Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42889, for Jacob Loomis, New York

SERVICE
New York
★ Louis Jacob or Louis
NUMBER
S 42889
CONTENTS
7

New York Rolls.
1369
✓ Jacob Loomis, New York line Aug 77 June 83. Private Capt Hallett
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 1 st of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30. of June 1818 and sent to W. Barclay, Esq. Albany, New York.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
Semi-annual 5 months 4/30 $ 41.06
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
26 June 20
Van Cortlandt Continued Albany
W. Barclay Esq. 1820 to H. Williams Albany N.Y.

42889
INVALID.
Rey
File No. 42.889
Jacob Loomis Dr. Rev. Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 298
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Correct Sept. 1818
Barclay &

The Honorable Secretary of the War Department,
Albany,
SIR,
The preceding Vouchers are forwarded to the War Department for the purpose of procuring the Applicant, named in such Vouchers, to be placed on the Pension List .
I will thank you to forward to me as soon as possible, the Certificate or Document of the Application being granted, in the manner adopted in your Department.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, Your most obedient Servant,
Wm. Barclay, Agent for the Applicant.

[No. 1....Declaration.]
I Jacob Louis — of the City — of Albany in the county of Albany — in the state of New-York , Do, according to the act of the Congress of the United States of America, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," make the following DECLARATION under oath, that is to say : I do solemnly declare, that I am a resident citizen of the United States, to wit, in the town, county and state aforesaid, and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I am in need of assistance from my country for support. I do further declare, that I was a private soldier in the War of the Revolution , and that I served as such in the said war of the revolution, against the common enemy, until the end of the said war, for the term of five years and upwards during said war on the Continental establishment
That I belonged to the company commanded by Capt Hallet in Col. Van Cortlandt regiment, and in the line of New York — And I do further declare, that I entered the said service the in August day of one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven — and left the said service on the day of in June  one thousand seven hundred and eighty three having left the same by reason of the expiration of my said term of enlistment
And I do further declare, that I hereby relinquish all claim to every and any Pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, or of any individual state. Witness my hand, this first day of April — in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
WITNESS Estes Howe W Barclay
Jacob Louis
[No. 2....Judge's Certificate.]
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } To wit : COUNTY OF ALBANY, }
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the first day of April — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen at the city of Albany, in the county of Albany, and state of New-York, before me Estes Howe Esquire, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas — in and for the County of Albany in the said state, duly appointed, qualified and sworn, (the same Court being one of the Courts of Record of the said state) personally came and appeared, the before named applicant Jacob Louis who resides in the town, county, and state mentioned in the above declaration, and in my presence subscribed the foregoing Declaration ; and also before me then and there he was duly sworn to the truth of the facts contained and set forth in the said declaration. — And it appearing to my satisfaction , as well from the said declaration under oath, as from such other evidence as was in the power of the said applicant to produce, that the said applicant served in the Revolutionary War as aforesaid, against the common enemy, and that the declaration aforesaid under oath of the said applicant is in all other respects true, I do therefore certify and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, according to the requisitions of the act of Congress in that case made. Given under my hand and seal, at the city of Albany, in the state of New-York, the day and year first above mentioned in this certificate.
Note See Affidavit of Col. Van Cortlandt on the other side annex- ed.
Estes Howe

This is to certify that the bearer hereof Jacob Lomax Served under my Command in the Second New York Regiment and was wounded on the 19 th Day of September in the Year 1777 at Stillwater in an engagement with the Army under the command of General Burgoyne That he served until the expiration of the War and was discharged in the Year 1783 having had the reputation of a good Soldier given the 23 rd Day of March 1818.
J. V. Cortlandt late Col.

Clerks-office } County of Albany } I certify that Estes Howe, who subscribed the foregoing certificate  declaration is a judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Albany, in the State of New York, and that the signature is his own proper hand writing — In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said court, this 27 th day of April 1818.
George H. Mearns Clk.

MSB
Jacob Loomis,
Albany
No 1369
con-
Sept 18
H. Williams Agm Albany N.Y.

Certificate of Pension status 13th June 1818. No 1.369.
SCHEDULE.
STATE OF NEW-YORK. City & County of Albany } ss.
Court of Common Pleas - Of the term of September, 1820
On this thirteenth day of September 1820, personally appeared in open court, being a court of record for the said City & County of Albany , having criminal jurisdiction Jacob Loomis , aged seventy two years , resident in Albany City in said County of Albany who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: About the middle of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven he enlisted in a company commanded by Captain Jonathan Wallot under the command of Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt of the New York line and the second Regiment of Infantry , he was in the battle of Bennington Heights and there severely wounded in the breast by a musket ball passing through his breast he was also at the siege of York Town in taking Lord Cornwallis
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. To wit  one old bed and bedding  one small iron pot and kettle  three old kitchen chairs  the kettle in all not worth more in the whole than five dollars  has three sons and one daughter  don't know where the three sons are  the daughter is married to a man that is a servant and poor  none of the children are capable of furnishing any support for me the said Loomis to the best of my belief Jacob Loomis
Sworn to, and declared, on the 13 th day of September 1820 before H. A. Williams  Deputy Clerk
I Henry Truax Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of Albany hereby certify, that the foregoing affidavit and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is five dollars and 00 cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this sixteenth day of October 1820 Henry Truax Clerk of Common Pleas Clerk of the Court for the City & County of Albany