleas James Randel aged 64 years, resident in the Town of Bristol 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 he enlisted in the Town of Nottingham in the State of New Hampshire in the Company commanded by Capt Morel under Col. Stark in the month of May 1776 for the term of Eight Months & that he served out his time in December 1776 he enlisted for the  same Regiment & that he served three years that he continued to serve in said Corps in the service of the United States until 1778 personally that he then hired a man to take his place for, and during the war & that said man served out his time & was discharged after Randel. 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. And I further solemnly swear that my occupation is that of a Shoemaker. My feeble subject to Cramp Jits and that my family consists of My wife Deborah aged 63 Years feeble with dropsy Complaints
Schedule James Randel
   1 Small Shoemaker Shop) 15.00 Amount Brought up 35.60   Standing in the highway 1 old Tea Kettle 0.50   1 Set Tools old 3.00 Knives & forks 0.50   1 Cow 10.00 1 Spider 0.38   3 Shoats 4.00 1 Set Tea Cups 0.50   1 Old Pot 1.00 1 Tea Spoon 0.50   1 Small Kettle 0.60 $37.48   $35.60   (signed) James Randel  
Sworn to, and declared, on the 211 — day of May 1821. before me Geo. B. Shroop Clerk
My dear Countess Katherine
I, George T. Throop Clerk of the Court herein of Common Pleas of Cayuga County hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed  original filed in the Clerk's office , 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 thirtyseven dollars and forty eight cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this eighteenth day of October 182 1 .
Geo DeThroop Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Cayuga County

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1870.
8587
P. O. James Randel
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

I John Randall of Springfield in the county of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged eighty eight years, do depose and say that James Randall of Brattleboro in the county of Cuyahoga and State New York, Enlisted at Winter Hill in the Month of December 1775 as a private into Captain Amos Morrill's Company, Col. Pool's Regiment of the New Hampshire Line and served in said company until the April succeeding in which month he was transferred, at New York, into Capt. Clough's Company of the aforesaid Regiment, (in which I then served) and he served therein until year 1778 when he left the service in consequence of ill health - He was present at the surrender of Burgoyne's Army - The word "was" underlined before signing. Springfield May 7. 1819 John Randall
State of Vermont } At Springfield in said county Windsor County } ss on the 7 th day of May A.D. 1819 personally appeared John Randall, of Springfield aforesaid, to me known, and according to my belief of sound mind & memory for a man of his age and, made of Credibility solemn oath that the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth Before me J. M. Lewis Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont } I Benjamin Swan Clerk of the County Windsor County ss } Court within } for the County of Windsor Do certify that Saml. M. Lewis is one of the Justices of the Peace within } for the County of Windsor, and as such du- ly authorized to take such Affida- vits as the within, and that the within Signature is his hand writing.
I TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto Affixed the Seal of said Court, and subscribe my name this Fifteenth day of May Anno. Domini Eighteen Hundred & Nine- teen
Benj as Swan