Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 14,146, for Israel Phelps, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass. New York.
Phelps, Israel
S 14 146
CONTENTS
Card de d.

818 New York
Israel Phelps
of Saratoga in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Pearl of the 1st Regt. commanded by Col. Woodbridge in the N. York line for 21 months
★ Mass. and N.Y. July 31/46 Records completed. B
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 70 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of March 1833 — and Annuity Bro. A. Milton Fallston
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1832 $ 140 Semi-ann. allowance ending Apr. 33 35 $ 175
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Steele Clerk Book E Vol. 1 Page 28
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838, from 11 th March to 7 th May 1841. Agts notice 28 Feb 1842.

19728
Israel Phelps Saratoga co New York
adm d
John B. M'Lean, Ballston Spa, New York.

BRIEF in the case of Israel Phelps of Saratoga co. in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75  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.     Enlisted In 1775 8 Private Gen. Capt Pearl, Col. Woodbridge   Volunteer 1776 4 1/2 Capt D. Goodrich   Volunteer time served on about — 5 1/2 6 months Capt Barrow   do 1777 About 3 1/2 do  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? New Canaan, New York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? court 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
E. Bradford Examining Clerk.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Jan'y 25 th , 1842.
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," the widow of Israel Phelps, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany Agency, at the rate of Seventy Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March, to the 7 th May 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
Almon B. Farnes
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

of the application for a  patent  for a  patent  for a  patent In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of my office this sixth day of September in the Year 1832.
Thomas Palmer Clerk
72 Penson's papers Israel Phelps under Act of Congress June 7. 1832 -
19728 1 4
adm 21 mo per 70 3/4

State of New York
Saratoga County ss. On the sixth day of September One thousand Eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared in Open Court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga aforesaid Captain Reuben Cogswell of the town of Galway County aforesaid & On being solemnly sworn did depose & say that he has been acquainted with Israel Phelps whose name is subscribed as an Applicant for a pension to the papers hereto annexed for rising sixty years & for forty six years last past has lived his near Neighbour in the town of Galway aforesaid - this deponent remembers that the said Phelps in the Spring of the year 1775 enlisted in Captain Earl's Company & served until the last day of December following in the Revolutionary war I was myself in the same Army in Colonel Patterson's Regiment & frequently saw said Phelps during the said time And I am now a pensioner under the old Law of pensions & now draw it - I have examined the Declaration said Phelps has made in this application & have no doubt from my own personal knowledge that the said declaration is substantially true - I further this deponent saith not -
Reuben Cogswell
Sworn in Open Court this 6 th day of September 1832
Thomas Walmer Clerk
I am well acquainted with Reuben Cogswell above named. He is a man of respectability. March 13. 1833
John W. Taylor

Declaration of Israel Phelps in Order to Obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832 -
State of New York Saratoga County ss. On this sixth day of September One Thousand Eight hundreds & thirty two personally appeared in Open Court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in Saratoga County of Saratoga now sitting Israel Phelps of the town of Galway County of Saratoga & State of New York aged Seventy five years on the fifteenth day of August last, who being duly sworn according to law doth On Oath make the following declaration to Obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 - 1832 -
I This applicant doth declare & affirm that I was born in Springfield Massachusetts in the year 1757. & when I was about ten years old my parents removed with me into New Canaan in New York State & I resided there until my seventeenth year when I enlisted in Captain Pears, Company for Eight Months & our term of service was to expire on the last day of December 1775. Aaron Rowley of New Canaan was Lieutenant & Abner Dase of the same place was Ensign - & Col Woodbridge was Commander of the Regiment - We went to Cambridge near Boston & staid there in service until the expiration of the Eight Months - We were engaged in some small skirmishes but no general battle - we were there when the battle of Bunker Hill was fought but were not in it - In the winter of 1776 after my return from Cambridge news came of the death of General Montgomery at Quebec & volunteers were required to go on to Canada to assist the troops left by Gen Montgomery I volunteered four Months service under Captain Daniel Goodrich Lieutenant Darrow & Ensign Benjamin Goodrich who died there

we went up to Quebec & served there untill the fourth or fifth day of May when we were driven off by the British down to Three River point, almost without food, where were met by the Army under Brigadier General Heath who brought us provisions & freemen - We served on this tour about a month beyond the time we volunteered four months & on meeting our Army we were dismissed that we might go home & get some Clothes -
In July 1776 I volunteered again under Captain Sarrow, Lieutenants English & Ensign Buck & we went to Deckeroga & were stationed at Mount Hope & continued there until some time in December following being in the whole between five & six months -
In July 1777 I volunteered again in the Militia under Captain Bostwick who was in Col Whiting's Regiment. Baldwin was Ensign & we went to Fort Edward & laid between that place & Stillwater - We were at the taking of Burgoyne & we continued to stay until after the seventeenth of October when Burgoyne was taken - Making about three months & a half service in the whole - Foster can testify to my service in part I moved into the town of Galway in Saratoga from New Canaan forty six years ago last March where I have since resided & still do resides - I have a record of my name & birth in my family bible at home agreeing with what my parents always told me - I was a volunteer in all my service I do not recollect the number of any Regiment in the Army - I never had any written discharge - I refer to Elder Waterbury who used to live in the town of Galway & now in the Village of Ballston Spa. Col Isaac Gurn (Edmond) Herwick. Oran G Otis Captain Reuben Cogswell to whom I am well known in my present
Reuben Cogswell &

neighborhoods & who can testify to my character for veracity & their belief of my services as a soldier in the Revolution - I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension rolls of the agency of any state
Sworn to & subscribed to the day & year aforesaid in open Court
Israel Phelps
Thomas Palmer Clerk
Certificate
We William E. Waterbury a clergyman of the Baptist Church formerly of the town of Galway now of the village of Ballston Spa county of Saratoga & Adams Orange State of  Ballston Spa aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Israel Phelps who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be about seventy five years of age - that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhoods where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & we concur in that opinion & that he is of good character for truth & veracity
Sworn to & subscribed to the day & year aforesaid - in open Court
Wm. E. Waterbury
Edward Gatti Coan Gatti
Thomas Palmer Clerk

And the said Court Do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & 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 William E. Waterbury who has signed the succeeding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Village of Ballston Spa, County of Saratoga and Edmund Hunt of the Village of  town of  Ballston Spa aforesaid who also signed the said certificate is a President of the Village of  town of  Ballston Spa aforesaid & is a credible person, that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Thomas Palmer Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga, Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Phelps for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of my office this sixth day of September in the Year 1832.
Thomas Palmer Clerk

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section AWF/eel
January 25, 1930
Miss Evelyn Rudy Eagle Grove Kansas  Iowa
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.14146, it appears that Israel Phelps was born August 15, 1757, in Springfield, Massachusetts, and moved with his parents, whose names are not stated, when about ten years old to New Canaan, New York.
While residing in New Canaan, New York, he enlisted in the spring of 1775, and served eight months as a private in Captain Pearl's Company, Colonel Woodbridge's Massachusetts Regiment, was in several skirmishes and was discharged December 31, 1775. He served in 1776, five months in Captain Daniel Goodrich's Company. He enlisted in July, 1776, and served between five and six months in Captain Darrow's Company. He enlisted in July, 1777, served three and one-half months in Captain Bostwick's Company, Colonel Whiting's New York Regiment and was at the capture of Burgoyne.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 6, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Gallway, Saratoga County, New York.
He died May 7, 1841, leaving a widow, whose name is not stated and there are no further data as to family.
Very truly yours
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

Rev. h. m.
14146 INVALID.
1913 Mar. 7 Heir to Bitter Edgerly V.L.H. 1930 Jan 25 - Heir to Evelyn Rudy's
File No. 14146 Israel Phelps Pr. New war.
Act: June 7th 32
Index: Vol. 1 , Page 293
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Remit money See
(THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS ONLY)
Bureau Washington D. C.

Pension Bureau Washington D. C.
Will you please send to me the Revolutionary War record of Israel Phelps of N. Y. State.
Address Bettie Edgerly
Newark
Ohio.
197 Central Av.

Eagle Grove Iowa December 5, 1929
Department of Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please send me any record you have of Israel Phelps who was born April 4, 1757 and died in Galway, N.Y. in 1841, and who applied for pension for work done in the Revolution in years 1776 to 1777. He was at the taking of Burgoyne and continued to serve until after Oct. 17, 1777. He applied in 1832, Sept. 6. He received pension of $70 a year from U.S.A. This information I need to complete my records for DAR.
Thanking you.
I am
Sincerely yours,
Evelyn Rudy

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
S. F. 14,146
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Isaac Phelps a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Sept 75 8 mos. 24 days Priv. after Pearl Woodbridge Mass.   March 1776 6 mos. Daniel Goodrich   July 1776 6 mos. 6 days Darrow   July 1777 3 1/2 mos. ✓ Boothwick Whiting N.Y.  
Battles engaged in, capture of Burgoyne Residence of soldier at enlistment, near Canada N.Y. when about 10 years of age Date of application for pension, Sept. 6 1832. His el. was al. Residence at date of application, Salway Saratoga Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, b. Aug 15 - 1757 in Springfield, Mass.
Remarks: The widow was alive in 1841 no name is stated. He d: May 7 - 1841 leaving wife -
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.