Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R., for James A Moll, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.Y.
★ Moll, James A
R.
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State of New York County of Rensselaer ss: — on this day of in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty five personally appeared in open court before the court of now sitting Francis A. Noble a descendant of the Town of Schodack in the County of Renss- læer and State of New York aged eighty two years of age who being first duly sworn according to law with on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 — That he entered the Service of the United States as soon as he can remember in the Summer of the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy or in the first year of the Revolu- tionary War under John Brockman as Major Colonel and Jacob C. Schumann as then Major of the Regiment The Captain of the Company to which this applicant belonged as near as can be remembered was Abraham Van Valkenburgh The name of the Lieutenant is not remembered and does not remember the exact time when he entered the Service nor when he left but was in the Service as a Militiaman during several different times at different periods and always when ever called upon and during all the time during the War of the Revolution his place of residence was in the Town of Schodack in the County of Rensselaer and State of New York That at the first period he was called out by March to the City of Albany and some of the Company who were officers at that time went to Albany by Water up the North River when he was detained in Service for considerable length of time how long does not know — From Albany he returned to Schodack again and many times he has been called out and having proceeded as far as Albany returned again and on going farther and had several times been as far as Green- bush opposite the City of Albany waiting for Orders to be Marched forward when necessary sometimes returning back again to Schodack afraid after staying sometime at Green- bush — That at one period but he cannot tell what year in the War it was he was ordered to go and went to the City of Schenectady to guard that place where he was then garrisoned in the Church of that City or had their baggage in said Church and continued in Service at that place during the whole War and as near as he

Can remember eight or nine months and then been stationed at that place about fifty or sixty men and before they were discharged from there it was near the Water Street - one Peter  Peter Van Valkenburgh  was  was captain of the company at that time and John Van Valkenburgh  and John Van Valkenburgh was  lieutenant . That he at another period of the War of 1812 was called out and went to Schenectady in the State of New York where he was garrisoned and stationed near the Church in that place and had then baggage in said Church - and then was about three or four companies stationed there - and he remained in that place in that duty for about 4 months do not remember what year of the War of the Revolution this engage- ment was in - Was at this time as near as can rem- ember under John Berkhman as Colonel - Daniel Schenck as Captain and John Van Valkenburgh as Lieutenant - That in going there the soldiers went through the Town of Coeymans in the County of Albany and by the way of Rensselaerville at another time in the State of New York a Mole and a number of others went to the City of Albany in the State of New York from the Town of Schenectady and brought down some prisoners to the City of Albany under Daniel Schenck as their Captain and also was an officer and was then in the Northern part of the State of New York and was stationed at Fort Edward six or eight months This was at the time General Burgoyne came down into this State from the North - Jacob Schenck then was the Lieutenant who in the company that went from Schenectady at this time one Van Buren was a Major at the Fort at that time - When Burgoyne was taken  at the time of that battle he was came down into the State of New York the rest of the with him he was

with retreated down the River toward Troy and then encamped until Burgoyne's Army surrendered to the Americans - At the time of the Battle he was ordered out to March to the field of Battle and came on to the field when the red legs discovered the British had been engaged returned back at this time he was in continued service for the term of one year or more - The first time A Moll was called out and marched towards the Northern line and then him encamped at Stillwater for a considerable time down exactly how long but he marched into three parts of the State three times from the town of Schoharie as he said - When he marched then he went by the way of Albany Troy and up the North River - And the first time A Moll fought the Battle under Bath that he was engaged in the War of the Revolution Most of the time from the commencement of the War to the end of the same and he can safely say that he has been in actual service as a the United States Continental Soldier in the Revolutionary War for and during the term of three years - And he says that he has no documentary evidence but that John Van Valkenburgh now living knows of his being there part of it also Grace and Walter and others are knowing to the facts of him the said John A Moll

RECORD DIVISION
Department of the Interior BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Briefed by aw MAY 13 1912
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier James A. Moll
Service or Mull
Additional Service Rev.
No _____ claim, State records _____, 191
No claim, combination records _____, 191
REMARKS:
No other papers or claim, everything searched. see claim of Isaac Moll and John A. Van Valkenburgh

GIFFEN BEAUTÉ SHOPPE
- EDITH BELLE LEWIS -
237 SOUTH FOURTEENTH - PHONE B-1926
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
February 2, 1926.
Pension Dept., Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen;
Have you any record of Jacobas A. Mull 4th Regiment Albany County Militia, enlisted man Revolutionary war, having drawn pension.
Any records in regard to such will be appreciated.
Sincerely yours,
Edith Belle Lewis 1340 M. St Lincoln, Nebraska
RE

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
awf
March 18, 1926.
Edith B. Lewis 1340 M St Lincoln, Nebr.
Madam:
I have to advise you that there is on file in this Bureau a declaration for pension, neither signed nor sworn to, which states that James A. Moll, in 1832 was a resident of Schodack, Rensselaer County, New York, aged eighty-two years, and that while living in Schodack, he served at various times, during the War of the Revolution, under Captains Abraham VanValkenburgh, Peter VanValkenburgh, Daniel Schermerhorn, and Colonel John Beeckman, in the New York Troops, length and dates of service not stated.
It is not stated that soldier was married, and his claim for pension was never completed.
The above noted James (Jacobus, Jacobus) Moll or Mull is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.