Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22868, for Peter Lambert, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Continental New York
Lambert, Peter
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CONTENTS

New York 28870
John Lamborn who joined in the State of N.Y. who was a private in the Comp y commands by Captain Livingston of the Reg t commands by Col Willett in the New York J. for 22 mos fr private $75.00
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 75 Dollars per an to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension of the 12 th day of Aug 1834 and further H. Act of Fort Plume N.Y.
Arrears to the 14th of March '34 $225.00 Pension allowance ending Sept. " 37.50 $262.50
Revolutionary War Act June 7, 1833
Recorded by Viral Luce Book E Vol. 4 Page 105
John R. Benedict Nov 17. 1843 Set to Hon J. Lempke Atty, 16/50 Same April 8 1843 Dils F. Bates July 6 1843 3rd Dec 1/56 1/ order April 12/56
Hon. Thos M. Norton, May 7/56

15. 9/46 Peter Lambert Montgomery Co. N York
Admitted Private 22 mo 1/2 Sust P $75.-
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Col. to Hon C McVean 12 June 34
H Adams Fort Plain NY

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Peter Loam but
   Period when the service was rendered Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     June 1776 to Dec 1777. Private Capt Winns Lieut. Lawrence. Tioga from different Counties in N York 72 years Montgomery N York By him Witnesses a clergyman   Jan 1780 Capt Denny Lieut. Col. Campbell Col. Hoy 68 years Carpus Gen. Olery   July 1781 2nd Lieut Capt Livingston Lieut. Young Col. Willet Col. Willet   May 1782 9  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers,) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their 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 it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person.

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons, one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. 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 precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule fn note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

State of New York
County of Montgomery ss.
On the 19 th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the court of Common Pleas of the said county now sitting Peter Lambert a resident of the town of Canajoharie in the county & State aforesaid aged 72 years on the 15 th day of August last, 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 after stated —
That in the month of June 1775 he enlisted during the pleasure of Congress & entered the service under Capt. John Niven Lieut. Lawrence Grob & Peter Schramling second Lieut. that under those officers he served in scouting from Cooperstown down the Susquehanna River, German Flats, Saratoga & Lake George, until some time in the month of May following when we were discharged —
That about the first of January 1780 he again enlisted into & entered the service of his country under Capt. John Hovey & Lieut. Sandy Campbell at Canajoharie in the county aforesaid. That about the middle of February following we were marched from Canajoharie to Schenectady where encamped two or three days then marched to Albany where there mustered & remained three or four days and were then marched to Fishkill Landing on the Hudson River, were commanded by Colo. Ullry Hovey & Maj. Bates and were kept there & in that vicinity on duty & on fatigue until on or about the 21 st of January following when we were discharged & about ten days thereafter he arrived at Canajoharie aforesaid.
That about the twenty fifth of July 1781 he again enlisted into & entered the service under Capt. Livingston Lieut. Sandy Campbell above mentioned above mentioned and Second Lieut. Matthew Trotter in the city of Albany that we were then attached to other companies under the command

of Moyer Benseote & were marched to Schenectady remained there about a week then marched to Cobleskill & were called by Colo Morenus Millet to march to Fort Plain in the county of Montgomery where we were stationed until about the 24 th of October following when Colo Millet marched the men then under his command to Johnstown to against the enemy then there under the command of Colo Walter Butler & Major Rapp. That at the time Colo Millet so marched against Butler & Rapp he with a party of men & friendly Indians were ordered to go to Fish Creek abraded Stanswix to destroy the boats & property of the enemy, we met with hostile Indians & were around back, came to Herkimer & then went with Colo Millet to West Canada Creek where the enemy were overtaken some fighting when Butler with several of his men were killed after which we were marched back to Fort Plain where he continued to serve until about the first of January following, was then marched from Fort Plain to German Flatts where he was discharged and that during this term of service he was a second sergeant & as such discharged his duty.
That about the first of May 1782 he again enlisted and entered the service in the city of Albany under Capt. Young James Lieut. Christopher Drake for nine months that about the first of June following Capt. Young's company with one or two others under the command of Moyer Benseote marched to Schoharie where Major Schuyler's men in the command were marched from there up the Mohawk River in the county of Montgomery & there formed a regiment commanded by Colo Morenus Millet & from there a part of said company were stationed at Fort Mnyon in Palatine where we were held on duty & sent out in parties to guard the inhabitants and and Posts Clyde Fort Windsker Fort Plain Fort Plank until in the following Fall when we were marched to Fort Herkimer in the county of Herkimer where we were kept on duty & out in parties until the latter part of December when we were marched to Fort Plain when we were discharged on the last day of December and that during this term of service he was also a second

Sergeant & as such acknowledges his duty and that he has no documentary evidence of his services, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to all his service.
That he was born in the city of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania in the year 1760.
That he has a record of his age kept by his father which he here exhibits.
That he never received a Military Discharge from the Service.
That when he first entered the service under Capt. John Shinn as above stated, he lived at Cooperstown in the county of Otsego. That the next time he entered the service he lived in the town of Conesbaurgh in the county of Montgomery where he has ever since lived on a farm.
That he entered the service at the different times & in the manner above stated.
That during the time he was in the service he knew Capt. Nathan Smith, Cherry Adjutant Matthews, Bick & Lieut. Brigs officers of a part of a regiment who lay some time at Fort Plain said to be New Hampshire Troops. That he does not now recollect other officers or regiments or the general circumstances of his service other than as above stated.
That the Revd. John Sanford of John Brookman are the names of persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood who can testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a veteran of the revolution.
He hereby acknowledges every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Geo: D. Ferguson, Clerk.
Peter his Lambert Mark

We Jonas Diefendorf a clergyman residing in the town of Canajoharie and John Brookman residing in Minden, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter Lambert who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; That he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion -
Sworn & Subscribed the
Jonas Diefendorf
day of year of our Lord
Geo: D. Ferguson, Clerk John Brookman
And the said court do hereby declare their 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 & served as he states. and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Jonas Diefendorf who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Canajoharie - and that John Brookman a resident of Minden who has also signed the same are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit -
I George D Ferguson Clerk of the court of common pleas of the county of Montgomery do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Peter Lambert for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal & affixed the 19th day of September 1832
Geo: D. Ferguson

State of New York
County of Montgomery ss:
Henry Sills of Amsterdam in said county being duly sworn deposes & saith, that during the revolutionary war he was well acquainted with Peter Sarabat of Canajoharie in said county, that he knew the said Peter Sarabat to be in the service of the revolution in a company commanded by Capt. John Wirin in June or July 1776. that he frequently saw the said Peter Sarabat in service in said company during that season. that the said Peter continued to serve in said company until some time in the following fall or winter as deponent knows. And further deponent saith not.
Subscribed & sworn to this 17th day of Sept. 1832 before me
Solomon Sanders Jr A Comp of Judds
Henry Sills
And I the said Commissioner do certify that Peter Sills who has made the foregoing statement is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit.
Solomon Sanders Jr A Comp of Judds
State of New York, Montgomery County, ss:
I, George D. Ferguson, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, do hereby certify, that Solomon Sanders, Junior before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn, was on the date of the said Affidavit a Commissioner of Judds in & for the County aforesaid & duly authorized by law to act as such. And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Commissioner of Judds and only believe that the name of the said Commissioner subscribed to the said affidavit is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the 19th September 1832
Geo: D. Ferguson

Montgomery County ss;
I Solomon Sanders Jr, before whom the foregoing affidavit of Henry Sitts was taken, do certify that the said Henry Sitts is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
State of New York Montgomery County ss. I George D. Ferguson clerk of the County of Montgomery, do hereby certify that Solomon Sanders Jr. named in my preceding certificate is the identical Solomon Sanders Jr. whose name appears subscribed to the foregoing certificate of character of Henry Sitts; And that the said Solomon never has & has been ever since taking the preceding affidavit of said Henry Sitts a Commissioner of Deeds in & for the said County; & that I verily believe that his name subscribed to the said certificate of character of Henry Sitts is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 17th July 1833.
Geo: D. Ferguson

State of New York
Washington County ss.
Nicholas Gaster being duly sworn saith that he is well acquainted with Peter Lumbert of the town of Canajoharie in the County of State aforesaid, that the said Peter Lumbert belonged to a Company of nine months men raised in Albany & Schenectady in the Spring of 1782. That the Company so raised in which Defendant also belonged was commanded by Capt. Geo. Young & marched up the Mohawk river in the County aforesaid, there joined a Regiment commanded by Col. Marcus Willet, that the said Peter Lumbert continued to serve in said Company at & in the vicinity of Fort Plain until in the Fall following, when the said Peter Lumbert marched with the said Company to Fort Herkimer in the County of Herkimer where the said Company was marched back to Fort Plain where the said Peter Lumbert was discharged on the last day of December as was also defendant. The Defendant further saith that the said Peter Lumbert, on the discharge of the aforesaid service entered a Disputant.
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court the 19th Sept. 1832
Nicholas Gaster his Mark
Geo: D. Ferguson. Clerk

State of New York Montgomery County ss
Jacob Waggner & Peter Young being duly sworn do generally depose & say that they are well acquainted with Peter Lambert of Canajoharie in the county and State aforesaid that the said Peter Lambert enlisted into the service in the revolutionary war in a company & commanded by Capt. John Dury at Canajoharie aforesaid about the first of January 1780 in which said company defendants also enlisted & served. That the said Peter Lambert marched in the said company about the middle of February following from Canajoharie aforesaid to Schenectady from thence to Albany was there mustered & then marched down the Hudson River to Fishkill Landing where they were commanded by Colo. Hays & Major Bates that the said Peter Lambert was there & in that vicinity kept on duty & on fatigue as was also the defendants until about the 21st of January following when they were discharged & about the first of February following the said Peter Lambert defendants & others arrived at Canaj- oharie aforesaid the place of their enlistment and further the defendants say not.
Sworn to & subscribed in open court the 19th September 1832.
Geo. D. Ferguson
Jacob Waggner Mark
Peter Young

State of New York, Montgomery County. ss -
I George D. Ferguson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgo- mery County do hereby certify that Nicholas Casser, Jacob Waggoner & Peter Young whose names appear subscribed to the fore- going annexed affidavits, appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the said Court of Common Pleas at the last September term hereof Subscribed & sworn to the affidavits, to which their names are subscribed & And the said Court have directed me as their Clerk to certify, & I hereby do certify to the Honorable Department that in the Opinion of said Court the said Nicholas Casser, Jacob Waggoner & Peter Young are Credible persons & that their statements are entitled to Credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand Seal of office this 17th July 1833
Geo: D. Ferguson
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John L. Van Buren
Präsident

March 28, 1933
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Peter Lambert, S. 22868 George Lambert, R. 6098 BA-J/MCS
Loretta Gordon 21 North Perry Street Johnstown New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Peter Lambert and data relative to his family.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claims of Peter Lambert and his brother, George Lambert.
Peter Lambert was born August 15, 1760, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
While a resident of Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York, he enlisted in June, 1776, served as private in Captain John Winn's New York company and was discharged sometime in January, 1777. While a resident of Canajoharie, Montgomery County, New York, he enlisted in the quartermaster department about January 1, 1780, served as private in Captain John Denny's New York company under Colonel Udney Hay and was discharged January 21, 1781. He enlisted July 25, 1781, served as second sergeant in Captain Livingston's New York company, was in the battle at West Canada Creek and was discharged in January, 1782. He enlisted May 1, 1782, served as second sergeant in Captain Guy Young's company in Colonel Marinus Willett's New York regiment and was discharged December 31, 1782. In addition to this service he served on various short tours, amounting to at least four months in all, in the New York militia under Captains House, Copeman and Belding, and Colonel Clyde.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 19, 1832, at which time he was still a resident of Canajoharie, New York.
He died October 25, 1844.

In 1856, Peter Lambert, Jr., of Canajoharie was referred to as the surviving son of the late Peter Lambert of Canajoharie, New York.
The papers in the pension claim of Peter Lambert, S. 22868, contain no further data relative to this soldier's family. *****
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, R. 6098, based upon the Revolutionary War services of George Lambert.
He was born March 18, 1764, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the beginning of the Revolution he lived in Fort Plains (later called Minden), Montgomery County, New York, having moved there from Otsego, Tryon County, New York. After the Revolution he lived at Minden and Canajoharie.
While a resident of Canajoharie he applied for pension on September 19, 1832, and alleged that he enlisted in the fall of 1778 and served with the New York troops at various times until the close of the Revolution, amounting to one year, two months, and twenty-nine days, in all, as private and spy under Captains Hilding, John Breadbig, George Countryman, Adam Leipe, Gross, and Piercy, and Colonels Samuel Clyde, Harper, Brown, and Willett. He was called upon for further specifications in regard to his service, to which he did not reply, and his claim was never completed.
He stated that his father's property at Otsego, eight miles from Cherry Valley, was destroyed by the Indians and that his family took shelter in Fort Plank and when the fort was besieged in 1780 by the Indians under Brant, his mother, sister, and two younger brothers (their names not given) were taken prisoners. His brothers returned home after the war but no mention was made of the fate of his mother and sister.
Peter Lambert whose history is given above was a brother of George Lambert.
The papers in this pension claim contain no further data relative to the family of George Lambert.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Assistant to Administrator

Probation
22868
INVALID.
File No. 22,868
Peter Lam
Miss ...
Act: June 7th 1897
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 234
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1925 Oct. 1 Mrs. Mrs. Ralph Pic See letter in e Geo. Lambert R 1933 Mar. 28. high Souette Gordon Geo. Lambert

Rev. Act 7. June 1832
Peter Lambert
Suspended
See letter to
M. Adams
Fort Plain
N.Y. 31. Oct. 1833. See let to Hon. C. Mc Lean May 10. 1834

June 76 to Jan'y 77-7. Capt. Wier
Jan'y 80 to 21 Jan'y 81-13 Col. Woney Hag+
25 July 81 Aug. - 6.15 Capt. Swingson - Majr. Benscote -
1 May 82 8 " 9 - Capt. Young Col. (Willett)
Peter Lamberts service -

Hon C. M. Vease
12 June 1834
O.C.

War Dept Pension Off June 12/34
Sir
I have the honor to inform you that the claim of Peter Lambert has been again examined - He alleges that he served 13 mos under Col. Horace May upon fatigue duty & otherwise - As Col. May was not an officer in the line he could not have commanded of a Regt. and the persons employed in the various duties of the commissary dept. could not have been engaged under a military enlistment - To the balance of his alleged service amounting to 22 mos 15 ds no objection is taken but the grade of Sergeant could not be admitted as he states in his supplemental affidavit that he never rec d "a warrant or written appointment -"
W. T. June 12/34
Mr. G. M'Vean

Sir
herewith I send the affidavit of Peter Lambert showing his situation respecting his services as a Serjt. in the Rev. War, that he has no Warrant or other evidence of such appointment and that it is out of his power to give any other evidence than his offset - the length of time & the death of his officers compels him, if this be not enough, to further the requirements, to submit his claim for your final decision, he, however, indulges the hope that under the circumstances, his offset will convince Yours very Respectfully
J. L. Edwards Esq.
H. H. Hovey

6 Sir
Fort Plain Mount Co NY July 21 st 1834
I herewith enclose to you Peter Sumbata's Arrears pension paper by which it is hoped the matter may be cleared, he hopes that his account of services under an enlistment in 1780 on the Hudson River is satisfactorily explained, and that he has heretofore sustained that claim by the affidavits of his comrades in that service. Sarah Waggoner & Peter Young that as it appears by your letter of the 13 th June last 22 months & 15 days of his services no objection is taken to, he hopes that his services in 1780 will entitle him to a full pension of a private and that he, in his failing & infirm condition, may not be longer delayed.
Will you be so kind as to call your attention to this case, and also to the case of Jacob Garlock heretofore sent.
Yours very Respectfully
H. Adams
J. L. Edwards Esq. Censor of Pensions

Extracts from the Minutes of the Committee of Safety and Convention of New York July 23 rd 1776 "Whereas from the best information this Convention has obtained the inhabitants in the western and northern parts of the County of Albany and the inhabitants of the County of Tryon, Charlotte, Gloucester, Cumberland, Ulster and Orange are greatly exposed to the Indians and several families in some of the above mentioned from the dangers they apprehend have already removed and it is probable others will remove into the interior parts of the State to the immediate destruction of many and to the great distress of the public. In order therefore to induce those inhabitants to remain in their possessions and to afford them a protection against the inroads of the Indians - Resolved unanimously that there be raised in the County of Albany one hundred and twenty Six Men officers included to be employed as scouting parties to range the woods and that the same be divided into two Companies each Company to consist of one Captain two Lieutenants three Sergeants three Corporals and fifty four privates. That in like manner and for the same service two hundred and one Men be raised in the County of Tryon to be divided into three Companies each to consist of one Captain two Lieutenants three Sergeants three Corporals and fifty eight privates That a bounty be allowed to each Non Commissioned officer and private of twenty five dollars upon his passing Muster. That each Captain be allowed sixteen shillings to each Lieutenant fourteen shillings & to each Non Commissioned officer and private ten shillings per week in lieu of all rations. That all the Companies of Rangers there at any future time be under the direction of such person or persons and be continued so long in the service as this Convention or a future Legislature of this State shall please to appoint - not exceeding the duration of the present war, and that all these troops be subject to the Continental rules of war till further orders of this Convention or a further Legislature of this State."
March 27 th 1777
"A former report drawn by Mr Morris as to the Rangers was read on motion of Mr Morris agreed that the said report be obliterated and therefore the following resolution was agreed to viz. Resolved that the Companies of Rangers commanded by Captains Elias Haskett, Jacob Rutger S. D. Will. Alexander Baldwin John A. Bradt Marcus Demuth, Christian Kilmer, John Winn, Joshua Courtney Isaac Mop. and Lieut. Gideon Laigne be and they are hereby disch d . Resolved that a copy of the foregoing resolution be served upon the persons therein named and that their several Companies be paid notice the time of the issue of such copies respectively State of New York ?
Secretary's Office I certify the foregoing to be true from the minutes aforesaid - Given under my hand and the seal of this office at the City of Albany the 8 th day of September A D 1837
(A Copy)
Arch d Campbell Deputy Secretary

15 th Nov 1842 Dr Brumba
P. Lambuth N 28870 L
5 A 9 2 6 0
Hon J. L. Edwards Court Pensions Washington City D.C.

Ephratah 12th Novr 1842
Sir
Inclosed is the Application for an increase of his Pension allowance from the records at the Comptroller's office I am inclined to believe that it is meritorious for a small increase
Respectfully yours &c
Thomas R. Benedict

Ephratah Ny 1 st Feby 1843
Dr Sir
The inclosed relate to an application for an increase of pension of Peter Lambert. Will you have the goodness to present them to the Commissioners of Pensions, the copy of extracts from the Minutes of the committee of Safety go to answer an objection in the Commissioners letter of 17 th Nov r last relating to the service of the Applicant in 1776 in Capt Winns Company of Rangers I forwarded the original extracts Certified by Arch d Campbell Esq r Deputy Secretary of this State with the Application of Elizabeth Coppinroll in 1837 and with whose papers it is probably filed. The Commissioner also has Capt Winns Muster Roll (also forwarded by me) the one shews the Authority by which those troops were raised and their discharge. The other the enlistment of Mr Lambert. You will observe the Rangers could have been held during the war had it not been the pleasure of the Convention to disband them sooner. The affidavits of Mr Lambert himself and of Peter Young tend to show a mistake in drawing up his original declaration in omitting a whole years service. whether his agent supposed services in the Quartermasters department were not embraced in the law I am unable to say. but the records in the Comptrollers office prove that a Peter Lambert did so serve and the affidavit of Peter Young (who enlisted and served with him during the whole time) goes fully to prove identify the present Mr Lambert to be the same Soldier. More clear proof in my mind cannot be adduced and believe it will be so considered in both terms. Should I however be disappointed and no increase in his case be made. please obtain his old Certificate and return it to me that he may draw his Semi-Annual pay etc March. I forwarded his Certificate with his Application for an increase it is still with the Commissioner
Respectfully your
Obt Servant
Thomas R. Benedict
Hon S. Sanford House of Representatives

Feb 7. 1843
My.
Peterborough
Dear J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Yr. J. Sanford
ATP

Sir Enclosed is a letter from J. K. Benedict enclosing additional sum in discharge of the claim of Peter Benedict Your early attention to it is requested in haste.
Respectfully J. Sangster
House of Reps Feb 7th 1843

Amsterdam April 3 1843 Hon. J. L. Edwards
Thomas R. Benedict Esq. of P'keepsie N.Y. says he forwarded to me at Washington, some additional proof in the case of Peter Lambert for an increase of pension, and that he has not heard from it since.
I am not able to recollect about it, but suppose I sent the papers to your office and if I received an answer have either mistaid or misplaced it.
Will you please examine the papers in this case again and forward an answer to Thomas R. Benedict Esq. P'keepsie N.Y. together with the pension certificate of said Lambert, as the old one is now in your office with the papers.
Respectfully, I have the honor to be your ob. Servt.
John Sanford

Sir:
I send accompanying this, papers in support of the claim of Peter Lambert (alias as the High Dutch have it "Lampert") for increased pay as a pensioner under the act of 7 th June 1832.
The documentary proof in the Comptroller's office which I send you a transcript of, confirms his service in the militia under Colonel Clyde or a portion thereof say nearly 2 months his levy service under Capt. Livingston in 1781. & do do under Guy Young in 1782.
The proof of his service in 1780, for which he received £25. 3. 0, does not disclose the names of his officers. It must have been in Capt. Shadleny's Company as he alleges at all events the amount he received for military service as appears from the Records of this State is within a few cents of $160 - 2 years full pay - to say nothing of 1 year's service in Captain Winton's Company of Rangers, of which no Rolls here are to be found, and to say nothing of militia service of which there is no record. At the time I prepared his recapitulation of service now sent, I did not know what portion

of his service, if any , could be proved by said Records. On arriving at Albany to day & examining the said Records, I am surprised at finding his statement so fully confirmed.
I think you will agree with me in the opinion that he is entitled to a full pension.
I am very respectfully
Your obedt Servt
G. F. Yates.
Albany May 17 1843.

J. L. Edwards Esq., Comm r of Pensions.
Schenectada Aug t 10 th 1843.
Sir: I have received your favor of the 6 th ult o in reference to the claim of Peter Lambert for an increase of Pension from $75 to $80. In justice to Mr Lambert I am bound to say, that if a former certificate of the Compt t rolled represented the service in 1780 to have been performed under Capt. Rice & Colonel Brinckerhoff it was an error of the Clerk who at the time had charge of the Revolutionary documents in the Comptroller's Office. The officers' names do not appear at all.
It was not this service for which Mr Lambert claims his $5 increase; but for his long service in the Quartermaster Department , for which he has not, as it seems, been allowed at all.
I am very respectfully your Ob t Serv t
J. H. N. H. S.

JACOB WENDELL, Attorney & Counselor AT LAW, SOLICITOR & COUNSELOR —IN EQUITY.— JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, AND EX-OFFICIO COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS.
Fort Plain, Mont. Co., N. Y.
March 11, 1856
To the Hon. The Commissioner of Pensions. Hon. Sir
In behalf of and at the request of Peter Lambert Jr. who as the surviving son of the late Peter Lambert of Canajoharie in Montgomery Co. N.Y. a Revolutionary Pensioner, desires me to enquire, whether any Pension has been allowed & paid during since the year 1830 or since , upon an application made by Abraham Dunkel Executor of his father's estate through P. Wetmore Esq. as the Agent & Attorney. And if so what Amount? Application was made to receive about two months pay in arrear when Peter Lambert died - as also increased Pension to which it was reputed the heirs were entitled. Please address your answer to Peter Lambert Canajoharie Montgomery County N.Y.
Respectfully Yours & J. Wendell

Measuring Department Third Auditors Office April 10, 1836.
Sir
I herewith return the papers on which Peter Lambert was inscribed on the New York Roll, under the Act of June 7, 1832, at the rate of $75. per annum enclosed in your letter of the 7 th inst & in reply have to inform you that he died on the 20 th of October 1844 & his pension has been paid in full to that date.
Very Respectfully Your Ob d Serv t
Chas. Gorman Auditor.
J. McIntire Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.

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 :
   1779 Dec r 31 1868. Peter Sampford priv — 10 — 8   1781 Nov 30 5100 Peter S Lambert " 9 — 10 — 3 3.18   1782 Dec r 31. 7403 Peter S Lambert cooper 23 — 19 — 1 9.00   1779 Dec r 5 10952 Peter S Lambert priv 2 — 13 — 4   1780 Dec r 29 11016 Peter S Lambert " — — 19 — 1   1782 July 20 11453 Peter S Lambert " — — 12 — 5   1780 Sept. 30 45008 Peter S Lambert " 25 — 3 — 1 9.44   22.11  
STATE OF NEW-YORK, COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, Oct. 27 1842.
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 1.2.3 59 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.  John Knapp  in Col.  Frederick Klock  Regt.    Second, " "  Abraham Lansing  " "  Marinus Willett (Lt. Col.)  "    Third, " "  Guy Young  " Col. Com d  Marinus Willett  "    Fourth, " "  Joseph Hous  " Col. Com d  Samuel Clyde  "    Fifth, " "  Joseph Hous  " " "  Samuel Clyde  "    Sixth, " "  Abraham Lansing  " " "  Samuel Clyde  "    Seventh, " "  Asa Rice  " Col. Com d  Henry Brinckerhoff  "    Eighth, " "   " " "   "    Ninth, " "   " " "   "    Tenth, " "   " " "   "   
Philip Phelps Comptroller

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 :
   5 th Dec r 1779 Peter Sampson Private 1 2 13 4   24 th " 1780 Peter Sampson " " 1 1 19 1   30 th Nov r 1781 Peter Sampson " " 1 9 10 3   21 st July 1782 Peter Sampson Private 1 1 12 5   31 st Dec r " " Peter Sampson " " 1 23 19 1   21 st Sept r 1780 " " 1 25 3 0  
STATE OF NEW-YORK, COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, Aug 17 th 1845.
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 2. 3 & 4. 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. Joseph Howe in Col. Sam l Clyde Regt.   Second, " " " " " " " "   Third, " " Abraham Livingston " " Marcus Willott "   Fourth, " " Adrian Leis " " Sam l Clyde "   Fifth, " " Guy Young " " Marcus Willott "   Sixth, " " " " " " "   Seventh, " " " " " " "   Eighth, " " " " " " "   Ninth, " " " " " " "   Tenth, " " " " " " "  
Philip Schuyler Comptroller

Rev, & 1812 Wars Section
MS
October 1, 1925
Mrs. Ralph Ricketts 116 S. Market St. Johnstown, N.Y.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 22868, it appears that PETER LAMBERT was born August 15, 1760, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
While a resident of Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York, he enlisted in June, 1776, served as private in Captain John Winn's New York Company, and was discharged sometime in January, 1777. While a resident of Canajoharie, Montgomery County, New York, he enlisted in Continental deft. about January 1, 1780, served as private in Captain John Denny's New York Company under Colonel Udny Hay and was discharged January 21, 1781. He enlisted July 25, 1781, served as Second Sergeant in Captain Livingston's New York Company, was in the battle at West Canada Creek and was discharged in January, 1782. He enlisted May, 1, 1782, served as Second Sergeant in Captain Guy Young's Company, Colonel Marinus Willett's New York Regiment, and was discharged December 31, 1782.
This soldier is the son of Peter Lambert (see also his brother Geo. Lambert P 6098)

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 19, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Canajoharie, Montgomery County, New York.
It is not stated whether he was married.
He died October 25, 1844.
The above noted is the only soldier by the name of Peter Lambert found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

21 N. Verry St Johnson City, N.Y. Mar. 4 1933.
Veterans Administration Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs:
Will you please inform me of one Peter Lambert , veteran of the Revolutionary War?
Enlisted from New York State. Information to be used in regards to D.G.P.

membership.
Is there any data in regards to the family of Peter Lambert?
Yours respectfully
Lorella Gordon

State of New York Dutchess Co. ss
On this day personally appeared Thomas B. Benedict who being first sworn, deposes and says that he is the person described in and who executed the foregoing affidavit, and that the facts stated in said affidavit are true to the best of his knowledge, information and belief.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th day of December 1885.
Notary Public in and for the State of New York. Thomas R. Benedict
State of New York Dutchess County ss
I, Stephen Wait Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Thomas B. Benedict the person before whom the above and foregoing affidavit was taken and who subscribed the foregoing certificate was at the date and time taking said affidavit a justice of the Peace in and for said County duly qualified and sworn and by the law

of the State of New York duly and legally authorized to take the same, and further that I am well acquainted with the lawful calling of the said justice and truly believe that his signature to the said affidavit and certificate is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this 18th day of November A D 1842 Stephen Wirt Clerk

State of New York Fulton County
On this 23rd day of December 1842 personally appeared before me the Undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County Peter Lambert who being duly sworn Ath Depose and Swear that his term of service in 1776 according to his enlistment under Capt. Munn was for during the war or during the pleasure of the provincial Convention or Legislature of the State of New York. That the objection to his term of service alluded to in the Commissioners of Pensions letter of 17th Novr last he has reason to believe alludes to his services in the Quarter- Master Department into which service he enlisted on or about the first of January 1780 into the Company of Capt. John Denny for the term of one year that he so enlisted at Fort Plain and marched with the said Company by the way Albany to Fish Kill where they were stationed in garrison Under the command of Col. Ullysses Hays Majors Shantz and Bates and the aforesaid Captain John Denny. That he then served the full term of his enlistment and was discharged and returned home on the 1st of January 1781 That if an allusion was not made in his original declaration to this service it was owing to an omission of his agent as he positively made a statement of it and he supposed it was embodied in his said declaration and that he now claims an allowance for the same Subscribed and sworn to his Peter L Lambert this 23rd day of December 1842 before me Mark Thomas R. Benedict Justice
I certify that Peter Lambert is in all respects creditable being a man of truth and veracity
Thos. R. Benedict Justice

State of New York } Fulton County } ss
On this 22nd day of December 1842 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County Peter Young who being duly sworn doth depose and swear that he is well acquainted with Peter Lambert and has been so acquainted with him since the commencement of the Revolutionary War, that he this deponent and the said Peter Lambert enlisted into the Company of Capt John Denny in the Quarter Masters Department on or about the first of January 1780 for the term of one year that they so enlisted at Fort Plain and marched from there to Schenectady then to Albany and from there to Fort Hill where the Company was Stationed in garrison under the Command of Col. Milly Lieut. Majors Shantelle and Bates and the aforesaid Captain John Denny that they served the full term of their enlistment and were both discharged at the same time and returned home together and have from that time to this been Neighbors and intimately acquainted and further he says not
Subscribed and sworn this
Peter Young
22nd December 1842 before me
Thomas R. Benedict Justice
I certify that Peter Young is a man of truth and veracity and his statement is entitled to Credit
Thomas R. Benedict Justice
State of New York } ss Fulton County (Clerk's office) } ss
I Stephen West Clerk of the said County of Fulton do hereby certify that Thomas R. Benedict the person before whom the foregoing affidavits of Peter Lambert and Peter Young purport to have been taken and who signed the said affidavits and the certificate following the said affidavits, was at the time of taking and at the date of the same, a Justice of the peace in and for said

County, duly elected and and sworn, duly authorized according to the Laws of the State of New York to take the same, dwelling in said County and entitled to full credit as such Justice, And further that I am well acquainted with the known writing of said Justice and truly believe that his signature to the said affidavits and & certificate is genuine For testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County of Hulton this 24th day of December A D 1842 B. West Clerk

State of New York Montgomery County ss:
Peter Spambert an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832 being duly sworn, before the undersigned a Justice of the peace of said County, deposes and saith that during the Revolutionary War he served therein as a Sergeant as this deponent has stated in his original Declaration now on file but that this deponent never had any Sergeants Warrant or written appointment to such office, but that he was placed in said office or command by his said officers which duties he discharged accordingly as stated in his said Declaration.
And the deponent further saith that he does not know that any of his officers under whom he served as such Sergeant are living, nor does he know of any living witness by whom he can prove that he was appointed to such office. Nor has this deponent any written or documentary evidence of his said appointment. Nor does he know of any such evidence.
Subscribed & sworn to this 2 nd day of December 1833. before me, A. T. COOK Justice.
Peter his X Spambert Mark
State of New York Montgomery County ss:
I George D. Ferguson, Clerk of the said County do certify that the foregoing book before whom the foregoing affidavits was made, was, on the day of the last thereof, a Justice of the peace of said County, & duly authorized by law to act as such, and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice, subscribe to the said affidavits and truly believe the same to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 20 th day of December 1833. Geo: D. Ferguson, Clerk

State of New York
• Montgomery County ss;
Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace of said County, Peter Lambart who being duly sworn deposes & saith that, among other Services during the Revolutionary War, he since made an enlistment in 1780 that he enlisted in the Service of that year about the first of January at Canajoharie on the Mohawk River in the now County of Montgomery under Capt. Denny & Subt Campbell that in the next month he with the Company, under command of his said officers was marched to Schenectady, then to Albany where they were mustered and soon after marched to Fish Kill on the Hudson River where they joined several other Companies & when they were kept on duty, on fatigue and out in the vicinity by day & by night in pursuit of Cow Boys. When he continued to serve until the latter part of January following when he was discharged and he returned home. That this deponent then understood & believes that Colo. Udney Hay was the commanding officer, that this deponent knows he was then in the character of such officer, but that it may be that he belonged to the Company Department. That Major Bates & Major Shandemont were then & commanders and that the principal part of their services in pursuit of & taking the Cow Boys was under the immediate command of Major Shandemont.
This deponent therefore hopes & believes that he will be allowed for these Services, which he believes he has heretofore proved by the affidavits of Peter Young & Jacob Waggorn, his comrades who served with him, which are annexed to this deponent's original pension application on file, as he believes, in the war office. That for the Services so performed by the said Young and Waggorn they have, as this deponent has been informed & believes, been allowed a pension. If however it shall be determined that this deponent cannot be allowed for such Services, then he must be content with the allowance of 22 Months & 15 days Service as a private, to which it appears by a letter from the War Department of the 12 th June 1834.

Now in the progress of Henry Adams the deponent attorney to transact this business of his application, no objection is taken - Subscribed & sworn to this 17 th day of July 1834 before me, H. Cook Justice
Peter his  X Lambart Mark
State of New York, Montgomery County, Clerks Office. ss. I, George D. Ferguson, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Montgomery aforesaid, do hereby certify that Henry Cook, before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn, was on the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County. And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & truly believe that his name subscribed to the said affidavit is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of my Office this 19 th July 1834.
Geo: D. Ferguson.
Peter Lambart's Affidavit for admission before

State of New York
Montgomery County ss:
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, Peter Lambert, who, being duly sworn, deposes & saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For one year and one month I served as a private from the first of January 1780 to the first of February 1781 -
For six months and fifteen days I served as a Second Sergeant from July 1781 to February 1782
For nine months I served as a Second Sergeant in 1782 -
For seven months I served as a private from June 1776 to January 1777 -
And for such service I claim a pension -
Signed & sworn to this 1 st day of July 1833 Before me David Spalter a judge of Montgomery County Courts - Peter Lambert (Mark)
State of New York
Montgomery County ss:
I George H. Ferguson, Clerk of Montgomery County do hereby certify that David Spalter, before whom the foregoing affidavit, containing the declaration of Peter Lambert respecting his home service, was, on the date of the said affidavit, a judge of Montgomery County Common Pleas Court, and that I am well

As grante with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe that the name of the said Judge subscribed to the said affidavit is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the 17 th day of July 1833.
Geo: D. Ferguson

State of New York County of Montgomery 3 ss
Peter Lampert aged Eighty three years, a resident of the town of Cana- joharie in said County, being duly sworn saith that he is a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832, and that he receives an annual stipend of $75. This deponent or declarant would however represent he doth declare and say, that his said stipend is not equal to the amount of military services rendered by him during the revolutionary war. This deponent was told at the time that his pension was first awarded to him, that the Pension Department could allow for 22 months & 15 days service only, that being the full amount of his Continental service, as alleged that was satisfactorily proved to said Department.
Deponent begs leave to give a new recit- ulation of his services, and will accompany the same with documentary proof, to the end that the pension he now receives may be increased, as he believes it ought in justice to be. He served in the militia of the Regiment to which he belonged when not serving in the Continental army, or with the State troops to wit the Regiment of Colonel Clyde & under Captains House and Copeman, and also under Captain Belding from Saratoga, under which last named Captain he served at Cherry Valley, as a substitute for a person whose name he doth not recollect, for one month - The remainder of his service under said militia for at least three months in different tours or expeditions which deponent is now unable to give the particulars of - nor is the same necessary inasmuch as his other services ex- ceeded three years , to wit as a private
He served for one year, in the Company of Rangers commanded by Captain John Winn whose Company was raised in the neighbor- hood of the town of Canajoharie aforesaid in which this deponent at the beginning of the revolutionary war resided 1776 & 77 12 mo s
He served in the Company of State troops commanded by Captain Livingston from Albany County in the Regiment of Colonel Willett, for the term of four months he thinks in the year 1781 and as a second sergeant. 16 mo s

He also served in the Company of State Troops or levies commanded by Captain Guy Young, under command of Colonel Willot aforesaid, for the term of nine months in the year 1782 if he remembers right, and in the capacity of Second Sergeant .
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In the year 1780 Deponent served as a fategeu man battauman & laborer in the Company commanded by Captain John Pensey & Colonel Henry May at Fishkill N.Y. for one year . making in all thirty-seven months continental & State Troop Service or three years and one month, whereof he served two years and one month as a Second Sergeant .
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37 1/2
his Peter X Lampert mark
Subscribed & sworn this 10 th day of May 1843, before me Abraham Van Horne justice of the peace
State of New York Montgomery County } ss. Clerk's Office
I Henry Cook Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Abraham A. Van Horne Esq before whom the foregoing declaration of Peter Lambert purports to have been sworn, was at the time thereof a Justice of the peace in & for said said County duly elected and qualified, and that his signature to the jurat annexed to the same is genuine. Witness my hand and official seal this 12 th day of May 1843.
H. Cook Clerk
Abraham Van Horne
Peter Lambert affidavit of 7 July 1832