Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33391, for James Mc Cauley, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
McCauley James r McCauley
S. 33391 B.L.W. 1752-100
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From New York Roll. to New (931) Jersey.
James McCauley Capt Blacker Private 11 New York line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th of June 1818. and sent to the Hon. R. Riker. New York.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818
4 months 29/30 $39.73
Van Schuven
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
7 years
City of 6. of N.Y.
Attestation Joint to Mr Colfax by 3 rd May 1821 Pompton New Jersey
Died on 17 th Sept. 1821 paid to 4 th Sept. 1821 See letter to R. R. Riker in my dates. N.Y. June 1832

James M c Cauley N o 1752

State of New-York, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, NICHOLAS DEAN, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Elisha Mott Esq before whom the annexed Affidavit was made was on the day when the same was so made was a Justice of the Peace in & for the said City & County, duly appointed & sworn & duly authorized to administer oaths & take affidavits.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this 14th day of July — 1831
N. Dean

DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
STATE OF New York } ss. COUNTY OF New York }
at Law, to James Mc Cawley deceased, do, upon oath, testify and declare, -that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, James Mc Cawley aforesaid, about, or in the Year, 1777 entered, or enlisted into the service of the United States, for the term of "During the War:" and, that, he served in Regiment No. one of the New York Line, commanded by Colonel Goos Vanschaick ; and that, he continued in the service aforesaid, until the close of the War, when he was regularly discharged from the first Regiment of the New York Line, commanded by Colonel G Vanschaick ; I further testify that my Father the aforesaid James Mc Cawley , Departed this life on the 17 th Day of September in the year 1821, and that he resided in the town of Saddle River , in the County of Bergen and State of New Jersey , at the time of his Decease. and that he drew a Pension from the United States I further declare, that I have never received a Warrant for the Bounty Land promised to James Mc Cawley aforesaid, on the part of the United States, nor do I believe he has ever received it, or transferred his claim, in any manner, whatsoever:—
All Men, By These Presents, that I Daniel Mc Cawley aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Reuben Baldwin of Greeneville, in the State of New-York, to be my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name, to demand and receive, from the Secretary of War, of the United States, a Warrant for the quantity of Land due to me and to the other heirs of James Mc Cawley as aforesaid. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this fourteenth day of July 1831.
Elisha Morrill
Daniel Mc Cawley
City & COUNTY of the State of New York ss. Daniel Mc Cawley Personally appeared before me Elisha Morrill a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid the subscriber to the above declaration, who acknowledged the power of Attorney thereto subjoined, to be his free act and deed; and likewise made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration. Dated this 14 th day of July 1831.
Elisha Morrill Justice of the peace
STATE OF } ss. COUNTY OF }
In testimony that the above written was a Magistrate, duly authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c. in the State of at the above date, and that his name there subscribed, appears to be his usual signature; I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the and subscribed my name, at this day of 183

James M c Leauly
C
Albany for business and will be back Nov 10 th 1890
Mr. Westervelt Esq te Agent. Hackensack, Bergen Co. N.J.

District of New Jersey. Bergen county ss; On the 25 th day of October 1820. Personally appeared before the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bergen also in open Court being a court of record so created by the laws of the State of New Jersey, possessing a seal & having a Jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount & proceeding according to the course of the common law. James M c Colley aged sixty nine years, resident in Pompton in the State of New Jersey United States of America who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows; that he enlisted in the Continental Army at Schenectady in the commencement of the year 1776, in the First New York Regiment commanded by Colonel Van Schaick and Captain Leonard Bleeker company for & during the War; that he was in the battle of Monmouth - at the capture of Burgoyne - at the siege of York Town in Virginia - at the taking of Cornwallis - & was twenty two months in Fort Stanwix opposing the Indians - and after served about six or seven years was honorably discharged by Gen l . Washington in the year 1783 - & received the Badge of Merit - that the date of his original Declaration is dated the sixth day of April 1818. and that his Pension Certificate received from the War Department is Number 931 - And I do Solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th March 1818; & that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my Property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War passed the 18 th day of March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed that his family consists of himself aged sixty nine years - his wife Rachel aged 66 years - a grand child (orphan) named George M c Colley aged four years & a daughter Rachel aged 16 years - that his wife can labour some - & daughter Rachel goes out at the Tailors trade when she can get work which is but seldom - The deponent further saith that he is not able to labour any - that he has lost the use of his right hand by a dislocation of the shoulder & arm & has lost the use in part of the left hand by the rheumatism was actually a Pauper in the Township of Saddle River, Bergen County, immediately preceding the act of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 - & that he is indigent & poor & cannot support himself & family without the aid of Government.
Sworn in open court this 25 th
October 1820. Gab. H. Ford
James M c Colley
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Schedule referred to, in the foregoing Deposition. viz t
1 P z small iron dogs. 62 1/2 1 Trammel. 75 - 1 do. 25 - 1 Griddle 1.00 - 1 Beate & 2 wedges. 75 1 old smoothing iron. 37 1/2 - 5 Plates 31 - 2 Earthen Pts. 31 - 5 old chains. 62 1/2 - 2 old bars. 62 1/2 1 old Pan - 12 1/2 1 P z old tongs. 12 1/2 - 1 old broken tea kettle. 50 - 1 Iron kettle 1.25 - 1 do. broken. 25 1 old axe. 75 - 2 Earthen Dishes. 12 1/2 - 1 black tea Pot. 19 - 2 small Jugs. 25 - 1 old table. 25 - 10 pewter spoons. 50 - 1 old tea canister. 6 - Total $ 9.99 1/2
Sworn to & Declared in open court this 25 th
day of October 1820. Gab. H. Ford
James M c Colley
mark
I Abraham Westervelt Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Bergen aforesaid Do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed are truly Copies from the record of

The said Count; and I do further testify, that it is the opinion of the said Count that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is — nine dollars, ninety nine & a half cents. —
In testimony, whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Count this twenty fifth day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty. 1820.
Henry Clerk

New York 4 th April 1818
These certify that James Macaulay the Bearer hereof, served three years as a Soldier in my Company, first New York Regi- ment, Commanded by Col d Goose Van Schaick during the Revolutionary War, and that he was honably discharged at the disolution of the Army in 1783 -
Leut Bleeker late Captain 1 st New York Regiment & Major by Brevet
The humble Richard Riker Recorder of the City of New York.

James M c Cauley
Soldier
Correct
DA

To the Hon. Richard Ritten —
Recorder of the City of New-York, and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record of the State of New-York.
The Declaration under Oath of James M c Cauley — formerly a Private Soldier — engaged in the Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War, now a Citizen of the United States and resident of the City and County of New-York, respectfully sheweth, THAT the said James M c Cauley — sometime in the Month of January 1776 entered in the first Reg t New York Regiment Continentals, Cap t John Brant's Company, and served the whole of the War of the Revolution in said Reg t the last three years of which was in Cap t Leonard Bleeker's company — and was honorably discharged at the dissolution of the Army in the year 1783 — and the said discharge is lost & destroyed by the lapse of time
And the declaration further sheweth, that the said James M c Cauley is now a citizen of the United States, resides in the city of New-York, and is, by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support for himself & family —
Therefore the said James M c Cauley — conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," approved 18th March, 1818, and requests your Honor will examine into the truth of the matter aforesaid, certify and transmit

the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case made and provided. And in support of the facts above set forth, the said James M c Cauley — refers to the
certificate of Cap n  Leonard Blucher herunto annexed —
James M c Cauley mark
City and County of New-York, ss. James M c Cauley of the City and County of New-York, being duly sworn, saith, that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing Declaration, are in all respects just and true.
Sworn before me this Sixth } day of April 1818, }
James M c Cauley mark
P. Pike
Recorded of the City of New-York
City and County of New-York, ss.
James M c Cauley —
of the City of New-York being sworn, saith, that he is well acquainted with James M c Cauley the above Applicant, that he of his Deponent saw in the same Battalion against the Common for three years that the facts he states are true.
Sworn before me this 6 th } day of April 1818 }
James M c Cauley
P. Pike
Rec d — h

City and State of New-York, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this Sixth day of April — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen before me Richard Piker — Recorder of the City of New-York, and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record, personally appeared the aforesaid James M c Cauley —
who being by me duly Sworn to — the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing Declaration and
WHEREUPON I being satisfied that the said James M c Cauley did serve in the Army — of the United States of America — " — in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and longer, to wit: for the term and the manner stated in the Declaration of the said applicant; and that the said applicant is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act aforesaid. THEREFORE I DO HEREBY CERTIFY and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War .
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal of the said Court, in the City of New-York, this Sixth day of April — in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
R Piker

State of New York
County of New York Notary Public ss. I
James Campbell, Notary of the County of New York, do certify that satisfactory evidence was ad- duced to me to prove that Daniel M c Cawley Mary Bedner, James M c Cawley, Margaret Cooke Levard (wife of Andrew Cooper) Daniel M c Cawley and Rachel Blake, are the children and heirs and the only heirs at Law in fee to James M c Cawley deceased, late a Private Soldier in the New-York Line in the Army of the Revolution. Given under my hand and seal of Office at the City of New York, this 14 th July 1831.
James Campbell Notary

33391 Rev INVALID.
File No. 33,391
James McHanley His Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 368
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Will Mr. Whitecroft be pleased to say to what date the pension of James McConville (under the Act of 1818) was paid by the agent for paying pensi- ons in New Jersey?
Respectfully
Geo. H. Brumf
7 June 1834
paid to the 11 Sept r 1825
Respectfully
Mr. Whitecroft
June 1834

State of New-York.
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, ss.
I, BENJAMIN FERRIS, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said City and County,
Do hereby certify, That Richard Riker, Esq.
before whom the annexed Affidavits were made, and who hath subscribed his name to the Certificate also hereto annexed, was on the day when the said Affidavits were made and the said Certificate signed, Recorder of the City of New-York and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, and duly commissioned and sworn. And further, that the said Court is a Court of Record of the State of New-York, and that the signature of R. RIKER subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper hand writing of the said Richard Riker.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this fifteenth day of April 1818
Benj. Ferris Clerk

James M c Cauley
Appl n for transfer -
Transferred from New York to New Jersey 3 rd May 1821 from 4 March 1820.
Sep 19

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of New Jersey.
County of Bergen ss.
On this Ninth day of December 1820, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Bergen personally appeared James M c Cauley who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Leonard Bleeker in the regiment commanded by Colonel Van Schaick in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of New York from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the state (district, or territory) of New Jersey where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future.
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Wm Colfax
James M c Cauley mark
NOTE. The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.

Abraham Westervelt Clerk of the County of Bergen & Clerk of the inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County in the State of New Jersey; Do hereby certify that William C. Jay before whom the within oath appears to have been made even on the day of the date hereof one of the Justices of the Pleas for the said County, duly appointed, commissioned & sworn as such. And I do further certify that I am no acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice & verily believe that the signature of W m C. Jay subscribed to the within oath is the proper handwriting of the said Justice. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this fourteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one. 1821.
Abraham Westervelt Clerk

Bergen County - State of New Jersey
I William Leoffek late a Captain in the 2nd Count Regt. of the Army of the Revolution and receiving pay under the act of Congress of the 15th of May 1828 do hereby certify that I was well acquainted with Jas. McLoarty esq. who was a private in the New York line of the Army of the Revolution - That I was intimately acquainted with the war McLoarty from the end of the Revolutionary to his death, a number of years ago - That immediately after the war he came to reside in Saddle River Bergen County in my neighbourhood, where he continued to reside till his death. That the P. McLoarty was a Revolutionary pensioner. —
And I further certify that I am acquainted with the children of P. McLoarty - That Daniel and others removed to New Jersey where they still reside as I believe. —
Wm Leoffek
Pompton 14 July 1831

Mr. [unclear] Recd 30 Sept. 1821
Free
The [unclear]
Genl. [unclear] Luzerne Washington

Compton 20th April 1821 Honble J. C. Calhoun Esq Sir,
James W. Colly, an old war worn soldier, of the Regt. of the 2 d N. York Regiment, who resides in Bergen County, has heretofore drawn his pension in the State of N. York - since the law of 1820 he has made a schedule of his property in the City of N. York which was duly authenticated agreeable to said law, and forwarded to the War Department in July last - amt. of property $9.99 3/4 - This paper was hence marked on the back of it, "The pensioner must appear before a court of record in the State and County where he resides" - and returned to the pensioner - After which, this last direction was complied with, and a schedule made before the County Court of Bergen duly authenticated, in Oct r 1820 - and sent to the War Department - Since that time W. Colly has not been advised from the department that he was placed on the pension list of the New Jersey Agency, or that of the State of New York - But from the circumstance that his schedule was returned to him for correction and the extreme poverty of this poor man we do not hesitate to believe Sir, that it was your determination to continue him, a pensioner; but expect that his papers have been mislaid, & not acted on -
W. Colly was a pauper before the pension law, and supported as such by the Township of Saddle River, Bergen County - his case you will readily perceive Sir, is extremely hard, depending on his charitable neighbors for support for more than a Year - you will therefore be pleased to excuse me for calling off your attention from the weighty concerns of the Nation for a moment, to relieve a poor distressed Revolutionary Soldier - W. Colly (who cannot write himself) requests to be advised the fate of his application, and if continued a pensioner, that you would kindly condescend to order money to the Agent for paying pensions in the

The State of New Jersey, the amount of his pay due, one year, to the 4th of March 1864 and that he may have the common Letters of admeasurement —
Accept the assurances Sir of the respect of Your mo: obed Servt.
Wm. Colgar