Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22864, for Wilhelmus Kierstead, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Hierstead, Wilhelmus
S. 22864
CONTENTS

5576
New York
Wilhelmus Kintea
of Ulster in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Schoonmaker of the Regt commanded by Col. Snyder in the New York line for 17 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 56 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of Feby. 1833 and Mr. Hon. 26. Bro. A. of R.
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1832 $84.99 Pens ant. allowance ending Mar. 33 28.33 $113.32
Revolutionary War Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Book D
J. C. Steele Vol. 5
Clerk Page 185

1 st Brief N o 7780 Weisenvelt Wilhelmus Vierstraet
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admd.
4 14. 16 21 Febr 1832 12 Mar 1832
J. Hardenbergh Agt

7780.
BRIEF in the case of  Wilhelmus Thirstead of New Paltz County of Ulster  in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
In open Court —
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 17 — 2 — private Genl. — Capt: Schoonmaker   No year mentioned — 4 — " Col: Snyder   — " — — 9 — " Col: Weynvelt   — — 2 — " Lieut Tobias Van Buren  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
none mentioned
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Kingston New York —
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Traditional evidence & 2 living witnesses (as to 9 & 4 months Service)
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
they appear to be correct —
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
James Bd
Examining Clerk.

Wilhelmus Kierstead
asst. of Martin Pott 4 months at Fort Morgan
adm 2
17 mo. pri
$56.66

WE, John J Verilligan and John W Church a Clergyman, residing in the town of New Paltz in the County of Ulster and State of New-York, and of the same town, hereby certify, that we
are well acquainted with Wilhelmus Kiervstad — who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be eighty one years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Re- volution, and that we concur in that opinion.
John J Verilligan John W Church Sworn and Subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. A Doyen First Judge A H Hardenburgh } Judges John Jansen Abm A Deyo }
CERTIFICATE OF THE COURT.
The Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ulster — in the State of New- York, sitting this eleventh day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two at the court-house in Kingston — in said County, do hereby declare their opinion, after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories pre- scribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that John J Verilligan and John W Church — who have  has signed the preceding certificate, are  is a clergyman, residents in the town of New Paltz — in the County aforesaid, and that They are — who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same town and a credi- ble person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
A Doyen First Judge A H Hardenburgh } Judges John Jansen Abm A Deyo }
I, Jacob Snyder Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Ulster 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 Wilhelmus Kiervstad for a Pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this thirteenth day of September 183 2
Jacob Snyder

State of New York County of Ulster
On this eleventh day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting Wilhelmus Kierstead of the Town of New Paltz in the County and State aforesaid aged eighty one 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 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated -
He served the full term of two months in the company commanded by Capt Schoonmaker. John C Brunt was first Lieut and Peter Elsworth 2 nd Lieut he cannot recollect the time when he entered this service. he was in no engagement during this service. he lived when he entered this service in the town of Hingston in the county of Ulster aforesaid. he Enlisted under said Schoonmaker and lay at Hingston a village in the town of Hingston aforesaid during said period he was born in Hingston aforesaid in the year 1751 and his age is recorded in Hingston church register. he has no documentary evidence of this service and knows no person living whose testimony he can procure. who can testify thereto -
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He also served for the period of four months in the Regiment commanded by Col Snyder in the company commanded by Capt Frederick Schoonmaker. that Graham was first Lieutenant and Cornelius Vanwagenen 2 Lieut of said company. performed this service the same year Fort Montgomery was taken. was in no engagement. lived when he entered this service at Hingston in Ulster aforesaid. Lay during the above period of service at Fort Montgomery he got a written discharge
4. M

from this service which was consumed at the burning of Kingston aforesaid. Jonathan Tompkins who resides in the town of New Paltz aforesaid, has served in the Revolution and at Fort Montgomery. (and knows that he said Hiersled served at said Place -
He also served in the Revolution in the Militia of the State aforesaid, the full period of nine months in the regiment of Col Wyzenvelt in the company commanded by Capt Perry thinks this about 2 or 3 years after the taking of Fort Montgomery, a scouting party among whom he was had a skirmish with Indians in which a John Rides of our men was killed - lived at Kingston aforesaid when he entered this service. He volunteered in this service, was during this service in the western part of Ulster Co aforesaid guarding frontiers viz at Great Shandaken, Little Shandaken, Woodstock, Stone ridge, Hurley, Nippeneock &c. He has had no written discharge from this service, as two or three days before the company was discharged he was sent home in consequence of a cut in his knee. Jonathan Tompkins, who is personally acquainted with him was in the same company during the said period of nine months (and knows that he said Hiersled performed this service
He served for the space of two months in the company of Lieut Tobias Van Buren, he cannot recollect who was Captain of said company, this was the year after the last stated service of nine months, - Lived at Kingston in Ulster aforesaid when he entered this service. He volunteered say during this service at Woodstock in said County of Ulster guarding frontiers, had no written discharge & knows no person by whom he can prove this service - He saw when at Fort Montgomery Gen Clinton, Col Brown, recollects no regular officers or regiments at any of the other places he served
Said Hiersled has since the revolution resided since the revolution in the County of Ulster aforesaid, viz at Newburgh, Hurley & New Paltz
9. M -
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And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State that John J Verwilligen and John W Church can testify as requi- red by the war department -
Sworn and Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Adolfus Smith Judge Henry Kardenburg } Judges John Bangs Abm A Deyo
William Thurston
period of service at Fort Montgomery he got a written discharge

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Ulster County Clerk's Office,
I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, do hereby certify, That George W. Lynch _____ Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Ulster, duly authorized to take affidavits, &c. and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature " Geo. W. Lynch " _____ subscribed to the Certificate of the said annexed Affidavit to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this fourteenth day of January 1833
Jacob Snyder Clerk

Amendment
State of New York Ulster County ss
Amendment as to period
Personally appeared before me the Undersigned a Justice of the peace in (and for the County of Ulster aforesaid) Wilhelmus Kierstead of the town of New Paltz County aforesaid an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 who being duly sworn deposeth (and saith, that, by reason of old age (and the consequent loss of memory) he cannot swear positively as to the periods of War when he served but is positive as to the length of the several services mentioned in his declaration which according to the best of his recollection were at the following periods of the American Revolution as mentioned below: The two months which he served in the company commanded by Capt Schoonmaker of which company John C. Burt was 1 st Lieut. & Peter Elsworth 2 nd Lieut. was in the year 1777 he lay at Kingston during this service and it was shortly after the village was burned. The second service of 4 months mentioned in the declaration in Col Snyders Regiment in the Company of Capt Frederick Schoonmaker (and Graham & Vanwagenen Lieut.) was also in the year 1777 shortly before the taking of Fort Montgomery. The third period of service mentioned in his declaration viz nine months in Col Wynsells Regiment in Capt Piercys Company was in the year 1780: And the period of two months last mentioned in his declaration viz the service in the company of Lieut Tobias Vanburen at Woodstock was in the year 1781 (And for such service I claim a pension
Subscribed & sworn this 2 nd Jan y before me
Wilhelmus Kierstead
Geo. W. Lynch Justice of the Peace
This certifies that the person who subscribed the above affidavit before me is a man of fair character for truth & veracity and is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion
Geo. W. Lynch J. Place

STATE OF NEW-YORK, Ulster County Clerk's Office,
{ ss.
I Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, do hereby Certify, That George W. Lynch — Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Ulster, duly authorised to take affidavits, &c.; and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature " Geo. W. Lynch " — subscribed to the
Certificate of the said annexed Affidavit to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this Thirteenth day of September 1832
Jacob Snyder

State of New York } County of Ulster }
for Jonathan Tompkins of the town of New Paltz County aforesaid in the 79 th year of his age and a soldier of the American revolution being duly sworn doth depose (and) says that he is well acquainted with, Willhelmus Kierstead now an applicant for a pension. That said Kierstead was a soldier in the said Revolution. That this deponent served in the war of the American Revolution in the Regiment of Col Wysevelt. in the Company commanded by Capt Pierce & Lieut Nottingham lay at Brig. Shandaken that this deponent frequently saw said Kierstead that said Willhelmus Kierstead served in the same Company with this deponent for the full space of nine months. and this deponent further saith while he this deponent served at Fort Montgomery. he has seen said Willhelmus Kierstead also in service there. but I know not how long he was there
Subscribed & sworn this 23 d August 1832 before me Geo. W. Lynch Justice of the Peace
his Jonathan T. Tompkins mark
State of New York County of Ulster
This may certify that I am well acquainted with Jonathan Tompkins the person mentioned in the above deposition and that he appeared before me on the day above mentioned and made oath to the said deposition before me and subscribed his name thereto in my presence. And I further certify that he sustains a fair & good character for truth. and is entitled to full credit as a witness.
Geo. W. Lynch Justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Ulster County Clerk's Office,
I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, do hereby certify, That Peter Van Gaasbeck Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Ulster, duly authorized to take affidavits, &c. and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature "P. V. Gaasbeck Esq" subscribed to the Certificate of the said annexed Affidavit to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this thirteenth day of September 1832
Jacob Snyder
This is a copy of the original before me
mark

State of New York Ulster County
ss. Martin Post of the Town of Saugerties in the County aforesaid aged seventy one
Years being duly sworn Deposeth and saith. That he was a Soldier in the service of the United States in the War of the Revolution. at Fort Montgomery four months the same Year Kingston in Ulster was burned by the British. and that he is well acquainted with Wilhelmus Kierstead. an applicant for a pension under the Act of June 7. 1832. and that said Kierstead served at the same time he did at Fort Montgomery and this deponent well knows that said Kierstead served there four months in the Regiment of Col Snyder in the Company of Capt. Frederick Schoon maker and further this deponent saith that
Subscribed and sworn to this 11 th day of September 1832 before me
his Martin + Post mark
J. V. Gansbush one of the Justices of the peace of Ulster County
State of New York Ulster County ss
This may certify that I am well acquainted with Martin Post the person mentioned in the above deposition that he appeared before me on the day above stated and made Oath and subscribed his marks to the same in my presence and I further certify that said Martin Post sustains a good character for truth & veracity and is entitled to full credit as a witness -
J. V. Gansbush
Justice of the peace

State of New York Ulster County
ss: I. Jacob Snyder Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County do hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of Peter Van Gaasbeek Senior and George W. Lynch the Justices of the peace before whom the two annexed affidavits of Martin Post and Jonathan Tompkins have been taken and do Certify that the sign- atures of said Justices to the Certificate of the Credibility of said Witnesses is genuine In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourteenth day of January 1833
Jacob Snyder
Wilhelmus Kierstead
asst. of Martin Post 4 months at Fishkill
adm 2 17 mo. per $56.66

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