Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20144, John Yanson, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Ganson, John or Janson, Johannes Margaret
W. 20144
CONTENTS

178 1978 New York Albany Margaret Yanson widow of Johannes Yanson very who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private 1878
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars 44, Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Sept. 1848 and sent to
L. Jenkins Albany N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 273 Vol. 4,
Reported

Middletown Scho Co N.Y.
Dec 26th 1850
The Commissioners of Pensions will please permit Mr Vespasian Ellis to examine the pension application and proofs filed by Margaret Yanson widow of Johannes Yanson in the year 1848 under the Act of Congress passed Feb 2 d 1848, in relation to the services of said Johannes Yanson who resided in the county of Schoharie State of New York. I make this request being myself one of those entitled to whatever may be due for such services
Witnesses } W. Wells }
Abraham Gausby

Mayant Yamin
NY 48-1978
Jan 27-51
Ex. M - Ellis

In the matter of the application of John Ganson for a pension
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  Vol 3. p 82  $2.66  —  Rechtmeyer 1779    " 83  — 4.90  —  " — 1780    " 84  — 4. —  —  L. Odengen 1779    " "  — 1.33  —  " — 1780    " 67  — 2.29  —  Rechtmeyer "    4 — 3  — 1.33  —  Brown "    " " 11  — 1.60  —  Eug. Swan "    " — 15  — 2.00  —  L. Lullay 1781    " "  — 12.00  —  " — 1780  
$32.11
Submitted Col P. Vroom } N.Y. Capt Rechtmeyer } Multica

State of New York
Schoharie County ss On this fourth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three personally appeared in open court before the Honorable the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Schoharie and State of New York now sitting John Yanson a resident of the town of Middleburgh in the said County of Schoharie aged eighty three years 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 was born and has always resided in that part of the State of New York now the town of Middleburgh in the County of Schoharie. That he was enrolled as a private in the Militia of the State of New York as early as the first day of August in the year 1775. That the Regiment & company in which he was enrolled at the time of his enrollment was commanded by the following named officers. Colonel Peter Vroman, Lieutenant Colonel Peter Helie, Majors Thomas Eckerson & Joseph Becker, Captain George Richtmyre, Lieutenant John Billinger Jr. That he does not recollect the name of the Ensign. That he belonged to the same Militia Regiment & company from the said first day of August in the year 1775 until the first day of April in the year 1783. That the said Regiment & company were commanded by the above named officers during that time. That from the said first day of August in the year 1775 until the first day of April in the year 1783 he was very frequently on duty in the service of the United States for short periods of from two days

to one month. That he does not recollect the number of different times he was on duty. That he was during most of those times under the immediate command of some officer of the Regiment or company to which he belonged. That which officer had the command each period he cannot tell. That he does not recollect the exact time he entered the service each or any of those periods, nor the time when he left the same nor how long he was engaged on duty each time. That he was not drafted, a volunteer or a substitute any of the above mentioned periods to his knowledge. That he was ordered into the service by some officer of his Regiment or Company and entered the service in obedience to such order. That he was in no battle during the war. That as near as he can recollect in the month of October in the year 1776 he marched with his company by the way of Albany to Fort Edward & lay there about a fortnight, then marched to that part of the State of New York now the town of Johnstown in the County of Montgomery & staid there two or three weeks when he returned home. That he marched with a party under Colonel Vroman in pursuit of the Indians & Tories who had been massacring the inhabitants in Schoharie. Colonel Hascum with a party of Light Horse were with the Americans. That he was in the middle Fort in Schoharie when Schoharie was burnt in the year 1780. That he was several times on scouts to those parts of the State of New York now the Counties of Green & Montgomery, Delaware & Rensselaer. That he assisted in building the middle Fort in Schoharie
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That he was frequently in the Forts in Schoharie on garrison duty. That small parties of continental troops were at Schoharie during the war, but that he does not recollect who were their officers. And the said John Yanson saith that he is positive that he was engaged on duty in the service of the United States as a private soldier from the said first day of August in the year 1775 untill the first day of April in the year 1783 at different periods in the whole amounting to at least three years
That he has no documentary evidence of his services above set forth. That he never received a written discharge from the service. That he has no record of his age -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court John Deehard Jr. Clerk
John his  X Yanson mark
We John Garrison a clergyman residing in the town of Middleburgh in the County of Schoharie in the state of New York & Freeman Stanton residing in the said town of Middleburgh hereby certify that that we are well acquainted with John Yanson who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be eighty three years of age, That he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
John Garrison Freeman Stanton

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court John Gebhard fr. 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 & served as he states, and the court further certifies that it appears to them that John Garretson who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Middleburgh in the said County of Schoharie and that Freeman Stanton who has also signed the same is a resident of the said town of Middleburgh and that they are credible persons and that their statements is entitled to credit, and that Henry Yanson and Abraham Lawryn who have subscribed & sworn to the annexed affidavit are residents in the said town of Middleburgh and are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit
Thos. O'Driscoll Wm Mann
State of New York
Henry Shafer
Schoharie County ss On this fourth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open Court before the honorable the Court of common pleas of the County of Schoharie and State of New York now sitting Abraham Lawryn a resident of the town of Middleburgh in the County of Schoharie who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration

That he is aged Seventyfour years, That he has always resided in the now town of Middliburgh in the said county of Schoharie. That he has been well acquainted with John Yanson the person named in the within annexed affidavit as long as he can recollect, That the said John has resided in the said now town of Middliburgh during that time, That the said John belonged from the commencement until the close of the Revolutionary War to a Militia Company under the command of Captain George Richtmyer & to a Regiment commanded by Colonel Peter Vroman. That the said John commenced doing duty in the service of the United States as early as the first day of August in the year 1775. That from that time until the close of the Revolutionary War he frequently saw the said John on duty, but that he cannot tell how many times he has seen him on duty, nor who had the command of the party to which he belonged at each time; That he was frequently with the said John on duty. That he has no doubt from what he saw of his services, That the said John was engaged on duty in the service of the United States, as a private Soldier from the first day of August in the year 1775 until the first day of April in the year 1783 at different periods in the whole amounting to at least three years
Sworn to & subscribed Abraham Sawyer The day & year aforesaid in open court John Schhard Jr. Clk.

State of New York
Schoharie County ss On this fourth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable the Court of common Pleas of the County of Schoharie and State of New York now sitting Henry Yanson a resident of the town of Middleburgh in the said County of Schoharie who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration. That he is aged seventy three years. That he has always resided in the now town of Middleburgh in the said County of Schoharie. That he has been acquainted with the said John Yanson the person named in the annexed affidavit as long as he can recollect.
That the said John is his brother. That he and the said John belonged most of the time during the Revolutionary War to one company of Militia under the command of Captain George Richtmyn. That the said John commenced doing duty in the service of the United States as early as the first day of August in the year 1775. That he frequently saw & was with the said John on duty from that time until the close of the war in the service of the United States.
That he cannot tell how many times he saw him on duty nor whose command he was under each time he saw him on duty, nor where he saw him each time. That as near as he can recollect in the month of October in the year 1776 the said John went from Schoharie with a company under the command of Captain Richtmyn.

That he was absent from home about a month, That it was said when he returned home that he had been to fort Edward and Johnstown, That the said John was in the middle fort in Schoharie when Schoharie was burnt in the year 1780. That he has no doubt from what he saw of his services that the said John was engaged on duty in the service of the United States as a private soldier from the first day of August in the year 1775 until the first day of April in the year 1783 at different periods in the whole amounting to three years
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open court
Henry his  X Yanser mark
John Gebhard Jr. Clerk
I John Gebhard junior clerk of the court of common pleas of County of Schoharie in the State of New York Do hereby certify that the foregoing cont- ains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Yanson for a Pension in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of office this fourth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three
John Gebhard Jr. Clerk of Schoharie County -

6395 Margaret Hanson
Born 29 March 1784
Husband died 24 June
1836
M married 14 Sept. 1784
Husband died 24 June 1836
at Vromans Capt Richtmeyer } N.Y.
Admired
Private 7 months and one day
E. Holliday Esq.
Schoharie
N.Y.

State of New York Schoharie County, ss.
On this 29 th day of October, 1839, personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Oyer and terminer of the County of Schoharie and State aforesaid, Margaret Yanson, a resident of the town of Middleburg in said County, in the 76 th year of her age, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:" That she is the widow of Johannes Janson, who could not write his name, and it was generally written, in english, John Yanson, and he was so called to the time of his death. That he was a private soldier in the war of the revolution at various periods in each year from the spring of the year 1776, to the fall of the year 1782; That he belonged to Captain Richtmyer's company in Col. Vrooman's regiment, though she believes he occasionally served under other officers in said regiment, but the number of times he was in the service each year, and the length of each tour of service she is unable to specify, and she is also unable to specify the names of the officers under whom he served each time. That sometime in the summer or fall of the year 1776, he was called into the service in Col. Vrooman's regiment, and she thinks in Capt. Richtmyer's company; that he was gone as much as a month, and she understood that during the time he was gone he was at Fort Edward, and at Johnstown and other places. That he was also in the service at other times in that year. That in the year 1777 he was frequently called into the service and when Mr. Donald made an attack upon Schoharie with the Tories and Indians, which was about the time of what harvest. He was called out at that time and was in the service at that time as much as two weeks; he was also in the service at various other times, during that year, in scouting, keeping garrison and on alarms. He was also in the service at various times in the years

1778 and 1779, at the Upper and middle Forts in Scho- harie, and in Scouting. That in the year 1780, he was in the service in like manner, but the number of times he was called out she cannot state, nor the length of time he served when called out, but at the time Schoharie was burned, in 1780, he was in the service at that time, she thinks, as much as a month. That in the year 1781, he was also in the service Scouting, keeping garrison and on alarms. And she believes he was also in the service in the spring and summer of 1782, that he belonged to Capt. Richtmyer's company in Col. Vroman's regiment, but she thinks that subaltern officers sometimes had command of the scouting parties and parties sent out on alarms, &c. That her said husband applied for a pension in his lifetime but died before a final decision was made in the case. She further declares that she was married to the said Johannes Janson, otherwise called John Janson, on the 29th day of March in the year seventeen hundred and eighty four, that her husband the aforesaid John Janson, otherwise called Johannes Janson, died on the 24th day of January 1830; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the fourth of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time above stated.
Sworn to and subscribed on the } day and year above written in } in Margaret + Janson open court before me this 29th } mark
May 5 October 1839. Wm. H. D. Wolfson Clerk of Schoharie County

State of New York Schoharie County, } ss.
Richard Leroy being duly sworn saith that John Yanson, otherwise called Johannes Jenson, died on the 24 th day of January, 1836, and that the Margaret Yanson, named in the annexed affidavit declara- tion has not been married to any one since the death of the above named John Yanson but has remain- ed and still is the widow of the said John Yanson otherwise called Johannes Jenson.
Subscribed and sworn this
29 th day of October 1839 in open court
before me
William M. Hollow Clak of Schoharie County.
Richard Leroy
I certify that the above named Richard Leroy is a person of veracity
William M. Hollow Clak,

State of New York Schoharie County, } ss.
I, George A. Sintner, Pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church of the town and county of Schoharie and State aforesaid do certify, that on an examination of the Register of marriages of said church, I find therein recorded the marriage of John Janson otherwise called Johannes Janson and Margaret Mattie, in these words, "Anno. Seventeen hundred and eighty four den twenty nine Mertz Johannes Janson and Margaretha Mathis," and further, that the above extract is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows, "Anno. 1784 den 14 Sep. Johannes Janson and Margaretha Mathis."
I, George A. Sintner, above named do depose and say that I am Pastor of the church above named and that the foregoing is a true extract from the record of said church with the exception above mentioned as certified by me
Subscribed and Sworn this 13 th day of November 1839, before me David Mills Just. of the Peace
I certify that at the end of the 12 th line above a figure 2 was altered to a figure 4 which made the date 1784 as it should, in that said alteration was made before sworn to.
David Mills Just. of the Peace

State of New York Schoharie County } ss.
I William M. Holton Clerk of said county do hereby certify that the annexed Declaration was made in open court, and that David Miles before whom the within affidavit purports to have been taken was on the day the taking bears date a Justice of the peace of said county and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and truly believe the signature to the taking said affidavit to be genuine!
Given under my hand and seal of Office this 13 th day of November 1839.
William M. Holton Clerk.

5054
Albany, N. York
Margaret Yanson
widow of Johannes Yanson
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars 44 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of March 1844 and sent to Hon. B. Tappan Senate U.S.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A, Vol. 1, Page 264.
Rep. Letter to E. Holliday: Sep 19. 1845

Albany 5082
Margaret Yanson widow of Johannes Yanson
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 24. January 1836 of Schoharie Co, in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Richtmyer of the regt commanded by Col. (Vroman) in the N. York line for 7 months & one day
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 23 Dollars 44 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24. day of Feb. 1840 and sent to E. Holliday Schoharie, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. '39 82.04 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept. 40 11.72
$93.76
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Book A. Vol. 2.
Clerk.
Page 65 115

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
Am
File No. 20144
Margaret Garrison
Widow of
Johannes Garrison
Pr. New War
Act: Feb 2 d 48
Index:—Vol. M , Page 368
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New York Recd
John Vanson Suspended
Cor. Hon Back 5 Dec 32 to B Spafford 13 June 33 to same 2 Sep 33 to same 7 Dec 1836 " same 3 d Apr 1837
Act. Yrs. & 32

admitted 2. 10. 18. 1842 in the presence
of the undersigned and the said party and his friends and the said party and his friends and the said party and his friends
admitted
L. Jenkins Albany NY

Albany Aug t 24. 1848.
James L. Edwards Esq. Com r of Pensions,
Sir, I enclose the declaration of Mrs Margaret Yanson for the purpose of obtaining her pension Certificate under the Act of 28 Feby. 1848.
Very respectfully
Your obed t Serv t . Samuel Jenkins.
Mr Edw d J. L. J.
Enclos e

Affidavit of Abraham Saw yer in the cause of John Henry Garrison

State of New York
Schenectady ss. On this Second day of December in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six personally appeared before me Thomas P. Danforth one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Schenectady State of New York to me known to be a resident of the Town of Middleburgh in said County of Schenectady who being first duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say that he is aged seventy eight years that he was born and his whole life has been spent in that part of the County now the town of Middleburgh in said County of Schenectady that he has been well acquainted with John Gausen & Henry Gausen as long as he can re- collect that the said John Gausen & Henry Gausen are Brothers & served in Colonel Verbruggen's Regiment in the Revolutionary War that he has been known any person by the name of John Gausen or Henry Gausen that if any person of the name of John Gausen or Henry Gausen had belonged to said Verbruggen's Regiment he thinks he would have recited it that he has no doubt that the name "John Gausen" on the pay Rolls of said Verbruggen's Regiment was intended for said John Gausen & he also has no doubt the name "Henry Gausen" on said pay Rolls was intended for said Henry Gausen that the Christian name Johannes is the same name as John, Johannes being the Dutch for John, that the said John Gausen & all other persons of the name of John are generally known by the Dutch People of Schenectady & Albany
Sworn to & subscribed the day aforesaid before me
Abraham Lanjer
Thos. P. Danforth Judge as aforesaid

and I the said Thomas P Danforth Judge as aforesaid do hereby certify that Abraham Sedgwick who has subscribed & sworn to the above affidavit is a credible person & his statement is entitled to credit Middlebury December 17 th 1836 Tho P Danforth Judge of Schoharie County Court
I Abraham C Keyser Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Schoharie in the State of New York do hereby certify that the Honorable Thomas P Danforth is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Schoharie That the signature "Tho P Danforth" to the above stated & certified affidavit is his genuine signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 20 th day of December in the year of our Lord 1836 A A Keyser

N.Y.
Margaret Gausen
adm. 38.
No 5.082
It will appear from the documents that the the information of the bank for a period ended on the date mentioned in the documents under the hand of the bank.
Williamstown Nov. 27 1885.

Sir:
Schoharie Nov. 27, 1839.
I herewith enclose to you the papers in the matter of the application of Margaret Yanson for a pension. It will appear from her declaration that her husband, John Yanson, applied for a pension and died before a decision was had. You are referred to his papers on file for whatever evidence he furnished of his services and to the pay rolls &c.
I am, respectfully
your obed't serv't
Elias Holliday
James L. Edwards Esq Com. of Pensions

Margaret Yanson
5403
Applicant for pension
Act March 3. 1843.
$23:44 per am
Hon B. Tappan Senate N.Y.

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. County of Schoharie —
On this thirtieth day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty- four before the subscriber, Martins Mattie a Judge of Schoharie County Courts
personally appeared Margaret Yanson — a resident of the town of Middleburgh — in said county, aged Seventy nine  years who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3d of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolu- tionary war:
That she is the widow of John Yanson Deceased who died on the 24 th day of January A.D. 1836 in the Town County and State aforesaid
She further declares that she was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, and that the annual amount of the pension which she received under the said act was twenty three dollars and fifty cents
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } and year first above written. }
Martins Mattie Judge of } Schoharie County Courts }
her Margaret Yanson Mark
* Certify that the above declarant is personally known to me, and has been for more than forty years, the reason that she subscribed her name by mark is she never learned to write Martins Mattie Judge of } Schoharie County Courts }
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. County of —
I, Thomas McArthur — clerk of said county, do hereby certify that Martins Mattie — was on the day of the date of the above jurat and certificate, a Judge of Schoharie County Courts in and for the said county, duly appointed and qualified, and that the signature above, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of of- fice and subscribed my name, this fifth — day of February — 1844.
Thos. McArthur Clerk

State of New-York, } ss. County of Schoharie
On this 21 st day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-Eight, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Schoharie in the State of New York, Margaret Hanson a resident of the town of Middleburgh in the said county of Schoharie aged Eighty three years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War:
That she is the widow of John Hanson who was a private in the Army of the Revolution and on account of whom services she was pensioned under the Act of 7 th July 1838, 3 rd March 1843 and 17 th June 1844 and the annual amount of the Pension which she received under the Act of 17 th June 1844 was Twenty three dollars and forty four cents. She further declares that she is still a widow and she never learned to write.
Subscribed and sworn to this day and year above written before me Henry R. Briggs Justice of the Peace Margaret Hanson Mark John Hanson (Witness)
I certify that the above declaration is personally known to me Henry R. Briggs Justice of the Peace
State of New-York, } ss. County of Schoharie
I, Stephen Maham Clerk of the said county, do hereby certify that Henry R. Briggs was on the day of the date of the above Declaration, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, duly elected and sworn, and that the signatures to the Jurat of the above Declaration and to the above Certificate, purporting to be his, are genuine.
L.S.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said county, this 23 rd day of August 1848.
Stephen Maham Clerk

Sept 19 45
Mr Evans
Dame J. G. Edwards Esq Home of Dunsano Wathington

Sir:
Schoharie Sept. 11 '45
Enclosed is widow Yanson's power of Attorney, which was presented to the Agent for paying pensions in the City of Albany, who refused to pay the pension on the ground that the words " she believes of amount ," was inserted in her certificate under the Act of the 3 d of March, 1843, she never saw, unless it was at the time she executed a power of Attorney to draw her pension; the certificate was sent with the power of Attorney I presume, and what the amount of that certificate was she does not know, for she states she rec d only $15. and how much was kept back, by the person who got the pension, she does not know. Her pension certificate for the five years she recollected was about $23.44 per annum, she therefore had a right to believe her last certificate to be of the same amount, but for to require her to swear positively that her last certificate was $23.44 is is asking more than she can do.
Should you order the pension paid, will you have the goodness to enclose the power to Mr. Edwin Herrick, of the city of Albany, or Secretary Agent. Very respectfully
Yours &c
D. Holliday
R. L. Edwards Esq