Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,314, for Andrew Mc Farling, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental New York
McFarling Andrew
S. 23,314
CONTENTS

1864 Aug. 15. To Henry Wynkoop
2262 New York City Andrew McFarling, decd in the State of Matross, 3 as a Serg t Arty. in the — commanded Captain & Corporal of the N.Y. Deste commanded Capt. Herbbruck Matross in the Revolution 9 months. — Serg t Arty. 13. " Corporal 2. "
Inscribed on the Roll of New York City at the rate of 113. Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. and ending 1 st February 1833.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of August 1834, and sent to
A. Ray
Present. to the 4th of Pension allowance ending
Deducting former payments at the rate of $96.00 per annum, under act 18 th March 1818.
{ Revolutionary Claim. } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by G. J. Getty Clerk. Book 86. Vol. 1. Page 215

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 6 th , 1841.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The children of Andrew McFarling, dec d , a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Eight — Dollars and — Cents per month, under the law of the 18 th March 1818, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1832, to the 1 st Feby 1833.
Respectfully yours,
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

State of New York Ulster County Esq.
On this fifteenth day of November A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty three at a Surrogates Court held at the village of Kingston, in and for the County of Ulster and State of New York, Satisfactory evidence was adduced in open Court, by the affidavits of Polly Mc Farling, Henry Wynkoop & William Burham Esqrs presented to said Court, that Andrew Mc Farling late of the town of Saugerties in said County, was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of eight dollars per month, that he died in said town of Saugerties on the fifteenth day of February A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty three and left no widow, that Christina Ackerman wife of John Ackerman, and Polly Mc Farling are the only surviving children (now known) of the said Andrew Mc Farling deceased, & no others are known to exist after several years of diligent enquiry, that due search and enquiry has been made for the pension Certificate of the said Andrew Mc Farlane, deceased that it cannot be found and is wholly lost, and that said deceased was the identical Andrew Mc Farling, who was a pensioner under act of Congress passed 18 th March 1818 at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per annum, and that said Polly Mc Farling and Christina Ackerman are severally over twenty one years of age, that the words "evidence" & "thirty" were interlined before the execution thereof over the fourth & tenth lines
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal this 15 th day of November 1853
H Brodhead Jr Surrogate of Ulster Co.

State of New York Ulster County ss
On this fifteenth day of November A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty three before me William S. Burhans a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Polly Mc. Farling and made oath in due form of law that she is one of the children of Andrew Mc. Farling deceased, who was awarded a pension for services rendered in the revolutionary war, under the act of Congress passed 18 th March 1818 at the yearly rate of ninety Six dollars. That he died on the fifteenth of February A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty four three and left no widow, that he left two children, viz this deponent & her sister Christina Ackerman, who are the only living children of said deceased. That deponent was informed and believes that her father the said Andrew Mc. Farling was entitled to a larger amount of Pension, that instead of Ninety Six dollars he was entitled under act of Congress passed 15 th May 1828 at the yearly rate of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum from the 4 th of March, 1826 to the fifteenth day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three the day of his
State of New York,
ULSTER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, ss.
I CERTIFY, That the date of the certificate of proof, or acknowledgment, to which this is subjoined, the said William S. Burhans Esq. was a Justice of the Peace in and for said County; and duly authorized to take the same, and that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 15 th day of November — A. D. 1853
M. Sheldon Clerk of Ulster Co.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 15 th day of November 1853 — Polly X Mc. Farling by said deponent a respectable citizen her mark entitled to credit & that I am interested in the result of the foregoing application William S. Burhans Justice of the Peace

State of New York Ulster County
On this fifteenth day of November A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty three before me William S. Burhans a Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Polly Mc. Farling, and made oath in due form of law that she is one of the children of Andrew Mc. Farling deceased, who was awarded a pension for services rendered in the revolutionary war, under the act of Congress passed 18 th March 1818 at the yearly rate of ninety Six dollars. That he died on the fifteenth of February A.D. One thousand eight hundred and thirty four three and left no widow, that he left two children, viz this deponent & her sister Christina Ackerman, who are the only living children of said deceased.
That deponent was informed and believes that her father the said Andrew Mc. Farling was entitled to a larger amount of Pension, that instead of Ninety Six dollars he was entitled under act of Congress passed 15 th May 1828 at the yearly rate of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum from the 4 th of March, 1826 to the fifteenth day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three being the day of his death, that she now asks for increase in said pension which she believes is her Just due.
That for proof of the services of her deceased father she would respectfully refer to the papers on file in the application of her father the said Andrew Mc. Farling deceased for a pension under said act of 18 th March 1818 and further this deponent saith not
Sworn and subscribed before me this 15 th day of November 1853 by said deponent a respectable citizen
Polly her Mc. Farling mark
entitled to credit & that I am interested in the result of the foregoing application
William S. Burhans Justice of the Peace

Andrew McFarlane march 2nd 1818 ad 1818. New York 1828
No. 100
Andrew McFarlane ad 1818. New York
Also Ray

State of New York Ulster County ss. 3
On this twentieth day of September 1820 personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County in the State aforesaid it being a Court of Record proceeding according to the course of the common Law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount - keeping a record of the proceedings and having a seal a blank also having the power of fine and imprisonment; in the State aforesaid Andrew McFarlan aged sixty seven years resident in the Town of Sargents in said County who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows first in the company commanded by Capt. Elias Harkness in the regiment commanded by Col. Cornelius Verplanck for six months in the year 1775 next in the company commanded by Capt. Childs in the Regiment commanded by Col. Henry Beekman for one year next in the company of Capt. Henry Moody in the Regt. commanded by Col. John Lamb of the Artillery for three years that the date of his original application as appears by the Pension Certificate is the 9 th April 1818 the number of the certificate 3712 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 or that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 And I have not now has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed

Real property: none in possession reversion or remainder in Law or Equity
Personal Property
Four chairs two tables eight or nine chairs One feather Bed & bedding about one dozen knives & spoons & one pair of andirons a few bowls & forks & as many plates & platters two tubs & two or three pails two or three pots & kettles no book accounts or obligations & no more than the necessary clothing of myself and wife about two suits or perhaps one or two extra articles of clothing each The name of my wife is Elizabeth aged fifty eight - we have with us one son aged seventy eight  thirty years My occ- upation is occasionally daily labour which I am unable to pursue to any extent by reason of my age and infirmity and a wound received in my arm My wife is also unable to do any thing more than keep house and can earn little or nothing towards the support of the family
Heckland and Seven Sept 20 th 1820, in open Court of the Value of his Inventory determined at Twenty Dollars.
Signed in behalf of said Court Lucas Elmendorf first Judge of said Court
I John Joseph Vaspender Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ulster in the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath and the schedule thereto annexed are true copies from the originals on file in the office of said Clerk and do further certify that it is the opinion of said Court that the Total amount in Value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Twenty Dollars In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court the twentieth day of September 1820
Ch. Rappoa Jr.

Andrew M c Farling
3712
March 1819
C

Andrew M. Sterling.
It does not appear that this man served on the Continental Establishment.
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Inadmissible you must answer New York col. Admitted

To the Treasury Department of the — United States of America —
In the Matter of Andrew Mt. Farling of the town of Saugerties in the County of Ulster and State of New York
Whereas by An act of the United States Passed March 1818 Entitled, an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war, — Revision hath been made for the support of the Indigent Officers and Privates of said Army — The said Andrew Mt. Farling Claims, agreeable to the provisions of said act — the Pension of Eight Dollars per month during life — as an Indigent private soldier, who served for four years and six months in said revolutionary war. —
In Evidence of which (being the best he can at present obtain agreeable to the requisitions of said act)
Andrew Mt. Farling of the town and county of under oath Depeyster and South; That in July of the year One thou- -sand seven hundred and seventy five — at Kingston in said County he enlisted in the service of the United States as a private soldier for six months, and served under and in the Company of Captain Elias Hoxbrough, of Col o Cornelius Wynkoop's Regiment of Foot, in the Revolutionary war until the full end and term of said six months — when after a Campaign to Canada he was discharged in January 1776 —
That he then again enlisted in the Regiment of Col o Henry Livingston for one year and served during space of that time under

Captain - Childs of said Regiment for two months - that then he was drafted into the Artillery and served as a Corporal for ten months being the residue of said year under Lieutenant Bryan of Col. John Lamb's Regiment of Artillery in Fort Constitution nearly opposite last point, - That Immediately at and after the expiration of the said last mentioned again in said Regiment of Artillery for the term of three years - and actually served during that time - as an orderly Sergeant in Captain Andrew Moody's Company of said Regiment of Artillery - and that at the expiration of said three years he was discharged by Major Bowman of said Regiment - near the close of the war - when he again repairs to the place where he has ever since & now resides - and that at present he is in reduced circumstances and in need of assistance for support - being nearly blind - deaf with a lame arm & hands - and he hath never applied nor hath been allowed any pension from the United States -
Saugerties 9 th April 1818
Sworn this 9 th day of April 1818 - Before me
Andrew M c Farling
Jacob Trumpbour in one of the judges of the Court of common pleas for the County of Ulster in the State of New York -

Ulster County State of New York
Samuel Post of the town of Saugerties In the County of Ulster and State of New York Deposith and saith under oath that he is at present and was well Acquainted with Andrew M c Farling (mentioned in the foregoing deposition) at and before the time of his enlistment as a soldier in the Army of the United States - And that he the said Post several times as a Voluntee Militia man has seen the said M c Farling in the actual service as a soldier during the time of his enlistment as before stated in the foregoing Affidavit - And that he only believes that he the said M c Farling has served faithfully the full time - and that he was regularly enlisted and discharged as stated in the foregoing deposition - And that he now resides, and then did reside in the same Neighbo- =hood with M c Farling - and the said M c Farling is at present in reduced circumstances - and in need of assistance for support being Old - and nearly blind & deaf with a lame arm & hands - Saugerties 9 April 1818
Sworn this 9 April 1818
Samuel Post
Before me
Jacob Trumpborn Jr One of the Judges of the Court of common Pleas for the County of Ulster in the State of New York

To the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States - There are to certify that I am satisfied as to the truth stated in the foregoing deposition! Given under my hand this 9 th of April 1818
Jacob Trumpbom Jr one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas for said County of Ulster
Ulster County Clerks Office So. The above named Jacob Trumpbom Jr Esq. is duly commissioned & qualified a Judge as above described & the above is his signature with which I am well acquainted, Witness the seal of the aforesaid Court this 13 th day of April 1818.
Chas. Chapman Jr Clerk of said Court
Chas. Chapman Jr Esq.
It does not appear that the man named on the commission is the same person.
Apr 10 th 1818
Chas. Chapman Jr
Chas. Chapman Jr
Chas. Chapman Jr
Admitted

cop. by Miss S- Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
Hick - mmh
December 4, 1923.
Mrs. Edward Miller, Deer Park Ave., Babylon, L.I., N.Y.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 23314, it appears that Andrew McFarling, while a resident of Kingston (that part which was later Saugerties) Ulster County, New York, enlisted in July 1775, and served as a private six months in Captain Elias Hasbrouck's Company, Colonel Cornelius Wynkoop's New York Regiment.
Early in 1776 he enlisted as a private in Captain Childs' or Giles' Company, Colonel Henry B. Livingston's New York Regiment, and after serving two months was transferred and served as a Corporal ten months under Lieutenant Bryan in Colonel John Lamb's Regiment of Artillery, immediately after which he enlisted and served three years as Orderly Sergeant in Captain Andrew Moody's Company, Colonel John Lamb's Regiment of Artillery.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 9, 1818 while a resident of Saugerties, Ulster County, New York aged sixty-seven years.
In 1820 he referred to his wife Elizabeth aged fifty-eight years and a son aged six years, name not stated. He died February 1 or 15, 1833 in Saugerties, New York, leaving no widow. In 1853 Christina Ackerman, wife of John Ackerman, and Polly McFarling were the only surviving children.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
Miss Tilden said use his 1818 statement as to service under Capt. Childs or Hiley + the transfer

Proclamation
23314 INVALID.
File No. 23,314
Andrew M c Farling Sergt Rev War
Act: June 7 72
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 255
[Arrangement of 1870.]
June 23 7 by M c L. Hist. A. Miss Etta Simpson, 177 Palisade Ave., Yonkers, N.Y. Dec. 4. Hist. to Mrs. Edward Miller. MMH7.

3712.
New York Roll
Andrew M c Farling
Lambers reg t Sergeant, 4 New York Line 1777. 3 years in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 9 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 of Oct r 1818 and sent to Lucas Elmendorf Esq r Kingston N. York
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 $ 38.93 Semi-ann. all'ee ending 4 Mar 1818 $ 48 -
4 mo \frac{26}{30}
$ 86.93
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued Saugerties, Ulster Co
Recd. in let. to P. A. F. Aug. 22 d 1833
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 th Sep r 1832 to 1 st Feby 1833. Aged Notified 12 May 1841.
a Pay Mch 22 1857
1 st May '78 less 5 -
to 1 Oct r '78 (incl)
corp drill 77 to 1 Sep r '77 (am)
exp 1 77 Sept r to 1 Sep r '77 8.
Respectfully Winter B. M c g
Mark. Mr. B. M c g

No 38.795 Andrew McFarling Dr NY
June 7 1832

Home Office Aug. 12, 1854
Sir
The death of Andrew M c Farling at 1818, New York roll, is alleged by parties interested to have occurred on the 15. Feb. 1833 - Be so good as to re-examine & report the date on your books. Yours Resp y .
J. Cole Acting Comm r . F. Bunt Esq. 3. Secy.
He died 1 st Feb. 1833 by our books W. M. G. Taylor Actg. 3rd. Secy.
W. F. Randall.

PAID
Hon. S. P. Waldo Comm. of Pensions Department of Interior
Washington D.C.
Mr. Waldo Dept. of Interior Washington D.C.

Andrew McFarling N.Y. D 18 m 1818
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Department of the Interior

Pension Office, Aug 3 1854
Sir
Andrew McFarling, act 1828. NY Roll. $96 a year. Please state to what time paid
Very Respectful
J. Cole. for War Pension
F. Brugh
Third Auditor
{ Paid to 1 Feb 1833 when he died David E. Pinder Actg 3rd. Audt. Triplet

Amend No. Aug. 54

State of New York Catskill August 9 th 1862.
Sir
The enclosed pension Certificate giving an increase to the pension of the children of Andrew Mc. Farling de d was rec d by me last evening.
By an examination of the papers on file your honor will perceive that instead of the 1 st of February Andrew Mc Farling died on the 15 th of February 1833, an addition of 15 days if correct will increase the little pittance a few dollars if I am correct, you will therefore please make the correction & return the papers to me & oblige
Very Respectfully Yr. obt. Servt. Henry Wynkoop
Hon. S. P. Waldo Comm ee of Pensions Washington D. C.

Andrew M c Farling dec d
NY
Inc d June 7 1832
9 mos Mahop $ 39 13 " Sew'ntil 65 2 " Corp " 9 $ 113 00
per annum from 1 March 1831 to 1 Feb y 1833 when he died to Deducting $96 a year under 1838.
Pay to Polly M c Farling Adm x for herself and Christina Ackerman 2  children
Out to A Pay Eng Present

Judge Anderson
and McFarling
12.9 - at 18 m 1878
Hon. L. P. Waldo.
Com te of Pensions

Washington
July 21 / 87
Hon. L. P. Waldo Com d of Pensions Sir
I have received from Judge H. Mynter of New York, the enclosed Certificate of the Surrogate. Showing the time of Andrew M c Farling's death and the names of his sur- -viving children,
And I presume, that as other papers on file in the application, under act 1832. He has a pension under act 1818. be pleased to turn me into a separ te .
I remain
Your Ex cy . Sir
Alva Ray

Brief in the case of Andrew M c Farling Dec d Ulster County and State of New York act June 7 1832
Claim, (" original " or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
He was pensioned under the act of 1828 at $56 per annum, under that act he was entitled to no more for any services rendered above the grade of an Infantry private, unless he was a commissioned officer, under the act of 1832 he is entitled to the sum of $113 a year for the services shown by our Rolls to have been rendered by him
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
His children are therefore so allowed decreasing from $113, $56, making an increase of $17, a year
Name and residence of Agent
A Ray Esq Present
Thornton Tipton Examining Clerk.

Washington
March 16 / 54.
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Comm r of Pensions
Sir,
I herewith enclose a declaration made by Polly M c Farling one of the surviving children of Andrew M c Farling dec d who was pensioned during his life time under act of March 18. 1818. New York agency.
The applicant is under the misapprehension, her father served to the end of the war as a Serjt. of Artillery and, therefore, entitled to the benefit of act March 15. 1828. She is in error in regard to a claim under that act . But supposing there may be proof that the pensioner served for two years as Serjeant, and consequently entitled to an increase under act 7 Jan 1832. Present the papers I rec d . they may be sufficient for an admission of the claim as Serjt. under that act, without further expense to the party.
I remain Sir
Most Respectfully
Alex. Ray

John Elworth's Deposition to the actual indictment of Andrew McFarling in Col. Henry B. Livingston's Reg't of New York Troops. on the Continental Establishment.

State of New York, Columbia County ss. John H. H. H. of Clummont in Said County Being duly Sworn according to law deposeth And saith that he has been well acquainted with Andrew M c Farling of the town of Haugertown County of Ulster And State aforesaid And saw with him in the Revolutionary war in the Year 1776 that he is now well acquaint- -ed with the Said Andrew M c Farling and Certifies that the Said Andrew M c Farling was enlisted in the Continental Service in the Year 1776 in Captain Gils Company of Infantry as Col t Henry B. Livingston's Regiment and This deponent further saith that in the campaign of the Year one thousand seven hundred and Seventy Six he was in the public service at Fort Constitution opposite West point in Said State during which time he personally knew the Said Andrew M c Farling was doing duty as a private in the Company of Capt Gils where he daily saw him in the Said Service he therefore well knows

That the said Andrew M c Farling hath actually served in the said company & Regiment during the said Revolutionary war but for what period the deponent doth not exactly recollect & therefore cannot exactly truly state, and that he was Hon- orably discharged at the period of his enlistment.
Sworn this 1 st of October 1818.
John Ellsworth
before me Robert L. Livingston
one of the Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas of the County of Columbia
Be it remembered that I the subscriber one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Columbia, do certify by the Secretary of the Department of War, that I am now and have been for many years well acquainted with John Ellsworth who has made and subscribed the above deposition - that he is a person of respectability and credit - and that full faith ought to be given to his said deposition - Clermont October 1 st 1818
Robert L. Livingston

State of New York County of Ulster
On this eighth of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred & fifty four at a Surrogates Court held in the village of Kingston in and for the County of Ulster, satisfactory evidence was adduced in open Court before me Henry Broachead June Surrogate, that Andrew Mc Farling late of the town of Saugerties in said County was a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of 1818 at the yearly rate of Ninety six dollars, that he died on the fifteenth day of February A. D one thousand eight hundred & thirty three & left no widow & left Polly Mc Farling and Christina Ackerman, as the only surviving children who are known to be living, and further that letters of Administration were in due course of law granted & committed unto Polly Mc Farling one of the children above named on this day of year above written
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & official Seal this 22 nd day of June 1854
H. Broachead Jr Surrogate

One
Admitted City of Washington
by of the Secretary of War
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File
To the Secretary of the Department of War
City of Washington Columbia

Sir
I return you the original application of Andrew M c Farling for a Pension together with an Affidavit of Jerik Schoonmaker a respectable Farmer in the adjoining Town of Saugerties who has to my knowledge always lived within two Miles of M c Farling.
I know it to be a fact as well as I know that there has been a Revolutionary war. That Andrew M c Farling had been enlisted in the Continental Army and served from the commencement in different Corps till he enlisted for three years in the Artillery Reg t of Col l John Lamb for the period of three years. and that he served in that Regiment on the continental establishment three years - after the expiration of which term of service being near the close of the war he returned to his former home. the That part of the Town of Kingston which has about 8 years ago been set apart into a separate Town of by the name of Saugerties - where he has since brought up a Family and still resides Now it should happen that his name is not on the Rolls of the Army I cannot account. unless that those only who enlisted during the war and were entitled to Bounty Land from this State and from the United States were alone returned to the War Department - Three years men were not entitled to a state Bounty in Land.
I have sent the additional Affidavits and certificates with his original application & certified before Judge Townsend. which were made out without the aid of Forms from the War Department and before those forms were published - without making out his application anew that if put on the Pension list he may not lose the benefit of his first application in drawing his Pension being

personally satisfied from my long acquaintance with that there is not a single application letter founded on meritorious than his - I am. very respectful Kingston Oct. 5 th 1810.
J. E. Calhoun Esq r In ff at War -
yours as Lucas Elmendorf

Jerik Schoonmakers Affidavit to the actual enlistment of service of Andrew M. Farling in Capt. Moody's Company in Col. Hunsicker's Bg. of Artillery in the continental establish- ment. in do

State of New York. Ulster County ss: I, Jerich Schoonmaker Junior of the Town of Saugerties in the said County being duly sworn according to law deponeth and saith that he has been well acquainted with Andrew McFarling of the said Town ever since the commencement of the revolutionary war with Great Britain and except when in the Army has ever since and still doth live in the said Town as his near Neighbour that he well knows that the said Andrew McFarling has been enlisted in the Continental service for the period of three Years in the Artillery Company of Capt. Andrew Moody and Col. John Samble's Regiment. and that he did not return from the said service during the said war till after he had completed the full service of three Years. And this deponent further saith that in the course of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine he was one year in the Public service at West Point, in the State of New York during all which time he personally knows the said Andrew McFarling was doing duty as a Sergeant in the Company of Captain Andrew Moody in West Point fort. where he daily saw him in the said service. He therefore well knows that the said Andrew hath actually served in the said Company one year and verily believes he served the full time of three Years honorably  faithfully in the said Company and Regiment and was Honorably discharged at the period of his enlistment
Sworn the 30 th September 1818 before me Lucas Schuyler first Judge of Ulster County
Jerich Schoonmaker Jr

Be it remembered that the subscriber first Judge of the County of Ulster do certify to the Secretary of the Department of War. That that I am well acquainted and for many years past have been well acquainted with Jeriah Schoonmaker who hath made and subscribed the Deposition contained on the opposite side , that he is a Person of high respectability and Credit and that full faith ought to be given to his said Deposition Sept: 30 th 1810 Lucas St. Mend of
I do further certify that I am well acquainted with Samuel Post of the Town of Saugerties whose affidavit taken before Judge Trumbull of the County of Ulster is annexed to the original application of Andrew Mc Farling for a Pension herewith inclosed, that I have known him for many years that he is a respectable Farmer and Miller in good circumstances and of unimpeached veracity and Credit and that his said affidavit is intitled to full faith and Credit.
I do further certify that I have been personally acquainted with Andrew Mc Farling from the commencement of the late Revolu- tionary War to the present day that except when in the public service during the said war he has always resided in the same Town of Hengston in which I have resided but in that part of the Town which about Eight Years ago has been set apart into a separate Town by the Name of Saugerties where he still lives that I have always known and understood that he has during the late revolutionary been in the public service from the commencement of the war and that his first enlistment was expedition to St Johns in 1775. and he has since served a period three years in Capt. Moodys Company and Col. Lambes Regiment of Artillery during the period of the said war which was on the Continental establishment and was Hono- rably discharged from the said service at the expiration of his term of enlistment near the close of the said war which facts I know as well as any other circumstances that happened

Part.
during the said Revolutionary War without having been an eye witness to the same and are unusually credited and believed in the said Town of Saugerties. I do further certify that the said Andrew M c Farling is in indigent circumstances and stands in need of the aid of his Country for support. Kingston Octob r 7 th - 1810 -
Lucas Elmendorf -
First Judge of Ulster County
I do further certify that I am well acquainted with Robert Livingston Esq r one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia County in this State and with his hand writing and that the signature of his name to the annexed Affidavit of John Elsworth taken before him and also to the certificate annexed thereto purporting to have been signed by him are in his own proper hand writing and are unquestionably authentic - Kingston Oct r 7 th - 1810
To the Secretary of the Department of War. Lucas Elmendorf First Judge of Ulster County -
Ulster County Clerk's Office & I certify that I am well acquainted with the Hon Lucas Elmen- dorf & know the above signature of his name to be his hand writing as also the other signatures of his name on this sheet in several places. of that he is duly Commissioned & qualified as first Judge of said County & therefor the seal of said County of which I am clerk Oct r 5 th 1818.
Ch. Lappan Jr.

REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
O. W. & N. DIV.
MEMORANDA.
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.
Full name of soldier:
Andrew McFarland.
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Saugerties (or vicinity)
Ulster County, New York.
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Saugerties (or vicinity)
Ulster County, New York.
Date of death (as near as possible): Feb. 15, 1833, aged 82 yrs.
Buried in Saugerties Cemetery.
Christian name of widow:
Anna.
Did either he or his widow receive a pension? Do not know whether he did or not. He survived his wife.
Remarks:
Remarks.
It is not known that Government gave pensions during the life time of Andrew McFarland, but it seemed to have been acknowledged that his daughter, Hannah McFarland Simpson, was entitled to receive a pension, since some time after her father's death she is said to have signed off her claim to pension, for a consideration to her brother-in-law (Andrew McFarland's son-in-law) named McGee or McKee.

no record
McGee or McKee. McFarland's son-in-law) named to her brother-in-law (Andrew

PHILLIPS ABBOTT, 206 BROADWAY, N. Y. CITY. TELEPHONE: 218 CORTLANDT.
NEW YORK, May 18th, 1894. 189
To the Honorable, the Secretary of War, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:--
A client is desirous of becoming a member of the order called The Daughters of the American Revolution. Certain proof is necessary in this behalf. Her great-grand-father was a soldier, probably an officer in the War of the Revolution and received a pension from the United States Government. All the family records which would afford the proof desired, have become destroyed or lost through lapse of time. The soldier's name was Andrew McFarland, and he is believed to have been in Bancker's Company of Wemple's Regiment. Abraham Wemple was colonel of the 2nd Albany County Militia Regmt., Schenectady District. I am informed that he was in one instance erroneously enrolled as "Andrew McFarling."
Will you kindly inform me to whom I should

PHILLIPS ABBOTT, 206 BROADWAY, N. Y. CITY.
TELEPHONE: 218 CORTLANDT.
NEW YORK,.....
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write (I presume to some one in the Department of which you are the head) to ascertain what the records show relative to this soldier, i.e.-- when enlisted, when discharged, when pensioned, in what engagements he fought, &c.
I do not know but that this request is an unusual one, but certain well authenticated proofs are necessary in order to accomplish the end desired, and I therefore presume to write to you as above.
An answer will very greatly oblige,
Yours most respectfully,
Phillips Abbott
I enclose stamp for reply.

Babylon, L. I. Oct. 22 nd '23
Pension Office Washington D.C.
Is there any information
you can give me of
Andrew McFarland from Saugerties N. Y. who fought in the Revolutionary war? Also of
Robert Potts of Cornwall, N. Y.
Any information will be gratefully acknowledged.
Resp.
(Mrs) Edmond Miller.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Andrew McFarling , a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you will please 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.     July 75 6 mos Priv Elias Hasbrouck Wynkoop N.Y.   Jan 1776 2 mos " Childs Livingston "   1776 10 " Cop Lt Bryan John Lamb (Art Regt) "   1777 3 yrs Sgt Andrew Moody " " " "  
Battles engaged in,
None mentioned
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Kingston N.Y.
Date of application for pension,
April 9, 1818
Residence at date of application,
Saugerties N.Y.
Age at date of application,
65 years
Remarks:
He signed his name "Andrew McFarling"
Very respectfully,
Miss Etty Simpson #177 Palisade Ave Yonkers
13408 h-3 m
Commissioner.
Go Phillips Atty N.Y. 206 Broadway N.Y.