Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6459, for Andrew Loucks, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
or
Loucks, Andrew Luicks, Antreas
R. 6459
CONTENTS

In the Matter of the Application of Andrew Loucks for a pension
26369
See Vol 4 p 7 - $1.33 - 1779
" 16 - 8.10 1780
Supp 17 - 4.66 1779
" 18 - 4.66 1780
" 3 - 70. 1.46 1781
$13.21

State of New York
Schoharie County S.S. On this 4 th day of April June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three personally appeared before me Thos O'Donoghue One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Schoharie in the State of New York - Andrew Loucks a resident of the town of Middleburgh in the County of Schoharie in the State of New York aged Ninety two years who being first duly sworn accord- ing to law doth on his oath make the follo- wing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress pass'd June 7 th 1832.
That he resided in that part of the State of New York now the town of Middleburgh in the County of Schoharie from the commencement of the Revolutionary war untill the month of December in the year 1780. 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 enrolment was commanded by the following named officers Colonel Peter Trimmer Lieutenant Colonel Peter Zolie Major Thomas Eckerson & Joseph Becker Captain George Richtmyre, Lieutenant John Billinger Junior - That he does not recollect the name of the Ensign - That he belonged to the same Militia Regiment & Company untill the first day of December in the year 1780, that the said Regiment & Company were

commanded by the above named officers during that time as near as he can recollect. That from the said first day of August in the year 1775 until the first day of December in the year 1780 he was very frequently on duty in the service of the United States for short periods of from one day to one month. That he does not recollect the number of different times he was on duty. That he was during most of those periods under the immediate command of some officer of the Regiment or Company to which he belonged, but 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 periods to his knowledge. That he was ordered into the service by some officer of his Regiment or Company & 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 the Regiment to which he belonged by the way of Albany to Fort Edward & staid 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 eight or ten days when he returned home. That he was from home at this time about a month. That he went frequently into those parts of the State of New York now the Counties of Albany, Montgomery & Otsego on duty. That he was in the middle Fort in Schoharie, when Schoharie was burnt in the year 1780. That three Forts were built in the present County of Schoharie during

the war. That after they were built he was frequently in the forts on duty. That he does not recollect where he was engaged on duty each of the above mentioned periods. That a party of riflemen under the command of Colonel Butler came to the middle Fort in Schoharie at some time during the war and staid there and at the upper Fort for some length of time. That small parties of continental troops were at Schoharie occasionally during the war, but that he does not recollect who were their officers. That Major Woolsy commanded at the middle fort in Schoharie when Schoharie was burnt in the year 1780. And the said Andrew Loocke 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 November in the year 1776 at different periods amounting in the whole to at least five months. That as early as the first day of November in the year 1776 he was appointed first or orderly serjeants of the militia company to which he belonged. That he was engaged on duty in the service of the United States as a first or orderly serjeants from the first day of November in the year 1776 untill the first day of December in the year 1780 at different periods in the whole amounting to at least two 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 removed from Schoharie in the fall of the year 1780 to the County of Ulster in the State of New York where he resided untill the close of the Revolutionary war when he removed to that part of the State of New York now the town of Middleburgh in the County of Schoharie

Where he has since resided. That he was born in Ulster County State New York That he has no record of his age
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a 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 before me Thos P Danforth One of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Schoharie in the State of New York the day & year aforesaid
Andrew Loucks
We John Garritson a clergyman residing in the town of Middletown in the County of Schoharie in the State of New York & Freeman Stanton also residing in the said town of Middletown hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Andrew Loucks who has Subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Ninety two years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolu- tion and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Thos. P. Danforth
John Garritson Freeman Stanton One of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Schoharie in the State of New York
And I the said Thos. P. Danforth judge as aforesaid do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories pre- scribed by the war department. That the above

named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And I the said Thos. O'Danforth judge as aforesaid do further certify that it appears to me that John Garretson who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Middleburgh in the County of Schoharie in the State of New York. And that Freeman Staunton who has also signed the same is a resident in the said town of Middleburgh and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit, also that Jeremiah Loucks who has subscribed & sworn to the annexed affidavit is a credible person & that his statement is also entitled to credit. And I do also further certify that the said Andrew Loucks who has subscribed & sworn to the above affidavit cannot attend court in consequence of bodily infirmity arising from old age. Middleburgh June April 4 th 1833 Thos. O'Danforth
State of New York Schoharie County S.S. On this 4 th day of June  April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three personally appeared before me Thos. O'Danforth a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Schoharie in the State of New York Jeremiah Loucks 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 Andrew Loucks the person named in the annexed affidavit is his uncle. That he has been acquainted with the said Andrew Loucks as long as he can remember, That the said Andrew Loucks resided in that part of Schoharie now the town of Middleburgh in the

in the county of Schoharie from the commencement of the Revolutionary War until the fall of the year 1780 when he left Schoharie & again returned to the now town of Middletown at the close of the war. that he has ever since resided in the now town of Middletown. that the said Andrew Loucks went with the Militia under the Command of Colonel Vroman from Schoharie in the fall of the year 1776 that he was absent three or four weeks. that he understood that he the said Andrew Loucks went to Fort Edward. That he the said Jeremiah Loucks belonged to the same company of Militia with the said Andrew from the spring of the year 1779 until the fall of the year 1780. That the said Andrew was first Sergeant of said company. that the said Andrew belonged to the same company for several years before that Captain George Richtmyer commanded the company. That he saw the said Andrew Loucks frequently on duty in the Militia how many times he cannot tell. That he was often on duty with the said Andrew Loucks. That he thinks from what he saw of his services the said Andrew Loucks was engaged on duty in the service of the United States from the first day of November in the year 1776 until the first day of December in the year 1780 at different periods amounting in the whole to at least two years
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me
Thos. M c Dowall One of the Judges of the Court of common pleas of the County of Schoharie in the State of New York
Jeremiah Loucks

I John Gebhard junior 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. Dambath is a Judge of the Court of common pleas of the said County of Schoharie. That the signatures "Tho. P. Dambath" subscribed to the said certificate and jurats are his genuine signatures. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this fourth day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred & thirty three.
John Gebhard Jr. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Schoharie County

Margaretta Loucks, only surviving child of Andrew Andrew Loucks deceased Application for arrears of Pension for her father's service.

State of New York 3
Schoharie County 3 d ss. On this Eleventh day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five. Before me Isaac Loucks, a justice of the peace, duly authorized and commissioned to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally came Margaret Loucks, aged eighty years, a resident of the Town of Sharon, in the County of Schoharie, and State of New York, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, upon her oath deposes and saith, and makes the following declaration that she this deponent is the only surviving child, and legal representative, of Andreas Loucks or Andrew Loucks, deceased, who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution; and who served in Capt. Muller's Company, in Col. Graham's Regiment of New York Militia, in the year 1780, as she hath understood from her said father while he was living. This deponent further saith that her said father aforesaid, served in Col. Peter Kooman's Regt. of New York Militia in the years 1779. and 80, in Capt. Schults's Company. also in Capt. Beckers Capt. Fick's, and in Lieut. Snyder's Companies of Kooman's Regiment and that her said father served in said Kooman's Regiment a part of the time as a sergeant; and further that her said father thereafter in Decr. 1780. enlisted in the first Regt. of United States Infantry - and served in Mendenhall's Co. as a sergeant to near the end of the War - as she hath always understood from her said father; and as she verily believes, that her father's name was written sometimes Andreas Loucks sometimes Andrew Loucks, that he was the same man; and further this deponent saith that previous to her said father's entering into the United States Service as a soldier he was engaged as a transfer in the State & Colonies service, as this deponent

hath been informed and truly believes, to be the truth, and nothing but the truth, this deponent was born as appears from her fathers record which is now before me, "May 28 th 1776", this deponent further swears that she recollects distinctly, that her fathers house and Barn, were utterly destroyed by the Indians and Tories on the 18 th day of Oct. 1780, when Schoharie was laid waste that her said father was then a soldier in said fort Schoharie and in Schoharie fort, that this deponent was then not five years old, but recollects distinctly of the destruction of Schoharie, that this deponent was taken to the fort on horseback, and escaped massacre, that her said father was then a private soldier in Capt. Millers Company in Col. Grahams Regiment. This deponent further swears that her father aforesaid, was married to Catherine Hummel in "Nov. 11 th 1763", that they had the following named children as appears from the records thereof kept in her said fathers family Bible which is now before this deponent, and which is a German Bible, the record being in the German language as follows trans rendered into English, "1765 was my son Johan Peter Born 28 th December 1767 was my son Jeremiah Born 15 th day of October 1769 was born my son Wilhelm 8 th December 1776 was born my daughter, Margareta 28 th day of May" this deponent further swears that she knows of no public record of the marriage of her said father and mother aforesaid, and knows of no other record than the one above referred to that her said father Andreas Louch or Andrew Louch died April 28 th 1838 that her said mother died July 10 th 1821 that her Brothers Johan Peter, her Brother Jeremiah, and Wilhelm are dead; and that she this deponent is the only surviving child or legal representative of the said Andrew Louch deceased. She further swears that her father aforesaid

before his death made application for a pension, the business whereof was conducted by a Mr. Spafford, my father having died shortly thereafter, the case was abandoned Mr. Spafford also died, and this deponent was informed that nothing could be obtained. This deponent respectfully asks the Department to take this declaration in connection with that on file in this case of her father's application; and if she is justly entitled to receive anything by virtue of her said father's service, she would be grateful for the same.
This declaration is made for the purpose of obtaining means of Pension for services rendered by her said father in the war of the revolution, to the period of his death
by virtue of acts of Congress granting pay and arrears of Pay to the heirs of deceased soldiers,
She further hereby fully authorizes the Commissioner of Pensions to send a reply or any communication in reference to this application to Jacob D. Little  Berne , Albany County N.Y. and further states that her said father did not return home until the close of the war, of her personal recollection.
at the present time Daniel Louch William Louch
Margaret Louch mark
Sworn to, and subscribed before me this day one year since
above written. Isaac Louch Justice of the Peace in & for said County
And do hereby further certify that Margaret Louch who was in person and who subscribed her name to the above declaration, is an aged and infirm person, and known to be the person she represents herself to be, the daughter, and the only surviving child of Andrew Louch deceased, and that the undersigned has no relation in this application.
Isaac Louch, Justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW-YORK, SCHOHARIE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss :
I, John F. Shafer, Clerk of said County,
do hereby certify that Isaac Lauchs whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavit, was at the date therein mentioned, viz.: - on the 11 th day of November 1856 was a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Schoharie, sworn and duly authorized to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice of the Peace, and verily believe that the signature of the said Justice is genuine, and that the same is executed according to the laws of this State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the 11 th day of November 1856.
John F. Shafer CLERK
Margaretta Lauchs only surviving child of Andrew Lauchs deceased Application for arrears of Pension for her father's service.

No. 26,369
New York Revo
Andrew Loucks Suspended
let. to Howland Bank 5 Dec 32 to B Shafford 13 June 33 to same 2 Sep 33 " same 6. Dec. 1836 Jacob D Settle Dec 15 1836-
6459
Act. 7 June 32

State of New York } Secretary's Office
It is hereby Certified that I find in the "Military Register," remaining in this Office the name of "And o Loucks" who listed in Cap t Wendle Company of L Inf n Dec r 10 th 1780 and mustered to the End of the war Albany November 18, 1856
G V Headley Secretary of State

State of New-York, COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
Albany, Nov 18 th 1856.
I Hereby Certify, That on searching the Records in this office for the Registry of Certificates issued in pursuance of a law, passed April 27, 1784, entitled "An Act for the settlement of the pay of Levies and Militia for their services in the late war, and for other purposes therein mentioned," I find the following, viz:
   NAMES. NO. OF BOOK. NO. OF CERTIFICATE. DATE. £ S. D. RANK AND NAME OF COMPANY OFFICER. RANK AND NAME OF FIELD OFFICER.     Andrew Luike, Private 3 12376 1780 July 31. " 7 1 Capt. Christ Muller Col. Morris Graham   Andw. Luckz, Private 3 12950 1780 Oct. 27 5 1 5 " " " " " "   Andw. Luike, Private 3 13011 1780 Aug. 31 2 13 4 " " " " " "   Andreas Louckz, Serjt. 3 14215 1780 Dec. 2 " 11 8 Lt. Martineus Vrooman " Peter Vrooman's   Andreas Louckz, Private 4 15418 1779 Nov. 30 " 10 8 Capt. Storm Becker " " "   Andreas Louckz, Private 4 15990 1780 Dec. 16 1 4 10 3/4 Lt. Martineus Tiele " " "   Andreas Louckz, Serjt. 4 16043 1779 Nov. 24 1 17 4 Lt. Peter Schuyler " " "   Andreas Louckz, Serjt. 4 16073 1779 Dec. 2 1 17 4 Lt. Martineus Vrooman " " "   £14 3 8 3/4  
I have examined the Rolls for the items above set forth, and find them to be correct.
C. L. Skeels Esq. Clerk.
G. Brown Comptroller.

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P. O. _____
1 Andrew Poach
Service: _____
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Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorr _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

FREE
Hon. Geo: C. Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions
The Washington City D.C.
Claims Mgr of the Revolution
Andrew Smith

1 aug 1775 - Col Peter Vroman & Peter Zelia, after that Eckerson & Joseph Becken - Capt Geo Richtmyer & Lt Geo Billinger Mayn Woolley - 5 months for 2 yrs pay
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