Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6320, for John S Lewis, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Lewis, John S.
R. 6320
CONTENTS

Suspended
See letter to Hon H. C. Muhlenburg 30. Jan. 1835 let 17 June 1836 to applicant
6.32.0

REJECTED
6320
P. O. _____
John P. Lewis
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

32. 7/12 John L. Lewis Pennsylvania
suspended
John L. Lewis
Memorandum
Rev. A. A. Muhlenberg
W.P.

Pennsylvania
Berks County
Personally appeared John S Lewis in Open Court of Common Pleas of Berks County who upon his solemn oath doth depose and say that he is in his sixty eighth year - That he was born in Orange County, State of New York and maketh the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 4 th A.D. 1832.
1779. In the latter end of June he enlisted in the service of the United States, in a Company of Artillery, commanded by Capt d Robert McJowen, for the term of one year - Major Turner & General Ruge, but remained in said Company after the expiration of said term, about six months - until the said Company was discharged - Marched in said Company from Orange County, New York, to Morris County, New Jersey - there went into winter quarters - In the spring 1780, marched in said Company to Newburg, State of New York - from thence to Stony Point, thence to Tappan, New Jersey, and there remained during the summer of 1780, thence marched to New Windsor, in the State of New York, and went into winter quarters - and was there discharged. Late in the season, cannot tell the month.
1781 Enlisted in a Company commanded by Captain Garrison for nine months - called the Nine Months Militia, in Orange County aforesaid - Col. Wideliff's Regiment joined the Regiment at Fish-Kill, from thence marched to West Point, there the first and second Company were detached from said Regiment, and marched to Albany, and there were attached again to the same Regiment, and marched to Saratoga, from thence to Johnstown, there was detached and marched to Saratoga, there joined the Regiment again, and remained there until the enlistment expired - then marched to Albany when the Regiment was discharged. That at this late period he cannot find any living Witnesses that were out in the service with him at any of the periods - except the Certificate hereto annexed, from Morris County, State of New Jersey - And that at the expiration of each of said terms, he was honorably discharged. That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever, to a pension or an Annuity except the present - Signed & Subscribed in Open Court - January 12 th A.D. 1835
John S Lewis
As. Bellas North

The said Court prosequende the following Interrogatories, to wit
1 st Where and in what year were you born. I was born in the year 1766. in Orange County. State of New York. 2 d Have you any Record of your age. I have no record of my age, but as I was informed. I made a record. 3 d Where were you living when called into service, when have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live. I lived in Orange County, New York, since the War. I lived some time in the State of New Jersey. from thence moved to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. from thence to the Borough of Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. where I have resided for the last twelve years. 4 th How were you called into service, were you drafted did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? In the year 1777, I was enlisted in a company commanded by Capt. M c Govern. Artillery. And in the year 1781, enlisted for nine months in a company commanded by Capt. Goodwin, called the Nine Months Militia. 5 th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such Continental and Militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service. I then Majors Turner. Logan, Capt. Hunt & White. 6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? - I had a discharge which is lost. Cannot say by whom it was signed, think it was signed by Col. Miller. 7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your service as a soldier of the Revolution. I know John Stockholder. Peter Stockholder. John Gerber, John Schwartz of the Township of Cummer, County of Berks. and Genl. E. L. B. Reim, William Schaeffer Esq. Simon Seyfert, Anthony Pieters, William & Isaac Ecker of the Borough of Reading, Berks County.
John L Lewis

Personally appeared before me Peter Freeman one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Morris N.J. Richard Lewis of the Township of Byram of the County of Sussex same State who deposes and saith that John S Lewis of the Borough of Reading County of Berks in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is well known to this deponent being his Brother and that on he thinks about the first of June Seventeen hundred & Seventy Nine as near as he can recollect the said John S Lewis enlisted in the United States Army in Orange County State of New York and left that place with the Army and was gone until the fall of Seventeen hundred and eighty and that the said John S Lewis again at Orange County State of New York in the Spring of eighteen hundred and eighty one was called into the service and entered it as one of the Nine Months Militiamen and was gone about Nine Months then carried over in In the service of the United States in which he indicated as first stated he it was in the United States Artillery and drove a team
Sworn & subscribed before me at
Morris Town County of Morris
State of New Jersey —
Decr 10 th 1834 —
Richard Lewis
Peter Freeman Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey I Joseph Dabrinkle Clerk of Morris County to the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of
Morris aforesaid do hereby certify that Peter Fruman Esquire before whom the within Affidavit was taken was at the time of taking such Affidavit and now is a Justice of the Peace of said County duly Commissioned and sworn. And I do further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and hereby believe that the signature to the within Affidavit is the true and proper hand writing of the said Justice.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the Seal of the said Court this 11 th day of December A.D. 1834
J. D. Dabrinkle C.M.
This is to certify that we the Subscribers inhabitants of the township of Byram in the county of Sussex & State of New Jersey, are well acquainted with Rich ard Lewis the maker of the within affidavit and can cheerfully recommend him as a man of honor and probity - and on whose oath the greatest confidence may be placed.
December the 11 th 1834.
Charles Manson Postmaster Byram
Richd. A. D. Dabrinkle Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the County of Morris

John Kantner of the Borough of Reading Berks County, appeared in Open Court, who upon his solemn oath did depose that he is seventy three years of age. That he hath been acquainted with John S. Lewis, the applicant for a Pension upwards of twenty years. That he is a man of veracity, and as to his Character has heard it impeached and he is to believe the same, John Kantner
Sworn & Subscribed in Open Court of Common Pleas Jan'y 12. 1835
Anthony Bickle of the Borough of Reading Essex appeared in Open Court, who upon his oath did depose that he is well & acquainted with John S. Lewis, the applicant for a Pension for some time past. That he is a man of veracity and as to his Character has heard it impeached, and is to believe the same, Anthony Bickle
Sworn & Subscribed in Open Court Jan'y 12 th 1835
J. S. Bellairs Prothon.
The said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after perusing the Interrogatories presented by the War Department. That the herein named Applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states, that she lived further to say that it appears to them that John Kantner and Anthony Bickle, who have the above affidavits are residents of the Borough of Reading Berks County and Redditch, Warwick, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Gerrit N. Mallery First Judge Matthias S. Richards a Judge of Berks County.
I said Saturday Preliminary of the Court of Common Pleas and for the County of Berks do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the applicant of John S. Lewis for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of my Office this 19 th day of January A.D. 1835
J. S. Bellairs Prothon.