Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,429, for Jacob Suter, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Suter, Jacob Margaret
N. 16429
CONTENTS

2993 New York
Jacob Suter
of Bern in the State of New York who was a Drummer in the Company commanded by Captain Van Heis of the Regt. commanded by Col Vanderberg in the New York line for 9 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 33 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of Decem- ber 1831 — and sent to J B Munn Rensselaerville NY
Arrear to 4th of Sept 1832 — $49.33 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 16.33 $65.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Ino Cornwall Clerk, Book D Vol. D Page 204

Letter to Pensioner V Pension Agent 9. June 1838 Letter Hon. A. Gallup 2. March 1839 Duplicate Certif. issued 6. March 1839 sent to Hon. A. Gallup, East Berne, N.Y.
Albany 2026  Margaret Suter widow of Jacob Suter
who died on the 15 th February 1838 of Albany Co. in the State of N. York who was a Drummer in the company commanded by Captain Van Meit of the Regt. commanded by Vanderburgh N.Y. in the N. York line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany, at the rate of 33 16 / 100 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 6th day of March, 1838
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of May 1838, and sent to Hon. A. Gallup. H.R.
Arrears to the 1st of March '38 1.44 Semi-annual allowance ending 1st Sep. 16.50
$ 17.94
Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d Joint Resolution of 1838

Schmitz
11/11/11

State of New York Albany County " " On this 20 th day of November A.D. 1832 personally appeared before me Joseph B. Moore a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Albany in the State aforesaid Jacob Sutter a resident of the town of Berne in the County of Albany and State of New York aged 79 years and upwards 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. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
He first entered the said service in the town of Bethlehem in the County of Albany and State of New York a volunteer and enlisted in Capt Van Vleck's Company in Colo Van Denburgh's regiment of Militia the last of September 1776 for the term of three months as a drummer and was immediately marched to Saratoga in the State of New York where the said Com- pany and Regiment were engaged in building barracks, and he this declarant served as a drummer in said Company until his term of three months expired. He was discharged about the first of January 1777 and then returned home.
He again enter- ed the said service at Bethlehem afore- said and joined Capt William Minnis Com- pany in Colo Van Denburgh's Regiment of Militia as a substitute for one Jacob Minnis who had been drafted. He joined the said Company about the first of July 1777 and was immediately ordered by the

Cap't to serve as a drummer for the said Company and was immediately marched to Fort Edward in the State of New York where he served as a drummer and as a substitute for the said Jacob Simme for the term of two months; and was discharged about the first of September 1777 and then returned home.
He again entered the said service at Bethlehem aforesaid a volunteer and enlisted in Cap't Van Nies Company in Colo Isaac -enbusk's regiment of militia on the first of September 1778 for the term of three months as a drummer, and was marched to Schoharie and stationed at the Upper Fort where he served as a drummer in the said company until his term of three months expired. He was discharged on the first of December 1778 and then returned home.
He again entered the said service at Bethlehem aforesaid a volunteer and joined Cap't Leonard's Company in the month of August (as near as he can recollect) in the year 1779 for the term of one month. Isaac Van Arnam was a Lieutenant in said Company but he can not recollect the Colonel's name who commanded the regiment. He served as a drummer in the said company, and was marched to Saratoga where he staid a short time, and from there was marched to Schoharie where staid until his term of one month expired, and was discharged in the month of September 1779 as near as he can recollect. He was in the actual

9 months a Drummer
Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War in an embodied corps and served as a drummer . Six Months : and for such service he claims a pension.
He was born in Holland in the month of February 1753 and came to this Country when he was 12 years of age and arrived at New York and from there he removed to Albany, and from there to the Town of Bethlehem in the County of Albany, where he resided when he entered the said service at the several periods above mentioned. He continued to reside in Bethlehem until he removed to his present place of residence in the said town of Bern, where he has lived for the last 36 years.
He has seen a record of his age in his father's Bible which is now lost.
He does not recollect the names of any of the regular officers he served with except General Schuyler. He knew Genl. Strong also. He does not particularly recollect what continental or militia regiments he served with.
He never received a written discharge, nor was he in any battles.
He is known to John H. Warner Esq., Stephen Willes Esq., Nathaniel Gallup Esq., Albert Gallup Esq. Sheriff of the County, Joshua Gallup, Colo. Lepe Wood, Frederick Ball, and John Thorne & others, who reside in his present neighborhood and who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his service as a soldier of the revolution.
He has no documentary

evidence relating to his services, nor does he know of any person he can procure to testify to his service. Jacob Dimme whom he served as a substitute for, is dead as he has every reason to believe, and he has made diligent enquiry to find witnesses of his service but without effect, as he cannot find any proof-
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
He this declarant further states that he resides 20 miles from the city of Albany where the Courts of record for the County of Albany are held, and that he first had his declaration prepared in order to be sworn to in open Court, but that in consequence of a disease in his head he has been compelled to have his declaration made in order that to be sworn he sworn at home, that he is entirely unable to travel that distance to attend the Court by reason of bodily infirmity, that he has a severe dizziness or giddiness in his head that makes him nearly blind, and renders him totally unable to travel, and that he cannot possibly go that distance from his home even if he is deprived of a pension on that account.
He is unable to write his name having never been taught to write Sworn to and subscribed Jacob his  x Suter the day and year aforesaid mark Before me J. V. B. Moore Judge of Albany County Court -

We William Brown a Clergyman residing in the town of Knapp in the County of Albany and State of New York and Capt John F. Shafer residing in the town of Bern in the County and State aforesaid hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jacob Suter who has subscribed and sworn to the above and foregoing declaration that we believe him to be 79 years of age and upwards; and that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion -
William Brown
John F. Shafer
Sworn and subscribed this 20 th day of November 1832 Before me
J. V. D. Moore Judge
of Albany County Court,
State of New York
Albany County ss And I the subscribed a Judge of the County Court of the County of Albany do hereby cer- tify and declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And I do further certify that I am well acquainted with William Brown and John F. Shafer who have signed the preceding Certificate that the said William Brown is a Clergyman resident in the said town of Knapp and that the said John F. Shafer is a resi- dent of the said town of Bern and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. And I do also certify that the said applicant can

cannot attend the Court by reason of bodily infirmi- ty. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year aforesaid
J. B. Moore
State of New York
Albany County ss. I Conrad A. Ten Eyck Clerk of the City and County of Albany do hereby Certify that Joseph B. Moore before whom the within Declaration and Certificate were sworn and who has made the foregoing Certificate is a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Albany in the State of New York. and that the signature "J. B. Moore" to the said Dec- laration and Certificate is his genuine signa- ture - In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 24th day of November A.D. 1832
C. A. Ten Eyck Clerk

3449
In the matter of the application of Mary and Sister Widow of Jacob Suter for a pension under the 3 d Sec. of the act of July 4 1836.
Admitted
Drammer, Ohio
Warrant to commence the 4 th day of February 1838 September 1837
Hon. A. Gallup N.Y.

State of New York §
Albany County, ss. On this 25 th day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, before John Niles one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Albany, personally appeared Margaret otherwise called Peggy Suter, a resident of the Town of Berne in the said County, aged seventy seven years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 4. 1836: -
That she is the Widow of Jacob Suter, who was a Drummer in the Army or Militia of the United States, during the Revolutionary War, and who, at the time of his death, a Pensioner of the United States under the act of June 7, 1832. -
She further declares that she was married to the said Jacob Suter on the twelfth day of July in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine; that her husband the aforesaid Jacob Suter died on the fifteenth day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight; and that she has remained a Widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed -
She further declares that she was married to the said Jacob Suter in the City of Albany, and the marriage ceremony was performed by the Reverend Mr. Westerlo, then Minister of the Reformed Dutch Church in that City - and that her name previous to her marriage was Margaret or Peggy Stoumand -
Also that owing to blindness she is unable to write her name and therefore makes a mark for her signature Given and subscribed before me on the day & year first above written
John Niles Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Albany.
her Margaret X Suter Mark
I certify that the above declaration was taken and sworn to before me by the above named Margaret Suter at her place of residence in the Town of Berne in the County of Albany, in consequence of her feeble health, and her inability to attend a Court.

of Record Dated April 25 th 1838.
John Wiles Judge of Albany County Court
State of New York Albany County ss. Richard Filkins being duly sworn deposes that he was well acquainted with the within named Jacob Luter in his life time, and with his wife the within named Margaret otherwise called Peggy Luter. That the said Jacob Luter died on the 15 th Day of February 1838, and left the said Margaret his Widow, and that she has since since remained and now is such Widow known to be called the 25 th day of Richard Filkins of April 1838 before me John Wiles Judge of the County Court of Albany County
I certify that the above Deposition is well known to me & is a credible Deposition - April 25 th 1838 John Wiles Judge of Albany County Court
I was well acquainted with Jacob Luter in his life time & am also well acquainted with his widow Margaret Luter. She is a woman of excellent character & I have the utmost confidence in her statement. Albert Gallun Washington 7th. May 1838 N. C.

I certify that I am Church Master of the Reformed Dutely Protestant Church in the City of Albany, and have the custody of the Records of said Church - That I have examined the Record of Marriages of said Church, and find therein recorded, that Jacob Shutter and Margarita Howard, were married on the twelfth day of July in the year One thousand seven hundred and seventy nine -
Sworn to and subscribed this 14 th day of April 1838 before me J. S. King Clerk of Deeds -
M. V. Bleecker

New York Albany
Jacob Suter a prisoner under the act of 1832 at the rate of $33.00 per annum to what time paid? Yours &c V. Lucas
John H. Hays Esq. 3 d Auditor Office
To 14 th Sep r 2 nd 37 S. H. H.

In at May + Sute. July 86
Issue dup cert.
Send to
Hm A Gallup East Berne N.York.
Hm. A. Gallup

War Department Pension Office March 2. 1839
Sir,
The papers of M rs Margaret Suter, widow of Jacob Suter, an applicant for a pension under the provisions of the Joint Resolution of Congress of the 7. th July 1838, have been examined and filed. The claimant will return her pension certificate in order that another may be issued.
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your Ob dt . Servt
J L Cawood
Hon. Albert Gallup House of Representatives

I hereby certify that a pension certificate issued to Margaret Luter widow of Jacob Luter under the law of July 4th. 1836 was inclosed by me in a note addressed to J. L. Edwards Esqr - Comr of Pensions sometime in Nov. 1838 & by me put into the post office at East-Burn N. Y. Albert Gallup March 4th. 1839 -

Pension Office
March 6. 1839
Margaret Suter, a Pensioner under the act of July 14. 1836, at $33. per annum. Be pleased to inform me to what time she was last paid.
W. Hany
D. Brown
3 d Auditor's Office
Albany Agency
She died last night was to have been paid 1/14

Previously entered Sec. No. 3449 Albert Gassner
NY Joint Reso.
Hon. A. Gallup H.R.

State of New York Albany County ss
On this Eleventh day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty nine personally appeared before me John Miles one of the Judges of the Albany County Court at Albany that a resident of the Town of Berne in the county of Albany aged seventy eight years, 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 of the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836, and the joint resolution of July 7, 1837. That she is the widow of Francis Siter, who was a drummer in the war of the Revolution & a pensioner of the United States under the act of June 22, 1832. That she is the same Margaret Siter who made a declaration for a pension sometime in Philadelphia May last, to whom a pension certificate was issued on the 18th of May 1838 which has since been surrendered.
She further declares that she was married to the said Francis Siter by the name of Margaret (before her marriage name) in the town of Berne on the 18th day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine in the presence of the Rev. John H. Van Rensselaer, Minister of the Gospel, the Rev. which marriage is now (as this declaration is made) at the pension office in the city of Washington. That her husband the above said Francis Siter died on the fifteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine and that she has remained a widow ever since that time, as will more fully appear by reference to the broad hint announced that she cannot write her name by reason of blindness.
Sworn & subscribed on this day before me along written hereon John Miles } a Judge of Albany County Court - Margaret her Siter Mark State of New York ss Albany County ss
I do hereby certify that the above named Margaret Siter is unable from blindness & infirmity in writing to attend a court of record in open court. dated Feb 11 th 1839 John Miles } a Judge of Albany County Court

State of New York Albany County ss
On the Eleventh day of February 1839 personally came before me John Niles one of the judges of Albany County Courts, who being first duly sworn according to law, deposes & says that he was for forty years the son of John Niles deceased & that he is the within document that the said John Niles was a pensioner of the United States under the act of June 7th 1832 & that he died on the fifteenth day of February 1838 leaving the said Margaret his widow that she has not remarried since that time & still remains his widow - Abraham Suter
Subscribed before me this 11th day of Feb 1839 John Niles a judge of Albany County Courts I John Niles judge of Albany County Courts do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Margaret Niles & Abraham Suter & that I believe them to be persons of truth & integrity - Dated Feb 11th 1839
John Niles a judge of Albany County Courts
State of New York Albany County ss
I Henry B. Hawley clerk of the said County do hereby certi- fy that John Niles before whom the preceding affidavits were first to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the said affidavits a judge of the Albany County Courts and that name subscribed to the said affidavits is his proper

Hand writing & Signature In Testimony I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of the said County this 18 th February 1837. J. B. Haswell Clerk
I do hereby certify that I have been well acquainted with said Luther & Margaret Luther his wife (who is now an applicant for a pension) that I have been so acquainted with them for more than thirty years last past that I know that the said Luther was a pensioner under the law of June 7 th 1838 & that the said Margaret is now widowed & a woman of excellent character
Albert Gallatin A. Congress

3449 May 8. In-ut
Witness
So J. J. Carter
L. Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions Washington D.C.
H. A. Gallagher HN

May 17th - 36
My Dear Sir
I enclose the declaration of the Widow Margaret Luter -
I sincerely hope she may come within the provisions of the law of 36. She has been blind for several years & is now by other infirmities confined to her bed - I have hitherto case your attention as soon as your other engagements will permit
Yours Respectfully
H. Ashmun
J. L. Edwarrea Esq.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16429
Margaret Miller
wid of
Jacob Miller Drummer Rev War
Act July 4 th 1836
Index: Vol. M , Page 254
[Arrangement of 1870.]