Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20532, for Jacob G Low, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Low, Jacob G. Katharine
N. 20532.
CONTENTS

Col. J. H. Brewster Aug 11. 45
8449 New York
Jacob G Low
of Manlius — in the State of N York who was a Sergt. P. Res. in the Kennebec command by Captain Brown — of the Regt. command by Col. Clinton in the N. York — time for 19 1/2 Mos. Sept 3 21 1/2 " P. Res. }
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 112 Dollars 50 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of April 1831 and Secy W. H. Brown Painesville
Wears to the 14th of Ma '33 $225.00 Remi-anl. allowance ending 1st Sep " 58.73 $283.73
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Chas. H. Allen Clerk Book 6, Vol. 4 Page 24

2488
New York Albany
Catharine Low
widow of Jacob G. Low
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Spri & Leigh
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 112 Dollars 50
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Dec r 1848 and sent to
Hon D. Gott Hof R
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 118 Vol. 4.
L. F. Smith April 28, 1857-
Reported
Dec r 19/48

Jacob G. Law 11/10/07 Pursion Papers
Residence Martins Onondaga Co. N.Y. -
P.O. Jamesville Onon- daga Co. N.Y. -
Communications may be directed to Isaac W Brewster P.M.
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State of New York
Onondaga County p. 3
On this Eleventh day
of August in the year of our Lord 1832 personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the State of New York  Chancellor of the Court of the Common Pleas of the State of New York at a Court of Oyer and terminer for said State in the County of Onondaga now sitting Jacob Low a resident of the Town of Marlin in the County and State aforesaid aged Twenty Seven 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 according to the best of his information and belief in Shawangunk in the County of Ulster and State of New York the 13 th day of August 1755, and family had a record of his age in a Dutch Bible which was burned in a house of Benjamin Coertzyke by when this declarant left it when he came up into this Country, and has no other record now of his age. That he resided, when first called into service, at Shawangunk aforesaid where he enlisted for six months about the last of June or first of July 1775 as a private soldier under Captains Jacobus Brown and Lieutenants Albert Paurley and Thomas DeWitt, and rendezvous at Esopus in said County a few days after such enlistment, and was placed in the regiment of infantry Volunteers (as as was then supposed regular troops of the United States) commanded by Col. Samuel Clinton & Lieut Col Cornelius Wincoop - This declarant carried his own Musket and accoutrements, and remained with said regiment at Esopus something like a fortnight and then marched to Albany thence to Fort George

Then down Lake George to Fort Ticonderoga where the Army stopped two or three weeks to procure provisions and then moved to Fort St Johns. This Detachment continued at Fort Ticonderoga about a week after the Army left, cutting forage for the Beef Cattle which had not been slaughtered and then went and joined the Army again, at Fort St Johns about the last of the summer of 1775 when we saw other troops, one Regiment whereof was commanded by Col Ethan Allen and some artillery men called the Jersey Blues. All under the Command of General Montgomery, while at Fort St Johns the Army got short of provisions and were about a week on half allowance and then about three days with out any, at which time Col Allen and a part of the Army went down the river and took Fort Crown Point where they obtained some old Pork and or Barley Meal which was said to have been there since the French war, which kept us supplied which together with some horses which were taken in the same expedition kept us from starving, a few days until Boats arrived from Ticonderoga with provisions & which had been detained by Storm. The Siege against Fort St Johns was continued a Month and three days when it surrendered, soon after which within a week the Army removed from there to La Prairie a little Village on the American side of the St Lawrence little above Montreal where they remained about two weeks until we drew the Boats up from Fort Chambly and then crossed over to Montreal where we found the British had just left the Fort

and gone down the river where we immediately pursued and took them about sixty miles below Mont- real they had eleven vessels, after the capture of these vessels and the British army, then General whose name this declaration does not mention escaped in the night by means of a small boat with two or three of his men. The rest of the British army being about 250 men with the vessels were taken back to Montreal and the prisoners were then sent on to Albany. During this expedition the weather was very cold it be- ing about the first of December 1775 - After remaining at Montreal about a week the Army marched down the river to Quebec  and besieged it , with General Arnold with his men about 30 miles above Quebec & then both armies united and went to Quebec and besieged it. Made an attack upon the City on the last day of December and while scaling the walls Montgomery was killed and Arnold  was wounded in the leg and carried back to the camp at Albany  some of the men were taken prisoners The Army then fell back and returned to winter quarters back of the Plains of Abraham where part of the army remained in tents and the rest were billeted out among the French residents in the country until about the first of May 1776 when we started for our own country and arrived at Fort Ticonderoga ab- out the last of May when this declaration was presented to General Schuyler and was discharged by Lt Col Cummings. When captured at Marble Ravine (he was then) got home before this declaration about the middle of June 1776 having served under the aforesaid enlistment about eleven or twelve and a half months & having suffered much from cold fatigue and hunger and received pay in Continental money most of which he has still in possession
11 or 11 1/2 mo

That the discharge aforesaid was found in the house of Benjamin Cantright but of aforesaid in the Dutch Bible as above stated — That immediately after this declaration returned from The Company of Militia to which he belonged were required to serve one half a fortnight and the other half the next fortnight & so alternately through the season guarding and building fort Montgomery on the Hudson River this Declarant served as Second Sargeant and entered the Class & began the Service on the first of July 1776 and continued a fortnight on & a fortnight off during the season un- til the close of the war about the last of December or first of January under various Officers (the Officers serving alternately as the war) and under the direction of Genl George Clinton who was Governor, the next year, of the State The Captain who commanded the Company to which this Declarant regularly belonged was Matthew Johnson and the Lieutenants were Peter Driker and Nicholas Johnson during this season 3 m | this Declarant served about three months The next summer toward about the last of June or first of July 1777 the Militia were called upon to turn out every third man and this Declar- ant volunteered for three months and served as Second Sargeant under Captain Benjamin Tappan guarding the Frontier most of the time at Fort Montgomery one Lieutenant was Helinus Vandermark The Officers changed frequently and he cannot recollect the names of all of them The Fort was commanded by General James Clinton About the time this declarant's term of service aforesaid had expired an alarm was given that the British were expected up the River

and the Militia were Called out in mass and this Deferant Continued in the Service & went into his own Company under Capt Matthew Johnson and Lieutenants Dicker & Johnson and the British did come and attacked and took fort Montgomery - This Deferant with most of the men Escaped under Cover of the woods in the dusk of the Eve- ning This battle was on the Sixth October 1777 The next day the men who had Escaped from the fort went at the House of General James Clinton at Little Britton and pursued on after the British to Esopus but the British had burned the Town before we arrived and had an Army remained at Hurley about two miles from Esopus a week or two days until the British went back and then went to Newburgh and commenced building a fort but Generals Clinton & La Fayette who were there then, went to West Point and concluded to build the fort there & the fort we commenced was abandoned This Deferant and the rest of the Militia staid near Newburgh under Col John Hardinburg until winter when they were allowed to return home This Deferant served during this Cam- paign (1777) six months. -
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Aleant the middle of June 1778 Every Seventh man of the Militia were required to turn out and this Deferant again volunteered for a Class of men for three months and staid under Captain Josiah Robinson don't mol- est the names of the Lieutenants and went on the lines in Jersey & moved from place to place between two and three months when all the Mi- litia were again called out and this Deferant was again united to his old Company under

Captain Johnson and were stationed at Harnistraw where they  we staid two or three weeks then went to Ramapoa where we were in the Command of Generals Jones and George Clinton and occasionally went out in scouting parties and were there and at other places for two or three months until winter & were then permitted to return This Declarant got home about the 28 th of Sep- tember making his return that year about six and a half months. The next summer 1779 the Company was required to furnish 30 men months about to guard the frontiers against Indians and British and this Declarant was out in seven or eight months under Lieutenant John Johnson at Mamacating one month under Lieut. Peter Duke at Iapannas near Warwasing and one month under Captain Matthew John- son and the Lieutenants above named at Warwasing the Militia all being called out to guard against the Indians who had made an in- surrection and burned some buildings & killed some in Watertown & made prisoners of others in the neighborhood of Warwasing. This year This Declarant served three months -
In the beginning of 1780 there were several al- arms and the Militia turned out frequently a few days at a time. This Declarant went whenever there was an alarm, little before what Harvest. This Declarant was out in pursuit of the Indians about two weeks and about the same time little after Harvest the Indians burned a great quan- tity of wheat that summer in Barracks. In the year 1781 & 1782 was out frequently on skirmishes a few days at a time -
This Declarant served as Second Sergeant in all the seven after the first engagement

and never received any written discharge except the discharge from his first engagement as above stated he received a Disgrace Warrant, but lost it soon after the war and that he knows of no surviving witness by whom he can prove his actual service during any year of the war of the Revolution and that he has no documentary evidence of such service whatever that he resided at Shawangunk and Rochester in the County of Ulster after the war until the year 1805 then moved to Sullivan Madison County and State aforesaid where he resided two or three years and then moved to Marlinton and has resided in Marlinton & La Fayette in the County of Onondaga and State of New York ever since that time and now resides in said Town of Marlinton - - That he is acquainted with a great many individuals in his present neighborhood who likewise can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution - among whom are Rev Daniel Marsh Deacon Thomas Bannerman Hiram Gillett & Jeremiah Gould Esquires Capt Samuel Hawley Dr. David Holbrook & Hugh Gillespie and Elijah C Rust Esq. And this Declarant further states that he was placed on the Pension Roll under the act of 18 th March 1818 and drew a pension for or about one year in 1818 or or 1819 on account of his services under the engagement first above mentioned - But was stricken from the pension Roll as he was informed because the troops with which he served were not considered as belong- ing to the Continental Establishment

And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and delays that his name is not on the pension roll of any army or state or (if any) only on that of the army of the state of New York - Subscribed and sworn to The Day and year aforesaid Daniel Mosely Circuit Judge
We Daniel Marsh a Clergyman residing in the Town of Pompey and County of Onondaga aforesaid and Thomas Barnum junior of the same place hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob G Lowe who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neigh- borhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn and subscribed } 2 Daniel Marsh the day and year aforesaid } Thomas Barnum Daniel Mosely Circuit Judge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the inter- rogatories presented 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 Daniel Marsh who has subscribed the foregoing certificate is a Clergyman residing in the Town of Pompey in the County of Onondaga and that Thom- as Barnum junior who has also signed the same is a resident of the same town and is a credible person and their statement to wit: Daniel Mosely

as William Kumar who has also signed The same is a resident of the same town and is a Credible person and their statement. to wit Daniel Moseley
I Daniel T. Moseley Deputy Clerk of the Court of Chancery, of the Seventh Circuit for the state of New York, do hereby Certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob G. Low for a pension — In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 11 th day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty two —
Daniel T. Moseley Deputy Clerk

Onondaga County ss }
Peter G Low of Denmark in the County of Lewis and State of New York being duly sworn says that he is acquainted with and is Brother of Jacob G Low of Manlius in the County of Onondaga in said state and that he is as much as Seventy Seven years Old and that this deponent is Eighty Years of Age That during the Revolutionary war this deponent and the said Jacob G Low Resided in the town of Shawangunk Ulster County and State aforesaid That this Deponent during most of the war was out of health Supposed to have the Consumption and therefor continued at home but the said Jacob G Low was young healthy and ardent in his feelings and ever held himself in readiness to turn out when occasion required and was out in the service of the Country most of the time Especially during the latter part of each of the three or four first Years of the war, This deponent not being with him when in the army Cannot positively state from his own knowledge the amount of his service But recollects that he enlisted in the Company Commanded by Captain Jacobus Brown in the summer of 1775 and went away with the army and that he was informed and has ever understood and believed that he went with the army to Liconderoga and to fort St Johns and was present at its surrender and then went with General Montgomery to Montreal and Quebec and continued with the Army during the whole of that campaign and through the winter until they returned and this Deponent recollects that he returned some time after Montgomery was killed but can't recollect the precise time and that he

related the circumstances of the Capture of Fort Ticonderoga (Fort Crown Point) and of the British Troops which had Evacuated Montreal with their Regiments going down the river and of the sufferings of himself and Companions during that Campaign on account of Fatigue Cold and Hunger and that when he returned his legs were badly swollen and on being asked the Cause, he stated that while out in the winter the soldiers had to cut Hemlock boughs and spread them on the snow and to lie upon them and the snow would melt away and in the Morning would find themselves in the water which caused him him to take cold which settled in his Bones, and various other circumstances connected with the army which bears no doubt in the mind of this deponent that the said Jacob G did serve as a soldier of the United States from the time he enlisted as aforesaid untill he returned home as aforesaid and this deponent also recollects that soon after he returned home as above stated he went again into service the service as a sergeant and was absent from home according to the best of this deponents recol- lection as much as half of the time during the remainder of the year 1776 at Fort Montgomery as this Defendant understood and believes and that the said Jacob G was also absent the latter half of the year 1777 as he supposed & still supposes in the army of the United States & that he started to go to see him but was taken sick on the way and returned home, and recollects that he was informed and has ever since understood that said Jacob G was at the surrender of Fort Montgomery and that he was also absent from home and supposed to be in the

American Service guarding the Frontiers and upon alarms frequently and sometimes for a considerable space at a time during the remainder of the war, but cannot state the particular times and amount of service in each year - and further saith not Dated September 8 th 1832 Subscribed & sworn to this Peter G. Lowes 8 th day of September 1832 before me
Lemuel Hawley - Commissioner of Deeds &c
State of New York } Onondaga County } Jacob J Low of Manlius in said County being duly sworn says that he is acquainted with Peter G Low the above deponent and has known him at least thirty years that his reputation during the whole time for truth and veracity has been good and this deponent from having heard the subject frequently talked over many years ago and before there was any prospect of getting pensions, believes the aforesaid statement of said Peter G Low as is true and further saith not. September 10 th 1832 Subscribed & sworn This 10 th day of September 1832 before me Jacob J. Low
Lemuel Hawley - Commissioner of Deeds &c
I Lemuel Hawley the Commissioner before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken do hereby certify that I was formerly acquainted with Peter G Low who was subscribed & sworn to the foregoing affidavit and that he was then a man of good reputation for veracity and I know nothing to the contrary of his good character now. That I am well acquainted with Jacob J Low the deponent to the last above affidavit and know his reputation for truth and veracity to be good Dated Syracuse January 18 th 1833 - Lemuel Hawley

I Reuben S Hess Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Onondaga in the state of New York do hereby Certify that Lemuel Hawley before whom the foregoing Affidavits were sworn was at each of the dates of the certificates therein a Commissioner of said Court and duly authorized to take affidavits to be read in Courts of Record and to administer oaths and that that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Commissioner and believe the signature "Lemuel Hawley" upon said are his.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this twenty fifth day of September 1832
R. S. Hess Clerk
Jacob G. Law 11/1/37 Pension Papers
Residence Onondaga Co. N.Y.
P.O. Syracuse Onondaga Co. N.Y. Communications may be directed to Jacob M Brewster P.M.
1923 4/1/20 90

12.224 Act 44-609
Decl d Catherine Low
N.B. - Widow of Jacob G.
Act Sep 7th 1838
Marr d before 1797
Rejoice husband died 9 April 1845
born Oct 17 June 44
$112 50 per Ann
On 9 April 1845
Hen D. Gott House of Reps
Dr Sep 26 1845
$6661

State of New York
Onondaga County ss. On this First day of September in the Year Eighteen Hundred and for- ty five personally appeared before the Subordinate Amasa H. Jerome one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Onondaga afor- said, being a Court of Record, personally appeared Catharine Low a resident of the Town of DeWitt in the County aforesaid aged Eighty Years on the 26 worth day of September last who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Con- gress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to Certain Widows." That she is the widow of Jacob G Low who was a Sergeant and private in the Revolutionary Army. That according to information derived from her said husband and others soon after the close of the Revolutionary war and since that time & which she firmly believes her said husband Jacob G Low enlisted sometime in the summer of 1775 and went with General Montgomery in his Canada Expedition and was at the battle of St Johns in October 1775 and at the taking of Montreal and at the siege of Quebec where Genl Montgomery was killed and subsequently continued in the army under command of General Arnold & returned the next spring. but at what time he was discharged this deponent does not know - That subsequently he served in several Expeditions & during several periods in the course of the war of the Revolution the particular periods she does not recollect nor does she recollect all the officers under whom he served nor the battles in which he was engaged nor the grade he held in each But she recollects that he was at the battle at Fort Montgomery was in the army when Kingston was burned That he served under Lieutenant Peter Duke at one time That Col Hasbrouck was his Colonel that he served in the Ulster County Militia and that his whole generations and according to the best of this deponent's recollection & belief the mother of said Catharine

service in the Revolutionary war must have been more than two years and that he did not rise nor graduate from Private to Sergeant but she can not state at what particular time or how long he served in each grade but for a more particular statement of his said service she refers to his decl- arations and proofs on file in the office of the Secretary of War. She further declares that she was married to the said Jacob G Low on the seventh day of January 1786 that in consequence of the absence of Dominus Hardenbergh the Minister who then resided at Rochester Ulster County where this declarant then resided. Dominus Dull of Esopus was sent for who performed the ceremony for which ceremony no record was made in the Church records at Rochester of such marriage as this declarant is informed & believes and the only record made of such marriage to the knowledge or belief of this declarant was in a large Dutch bible then owned by her & which had formerly belonged to her Grandmother & which was afterwards burned in the house occupied by her nephew Benjamin Kirtland - That her husband the aforesaid Jacob G Low died on the ninth day of April last; That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen Hundred and ninety four (viz, at the time above stated). That this declarant & said Jacob G Low lived together as husband and wife from the time of their mar- riage aforesaid until the time of his death and That she has never been married to any other man and is now a widow and this declarant further states that the said Jacob G Low at the time of his first enlistment the service resided in the Town of Shawangunk Ulster County, New York that his first engagement was by enlistment but she does not know by what instrument registration or authority he entered subsequently into the service. That she has no documentary

evidence in support of her Claim. That her husband had obtained a pension under the act of the 7 th June 1832 and had a Certificate from the Secretary of War dated 11 th April 1833 in which he was dis- charged as Jacob G Low of the State of New York who was a Sergeant & private in the Revolutionary Army & entitled to receive One Hundred & twelve Dollars & fifty Cents per annum during his natural life & that he drew the said pension up to & including the 4 th of March 1845. That the said Certificate as she is informed & believes has been sent to the Agent for pay- ing pensions in the City of Albany since the decease of her said husband  Sworn to & subscribed on the day and } Cotham for Low year above written before me } mark  Amasa H Jerome Judge of Onondaga County Courts
I Certify That I am acquainted with the above named Declarant Cotham Low and that she is a person of respectability & that her statement upon said is in my opinion entitled to full Credit That in consequence of nervous affection she cannot write & of that & other bodily infirmity she is un- able to attend Court to make her Declaration  Sept 1 st 1845 — Amasa H Jerome Judge of Onondaga County Courts

State of New York
Onondaga County } p
Jacob I Law of the Town of DeWitt in the County of Onondaga being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is son of Jacob G Law & Catherine Law named in the foregoing Declaration of Catherine Law. That according to his best recollection and belief he was fifty six years old on the 26 th day of September last. That according to information derived from his said parents from his earliest recollection. His parents had been married nearly three years when he was born - that this deponent was present when his Father the said Jacob G Law died. That he died at the house of this deponent on the ninth day of April last. That the said Jacob G Law was a prisoner of the United States under the act of 7 th June 1832 & due $112.50 per annum
Sworn & Subscribed this 1 st day of September 1845 before me }
Amasa H. Jerome - Judge of Onondaga County Courts }
Jacob I. Law
I Certify that I am acquainted with the above named Affiant Jacob I Law and that he is a man of Respectability & Credibility & that his statement in the foregoing Affidavit is in my opinion entitled to full Credit Sept 1 st 1845
Amasa H. Jerome - Judge of Onondaga County Courts

State of New York Onondaga County } ss
Maria Kortright of the Town of Onondaga in said County being duly sworn deposes and says That according to the best of her knowledge and belief she was Eighty Three years old on the 29 th day of May last That she is Sister to Catharine Low Widow of Jacob G Low late of the Town of DeWitt in said County deceased. That said Catharine according to the best of this deponent's recollections and belief was Eighty years old on the Eleventh day of September last. That this deponent and said Catharine were daughters of Jacobus Kortright who resided in the Town of Rochester Ulster County in the State aforesaid who died when this deponent was about Sixteen years of age That their Mother died when the said Catharine was less than one day old That at the time of the death of this deponent's said Catharine's Father they lived with their Grand Father Laurens Kortright & continued to live with him until he died in the same house wherein their Father died. That after the death of their Grand Father said Catharine lived with her Uncle Abraham & Matthew Kortright who both lived in one house in said Town of Rochester That said Catharine was Married at the house last aforesaid to said Jacob G Low where she was little more than twenty one years of age and according to the best of this deponent's recollection and belief on the 7 th day of January in the year 1786 That this deponent distinctly recollects being present and witnessing the said marriage and remembers the following circumstances attending the same. to wit That when the said Jacob G Low came to be married Domine Hardenbergh who was then an minister happened to be gone to the State of New Jersey. and they being unwilling to be married by a Magistrate sent to Esopus about 20 miles and obtained Domine Dreele who married them That no record was made of such marriage to this deponent's knowledge Except in a large Dutch Bible which had previously belonged to our Grandfather aforesaid & which after his death became the property of said Catharine That said Bible contained a record of the births marriages & deaths of the Family for several generations and according to the best of this deponent's recollection & belief the marriage of said Catharine

and Jacob I Low aforesaid was Entitled Therein That when said Jacob G & Cotham moved into this County the said Bible was left at the house where this deponent then lived which house was afterwards burned & said Bible was burned in it as this deponent truly believes - and this deponent further says that the said Jacob G & Cotham Low lived together as man & wife ever since their marriage aforesaid until last Spring when the said Jacob G died as this deponent has been informed & believes and further this deponent saith not -  Subscribed & sworn this 26 th } day of August 1845 before me } Miriam me X Kirtland mark  Miriam Gilbert justice of the Peace
I Certify that I am acquainted with the above named affiant Miriam Kirtland and that she is a person of respectability and credibility and her statement aforesaid is in my opinion entitled to full credit - That she cannot write by reason of newspaper affection & therefore made her mark  Miriam Gilbert J.P.
State of New-York, Onondaga County, } ss: Clerk's Office.
I certify that, at the date of foregoing Deposition & certificate, the said Miriam Gilbert, Esq., was a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County, duly elected & qualified; and that at the date of the foregoing Deposition and certificate, signed by Amasa H. Jerome Esq., he the said Amasa H. Jerome was one of the Judges of the County Court, in and for the said County, Commissioned & sworn, and
I further certify that I am acquainted with their respective hand writings & hereby believe that the foregoing signature, purporting to be theirs, are genuine given under my hand & the Seal of said County at Syracuse September 1. 1845, Lewis Fullin, Dept. Clk. Clerk absent.

11.807.
Jacob G Low
5.14.16.
26 Sep 1832 28 Dec "
P 186.
Isaac W Brewster
Jamynville NY

BRIEF in the case of  Jacob G Low  of  Stanley  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? Seventy seven years  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.     Start of time In 1775 21 July (to about middle of time 1776) about 11 or 12 private Gen. Montgomery. Capt Jacobus  Beekman , Col Clinton & V th Lt Col Ulry & Koop   1776 July 1. about 3 Gen Clinton ( on way offing ) Capt Johnson They were in duty at the time during the summer on the up the river, which   1777. 6 Sergt Capt Johnson   1778 June about 6 1/2 Capt Robinson   1779 3 Gen Clinton ,   1780 about 1 Lt Colonel  Clinton , Capt Johnson  
& in 1781 & 1782 frequently, and as long as all but first engagement.
 5. In what battles was he engaged? attack in Quebec. Fort Montgomery. 
 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Shawan grick. 
 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? A clergyman & Thomas Barren can testify to traditionary evidence. Peter G Low a living witness proves service in 1775. 6 & 7. V. and I believe to be true to the best of my knowledge. 
 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.
J. Kirtland Examining Clerk.

Manassas March 30 th 1857 Comd d of Pensions Pension Office Washington Vir
I am informed by Jacob D Long a Soldier of 1812 to whom you issued a Land Warrant for 160 acres No. of L 22 56479 that his father Jacob G Long a Revolu- tionary Soldier made application for Pension about the year 1818 & drew $96.00 per annum but drew for only one year & was then for some cause not known to him required to refund said sum & did so & also was stricken from the Roll of Pensioners -
That about 1832 he made a new application for Pension & drew until his death $112.50 per annum -
Jacob D Long is  was the only heir of said Jacob G Long & desires me to ask you if he is not entitled to the pension of his father from his first application to the time he commenced drawing - and if so

what would be the kind of proof you would require of him to entitle him to receive said back pay -
Please answer the above enquiries and oblige Very respectfully
Yours L. F. Smith No. 100 Second Bk Syracuse N.Y.

Jacob G. Low, Onondaga Co NY Act 7 June 32 $112 50 per annum
To What time was he last paid? G. B. A.
Pension Office August 2 nd 1848
Frid 9 th April 1845 Paid to his death. M. B.

To the Court of Pensions
You will please allow George R Herrick of Washington D.C. to examine the original papers of Jacob G Low and the original papers of Catherine Low both pecuniary in the county of Oneida Jacob G Low was a Sgt & drew a pension from the 4 th March 1832 until he died
Feb'y 4 th 1887
Catherine Low By Isaac N. Brewster her atty

M Cole
Aug 8 1857
M c Brewster has a power of Atty on file in the office
By - March 57 G Herrick

State of New York Onondaga County } ss I certify that I am personally acquainted and have been for the last, twenty years and upwards with Israel W Brown Tenn & Jacob I saw of David and Hiram Gilbert of Lafayette in said County and that each and every of them are now sustain a good moral character and are up right men of integrity
Washington July 22 1848 D D Galt M C

Aug 7 47
Adolfs Army Wheeler
Hon J. L. Edwards Comm d of Pensions Washington D.C.

Ovid N.Y. Augt 30 1847
Dr Sir
I inclose proof in the case of Anna Wheeler see yours of 14 July 1846 - will you please report to me on the case & say what further you require.
Respectfully Your Obl Servt Abad Lays
Hon J. S. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Washington DC
N. B. If the proof is not sufficient to establish the case under law of 1836 is it sufficient, under law of 1838, or if not what further proof is required under the law of 1838. if I may ask

For Mr. FREE Pill Louisville
J. L. Edwards Court of Pardon Washington

State of New York, Onondaga County, } ss: Clerk's Office,
I certify that at the date of the within affidavit, the said Jacob L. Shewood was a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County duly Elected and sworn, and that his signature within is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County at Syracuse, this 7 th day of September 1848.
W. M. Smith Clerk

State of New York,
Onondaga County } p On this Sixth day of Sept ember 1848 personally appeared before the Sub- scribed Justice of the Peace of the said County. Cath- arine Low a resident of the Town of DeWitt in the County aforesaid aged Eighty Three years on the Eleventh day of September last who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 d February 1848 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, That She is the Widow of Jacob G Low who was a private and Sergeant in the Revolution and served in Captain Jacobus Brown's Company & Colonel Clinton's Regiment and in Captain Johnson's Company and Capt Robinson's Company under Gen- eral Clinton, That She has received a Certificate from the Pension Office intitling her to a pension of One Hundred Twelve Dollars and fifty Cents per annum under the act of 17 th June 1844 from the 9 th April 1845 (the day of the decease of her said husband) until the 4 th of March 1848 -
That said Certificate has been sent to the agent of the United States for paying pensions in the City of Albany - She further declares that She is still a Widow
Catharine Low X mark
Sworn to and subscribed by the } above named Catharine Low (who is personally known to me & who cannot write by reason of nervous affection) on this day and year above written before me }
Jacob L Sherwood Justice of the Peace

Sauersville Sept 7 th 1848
Dear
I herewith send you the Declaration of Elizabeth Love for the Contemptuous of her person. Please send me the Certificate to Sauersville Onondaga Co NY
Sincerely Yours
Isaac M. Brewster
Hon. A. Y. Edwards
Court of Sessions

12224 Sept. 26 1845.
Catherine Son
Aug 7 1808.
Damascus N.Y. Sept. 25.
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J. L. Edwards Court of Pensions Washington Co.

Amesville Onondaga Co NY Sept 22 d 1845
Hon & Dear Sir
I herewith send you the papers of Catharine Low in support of her application for a pension in consideration of services rendered by her late husband Jacob G. Low in the war of the Revolution. I suppose he adduced proof of the service at the time he applied for a pension under the act of 7 th June 1832 his Certificate is dated 11 th April 1833 I presume it has been returned to the department as it was sent to the pension agent in Albany some time since, if not, you have the record of it.
I made out his original papers & obtained the pension but do not find a copy of them & have forgotten whether he procured proof of his service, I am told however that we procured the affidavit of his brother. On examining his papers if you find the proof deficient or not sufficient to sustain the claim for the same length of time which was allowed him, please inform me & I will make an other effort
Truly Yours
Isaac W. Brewster
Hon J. G. Edwards Court of Pensions

Aug 8 45
10.
Jacob Scho ny wh
8449- Consumers of Pensions
Washington City

Ithaca N.Y. Aug 4 th 1845
Dir
Jacob I Low who was a pensioner under the Act of June 7 th 1832 died on the 9 th April last leaving a widow to whom he was married as early as the year 1786 - He received a pension of $112.50 - Will you have the goodness to answer the following inquiries
1 st Is the Widow entitled to a pension? 2 d To what Amount is she entitled & for what length of time? 3 d Under what Act or Acts is she entitled? 4 th Is any proof necessary to show his service other than the records of the department of his having been entitled to a pension 5 th What is the form of the Declaration & of the Proof applicable to her case
Respectfully Yours Isaac M. Brewster
Commission of Pensions

July 24/01 In the Matter of the Application - of Catharine Low
For a Pension
Affidavits &c
Isaac W. Burrows Atty - Salemville N.Y.
Hon D Gott H R
[Faint handwritten signature] Henry
D Gott
Hon. D. Gott H R

Rochester, Ulster Co New York, May 10. 1845-
Sir,
I have examined the Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Rochester, and find no such Marriage inserted. We have but few Marriages Registered , and these principally in the Ministry of Domine Van Horn. None by Domine Dull.
You perceive therefore our Marriage Records are extremely limited and imperfect. We would gladly furnish you with such information had we the power.
Respectfully yours,
C. Wyckoff

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Mr. J. W. Brewster Parnesville Aurora NY      New-York May 19

State of New York Onondaga County ss p Jacob G Low of Jamesville in the County aforesaid being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is son of Jacob G Low late of the Town of DeWitt in said County a Revolutionary Pensioner and of his Widow Catherine Low who still is living in the Town aforesaid & who has made ap- plication to the Commissioners of Pensions for the pension of her late husband That the deponent according to his best knowledge information and belief was fifty nine years old on the twenty sixth day of September last. That from his earliest recollections until the death of the said Jacob G Low on the 27th day of April 1845 the said Jacob G & Catherine resided & cohabited together as Husband & wife and from information derived from his parents and other relations & acquaint- ances of the family this deponent firmly believing that his said parents had been married nearly thirty years when he was born And this deponent further says that he is well and intimately acquainted with Maria Root right of the Town of Onondaga Sister of the said Catherine Low and has been so acquaint- ed for a long time and knows her reputation. That this deponent was present & heard his deposition taken before Honorable Gilbert Egan in support of the claim of the said Catherine Low for a pension

on or about the 26 day of August 1845 and knows her to be the same person who made the said deposition, and that she is a person of respectability and credibility and he believes her veracity to be unimpeachable and that the statements in the said deposition are entitled to full credit. Dated July 14 th 1848 Subscribed & sworn this 14 day of July 3 d Jacob J Low 1848 before me Jacob Sherwood Justice of peace
State of New York Onondaga County } ss George Emmet Holbrook of Jamesville in said County being duly sworn says that he is acquainted with Maria Kort right mentioned in the foregoing affidavit of Jacob J Low, and knows her grand daugh- ter that he is well acquainted with her wife and knows her to be a person of Respec- tability and Credibility and that her deposition in the opinion of this deponent is entitled to full credit. Jamesville July 14 th 1848 Subscribed & sworn this 14 day of July 3 d George E. Holbrook July 1848 before me Jacob Sherwood Justice of the peace
State of New York Onondaga County } ss Isaac W Foster of James- ville in said County being duly sworn says that he knew the deposition of Maria Kort right mentioned in the foregoing affidavit of Jacob J Low. that he obtained the facts stated in said deposition from the said Maria's oral statement previous to & while she was away the said deposition, that the said Maria appeared to have more intelligence than the

Mind and intention of memory There is common for persons of his age That from his appearance & conversation the consistency of his statements as well as the reputation which this deponent has heard of him he has no doubt of the truth of the matter stated in his said deposition and believes them entitled to full credit That this deponent became acquainted with the said Jacob G Low as early as the year 1810 & has known him and his said wife Catherine & son Jacob I even since to the time of the death of said Jacob G That during all that time the said Jacob G & Catherine resided together & were reputed to be husband & wife That at the time of the first acquaintance of this deponent as aforesaid the said Jacob G Low was a young man grown up and must be about the age stated by him in his affidavit aforesaid, That during all the time this deponent has been acquainted with said Jacob G, he has sustained a reputation for respectability and integrity and his affidavit is (in the opinion of the deponent) entitled to full credit - That this deponent wrote to the town of Rochester Ulster County for information respecting the record of the marriage of the said Jacob G & Catherine Low and received the answer enclosed addressed signed by E Myckhoff who is deponent believes to be the Minister of the Gospel mentioned in his said letter -
Subscribed & sworn this 14 day of July 1848 before me Jacob L Sherwood Justice of the Peace

I Certify that I am acquainted with the above named officials Jacob J. Low George Emmet Holbrook & Isaac W. Brewster and that they respectively are men of respectability and credibility and that their respective state- ments in the foregoing affidavits are in my opinion entitled to full credit - July 14 th 1848
Jacob J. Sherwood
State of New York Onondaga County } ss. Clerk's Office
I certify that Jacob J. Sherwood Esquire was at the date of the foregoing affidavits and certificate a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, residing in said County, duly elected and qualified and I further certify that I am well acquainted with his handwriting & verily believe that the foregoing affidavit signatures purporting to be his are genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at Syracuse this 14 th day of July 1848.
T. W. Smith Clerk

I Certify that I am acquainted with the above named officials Jacob J Low George Emmett Holbrook & Isaac W Brewster and that they respectively are men of respectability and credibility and that their respective state- ments in the foregoing affidavits are in my opinion entitled to full credit - July 14 th 1848
Jacob J Sherwood Justice of the Peace
State of New York Onondaga County } ss. Clerk's Office
I certify that Jacob Sherwood, Esquire, was at the date of the foregoing affidavits and certificate, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, residing in said County, duly elected and qualified; and I further certify that I am well acquainted with his handwriting & verily believe that the foregoing signatures signatures purporting to be his are genuine In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, at Syracuse, this 14 th day of July 1848.
T. W. Smith Clerk

J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir - Why cannot the pension of Jacob G. Low. be continued to his widow? What defect is there in her proof?
Respectfully
D Golt March 15 28

State of New York
Onondaga County p 3 On this eighteenth day of January 1833 Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of the Town of Marbles in said County Jacob G Low who being duly sworn deposes and saith that by reason of Old age and the Consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise lengths of his Service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the
private
11 m
sergeant
3. m
6. m
6. m
3. m
1. m
1/2 m
19 3/4 m
following grades - For Eleven months bet June 1775 & June 1776 I served as a private Soldier, For three months in the latter half of 1776 at Fort Montgomery I served as Second Sergeant For Six months in the year 1777 I served as Second Sergeant at Fort Montgomery Newburgh & other places For Six months, at least, in the year 1778 I served as Second Sergeant in various places For three months in the year 1779 I served as Second Sergeant at Manhattan Island & Warwasing. For One month at least in the year 1780 I served as Second Sergeant. -
In the years 1781 & 1782 I served on Skirmishes with and in pursuit of Indians a few days at a time and at no time more than half a month as Second Sergeant Making in the whole nineteen and a half months at least I served as Second Sergeant and Eleven months at least I served as a private in the war of the revolution and I claim a pension for the whole of my service as Sergeant and for so much of my service as private as will with the service as Sergeant will make up the term of two years -
Sworn to & subscribed by the above named Jacob G Low the day & year first above written before me }
Jacob G Low
Elijah C. Root J.P.

I Elijah C Rust the Justice of the Peace before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn do hereby certify that I am well well acquainted with Jacob G Low who has signed & sworn to the foregoing affidavit and know him to be a man of good character and believe the statement of his sum in said affidavit to be entitled to credit - Dated January 18 th 1833
Elijah C. Rust
State of New York County of Onondaga
ss: I Roeben S. Heps Clerk of the said County do certify that Elijah C Rust Esquire 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 verily believe his name subscribed to the jurat of the said affidavit and also to the above certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 21 st day January 1833. R. S. Heps Clerk Pr. A. Edwards Jr. Dep. Clk.

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Lev. G. Low -
New York line
May. to 1818.
Admitted

State of New-York, } ss:— Onondaga County, }
On this fourth day of May 181 1 , before me the subscriber, First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said county of Onondaga, personally appears Isaac G. Low aged fifty two years, resident in the town of Mannheim in the said county, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:" That he the said Isaac G. Low enlisted as a private the last of June or first of July 1775 at Schenectady in Ulster County — in the state of New York in the company commanded by Captain Isaac Brown in Col. Isaac Low's Regiment of the New York Line ; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the last of May or first of June 1776 when he was discharged from service in Europe — in the state of New York — that he was in the battle of  Saratoga — and with Montgomery in his descent to Red Bank & in the siege of Red Bank — until the British came some  retreating up the river to Montreal after which the remains of said Regiment were marched into the interior & disbanded — some at Albany & Low at Esopus — his discharge was found about three years since in his mother's house — and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid. }
Joshua Forman  Isaac G. Low
I, Joshua Forman — First Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Isaac G. Low — did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. Onondaga May fourth 1811.
Joshua Forman

1775-1818 2575
New-York.
Jacob G: Low, private New-York line - 4 Capt Brown 1775. 1 year.
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 4 th of May, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23. of Sept: 1818, and sent to Joshua Forman, Esq., Marcellus, Onandago Co: N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sept: 1818. $: 32.29. Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4. March, 1819. 48 - 3 mo: 28 4/30 1819. 3 $: 80.29.
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
See letter 4 th July 1832 to J. W. Brewster
Blank's Open!

Pension
Albany 526 New-York
Catharine Low widow of Jacob G. Low who was a Private & Serjt in the Revolution
Husband died April, 1845
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 112. Dollars 50 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March , 1846 April,
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of August 1848 and sent to
Wm. D. G. H. Nesb of Ripg
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book Vol. 2 - Page
42

FREE
Latham Jacob G. 1811-1881
To Commissioner of Pensions Pension Office Washington D.C.

Ref
WIDOW, &c.
No. 20532
Catharine Low widow of Jacob Low sergt Newmas
Act: Feb 29. 48
Index:—Vol. 14, Page 144
[Arrangement of 1870.]

42 879 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 42, 879
Jacob G Low Rev Rev Low
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 298
[Arrangement of 1870.]