Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,876, for Thomas Martin, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Martin, Thomas
S 13,876
Carded
CONTENTS

Order to pay 18 April 1840
New York 20273
Thomas Martin
of Patches in the State of New York who was a private in the Comp commanded by Captain Clark of the Regt commanded by Col. Pabois in the New York line for 9 Mos.
20273
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Aug. 1831 and unto J. S. D. and M. M. M. as all.
Arrears to the 4th of Dec. '31 $ 60 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep. '35 15 $ 75
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. (P. B. B.)
Recorded by (P. B. B.) Clerk Book E. Vol. 3 Page 68

P. 494 In the matter of Thomas Martin Public Application
The testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand seal the twenty fifth day of September one thou- sand eight hundred & thirty two
James Wilson Esq.
Recd

State of New York
Dutchess County ss: On this twenty fourth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Dutchess now Sitting Thomas Markie a resident of the Town of Bekum in the County of Dutchess and State of New York aged seventy nine 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 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 born in the Town of Bekum in the County of Dutchess and State of New York on the twentieth day of November in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty two, that he has a record of his age in his possession in the family bible that belonged to his Father, that he was living in the Town of Fishkill in the County of Dutchess and State of New York when called into service has lived there since the Revolutionary war until the year one thousand eight hundred and nine when he went to live in the Town of Bekum in the County of Dutchess & State aforesaid & has lived there ever since that in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six in the month of January he enlisted as a volunteer for four months in Captain William Clark's Company Eutaw Battery under Captain Burgh that he joined the said company at the house of Theodore Adriaen in Fishkill and marched down to Sing Sing where the river being open the company was taken on board of a Schooner and transported to

to New York City. That Joshua Barnum was the Adjutant of the Regiment to which the Company belonged but that he can not recollect who was the Colonel of the Regiment. That the Troops were commanded by General Lee and often reviewed by Lord Stirling. That General Mc Dougall's Brigade lay at the time in New York and wore bear skin caps. That he continued in New York until his time of enlistment expired when he got a parol discharge from Captain Clark and returned home. That in the latter part of the summer of the year Saratoga happened and shortly after he again volunteered for four months in the Muzine Service in the Company commanded by William Clark Captain, and Theodore Brill Lieutenant. That it was the duty of the Company to patrol the Highlands along the Hudson River. That they were also engaged in watching the motions of the Rebel the Phoenix a Rose which belonged to the enemy and had come up the River and lay a few days below Verplank's Point. That he received a discharge from the Muzine Service from his Captain after doing duty four months which said discharge is lost. That he did in the latter part of the same fall enter as a Substitute for Gershon Martin his brother (who had enlisted nine months and had three to stay) in Captain Rosekrans Company in Colonel Dubois Regiment at Fort Montgomery. That General Governor George Clinton had command of the Fort. And that Captain Southworth had a Company at the Fort that he acted as Second Serjeant in place of his brother until the first of February. That he had enlisted and mustered since when his time expired and he received a discharge from Col. Dubois which is lost having done duty at the Fort for three months as a substitute as aforesaid

that some time in the month of August  1777 he was drafted in Captain George Brinkerhoff's Company, in a Regiment commanded by Col. Smith, that his Company went to P'keepsie and joined the Troops under General Putnam that the Enemy came up the River and drove the Troops from P'keepsie and destroyed the Stores that he was under General Putnam when Fort Montgomery was taken by the Enemy that General Putnam's Troops lay on the opposite side of the River that soon after the capture of Fort Montgomery he was discharged from the Service by Col. Smith but that his Discharge is lost that he was in said Service under Putnam about two months, that in the month of September in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty eight he was chosen by Captain John Haines and compelled to serve as he understood in his Company that the Company was called a Company of Rangers, and were under the control of Egbert Brinker Attorney General of the State of New York, and were engaged in harassing Parties who were suspected of holding correspondence with the Enemy that he was engaged in said Service continuously about two months, that their quarters were established up at P'keepsie in the County of Dutchess that he then received his regular pay as a Soldier and received a verbal discharge from his Captain, that he has no documentary evidence of his Service and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his Service other than that he unto acknowledged that he is known in his present Neighborhood to Philip Hagler Jacob Doughty, Cornelis Doughty, Cornelius Peter Henry Hulse Mathias Bery, Oliver Belouy Egbert Gany, George Grew, Robert B. Deyo

who can testify to his character for veracity and a belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and avers that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Henry J. Fraser Clerk, Thomas Martin
State of New York Dutches County, I, Daniel A. Smith of the Town of P'keepsie in the County of Dutchess being sworn according to law, Deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Thomas Martin who has made the above application in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 that he knows that the said Thomas Martin in the latter part of 1776 entered as a substitute for his Brother Jeremiah Martin in Captain Rosekrans Company, Col. Dabnis Regiment at Fort Montgomery that the said Martin acted as a sergeant in said company but he can not say how long he remained in said company that this defendant was a soldier in said company at the time - Sworn to & subscribed. Daniel A. Smith this 24 th day of September 1832 Henry J. Fraser Clerk,
State of New York Dutches County, I, Isaac Thompson of the Town of Union Dale being duly sworn according to law

Both depose and say that he is well acquainted with Thomas Martin who has made the above application that he knows that in the summer of 1776 the said Thomas Martin was a soldier in the Ranging Service in the company of Captain Black that this deponent was a soldier in the same service, and the duty of the said company to patrol the highlands in the vicinity of the Hudson River near Poughkeepsie that he cannot tell how long the said Martin served but has no doubt he served for months was in states in New York.
This 24 th day of September 1832 Isaac Simpson Henry Coleson
We the undersigned a justice of the peace of Dutchess County State of New York do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Martin who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion.
Isaac Simpson Henry Coleson Rachel Coleson
paid

And the said Court hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after hearing the allegations presented by the War Department that the above applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and died as he stated and that the Court further certifies that it appears to them that James Belong who has signed the preceding certificate is a Justice of the Peace of the Town of P'keepsie in for the County of Dutchess situated in the said Town of P'keepsie in Dutchess County and Rev. Adriaen who has also signed there is a resident of the Town of Fishkill and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit -
State of New York
Dutchess County ss I Henry J. Dreyer Clerk of said County & Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Martin for a pension In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the twenty fifth day of September one thou- sand eight hundred & thirty two
Henry J. Dreyer Clerk
B. 494 On the Request of Thomas Martin Pension Application
Jan 5

In the Matter of of Thomas Martin Opinion Application
Amended
4 mo in latter part of '76 under Capt. Clarke patrol ing & guarding dis allowed & also 2 mo under Atty Genl in managing the dis affected -
acomd
9 mo pri
30 $

State of New York
(I do hereby certify that Nathaniel Robinson a Clergyman of the Gospel resides in the town of Kent in the county of Putnam do hereby certify that I reside in the town of Kent adjoining the town of Fishkill where the above named Thomas Martin resides and that I am well acquainted with said Thomas Martin who has made the foregoing application for a pension that I believe him to be sixty nine years of age as he represents that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & I concur in these opinions & I further certify that his character for truth & veracity is good & his statement entitled to credit
Sworn to & subscribed
in open court June 2 nd 1833
Nathaniel Robinson
And the said board in arrangement of the foregoing proceedings in the matter of the application of Thomas Martin for a pension do hereby certify that Nathaniel Robinson is a Clergyman of the town of Kent in the county of Putnam that the said Robinson signed the foregoing certificate & swore to the same in open court & his character for truth & veracity is good & his statement entitled to credit & we further certify that Daniel Allen of Fishkill & Isaac Stephens of Union Vale who have subscribed & sworn to the affidavits contained in the foregoing original proceedings are each of them credible persons & their statements entitled to credit

State of New York
Julius Caesar, J. Henry & Inverness of said Court do hereby certify that the above are the additional proceedings before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ulster in the matter of the action & application of Thomas M'Intire
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Office this fourth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Henry Deane Clerk

102,494 Tho. Martin
25 Apr. 1833
11. 12 - 14 06. April 24. 1833
P. 353
M c L. Delony Beekmanville N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of  Thomas Martin  County of Dutchess  in the State of N.Y.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 79.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1775 Jan'y — 4 patrol — enlisted Gen. Capt. Wm. Clark   " Substitute 3 Yersham — Sergt. Col. Dubois, Capt. Rosecrans   '77 Augt. — 2 — drafted Col. Smith, Capt. Bunkerhoff   '78 Sep. — allw. Genl. — as Capt Haines (Rangers)  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Fishkill  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Depositions  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Belt Examining Clerk.

Rev. Wm
13.876 INVALID.
1919 Feb 26 Hail. to Mr. Victor F. Clark. Letter in S. 144 H 13 Box 1 Page -
File No. 13.876
Thomas Martin
Pr. New War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index: Vol. 1 , Page 239
[Arrangement of 1870.]

N o 12494 Thomas Martin
Amended pursuant to Directions issued up to John L. Delony Beechmanville
John L. Delony Beechmanville N.Y.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Thomas Martin which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 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? yes 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 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? yes

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? no XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no 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? yes XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? no not certified Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes 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? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
 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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
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 authenticates 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 ends 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
14 13876
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Thomas Martin a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Long 1776 4 mos. Pvt. William Clark ✓ N.Y.   Summer 1776 4 mos. William Clark ✓   Fall of 1776 3 mos. 1st Sgt. Rockham Dubois   Aug. 1777 2 mos. George Brinkerhoff Smith   Oct. 1778 1 mo. John Hance Co. of Rangers  
Battles engaged in, none stated Residence of soldier at enlistment, Fishkill, Dutchess Co. N.Y. Date of application for pension, Sept 20 1832 His cl. was ab. Residence at date of application, Berkman, Dutchess Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, born Nov. 20 1752 in Berkman N.Y.
Remarks: It is not stated whether he had a wife or children.
Respectfully,
brother Gresham
Commissioner.

Mechanics Bank
New York 13 th April 1840
Sir
I enclose for your examination, the papers in the case of Thomas Martin, a pensioner under the act of 7 th June 1832, at $30. per annum, who claims his pension from the 4 th March 1839.
Very Respectfully
Your Oble Servt
J. Knapp Post
by Sylvester Spencer
Chf Clk Pension Office
James L Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington