Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,430, for Timothy Tilson, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Tilson, Timothy Sarah
N 22430
CONTENTS

4393. New York City. Sarah Tilden widow of Timothy N.Y. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 25 Dollars 43, Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Feb 1849 and sent to
Miss Church New Paltz N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 226 Vol. 4.

8162
Sarah Tilsor Ny.
at 7 July 38.
m 90. d 19-
Admitted
per. d.
7-19
per
$25. 43 per an.
25. 43
Henry Vogt Skon Catskill New York H. Skon
Washington City Jan 12 1842. certify that of an original to be of the contents of the the original document, the hereby certify that the same is a true copy of the original document now in the possession of the Library of Congress Washington D.C.

State of New York Ulster County }p
I George A. Gay clerk of the courts of the County of Ulster aforesaid do hereby certify that Abraham A. Deyo Esquire before whom the foregoing annexed declaration of Sarah Tilton purports to have been sworn and sworn subscribed and before whom the annexed affidavit of Job Tilton purports to have been subscribed and sworn was at the respective dates of the same one of the Judges of the Judges of the County Courts duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature thereto is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court and County this 15 th day of December 1811
Geo. A. Gay Clerk

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pension to certain widows
State of New York Ulster County ss.
On this ninth day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty one personally appeared before me Abraham A. Deyo one of the Judges of the County Court of the County of Ulster aforesaid Sarah Gilson a resident of the town of Plattekill County of Ulster and State of New York aged Seventy four years - who being first duly sworn according to law cloth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 1 st 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows
That she is the widow of Timothy Gilson who in the revolutionary war resided in the County of Ulster aforesaid
That according to the best of her recollection she has often heard her husband the said Timothy Gilson say that he had been a Soldier in the revolutionary war in several different towns which she believes would in all amount to fifteen or sixteen months as a private Soldier
The first she believes he was drafted in the militia and was stationed on the Hudson River at a place called Fishkill for the term of about two months
The second she believes he volunteered in a company commanded by Captain Henry Paw

ling and was stationed as a guard for the defense of the frontier of Ulster County for the term of four or five months.
That he afterwards volunteered in a company whose Captain's name she believes was Livingston and was also stationed on the frontier of Ulster County for the term as she now believes of seven or eight months which she now believes was near the close of the revolutionary war which is all the service she can at present remember of her husband the said Timothy Gilson during the revolutionary war.
She further declares that she was married by the said Timothy Gilson the fourth day of June in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine that the ceremony was performed by the Reverend Mr. Goethes Clergyman of the Protestant Dutch Reformed Church in the town of New Paltz in said County of Ulster.
That her maiden name previous to her marriage was Sarah Mills.
And that her husband the aforesaid Timothy Gilson died the eighteenth day of June any in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen in said County of Ulster note the letters "any" interlined.
That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but that the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated.
She further declares that she has no documentary evidence nor knows of any living witness to prove any of her foregoing statements except her husband brother Job Gilson who was present at the time she was married note the words "him prior to" interlined.

She further declares that the annexed record of the birth of her children was written by the direction of her husband the aforesaid Timothy Tilsen deceased and which is a true record of her children -
She further declares that ever since the death of her husband the aforesaid Timothy Tilsen she has remained a widow as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed
Sworn to and subscribed on { the day and year first above } Sarah Tilsen written before me. And I further certify that from bodily infirmity said applicant is unable to attend court. And that I am personally acquainted with her and that she is a respectable citizen & her statement entitled to full credit and her mental faculties are good
Abner D Deyo one of the Judges of the Ulster County Court

THE N E W TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, NEWLY TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL GREEK; AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED.
N E W - Y O R K : PRINTED BY HODGE AND CAMPBELL,

Family Register -
Phebe Tilton was born March 29th 1791
Lyne Tilton - - - - February 7th 1793
Patience Tilton - - - - October 24th 1794
Mary Tilton - - - - September 12th 1796
Elizabeth Tilton - - - - July 18th 1799
Silence Tilton - - - - July 20th 1801
Eleanor Tilton - - - - March 6th 1804
Deborah Tilton - - - - June 20th 1806
Job Tilton - - - - Aug. 6th 1808
David Tilton - - - - June 4th 1811

State of New York Ulster County, ss
I, Job Gilson of the town of Newpaltz County of Ulster and State of New York being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he is seventy five years of age and is well acquainted with Sarah Gilson widow of Timothy Gilson who was a brother of this deponent.
Deponent further saith that the said Timothy Gilson was legally married to Sarah Mills on or about the fourth day of June in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine.
That the ceremony was performed by the Reverend Stephen Gutches Clergyman of the Protestant Dutch Reformed Church in the town of Newpaltz in said County of Ulster.
That said Timothy Gilson and his wife Sarah lived together as man and wife until the day of his death during which time they had several children.
And that said Timothy Gilson died on or about the eighteenth day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
And that his widow the said Sarah Timothy Gilson has not intermarried but has ever since that period remained a widow and is now an applicant for a pension for the revolutionary services of her said husband Timothy Gilson deceased and is a resident of the town of Plattekill in said County of Ulster.
Deponent further saith that his brother the said Timothy Gilson during the revolutionary war resided in the same house with deponent. That he was a few years older than this deponent and was from home as a Soldier several

times and as deponent now believes together would amount to more than a year but owing to the lapse of time and loss of memory deponent does not remember any particulars except at one time he was called out for the term of four or five months as a private soldier but under what officers & in what year deponent does not remember and further this deponent saith not
On the 15 th day of December 1841 { personally appeared before me. Job Gil- son the above named deponent known to me to be a respectable citizen & his statement entitled to full credit
his Job X Gilson mark
Abm A Deyo one of the Judges of the Ulster County courts

Sarah Tilton Sarah Tilton $25:43 per acre
5261.
Hon.
Jeremiah Russell H. Rep.
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STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. County of Ulster
On this 15 th day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-three before the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Ulster aforesaid
personally appeared Sarah Gilson a resident of the town of Plattekill in said county, aged twenty six years who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3d of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolu- tionary war:
That she is the widow of Timothy Gilson who in the Revolutionary war was a private Soldier in defence of his country, was a resident of Ulster County and died on the eighteenth day of January in the year one thou- sand eight hundred and Nineteen
She further declares that she was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, and that the annual amount of the pension which she received under the said act was twenty five dollars and forty three cents
She further declares that she is still a widow. as will more fully appear by refer- ence to the proof hereto annexed
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } and year first above written. }
Sarah Gilson
J. Snyder J. Peace
I Certify that the above declarant is personally known to me, as the widow of Timothy Gilson, is a respectable citizen and her statement entitled to credit
J. Snyder J. P.
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. County of Ulster
I, George A. Gay clerk of said county, do hereby certify that John S. Snyder Esq. was on the day of the date of the above jurat and certificate, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, duly appointed and qualified, and that the signature above, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of of- fice and subscribed my name, this sixteenth day of September 1843.
G. A. Gay Clerk

State of New York Ulster County. ss.
Job Silson Anna Cornell of the Town of New Paltz, in the County of
Ulster and State of New York being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is the son  brother-in-law of Sarah Silson, who is the widow of Timothy Silson decd. That said Timothy Silson died on the eighteenth day of January 1879, in the Town of Kingston in said County and left a widow the said Sarah Silson who ever since the death of her husband has not intermarried, but remains a widow, and is still a widow, and is the identical Sarah Silson, who was awarded a pension at the rate of twenty five Dollars, forty three Cents per annum, for five years under the act of 7 th July 1838, and is now an appli- cant for a pension under the act of Congress for the revolutionary services of her husband, the said Timothy Silson decd. and further this deponent saith not.
The words Job Silson and brother-in-law, interlined above citation.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this fifteenth day of Sep- -tember 1843, and I certify that I know the deponent and believe his statement to be entitled to full credit.
Job his Silson mark
J. Snyder Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Ulster

5090.
Report
New York City
Verah Wilson widow of Timothy Wilson who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 25 Dollars 43 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of March, 1844 and sent to Mrs. J. Russell No 4 of West 9
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 263. Vol. 1. Page

State of New York Ulster County ss.
I George A. Gay Clerk of the County of Ulster aforesaid do hereby certify that Reuben H. Hine Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit of Jonathan Gompkins purport to have been subscribed and sworn was at the date of the same a justice of one of the Judges of the County Courts in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature thereto subscribed is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this 23 rd day of May 1843
G. A. Gay Clerk. by Richard Rodator Dep Clerk.

State of New York Ulster County } ss.
Jonathan Sompkins of the town of New Paltz County and State of said being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he is eighty eight years of age was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war and was well acquainted with Timothy Gilson who was also a Soldier.
That deponent in the course of the Revolutionary war was engaged as a private Soldier in a Company of levies in a to be commanded by Captain Pierce in Colonel Albert Pawlings Regiment for the term of 8 or 9 Months and was principally stationed on the frontier of Ulster County - and the said Timothy Gilson was a private Soldier in Captain Henry Pawlings Company in the same Regiment at at the same time with a deponent - and was also on the frontier of Ulster County but for what length of time deponent does not now remember.
Deponent further saith that the said Timothy near the close of the war was also a Soldier in Colonel Wynkoop's Regt. as deponent has often heard him say but for what length of time deponent does not know -
deponent further saith shortly after the war the said Timothy Gilson was married to Sarah Mills with whom deponent was also acquainted - that said Timothy Gilson died more than twenty years since and that his widow the said Sarah Gilson has ever since that period remained a widow; and is the identical person who is an applicant for a pension for the services of her husband the said Timothy Gilson deceased & further this deponent saith not. Henry Wynkoop witness
Jonathan his X Sompkins mark

State of New York } I certify that on the sixth day of June 1872 Nelson County ss) personally appeared Jonathan Sompkins an aged and highly este respectable citizen and was by me duly sworn to the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing affidavit & I further certify that I believe him to be a credible witness
Robt H. Jones one of the judges of Nelson County courts

State of New York
Catskill June 11 th 1813
Dear Sir
In reply to your report of the 3 rd February 1812 in relation to the pension application of Sarah Gilson widow of Timothy Gilson under the act of July 4 th 18 35 I have only to remark that the enclosed affidavit of Jonathan Tompkins I obtained more than a year since with the hope of obtaining some additional evidence but so few of the old Soldiers are now living that I have given up the Idea as fruitless. I have full confidence in the truth of the statement of Jonathan Tompkins - And as it corresponds with the documentary evidence now on file with the original application - and as far as my acquaintance with Mr Tompkins extends I believe his character for truth and veracity is good -
The applicant is a member of the friends society & so was her husband & therefore believe her statement entitled to credit -
And in conclusion permit me to say that I believe her claim a meritorious one - and hope the department will not subject her to any additional expense but award a pension at least to the amount given in the documentary evidence & whatever may be your decision you will please direct to me & oblige
Respectfully your obedient Servant Henry Wynkoop
Col I. L. Edwards Comm g of Pensions War Department Washington D.C.

Timothy Linn

Catskill December 1841
Sir
The annexed declaration of Sarah Gilson widow Timothy Gilson under the act of 7 th July 1838 I have drawn agreeably to her directions and as the costs give no names of person living who were with her husband a Soldier I have obtained an abstract copy from the Comptroller at Albany which in part corroborates her statement and which is hereto annexed -
It appears by reference to the records of the Church in which the clergyman who married them belonged of that no marriage record was kept at the date referred to in her declaration -
I hope therefore that the annexed proof of marriage will be conclusive evidence
And whatever may be your decision you will please direct to the Hon John Rankin M.C.B. who is intimately acquainted & who can testify to the character of the witness for truth & veracity
I am Respectfully your most Obedient Servt Henry Wynkoop
Col J. L. Edwards Commrs of Pensions War Department Washington D.C.
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no. 90. 52 3/4 46 3/4 239 7.19 50 2 52

In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their services in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz :
  1782 Dec r 31 3776 Timothy Tilden priv 12. 12. 5   1780 Oct r 22 5619 Tim y Tilden " 8. 1. 9           
STATE OF NEW-YORK,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, Dec r 24 1841.
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 182 now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz :
  First—under Capt. Albert S Livingston in Br Col. Col. Van Klief & Kerpensfeldt. Regt.   Second, " " Henry Sawling " " " Albert Sawling "   Third, " " " " "   Fourth, " " " " "   Fifth, " " " " "   Sixth, " " " " 20 " - 3 — 51.77 1/2 "   Seventh, " " " " 20 / 15 53 1/2 "   Eighth, " " " " 14 01 "   Ninth, " " " " 1 0 3 "   Tenth, " " " " " 
M c Intire Sup t Comptroller
20 14.2 20 4 14 12  250 20 50.00 1.75 2  8) 4970 92.12.5 621.18.74.9  20 14 666) 51.77 1/2 46.66 5.11 5.00

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 2 nd of February 1848. granting pensions for one year of gratuitous life to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of 17 th June 1844.
State of New York. Ulster County } ss.
On this Seventeenth day of October 1848 personally appeared before the Subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid Sarah Gilson a resident of the town of Plattekill in the county of Ulster Aged Seventy nine years. who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 nd February 1848. granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Timothy Gilson who was a private in the Militia in the army of the Revolutionary war and that the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of 17 th June 1844. was twenty five dollars and forty three cents. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Subscribed & Solaemnel on the day and year above written
before Mrs Church & green her
Eliza Cornell } Witnesspunct Sarah her Gilson mark
I certify that the above named official is personally known to me and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing affidavit.
Mrs Church Justice of the peace

State of New York Ulster County Clerks Office Jr:
I Benjamin M c Hasbrouck Clerk of the County of Ulster, and of the Courts of said County, Do Hereby Certify, That Otto Church Esqr. is a Magistrate as within, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Courts and County this 24 th day of October 1848. B m M c Hasbrouck Clerk
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State of New York Ulster County Clerks Office Jr:
I Benjamin M. Hasbrouck Clerk of the County of Ulster, and of the Courts of said County, Do Hereby Certify, That Otis Church Esqr. is a Magistrate as within , and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Courts and County this 24 th day of October 1848. B. M. Hasbrouck Clerk
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7553 New York
Reps 24 Augt 93
Sarah Tilsen widow of Timothy Tilsen who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 18th January, 1819 of Ulster Co in the State of N. York who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Pauling of the _____ commanded by _____ in the N. York line for 7 months 19 days -
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 25 - Dollars 43 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of August 1843 and sent to S. Wynkoop Catskill N. York
Whole amount due $127. 15 -
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Kellett Clerk. Book 1 Vol. 2 Page 113 -

8762.
NYork Suffenack Set to H. and M. Van Buren Feb 23 rd 1842
act 7 July '38

PAID 15
J. L. Edwards commissaire of Pensylvania Washington City
cole New York Nov 1

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22430
Sarah Gilson
Widow of Timothy Gilson Rev Rev War
Act Feb 2 nd 1848
Index: Vol. 16 , Page 276
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Aug 21 43
Snak Filia
See

Catskill August 17 th 1843
Sir
I have received a reply to every application I have sent to the Department except that of Sarah Gilson widow of Timothy under the act of 1838: for which application I enclosed additional evidence in the early part of June last & have heard nothing from it
I am Respectfully Your Most Obedient Servant Henry Wynkoop
Col J. L. Edwards Commr of Pensions War Department Washington D. C.