Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10981, for Israel Lee, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. New York
Lee, Israel
S. 10981
CONTENTS
Carded

New York 20481
Israel Lee
Columbia in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Carters of the Reg t commanded by in the State Troops time for
12 months
Conn. Dist. N.Y. May 6/35 Records completed R.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 40. Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14. day of Sept r 1837. and sent to Chas. Bramhall, Hudson, Columbia
  Arrears to the 14th of Sept r '33.  100. 00    Semi-ant. allowance ending 1/4 Mar. 34  20. 00     120. 00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. F. Francis Clerk, Book E. Vol. 4. Page 66.

13.725 War Department " " " Pension Application " " " Israel Lee " " "
Chas. H. Brant Hall Agent Hudson Col Co
Admitted Emate 12 months

State of New York
Columbia County } ss. I, Israel Lee of the town
of Haskerlitz in said county being duly sworn according to law, do in addition to my former declaration, by me made on the sixth day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty two for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, depose and say, that I am acquainted with, and am known to the following named persons in my neighborhood who can testify as to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution vizt. Rev. Timothy Woodbridge, a clergyman of the Presbyterian Church, David Chamberlain, farmer, Wilson Brown Esquire justice of the peace & Post Master re David H. Walling, farmer, Col. Isaac Ford, farmer, Darius Cole Esquire justice of the peace & Maj. Jacob Ford an officer of the revolution, all of the town of Haskerlitz aforesaid
And I do further depose and say, that I do not remember the names of any of the regular officers who were with the troops where I served, nor any continental or militia Regiments, except those mentioned in my said former declaration. Nor do I now recollect any general circumstances of my service, except those already mentioned as aforesaid.
And I do further depose and say, that the declaration hereto come made by me as aforesaid, was read to me before making this affidavit.
And I do further depose and say, I am in command and firmly believe, that there is no court of record, that holds its sessions nearer than the city of Hudson, which is about twenty miles from my place of residence and such is the state of my health, that I am not able, nor is it probable, from my general health & the extreme debility of my whole system, consequent upon my age, that I shall be able very soon at all to go that distance for the purpose of making this additional affidavit before a court of record. And further this deponent saith not.
Israel Lee His mark

and sworn to before me This seventeenth day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Tobias L Dodge one of the Judges of Court of Common Pleas of Said County
Columbia County } ss } I, Tobias L Dodge, Judge of the Columbia Courts, do hereby certify, that I am well ac- quainted with Timothy Woodbridge, Jacob Ford, Isaac Ford & Lucius Cole mentioned in the preceding affi- davit, that they are credible persons and their statements entitled to credit. I know Anson Brown and David Cham- berlain by reputation and believe them to be credible persons and their statements entitled to credit. I further certify that Israel Lee who has subscrib- ed and sworn to the preceding affidavit before me is unable, in consequence of ill health and general debil- ity, to appear before a court of record for the purpose of making this affidavit, there being no such court nearer than the city of Hudson. Dated at Haverkill, this seventeenth day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Tobias L Dodge one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Said County
State of New York
Columbia County } ss } I, Joseph D. Mowell, Clerk of said county, do certify that Anson Brown before whom the several affidavits of Timothy Woodbridge, and David Chamberlain, Joseph Dodge and George Col- man, pursuant to those taken, was at the states at which the said several affidavits purport to have

...Joseph D. Morris and George Cadman, purport to have been taken, was at the dates on which the said several affidavits purport to have
been taken, one of the justices of the peace in and for said County. That I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Simon Brown, and believe his name subscribed to the said several affidavits and to the certificates accompanying the affidavits of Joseph D. Morris and George Cadman, to be his own proper hand writing and signature. and also that the said Simon Brown was a Justice of the Peace as aforesaid at the time of making the certificates above mentioned. And I further certify that Tobias L. Hoyleboom, before whom the annexed affidavit of Israel Lee purports to have been taken and by whom the preceding certificate purports to have been made, was at the time of taking the said affidavit and making the said certificate one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County. That I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Tobias L. Hoyleboom, and believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and the said certificate, to be his own proper hand writing and signature.
For the absence of Joseph D. Morris Richard Carrington
Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 20 th day of May 1833.
In the absence of Joseph D. Morris Nicholas Carrington Deputy Clk.

That this applicant further declares that in the month of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven, being a resident of the above-named place, he was drafted, but for unspecified reasons, as he now recollects under the officers above-mentioned then and marched to Danbury to defend that place from the enemy who were then at Danbury, where he arrived a short time after the place was burned, recollects that General Worcester was killed the day before he arrived. That he remained at Danbury aforesaid about one week, when he together with the residue of the company was finally and honorably discharged by the said General.
That this applicant further declares that in the month of September in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven, being a resident of the above-named place, he was drafted in the militia for three months under the following named officers, to-wit: Captain Barrett and Colonel John H. Hilly. He was attached to Lieutenant Seal's company, and at the time of his discharge was honorably discharged with full pay from the time of his discharge to the time of his discharge, at which time that he was honorably discharged from the service of the United States, and that he was at the time of his discharge in the city of New York, and that he was honorably discharged from the service of the United States, and that he was at the time of his discharge in the city of New York.
3 Months
That this applicant further declares that in the month of August in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty, being a resident of the above-named place, he was drafted in the militia for three months under the following named officers, to-wit: Captain Barrett and Lieutenant Burns. He was attached to the company then in camp at Danbury, and that he was honorably discharged from the service of the United States, and that he was at the time of his discharge in the city of New York, and that he was honorably discharged from the service of the United States, and that he was at the time of his discharge in the city of New York.

officers together with Colonel Pratt and General ... to hunt ...
eral Van Rensselaer - thence to Fort Hunter, and thence to Rocky Flats where they encountered and defeated the enemy. ... the next day after Colonel Brown was killed. ... a day and a half beyond Fort Hunter. ... the present was given ... the army returned to Fort Hunter soon after which this officer together with the remainder of the company returned to Albany where they remained a short time that in a few days after that there was known ... of which they were ... discharged by the said Captain
3 Months
Barrett and he returned home in December. ... this officer further declares that in the month of September in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one he was drafted for the militia for three months ... Captain Barrett and Lieutenant ... to Albany and the rest to Schenectady - where he remained together with the remainder of the company as a guard to prevent to prevent the incursions and depredations of the savages until the 1st of October when his term of service having expired he together with the remainder of the company were regularly and honorably discharged by the said Captain Barrett and he returned home.
3 Months
And this further declares that he does not now recollect of having received at any time any other than a verbal discharge. That he has no documentary evidence to substantiate the facts above mentioned except the aforesaid record of his birth and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except Joseph Andrews and George Callman whose affidavits are hereto annexed. that he relinquishes all claim whatever to a pension except the present, and that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.

And this applicant further declares that he now resides, and ever since the year one thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight, has resided in the town of Hillsdale in the County of Albany and State aforesaid - the name of which place has since been changed to the town of Husterlity and Columbia County, which name it now bears. And further this applicant saith not
Sworn to and subscribed before me his Israel mark Lee in open court the day and year aforesaid
John D. Parker, Clerk
No. 6
We Timothy Woodbridge a Clergyman residing in the town of Husterlity in the County of Columbia and State aforesaid and David Chamberlain of the same place do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Israel Lee who has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy five 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
Sworn to and subscribed before me Timothy Woodbridge the day and year aforesaid
Asst. Brethren Justice Rees David Chamberlain
No. 7
And the said Court now here do hereby certify and declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as such in the United States. And the Court further further certify that it appears to them Timothy Woodbridge who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman residing in the town of Husterlity aforesaid, and that David Chamberlain who has signed the same is a resident of the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit - And the said Court further certify that the word "five" on the sixth line of the certificate of Timothy Woodbridge and David Chamberlain immediately preceding, was written on a erasure before the same on the declaration was sworn to and subscribed - and also the word "to" in the second line of the application

No. 8. State of New York } Columbia County } ss. John D. Parker Hiram Wilson Clerk.
of the justices Court now sitting in and for the city of Hudson in the county and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Israel Lee for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this Sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. The word October inserted in this Certificate before signing and also Israel Parker
John D Parker Clerk

State of New York } Is Appeared before me Anson No 9 Columbia County } Brown one of the Justices of the Peace of the Town of Hunsdits in Said County Joseph Andrews who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he has been acquainted with Israel Lee ever since the commencement of the Revolutionary War, and further says the said Israel Lee Resided in the Town of Kent in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut. When the Revolutionary War commenced and was known to the said Lee being at New York with the Militia under Capt t Carter three Months at the time the British took possession of New York Subscribed and sworn Joseph Andrews this 8 day of August 1832 before me Anson Brown Justice Peace
Columbia County } No 10 } Anson Brown, one of the justices of the Peace in and for Said County, do hereby certify that I knew the above named Joseph Andrews, who has sworn to the preceding affidavit before me, by reputation, and justly believe him to have been a credible person, and his statement entitled to credit. I further certify that the said Joseph Andrews at the time of making the preceding affidavit was a resident of Stockbridge in the County of

Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, and that he is since deceased - Dated at Husterlitz this 16 th day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Amos Brown Justice Peace

No. 11 State of New York Columbia County ss On this twelfth day of September in the year of our Lord one thou- sand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before me Simon Brown one of the justices of the peace of the town of Hous- ton in the county and State aforesaid. George Curtis who being duly sworn, accords- to law, deposes and says that he now resides in the town of Hous- ton in the county of Columbia and State of New York and that he is now about twenty five years of age - That in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two in the month of September in the year last above mentioned he was drafted in the militia for three months under the following named offi- cers vizt. Captain Bassett and Major John B. Hicks - Marched to Fishkill on the Hudson river to prevent the passage of the enemy but that soon after he returned at that place until the last of November when his term of service expired or for he together with the residue of the company was discharged by the said Captain Bassett - That his regiment then being that he was well ex- ercised with small arms - who was in the service with this regiment was Captain Bassett - That said Captain Bassett was discharged with the residue of the company and that the said Captain Bassett was then and there and that deponent further states that he believes the said town of Hous- ton was at the period above mentioned a part of the town of H. Co. and Orange county - but that it was afterwards set off from said county and the town of Hous- ton
That even- ing I dined in my present room.

Commissies - and that that part of the said county of Sullivan is now his demand been resided in where General Israel Lee then resided and now resides is now the town of Liberty in the County of Sullivan and is now his demand. But she thinks the said John McClellan who is mentioned above as the was Colonel instead of Major. And further thinks he was still in his
This George X 6 adams Mark
Subscribers to agree to subscribe before and this twelfth day of September 1832.
Amos Bronson Justice Peace
Commonwealth vs. Garrison Brown, Justice of the Peace, etc. No. 12. I hereby certify that I know the above named George Cadman by reputation, and nearly believe him to be a credible person, and his statement entitled to credit. Dated at Haverly this 16 th day of May one thousand eight hundred and fifty three. Garrison Brown Justice Peace

With the paper in the column of Philip Phelps - And Francis Lee is the formal contract of Mr Wm D. G. Fendall for his wife to act. This I will thank you to hand my son it being wanted at the Land Office. Also the two warrants 27th August 1845 and oblige yours Wm Gordon Egan Henry Clyde

apr 1999 Leonard Lee Andover, Mass
Rev May
10981 INVALID.
File No. 10,981
Israel Lee
Brn. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 221
[Arrangement of 1870.]