Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,270, for John Price, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Price, John
$ 44,270
CONTENTS

15,397 New York 11/19/20
John Price of Moran in the state of New York who was a Sergeant in the regiment comman- Colonel Von Schrick of the New York ne, for the term of One Year
scribed on the roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th of October 1819 and sent to Henry C. Martindale Esq. Sandy Hill Washington Co. N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1819 . 16 \frac{24}{30} — 129:6
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1820 . — 48 —
$177:6
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Note for our service 1820 to 1825 Let to S. B. (England) 25 March 1837 Henry Reid Esq.
A. A.

In the Matter of John Price a Revolutionary Soldier Affidavit Certificate
Mr. Price, Sergt Van Schaick, N.Y. Reg
1776 to 1777
The testimony of one of his or children with respect to the opin- ion of the Testator is immaterial.

Additional Testimony in the case of John Price
State of New York Washington County ss I Joseph Scribner of the Town of Hampton in the County of Washington being duly sworn on my oath saith that for a long time and since the Revolutionary War he was and has been acquainted with John Price in the annexed Affidavit named. That in the year 1776 this deponent was a Private in the American Army in the New York Regiment Commanded by Colonel Bullock, and during a portion of that year was stationed at Fort George. That he also well knows that during that time the said John Price was a Sergeant in the Company Commanded by Benjamin Hicks of the Regiment Commanded by Colonel John M'Donough as stated in the said John's Affidavit. Also that this deponent came from the same place with the said John Price and well remembers that he entered into the said Company and Regiment in the Month of February 1776 as stated in the said John's Affi- davit, and that he served in said Company and Regiment during said year and was discharged at Albany as stated in said John's Affidavit. And this deponent further saith that he has no interest whatever in the application of the said John Price for a Pension for his said Service - And further this deponent saith not -
Subscribed to and sworn this 27 th day of September 1819 before Me Jonathan Wood one of the Judges of Washington common pleas

Washington County ss I further certify that I am fully satisfied that the said Jacob Schuler is a competent and a credible witness Jonathan Wood. --

State of New York Washington County vs. John Price of the Town of Moreau in the County of Saratoga to wit in the State of New York being duly sworn on his oath saith that in the Month of February in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy six in the Town of Cambridge in the then County of Albany he enlisted into the Army of the United States to serve against the Common Enemy as a Sergeant for one year under Captain Benjamin Hicks of the New York Regiment commanded by Colonel George Sands. That he served in the said Company and Regiment until about the Middle of January One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Seven when he was discharged by his said Captain with the whole Regiment by a verbal dismission at Albany. That he performed his said service at Fort George and at Albany aforesaid, and was engaged in no battle during that time, but was afterwards in the battle at Stillwater and Saratoga against Burgoyne as a Militia Man, and served as such during the whole of that Campaign until his capture. That he had no written discharge and has no other Evidence in his power to prove of his service and discharge aforesaid. That he now is and since his said service has been a resident Citizen of the United States and now lives in the Town of Moreau aforesaid. That he is Sixty six years of age is destitute of Property has no family to maintain and by reason of his advanced Circumstances in Life needs the assistance of his Country for his support. John Price
Sworn this 1 st day of May 1840 before me Henry C. Van Klief Notary Public of the War. Com. Pensions.

State of New York Washington County Be it remembered that on the first day of May One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighteen before Me Henry Martin - Clerk One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington personally came John Price in the within Affidavit named and described the same and being by Me duly sworn on his oath declared that the same was true and I further certify that I am satisfied that the said John Price served in the Revolutionary War against the common Enemy for Eleven Months at States in his Affidavit and that the facts therein set forth are true and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he needs the assistance of his Country for support Henry Martin Clerk
State of New York Washington County William Gifford of the Town of Queensbury in the County of Warren and State of New York being duly sworn on his oath saith that from his youth he has been well acquainted with John Price in the preceding Affidavit named and in this deposition and the said John entered together at the same time and place and in the same Company and Regiment mentioned in the said Affidavit of the said John and that they served together in the same Company and Regiment from the said time of their enlistment until the Month of October then past when one was sent to Jonestown and the other to Albany where as he has been informed and believes the said John was discharged on the first day of January 1777 the same day that this deponent was discharged at Jonestown aforesaid. That at the

date of the preceding Affidavit of the said John this deponent was absent from home on a long journey and it was uncertain when he should return, and it was therefore out of the power of the said John then to prove him as a Witness -
Given this 11 th day of May 1818 William Gifford
Before Me, Henry C. Martindale Esq. of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington. And I am satisfied the above William Gifford is a credible disinterested Witness Henry C. Martindale
State of New York Washington County } I Daniel Shepherd Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County do certify that Henry C Martindale Esq d by whom the above certificate was made was on the first day of May Instant one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County Acting under the Authority of the said State and that the above is his Signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the Seal of the said Court this 12 th day of May 1818 D. Shepherd Clerk

In the matter of John Price { declaration and schedule etc
a copy
15.397
March 1810
Rufus Clark Sandy Hill Washington County N. York agent - Nov. 2

STATE OF NEW-YORK, Warner COUNTY, ss. }
ON this fourteenth day of September 1820 personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Common Pleas in and for the said county—a Court of Record, which proceed according to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and which have the power of fine and imprisonment, John Price aged Seventy years, resident in Luzerne in said county, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th of March, 1818, and the 1st May, 1820:—That he the said John Price served in the Revolutionary War, as follows, viz. one year a Sergeant in the company commanded by Captain Benjn Hix in the regiment commanded by Colonel Goosen (or Gozen) Vanskack — in the line of the state of New York in the Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in said corps, from February 1776 until February or March 1777 — when he was discharged from the said service, at Albany in the state of New York having served one full year —
And further, that he made application for a pension in pursuance of the act of Congress of the 18th of March, 1818, the first day of May 1818 and received a pension certificate, No. 15397 — dated at the War Office of the United States, the 20th day of October 1819 — and has received his pension, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, from the said first day of May 1818 to the fourth day of March 1820 —
And, in pursuance of the act of the 1st May, 1820, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; 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.
Schedule of the property of the above named John Price
 2 Tables — 1 50  4 Small Pine Chairs — 1 50  6 Chairs add — 1 00  5 Small Kettles — 5  1 Griddle — 1  8 Bowls — 30  7 Earthen Plates — 25  1 Earthen Tea Pot — 6  7 Knives & Forks — 25  6 Spoons — 12  1 Tea Canister — 12  1 Sugar Bowl & bowl — 25  1 Milk Cup — 2  1 Shovel and Tongs — 50 
 2 pint Tin Cups — 0 4  1 qt Tin Mason — 2  1 Cow — 12 0  2 Small Swine — 3 
$ 15, 06 11, 83 $ 26 89
all of the above furniture is old and of very little value
$ 11 83.
John Price

Subscribed and sworn to in open Court at Caldwell County where said this 14 th day of September 1820 affid
And further that he has due to him from Morton Portwood Sixty Dollars - and he is owing to Russell Weston 25 Dollars and to Joseph Adams 70 dollars and to John Hoggard 15 Dollars besides he is owing to sundry other debts to a considerable amount -
And further that he is by occupation a farmer and in consequence of infirmities of old age broken limbs and Palsy is entirely unable to labor or do any kind of business has a wife Seventy two years old and three small Grand Children 2 of them 10 & 8 & 1 - 2 years old whose father (the father of one of them) died in the last war with Great Britain all of whom are dependent on his means for subsistence and he has no land or house and is entirely dependent on Public or Private charity for the means of support for himself and family sworn to in open Court the 14 th day of September 1820
STATE OF NEW-YORK, WARREN COUNTY, ss.
John Price
I, SETH C. BALDWIN, Junior, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, Do hereby Certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court - And, by order of the Court I do further Certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount, in value, of property exhibited in the afore- said schedule, is Eighty six Dollars Eighty nine Cents - and also, that this is the first Court of record held in and for said County, at which this application could have been made, since the knowledge of the Act of Congress of the 1st of May, 1820. - IN TESTI- MONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fourteenth day of September 1820.
Seth C. Baldwin Clerk.

Subscribed and sworn to in open Court at Caldwell County afore said this 14 th day of September 1820 affid
And further that he has due to him from Morton Eastwood Sixty Dollars - and he is owing to Roswell Weston 25 Dollars and to Joseph Adams 70 dollars and to John Hoggard 15 Dollars besides he is owing to sundry other debts to a considerable amount -
And further that he is by occupation a farmer and in consequence of infirmities of old age broken limbs and Palsy is entirely unable to labor or do any kind of business has a wife Seventy two years old and three small 2 of them 10 years old & 1 - 8 years old Grand Children (the father of one of them) whose father died in the last war with Great Britain all of whom are dependent on his means for subsistence and he has no land or house and is entirely dependent on Public or Private charity for the means of support for himself and family
Sworn to in open Court the { day and year last above mentioned
John Price John B. Baldwin Clerk

L. B. Canfield
March 25, 1837
Q. 6
Rec. Vol. 40. pa. 246

War Department Pension Office March 25/837
Sir The papers of John Price have been examined and found on file - He is now a prisoner as under the act of 1818 at the rate of Eight dollars per month or $96 per Annum - It appears that he served but one year as a Sergeant which would give him but $60 per Annum under the provisions of the act of June 7 th 1832. His claim therefore to increase of pension can not be admitted - His pension Certificate is herewith returned - L. B. Canfield Esq Hon. & New York

44270
Rev
INVALID.
File No. 44270
John Price Seiz Her Inv
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 402
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sandford Hill 9- Oct 18
Free
Hon. J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War Washington
Cms 820

Sandy Hill October 9 th 1819
I have the honor herewith to enclose to the War Depart- ment the case of John Paine admitted to Me for further testimony. The additional evidence is furnished according to the requisition of the Department.
I am Respectfully
Henry C. Martindale

State of New York Cattaraugus County
I John Price age 82 Eighty two years being duly sworn, Depose and say that I served over two years as a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution against Great Britain. He says the following is a copy of his Certificate - War Department
Revolutionary Claim - I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 18th of March 1818 John Price late a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension list Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars per Month to commence on the 1st day of May one Thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen - given at the War Office of the United States this 20th day of October one Thousand Eight hundred and Nineteen J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War. That
now asks to have his Pension increased according to the Act made and provided that he now lives in Harnady said County & State
Witness Levi S. Campfill Harnady Cattaraugus County New York John Price 2nd Harnady
John Price
Cattaraugus County New York sworn and subscribed before me this 11th day of March 1837 Levi S. Campfill J. Price
I certify that John Price is a Man of truth & veracity & reputable in his neighbourhood Levi S. Campfill J. Price

State of New York Cortland County
Know all men by these presents that I John Price of Homer in the County of Cortland a Revolu-
tionary Pensioner of the United States and was a Ser- geant over two years, in said Revolution, do hereby constitute and appoint Levi H. Campfield, of the aforesaid Town, County & State my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my Name to ask for an increase of my said Pension, as a Sergeant, aforesaid agreeable to any Act which Congress may have passed on the subject - and that I will ratify and confirm any acts & things which said Levi H. Camp- field may do in the Premises, witness my hand & Seal at Homer this 11 th of March 1837
John Price
John Price of Homer Cortland County N. York

State of New York
Cortland County Clerk's Office
I, Orin Stimson Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Zenas P. Blandford Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been taken and whose name is subscribed to the foregoing acknowledgment was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly qualified & sworn. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice & verily believe his signature to the said proofs & acknowledgments to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this 13th day of March A.D. 1837
Orin Stimson Clerk
Hon. Cornelius C. Van Klief Hon. Sir - please examine these papers & inform me the result as soon as convenient - yours respectfully Hon. J. L. Edwards Esq. J. M. Campbell