Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,269, for Adam Price, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Price, Adam
S. 44,269
CONTENTS

New York Roll
1468
Adam Price
Capt Yale New York Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 of April 1818 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of June 1818 and sent to Marc Stuart age Cherry Valley - NY
Arrears to 4th of Septm 1818 - Semi annual allowance ending
5 mos 42/30ths $ 40.53
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
6 Years
Van Schaick 1776
Minden, Otsego Co. Continentals
Verification sent to Peter Brooks, 30 Sep 1820. Johnstown, New York

Adam Price
Morse Stewart agent
Lowell Mass

To The Hon. John C. Cabaniss Secretary of the War Department of the United States
The Petitioner & declaration of Adam Price of the Town of Mendon in the State of New York aged sixty eight years & upwards on oath deposeth forth & declares that in June 1776 he enlisted in Captain George Lites company in Col. Gansvorts Regiment of the New York line of Continental Troops. he continued to serve in said Regiment until when he was transferred into Colonel Van Schrick's Regiment of the New York line which was called the first New York Regiment of Continental Troops.

And he further on oath declares that he continued to serve in Colonel Van Schrick's Regiment until the beginning of the war when he was discharged & his discharge was signed by his Excellency the Commander in Chief & had a certificate of the badge of merit annexed to it, his discharge he now thinks is lost as he has not seen it for some years.
And he further says that he has never received any pension from Government. and he further says that he has no property whatever & is now in such reduced circumstances that he is absolutely in need of assistance from his country for support and he further says that

he has been informed & believes that by an act of Congress passed at the present session the Secretary of the War Department can place him on the pension list & he therefore prays that he may be placed there accordingly - and in duty bound will ever pray
his Adam + Price mark
Sworn & subscribed April 3 rd day 1810 Before me James S. Campbell one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Otsego in State of New York

State of New York Onondaga County ss.
Henry Miller a soldier in the revolutionary war in the first New York Regiment commanded by Col. Van Schalk being duly sworn that he knows that Adam Pries whom petition is herein annexed, was a soldier in said Regiment & served therein until the end of the war. for this deponent was a soldier in the same Regiment. & further saith not. his Henry X Miller mark
Sworn & Subscribed this 3 rd day of April 1815
Before me James S. Campbell one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for County of Onondaga in State of New York

State of New York Otsego County ss.
Be it remembered that on the 31 st day of April 1818, the above named Charles Pravegus  which is  the name of Adam Price came before me James S. Campbell one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Onondaga and State of New York, and made oath that the facts stated in the foregoing Petition and Declaration are true; and I the said Judge pursuant to the directions of the act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States during the Revolutionary war," do certify to the Secretary at war, that it has appeared to my satisfaction that the said Adam Price served in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy, for the term mentioned in the said Petition and Declaration hereto annexed. And in pursuance of the directions of said act I do hereby certify to the Hon. the Secretary at war the Testimony of Henry Mills as dictated in his affidavit hereto annexed was taken before me, and that I am satisfied that the application of the said Adam Price is fair and bona fide in all respects and that he by reason of his reduced circumstances is pecuniarily in need of assistance from his Country for support.
Yours sincerely, James S. Campbell

CLERK's OFFICE, } ss. Otsego County, }
I, GEORGE MORELL, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego, in the State of New-York, hereby Certify, that James S. Campbell now is, and for one year past, has been, one of the Judges of the said Court; and that the signature to the foregoing Certificate and papers, is his proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, this
23 rd day of April
1818.
W. W. Webb Clerk

Adams Price
Com
1458
31 June 1818
Sep 18

State of New York Montgomery County ss. On the fourteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Twen- ty personally appeared in open court in the court of common pleas held in and for the county of Montgomery being a court of record proceeding according to the course of the common law & having power to fine & imprison. Adam Price aged Sixty eight years residing in the said county who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolution- ary war, in a Company commanded by Christopher P. Yates in the First New York Regiment commanded by Col o Van Dyck that he made a declaration on the 30 th day of April 1818. & was placed on the pension list and that the number of his pension is 1450 and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not since that time by Gift Sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby or to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18 th day of March 1818. And I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me Nor have I any income other than what is contained to the schedule hereto to annexed & by me subscribed. that I have no trade or family and am too infirm to support myself by daily labour.
Subscribed & sworn to & declared before me in open court this 14 th day of June 1820 I am McCarthy Clerk
his Adam Price mark

Schedule of Property
Real Estate I have none.
Personal property Nothing but my floating and one ox
his Adam + Price mark
State of New York Montgomery County Clerks Office
I John McCarthy Clerk of the Court of common pleas in and for the said County do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court. And I further certify that it is proved to the satisfaction of the said Court by the oaths of credible wit- nesses and that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is One Dollar. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on the 14 day of June 1825
J. M. McCarthy

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Adam Price 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.     June 1776 1 George Stryker Concord N.Y.   transferred Christopher Yates Van Schaick   Van Dyck   turned to end of war  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Date of application for pension, Apr. 3 1818. The cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Minden New York
Age at date of application, 61 yrs.
Remarks: No data as to family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
Data arranged as above to verify soldier as the one wanted.

M Commissioner of Pensions, Dear Sir - Will you please send me a copy of the application for pension made by Adam Price? I find the following in New York records
"Cert. of Adam Price, signed by mark, 14 th June 1820, to accompany application for pension and stating his service in a company commanded by Christopher P. Gales, in the 1 st New York Regiment commanded by Col. Van Dyck.
Manuscript # 1462"
Did said Adam Price receive a pension? Very Respectfully
(Mrs E.M.) Martha J. Woods 503 S. Walnut St. Springfield Ills
Oct 10. 1914.

1914 Oct. 15 Hist. to Mrs. L. M. Woods (Martha J.)
44269
INVALID.
Reery
File No. 44269
Adam Rich
Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 March 18
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 402
[Arrangement of 1870.]