Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31214, for Jacob List, New York

SERVICE
New York
List, Jacob
NUMBER _____
S. 31214
CONTENTS

25574
Kentucky
Jacob Sist
of Henry Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the com commanded by Captain Blair of the reg commanded by _____ in the New York line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 30 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Jan'y 1834 and Thos R. M. Johnson
Arrears to the 14th of Ap l  75 Pension, allowance ending March  15 $90
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. Boyd Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 17
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 1 st Sept 1837. to 1 st March 1838. Age notified 5 Dec 1838.
Paid as above from 4 th March to 4 th Sept 1838 Age Notified 2 nd Oct 1839.
Paid as above from 4 th Sept 1840 to Mar 4 th 1841. Agent Notified April 20 th 1842.

No 28.991 Lauch List due for Pension 7 th June 1832
for - John 30
Can only allow for John
Henry R. Mc Johnson

State of Kentucky Harrison County ss
On this 30 day of December 1833 personally appeared before me David Adams a Justice of the Peace in and for Harrison County and one of the Judges of the County court for said County of Henry Jacob Lusk aged 73 years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832.
This declarant states that he was residing in Orange County State of New York when he entered the service of the United States and there under the following named officers he states that some time in the latter part of the year 1776 he enlisted for a period of twelve months he enlisted under one James Boyle a recruiting officer and was commanded by Capt. William Blair he states that the company under command at Goshen in Orange County State of New York and under the command of Capt. Blair he states that he marched to Albany where he states he remained but for a short period he was then marched to the Frontier under his said Capt. Blair for the purpose of protecting the exposed parts of the State of upholding the Indians and British from our borders he states that after spending some time upon the Frontier the company to which he was attached was ordered to March to Saratoga to unite

with the American Army that had come from New York the States that then they were put under the Command of General Stark, and remained with him until after the surrender of Burgoyne the States that he was appointed in guarding said Prisoners taken from Burgoyne as far as Goshen where his twelve months for which he had enlisted expired and was discharged. He further states that some time in the month of June or July which he does not recollect, he volunteered for a term of three months under Capt Samuel Dorr and Lieutenant Peter Gayle. He states they marched from the above named lands in Orange County to Lackawanna Creek, in the Province here we were met by a tribe of Indians com- manded by a Capt Brant in the forks of the creek. Lackawanna a dreadful engagement ensued in which every officer was killed except a Capt John Wood who was taken prisoner and kept by the Indians for four years and after their awful defeat returned to Orange County. in New York. After which I was employed a great part of the war in guarding the frontiers in scouting and spying parties until the year of 1781 But how long I was actually employed in the

service of the United States (he does not distinctly recollect the state that he has no documentary evidence of his service and knows of no living witness by whom he can prove said service he then by a language very clear wharton to a pension or annuity except the pension and decides that his name is not on the pension rolls of the agency of any state Jacob Lipp
I was to and subscribed this date and year of saw
Devised Adams justice of the peace for Henry County Subrogators free by the Magistrate
Ques When and in what year you Born ans I was born in Pennsylvania near the Delaware river in the year of 1760
Ques Have you any record of your age
ans - My Mother had a record of my age in her Bible I some time ago saw and read
Ques Where you living when called in to the service ans I was living in Orange County state of New York and in the year of 1782 I moved to New Jersey where I lived till the year of 1803 I then moved to Henry County Kentucky where I have lived ever since
Ques How were you called into the service were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
ans. I first enlisted for twelve months I then volunteered for the months. I then was employed

in Peouting and Spicing on the front line for a considerable time
State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you were and such contingent and militia regiments as you can recall,
ans General Stark General Schuyler, Coln Harris Coln Stone and Coln. Turret which last was killed at Lackawanna Creek,
Ques Did you ever receive a discharge and by whom was it signed
ans I did receive a written discharge handed to me by Coln Hamilton which discharge I got burnt up
State the names of some of your neighbors who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your service as a soldier of the revolution
ans I will name Mr Joseph Rorer and Mr Stephen Shaw
We Joseph Rorer and Stephen Shaw residing in the neighborhood of Jacob Lipe the above named applicants say that we are well acquainted with him between him

to be 73 years old he is respected and believed in his neighbourhood to be a man of strict veracity and that he was a soldier of the revolution and we can see in the trail
Joseph A. Reeves Stephen Shaw
Sworn and Subscribed this day and year forementioned David Adams Justice of the peace for Henry County
I David Adams a Justice of the peace in and for Henry County do certify that Joseph Reeves and Stephen Shaw who subscribed and sworn to the above certificate are credible men and that their said men may be relied upon I further certify that there is no belligerent man residing in the neighbourhood of the above named David List and that from bodily infirmity he is unable to appear in court to make his declaration and after putting the above interrogatories subscribed by the war department and investigating the matter I am satisfied that he was a soldier of the revolution and knew as he has stated in his David Adams Justice of the peace for Henry County

I Emanuel D Thomas Clerk of the Congregational Church of the County of ... that I have Adame before whom this deed was made is a list of the persons in and for ... and one of the ... of the Court for which I am Clerk and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his official acts In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this date and year aforesaid.
Emanuel D Thomas

31 214 Rev INVALID.
File No. 31,214
Jacob List Rev Rev War
Act: June 1 st 39 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 243
[Arrangement of 1870.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
March 14 th , 1842.
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Jacob Vist , — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of Thirty Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1840, to the 4 th March 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
Edward B. Harrison
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions.
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 19 th 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Jacob Sisk, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of Thirty Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1838, to the 4 th Sept. 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
Wilson B. Parise Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Nov. 30, 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Jacob List a Pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of thirty Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1837 to the 1 st of March, 1838
Respectfully, yours, —
Wilson E. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME List, John GRADE Private LINE New York
(List) In pencil only
WARRANT NUMBER 7420 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Oct. 12, 1790
To Isaac Bogaart, assignee.
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.