Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22869, for Israel Lamb, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Wass
Lamb, Israel
NUMBER S 22869
CONTENTS

5196 New York Israel Lamb
of Washington in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Loary of the Regt. commanded by Col. Biglow in the Me apty — time for 6 Months — — —
Inscribed on the Roll of New York — — at the rate of 20 Dollars — Less per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of July , 1833 — — and sent to Mr. M c Pitch N.Y.C.
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1832 $ 30 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th " " 10
$ 40
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Geo. C. Hales Clerk Book D Vol. 3 Page 109

Jacob Lamb New York
adm?
Hono Mr. Pitkin H. B.

BRIEF in the case of  Israel Lamb  60 of Washington  in the State of  New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70  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.     1 st July In 1780 — 6 — private Gen. Torrey Genl Glover Brig Colo' Skye  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? County of Berkshire Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional and two living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

In the Matter of Israel Lamb Revolutionary Soldier
Declaration for a Pension
18 assnd 6 mo pri.
20 th

State of New York } Washington County }
I S ir J oseph S tephen Leigh clerk of the Court of Washington County Common Pleas do hereby certify that the annexed contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Israel Lamb for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of my Office this 4 th day of December 1832
J. S. Leigh C lerk

State of New York Washington County } ss
On this 4 th day of December 1832 personally appeared in Open Court before us the court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Washington now sitting Israel Lamb of the town of Fort Ann County of Washington and State of New York aged Seventy years on the 7 th day of February last who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the follow- -ing 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 while he lived in the town of Williamstown County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts and on the first day of July A.D. 1780 he volunteered into the State Troops or New Series Massachusetts line for Six Months to fill up the Continental Army and was sent to the town of Sheffield he thinks in the State of Massachusetts  Connecticut and was Mustered on the Six th day of July but does not remember the name of the Mustermaster and from thence he was sent to West Point under the care and charge of Nathaniel P. Tarry to Gen Glover's Brigade. That the Fort and place was Commanded by Gen Arnold. and he was sent to Robinson's Farms on the East side of the north river and was put into the drill under the direction and command of Capt Hurlong and was kept and retained in the drill about three weeks and then was taken back over the river to West Point and was placed and joined to Lieut Sande commandant's company he thinks that there was no Capt and does not recollect the Ensigns name Boncroft was the Orderly Sergeant belonged to Col Bigelow Regiment who was himself absent and was commanded by Lieut Col Peters and Major Hall the names of the other Officers he does not remember and was attached to Brig Gen Glover's Brigade and soon after crossed the river at West Point and he was marched down the river to Kings Ferry where he crossed the river again unto the Jerseys and was marched to the English neighborhood where he was stationed he thinks

about Six weeks or longer was there when Andre was Executed but not present at the time to see him hung. Soon after he was marched once encomp'ted to once in several other places but he cannot remember the particular names of the places until about the first of December when he was marched up the river on the West side to West Point and was stationed in the Barracks on the Point for winter Quarters and he was detached as one of the fatigue party and sent into the woods to cut wood for the army where he remained chopping wood until on the Sixth day of January A.D. 1781 when he received an honorable and written discharge but does not remember the name of the Officer that Signed it that he has lost it with some other papers and does not know what has become of it and further saith he served and performed his duty 6 Mo as a private Soldier Six Months —
And this declarant further saith that the regiments were placed in Brig Gen Glover's Brigade in the following order on the right was Col Force's Reg on his left was Col Smith's Regiment and on his left was Col Beekman's Regiment commanded by Lieut Col Peters and on the left of all was Col Shepherd's Regiment — that he remembers of seeing Gen George Washington Gen Baron Stuben and several other Officers and regiments but cannot tell or remember their names — That he returned home to Williamstown aforesaid where he lived until after the revolution- ary War from thence he moved to Granville in Washington County and State of New York and from thence to Fort Ann where he now lives and has lived forty seven years That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his Service except Thomas Galesha whose affidavit is hereto annexed
1 That he was born in the town of Tomp'it in the State of Connecticut in the year of 1762 2 That there is a record of his age in his family bible & he knows of no other

 3 That he was living in the town of Williamstown County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts when he entered the Service and has lived since the revolutionary war in the towns of Williamstown - Granville and Fort Stur where he now Resides  4 That he entered the Service as a Volunteer  5 That the names of the regular Officers or regiments of Militia or any other Reg't and the circumstances of his Service he cannot remember with more particular recollection than is set forth in his declaration  6 That he received a written discharge but cannot recollect the name of the Officer that signed it and it is lost  7 That he is known in his present neighborhood by Rev. Phinehas Calver William A Moore Brewster Coleman Hester Coleman - John Crosby and many others who can testify to his character for truth and veracity and their 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 declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State or Territory
Israel Lamb
Sworn to and Subscribed } The day and year aforesaid } J. J. Leigh CLR
We Phinehas Calver a clergyman residing in the town of Kingsbury and neighborhood of Fort Stur and John Crosby residing in the town of Fort Stur hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Israel Lamb who has Sworn subscribed and to the above declaration - that we believe him to be Seventy 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 Phinehas Calver Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid John Crosby J. J. Leigh CLR

And The Said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter once after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above-named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and Served as he states and The court further certifies that it appears to them that Thomas Culver a Clergyman who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman residing in the town of Kingsbury and that John Crosby who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Fort Ann and is a credible person and their statement is entitled to credit
I Jesse S Leigh clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Washington do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Israel Lamb for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of my Office this 4 th day of December 1832

Washington County ss. George Clark and William A. Moon of the town of Fort Ann in said County being duly sworn according to Law before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace in and for said County; Depose and say that they have been acquainted with Israel Lamb who is now about to apply to the Government of the United States for a Pension for his services during the Revolutionary War of the United States of America for the space of about Twenty Eight years during which time he has resided in the town of Fort Ann in the County of Washington and State of New York aforesaid, and that he the said Israel Lamb has during the said period of our acquaintance sustained a good character as a man of truth and veracity and his moral character as a citizen is irreproachable, and we further depose and say that we have no doubt that he has served in the Army of the Revolution as he states in his affida- -vit, and that he is entitled to the Pension he claims for such services, and the said deponants further depose and say that they have during their acquaintance frequently heard him speak of his services as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and that he served therein and further the deponants say not. —
Subscribed & sworn to this 13 th day of November 1832 before me —
George Clark —
Amos T. Bush Justice of the Peace

writing and verify the same to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature Witness my hand and Seal of Office this day of
State of New York } County of Washington }
I Jesse J. Leigh clerk of the said County do certify that Amos T. Bush before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verify his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature Witness my hand and Seal of Office this fifth day of December 1832
J. J. Leigh CLE

State of New York } County of Washington }
Thomas Galluska of the town of Fort Edward County of Washington and State of New York being duly sworn according to law depurth and saith that he is Seventy Six years old and he resided in the town of Williamstown County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts in the time of the revolutionary War and was well acquainted with Israel Lamb whose declaration is hereto annexed for a pension - and that in the town of Williamstown aforesaid he the said Israel Lamb on the first day of July A. D. 1780 volunteered into the State troops or New Levis Massachusetts line for Six months to fill up the Continental army that he this deponent went with him the said Israel Lamb as a private into the same Service that he was sent once went to the town of Sheffield in the said State of Massachusetts once was Mustered that he was then Marched to West Point that Gen Arnold Commanded at that place that afterwards he this deponent believes he the said Israel was attached to Col Peters Reg. in Gen Rylers Brigade and this deponent further saith that he the said Israel served and performed his duty Six months as a private soldier and further this deponent saith not
Subscribed and Made solemn oath before me this 4 th day of Dec r 1832 I also certify that this deponent's character for truth and veracity is good
His Thomas Galluska Signature
John Mays a Judge of Washington County Courts
State of New York } Washington County }
I Jesse S Leigh clerk of the said County of Washington do certify that John Mays before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken was at the date of the same one of the Judges of Washington County Courts and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper handwriting and signature
Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 4 th day of December 1832 J. S. Leigh C.B.

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by A. M. D. 25/10/10
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Israel Lamb
Service _____
Additional Service Rev.
No _____ claim, State records _____, 191_____
No claim, combination records _____, 191_____
REMARKS:
Inv. 7. 22, 869 (Mass.) No other Inv. of any service " West - " " " " Reg. " " "

Providence
22869 INVALID.
1910 Nov. 1 First to Mrs. Harry Kirkpatrick V.L.H.
File No. 22,869
Joseph Lamb
Providence
Act: June 7 th 89
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 284
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Lebanon, Tennessee. Oct. 21, 1910
Pension Office. Washington, D.C.
Please to send me The pension record of my ancestor Israel Gumb, who died at Fort Ann, New York, Feb 1, 1841. He drew a pension for revolutionary service for a number of years. His name appears on a list of men raised by Williamston, Mass. for six months service 1780-1781
Thanking you,
Respectfully
Mrs. Harry Kirkpatrick

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Israel Lamb V.F. 22869
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 1. 1780 6 mos. Pvt. Leah Sands Brigadier Mass.  
Battles engaged in, (
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Williamstown, Berkshire Co. Mass.
Date of application for pension, Dec. 4. 1832. The d. was at
Residence at date of application, Fort Ann, Washington Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, born Feb. 7. 1762 at Pomfret, Vt. room
Remarks: date of death not stated