Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43899, for John Ralyea, New York

SERVICE
New York
Ralphe, John
NUMBER _____
D. 43899
CONTENTS

151201
New York R
John Ralyeapp
of Dryden in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Van Schaick of the New York line, for the term of Seven Years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 14 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 of Sep r 1819 and sent to D. Woodcock Esq. Ithaca New York
  Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1819.  133.00    Semi-ann. all'ce ending Mar. 1820.  48.00    16 Mo. \frac{21}{30}  $181.60  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Cant:- and Ratification sent To Hon. Jno. Richmond, Aurora, Cayuga Co. N.Y. 23 rd March 1821

The subscription of John Balgea
To be returned to Woodworth Ithaca N. Y.
Services proven. It is probable he is on the roll as John Balgea is in the P. T. York Program
Admitted

STATE OF NEW-YORK, COUNTY OF TOMPKINS, ss.
I, Archer Green Clerk of said County,
Do Hereby Certify, That Edmund
G. Pelton before whom the annexed deed, or instrument, in writing, was proven. was, on the day when the said proof was taken, a Commissioner in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn to take Affidavit and the proof and acknowledg-
ment of deeds, &c. ; and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Commissioner and verily believe the signature Edmund G. Pelton to be in his own proper hand writing.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the said County, this Second - day of August - 18 19 . Archer Green Clerk by. Geo. P.rost Deputy Clerk

Tompkins County State of New York
Be it remembered that on the 14 th day of April 1818 personally appeared before me John Nalyse of the town of Ovid and Berickut Smith of the town of Ulysses County of Tompkins personally appeared before John Ellis one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Tompkins - and severally declared upon oath that the facts stated in the foregoing affi- davit by them respectively subscribed are true & I the said John Ellis Judge as aforesaid being satisfied that the said John Nalyse did serve as a private soldier in the war of the revolution up to the Continental establishment for three years & eight months - And do hereby certify the fore- going affidavits as the evidence and proceedings in the premises before me in pursuance of the act entitled an act to provide for certain persons in the land and naval services of the United States in the war of the revolution & that he is in such indigent cir- cumstances he needs the assistance of his Country for support  John Ellis one of the Judges of Tompkins Co., O.C.

State of New York. } Tomkins County } I, Archer Green clerk of said County do certify that the within named John Ellis Esquire before whom the within Affidavit appear to have been taken was on the 14 th day of April last a legal acting Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, And that his name signed to the within instrument, is his own proper hand written. Witness the seal of said County hereto affixed this 12 th day of August 1818.
Archer Green clerk
John Ellis
John Ellis James Manton 23 April 1819

Tompkins County State of New York
Tompkins County State of New York of the town of Dryden in said County Hugh Skut being only owner and
forth and saith that he has been intimately ac- quainted with John Re lyce the person by whom the preceding and annexed declaration is made - from a boy - that he well knows the said John Re ly ce to have indented and served in the in the war of the revolution upon the continental establishment as stated in the preceding and annexed declaration made by the said John - That he has frequently seen his honorable discharge - since the war - and he this deponent has had the same in his possession for more than two years but that it has been destroyed by accident
Subscribed & sworn this 20 th day of July 1879. before me —
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Edmund H. Alston Comr. etc.
I certify the said Hugh Sket to be a credible witness rep —
Edmund G. Pittman Comdr R

State of New York
Trupkin County ss John Sager being duly sworn says that he was acquainted with the within named John Ralston before and during the Revolutionary war that he is knowing to the service of the said John & that he served as stated in the preceding Declaration for about three years that the Defendant served in the same Regiment with the said John & that the Defendant and the said John Ralston were both discharged
at the same time at New-Market near Newburgh - In the Month of May in the year 1783 -
Subscribed & sworn before me this 24 th July 1819 -
John J. Taylor mark
Edward H. Patton Com d of Co.
I Certify that I am acquainted with the above John Sager & that he is a credible Witness
Edward H. Patton Com d of Co.
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Tompkins County } State of New York }
John Blelyea of the town of Bryan County of Tompkins and State of New York being duly sworn says that he was born in the town of Fishkill County of Dutches that he "sixty seven years old - and is a citizen of the citizen of the United States - That to the best of his re- collection he served for three years and eight months as a private soldier in the war of the revolution upon the continental establishment - That to the best of his recollection it was in the winter of 1779 - that he enlisted as a private soldier - in a Company commanded by Henry Leboutt Capt. in the first New York Regiment of Continental Troops - Commanded by Col Van Scoick in the New York line - That he joined his com- pany and Regiment at Pumptown New Jersey and that his enlistment was for during the war that he served faithfully until the end of the war of the revolution and was regularly and honourably discharged - near New Windsor in month of May after the proclamation of peace - That at the time of his discharge he was under the same officers under whom he enlisted - That his discharge has got out of his possession it lost -
And the said John Blelyea for the truth

That by reason of his named circumstances in life he is out of resistance from his country for support. That he is not of the same opinion having been allowed him by the laws of the United States and that he hereby re- leaves and relinquishes his claim to every ben- efit hereof from allowed him by the laws of the United States
Subscribed to me this 16 th day of January 1878 before me John F. Babcock
John Ely, one of the judges of Tompkins Tompkins County Court State of New York } k-
1 Herrick Smith of the town of Ulster County of Tompkins being duly sworn says - That he has been well acquainted with the above named John Ralston for twenty years last past and for twelve or thirteen years of the time lived a near neighbour to him - and that he has uniformly understood from him and from others his acquaintances - that he was a continental soldier in the war of the revolution and served to the end thereof and this deponent has no doubt but that the facts stated in the above affidavit are true
Subscribed & sworn this 14 th day of April 1878 before me
George Peabody Smith
John Ellis, one of the judges of Lankin's Court Pleas

Oath & Schedule of David Ralpheas in behalf of John Ralpheas
Then 0.75 odd
Con
J. Rehnström

(Copy)
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Tioga COUNTY, }
On this third day of January 1821 personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Common Pleas, holden in and for the said county, in said State, constituted a Court of Record, by the laws of said State, with power to hear, try and determine, all actions real, personal, and mixed, arising in the said county, and also all transitory actions, although the same may not have arisen within the said county, and with other powers, David Ralyea — aged aged Twenty years, resident in the town of Catharines in the said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he
he is authorized by law to take care of his father John Ralyea who is insane and incapable of taking an oath or taking care of himself; and that the said David Ralyea doth farther say on his oath that the said John Ralyea is the identical person who has received a certificate from the Secretary of War, by which he is inscribed on the Pension List Roll described as John Ralyea N o 15,207, bearing date the Tenth day of September one thousand eight hundred & nineteen.
And I do solemnly swear that the said John Ralyea was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that he has not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of his property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring himself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March 1818; and that he has not, nor has any person in trust for him any property or securities, contracts or debts due him nor has he any other income than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed.
(Signed)
David Ralyea
Subscribed & sworn in open
Court this 3 d day of Jany 1821.
(Signed)
Gamaliel H Barstow
First Judge

An Inventory of the Estate of John Ralyea mentioned in the within affidavit —
Real Estate — NONE.
one Cow — one Feather Bed & bedding — 1 small Iron Kettle 1 Pot. 1 Teakettle — 1 Tea Pot — 6 Cups & Saucers — 5 Plates 2 Bowls — 6 Knives & Forks — 5 Pewter Spoons — 2 Pails One suit of Winter Clothes. 1 Suit of Summer Clothes
(Signed) David Ralyea —
Tioga County Ss. David Woodcock & Albert Vanderhoef being duly sworn severally upon their oath say, that they are personally acquainted with John Ralyea the Soldier mentioned by David Ralyea his son, in the annexed affidavit, and that his situation is as represented in that affidavit, that is, being infirm & insane, incapable of taking an oath & that the inventory herewith annexed of the property of the said John Ralyea, and subscribed by the said David Ralyea is in all respects to the best of their belief true. And farther saith not.
(Signed) David Woodcock Albert Vanderhoef
Subscribed & sworn in open Court this 3 rd day of Jan'y. 1821
Before me (Signed) Sam l H. Barstow First Judge

State of New York
Tioga County } Clerk's Office } Is }
I Thomas Maxwell Clerk of the said County of Tioga and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, & Schedule are truly copied from the Records of the said Court: and that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property of the said John Ralycas as exhibited in the Schedule of the same, is Thirty Dollars. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 6 th day of January 1821.
Thos. Maxwell Clerk

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
N.Y. 43,899
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Ralyea a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Winter 1779 3 yrs. & 8 mos. Pvt. Henry Teahout Van Schaick N.Y.                                            
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, Apr. 14, 1818 His el. was ab.
Residence at date of application, Dryden, Tompkins Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, born at Fishkill Dutchess Co. N.Y. in 1757
1818 67  1757 Remarks: In 1821 Son David was 20 years old and a resident of Catharine, Tioga County N.Y.
There is no other data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1918 Nov. 27 Hist. So. Mary H. Douglas. Letter in R. 16693 Jacob Relyea.
43 899 INVALID.
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File No. 43.899
John Ralyea Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 410
[Arrangement of 1870.]