Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 7732, for William Nottingham, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Nottingham, William
R 7732
CONTENTS

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
yy 32.
P. O. Wm Nottingham
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

New York
Rev. T.
Wm. Nottingham
Rejected
See Ltr to J. G. Maston
April 7 th 1835

32825
William Nottingham in the matter of his application for a pardon
7732
Dr Master agent Baltic Steam Coy N.Y.

Mar 31. N.Y. Original
War Department Pension Office Washington City

State of New York } Ulster County. } ss. Andrew Snyder of Hurley, in the said County of Ulster, (a soldier of the Revolutionary War,) being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that he now is seventy one years, eight months and eight days of age; that he enlisted in the service of the War, in the spring of the year 1777, in order to guard Military Stores, and prisoners (called tories,) confined in Kingston Gaol, and in old Vessels at Kingston landing; and continued in said Service for 3 months, under the Command of Capt. Frederick Schoonmaker and Lieut. John C. DeWitt; that he is well acquainted with William Nottingham a soldier of the said Revolutionary War; that he well knows and remembers that the said William Nottingham belonged to, and served in the same Company, and continued to serve therein as a private soldier for the said term of three months, until discharged; and that the said William Nottingham is a man of Credibility and good Character.
Sworn the ninth day of January, 1834.
before me,
John James Snyder Justice of the Peace
AND. Snyder
State of New York } ss. John James Snyder of Hurley, Ulster County. } in said County & State do, certify that I am thirty four years eleven months of age and that I have been acquainted with Doc t Andrew Snyder who has given the above Affidavit from my youth and that he is a man of veracity credibility and of good character.
Hurley January 11 th 1834 -
John James Snyder Justice of the Peace for the Town of Hurley

State of New York
Ulster County Clerks office ss. I Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County do hereby Certify that John James Snyder was on the day of the date of the within affidavit a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Ulster duly authorized to take affidavits, &c and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily be- lieve his signature to the Certificate of the within affidavit and to the annexed Certificate to be genuine. Witness my hand and the seal of said Court and County the thirteenth day of January 1834.
Jacob Snyder
Andrew Snyder
John James Snyder

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832.
State of New York County of Herk - ss. On this 21 st day of Octo. in 1834 personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Herk William Stra- tingham a resident of the town of Urbana in the County of Herk in the said State of New York aged about seventy three years who being first duly sworn, accord- ing to law, doth on his oath make the fol- lowing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by 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 en- listed as a volunteer at Kingston in the County of Ulster in the State of New York in the latter part of March or for- ward of April (as near as the applicant can now recollect) in the year of our Lord one thousand seven eight hundred and seventy seven. That the Company into which he entered was commanded by Captain Frederick Schoonmaker and that John B. Beavis was the Lieutenant but whether there was an ensign in said Company the applicant can now now state. That he has no recollection of any ensign. That he understood the said Company to which he belonged was raised for the purpose of guard- ing the military stores and prisoners confined in the Kingston jail and in some of the buildings that lay at Kingston landing. That at the time he enlisted he was a resident of the town of Ma-

1 Hartstown in the County of Ulster aforesaid and that he resided in said Maletstown when he entered the Service. That he entered the said Service immediately after enlisting and continued in said Ser- vice under said Enlistment until about Christmas when he was discharged. The foregoing when he was discharged the Applicant can not now state but as he remembers distinctly there was about the time of the holidays and he thinks near Christmas. That he served nine months from the time of his enlistment and received a written discharge from his Captain which he has long since lost. That the Applicant can not now state whether the Captain Schomberg his Company was attached to any Reg- iment or not, that he knows nothing of any field Officers. That the said Company was stationed in the village of Kingston but that they marched regularly once in a week to Kingston parading and would remain at the said parading twenty four hours when they returned to Kingston village. That the Applicant was born at the town of Maletstown aforesaid on the twenty second day of October 1761 and that he continued to reside in said town until the time of his said enlist- ment. That after he left the Service he returned to Maletstown and con- tinued to reside there until about twenty four years since when he re- moved to the town of Syros in the State of New York. That he resided in the said town of Syros about fifteen years when he removed to

The town of Urbana in the County of Stearns where he has resided ever since - That the officer has a record of his age - that the place where his birth has been and was but where the officer resided is the town of Byers - formed by the accidental burning of a house in the home of the officer in which the place was kept. That he knows of no person living who can testify to any part of his de- eds except Oberlander - the officer who has known him - He has relinquished all and every claim whatsoever to a pension, except the present and declared that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state - That there is not a clergy- man or any other person of any dis- tinguished position in the neigh- borhood of the officer who has the only residing in the town with whom the officer has any ac- quaintance or who was acquainted with him - W. Nottingham Concluded
We residing in the town of Urbana in the County of Stearns hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Nottingham who has subscribed hereto the above declaration; That we believe to be about three years of age; that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur

in that opinion - John Brown sworn subscribed this 24 th day of October 1834 before me N. H. Dull Clerk of Steuben Co. Pleas
And the said Court do hereby certify and declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations 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 it appears to them that Syer Cranner and John Brown who have signed the proceeding certificate are residents in the Town of Urbana County of Steuben and both credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit And the Court further certifies that there is no clergyman residing in the neigh- borhood of the said William Nottingham the said applicant -
By C. Edwards, M. Williams Paul C. Cook
I William H. Bull clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Steuben County State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Nottingham for a pension. The foregoing which I have hereunto set my hand seals of Office this 25 th day of March 1835 N. H. Dull Clerk

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Nourse, James GRADE Private "in the Invalids" LINE Invalids"
WARRANT NUMBER 13556 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED December 23, 1796 to James Nourse —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.