Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22929, for Richard Pangburn, New York

SERVICE
New York
Pangburn, Richard
NUMBER _____
NUMBER S. 22929
CONTENTS

Died about June, 1839 (WR)
5640
New York
Richard Pangburn
of Oswego in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Sanford of the Reg t commanded by Col _____ in the New York line for 6 months -
Inscribed on the Rolls of New York at the rate of 20 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of February 1833 and sent to Hon. E. Barstow H.O. Represent d
  Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832  $30.00    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 33  10.00     $40.00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo Cromwell Clerk, Book D Vol. 5 Page 125

In the matter of the application of Rich- ard Pangborn for a Pension. —
Declaration
G. H. Barstow m B
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Rich d Pangborn

3 during this three months - But troops were going on north frequently during the time - Thinks some Forsey troops or Pennsylvania troops went on at the during that time - They went on to Ticon- deroga or beyond to join General Schuyler who was in that quarter at the time - He states that General Montgomery was killed away off in that quarter and his wife came back, & that he carried his wife down in a bateau from Saratoga landing to Still-water on her return. And he further states that after he returned home from his three months enlistment upon which, he was drafted and entered the service under the following named officers - His Captain's name was William Winnee or Winne - The Captain lived at Triche about 14 or 15 miles below Albany near the Hud- son river - His Lieutenant's name I was Jeremiah or Jerry Hogan, and lived somewhere near the Captain - don't recollect that they had any en- sign - His Colonel's name was Quackenbush or Quackenbush - does not recollect his christian name - does not recollect any of the other field off- cers except General Tenbrook, & his christian name he does not recollect - After they were drafted the Company marched to Saratoga & then he was engaged in procuring stone & and timber to build barracks - This place was some miles below Saratoga landing - He does not recollect the year in which he was drafted nor the month - He recollects that it was warm weather at the time and thinks it was the same season that he was dismissed from his three months enlistment.

beforementioned. - He does not recollect when he was discharged, but it was before cold weather came on; and he estimates the time that he was stationed at the last mentioned station about six weeks. - There were other militia stationed there at the time from along the Hud Hudson river. - One long row of framed barracks was built while he was there. - There were no barracks there when he first went there with the company, & there had been nothing done towards building them. - When they finished the barracks they all came away. - He does not recollect any other Colonel there but Colonel Duackenbop & thinks all the troops were all under his com- mand. - He lived when he was drafted in the same place where he first enlisted. - He was dis- charged at Saratoga after the barracks were finished. He marched through Albany and Half Moon & Stillwater in going on to Saratoga. - General Tenbrook sometimes came there while they were building the barracks. - Genl. Tenbrook lived in Albany. - He further states that some two or three years after they built the barracks at Sar- atoga he was drafted again and entered the service under the following named officers. - His Captain's name was John Van Wie, and his Lieutenants, Mattie, or Mattris Flannborough. - Don't recol- lect that he had any ensign. - Thinks his Colonel was Colonel Dubois - don't recollect his Christian name. - The company collected at the middle Fort Old Schaharie, in the state of New York. - There he remained about 4 or 5 weeks & then he
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had a man to take his place - Dont recollect his name - he was a stranger - There were a good many other troops there besides the Company that he belonged to - The Captain accepted his Substitute and discharged him - This was in the summer but he does not know what year - It was before General Burgoyne was taken but he does not recollect how long before - General Schuyler at this time was away to the north - He has seen General Schuyler - The General lived a little out of Albany - about three quarters of a mile - He also had a house at Saratoga where they built the barracks - And he further states that after this he 4 th  was was again drafted and entered the service under the following named officers; to wit, Captain Philip Luke & Lieutenant Peter Winner or Winder; & thinks his ensigns name was John Winner - His Colonels name was Isaac Knapbap the same one under whom he served at the building of the barracks at Saratoga - His General was General Schuyler General Schuyler, he does not recollect which - After he was drafted they went in small parties to Saratoga where the Company all went The Company assembled at Albany and marched from there through Half Moon Stillwater Saratoga & Fort Miller to Fort Edward - There they joined General Schuyler - He knew, at Fort Edward, Col. Van Rensselaer. - He went out on a scout with him once in the woods - He thinks he was stationed there eight or nine weeks - but does not recollect the exact time. There were a great many troops at Fort Edward at the time
contains one original proceedings, now before John S. ...

time - There were some from New England there & some from down the Hudson and other places - He does not recollect what year this was in; but he recollects that it was in the fall of the year - And that it was the same fall that Burgoyne was taken, and a little before that event - While at Fort Edward Colonel Van Rensselaer went out with a Scout in which he was a soldier - That they remained out in the woods all night; and the next day they discovered from a high ground that the barracks and board houses put up for temporary shelters for the troops were all torn down - They also saw from the same place a movement among the troops at Fort Edward - On discovering this Van Rensselaer marched his scouting party directly to Fort Edward where they found most of the troops gone down the river - This party immediately embarked on board of a raft constructed of boards and timber which they found already made, and set off down the river - They went on with this raft down the river to Snook's Kill & then the troops landed - He remained here about a day and was then sent home sick - While he was at Snook's Kill the enemy entered Fort Edward - General Schuyler and the army went on to Saratoga as he understood; and not many weeks after this he heard of the taking of Burgoyne - He does not recollect what month it was when he left, but thinks it was in the fall - He thinks it must have been early in the fall as there were green leaves on the trees in the woods when he

It must have been early in the fall as there were green leaves on the trees in the woods when he went out in the scout with Van Rensselaer. And in going down the river he recollects that the water was warm. - And he further states that after this he was not in the service except in some irregular excursions against the Tories who committed depredations upon the country a few miles west of Albany. - And he further states that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. - That he never had any written discharge. - That he has a family record of ages &c. in which his name appears. - But he does not recollect the year of his birth. - The record he has left at home about three miles from Owego where he now is. - He was born in the Month of May - The 22 d day. - He was born in the town of Woodbridge in the state of New Jersey. He does not recollect the county. - He was living at Niskat-hough (now Bethlehem) in the county of Albany and state of New York at the time he first entered the service and continued to re- side there till after the revolutionary war, & soon after that war he removed to Cobleskill in Schoharrie county state of New York & lived there about 8 years & then moved into the town of Schoeneveld in Schoeneveld county New York & lived there about twenty years & then he moved into the town of Owego where he now lives. - He knows in this town Mason Webster Esq. Puffer Ephraim Wood Esq. Ezra Farguson & others. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension contains the original proceedings had before John N. Drake

or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll agency of the agency of any state - Sworn to & subscribed this 24th day of August 1832 before me -
Richard his Pangburn mark
John O'Drake Judge } Tioga Com. Pkas } State of New York }
State of New York } Tioga County } ss.
Benjamin Howe and Ephraim Wood being duly sworn do severally depose and say that they re- side in the town of Owego in the county and state aforesaid and that they are well acquainted with Richard Pangburn who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration - that they believe him to be eighty three years of age & upwards & that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that they concur in that opinion -
Ephraim Wood Benjamin Howe
Subscribed and sworn this 24th day of August 1832 before me -
John O'Drake Judge } Tioga Com. Pkas } N. Y. }

And the said John R. Drake The Judge beforementioned do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above-mentioned named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. - And I do further certify that it appears to me that Ephraim Wood & Benjamin How who have signed & sworn to the preceding affidavit are residents in the town of Owego in the county of Tioga and state of New York, and are credible persons, and that their affidavit and statement are entitled to credit. And I do certify that it further appears to me that the clergyman who lives in the vicinity of the said applicant has resided there but a short time and is unacquainted with the said ap- plicant. - And that for this reason his certificate has not been procured. - And I do further cer- tify that the said Richard Pangburn the above- named applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the court. - And for this reason he has been permitted to make the declaration aforesaid before me. -
John R Drake Judge Tioga Co. Pleas State of New York
State of New York.
Tioga County Clerks Office. P. I David Middle Deputy Clerk of the County of Tioga & of the Court of Common- Pleas in & for said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings had before John R. Drake

Esquire a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and of the County Courts in & for said County of Tioga, in the matter of the application of Richard Pungburn for a pension. And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and I know & verily believe that the signatures "John R. Drake" subscribed to the declaration affidavits & certificate are the genuine signatures of the said Judge and that at the dates thereof the said John R. Drake was a Judge of the said Courts and that full faith and credit are due to his Official acts as such Judge.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this twenty fifth day of August A.D. 1852.
David Riddle Deputy Clerk

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
State of New York Tioga County ss.
On this 24 th day of Aug in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared me John R. Drake a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Tioga a foresaid Richard Pangburn a resident of the town of Owego in the County and State afore said aged Eighty three years on the 22 d day of Last May who being first duly sworn accord- ing to law doth on his oath make the follow- ing 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. - His Captain's name was Cornelius Sanford, who lived in Albany in the State of New York His Lieutenants names was Peter Becker, or Henry Becker, he does not recollect which - One was Lieutenant & the other was Ensign. - They both lived in Scho- harie in the State aforesaid. - He does not recol- lect who his Colonel or his Major was - Nor his adjutant. - His General was General Schuyler He lived at the time he enlisted about 12 or 14 miles below Albany South west from Albany - The place was then called Nisket-haugh - It is

3 3/4 months - It was at the first beginning of the war; but he does not recollect the year - It was in the month of May but does not recollect the day of the month - He was stationed at first in the barracks at Albany - He staid there a short time while the company were collecting together and then the company was marched to Saratoga landing - Then he remained with the Lieutenant and ensign and fourteen others of the company and the Captain with the rest of the company went on to Ticonderoga - While he was at Saratoga landing he and the others were employed in transporting military stores in batteaux from Stillwater on the Hudson river up to Saratoga landing; and from Saratoga landing by land around the falls, and then again in batteaux up the river to Fort Miller - Among the articles they transported was a large chain in separate pieces - Two links and a swivel of the chain were as much as two men, by running a handspike through the link, conveniently carry on board of the batteaux - He remained there thus employed till the expiration of his three months; & then his Lieutenant gave him permission to go home - The Captain was not there again while he staid - And he left, the Lieutenant gave him no written order - he gave the Sergeant Joseph Salisbury  John Myles a sum for the benefit of all of them - Salisbury Myles and all came away together - He was in no
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Mr. Vernon Roberts 708 West 76th Street Chicago, Illinois
June 18, 1937
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RICHARD PANGBURN S. 22929 BA-J/MLB am
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of William and Richard Pangburn, of Albany County, New York.
In order to identify the record of the particular William Pangburn in whom you are interested, please furnish as much as possible of the following data: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of wife or widow. The record of Richard Pangburn is furnished you herein as found in the papers in Revolutionary War claim for pension, S. 22929, based upon his service in that war.
Richard Pangburn was born May 22, 1749, in Woodbridge, New Jersey, the names of his parents not shown.
While residing about twelve or fourteen miles southwest of Albany at a place called Nisket-haugh but later was Bethlehem in Albany County, New York, Richard Pangburn enlisted in May, early in the Revolution, served three months as private in Captain Cornelius Sanford's company in the New York troops, after which he returned home. He then enlisted in the same season, served about six weeks as private in Captain William Winnie's company, Colonel Quackenboss' New York regiment, engaged in building barracks at Saratoga. Two or three years later, he enlisted, served as private in Captain John Van Wie's company, Colonel Dubois' New York regiment, and was discharged in the summer before the surrender of General Burgoyne, after having served a term of four or five weeks. After this, he again enlisted in the fall of the same year, served as private in Captain Philip Luke's company, Colonel Quackenboss' New York regiment, stationed at Fort Edward and while there was detached under Colonel Van Rensselaer on a scouting party to Snook's Kill, length of this tour eight or nine weeks.
Rec copy attached to a miss let. to Violet Pangburn Roberts who wrote the letter herein signed

Soon after the Revolution the soldier moved to Cobleskill in Schoharie County, New York, where he remained about eight years, thence to Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, where he lived about twenty years then moved to the Town of Owego, Tioga County, New York.
Richard Pangburn was allowed pension on his application executed August 24, 1832, while residing in Owego, New York. He died about June, 1839.
No family data are shown in the claim.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the exact date of soldier's death, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Richard Pangburn Certificate #5640 Issued February 14, 1833 Rate $20 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act June 7, 1832 New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1937 June 18-Act 6-Vernon Roberts
Revolution
22929
INVALID.
File No. 22,929
Richard Pangburn
Pr Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82.
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 812
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mr Barstow
Exams
Woodruff's Ctr for Mr Barstow
allow six months keep in to Pangborn Hon. G. S. Barstow H.R. $20 per ann

June 18, 1957
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Viola Pangburn Roberts 7956 Aberdeen Street Chicago, Illinois
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to letters from your address in which the Revolutionary War records were requested of Richard and Samuel Pangburn, of Connecticut, and the War of 1812 record of Richard Pangburn, of Herkimer County, New York.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Richard Pangburn of Connecticut, or of a Samuel Pangburn of that state, nor for service in the War of 1812 of a Richard Pangburn. The surname was searched under all spellings.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLIER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

organ here - All under her name in state files
708 N. 76th Street Chicago, Illinois March 31, 1937
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs.
I would appreciate any information you have about the following men who fought in the Revolutionary War.
 ✓ William Pangburn  more Schuyler Regiment, Albany County, New York  ✓ Richard Pangburn Duackenboss Regiment, Albany County, New York. 
Respectfully, Vernon Roberts
This letter was written by Viola Pangburn Roberts of 7956 Aberdeen St Chicago
See Miss Files for name - Please also write others & trad
Rose Green