Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11008, for Peter H Loucks, New York

SERVICE
New York
Loucks, Peter H.
NUMBER
S. 11008
CONTENTS
carded

✓ 20.085 New York
J.A. Mitchell Dec 29 1853
Peter M. Gouck
of Montgomery in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Com. F. — commanded by Captain Van Eura of the Reg. — commanded by Col. Alger in the Brig. line for 2 Years .
Inscribed on the Roll of State at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Aug 1832 and to the Col. Ephraim
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. '33 $ 16 00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th '33  4 00 $20 00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832, Col. B. Stiles
Recorded by ok E. Vol. 3. Page 65

1. 1. 1. ... his bible. now in his 80th year - 3rd That when he
State of New-York Montgomery County } ss
prisoner 2 years
abn d
24 mo. pri
80th
detained as carpenter did not change his grade of service
personally appeared before me the Undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Montgomery Peter H Loucks a resident of Ephratah who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent

State of New York } Montgomery County }
On this Seventh day of September One Thousand Eight Hundred & thirty two. personally appeared before Henry J. Dievendorff. One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Montgomery Peter H. Leucks a resident of the town of Ephratah, in the County of Montgomery & State of New York aged Eighty seven years & fourteen days who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declarations, 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 he was enrolled as a private in a company of Militia commanded by Captain Reynier Van Eversa. & was attached to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel  Clay  Hick . The year that I entered the service under the aforesaid Captain was, in the year 1778 the day and month it is impossible for me to state having forgotten. I served from that year to the year 1779 in the Spring all the while in actual service of the United States. On the 3 rd day of March 1779. I was employed detached as a carpenter to build boats on the north river at Stillwater for the use of the army & about the first of April in that year he received a furlough for ten days to come home to Canajoharie that on his return at or near Amsterdam on the 10 th day of April was ambushed by a party of Indians & taken prisoner & conveyed to Montreal & that he continued a prisoner until the 22 nd day of January 1782. and was released by order of the Governor at Quebec. & gave a pass to return to his home in the United States which he has lost. This deponent further say that he entered the service as a volunteer & continued in the said service until he was taken prisoner. That he marched from the Mohawk river to Cherry Valley and arrived soon after the battle was ended collecting & burying the dead. & procuring sustenance for the wounded & then returned back to the Mohawk continuing guard the frontier from Fort Hunter to Fort Stanwix on the interior of Tryon County to the lines of Canada until detached as aforesaid At present he recollects the names of no regular officers under whom he served. That he was under the immediate command

Samuel Glyde of Colonel Just  Black and General Nicholas Herkimer Brigade of Militia, both of whom he was well acquainted, the last named officer was slain at the Battle of Oriskany - and that he has no documentary evidence of his service, and that he knows of no person at present that can testify to his services. Born at Albany on the 25 th day of August 1745 old style, & that he has a record of his age & baptism now in his possession, that it also stands recorded in the Church Book at Albany. And that he never received a discharge except the one from the Governor of Canada releasing him as a prisoner as stated in this declaration and as this deponent before stated is lost. And that he is acquainted with Reverend Peter W. Dompier Thomas R. Dompier & Jacob & Thomas R. Dompier Knell of both of whom reside in the Town of Palatine John D. Dompier who believe will testify to my character for veracity & that they believe that I rendered the services before mentioned. And that on account of bodily infirmity I cannot attend court, and that 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 the agency of any state
Sworn to & subscribed this day & year aforesaid before me Henry J. Dreyendaff a his judge of the Court of Common Pleas Peter H X Loucks Clerk in and for Saratoga County marks

Montgomery County ss
We Peter M. Domine a clergyman Residing in the Town of Palatine & Jacob Snell Residing in the same & Thomas R. Benedict Residing in the Town of Ephratah. hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Peter H. Loucks who has subscribed, and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Eighty Seven years & fourteen days of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion & that we further Certify that on account of bodily infirmity he is unable to attend Court
Peter M. Domine
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid Jacob Snell
Henry J. Dierendorff a judge of Thomas R. Benedict the Court of Said County
And the said Judge doth hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter & putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier as stated as he states. & the said Judge further Certifies that it appears to him that Peter M. Domine who has signed the foregoing Certificate is a Clergyman residing in the town of Palatine & Jacob Snell a resident of the same & Thomas R. Benedict a resident of the Town of Ephratah who has also signed the same are both credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit
Sworn and Subscribed Henry J. Dierendorff a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Said County
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2 2 2 I George D. Ferguson Clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings had before Henry S. Davendorff one of the Judges of said Court in the affidavit of the application of Peter H. Loucks of the Town of Ephratah for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twentyth day of September One thousand Eight Hundred & thirty two
Geo: D. Ferguson
Application of Peter H. Loucks
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Personally appeared before me Aaron C. Whittock Jeremiah Smith and Philip Duer  Kirtson who being severally duly sworn depose and say that they (each for himself) are personally and were acquainted with Peter H. Loucks, and that he is a man of truth and veracity and of good moral character, that he is reputed to have been a soldier of the revolution and to have been a prisoner during that period and we concur in that belief
Subscribed and sworn this 24th day of May 1833 before me
Aaron C. Whittock
Henry M. Livingston Justice Peace
Jacob Duer
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Aaron C. Whittock Jeremiah Smith & Jacob Duer  Philip Duer and that they are persons of veracity and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Henry M. Livingston J.P.
State of New York, Montgomery County, Clerk's office, P.S. George D. Ferguson, Clerk of the court of common pleas of Montgomery County, do hereby certify that Henry M. Livingston before whom the foregoing annexed application or declaration of Peter H. Loucks purports to have been sworn, & also before whom the foregoing annexed certificate of Peter H. Loucks, Jacob Duer & Thomas R. Benedict purports to have been sworn, on the date thereof a judge of the said court. And I further certify that Henry M. Livingston, before whom the foregoing affidavits of Aaron C. Whittock, Jeremiah Smith & Jacob Duer purports to have been sworn was a Justice of the peace of the said County, on the date thereof and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said judge & further I truly believe that the signature of the said judge to said application or declaration & said certificate, the signature of said Justice to said affidavits are in each case genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 24th May 1833. (the word "on the date thereof" interlined) Peter H. Loucks also interlined
Geo. D. Ferguson

State of New-York Montgomery County
prisoner 2 years abnd 24 mo. pre 808
detained as carpenter did not change his grade of service
personally appeared before me the Undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Montgomery Peter H. Loucks, a resident of Ephratah 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 two years and six months I served as a private in Capt Van Evera's Company during the years 1776. 1777. 78 until the 3rd day of March 1779. when I was attached as a carpenter. For the term of two months and seven days I served as an artificer and For two years nine months and twelve days I served in Captivity in the enemy Country, and for such service I claim a pension. To the interrogatories noted as not answered he answers under oath. 2 d That he has a record of his age recorded by his father in his bible now in his possession. 3 rd That when he entered the service of the United States he was then in the town of Canajoharie in the then County of Tryon now Montgomery and State of New-York That since the revolutionary war he has lived twelve years in the City of Albany and the remainder of the time in the County of Montgomery where he now resides in the town of Ephratah 4 th That I am known and acquainted with the Reverend Peter W. Dornier Jacob Snell Thomas R. Benedict and many others who have testified to their belief as to my services. I am also known to Jeremiah Smith Philip Knott General Aaron C. Whitlock and others who I believe will testify as to my character for veracity Subscribed and sworn to this 24 th day of May 1833 before me
Cyrus M. Livingston Justice Peace

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 26, 1921
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Peter H. Leincke a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1776 Col. Payner Van Eversen Samuel Blundell NY   He was taken prisoner by Indians near Amsterdam NY April 19, 1779, taken to Montreal & held until Jan 22, 1782 when he was released.  
Battles engaged in, None related Residence of soldier at enlistment, Ganajacharie NY (Montgomery Co.) Date of application for pension, Sept 19, 1832 Residence at date of application, Ephratah, Montgomery Co. NY Age at date of application, Aug 25, 1745 in Albany NY (old style) Remarks: There is no data as to family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Pension Office
Dec 24 1853
Sir
Peter H Loucks, New York Roll, Act June 7 1832, at $80 per annum, Please state to what time paid
Very Respectfully J. Cole Jus Comr of Pension,
75 Nov 11
J Burt Esq
Third Auditor
J Burt Auditor
Peter H Loucks, Act 1832, $80 per annum, paid to Nov 1834, paid

Peter H. Loucks, Act 1832. $80 per annum, died 10 Nov. 1834, paid
F. Burk Auditor
This Auditor
J. D. Burk Esq
10 Nov 34
Very Respectfully J. D. Burk Speaker of Assembly
Peter H. Loucks, New York Dist. Act June 7 1832, at $80 per annum, I believe state to what time paid
852
Senior Appcl Dec 24 1853

Peter H. Lounsbury
of Ephratah NY
10m

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Polco H Loucks which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? ay II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? ay 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? ay 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? no Applicant must furnish date & length of each term of service & names of officers under whom rendered VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? ay VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? ay VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? ay IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? ay 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? ay

 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? 29  XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? _____  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? 29  XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? _____ Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? _____  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? _____  XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? 24  XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 2 3 7 
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 the 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.
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 authenticated 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 end 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.

St. Johnsbury Dec 10 th 1883
Sir Will you have the goodness to tell me whether Peter H. Loomis of Montgomery Co. N.Y. is upon the Pension Rolls if so up to what time did he draw his pension & whether his Certificate has ever been surrendered Yours sincerely J. H. Tuttle

Any Peter N. Rankin
FREE
Dec 75
Commission of Pensions Washington D. C.

Rechar
11.008 INVALID.
1921, Jan. 26 Hist. Co. Mrs. Jennie S. Rickard. Ev
File No. 11.008
Peter H. Loucks
On New Year
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Index:—Vol. A , Page 228
[Arrangement of 1870.]

2-17 Stamps
Owego Ill Dec. 18-1920
Mr G. M. Salzgaber Dear Sir
Rev CW
Please send me Revolutionary War Record of Jacob D Empie of Palatine N.Y. he was in the battle of Oriskany also for Record of of Gerrit Peter Loucks of Little Falls N.Y. also the wives and children's names. I would like to get a line on the Empies and also on the Loucks. side as my Daughter I think can get it on those lines if you would kindly do the same and oblige Mrs Jennie S. Schuch Owego Ills.