Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11165, for William Osterhoudt, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Osterhoudt, William Osterhout
S. 111165
Carded
CONTENTS

New York 20.435
William Osterhout
of the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain [unclear] of the [unclear] commanded by [unclear] in the [unclear] for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of [unclear] at the rate of [unclear] Dollars [unclear] Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Sept. 1831 and Serial No 61000
Arrears to the 14th of Sept. 1831 5 00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 34 1 00 8 00
Revolutionary Claim, } W. L. Williams Secy June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by [unclear] Clerk, Book [unclear] Vol. [unclear] Page 27

12,496
W. Astor Hand
Admitted Private benefits
14 =
P. 293
Ms 115) H. S.
W. Brodhead
n. c.

BRIEF in the case of William Osterhout of Saugerties County of Ulster in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1839.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75.  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.     drafted in the winter of In 1777 — 2 — Private Capt Moses Cartine, N.Y. Troops   volunteered Spring 1778 — 1 — " " Matthew Dade " "   dito Summer 1779 — 3 — " " Philip Schuyler "  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Not any  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Saugerties - New York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses & traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Not properly attached 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. S. Wilcox Examining Clerk.
6 March 1839

14490. William Sterhout. Pension Papers

Sept. 10-3 for Wm Osterhout by Alf. D. Rowe } 3 months
Yrs truly Alf. D. Rowe

Off 10-3 for Mrs Osterhout by A. D. Dowe } 3 / month
[Faint handwritten text, possibly "for" or "for"]

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7 th June 1832
State of New York Ulster County 3p
On the thirteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Ulster County, being a court of Record for said County, proceeding according to the course of Common Law, with a Jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount. And keeping a Record of their proceedings having a Clerk and Seal of their own, William Osterhout a resident of the Town of Saugerties in the County of Ulster aged seventy five Years, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth in his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832.
That he Entered the Service of the United States under the following named Officers and Served as herein stated, To Wit, That in the Winter of the Year 1777 he was drafted as a private Soldier in the Militia Service of the State of New York in the Revolutionary War, in the Company of Capt Moses Cantine for Two Months . Rendezvous at Kingston Ulster County. Marched from there through the Counties of Orange & Rockland to a place called Scrallemburgh in the State of New Jersey and continued there in said Service until the full term of two months and was then discharged at the Close of the Winter, (No Written discharge).
2 months Moses Cantine Capt Kingston Ulster County Off. No 1
And the Applicant further declares that in the Spring of the Year 1778 he was again volunteered drafted in the same Service as aforesaid as a private Soldier in Capt Matthew Dierick's Company for One Month and was stationed at a place called Ramapatch in the State of New Jersey and continued there until duly discharged after one month's Service (No Written discharge).
1 month Capt Matthew Dierick Company Ramapatch Off. No 2

Documents of the estate of John Deyo No. 3
And this applicant further declares in the Summer  Spring of the Year 1779 he was  volunteered again drafted in the said service of the state of New York as a private soldier, in the company of Capt Philip Swart for Three Months and was stationed at a Fort in the town of Shandaken in the County of Ulster - and was then duly discharged, (No written discharge)
And this applicant further declares that —  1 st he was born in the Town of Saugerties in the year 1757 County of Ulster  2 nd has a Record of his age in his father's bible  3 rd that he lived in said Town during the Revolutionary war and lives there now  4 th that he always volunteered in said Service  5 th that he knows no officers except as stated above  6 th that he never had a discharge  7 th And that he knows James Dubois & Henry Wynkoop to his veracity as to his services 
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 any agency of any state
Sworn to and subscribed } his William + Attenborough the day and year aforesaid } Judge  name
A. H. Hadenburgh } John Jansen } Judge Abm A Deyo }

WE, James H. Dubois  a Clergyman , residing in the town of Saugerties in the County of Ulster and State of New-York, and Henry Wynkoop of the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with William Osterhout who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be about Seventy five 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 day and year aforesaid. }
his James H. Dubois mark Henry Wynkoop
in open Court A. G. Hassenburgh } Judges John Jansen Abm. C. Deyo
CERTIFICATE OF THE COURT.
The Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ulster in the State of New-York, sitting this thirteenth day of September in the year 1832 at the court-house in Huston in said County, do hereby declare their opinion, after 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 James H. Dubois who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman , resident in the town of Saugerties in the County aforesaid, and that Henry Wynkoop who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same town and a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
A. G. Hassenburgh } Judges John Jansen Abm. C. Deyo
I, Jacob Snyder Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Ulster 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 William Osterhout for a Pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this thirteenth day of September 183 2
Jacob Snyder
I do hereby certify that the above named William Osterhout is to me personally known and is a credible person and to whose oath and declaration I should give full faith and credit H. M. Romeyn Supr. Court Com te K

State of New York Ulster County
ss. Jacob Brink - Kingston Hechtieken of the town of Huguenot County of Ulster aged sixty two years a Soldier of the Revolutionary war being duly sworn deposes and says that he is well acquainted with William Osterhout also a Soldier of the Revolutionary war and now an applicant for a pension that this deponent was in the Militia Service of the State of New York in the Revolutionary war and was in the Company of Capt Moses Cantine in Col Paulings Regiment and well knew that the said William Osterhout belonged to Served in the same Company and that this deponent saw the said William Osterhout in the said Service for two months or more in the year 1777
D.W. No 1
State of New-York, ULSTER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE: ss.
I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, Do hereby Certify== That Heiman M. Romney Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed Affidavit, a Supreme Court Com- missioner, &c. in and for the said County of Ulster duly authorized to take affidavits, &c.; and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Heiman M. Romney and verily believe the signature "H. M. Romney" subscribed to the Certificate
is the said annexed affidavit to be genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this twentieth day of September 1832
Jacob Snyder
Commissioner having powers of the the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County under the Act of 7. February 1831.
I do further Certify that the above named Jacob Brink is to me personally known and is a credible person and to whose oath and declarations I should give full faith and credit H. M. Romney a Sup. Court Com n K

State of New York Ulster County
Jacob Brink
Kingston
Heights of the town of Esopus County of Ulster aged sixty  80 years a Soldier of the Revolutionary war being duly sworn deposes and says that he is well acquainted with William Osterhout also a Soldier of the Revolutionary war and now an applicant for a pension that this deponent was in the Militia Service of the State of New York in the Revolutionary war and was in the Company of Capt Moses Cantine in Col Paulding's Regiment and well knew that the said William Osterhout belonged to Served in the same Company and that this deponent saw the said William Osterhout in the said Service for two months or more in the year 1777 and well knows that the said William Osterh- out continued to serve as a private Soldier in said corps until this deponent with the said Company were discharged; and that this deponent with the said Company Rendezvoused in King- ston Ulster County and marched through the Counties of Orange & Rockland to a place called Schralenburgh in the State of New Jersey and this deponent and the said Company con- tinued until at the end of the said term of two months and was discharged at the close of the winter of 1777
2 mrs No 1
Subscribed and sworn this 13 th day of September 1832 before me
Jacob Brink mark
H. M. Romney Supreme Court Commissioner having powers of a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County under the Act of 7. February 1831.
I do further certify that the above named Jacob Brink is to me personally known and is a credible person and to whose oath and subscription I hereby give full faith and credit H. M. Romney Sup. Court Com r

Coff No 1
for
Wm Osterhout 3 2
Jacob by Bunk 3 month
Hezekiah Hynkaf 3

State of New York Ulster County ss Wilhelmus Emerick of the town of Saugerties County of Ulster aged 73 years a Soldier of the Revolutionary war being duly sworn deposes and says that he is well acquainted with William Osterhout also a Soldier of the Revolutionary war and now an applicant for a Pension that this deponent was in the Militia Service of the State of New York in the Revolutionary war and was in the company of Capt. Matthew L'edrick and well knows that the said William Osterhout belonged to said in the same company and that this deponent saw the said William Osterhout in said service for one month or more in the year 1778 and well
STATE OF NEW-YORK, Ulster County Clerk's Office, } ss.
I Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, do hereby Certify, That Peter Van Gaasbeck Junior Esquire, was in the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Ulster, duly authorised to take affidavits, &c.; and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature "P. V. Gaasbeck Jr." subscribed to the Certificate of the said annexed Affidavit to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this twentieth day of September 1832
Jacob Snyder
Ulster County ss I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Wilhelmus Emerick, that he is a credible person, and that his statement is entitled to credit. F. V. Gaasbeck Jr. Jus. of the peace

State of New York Ulster County ss Wilhelmus Emrick of the town of Saugerties County of Ulster aged 73 years a Soldier of the Rev- olutionary war being duly sworn deposes and says that he is well acquainted with William Oster-  hout also a Soldier of the Revolutionary war and now an applicant for a Pension that this deponent was in the Militia Service of the State of New York in the Revolutionary war and was in the company of Capt. Matthew L'aderick and well knows that the said William Osterhout belonged to said in the same company and that this deponent saw the said William Osterhout in said service for  one month or more in the year 1778 and well knows that the said William Osterhout continued to serve in said corps until this deponent with the said company were discharged, and that this deponent with the said company were sta- tioned at a place called Ramapagh in the State of New Jersey where this deponent with the said company were discharged at the end of the said of one month his Sworn and subscribed before me Wilhelmus Emrick the 12 th day of September 1832 Mark J. V. Gansbeck Justice of the peace
State of New York Ulster County ss I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Wilhelmus Emrick, that he is a credible person, and that his statement is entitled to credit. J. V. Gansbeck Justice of the peace

aff. 102
for Wm Osterhout } 1 mo by Wilhelmus Cinnick
[Faint handwritten text, possibly "Received of"]

State of New York
Ulster County ss Abraham D Love of the town of Saugerties in the County of Ulster aged Sixty nine Years a Soldier in the Revolutionary war. being duly Sworn deposes and says. that he is well acquainted with William Osterhoudt also a Soldier in the Revolutionary war. and now an applicant for a Pension. And that this deponent was in the Militia Service of the State of New York in the Revolutionary war, and was in Capt Philip Swarts Company. and well knows that the said William Osterhoudt belonged to and served in the same Company & this deponent saw the said William Osterhoudt in said Service for Three Months in the year 1779. and knows that the said William Osterhoudt continued to serve as a private Soldier in said Corps until this deponent and the said Company was discharged, and that the said Company was stationed at Shandaken in a Fort as a frontier gank in the fall of
31100 Aft. 10 3
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Ulster County Clerk's Office,
I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, do hereby certify , That Peter Van Gaasbeek Junior Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Ulster, duly authorized to take affidavits, &c. and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature "P. V. Gaasbeek Jr" subscribed to the Certificate of the said annexed Affidavit to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this twentieth day of September 1832
Jacob Snyder

State of New York
Ulster County } ss Abraham D Love of the town of Saugerties in the County of Ulster aged Sixty nine Years a Soldier in the Revolutionary War. being duly sworn deposes and says. that he is well acquainted with William Osterhoudt also a Soldier in the Revolutionary War. and now an applicant for a pension. and that this deponent was in the Militia Service of the State of New York in the Revolutionary war, and was in Capt Philip Smits Company. and well knows that the said William Osterhoudt belonged to and served in the same Company & this deponent saw the said William Osterhoudt in said service for Three Months in the year 1779. and knows that the said William Osterhoudt continued to serve as a private Soldier in said Corps until this deponent and the said Company was discharged, and that the said Company was stationed at Shandaken in a Fort as a frontier guard in the fall of the Year 1779.
3. 110 Off. 10 3
Subscribed & sworn this 12 th day of September 1832 before me J. V. Gassbeck Jr Justice of the peace
his Abraham D. Love mark
State of New York
Ulster County } ss J. H. Scriby certify that I am personally acquainted with Abraham D Love, that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
J. V. Gassbeck Jr Justice of the peace

11.165 INVALID.
Reborn
File No. 11.165
William Osterhout Prv. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 6 re 282
[Arrangement of 1870.]

M m Orschardt
H. P. ...
all done V

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Asterhardt  which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? No
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? No
XVI. †Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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 shewn 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.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
†QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

State of New York
Ulster County ss. On this 18 th day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty three personally appeared before me Samuel Raymondsone of the Justices in & for the county of Ulster. William Costerhout a resident of the town of Saugerties Ulster County who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Additional Declaration to his former Declaration which is hereunto annexed to answer to the objections in the accompanying brief from the Pension Office marked in the negative as follows
viz 1 st To those No. XI & XII He the said applicant declares that being old and infirm he was not able to come into court until the  near the close of said court in which his former Declaration was taken not knowing it necessary to have a certificate of a Clergyman he the said applicant called upon Henry Wynkoop & James Dubois the only persons of his neighborhood present whom he has long known as respectable citizens of his neighbourhood to testify as to their belief respecting his age & the general belief in his neighbourhood relative to his revolutionary services that he resides 16 miles from the said Court house but in addition (if necessary) to those named in his former Declaration he would refer to Jeremiah Russell P.M. at & Tobias Wynkoop Esqr Justice of the peace at of this town who if called upon can testify to their belief of his age & the general belief in his neighborhood of his revolutionary services
2 nd In answer to obj. no. XIV marked in red ink see the addition all certificates offered to the affidavits
3 rd To obj. no XVI see also former Declaration
4 th To the 3 rd interrogatory he says that in course

sequence of old age & loss of memory he does not recollect any more than those stated his original Declaration
3 th To the 7 th interrogatory see the body of the add- itional declaration his
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year above written before me
William X Cesterhout marks
Samuel Raymond Jr Subs. at H. bearing
CITY OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Ulster County Clerk's Office,
I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, do hereby certify, That Samuel Raymond Senior — Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Ulster, duly authorized to take affidavits, &c. and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature "Samuel Raymond Senior" — subscribed to the Certificate of the said annexed Affidavit to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this twenty ninth day of April — 1833
Jacob Snyder

sequence of old age & loss of memory he does not recollect any more than those stated his original
Declaration
3 th To the 7 th interrogatory see the body of the add- itional declaration
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year above written before me
William his  X Osterhout marks
Samuel Raymond Jr Justice of the peace
I certify that the above named William Osterhout who has subscribed & sworn to the above Declaration is a man of truth & veracity
Samuel Raymond Jr Justice of the peace
David Bryder

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Osterhout, Peter GRADE Private LINE New York or Osterhout
WARRANT NUMBER 6910 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 15, 1792 To — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.