Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 21681, for Lewis Quick, New York

SERVICE
New York
Quick, Lewis
NUMBER _____
19 21681
CONTENTS

Levis Quick. Declaration.
10710.
Direct to the Care of James Robinson Agents Elmira Glass Co. N. York

State of New York } Tioga County ss personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Lewis Quick the Claimant in the original declaration hereto annexed who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that on the 24th day of July 1776 he became sixteen years of age and liable to military duty - that he resided at that time in the Town of New Matiney on the west side of the Hudson River in the County of Ulster in the State of New York - That he belonged to and was enrolled in the Regiment of Militia commanded by Col. Van Tyne and in the Company commanded by Capt. Stephen Cose in which he served as a Private.
And he declares that in the fall of the year 1776 and as high as he can remember in the forepart of October a detachment of the Regiment aforesaid was ordered out to the Frontier Settlements by Col. Van Tyne before named - this de- tachment was in the expedition - we were march'd to the Posts of Gripple Bush, Newtown and Peen Pack respectively and were encamped a short time at each of those places; and after reconnoit- ering the Country were march'd home having been two months at least in this line - Through the course of the Winter following he was out one or two short alarms against the Tories but cannot recollect the particulars so as to give them in detail -
And he further declares that in the spring of the year 1777 the Campaign

opened by order for detachments to be divided between the North River and the Frontier Service; on the former we had to guard against the British; on the latter against the Tories and Indians. On the River this deponent was out on two tours of one month each; he was at Fort Constitution, Montgomery and other places upon the River; and he was also out two tours of one month each upon the Frontier which makes during this year (77) four months he was out in the service in an embodied 4 mo. Corps. —
And he further declares that in the following year (78) the same order were issued for the Posts on the River and Frontier to be garrisoned and guarded and at this period the deponent understood that the order came from Gen. George Clinton. In the course of the year last aforesaid this deponent performed two tours of duty upon the River of one month each and one expedition of one month and upwards upon the Frontier besides being at all times in readiness and 3 mo. attending to sudden and frequent alarms.
And he further declares that in the following year 1779 an attempt was made by our Officers for longer engagements and it was finally agreed that our tours should be two months. From early in the spring of this year to the following winter this deponent performed one tour of two months upon the frontier.

4 mo. and one tour of two months upon the Hudson and this latter expedition was most of the time at West Point. —
And he further declares that in the following year (1780) he performed one tour of duty upon the River of two months; was at West Point near Windsor and Esopus, and was also out on one short expedition of one month upon
3 mo. the Frontier in pursuit of the Indians.
And he further declares that in the following year 1781 he was out in one expedition upon the Frontier against the Indians of two months; was most of the time in marching from one Post to another as far as the Jersey line after we were march'd home and in the month of September as he thinks he had orders to rendezvous at Fish kill upon the east side of the River in the County of Dutchess. We were stationed here upwards of a month and while here he well remembers signing a Petition to the Legislature praying that the Lands of the Tories might be confiscated and forfeited to the State; we were then dismissed and march'd home. —
3 mo. And he further declares that in the next year 1782 he was out one tour of two months upon the Frontier and on service similar to that performed in the preceding year which makes in 2 mo. the aggregate one year and nine

months which he feels conscious he he distinctly recollects; besides much other service in the cause he is equally conscious of having performed but is unable for want of sufficient memory to give it in detail; and he further states that he cannot recollect the officers who commanded at the different posts where he was stationed as before related though he always acted under orders and what he supposed competent authority - and for some time past he has endeavored by letters and otherwise to procure evidence of his services but as yet is unable
Sworn and subscribed 3 this 30 th day of September 1834 by the said Lewis Quick to me known to be a credible witness — before me —
Lewis Quick
John W. Warner J. P.

State of New York } Tioga County } }
I Green M. Tuthill Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that John W. Wisner before whom the foregoing declaration was sworn to and subscribed was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County; that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and know his signature subscribed to the said declaration to be genuine — In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the tape to be affixed under my seal of office this 22 nd day of October 1834. —
Green M. Tuthill Clerk

At a Court of Common Pleas held at the Court house in and for the County of Livingston and State of New York Com- mencing on the fourth day of September 1832. Present Hon. Grant B. Baldwin first Judge. - Darius Bentley, Joseph L. Darling John R. Droke and Elijah Shoemaker Esquires Judges.
State of New York } Troy County ss - } On this sixth day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges aforesaid being a Court of record because made so by the Constitution and Laws of the State having by Law a Clerk and Seal. Now sitting Lewis Quick aged twenty two years the 24 th day of July last who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration 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 and served as herein stated - In the month of October 1776 the Militia under Col. Bentyn in the town of Germantown in the County of Ulster and State of New York were all mustered and enrolled who were liable to do duty as such and to be armed and equipped in the best manner possible for the cause of Liberty - This deponent was mustered enrolled and ordered out under Capt. Stephen Case and Lieutenant Rose in

the Regiment before named under Col Vantyne for frontier defence against the Tories and Indians and for any other emergency in the cause which might require the service of the said Regiment or Company - This deponent with the rest of the Company under Captain Case before named were march'd on to the frontier of Orange County to a place call'd Peen Pack where we were station- ed about this time it was burnt by the Enemy for a few weeks - then were march'd on to the frontier of Ulster County where we remained till some times in the beginning of winter and returned home but still under orders to take regular turns as guards sentrys scouts and rangers and this kind of service continued constantly under arms and pursuing no other kind of business till the fall of 1781 when he with the rest of the Company were ordered to Fort Kill in the County of Dutchess where we remained station- ed for upwards of one month There were some thousands of Troops here at the same time and intended for active operations upon the City of New York which was then in the possession of the British. The expedition was finally abandoned and we were march'd home - As this deponent then continued in the service against the Indians and Tories upon the line of defence and fortified places

upon the frontier of Orange and Ulster Counties till the close of the war in 1783. That he has no documentary evidence of his said services and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to them — And in answer to the several inter- rogatories put to him by the Court he says that he was born in the Town of New Malbury in the County of Ulster in the State of New York on the 24 th day of July in the year 1760 — that he has a record of his age in his Bible which he obtained from his Parents — That when he first entered the service aforesaid he lived at the place of his nativity that after the close of the war he continued to live at the same place several years — then lived two years in Newburg County of Orange and State of New York — then lived twenty one years — then in the Town of Chemung his present residence upwards of twelve years — that he entered the service as one of the Militia bound to perform military duty and served as a volunteer — That the regular officers who were with the Troops where he served — are Gen George Clinton Gen. James Clinton, Gen. M c Dougall Col. DuBois and Major Clark and their respective Corps all of whom are within his recollection — That he never received any discharge — neither did

the Troops generally in this Regiment but were dismissed when no further need existed for their services at the close of the war — that he would refer to Elias Walker, Frederick Lowyer and Isaac Shepherd who are his neighbors well acquainted with his reputation for truth and veracity and who can testify to their belief in the truth of the foregoing declaration That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state — sworn to & subscribed } Lewis Quick the day & year aforesaid Gren M. Tuttle Clk
See Simon R. Jones a clergyman residing in Southport, Tioga County New York and Elijah Shoemaker one of the Judges of this Court hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Lewis Quick who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy two years of age and upwards; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbor- hood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion } Simon R. Jones. sworn & subscribed the day & year } Elijah Shoemaker aforesaid — Gren M. Tuttle

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interest of the matter prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further cer- tifies that it appears to them that Simeon R. Jones who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Southport and that Elijah Shoemaker who has also signed the same is a resident of the town of Nichols and is a credible person and that this statement is entitled to credit
J. B. Baldwin First Judge
I Green M. Luthill Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby cer- tify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Lewis Quick for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 8 th day of Sept. 1832
Green M. Luthill

(3-223.)
Rev
No. 21. 6 81
_____, Ex'r.
REJECTED
OLD WAR INVALID.
Lewis Luck of NY P. O. Pri, Colo Van Dyne NY mil
Service : _____
1 - 0
Enlisted : _____, 18 .
Discharged : _____, 18 .
Application filed : _____, 18 .
Alleges : _____
Re-enlisted : _____
Attorney : _____
P. O. _____ / _____

New York Revs. -
Lewis Quick  of NY N.Y. ab Van Dyke Suspended let to J. Robinson Nov. 17. 1834 26 th

(Copy.)
War Department, Pension Office November 17. 1834.
Sir,
The papers of Lewis Quick have again been examined. His statement with respect to his service, in the militia of the State of New-York is too doubtful to be admitted without proof and explanation. There is no evidence in the Dep t . of such tours of service in that description of troops, as set forth in this case, except under classification by proper authority. The militia-men were generally drafted and for short tours. The officers had no authority to order out men as alleged by the claimant. The papers are placed on file.
I am, very respectfully, Yours ob t . Serv t . (Signed) J. L. Edwards
James Robinson Esq Elmira, New-York.

Elmira Oct. 23 d 1834.
Sir
This Case was sent back for the purpose of having a detailed statement made and in returning it I would remark that delay has been unavoidable in the attempt to produce evidence other than traditional but as he states is unable to do so. His witnesses are a Judge of the Court and a clergyman. The claimant lives in the lower part of the Town of Chemung about 20 miles from this village and Judge Shoemaker lives not far from him in the Town of Nichols. The old soldier has referred the department to some of his neighbors for proof of his reputation for truth and veracity in answer to the seventh interrogatory and among them I see the name of Isaac Shepherd - This Gentleman is a highly respectable Citizen in the neighborhood of Mr. Quick having been for many years and now is the Post Master in that part of the Town and he has uniformly told me that Mr. Quick was a pious moral man and that the most implicit confidence might be placed in his revolutionary statements and that this was the opinion of his neighbors generally - As much depends upon his reputation for veracity, should the department have any doubt on that point I venture to say it can be well supported, all which is respectfully submitted -
I have the honor to be Sir, very respectfully your ob t . servant
J. Robinson
The Hon. J. L. Edwards Court of Pensions