Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,225, for Henry Pruyme, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Pruyne, Henry or Pruyne
S 14,225
Carded
CONTENTS

N o 11,923 Pennsylvania
Henry Pruyne of Susqueh a Co. in the State of Penn a who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Putnam of the Reg t commanded by Col. Willett in the N. York Troops time for 15 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 50 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of July 1833 and sent to E. Kingsbury Jr. Montrose Pa.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 100.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sep. 1833 25.00 $125.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Book E. Vol. 5
Clerk
Page 45

Henry Pruyne Pension Application
12 661
Read & subscribed & sworn to in open court April 30, 1833 Necessary Certificate ordered to be made, By the Court Asa P. Merrill Clerk

State of Pennsylvania 3/6 - Luzerne County 3/6 -
On the thirtieth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Edward Kenrick President and William Thomson and David Demott Esqrs his Associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania aforesaid now sitting Henry Pruyne a resident of Bridgewater township in said County of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania aged sixty five  sixty who being first sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits 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 - In the year 1781 he resided at Charleston in the State of New York, and was drafted & entered in the Spring of that year, in the service of the revolutionary Army, that he was a member of Captain Gerrit Patnam's Company, and attached to the Regiment commanded by Col. Willett, that Capt. Patnam's Company was stationed at Fort Hunter on Schoharie Creek about twenty miles from Fort Plains where the rest of Col. Willett's regiment was stationed - that he remained at Fort Hunter till about the last of October when he was marched to Johnstown and joined the regiment previous to the battle of Johnstown - that he was in the battle of Johnstown, and in that part of Col. Willett's regiment which was compelled to retreat to the Mohawk Bridge and abandon a field piece which was taken by the British and spiked, but was afterwards retaken by the American troops - that after the battle of Johnstown he returned to Fort Hunter where he remained till he was discharged being from the time he entered six months -
That the next succeeding spring he was again drafted and attached to the same Company and regi-

ment under the command of the said Captain and Colonel that for about two months Capt Putnam's Company was stationed at Terlow, about thirty miles from Fort Hunter where he remained till the battle or skirmish at Terlow when the Indians and Tories were defeated by Col. Willett who had come thither from Fort Plains, that after the engagement at Terlow he return- ed to Fort Hunter, and remained there about one month and was then discharged by Col. Willett but said Dis- charge is now lost - that in the said engagement at Terlow he was wounded by a bullet shot in the right arm near the shoulder in consequence of which he has never since had the perfect use of his arm -
That previous to the year 1781 he was frequently out in scouting parties sometimes for a few days & sometimes for a week or two - that all the time he was thus engaged would amount, as he should judge to six months - that while thus engaged he was taken prisoner by the Indian Tories and detained two days and the said Henry Prayme on his oath aforesaid further saith that he was born in the year 1765 at Pinedale in the state of New York - that he has no record of his age and never had that after the termination of the war he resided at Charlton and at Coopers- town in the state of New York twenty seven years and then removed to Sarat Bend in Susquehanna County aforesaid and remained two years since which time he has resided in the aforesaid township of Bridgeville in the County of Susquehanna aforesaid and further that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service -
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
His Henry Prayme Marks
Sworn and subscribed in Open Court, April 30 th A.D. 1833 Asa D. D. Mock B. Pub.

Mr Davis Dimock a Clergyman residing in the town- ship of Bridgewater County of Susquehanna and State of Pennsylvania and Isaac Post residing in Mont- rose in the same County and State hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Preym who has subsisted and Seemed to the foregoing Declaration that we believe him to be fifty eight years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides & have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion — (Davis Dimock Sworn & subscribed in Open Court — April 30 th 1839 Isaac Post
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above na- med applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states — And the Court further Certify that it appears to them that Davis Dimock who has signed the preceding Certifi- cate is a Clergyman resident in the township of Bridgewater County of Susquehanna and State of Pennsylvania and that Isaac Post who has also signed the same is a resident in Montrose County & State aforesaid and is a Cred- ible person, and that their statement is en- titled to credit —

State of Pennsylvania Luzerne County 36-
I Asa Dimock Jr Prothono- tary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Henry Pruyne for a new trial
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Montrose the thirtieth — day of April — A.D. 1833 —
Asa Dimock Jr Pro
Henry Pruyne Pleading Application
12 661 Read & subscribed & sworn to in open court April 30 1833 the necessary certificate ordered to be made By the Court Asa Dimock Jr Pro

No 12.661
Henry Payne
26 th March 1883
Cly - 11.12.17.
Return
P 313
Ex. Kingsbury for Agent - Marthore Penns
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N o 12.661
BRIEF in the case of  Henry Brumbaugh, of Bridgewater, County of Susquehanna in the State of Pennsylvania  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
In Open Court. —
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
_____
3. How old is he?
67. 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.     Spring In 1781. — _____ 6. — _____ Private Gen. Capt. Putnam. Col. Willett   _____ 1782. — _____ 3. — _____ " — Do. — Do. —   Scouting previous to 1781. — until to — 6. — _____ " — _____  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
Battle of Johnstown. —
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Charlestown, New York —
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By traditionary Evidence. —
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
_____
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
James Rod
Examining Clerk.

February 4, 1911.
Hon. Charles C. Pratt,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Pratt:
In response to your letter dated the 3 rd and received the 4 th instant, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in claim, Sur. File No. 14,325, Rev. War, it appears that Henry Pruyne was allowed pension as Henry Pruyne on his application executed April 20, 1833, while a resident of Bridgewater Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
He stated that he was born in 1765, at Florida, New York, and resided at Charleston, New York in 1781, prior to which time he was frequently called out on scouting parties for a few days or weeks at a time, and was imprisoned by the Tories for two days, served six months.
Drafted in the Spring of 1781, in Captain Gerrit Putnam's company, Colonel Willett's regiment, was in the battle of Johnstown, served six months.
Again drafted the following Spring, in Captain Gerritt Putnam's company, Colonel Willett's regiment, was wounded in the right arm in the battle of Terlow and was discharged one month after the battle.
There is no family data on file.

Sur. File No. 14,225,--2
For the date of last payment of soldier's pension, and to whom paid, application should be made to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, citing all of the following data: "Henry Pruyme, Certificate No. 11,923, issued July 12, 1833, under the Act of June 7, 1832, at the Pennsylvania Agency."
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

1911 Feb. 4 Hist. to Hon C.C. Pratt
Plowman
14.225 INVALID.
File No. 14.225
Henry Prunynel or Prayme. Died. Mar. 1832.
Act: June 7 th 1832.
Index:—Vol. 1, Page 353
[Arrangement of 1870.]

C. C. PRATT 14TH DIST. PA.
House of Representatives U. S. Washington, D. C.
February 3rd, 1911.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I have a request for the record of one Henry Pruyn, who was a soldier of the Revolutionary War, and died a pensioner in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. Can you help me in this matter?
Sincerely yours,
CCP-LA
A handwritten signature in cursive, appearing to read "C. C. Pratt", enclosed within a hand-drawn oval.

Montrose (Pa.) 1 st May 1833
J. G. Edwards Esq
Sir, Enclosed is the Pension application of Henry Pruyne which was returned to me with objections, that no Clergyman had certified for the applicant & no reason assigned for not procuring the Certificate of a Clergyman. The necessary Certificate has been procured & the proceedings have been sanctioned by the Court.
Very Resp y
Your Att nt
E. Kingsbury Jr
The application returned was numbered 12.661 -

Hogkoss Pa May 2.
15 months $ 70. -
See
Dr. Edwards Esq Commission of Pensions Washington D.C.
E. Kingsbury Esq Southern Pa
May 7
Pa.
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