Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7449, for James Sackett, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Sackett James
S 7449
CONTENTS
carded

95-4
New York 11331
James Sackett
of Syracuse in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Sackett of the Regt. commanded by Col. Graham in the New York line for 2 Years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of March 1833 and due to J. Sherwood Present
Arrears to the 14th of Mar: '38 $ 160 Semest. allowance ending Sept: '33 40 $ 200
Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. } C. C. Stiles Clerk
Recorded by Book E, Vol. 4, Page 19

James Suckett 3

State of New York West. Chester County }
ss: Samuel Youngs of the town of White Plains in the said County being duly sworn saith that he is one the fourteenth day of May Seventy two years of age last past. that he well knows James Sackett who now resides in the village of Syracuse in the County of Onondaga in said State, and has been acquainted with him since some time in the year 1779. That in the year 1779 or 1780 he saw the said James Sackett frequently with the American Troops, Stationed on the American lines in the County of West Chester in said State. that he at that time was a Lieutenant as this Deponent then understood and still believes to be true, That he well remembers that the said James Sackett and his brother Richard Sackett, who was a Captain on the lines, were taken Prisoners by a party of the British Refugees with a number of others, some time in the fall of the year 1780 or 1781. That in the year 1782. he also saw the said James frequently with the American Troops Stationed on the American lines in the said County of West Chester, and this Deponent further saith that he cannot State positively as to the length of the time or times that the said James Sackett served, But according to his best recollection, he thinks he served until about the termination of the war when the Levies were generally discharged.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 25 th day of March 1833 John Mead Justice of the Peace }
Sam Youngs
And I the said Justice do hereby certify the Samuel Youngs who has subscribed and sworn

to the foregoing affidavit is personally known to me, and is known to be a credible person and a man whose statement is entitled to credit, — Dated White Plains March 25 — 1832
John Mead Justice of the peace
I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the County of Westches- ter State of New York do certify that John Mead Esq r before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn to is a Justice of the peace in and for said County and I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and believe the signature subscribed to the said affidavit as his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and sub- scribed my name this 25 th day of March 1832
N o Bayles Clerk of said County

State of New York }
Onondaga county } ss: Miles Fannan being duly sworn saith, that he resides in the town of New Field in the county of Tompkins in said State, that he is 70 years of age last past, that he during the Revolutionary war, & before & since resided in the Town of Bedford in Westchester county in said State, and in the same neighborhood with one James Sackett, who now resides in the Village of Syracuse in the said county of Onondaga in said State, that this deponent is well acquainted with the said James Sackett and was well acquainted with him during said War, that this deponent was in the Levees, in said War, as was also the said James Sackett, in Westchester county afore said, that they belonged to what was called the Levees in said county, he well recollects that the said James served as a Lieutenant in the company commanded by Richard Sackett Capt n who was a brother of said James, in Colonel

Pauldings Regiment, and this Deponent further saith that said James Sackett, Richard Sackett & some others were taken Prisoners by the British in the year 1781. That he thinks that said James Sackett first entered the service in 1777. That the said James served as a Lieutenant, and he further saith that said James Sackett served in Colonel Pauldings Regiment Seventeen months, and that he subsequently served under Thomas Thomas Colonel Commandant, that said Sackett served as a Lieutenant with different Companies which were raised one to succeed the other as their times expired, and that said James Sackett contin- ued in said service until the close of the war or the discharge of the said Service
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 10 day of April 1833
John Forster
John Watson First Judge of Brundage County -

State of New York
Onondaga County ss: Personally appeared, on this 10th day of April 1833 at the dwelling house of James Sackett in the Village of Syracuse in said County, Before me John Watson First judge of Onondaga the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County, the said James Sackett, who being sick and unable to attend in open court, aged 71 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 7th 1832,
That he entered the service under the following named officers and served as herein stated. —
That in the year 1777. he served in a Regiment commanded by one Colonel Sutherland & in the year 1778. he served in a Regiment commanded by one Colonel Graham in the New York Series but the particular length or circumstances of such services he does not recollect, —
That about the 14th of May 1780 he enlisted to serve as a Lieutenant in a company commanded by Richard Sackett captain, who was a Brother of this Declarant for the term of Eight months , & served to the expiration of said term.
That he then immediately & about the 14th day of January 1781. Volunteered to serve as a Lieutenant in Captain David Hobbs company for the term of Three months , & served said three months.
That immediately after the expiration of said three months and he thinks about the 27th day of April he volunteered to serve as

a Lieutenant in Captain Richard Sackett's Company aforesaid, for the term of nine months (that during the above service he served with one William Morris, Robert Brice & Samuel Tucker) and during said last mentioned term, this Declarant and said Captain Richard Sackett and several others while on a scouting party & about the last of November 1781 were taken Prisoners by a party of British Light horse men, & was taken to the Sugar house in New York, and about the 5th of December after was Paroled as a Prisoner of war and permitted to go at large at Graves End on Long Island, remaining as such Prisoner until the end of fourteen months from the said Enlistment, at which time he was exchanged;
That during all of the above service, he served in a Regiment commanded by Albert Paudling Colonel, who was the Colonel who took command while in actual service.
That immediately after he was exchanged which was in the Spring of the year 1782 he entered again to serve as a Lieutenant in Captain David Hobbs's Company, and was under the command of Colonel Thomas Thomas, Commandant, and that he continued in the service until about the close of the war & until the services were discharged, that all of his said services were on the Frontier in the County of Westchester in the State of New York, that he never was in any General Battle but was in frequent Skirmishes, & belonged to what was called the New York State Troops. That he cannot state positively the length of the whole of his said services, but is positive he served as such Lieutenant more than two years for which he claims a Pension.

That he has no documentary evidence other than the said letters, which are herewith sent,
1 That he was born in the town of Greenwich in the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut in the year 1762
2 That he has a record of his age now in his house
3 That when he first entered the service he lived in Bedford Westchester County in the State of New York and since said war he has resided in Bedford aforesaid from thence to Skaneateles, in Onondaga County from thence to the Village of Syracuse aforesaid in said County where he has resided for about five years last past & now resides,
4 That when he entered the service he volunteered
5 That he knew Col. Van Keuren, Capt. Leonard Bleeker of the first Regiment, Lieutenant James Austin in the Artillery, Capt Samuel Pell, Henry Dubois, Major Nicholas Fish (and Major John Graham who were Regular officers
7 That he is acquainted with Col. Elijah Phillips & Gardner Lawrence, residing in his neighborhood who can testify for him, there being no Clergymen in his neighborhood who is so well acquainted with him or with the traditions of his said services as the said Phillips & Lawrence,
6 That he never received any written discharge from any of his said services, That in consequence of old age and infirmity he cannot state positively the precise length of the times of his said service but he is certain he served as such more than two years, for which he claims a Pension That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a Pension or annuity except the Present, & declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State,
That he is sick and infirm and is & has been unable to leave his house for the last six

mouths, Subscribed & sworn before me this 10 day of April 1830
James Sackett
John Watson Dist Judge of Onondaga County -
We Elijah Phillips & Gardner Lawrence residing in the Village of Syracuse Onondaga County in said State, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Sackett, who has sub- scribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy  one 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,
(Second & subscribed the day - year aforesaid.)
Elijah Phillips Gardner Lawrence
John Watson (Dist Judge) of Onondaga County
And I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, & served as he states, and that said applicant from bodily infirmary is unable to appear in open court & that he procured the affidavits of Samuel Gannys & Miles Forman which are hereto attached, and I do further certify, that it appears to me that Col. Elijah Phillips & Gardner Lawrence who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the Village of Syracuse, and are credible persons, & that their statement are enti- tled to credit
John Watson

And I the said judge do hereby certify that Miles Forman who has subscribed and sworn to an affidavit which is attached to the fore- part of these Papers appears to me to be a reputable man and intelligent man and a man whose statement is entitled to credit Syracuse April 10. 1833 John Watson
State of New York County of Onondaga
ss. I, Hanson Edwards Jr. Deputy Clerk of the said County do certify that John Watson Esquire before whom the three preceding affi- davits purport to have been sworn and at the date of the same, First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County (which is a court of Record) and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the jurat of said affidavits and the above Certificate to be the proper hand writing and genuine signature of the said Judge. Witness my hand and Seal of Office this tenth day of April 1833 H. Edwards Jr. Dep. Clk.

A Laurence
May 21 st 1833
J. L. Edwards Esquire Chair of Pension Pension Office Washington City.
$50 per ann
Shepherd, Ky June 1

Syracuse N.Y. April 23. 1883.
In Enclosed I send by Isaac Shenwood Esqr - (the mail contractor for this section of the country) the Papers in the application of James Sackett for a Pension - Mr Shenwood will take Mr Sacketts certificate when ready, I believe the Papers are all regular, I enclose two old letters in the possession of Mr Sackett which proves some of the facts stated in the declaration.
I am Respectfully Your Obt Servt Gardner Lawrence J. L. Edwards Esq Bons Pensions Washington City

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissaire of Pensions
Mr Sherwood Washington

Syracuse May 1. 1833
Dear Sir, Being this far on my way home, I have met with an old and particular friend Capt. James Sackett, a revolutionary officer, and one of the survivors of that heroic band who achieved our independence, who sends his regards by Mr Sherwood the bearer hereof, and has requested me to write you in his behalf, and especially to urge you to take up his case and decide upon it during the short stay of Mr Sherwood. Capt Sackett is a highly respectable man, and as far as his statement goes, it is entitled to full credit, but I understand from him that his claim is supported by the evidence of disinterested persons in addition to his own. You will oblige me as his friend by giving your immediate attention to his claim.
Yours very respectfully
Daniel Druyer
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comr of Pensions

Rev man
7449
INVALID.
File No. 7449
James Sackett Dr. R. R. R. R.
Act: June 1 st 31
Index: — Vol. 16 , Page 229
[Arrangement of 1870.]