Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14008, for Lawrence Neese, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New York
Nesse Laurence
S 14008
barded
CONTENTS

8935 New York
Lawrence Vease
Enrolled in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Hartshorn of the Regt. commanded by Col Pauling in the N.Y. M. one for 21 mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 70 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of May 1833 and sent to Hon. J. Brodhead
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $140.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 35.00
$175.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams, Clerk, Book C Vol. 4 Page 26

State of New York, Ulster County In the Matter of the Application of Lawrence Keese for a Pension
J. V. Gaasbeck & Agent & Atty.
20/185
Kingston Ulster County N.Y.
admitted
1 year 9 mo. Private

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress Passed June 7. 1832.
State of New York Ulster County } ss:
On the Eleventh day of December, 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 in and for the County of Ulster now sitting, proceeding according to the course of the common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of Amount, and keeping a Record of their Proceedings having a clerk and Seal of their own Laurence Nies a resident of the town of Esopus in the county of Ulster aged Eighty one years who being first duly Sworn according to Law, took on his oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress Passed June 7. 1832.
That he Entered the Service of the United States, under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated.
1 st The said Laurence Nies declares, that he served as a private Soldier for about two months in the Militia Company commanded by Captain Petrus Hasbrouck, Lieutenant William Dineen in Colonel Sir Paulings Regiment of detached Militia called out in the month of December of the year 1776 and served in said Corps until the month of February 1777 that said Company marched from the town of New Paltz in Ulster County through Orange County into the State of New Jersey and that said Company was discharged at Paramus.
That in the month of June of said year 1777 he served in the same capacity as a volunteer at Fort Montgomery and continued there until the beginning of the month of October of said year in the Company of Captain Peter Hasbrouck, being four months and at the end of this service as soon as he returned home was again ordered under the same officers to the

1 month
South to Saratoga & Still water. That this last service was about "one" month to the best of his recollection, and he further says that he thinks that in the fall of this year he also served for about one
1 month
month or more on the western frontier of Ulster County but does not recollect the names of his company officers. That he received no written discharge from any of the above services, nor was a substitute for any one in either of the said services. That General Clinton Commanded at Fort Montgomery & General Gales at Stillwater & Saratoga.
9 months
And the said Laurence his further declares that in the 1778 he served in the aforesaid months service for the full term of which he was as a volunteer in the frontier guards commanded by Colonel Pauling and was stationed at the different frontier posts in the County of Ulster except at Curen Kill then in the town of Rochester at John Broheads under Lieutenant Levi Dillit, at Ashokan in the then town of Marbletown at Coenraadt Dubois, under Lieut. Westbrook in Shandaken at Billy Brown, under Lieutenant Post. That this last service commenced early in the spring and ended in the winter following. That he received no written discharge and has no documentary evidence of any other services.
And the said Laurence his further declares that in each and every of the succeeding years of the Revolutionary war he was in the militia service at the frontier posts in said County of Ulster in short terms of one month and up at a time, under different lieutenants in small detachments. That he cannot now name the officers of each service, nor the places where or the years in which he served. But unequivocally declares that he has served in the said Revolutionary war at different times as a private soldier for more than two years in the whole, but that he has

any living witnesses of the whole of his services, that all his officers are now dead and that he has no documentary evidence in his possession to establish the same - That through age, infirmity & loss of memory he cannot state the facts more precisely -
That he was born in the Town of Shawangunk in the County of Ulster in 1751 -
That he has no Record of his age -
That he lived in the Town of Newpaltz in said County when called into service, and has lived in the said town of Newpaltz and in the Town of Esopus all of the said County of Ulster since the Revolutionary war -
And that he now lives in the Town of Esopus
That he was drafted and volunteered -
and was...

He hereby relinquishes 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 to and Subscribed
the day & Year aforesaid
A D O P S First Judge
A B Hardemburgh
Abm A Deyo
Lawrence Niles
Judges
We John Gosman a clergyman residing in the town of Kingston in Ulster County and P Van Gaasbeek residing in the town of Kingston in said county Hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Lawrence Niles who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Eighty one years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that Opinion.
Sworn and Subscribed
the day & year aforesaid
A D O P S First Judge
A B Hardemburgh
Abm A Deyo
John Gosman
Judges
P Van Gaasbeek
Setu Van Gaasbeek

And the Court hereby declare their Opinion after the investigation of the Matter and after getting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant is a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states - and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Gosman who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Henson in Ulster County, and that Peter Van Gaasbeck Junr who has signed the same is a resident of the said town and county and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to Credit.
J. D. Wells First Judge Abr. A. Deyo Jacob Trumppboom } Judges
I Robert Snyder clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County aforesaid. Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the said Court in the Matter of the application of Lawrence Neese for a pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this day of December one thousand Eight hundred & thirty two - Robert Snyder

State of New York
Ulster County } ss
I John Viche of the town of Esopus in the county of Ulster aged 76 years a soldier of the Revolution being duly sworn, deposes and saith that he is well acquainted with Lawrence Nels a soldier of the Revolution and now an Applicant for a pension. that this deponent was in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war, and was in the Company Commanded by Captain Tobias Van Duren of detached Militia and will know the said Lawrence, that the said Lawrence belonged to the company of detached Militia Commanded by Captain Peter Hasbrouck of New Paltz that this deponent saw the said Lawrence at Ulster in Two months said service for Two months and more in the year 1777 in the State of New Jersey at Paramus and Hackensack, and this deponent further says that this deponent & the said Lawrence and both Company were discharged at Paramus, and that said Lawrence was in the winter of said year, and that the troops returned in Haverstraw. Further says not
Subscribed & sworn this 24 th day of October 1832 Before me
John Viche
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 Peter Van Gaasbeck Justice of the Peace, 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 "Peter Van Gaasbeck Justice" 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 fifteenth day of December 1832
Jacob Snyder

State of New York
Ulster County } ss John Vieke of the town of Esopus in the county of Ulster aged 76 years a soldier of the Revolution being duly sworn, deposes and saith that he is well acquainted with Lawrence Nels a soldier of the Revolution and now an Applicant for a pension. that this deponent was in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war, and was in the company commanded by Captain Tobias Van Duren of detached Militia and will know the said Lawrence, that the said Lawrence belonged to the company of detached Militia commanded by Captain Peter Hasbrouck of New Paltz that this deponent saw the said Lawrence Nels in Two Months said service for Two Months and more in the year 1777 in the State of New Jersey at Paramus and Hackensack, and this deponent further says that this deponent & the said Lawrence and both company were discharged at Paramus, and that said Lawrence was in the muster of said year, and that the troops returned in sleighs. Further says not
Subscribed & sworn this 24 th day of October 1832
Before me Peter Van Gausbeck Jr Justice of the peace
John Vieke
Ulster County ss. I certify that I am personally acquainted with John Vieke who subscribed & swore to the above affidavit before me that he is a credible person, and that his statement is entitled to Credit. Dated Kingston Dec 10. 1832
P. V. Gausbeck Jr Justice of the peace

20.485 Laurence Nies
admitted 21 mo. Private.
5
P. 298
VM 1455
Hou e Broadhead

BRIEF in the case of Laurens Nies of Esopus in the State of N. York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 81 years  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.     Decem r In 1776 about 2 Private Gen. Capt. P. Hasbrouck Colo. L. Pawling   June 1777 4 " Capt. Hasbrouck   Oct r " " about 1 " " do   Thinks in the Fall of 1777. about 1. or more " Not recollected   1778 9 " Col: Pawling - Lt. D. Bennett   Further Service is stated, but not defined, alleges that, his services at different times amounts to 2 years and more  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Town of Paly — N. York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence, and one living witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? they are duly authenticated 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. Gordon Examining Clerk.

Rev War
✓ 14008 INVALID.
File No. 14.008
Lawrence Neese
Dis Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 274
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New York Ulster County
§: Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a justice of the peace of the town of Kingston, County of Ulster, and State of New York Lawrence Mead, who being duly sworn, deposed
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 Peter Van Gaasbeek Junior — 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. Gaasbeek Jr." — subscribed to the Corresponds 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 Seventeenth day of April — 1833.
Jacob Snyder
Subscribed and sworn to this 17th day of April 1833 before me
P. V. Gaasbeek Jr. Justice of the peace
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State of New York Ulster County
§: Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a justice of the peace of the town of Kingston, County of Ulster, and State of New York Lawrence Neese, who being duly sworn, deponeth 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 one Year and Eleven Months I served as a private, and for such service I claim a Pension.
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Lawrence Neese mark
Subscribed and sworn to this 17 th day of April 1833 before me
J. V. Gaasbeck Justice of the peace