Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1685, Zachariah Cargill, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Sargill Zachariah Esther
R 1685
CONTENTS

8672
New York
Zechariah Bargill of Ulster in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Custer out of the (Regt) commanded by Col. _____ in the N. Y. mil- itia for 12m 14 d
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 41 Dollars 59 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Apr 1833 and sent to Reuben Horford Lexington Heights
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $83.18 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " - 20.79
$103.97
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book _____ Vol. 4 Page 16

9427
Zachariah Cargill, passion papers
admitted.
12 mo 14 days Private.
1.54

Declaration In order to obtain the benefits of the acts of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of New York
Green County Esq On the second day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally before me Munsor Buel Esq one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas In and for County of Green and State of New York I, Nathaniel Cargill of the Town of Windham In the County of Green and State of New York aged Seventy Two years old who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration In order to obtain the benefits of the acts of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he Entered the Service of the United States under the following named Officers and Served as I hereafter stated that on the fourth day of November 1776 at the Town of Catskill In the County of Green and State of New York he Volunteered his Services for six weeks In Captain Gilbert Bastard's Company and under him Marched from Catskill to Fishkill In the County of Dutches and there Continued to work In putting up Barracks until the first of January 1777 when he was discharged at Fishkill And he further says that on the first day of August 1777 he Entered the Service again at the Town of Catskill aforesaid that he Enlisted for the term of three months In the Company Commanded by Captain Benjamin Dubois of Catskill and that a number who was the Colonel that we Marched from Catskill through the Country to Join the Northern Army Commanded by General Gates that he was at the siege and Capture of General Burgoyne that some time after his surrender our Corps Marched back to Catskill where we were discharged on the first of November 1777

that he faithfully served out the term of his enlistment And this deponent further says that he again Voluntarily Enlisted at the Town of Catskill for the time of Eight Months Enlisted on the first day of March 1878 that the Captains name was Woodie his Lieutenant name was Beebe that the Colonels name he does not remember that they marched from Catskill to a place called Schoharie from thence to the City of Albany and from thence to a place called West Point where he continued to serve in the said Corps until the twentieth of November when he was discharged at West Point and he further says that he faithfully served in the said Service one year and two weeks And this deponent further says that this declaration is made for the purpose of being more particular as to the times of enlistment and that he considers this declaration as a part of the former one of the fifth of September which is now attached to this And this deponent further says that he is an old man and by reason of his old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear so positively as to the particular day at the time of his enlistment but to the best of his recollection he has stated the day correctly for these services I do claim a pension for one year and two weeks which I served in the United States Service in the Revolutionary War Sworn and subscribed this Sebastian Cargill Second day of January 1883 before

Second day of January 1833 before
Mr Munson Dool - one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas In and for the County of Green and State of New York
State of New York
Green County Ep I Munson Dool - one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas In and for the County of Green do here certify and declare and it is my belief that the said Zebariah Cargil who has above signed his name and made oath to the above declaration is in my opinion by reason of bodily infirmity cannot attend Court to alter or vary his former proceedings of his pension concerns
Munson Dool
judge as aforesaid
Clerks Certificate
I William T. D. Herrmann Clerk of the County of Green do certify that Munson Dool Esq before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavits were taken and sworn was at the date thereof and now is a Judge of the Court of Common pleas In and for the County of Green and that his signature thereto affixed is a genuine signature
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 29 th day of January 1833
William T. D. Herrmann Clerk

Declaration In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - -
State of New York
Franklin County ss On the fifth day of September One Thousand Eight Hundred and thirty two personally appeared in Open Court being a Court of record called The Court of Common Pleas In and for the County of Franklin and State of New York now In Session Zachariah Cargel a resident of the Town of Windham In the County and State aforesaid aged Twenty Two who being first duly 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 th 1832 That he Entered the Service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as I hereafter stated That he sometime In the month of November 1776 at the Town of Catskill In the County aforesaid he Volunteered his Services for six Weeks In Captain Gilbert Duesterhaus Company and under him was Marched from Catskill to the Fishkill In the County of Dutchess and there continued to work In putting up Barracks In Fishkill untill January 1777 when he was discharged at that place - And he further says that on some of the first days In August 1777 at the Town of Catskill aforesaid he Enlisted for three months under Captain Benjamin Dubois over whom who his Colonel was - That their March was from said Catskill through the Country to the Northward to Join the Army of Major General Gates That he was at the Siege and Capture of General Burgoyne That some Little time after his surrender our Corps was Marched back together to the Town of Catskill and there we were discharged sometime not far from or on some of the first days of November thereafter that he faithfully served out the time of his Enlistment - And this deponent further says That he again Volunteered Enlisted at the Town of Catskill aforesaid Enlisted as he thinks on the first of March 1778 Enlisted for Eight months that the Captains name was Wodie his Lieutenant's name was Beebe That The Col. name he does not know but that their March was from Catskill to a place called Schoharie from thence to the City of Albany and from thence to a place called West Point where he continued to serve In said Corps untill sometime In the month of November when he was discharged at the aforesaid West Point and this deponent further says that he faithfully served one year and two weeks In the said Service and further says that he was - That when he was In the Eight months Service when he was discharged at West Point he received a written discharge but the same has been lost for many years but In no other case did he ever

receive a written discharge and further says that he has no documentary Evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services other than those that accompany these proceedings and I do further relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and further declares that his name is not on any pension Roll of the Agency of any State in the United States.
Sworn and subscribed in Open Court.
Zechariah Cargill
The day and year aforesaid.
William V. D. Keermance Clerk Clergymen's Certificate
We Henry B. Stinson a. — Clergymen residing in the Town of Windham in the County of Green and State aforesaid and Sidney Tuttle of the same place will acquaint with Mr. Zechariah Cargill who has subscribed his name and to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy two years of age and that he is respected and beloved in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. — Sworn and subscribed this Thirtieth day of August 1882 Before me Whiting Rice one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Green and State aforesaid. Henry B. Stinson Sidney Tuttle
Certificate of the Court
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 applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that the said Henry B. Stinson and Sidney Tuttle who have signed their names to the preceding certificate are Clergymen residing in the Town of Windham and are persons entitled to credit as witnesses and the Court further certifies that when the interrogatories below were put to the applicant he was under solemn oath. — And the Court further certifies that it would in their opinion be attended with great inconvenience and expense to procure the Clergymen attend in Court.
Darrence Kirtland Presiding Judge of said Court
William V. D. Keermance
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Zechariah Cargill for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of Office this fifth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and

in presence of the court and the seal of office was hereunto affixed fifth - day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and
thirty two.
William K. B. Keermance Clerk
Interrogatories of the Court
Question 1. Where and in what year were you born and have you any record of your age
Answer I was born in the year 1760 if he is not mistaken in the town of Catskill in the County of Greene and state of New York.
Question 2. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live.
Answer When first I entered the service I lived in the town of Catskill where I continued sometime after the revolutionary war from thence I moved to the town of Windham in the said County where I have lived for more than forty years and where I now live with my family.
Question 3. How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom.
Answer I never entered the service in any other way than by voluntary enlistment.
Question 4. State some of the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served such Continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service.
Answer well recollect Captain Hildreth, Lieutenant first Lieutenant ... time he went he will remember Captain Benjamin Dubois - Third time he will remember Captain Woodie and he will remember several Generals and many other officers which he forgets their names.
Question 5. State some of the names of persons whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution.
Answer I am well acquainted with the Reverend Henry B. Stanton and the Rev. Clark H. Doerick clergymen of the town of Windham I am also well acquainted with Esquire Nathan Osborne Esquire and Sidney Little Esquire all those persons have lived neighbours to me for more than thirty years except the Reverend Clark H. Doerick.

The above section was copied by me on the other page
Question 6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
Answer I never received any written discharge from any officer at my discharge.
State of New York
Greene County ss. I Henry B. Stimson clergyman and Sidney Little of the Town of Windham in the County of Greene and State of New York being duly sworn do hereby certify that they are generally well acquainted with Mr. Jonathan Cargill of Windham who has signed his name to the within declaration with a view to obtain a pension that we generally believe that the said Jonathan Cargill is now seventy two years of age and that he is respected and beloved in his neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion and further we state that the said Jonathan Cargill is a man of respectability truth and veracity. Henry B. Stimson Sidney Little
Sworn and subscribed this thirteenth day of August 1832 before me Whiting Rice one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Greene State of New York.
State of New York
Greene County ss. I the said Whiting Rice Justice as aforesaid do hereby certify that the Reverend Henry B. Stimson and Clerk of Godrick the Clergyman in the Town of Windham and that Perry Steel Esquire and Sidney Little Esquire both in the Town of Windham and are esteemed as men of respectability truth and veracity.
State of New York
Greene County ss. I certify that Whiting Rice Esq. before whom the foregoing certificate and affidavits were sworn, was at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace of the said County, and that his signature thereto is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office this

9427 Zachariah Cargil
admitted.
12 mo. 14 days. Private.
5' 6"
10 Feb '90 17 Dec. "
P 163.
Reuben Horford Lexington Heights - N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of Zachariah Cargil of Windham in the State of N. York (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? 72 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. As a Gen.     In 1776 about 1 12 Private Capt. Oosterhout N. York   Aug t 1777. enlisted 3 " Capt. Benj o Dubois "   March 1778 " 8 " Capt. Wedio "  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hatskill — N. York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence alone  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are attached according to the Regulations 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Wm Gordon Examining Clerk.

State of New York } County of Green } p
On this fifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before the undersigned County Judge of the County of Green N.Y. Esther Cargill a resident of the Town of Windham in the County of Green aforesaid aged 89 years, who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed February 3 rd 1853 that she is the widow of Zachariah Cargill who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of forty eight dollars per annum to the best of her recollection payable as she is informed and believes at the pension agents office at the City of Albany or New York and which she is unable to state and that he drew said pension until the time of his death & at the time & while he drew said pension he resided in the Town of Windham aforesaid.
She further declares that she was married to the said Zachariah Cargill on or about the month of January 1815 but the precise day she is unable to recollect & was married

by Henry B Thompson a Presbyterian minister at the time of Wadsworth aforesaid and that her husband, the aforesaid Zachariah Cargill died at the said Town of Wadsworth in or about the month of July 1834 but the precise day she cannot recollect, that she was married to said Zachariah Cargill at the time and place above stated
She further Swears that she was a widow at the passage of the said Act of February 3 rd 1853 and is still a widow, and that she has never before made application for a pension
She further Swears that there is no town, County, Church or family record that will show the marriage aforesaid to the knowledge or belief of declarant Given to and subscribed on the day and year first above written before me A. H. Bailey Greene County Judge Her Esther Cargill Mark
State of New York County of Greene } ss I Alexander H Bailey County Judge of the said County before whom the foregoing declaration was made do hereby certify that the aforesaid Esther Cargill is unable to appear in open Court for the purpose of making said declaration by reason of old age & bodily infirmity A. H. Bailey Greene County Judge

State of New York County of Ulster
I Jacob Van Orden Clerk of the County of Ulster do hereby certify that Alexander H. Baile, Esq r before whom the foregoing declaration was made, and who has therunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing County Judge in and for the County aforesaid duly Com- =missioned and sworn and that his signature thereto is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the Seal of my office as Clerk of the said County this 7 day of May A D 1853
J. Van Orden Clk By M c W. Van Orden Dep. Clk

1685
REJECTED
P. O. Other Cargill widow of Zachariah
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: Not in Reg. book printed in 1850. &
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

No. 1889
Esther Cargill widow of Nathaniel
New York
Let to agt Aug 23/86
Group
N.Y.
1685

State of New York,
Greene County Clerk's Office.
I, JACOB VAN ORDEN, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Alexandr H Bailey before whom the annexed depositions were was made, was at the date thereof a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same, and that the signature purporting to be his I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 25 day of May 185 3
Jacob Van Orden Clerk.

Pension Office August 13/53
Sir. Please report time of last payment to. or death of within named pen- sioner.
Respectfully be
H Burt Esqr S.Coll 3 Aud J. G. Conn. Berm
Zachariah Cargill, at 32, $41.59 p. an. — Died 13 th July 1834. — Paid to his death.
H Burt Auditor.

Aug 18/30
[Faint, mirrored cursive text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]

Pension Office
August 13th 1853
Sir
The papers in the case of Esther Cargill for a pension under the act of Feb 3rd 1853 has been examined and found to be insufficient in this - they do not satisfactorily show that the claimant is the widow of the said Zachariah Cargill a pensioner &c. This must be shown either, by the certificate of the subscribing judge or Magistrate, or the affidavits of witnesses certified to be credible. See enclosed circular which will be strictly enforced in all claims, presented after the 1st of June 1853
M. B. Mattice Punham N York
Very Respectfully &c

(Durham May 26, 1853) Hon. L. P. Waldo
Commisioner of Pensions
Dear Sir,
I herewith send you the Declaration of Mrs Esther Cargill for a pension under the act of February 3 rd 1853, I hope you will find papers sufficient, for I have incurred considerable Expense, and trouble already
M rs Cargill is a person that is entirely dependent on her relations for a home & living; has no means of her own, & very infirm,
I think she is a very worthy woman, and her case a just one
Please acknowledge receipt of England papers, & also the papers in M rs Hannah A. Wright's Case sent you some two or three weeks since
Yours truly
M. B. Mattice

May 31. 1852
App. of Esther Cargill wid: of Zachariah
8872 NY P. #48
Act 3 d Feby 1853
Rev:
M.B. Matteo. Durham NY.

State of New York County of Greene } On this Fifth day of May A.D. 1853 Lucinda Finch personally appeared before me the undersigned County Judge within and for the County aforesaid and made oath according to law that Mrs Esther Cargill is the widow of Zechariah Cargill late of the Town of Windham deceased, that she was well acquainted with the said Zechariah Cargill in his life time - That he died at the Town of Windham Greene County in the month of July 1834 but the particular day, Deponent cannot recollect that she was present at the Town of Windham aforesaid when the said Zechariah Cargill & Esther Cargill married that they were married by Henry B. Thompson a Presbyterian Min- ister on or about the month of January 1815 but the precise day she is unable to state that she was well acquainted with the said Zechariah & Esther Cargill from the time of their marriage until the time of his death & knew near neighbors to them & knows that they lived & cohab- ited together until the death of said Zechariah Cargill & that Esther Cargill is now his widow - Deponent further says that said Zechariah Cargill drew a pension in his life time & fully paid it
Subscribed & sworn to before me the day aforesaid
Lucinda Finch Mark

above writers - & I do hereby certify that Lucinda Finch is a credible witness
A. H. Bailey Greene County Judge

State of New York County of Green
On this, Seventh day of May A D 1853 Jesse Bronson personally appeared before me the undersigned County Judge - within and for the County aforesaid and made Oath according to law that Mrs Esther Cargill is the widow of Zachariah Cargill late of the Town of Windham deceased, that he was well acquainted with the said Zachariah Cargill in his life time, that he died at the town of Windham Green Co in the month of July 1834 but the particular day deponent cannot recollect. That he was present at the town of Windham aforesaid and saw the said Zachariah Cargill & Esther Cargill married, that they were married by Henry B Stumpson a Presbyterian minister on or about the month of January 1815 but the precise day he is unable to state. That he was well acquainted with the said Zachariah & Esther Cargill from the time of their marriage until the time of his death, and lived near neighbor to them, & knows that they lived & cohabited together until the death of said Zachariah Cargill death & that Esther Cargill is now his widow. Deponent further says that the said Zachariah Cargill was a brethren in his life time & further says and Subscribed & sworn to before Jesse Bronson on the day and year

just above written & I do hereby certify that Lepe Brunsen is a credible witness The word "death" erased before signing A. R. Bailee Greene County Judge