Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28807, for John Mc Martin, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
McMartin, John
S. 28807
CONTENTS

✓ 31.935
Albany New York John N o Martin of Fulton Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t commanded by Col l Block in the New York line for 10 months & 10 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany N.Y. at the rate of 34 Dollars 44 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of March 1842 & sent hand J. F. Yates, Albany New York
Arrears to the 4th of March 1832 $378. 84 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept r 4 th 17. 22 $396.06
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by M. Addison Clerk Book C 2 Vol. 4 th Page 116

No 12600
John McMartin
Ballarat letter
letter to L. P. Intyre
Donald McIntyre age Montgomery Co N. York

No 12600
BRIEF in the case of  John McMartin of Johnstown - Montgomery  of  County  — in the State of  New York  —  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
Before a Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?
76 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.     In 1777 Summer - between 6 & 9 Boatman Capt: Saul Gray -   or 1778 Summer - between 6 & 9 private Capt. James Gray - Genl Schuyler   in the preceding July - Summer - between 6 & 9   and several other tours duration of which not stated  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
none
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Near the Indian Castle - Tion - (now Herkimer)
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
2 living Witnesses & 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.
James Bird
Examining Clerk.

John M c Martin's Pension papers
12.600.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th June. 1832.
State of New York Montgomery County
On this twenty first day of September in the year 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Montgomery being State proceedings now sitting a Court of Record having a Clerk the Seal John E. Martin of the town of Johnstown in the County aforesaid aged Seventy six years upwards, 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 service of the United States in the Batteaux service on the Mohawk River from the City of Schenectady in said State to Fort Stanwix in said State between which two places the boat upon which he was engaged plied, that Samuel Gray was the Captain who commanded the Batteaux men amongst whom he this deponent enlisted. That he enlisted in the year 1778 or 1779 according to his present recollection & served between six & nine months under said Gray which was from the commencement of the boating season until the river closed. That they were engaged during said time in conveying provisions & other necessaries to the Army at Fort Stanwix. That Colonel Gansevoort commanded at said Fort during the time this deponent was engaged in said boat service. That said Captain Gray is dead. That this deponent does not know of any person now living within the United States who was engaged in said service with him that one Peter M c Cullem was with him that he lived in the province of Canada when deponent heard of him last, that one George House was also engaged with deponent, that deponent saw said House about two years ago since which he has not heard of him that he does not know whether said House is now living or not. that he did not receive any written discharge.

And the said John M c Martin on his oath aforesaid doth further state that in the summer preceding or following the summer in which he was engaged in the boat service as aforesaid and which he is at present unable to state with certainty he again enlisted in the militia of said state under Captain Samuel Gray Werned under him for either six or nine months that General Schuyler was the commanding officer the Colonel's name he does not now recollect, that during said term he was engaged in getting out timber at Lake George for the rebuilding of Ft. George which had been burned into ruins by the Army of General Burgoyne that he was dismissed at the end of the term without any written discharge he knows of no person living who was engaged with him in said service.
He further states that except the terms above mentioned he was engaged during the whole term of the Revolutionary war at intervals in the militia of the State of New York. Sometimes he would be called out the out two or three days at a time & then be dismissed remain home perhaps a week or four times three or four months then be called out again that during said time he was  called out a report came that the Indians were about making an attack upon Cherry Valley now in the County of Otsego in said State then in Onondaga County that he was was warned by Captain John  Sittle to appear armed & equipped at Coleske's Place that he did attend & marched from there to Cherry Valley under the command of Colonel Ruck that the village of Cherry Valley was burned & destroyed in ruins when they arrived, that the inhabitants lay scattered & slain & some roasted & others roasted that we were ordered to bury them & did so. the Enemy had fled there was no where to be seen he then returned home. that during said times he was warned by Captain Sittle to appear at Johnstown that he turned out with his

arket found the utmost confusion & dismay prevailing Every where, the British & Indians had arrived in the middle of the town before they were discovered, that he & the others were immediately formed & placed in order of battle that the British & Indians marched into Sir William Johnsons Hall & commenced killing & roasting cattle. That commenced Eating their dinner but before they were entirely done with their dinner we gave them a few doses of Cold lead by way of desert that the battle lasted from about noon until dark during all which time this deponent was engaged in the heat of the battle. That he was ordered to be ready at a moments warning & was so during the whole of the revolutionary war. that he can not fix any definite period to the actual service in which he was engaged.
He further states that he was born in Perthshire in Scotland in the year 1756 & landed in America in the year 1775. He has no record of his age. He was living near the Indian Castle then in Tryon County now Danube Herkimer County in the State of New York when called into service, He has lived in Johnstown Montgomery County in said State ever since the Revolution where he now resides. He was a volunteer in the service He never received a written discharge from the service. He is known to Simon Noorack John Holland Daniel Cady Aaron Haring Mary M c Martin & Isabella M c Bain & a great many others in the neighbourhood where he now resides. He hereby relinquishes Every claim whatever to a pension or annuity I swear to the present declare that his name is not on the pension roll of any State & is hereby subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open Court
Geo: D. Ferguson (Clerk)

State of New York Montgomery County
Mr Simon Hoose a clergyman residing in the town of Johnstown County of Montgomery State of New York whose Church the within named John M c Martin has attended for more than thirty years, and John Holland residing in the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said John M c Martin who has subscribed Oath to the annexed declaration; that we believe him to be seventy six years of age upwards; that he is reputed generally to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion & that we believe him to be a man of truth & veracity.
Subscribed Oath to in Open Court the 21 st September 1832.
Simeon Hoose R d Pastor John Holland
Geo: D. Ferguson. Clerk

State of New York Montgomery County
On the twenty second day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Montgomery now sitting Mary M c Martin a resident of the town of Johnstown in the County of Montgomery aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to Law says that she is the sister of John M c Martin who has subscribed her oath to the foregoing declaration that she knows that lived with her father with the said John during the Revolutionary War, that she knows that the said John was absent from home two summers engaged in the service of his Country, that the said John was absent in addition thereto at different times during the Revolutionary War repeatedly that sometimes he would be from home three or four days at a time sometimes more & sometimes less that this continued every year during the whole of the Revolution that followed the year 1775 that it was reputed & believed by the family & neighbours that the said John was engaged as a soldier in the service of his Country during the times he was so absent from home as aforesaid that she believes the same to be true.
Sworn
Subscribed & sworn to in open Court the day & year above stated.
Chas Mary M c Martin Mark
Jco; D. Ferguson Clerk

State of New York
Montgomery County to wit On the twenty second day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County being a Court of Record of Record having a Clerk the Seal Isabella M c Brain of the town of Johnstown in said County who being first duly sworn according to Law says that she is Eighty Six years of age upwards according to the best of her recollection, that she knows his wife acquainted with John M c Martin who has subscribed & swore to the annexed declaration that she resided in the City of Schenectady during the Revolutionary war that she knew the said John M c Martin during the Revolutionary war that he was Engaged in the Batavian Service in boating & carrying supplies for the troops or Militia under the United States Government or of the State of New York during the revolutionary war that she understood & believes that he lived between Schenectady & Fort Stanwix on the Mohawk River in the State of New York, that she saw him frequently during said time when he came into Schenectady with his boats that he was reputed and believed in the neighbourhood to be a soldier of the revolution & is so reputed to have been in the neigh- =borhood where he now lives, Cher Subscribed & sworn to } Isabella M c Brain in Open Court the day & year } mark above mentioned
Sworn
Geo: D. Ferguson, clerk

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 Simon Horack, who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Pennsylvania, resident the town of Johnstown County of Montgomery aforesaid and that John Holland who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Johnstown County aforesaid and is a credible person, and that their statement is Entitled to the utmost Confidence & credit.
I George D. Ferguson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Montgomery in the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of David R. Martin for a pension as testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 22 nd day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred thirty two
Geo: D. Ferguson

Resolutions
28804 INVALID.
File No. 28807
John M c Martin
Rev Reo War
Act: 7 th June 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 262
[Arrangement of 1870.]

John M c Martin New York Act 7. June 1832
Suspended See letter to Donald M c Intyre December 27. 1832
3 24. 44

J. L. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pension Washington D. C.

Albany, March 22 d 1842
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Sir.
The original papers in the case to which the enclosed affidavits refer, you will find on file in your office. You will see that the service under Capt Gray is therein set forth & claimed. As to the militia service I am not able to adduce any additional proof & cannot find any evidence on the Comptroller's books. Our main reliance is on the service of Mr Martin under said Captain Gray. He also served in the Quar-ter Department under Genl Schuyler, but inasmuch as I cannot satisfactorily establish this part of the service it is not claimed. I think that you will find in addition to the service under Gray from 19 th Feby 1780, to 1 st Jany 1781, as the Muster Roll proves, that he served for a short term or terms in the militia. Anticipating such a decision in the premises as justice may warrant, I remain
Yours very respectfully
P.S. I enclose also a copy of Gray's Roll, which you will find to correspond exactly with the original one on file. G.H.
G. H. Williams.

12.600 Declaration supple- mentary of John M c Martin
Act of 7 th June 1832
Role. Capt Gray - from 19 July to 21 Dec. 80 - 10:10ds
adnd 10mo 10ds pri
$34.44/100
Agent Giles H. Bates Albany N.Y.

State of New York County of Herkimer } ss.
Nicholas Myers of the City of Utica in the County of Oneida in said State, aged eighty-two years & upwards, being duly sworn saith, that during the year 1780 he served in the Company of Battlemen, fatigue men & laborers commanded by Captain Samuel Gray in the war of the revolution - and this Deponent well recollects that one John Mc Martin also served in said Company - Said John Mc Martin Resided at the time of his enlistment in the neighborhood of Canajoharie and this Deponent further saith, that although he cannot recollect, if he ever knew the precise day on which said John Mc Martin enlisted in said Company, yet he knows it was previous to the month of March 1780, as nearly all if not all the enlistments into said Company were made during the two first months of said year, & continued only until the full complement of men was made up - that the term of said enlistments were for twelve months or until the first day of January 1781, and this Deponent is assured that said John Mc Martin served out the full term of his enlistment in said Company Subscribed & Sworn this 30 day of August 1841, before me; & I certify that said Nicholas Myers is a credible witness.
his Nicholas X Myers mark
Timothy Campbell a Justice of the Peace

State of New York County of Herkimer } ss Clerk's Office
I hereby certify that Timothy J. Campbell whose name appears to the jurat of the within affi- davit, was at the time thereof, a Justice of the peace in & for said County, duly elected & qualified to act as such; and that the signature purporting to be his to said Jurat is genuine.
Witness my hand & the Seal of said County, this 31st day of August 1841
John Woodhull Dep Clerk
See margin

Mr. Martin
That early in the Spring of the year 1862 the Department of the War directed that the Battle of Shiloh was to be known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, making in all a series of several weeks but with reference to the particular period of time of the year upon which each day of series was fought. Declaration against testimony.
That early in the Spring of the year 1862 the Department of the War directed that the Battle of Shiloh was to be known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, making in all a series of several weeks but with reference to the particular period of time of the year upon which each day of series was fought. Declaration against testimony.
That early in the Spring of the year 1862 the Department of the War directed that the Battle of Shiloh was to be known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, making in all a series of several weeks but with reference to the particular period of time of the year upon which each day of series was fought. Declaration against testimony.
That the Department of the War directed that the Battle of Shiloh was to be known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, making in all a series of several weeks but with reference to the particular period of time of the year upon which each day of series was fought. Declaration against testimony.

THE FOLLOWING are the names of some of the regular officers whom he knew, or who were with the troops where he served, and such continental and militia regiments or companies with which he served, or as he can recollect, viz :
Colonel Danascourt Lieutenant John Windacher Capt George Mack & Ensign Schuyler of the militia also Captains Patmore & John Little
He never received any written discharge from the service.
He has no documentary evidence, and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except George Martin of Living
The following are the names of persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood, and who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution, to wit Hugh Mair & Duncan McLean
He 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.
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first aforesaid
Clerk.
Before me & I certify that the Declarant John McMartin being to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing Declaration, acknowledged that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed without inconvenience.
J. Smith
D.W. Kilby First Judge of Fulton County Common Pleas
Mr Hugh Mair. Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Schenectady & Duncan McLean residing in the town of Schenectady where the Declarant recently resided until about three months since when he removed to Mayfield, where as we are credibly informed & believe
he still resides for some time past he has been absent by that we are credibly informed & believe that the Declarant John McMartin who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty seven years of age, that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he has resided as a friend to have been a Soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in the opinion
Subscribed & sworn this day & year aforesaid before me
Hugh Mair
D.W. Kilby First Judge of Fulton County Common Pleas
Duncan McLean

And I do hereby declare and affirm after the investigation of the matter, that after the investigation of the matter presented by the war I affirm that the said applicant was a revolutionary soldier as he states, and further that Hugh Hair aforesaid is a Clergyman of the Presbyterian Church of Johnstown as within stated & that Duncan McLean aforesaid is a witness worthy of credit. Dated August 24th 1841 D. McIntyre First Judge of Fulton County Common Pleas
State of New York Fulton County, Clerk's office } ss
I Stephen Wait, Clerk of Fulton County, do Certify that D. McIntyre the person before whom the foregoing several affidavits made by John McMartin & Hugh Hair & Duncan McLean, was taken and who has subscribed the foregoing declaration on the twentyfourth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and fortyone was at the date and when said affidavits were taken First Judge of Fulton County Courts, Commissioned and sworn, and I so well knowing in said County and duly authorized to act as such. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Judge and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavits and declaration is genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County the 5th day of March 1842 Stephen Wait Clerk of Fulton County Courts
John McMartin
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