Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8555, for Andrew A Race, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Race, Andrew A.
R 8555
CONTENTS

State of New York Columbia County } ss I Joseph D Monell Clerk of the said county do Certify that John Coons Esq and John P Feller Esq. before whom the annexed Affidavits purport to have been sworn were, at the date of the same Justices of the Peace, in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with their hand writing and verily believe their names subscribed to said Affidavits to be their proper hand writing and Signature
Witness my hand and Seal of Office this Seventh day of September 1832
J D Monell
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State of New York Columbia County City of Hudson
On this 16 th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before The Justices of the Justices Court in & for the City of Hudson aforesaid now sitting it being a Court of Record having a clerk and a Seal Andrus A Nair a resident of the Town of Amer- =um in said County of Columbia and State aforesaid aged seventy seven years past October who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following decla- =ration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated to wit in the Spring which he was living in what was then called Livingston Manor, now in the County of Columbia aforesaid in the year 1776 he was called out under the command of Capt Kirt Robertson who then resided in Livingston Manor and had command of a small company raised for the purpose of hunting out the Tories about the said County of Columbia that deponent was out in this company for two months and was then discharged and immediately thereafter deponent entered in a company commanded by Capt Rockefeller, in company with Low Decker and Vorburgh also privates in said company who are now dead as well as Rockefeller, and deponent with this company marched to Stone Robbie in the County of Montgomery, and helped while there build or put in

repair a fort remained at Stoneobben for one month was then discharged and returned home, and the same fall deponent entered into the company of Captain Joseph Ettell who raised them in said Town of Cohoes was then called Livingstons Manor now Ancrum and Marched to Fresh Kill on the North river and there helped to build the barracks remained there one month and was then discharged returned home & remained until the next Spring, 1777 deponent was then selected as a team but got a horse of John Vand Eusen and an other of Isaac Oles and took the wagon of Old Banner Vand Eusen and went to carry the baggage of the soldiers to Still water first made a halt at Half moon point where then deponent was employed with his team getting provision & forage for the troops and when the troops moved from there deponent carried the baggage went to Still water where then was again employed in collecting pro- vision & forage deponent remained in service this town four months battle was then discharged and returned home, while at this town there was one battle between the American troops & Burgoin but deponent was discharged shortly before Burgoin surrendered deponent hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the

agency of any State
Sworn to & subscribed the day
Andrew in A. Rose mark
and year aforesaid
D. Walter, Clerk
Questions put by the Court and the answers
1 Where in what year were you born
Answer I was born in Livingston Manor in the County of Columbia and State of New York in the month of October 1755
2 Have you any record of your age if so where is it
Answer I have no record of my age in my birth but the record is now there always been kept by the Church at Montrop on the line or near it between the County of Dutches and Columbia County about six miles from where I depend on records
3 when  How were you then when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live
Answer I lived in the town of what was then called Livingston Manor. Now Ancram and have lived there ever since the Revolution and State line there
4 How were you called into service
Answer I was always a Volunteer

5 State the names of some of the regular officers who were with you or the troops where you served - such Continental & Militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service
Answer I do not recollect the names of the officers of the regular troops except Genl. Gates was at Half Moon fort after Schuyler relinquished the command and Col. Henry Livingston of the Militia, deponent being a teamster he did not take much note of the names of the officers
6 Did you ever receive a discharge from the service to by whom was it given & what has become of it
Answer deponent thinks when he was discharged at Still water he recd. a written discharge but who gave it or what has become of it deponent does not know he has not now got it, he never received any written discharge at any other time
7 State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood who can testify as to your character for veracity & their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution
Answer Philip Niver George Niver are my neighbors and I think will testify as to my character for veracity & their belief of my services

Sworn & subscribed this 16 Sept 1832
Hiram Wilson, Clerk
Andrew in A. Rose John
State of New York of Columbia County } We Philip Niver and George Niver Jr City of Hudson } of the Town of Coeymans adjoining the town of Ancram in the said County of Columbia and about two miles from where Andrew A. Rose resides do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with said Andrew A. Rose, I have been for twenty five years and more last past, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be about seventy seven years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we fully believe & con- cur in that opinion, also
Sworn & subscribed this 16 th day of Sept., 1832
Hiram Wilson, Clerk
Geo Niver Jr Philip Niver
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after investigating the matter and putting the questions and Inter- rogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named officers was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states and the court further certify that

it appears to them that George Naver Jr Philip Naver Andrew Loons & Merthomas Shook who have signed the foregoing & herein after stated affidavits or certificates are residents all of them of the town of Ancon in the County of Columbia aforesaid and that they are credible persons & their statements are all entitled to full credit & belief;
I Hiram Wilbur Clerk of the Justices Court of the City of Hudson do hereby certify that the foregoing and the two affidavits hereto annexed by Andrew Loons & Merthomas Shook sworn to before John P Fuller & John Loons Justices of the peace contain the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the appli- cation of Andrew A Ruler for a license
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of my office this Sixth day of Sept 1832
Hiram Wilbur, Clerk

Affidavits of Mens Causa
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State of New York Columbia County ss
Andris Coons of Gattine in said County being duly sworn before me the undersigned Justice of the peace of said Town makes oath & says that this Deponent was at Fish Kill in the year AD 1776 & served there for a term of one Month as a drafted Militia man under the com- mand of Captain Joseph Elliott that as long as this Deponent was in service he knows that Andris A. Race was also in service in the Mili- tia as this Deponent saw him there & that this De- ponent has been acquainted with said Andris Race & has known him from the time that they were School boys & that he is the same man & further this Deponent saith not
Sworn & subscribed before me this 31 st day of July AD 1832
Andris
his A Coons mark
John Coons Justice of peace

Whereas Mr. Christiana Niver, and Susannah Decker, are the only surviving children of Andrus A. Race deceased who was a Revolutionary Soldier: And who made application for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7, A.D. 1832 for his services in the war of the Revolution, which said application was rejected, and whereas our Father, the said Andrus A. Race, died in the Town of Ancram, in the County of Columbia and State of New York on the fourth day of September A.D. 1846, at his residence in the said Town of Ancram, leaving us his children of the said Andrus A. Race are entitled to the pension claimed by him - Now therefore, we do hereby constitute, appoint and fully empower and authorize irrevocably, and with power of substitution, Samuel H. Wells of the City of Albany, and Vinal Duce Esq. of the City of Washington D.C. our true and lawful attorneys for us, and in our names, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand and to receive from the United States Government our rights in all, and in any manner of claim for arrears of pension or funds, that may be due us, as the children of Andrus A. Race, who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law we may be entitled.
In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this Tenth day of September A.D. 1852
Executed in presence of    Henry Tacker  Christian A Niver  mark    David Niver  Susannah Decker  mark  
State of New York } County of Columbia } ss. On this Tenth day of September A.D. 1852 before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County personally appeared - Christiana Niver, and Susannah Decker both to me known, and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be their act and deed. And I further certify that the said Christiana Niver and Susannah Decker have always been known in this community as the daughters daughters of the above named Andrus A. Race deceased -
Henry Tacker Justice of the Peace

State of New York } County of Columbia } ss. On this 10 th day of September A.D. 1852 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County. Personally came Christiana Nixon of the Town of Ancram and Susannah Decker of the Town of Tazewell in said County and State, and made oath in due form of law that they are the children of Andreas A. Rice deceased named in the foregoing power of attorney, and that they are directly interested in the claim, and application about to be made for arrears of pension which may be due to them the children of the said Andreas A. Rice on account of his services in the war of the Revolution Sworn to and subscribed on } this 10 th day of September A.D. } 1852 before me } Henry Faucher } Justice of the Peace }  Christiana h Nixon mark Susannah h Decker mark

STATE OF NEW-YORK, COLUMBIA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. } ss.
I, JOHN R. CURRIE, Clerk of the County of Columbia, do hereby certify, That Henry Poucher whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, one of the Justices of the Peace of the County of Columbia, dwelling in said County; duly authorized to take the same, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Henry Poucher and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine. And that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New-York.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my name, and affixed the seal of said County this Fourth day of September A. D. 1852
John R. Currie Clerk.

A. A. Race
Bennett
South Bennett Wofk

State of New York Columbia County } S.S.
On this 2 nd day of November 1851, before me, a Justice of the Peace, in & for the County, and State aforesaid personally appeared Christiana Niver of Ancram as a Teamster who being duly sworn according to law, declares & says that she is the daughter of Andrus A. Race deceased, the identical person, who served in the Revolutionary War. That the said Andrus A. Race died on the 4 th day of September 1846 leaving no widow, and the following surviving children, only viz- Christiana Niver
That some time during the life time of the said Andrus A. Race it is believed that he applied for a pension, to the pension office at Washington, under Act 7 th June 1832; and that he filed the proper proofs therein to entitle him to the same, and that his claim was suspended or rejected, and this declarant asks that the proofs in said office may be examined, and that the said pension may now be allowed to the surviving children of the said Andrus A. Race
Sworn & Subscribed before me } her Christiana Niver this 2 nd day of December  November 1851. } Mark
James Austin Justice of the Peace Columbia State of New York.
Columbia County Clerks Office } Sp: I, John R. Currie Clerk of said County do hereby certify that James Austin be- fore whom the foregoing affidavit was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Columbia, dwelling in said County, elected and sworn, and duly authorized to take

the same: and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that his signature to the Jurat of the said affidavit is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 3 rd day of December A.D. 1857.
John R. Currie Clerk

8555
P. O.
Andrew A. Race
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Andrus N. Race Rev. New York Act 7. June 1832
Rejected in letter to Dr. Chamberlin 28 November 1832
20 Oct 1832 see letter in MS. A. 1. 2. 3. 2. 2. 9. 78 Adams New York

Rev.
Act. Race
NY 25 52
Under
South Egg Common Peasant
V-Luce

10520.

State of New York fs Columbia County Marthinass Shook of Ancram in said County being duly Sworn before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace of said town makes oath and that this Deposeet was at Fish kill in the year 1776 and served there for a time of one month as a drafted Militia Man under the command of Captain Joseph Elliott that As long as this Deposeet was in service he knows that Andris A Race was also in service in the Militia as this Deposeet that this Deposeet has been acquainted with said Andris A Race and has known him from the time that they were ply mats and that he is the same Man and further this Deposeet
Saith not Sworn and subscribed Marthinass his Shook before me this 3 rd mark day of August 1832 John B Fuller Justice of peace

Washington Sept 16. 1852
Sir
Enclosed herewith is a Power of Attorney from the Children of Andrew A. Rice, whose claim for a pension under the act of June 7. 1832 has been rejected -
An opportunity of examining the papers in this case is requested
Respectfully Yours &c V Luce
J. E. Heath Esq. Committee on Pensions

State of New York Columbia County ss:
J. Nelson Pellet, one of the Clerks of the Supreme Court of the State of New York do hereby certify that Andreas A. Hance who is reported to have served in the war of the Revolution in the capacity of a Teamster, was a resident of Hancaville in the County of Colum- bia and State aforesaid, and died in the said town on the 4th day of September 1846, leaving no widow and the following surviving children only viz; Christiana Hance
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court in and for said County this 6th day of December 1857.
A. Purdy Clerk