Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,313, for Dennis Mc Cormick, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New Jersey
McCornick, Dennis
S. 23, 3/3
CONTENTS

24 457 note New York
Dennis M. McCormick Montgomery in the State of New York who was a private - in the company commanded by Captain Francis of the Regt. commanded by Col. Crane in the N.Y. militia here for 19mths
Inscribed on the Roll of New York the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Decr. 1833 and sent to Hon. C. McLean Hap.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833. $ 100.00 Pension allowance ending March 34 - 20.00 $ 120.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. L. Williams Clerk, Book C Vol. 4 Page 181

Dumas W. Corinck
25 $1.00 20292
Team service as allowed
Alm d 12 mo pre 40¢
Mr. McVean

State of New York Montgomery County ss
On this twentieth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County now sitting Dennis Mc Connick a resident of the Town of Broadalbin in the said County of Montgomery and State of New York aged seventy 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 entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That in the year 1778 in the month of September he went into the service of the United States as a substitute for William Cox who had enlisted in said service as a Teamster for three months. Said in a place called Memacooto in Rensselaer County in the State of New York When he entered said service was at Allentown in the State of New Jersey where he lived was engaged as a teamster and served as such in the Army in obtaining forage for the Army of the United States which was defeated at Trenton in New Jersey and obtained from the neigh- -boring Country. Continued in said service at this time three months - was discharged in December in the same year In the month of May 1779 lived in Allentown in the State of New Jersey where he the said Dennis Mc Connick further states that he enlisted into the State Troops and volunteered into said service of said United States for six months. Went from Allentown through New Brunswick & Woodbridge

to Elizabeth Town and there continued for six months when he was discharged in November of the same year. The Company in which he was was commanded by Captain Marmaduke Curtis - Lieutenant John Anderson. Lieutenant Oliver Crane Commanded Regiment. Thinks there was no Commanding Colonel - The Major's name is not recollected. While at Elizabeth town point went out with a party commanded by adjutant Nyon to take the British Sloop of war Neptune Herring off Elizabeth Town point and succeeded in taking her. In the year 1780 lived at a place called Scotch plains in New Jersey, near Elizabeth Town In the month of June he volunteered for three months at the time the British landed at Elizabeth Town point and went into said service and continued for three months was in Captain Jones Company, the name of the ensign and Lieutenant not recollected. Thinks that Col Crane Commanded Regiment is not certain. Thinks Col Angel was there who commanded a regiment from Rhode Island was at the battle of Springfield and at the burning of the Connecticut Farms. Was among the first Company that came up after the British left Connecticut Farms. Saw Mr Caldwell immediately after she was shot and before Mr Caldwell got into his house. At the time served three months and was during said time at Scotch Plains Springfield Connecticut farms and places in their vicinity. Thinks and is pretty certain that General Green Commanded at the at the battle of

of Springfield was discharged in September as he thinks not did know any of the regular officers but recalls the names of the aforesaid officers & is not certain about others. In September 1861 resided in Hamorton in Berks County in Pennsylvania near a place called the Crop Roads. Went into the service of the United States as a substitute for one James Boyd who was drafted as a volunteer man went about two miles from Hamorton near a place called Newton in the state of Pennsylvania and remained there till discharged. The company was commanded by Captain Garrison ensign & lieutenant not recorded Went into service in the month of September of this year and discharged in December when the three months were up. There was but one company of militia at that place and that was the company commanded by Capt Garrison  Jameson as aforesaid. And the said James McConnell further states that he has no docu- mentary evidence of his services and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services and that he was born on the ninth day of May in the year 1762 in Ireland in County Down and that he has no record of his age. Since the revolutionary war has lived in Middletown Monmouth County in the state of New Jersey until about thirty years when he removed to the said town of Pownal in the County of Montgomery & state of New York where he has continued to reside until this time and now resides . In the winter of the year 1779 resided at Monmouth in the state of New Jersey during which time he was engaged for three months in guarding

The British prisoners confined at that place That he volunteered to guard said prisoners & was under the command of Barrad McCormick who was a Lieutenant and commanded at said place — That he served three months from the about the first of January in the year 1779 & was then discharged. The first of April. That he volunteered for three months to guard prisoners and the said Barrad McCormick further states that between the times he served as aforesaid he lived in New Jersey till he went to Bucks County in Penn- sylvania which was a short time before he went into his last service. That he was frequently out on alarms and skirmishes and served in all about three months besides the time aforesaid stated Dennis received a discharge. That he is known to the Reverend Abraham Van Horn and Abraham John Millson Trude, residing in his neighborhood who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
He relinquishes every claim thereto to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension rolls of the army of any state —
Sworn & subscribed in open court 20th Sept. 1832. Dennis McCormick Geo: D. Ferguson, clerk.

We Abraham Van Horn a Clergyman residing in Johnston in the County of Ulster County New York State And Abraham Ponda John Wilson residing in Broadalbin in said State & County aforesaid Hereby Certify That we are well acquainted with Dennis the Common who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be twenty years of age That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a sol- -dier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion — — — Abraham Van Horn & Ponda Sworn and subscribed Abraham Ponda The day and year aforesaid John Wilson Geo: D. Ferguson, Clk.
And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & 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 Abraham Van Horn, who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Johnston in the county of Ulster- county, and that Abraham Ponda and John Wilson, who have also signed the same are residents of the town of Broadalbin in said County & are credible persons, & that their Statement is entitled to credit.

I, George D. Ferguson, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, afore said, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Duncan McComies for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 20th September 1832.
Geo: D. Ferguson
Duncan McComies
20952
Team service as allowed
com d 12 mo pre 400
Mr. McLean
I have every assurance from gentlemen in whose statements I place the most implicit confidence that Dennis McComies is a man of integrity and that full credence is to be given to his statements as a whole.
Dec 24 1833
Col. B. F. [unclear] Rep. in Com. N.Y.

20292. 2
Dennis McCormick Montgomery Co. N. York
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W. McVean
St. Martin Broadall
George D. Langdon Johnstown N. York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Dennis McCormick Montgomery
Recd. N.W.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Sept. 1778 3 Lieut. Col. — — N. Jersey 70 Allentown N. Jersey   May 1779 6 — Capt. Col. Col. Crane Gratuitary   June 1780 3 — Capt. Louis Col. Crane Springfield Scotch Plains N.J.   Apr 1781 3 — Capt. Col. — Pa Pa   1 3  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops. Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
 [Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (1) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Stearns

Providence
23313 INVALID.
File No. 23313
Dennis W. Leinick
Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 39 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 258
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of New York Montgomery County } ss. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace of Broad Albion in the County aforesaid James McComick of said Town known to me by reputation as a soldier of the revolution and now an applicant for a pension as such who on being duly sworn dep- oseth and saith in addition to his declaration made and returned from the War Department that about the middle of May 1779 he entered the service of the United States as mentioned in his said declaration and was discharged about the middle of November at the expiration of six months. That he actually served six months at this time as mentioned, that the regiment to which he belonged was divided a part was at Long Branch on the Sea Shore and the part to which he belonged was at Elizabeth Town. That Col Taylor Commanded at Long Branch and Lieutenant Col. Crane Commanded that part of Regiment Stationed at Elizabeth Town. In the year 1780 near the middle of June volunteered for three months and continued in said service till the middle of September until the three months were up served. This time three months, Col. Crane Commanded Regiment - In the winter of the year 1779. about the first of January in said year volunteered for three months to guard Prisoners at Monmouth Court House. That he continued in said service till the first of April and served three months, Col. Levy belonged to the United States Army and quartered at Monmouth during

The time last aforesaid and had the Command at that place, that there was but one Company in actual service at said place that he was under Col. David Ray during the time last mentioned that Col. Ray did not take the Command of said Company, that the Company was under the immediate Command of Barnard the Colonel who was a Lieutenant or so called. In 1781 went near the middle of September into said service as a Substitute for James Boyd and continued in said service till about the middle of December when he was discharged served at this time three months. That in this service the Regiment was not called together that no other body of troops than the Company to which he belonged was at the place referred to in his declara- tion. That the Company to which he then belonged was attached to a Regiment commanded by Col. Bolues. at he thinks and believes that the other regimental officers he does not recollect at this place. That all his aforesaid services were as a private and with an embodied Corps called into service by competent authority so he believes, that he was daily during all the time aforesaid under the immediate Command of his officers and was in the field or garrison and was not for the various periods aforesaid employed in any civil pursuit. And the said James the Colonel also then said that since his said declarations made and forwarded to the Department of war

has been returned he has been to the City of New York and to the State of New Jersey where he thought he should be most likely to find some person that knew he was in the Army of the Revolution. And upon diligent inquiry and search he has not been able to find any such person nor was he able to learn that any was living by whom he could prove his said services or any part thereof, and he saith that a witness cannot be found to prove his services aforesaid stated or any part thereof. And the deponent further saith that he has served in the Army of the Revolution as aforesaid stated One year and three months as a private for which he claims a pension, besides being out on furloughs and in skirmishes about three months at various periods and places of which he can give no very accurate account in consequence of the length of time that has since elapsed and besides the three months he served as a teamster as stated in his said declaration for said last mentioned service, he also claims a pension if the same can be allowed.
The word "said" interlined before being sworn to.
Dennis M c Cormick
I Allen Beam a justice of the peace of the town of Broadalbin in the County of Montgomery and State of New York do certify that Dennis M c Cormick appeared before me on this twenty second day of June 1833 and stated

That the foregoing affidavit made and by him signed had been read to him and on being by me sworn as to the truth of the same. stated the said affidavit had been read to him and that the same is true and I further certify that I am acquainted with him the said Dennis and that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to full credit and belief
Allen Barr further of the Town of Franklin in the County of Montgomery
State of New York Montgomery County Clerk's Office ss: I, George D. Ferguson, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County do hereby certify that Allen Barr, before whom the foregoing supplemental declaration of Dennis M c Connell purports to have been sworn, was on the date thereof a Justice of the peace of the said County: and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice & verily believe that his name subscribed to the said supplemental declaration is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 3 rd July 1835.
Geo: D. Ferguson.