Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,267, for Degorey Prowtt, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Proutt, Degorey
S. 44,267
CONTENTS

1887 May 1. A B Sprout - history. Prior
3215.
New York Roll. 4.
Degorey Proutt Capt Detritt
Private
New York line 1776 to June 1783
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 th of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st of October 1818 and sent to John Sayre Esq. Judge Rensselaer - N. York
Arrears to 4th of September 1818 — 32:29
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1819 — 48:—
3. \frac{28}{31} \times \frac{4}{30}
$ 80:29
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
W. D. Notif. sent Dec. 20. 1820 to L. A. Halsey Esq. Seneca County N. York

FREE
The Hon. John C. Calhoun Secretary for the Department of War U.S. Washington City

State of New York
Seneca County ss
In this fourth day of May 1818 before me John Sayre one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas in & for said County of Seneca personally appears Degory Prowtt aged fifty six years resident in the said County who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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: That he the said Degory Prowtt enlisted in the New York line in the Spring of the year in seventeen hundred seventy six (as near as he can recollect) in the state of New York in the company commanded by Captain Greig as a musician and in a short time was put into the company commanded by Captain Thomas DeWitt in Colonel Gansvoort's Regi- -ment that he continued to serve in service of the United States during and until the end of the war when he was discharged from service in June 1783 near Newburg in the state of New -York, he was with Sullivan after the Indians at the west end and at the capture of Carriedsville and that he is in ad- -verse circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evi- -dence now in his power of his said services
Degory Prowtt
sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
John Sayre
I John Sayre a Judge of the Court of common pleas for Seneca County as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the

Said Degory Prowt did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common Enemy: and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress Dated at Romulus in said County of Seneca the 4 th day May 1818 — John Sayre
State of New York } Seneca Clerk's Office } I Nichol H. Halsey Deputy Clerk of Seneca County do certify, that John Sayre Esq r whose name appears to the certificates of the within Declaration, was, at the date of the same, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Seneca County, Acting under the authority of this State, & that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe the signatures to the above & within certificates to be the proper hand writing of the said John Sayre Esq r &c. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court of Common Pleas this 7 th day of May 1818 — Nichol H. Halsey
State of New York, } Seneca County } I John Sayre one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Seneca do certify that it appears fully to my satisfaction (from evidence adduced to me) that Degory Prowt the person named in the above declaration was in indigent circumstances and actually stands in need of assistance of his Country for support — Romulus 29 th August 1818 John Sayre

John Sayre, Esquire, Judge, Hector, Seneca County, New-York.
Deborah Prewett, New-York line, Revolutionary Claim.
found on the rolls of the New-York line.
Admitted The judge is desired to Certify, under the seal of the court, that he is satis- fied the applicant is in indigent circumstances, and needs the support of his country.
John Sayre

John Sayre, Esquire, Judge, Horton, Seneca County, New-York.
 Degory Prewett, New-York line, Revolutionary Claim.
 found on the rolls of the New-York line.
 Admitted The judge is desired to Certify, under the seal of the court, that he is satis- fied the applicant is in indigent circumstances, and needs the support of his country.
State of New-York } I certify that John Sayre Esquire was Seneca Clerk's Office } a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas } of the County of Seneca on the 29 day of August } 1818 acting under the authority of this state, that } I am acquainted with his hand writing & verify be- } lieve the signature to his certificate bearing the } above mentioned date to be his proper handwriting.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto put my signature & the seal of the said Court the 2 day of September 1818.  Dep. Clerk. Seneca County New-York

Degny Ranch
Gregory Priest
Romulus
Seneca Co
3.215
Mar, 19
111

State of New York County of Seneca ss:
On this 4 th day of October in the year of our Lord 1820 before the court of Common Pleas in & for said county of Seneca, being a court of record, proceeding according to the course of the common law, keeping records of its proceeding & having a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount & having a common seal, said court being constituted by the constitution & laws of said state, personally appeared in open court, Degory Prowtt, aged sixty two years a resident of the town of Romulus in said county who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare depose & say that he served in the revolutionary war as follows to wit, that he enlisted in the third regiment of infantry in the New York line commanded by Col. Peter Gansevoort in Capt. James Greigs company & was transferred to Capt. Thomas De Witts company & from thence to Capt. George Van Syth or Van Sise's or Sise's company in the same regiment & in the year 1780 he was transferred to Col. G. Van Schaick's, first New York regiment that he enlisted as aforesaid in the month of march or April 1776 for "during the war" as a drummer & served as such in the several companies & regiments aforesaid until the 8 th day of June 1783 when he was discharged at Snake-hill near Newburgh in the state of New York. That he was at the siege of Fort Stanwix, in Sullivan's western expedition against the indians & at the Capture of Lord Cornwallis. And the said Degory Prowtt doth upon his oath aforesaid further declare depose & say that he was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March in the year 1818, and that he has not since that time by gift sale or in any other manner whatsoever disposed of his property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it, so as to bring himself within the provisions of an act of congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land"

In naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the 18 th day of March 1818, that he has not, nor has any person in trust for him any property or security, contracts or debts due to him except as in the schedule hereunder written is mentioned nor has he any income other than what is contained in said schedule. And the said Degory Prowtt on his oath aforesaid doth further declare depose & say that the situation & number of his family is as follows, Viz. his wife aged fifty five years who is so infirm as not to be able to maintain herself - One daughter aged twenty five years having two children, one aged three years, the other about eighteen months - That his said daughter is in good health & of sufficient ability to support herself & her two children so long as she & her children remain in health, & no more, & that his said daughter has no other means of supporting herself & her children except by her own manual labor. - And that he the said Degory Prowtt is so infirm by reason of age, rheumatism & sick-head-ache, that he is not able to perform more than one sixth part of the labor of an able-bodied man. That he has never learned any mechanical trade, but has heretofore followed the occupation of laboring on a farm, That he is unable to support himself by his own labor or resources & cannot subsist without the aid of charity. - And the said Degory Prowtt on his oath aforesaid doth further declare, depose & say that on the 11 th day of May in the year 1818 he made a declaration to obtain a pension under the act of Congress aforesaid & that his name was inscribed on the pension list roll of the New York agency at the rate of eight dollars per month commencing on the 11 th day of May 1818, and that he had the Original certificate of such pension now in his possession bearing date the 1 st day of October 1818. No 3215, & that he has drawn the said pension & received the money thereon up to the fourth day of March 1820 - and that the

following is a just & true schedule inventory & account of his property viz. Eight acres of land with a log-house thereon, four acres cleared & the residue in timber. Said land having been conveyed to him in the month of September 1820 in pursuance of a contract made about two years since, for the purchase money or consideration of which land he has paid fifty dollars & given a mortgage for the residue being one hundred fifty dollars, and that the said land (owing to the depreciation in the value of property) is not now worth the said amount for which it is mortgaged.
  Two swine, worth one dollar fifty cents each $ 3.00   Six fowls worth six cents each 0.36   Three geese worth 19 cents each 0.57   One old musket worth 2 dollars & fifty cents 2.50   200 sheaves of smutty wheat worth two dollars & 50 cents 2.50   10 bushels of corn worth 1 dollar 87 cents 1.87   One cow worth 10 dollars 10.00   One note against John Van Deventer for 17 dollars payable in produce 17.00   6 cups & saucers, 3 bowls small, 1 tea-kettle one dish kettle, two iron kettles (broken) two chairs 37.80   worth 3.00   $ 40.80 
And that he has no other property, except his necessary wearing apparel & bedding & that he justly owes more than three times the amount of all his property.
Sworn to & declared in Open court } Degooy Prowtt. 4 th Oct. 1820 " J. H. Halsey CLK
I Jehiel H. Halsey Clerk of the court of common Pleas in & for the county of Seneca aforesaid do here by certify that the foregoing declaration & deposition and the schedule therein contained are truly copied from the records 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 forty dollars and eighty cents. ~
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court, on this fourth day of October 1820. ~ J. H. Halsey Clk. 46
Copy Bury Gregory Pratt Romulus Seneca Co
3. 215
Mar. 19

44 767
Gregory Prescott
May 4 - 1818 - 56 Seneca Co. N.Y. - Romulus
Spring 76
Capt Craig
" The DeWitt
Col Ganservant Col J. Van Schuick to June - 1783
Yorktown
9th Storm
Sullivan's Expedition against Indians
Joseph Prescott
1765

Fayette, Seneca Co. N.Y. } Aug 27. 1900. }
Dir. I have been endeavoring for some time past, to learn some facts as to DeGory Prount or Prouth, a Revolutionary Soldier of the 3d N.Y. Continental Regiment and afterwards of the First N.Y. Regiment — who died at Seneca Falls in this County in 1835. His grave being unmarked, it is desired to procure a head Stone for him — but as none of his relatives survive, the dates of his Birth and Death — can not be ascertained, and of course his age is wanting.
It is ascertained approximately that he died in Sept. or Oct. 1835 — and as he drew a U.S. Pension — it is believed, that the date of his death, must be on file in the Pension Office, when his Pension ceased. Perhaps also his application for Pension would give date of his birth — which is understood to have been in England, or Wales, about 1760 or earlier.
I have received from the Record and Pension Office of the War Dept — a very good record of his Military Service — but no data as to date of Birth and Death — and age.
As all the wife and descendants of Mr Prount are dead — I can assure you, that this information

is not desired for pension purposes - but purely from patriotic and local historical motives.
I have the honor to be,
Yours Truly,
Mrs. H.C. Evans, } Comm. of Pensions, } Washington, } D.C.
P. Willers, P.O. Box 41 Gazelle, N.Y.
If this letter should have been written to any other Department at Washington, please kindly forward it.

H. 15 5 at the N.Y.
Sept. 21-1900 D. Miller - Pay
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NOT RECORDED PENGAD 11-11-1911

Dagory Provost
dated May 1898
In his original & supplemental declarations for a pension, the latter dated in Oct 1820 he stated that he was residing in Romulus, Seneca Co NY aged 62 years. He enlisted for this was as a drummer in March or April 1776 under Col. James Gray in the 3 Reg of the Continental line Com'd by Colo Peter Gansevoort & afterward transferred to Col. De Witt's Co. & from thence to Col. George Van Eycke or Van Sice in the same Regt & in 1780 he was transferred to the 1st Regt NY (Col. Goose) Van Schoick, & served as drummer until discharged June 8 1783 at Snake Hill near Newburg NY. He was at the siege of Fort Stanwix (name changed to Fort Schuyler) against the Indians Sullivan's Campaign in 1779 (Battle at Oriskany now Elmer) & at the capture of Lord Cornwallis (Oct 19 1781).
His family in Oct 1820. consisted of his wife aged 55 yrs (no name given) a daughter aged 25 yrs having two children aged 3 yrs & about 18 mos old afflicted with rheumatism by occupation farm labour. He had 8 acres land & a log house thereon of which he never cleared & which in timber purchased Sept 1820 contained 2 yrs previous - paid $32.
The British forces under Lt. Genl. Howe & Indians under Johnson on Brant were 1700 Com d by Sgt. Major of Fort August 1757. Col. Schuyler.

This is my last hope of finding this info
Direct A.S. Prout Colon St. Joseph Co., Mich

Coln, Steph. Co Michigan Dear Sir
I am trying to find the record of the enlistment & discharge of Deyory Prout, (or Proutt), he used to write it. Who enlisted in the Continental Army, about the beginning of the Revolution, at or near New York City, as I have been told by my father. & I believe he was pensioned as a drum Major. I have written to the Secretary of War who could not find it. But advised me to write the Secretary of State, which I did, he made an examination but failed to find it. But advised me

To write to the Commissioner of Pensions, I cannot state the name of the Company or Reg- iment to which he belonged, but think I have heard my father say, he served under General Ganby. He Enlisted as a drummer boy & served the entire War if I am not mistaken, a Gentleman wrote me from New York, that they were about to build a monu- ment to those old Soldiers & wished me to give him the record of Deogory Proutt, for that purpose & also as a family document I am trying to get a perfect rec- ord, if you can assist me you will confer a lasting favor on his Grand Child. A.S. Proutt