Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9926, for Gilbert Lewis, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Lewis, Gilbert
89926
CONTENTS
Carded

38185
New York
Gilbert Lewis
Discharged in the State of New York who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Livingston of the regt commanded by Col. Faubus in the New York line for 7 months and two days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 23 Dollars 55 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Sept 1835 and South New York
Arrears to the 4th of March 1835 $74.20 Sem-ant. allowance ending Sept 11.77
$103.97
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by David Lord Clerk, book 82 Vol. 1 Page 12
Order to pay 29. Sept 1837.
do do 4 Oct 1838.
do do 24 Sept 1839.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 th Sept 1839 to 4 th Sept 1840. Agt Notified 21. July 1841.
Order to pay. 25 Sep 1841.
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At a Court of Chancery held for the State of New York at the town of Poughkeepsie in the County of Dutchess on the tenth day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.
Present
Charles F. Duggles Vice Chancellor of the Second Circuit.
On this day personally appeared in open court before this Court of Chancery for the second circuit in the State of New York now sitting, Gilbert Siwis, a resident of the town of Pleasant Valley in the County of Dutchess and State of New York aged about sixty nine 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. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That on the first day of April One thousand seven hundred and eighty One, being then about sixteen years old he, by the consent of his father, entered the service of the United States as a substitute for John Van Voorhis in Captain Gilbert Livingston company in Colonel Pauldings regiment of the militia of the State of New York, for the term of nine months; that he entered such service at the town of Poughkeepsie in the County of Dutchess aforesaid, where he then resided, that he joined the company at that place and went thence by water on the Hudson river to Saugerties, in the County of Ulster, and thence west into the woods, and was stationed to guard the frontier against the Indians along the Catskill Mountains; that the company company to which deponent was attached was stationed at a picket fort, and was engaged during the time he served in reconnoitering the neighborhood the deponent understood that the other companies of the regiment were similarly stationed along the lines, and this deponent occasionally saw parts of the other companies as they stopped at the fort where he was stationed; that this deponent does not recollect to have seen the Colonel of the regiment during his service, that he remembers to have seen the major Elias Van Rensselaer besides the officers of his company, Captain Gilbert Livingston and
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7. 2 days and lieutenant John Ostrander. That the deponent served the full term of his engagement of nine months and was discharged at Kingston in Ulster County on the last of December one thousand seven hundred and eighty one: that during such service the company did not come in contact or have engagement with the enemy, either Indians or others, And the deponent produces as evidence of his service, the affidavits following and hereto annexed of Alexander Mackay, John M. Thurston, Israel Shadbolt Catherine Boersma — And the deponent has not been enabled to produce the affidavit of a clergyman as to his reputation as a revolutionary soldier, for the reason that he now resides, and has for a number of years resided in a neighbourhood and Congregation some distance removed from the place where he resided when he entered the service. — The deponent further says that he was born in Poughkeepsie in or about the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty five, but that he has not any record of his age; that since the war he has lived and made it his home in the same town and neighbourhood where he now resides, that about eleven years of the time he followed the sea as a sailor. That he received a discharge in writing; but it has long since been lost or destroyed.
1765 A. F.
And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any state
Sworn in open court November 10. th 1834.
Gilbert Lewis
Rev. Francis Clark

State of New York
Dutchess County } Catherine Boerum of Poughkeepsie in said County being sworn says that she knows Gilbert Lewis now here present, he being the nephew of this deponent, that the said Gilbert Lewis lived and boarded with this deponent in her family at some time during the war of the revolution the particular year she can not now recollect, that the said Gilbert Lewis together with his father Elias Lewis left this deponents house as she then understood for the purpose of joining the American army, but under what officers, or what time or in what service the deponent from her age can not now recollect; that the said Gilbert Lewis and his father afterward returned to Poughkeepsie, and it was generally understood and believed that they had served in the American army of the revolution - her
Sworn in the presence of } Catherine Boerum the Vice Chancellor at the { + residence of the deponent in { marks Poughkeepsie, she being unable to attend at the place of holding the court, the 10th day of November 1834
Edw. D. Wells Clerk.

Sir
Please to pay unto Christian Lewis Esq. or his order the whole of my wages as private in Capt Gilbert Livingston's Company Col d Ruckings Reg t of New York State Lines in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one both principal and interest and this shall be your receipt from
Brown Hill 19. Aug t 1781
your most Hum ble Serv t
To Whom it may concern
Gilbert Lewis -
Witnessed by
G. J. Livingston
P. [faint text] in order the whole

Reuben
9926 INVALID.
File No. 9926
Gilbert Lewis
Priv. Rev. war.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 220
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New York
Rev.
Gilbert Lewis
Suspended
In Letter to A. Forbes
March 20. 1835

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 19 th , 1841.
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," Gilbert Lewis ————— a Pensioner on the Roll of the New York City Agency, at the rate of Twenty Three Dollars and 55 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1839, to the 4 th Sept. 1840.
Respectfully yours,
William L. Paton
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Pension Office Mechanics Bank New York 22 d Sept 1841
Sir
I enclose for your examination, the papers in the cases of Gilbert Lewis, a pensioner under the act of 7 th June 1832 at $23 55 100 per annum, and James Luackinbush, a pensioner under the act of 7 th June 1832 at twenty dollars per annum, who claim their pensions from the 11 th September 1840.
Very Respectfully your Ob t Serv t J. Joseph Root by Sylvester Spencer Chf. Clk.
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington

War Department Pensions Office Nov. 27 th 1834
Sir
The claim of Gilbert Lewis has been examined and his papers are herewith returned. The credibility of each witness should be certified by the officer who administers the oath.
He alleges very confidently that he entered the service on the 1 st of April 1787, while the authority for that service bears date on the records "27 April 1787". The term of the service in 1787 is understood to have been but eight months. Some reasons should be assigned for the delay of asserting his claim.
I am Respectfully Your Obedient Servant J. L. Edwards
Alexander Forbes Esq. Poughkeepsie N. York

Mechanics Bank New York 2 nd October 1838
Sir
I enclose for your examination the papers in the cases of Gilbert Lewis, and Jonathan Lee, pensioners under the act of 7 th June 1832, who claim their stipends from the 4 th of September 1837.
Very Respectfully Your Obedt Servt
for M c Leonard Cashr.
Acting Pension Agent
James L Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Coughkeepsin Sept 21 st 1835.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Court of Pensions.
St Sir
Your letter to C.K.
Forbes Acta March 20 th 1835: in relation to the application of Gilbert Lewis for a pension. Noted that his case was suspended with a view to further information from the Archives of the State of New York. I beg leave to enquire whether an that information has been obtained, and what is the present aspect of his case? He is reported here to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that fact I have never heard doubted.
Respectfully Yours M. P. Fellows

N.Y.
Feb 26
Gilbert Lewis N.Y.
J. S. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington
FREE

Poughkeepsie Feb. 21. 1835 J. L. Edwards Esq. Com te of Pensions
I again send the papers of Gilbert Lewis on his application for a pension.
It is requested that the decision of the case be returned to me, and if favorable it will add much to the comfort of the applicant should he be entitled to receive pay at the next Semiannual on the 4 th of March next.
Very respectfully A. W. V. N. W.

Mechanics Bank New York 27 th Sept. 1837
Sir,
I enclose for your examination, the papers in the case of Gilbert Lewis, a Private at $23 00 per annum, under the act of 7 th June 1832, who claims his pension from the 14 th of September 1836,
Very Respectfully
Your Oble Servt
J. Scriven Jr
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Gurne County Pa
Personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace of said County, Alex Mackay and being duly sworn makes oath and says that he enlisted into the United States Service in the year of A.D. one hundred and eighty and for the term of nine months and was attached to Capt Gilbert Lewis's and Lieut John Ostreder's Company and said Company was attached to Colonel Baileys Regiment which was stationed in the County of Ulster in the State of New York near the Catskill mountains, and the said deponent further says he was acquainted with Gilbert Lewis in said service and he the said Gilbert was attached to the same company with him the said Alexander for the term of five months of which the said Alexander is now in the said Company performing five months actual service in said Company commencing on the first day of April 1861 and he the said Alexander after five months service was transferred to the Governor's Guard, after five months service in said company and left the above station and also left said Gilbert Lewis stationed with the aforesaid Company.
Subscribed and sworn October 20 th 1834 before
Abner Hovey Justice of the Peace
I the undersigned Justice of the Peace of the town of Durham County of Gurne hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Alexander Mackay named in the foregoing affidavit and have been for thirty years or more and consider him a man of truth and respectability.
Durham October 20 th 1834
The reason in the fifth line of the affidavit from the bottom above before serving
Abner Hovey Justice of the Peace

State of New York Greene County ss
I William T. B. Herrmann (Not. of the said County do hereby certify that M r Moses Hovey Esq r before whom the within affidavit was taken, is known to me to be the person described in and who executed the said affidavit, and that he is well acquainted with his hand writing and rightly believes his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature.
Witness my hand and seal of office this twenty five day of October 1834
William T. B. Herrmann C.N.

Stratford County } B. John M. Sheldon of said town State of Connecticut } presently being duly sworn doth depose and says that he is and has been long = acquainted with Gilbert Lewis for the space of fifty years. that he recollects that said Lewis enlisted the service of the revolutionary war in the year 1788 under captain Gilbert Livingston in the town of Pokeepsie. cant say how long he served therein. that the said Lewis has resided in said county ever since the war and has been acquainted with him ever since and believes him to be a man of truth sworn & subscribed the 3 day of Nov John M. Sheldon November 1834. before me Garrett Adrians Justice of the peace marks

State of New York
Putnam County ss.
I Henry J. Traver Clerk of said County do hereby Certify, That Garret Adrianson Esq. whose name before whom the within affidavit was made, was at the time of taking the same a Jus- tice of the peace in and for said County and that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature annexed to the said affidavit is genuine - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand under my Seal of Office the Tenth day of November A.D. 1834
Henry J. Traver Clerk
I Garret Adrianson the Justice of the peace above and within named do hereby certify that I was well acquainted with John M. Thurston who made the within affidavit before me, who is now deceased, and that he was entitled to full credit as a witness. Dated December 24, 1834
Garret Adrianson Justice of the peace

State of New York Dutchess County 3 rd . Israel Shadbolt of the town of Clinton in the county of Dutchess being affirmed  sworn says that he was present when Alexander Mackey made the affidavit by him subscribed and hereto annexed, that the said Gilbert Lewis was then then present at the making of the said affidavit and that the Gilbert Lewis named and referred to therein, and the Gilbert Lewis in court this day is one and the same person. That the deponent has known the said Gilbert Lewis for about thirty five years and that he has always sustained a good reputation for truth and veracity.
Israel Shadbolt
Affirmed in open Court November 10, 1834
Alex: Forbes Clerk.
And the said court doth hereby declare its opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that Israel Shadbolt who has made the above affidavit resides in the town of Clinton and is entitled to credit as a witness.
I Alexander Forbes Clerk of the said Court of Chancery for the Second Circuit in the State of New York, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Gilbert Lewis for a pension.
In witness whereof I have hereunto my hand and seal of office the tenth day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty four
Alex: Forbes Clerk.

32279 Gilbert Lewis
Admitted Private of mo & 2 days on Pay roll In Book No 2 page 30

At a court of Chancery held for the State of New York at the town Poughkeepsie in the County of Dutchess on the twenty first day of February One thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.
Present
Charles H. Ruggles Vice Chancellor of the Second Circuit. On this day again appeared in open court Gilbert Sewon named in the papers hereto annexed who being duly sworn further deposes and says that from the great length of time elapsed since his service in the Revolutionary war set forth in his application annexed, he was, for some time before his papers were made out, in doubt as to the precise time of his service, and supposed it to be about eight months, until upon his interview with Alexander Shockey, whose affidavit is hereto annexed, he was assured by the said Alexander that the term of the service of the regiment was nine months, and that he the said Alexander had received a pension for his service in the regiment as for nine months, this deponent was induced to state, as he has done in his said application, that he served nine months. And with this excuse for the mistake in time which by the records it appears that he has made, he submits himself to be allowed such pay or annuity, as he may be adjudged by the department, entitled to. And this deponent in excuse for not having sooner made application for a pension, further deposes and says, that he is poor, and without the aid of others, is and has been unable to procure the proofs necessary to establish his claim: that the said Alexander Shockey was the only person living within the deponent's knowledge, who served with him and could testify to his actual service; that deponent has known that said Shockey was living and when he resided for about two years past, but the deponent was unable to procure the means to go to the said Shockey (as a personal interview was necessary for the purpose of identity) until he was assisted with funds and means of conveyance by his friend Israel Shadbolt, who went with this deponent to the County of Albany and procured the affidavit of the said Alexander Shockey which is annexed to said proceedings. And this deponent further says that he was informed in the month of December last that his papers had been returned for informality and for further explanation.

but from misunderstanding did not suppose that a further af- fidavit from him was necessary until within a few days now past Sworn in open Court February 21 st 1835
Wm. Forbes Clerk
Gilbert Lewis
And the said Court doth hereby declare that Catharine Boerum the person of that name who made the affidavit in the proceedings annexed did at the time of making thereof reside in the said town of Pough- keepsie, and is entitled to credit as a witness. And the Court has satisfactory evidence that Garret Adriaence Justice of the peace signed the certificate bearing date the twenty fourth day of December last as to the credibility of John M. Thurston endorsed on his af- fidavit hereto annexed.
In witness whereof I Alexander Forbes Clerk of said Court have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the twenty first day of February One thousand eight hun- dred and thirty five.
Wm. Forbes Clerk.