Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8,361, for Isaac Post, New York

SERVICE
New York
Post, Isaac
NUMBER
R.8,361
CONTENTS

✓ 34.342 in at to-day or to-morrow
Hon. G. Temple H. R.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of New York } Putnam County }
In this 17 th day of November 1837 Personally appeared before me Bennet Boggs one of the Judges of the County of Putnam Isaac Post a Resident of the Town of Philipstown in the County of Putnam aged Seventy Six Years Who being duly sworn according to law doth in his oath make before me the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated That is to say he entered the service as a private in or about the month of September in the Year of 1778 in a regiment commanded by Colonel Henry Livingston in a company commanded by Capt George Paine for the period of three months and marched in to the town of Berlandt Westchester County and there served the said term of three months and was there discharged and returned home
And the declarant again entered the said service in the Regiment commanded by Capt Major Campbell for the period of one month in the quarter master department went to Fishkill and was there employed in carrying baggage to the fishkill Barracks that he there served out said term and was honorably discharged
That he again entered the service as a private in the Quarters Master department in the month of February in the Year 1783 under the command of Major Campbell and Colonel Hove that the declarant had charge of a Gristmill in the employment of Government for the period of Ten Months that at the expiration of said term he was honorably discharged for said service that said Mill was situated in the town of Philipstown County of Putnam late the County of Dutchess
And in answer to the interrogatories proposed to him the said Isaac Post agreeable to instructions of the War Department he on his oath answers and saith

1 st That he was born in the town of Phillipsburg Yorktown Westchester County in the year 1761
2 nd That his age or time of his birth is not recorded in his family Bible but he has always understood that he was born in said last mentioned year
3 rd That he has resided in said Town of Phillipsburg from the time he became four years of age
4 th That he was ordered into the Service by his superior officers and always served for himself and not as a substitute
5 th That the only Officers with whom he served whose names he now recollects are those before stated and the General circumstances of his services are as herein stated
6 th That he never received a written discharge from the Service excepting for the one months service and that is lost or mislaid
7 th That he has no documentary evidence of his Service but it is proved by the affidavits of George Travis & Simon Odell hereto annexed
That the names of the persons to whom he is known in his present neighbourhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution are the Reverend Daniel D. Tompkins and Daniel D. Travis Esqrs
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Isaac his Postmark
Sworn & Subscribed before me the 17 th day of November 1837
Benjamin Boyd First Judge of Putnam County

In addition to the foregoing Affidavit the Defendant Isaac Post on his oath further saith that in the last mentioned Service he entered the Service as a private Soldier in the Quartermaster Department under the foregoing officers and the Defendant being acquainted with the Military business was chosen by his Officers to that Station and received his pay and Rations as a Soldier of the Revolution for that Period
Subscribed to and sworn Isaac Post before me this 13 th December 1834 Bemis Board Judge of Probate

We Daniel D Tompkins and Daniel D Travis Residing in the Town of Pheasantown county of Putnam and State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Post who has subscribed and sw- orn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy six 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 (Daniel D Tompkins sworn and subscribed before me the 17th day of November 1837) Daniel D Travis Barnet Boyd First Judge of Putnam county
I the said Barnet Boyd Judge of the Common Pleas as aforesaid do hereby declare my opin- ion 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 I further certify that it appears to me that the Reverend Daniel D Tompkins and Daniel D Travis who have signed the foregoing certificate are residents in the town of Pheasantown aforesaid and are creditable persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
And I further certify that it is satisfactory to me that the said Isaac Post cannot be proven of bodily infirmity at trial court
Dated November 17th 1837
Barnet Boyd First Judge of Putnam county

State of New York } /s Putnam County } /s
On this 17 th day of November 1837 Personally appeared before me Bennett Bogard First Judge of said County knows Adell a President of said County who first being duly sworn according to law deponeth and saith he is 82 Years Old that he is a prisoner of the United States that he knows Isaac Post he knows that the said Isaac Post entering the service of the United States under the command of Colonel Henry Ludington in a company commanded by Captain George Laine went to the town of Coldenham Westchester County near the village of Peekskill this Deponent was in the service at the same time and knows that the said Isaac Post served one month at the place aforesaid thinks it was in the fall of 1778
And this deponent further saith that the said Isaac Post again entered the service of the United States in the Quartermaster Department in the month of February in the year 1783 under the command of Major Campbell and Colonel Hays and had the charge of a Quarters situate in the town of Phillipsstown in said County for the grinding of Grain for the army of the Revolution for the term of Ten months
knows his Adell mark
Sworn and subscribed before me the 17 th day of November 1837 Bennett Bogard First Judge of Putnam County

State of New York } Putnam County }
On this 17 th day of November 1877 Personally appeared before me Bennet Boyd First Judge of Said County George Travis a Resident of the Said County Who being first duly sworn according to law Deposeth and saith that he is Seventy Seven Years of age That he knows Isaac Post that the Said Isaac Post entered the service of the United States as a private in the month of September in the Year 1778 in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Henry Liddington in a company commanded by Capt George Laine for the period of three months that this deponent and the said Isaac Post went to the town of Cortland Westchester County Near the Village of Peekskill and there served out the term aforesaid and was both honorably Discharged
And this Deponent further saith that the said Isaac Post again Entered the service of the United States as a private in the Quatermaster service and took charge of a mill for the grinding of Grain for the United States and served there ten months said Mill was situated in the town of Phillipsburg in Said County formerly Dutches County
Sworn & subscribed before me This 17 th day of November 1877 Bennet Boyd First Judge of Putnam County
George Travis

State of New York Dunham County } ss
I Jonathan Merhoun clerk of the County of Dunham of course do hereby certify that Bernet Boyd whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavits was on the day of the date of taking such affidavits the first Judge in and for said county receiving in the said county commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same and further that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Bernet Boyd and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavits - is genuine -
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County the 15 th day of December 1837 -
J Merhoun UK By his deputy W H Stout

February 8, 1940
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Mr. G. Baxter Travis 10 Parsonage Street Cold Spring-on-Hudson New York
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the gist of the statement which was made by George Travis in support of the claim for pension of Isaac Post who served in the Dutchess County, New York militia, in the Revolutionary War, upon which recommendation the claim of said Isaac Post was allowed, as you have been informed.
There is one claim for pension, only, on file based upon service of an Isaac Post in the Revolutionary War, and only one based upon service of a George Travis under any spelling. Both these men were residents of Putnam County, New York, when they made applications for pension and neither claim was granted.
In the claim for pension, R. 8361, based upon service of Isaac Post in the Revolutionary War, one George Travis stated in November, 1837, that he (Travis) was then aged seventy-seven years, that Isaac Post entered the service in 1778, as a private in Captain George Lain's company, Colonel Henry Ludington's regiment for three months, that he (Travis) and Isaac Post went together to Cortland, Westchester County, near Peekskill, and there served out their term and were honorably discharged. He stated, further, that Isaac Post entered the service again as private in the quartermaster service, took charge of a mill for grinding grain for the United States Army and served ten months, the mill being in Phillipstown, Westchester County, formerly Dutchess County. George Travis did not state in this case that he served with Isaac Post during that term of service.
The record of George Travis is furnished you, herewith, as it may be of interest to you. No charge is made for search of the records and this report.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Isaac Post act 7 th June 1852
Power of Atty to G. F. Yates

TO THE HON. THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS:
I hereby appoint Mr. Giles F. Yates, of Schenectady, N. Y., as my true and lawful attorney, with power of substitution, to prosecute before you the claim of Isaac Post of N. Y. for a Pension under the act of 7th June 1832 and I hereby revoke all powers of attorney by me at any time heretofore made.
You will be pleased to allow him, or his substitute, to examine the papers on file in your office relating to this claim. Witness my hand and seal, this 13th day of November 185 2 .
Theodore Post J. P.
Signed, sealed and acknowledged before me—
Alma seced } Justice of Peace

N. York
Isaac Park
Letter to Hon G. Kimble }
27. Dec. 1837 }
Rejected
8361

1940- Feb. 8 - Ref. Just. G. Bayler Travis M.D. (His let. in Geo. Travis, P. 106-85.)
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
8301.
P. O.
Union Post
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18 1852 Printed List - Rejected and Discharged: _____, 18 presented claims, showing following cause of rejection. "He did not serve six months." Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18