Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43888, for Andrew Race, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Race, Andrew
S. 43888
CONTENTS

From H. B. A. Miss Fanny R.
To New York. Andrew Race.
of Henton, _____ in the state of New Jersey - who was a Private - in the regiment commanded by Colonel Marshall of the Virginia line, for the term of two years
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 8 - Dollars per month, to commence on the 31 st of March 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th of Mar: 1820 and sent to the Hon: J. Hickenor.
Senate W. States
Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1820 — $ 185.29
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1820 " 48.
23 mo: \frac{5}{31}
8 233.29
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

Andrew Race.
Pittstown, Rensselaer County, N. York.
N o 16,601
25 Mar. 1820
The accompanying transfer must be executed & returned with this case before continnuance can be granted.
In company with 16601

State of New York. City of Troy in the County of Rensselaer } ss.
In the Court of Common Pleas called the Mayors Court in & for the City of Troy.
On this Sixth day of June 1820 personally appeared in open court, (being a court of record in and for the said City & County according to the solemn adjudications of the Supreme Court of this state, and being a court which proceeds according to the course of common law; with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount; keeping a record of its proceedings; and possessing the power of fine and imprisonment) Andrew Race aged Sixty Seven years, resident in the Town of Pittstown 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 Revolutionary war in the year 1775 in London County in Virginia in the minute service in 1776. enlisted for two years in the Company commanded by Capt Charles West in the Third Regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Marshall , and that he served nine months in the Jersey Brigade commanded by General Maxwell in Captain Schne Andersons Company in the fourth Regiment commanded by Col. Martin was in the battle of Harlem Heights , White Plains , Bennington , Breedys mine , Monmouth and German town , That his application for pension was made on the 21. March 1818. This Certificate is numbered 10.991. and dated 25 th March 1820. and is payable in New Jersey —
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 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.
Andrew Race
Sworn to and declared on the Sixth day of June 1820. in open Court.
Joseph D. Selden Clerk
Schedule.
I have no family & no property or income, real or personal except my necessary wearing apparel, am unable to labor, am affected with Rheumatism in my back, am very infirm & supported by the Charity of my friends. I am by occupation a farmer. Sworn & declared this 6 th of June 1820. in open Court.
Andrew Race
Joseph D. Selden Clerk
State of New York, City of Troy } ss.
I, Joseph D. Selden , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas called the Mayors Court held in & for the City of Troy do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath & 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 property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is _____ dollars and _____ cents. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this Sixth day of June 1820
Joseph D. Selden Clerk.

State of New Jersey
Hunterdon county ss Be it known that on the thirty first day of march in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen personally appeared before me Daniel Cook one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in & for the county of hunterdon & State of New Jersey Andrew Race of said county who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that in the month of september in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five he the said Andrew Race then enlisted in the minute Service in the company of Capt Charles West in Loudoun county and State of Virginia and continued in that service untill the month of february 1776 when Capt West was appointed capt. of a company of riflemen in the United States service and that he then did enlist under the said Capt Charles West as a private soldier in the United States Service as a rifleman that they then marched to New York and was there attached to the 3 d regiment of the Virginia line which was commanded by Col. Marshall who was also of Virginia and said regiment was attached to the Brigade Commanded by Brigadier General Woodford and that he the said Andrew Race did enlist under the said Capt West as a private soldier in the service of the United States for the term of two years beginning in february 1776 and ending in february 1778 and at the expiration of said term of two years received a discharge from the said Brig. Gen. Woodford which discharge is lost by him this deponent, and that he this deponent is now reduced to Indigent circumstances in his old age and requires at this time the aid of government for his benefit and comfort to subsist on he further saith that there is not to his knowledge at this time resident in the State of New

Jersey any person that then served with him in the American revolution if further saith not
Andrew Race
Subscribed and sworn before me the day and year first above
Written Daniel Cook. Judge
Not on record Reported
And the said Andrew Race doth release and forever discharge the government of the United States from any claim or demand that he ever had as a pension belonging to the United States service as witness his hand the 31 day of march 1818
Andrew Race
Witness present
Daniel Cook
State of New Jersey
Hunterdon county ss Be it remembered That on the 31 st day of march Anno Domina 1818 personally appeared before me Daniel Cook one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in & for said county Andrew Race above named and did acknowledge that he did release and forever discharge the United States from any claim or demand as a foregoing pensioner
Daniel Cook
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of the court this fifth day of May A.D. 1818 and further that
the said Daniel Cook is as Judge of said court duly commissioned & sworn.
J. B. W. M. W. B. & H.
B. A. K. W. M. B. & H.
H. C. L.
Not my Seal
I certify that I believe from the within affidavit and the best of information that I have received from other sources that the circumstances of the within named Andrew Race require the aid of government for his necessary support in his old age
May 6 1818
Andrew Race att.
Daniel Cook Judge
not on record

43688
INVALID.
Rey
File No. 43688
Andrew Race
Dr. Rev. Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 410
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mr. Lewis Edwards
Wor Bap t
Adm d

Dear Sir,
Andrew Bruce of Preston, in the State of Jersey was among the early applicants for the benefit of the Act of the 18 th March 1818. He states that he enlisted in Capt. Charles West's Company of Riflemen (J. Vir.) as a private Soldier for two years, commencing in Feb y 1776 & ending on Feb y 1778 - that this Company was annexed to the 3 d Reg t . of the Virginia Line under the Command of Col t Marshall - that he served his two years &c -
His friend W. Wilson of the Senate, has the charge of his papers - which after an examination at your office were returned to the Judge, with notice, "Not on the Roll." This notice was not given by the Judge to the Applicant until some months after it was rec d . The Applicant then obtained through Gen t . Mercer of the H. Rept s - a Certificate from his Ser t - John Taylor, testifying to the truth of the Applicant's statement of Service, which was considered insufficient, as not being given under oath; & doubts also were entertained whether West's Company were on the Continental Establishment, I advised him to make a new statement & proof of his service for the term of nine months, in Capt. John Anderson's Company, 4 th Reg t in the Jersey Brigade, I believe Martin Col t - which statement & proof, together with the original papers, I now enclose.
The Applicant is far advanced in years (79) of a good character & in needy circumstances - Will you attend to his case?
Washington 17 th March 1820
Yours with esteem & Respect
J. Eichen

M
J. L. Edwards War Department Secretary at war Washington

Trenton New Jersey March 16 th 1820
my Dear Sir
my case is a hard one all my Proceedings seems to be Rejected as yet I am Clear in my Opinion that not one Soldier in the United States comes under the law more than my self served my Country for three long years and upwards when through every thing but Death was at the Expense of sending to the Officer that inlisted me in the United States Army and Obtained a Certificate of my enlistment and services John Taylor Esq was the man of London County and State of Virginia who is since dead now if you had sent me the Certificate back to me as I directed you in stead of sending it to Judge Cook at Trenton it out to have been to Benson where I was at that time I should have had time to sent it on and have got one with his Affidavit to it. before his death I have told on Judge Cook and got my Application and have sent them to Mr Johnson with proof of the services done in the Jersey Brigade the Papers will be described in a short time I am determined to issue it until I obtain it if it takes me five years from your most obedient and very humble servant
Andrew Rall
J. L. Edwards
War Department

Andrew Race's Appl n for Transfer from New Jersey to New York. 5 th October 1820. —
Transferred 26 th October 1820. —
Sep 20
— 850 — 1000 — 1000 — 1000

All this be- ing added to im- mediately — J. L. E.
Apr 20
Andrew Race's apptm- for chamber from New Jersey to New York 5th Octbr 1820. — November 12th Octbr 1820.

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of New York Rensselaer County of _____ ss.
On this fifth day of October 1820, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Rensselaer personally appeared Andrew  Race — who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Charles West in the regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Marshall in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of New Jersey from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the state (district, or territory) of New York where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. Andrew Race
Sworn and subscribed to, before } me, the day and year aforesaid. }
Obed Rice Justice Peace
State of New York, } Rensselaer County } I certify that Obed Rice whose genuine signature is affixed to the above affidavit was on the day of the date hereof one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Rensselaer — In witness of which I have hereunto set my name & the seal of said County This 21 st day of October A.D. 1820 — Joseph D. Dusenbergh
NOTE. The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.

Application of a transfer

Hunter Don (State of Virginia)
Hunter Don { personally appeared before me James Living one of the County of } Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said county of Hunter tendon Obadiah Evans who being duly sworn according to law deponeth and saith that he is and was acquainted with Andrew Race that he has been present at the The said Andrew Race enlisted in in the company commanded by Capt John Anderson belonging to the fourth regiment of the New Jersey brigade commanded by Col Ephraim Martin & that the said Andrew Race did enlist in the continental Service in the month of may in 1778 and was discharged in the month of february 1779 and that he the deponent did enlist in the same company on the same day  same day and and served the nine months with him and that the said Race was discharged the same day the deponent was from said Service and that he the deponent receives his pension for the services he rendered the United States with the said Race during said nine months of further saith not
Taken Subscribed and sworn } Gladiah Lang before me this sixth day of march
1820
Yazoo City, Miss. Jan. 25 th 1893.

State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County ss. I John T Blackwell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Hunterdon do hereby certify that the within named James Living Eng. is and was at the time of signing the within one of the Judges of said court of common pleas for said County. duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the court. This sixteenth day of March A.D. eighteen hundred and twenty
J. T. Blackwell Clerk

And I the said Andrew Race do further testify & say that in may 1778 I enlisted into the continen- tal Service for the term of nine months in Capt John ■ Anderson company in the 4 th regiment commanded ■ by Col Ephraim Masten in the Jersey Brigade and that I faithfully served the nine months and was discharged therefrom in february 1779 Subscribed & sworn before me                      Andrew Race this 5 th day of March 1820 Daniel Cook Judge
State of New Jersey Huntingdon County p s Be it remembered that on the 5 th day of march anno Domini 1820 personally appear- ed the above named Andrew Race and before me Daniel Cook one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in & for said county and doth acknowledge that he did release the United States from any claim or de- mand as a former pensioner Daniel Cook
Andrew Race

Andrew Rose Apprentice to Benjamin
A. J. ... Col. Martin Andrew Rose Rose Andrew May 20 ...

State of New Jersey
Hunterdon ss personally appeared before me John Card one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County of Hunterdon Albert Covenhoven who being duly sworn according to Law deposeth and saith that is and was aquain- ted with Andrew Pace and they both enlisted with John Anderson Captain in the Nine months service and belonged to the four- th Regiment Command by Colonel Ephraim Mattain in Gen Maxwell Brigade and that the deponent and the said Andrew Pace enlisted in the month of May in the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight and marched to Trenton together and from Trenton to Monmouth and there joined the Brigade and served their time out together and were both discharged in the month of February seventeen hundred and seventy nine. and further this deponent saith not
Albert Covenhoven
Subscribed and sworn before me this fifteenth day of March Eighteen hundred and twenty
1820
John Card
N B I do certify that I am acquainted with the deponent and that I believe him to be a man of truth and veracity John Card

The State of New Jersey } Huntingdon County } So I John S Blackwell Clerk of the Inferior Court of common Pleas in and for the county of Huntingdon do hereby certify that John Gan named in the foregoing affidavit, now is and was at the time of signing his name to the foregoing affidavit, one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said county, duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit ought to be given to all his official acts as such -
In Testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this 16 th day of March A.D. eighteen hundred and twenty
J. S. Blackwell Clerk