Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1,429, Bethuel Bunker, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New York
Bunker, Bethuel
R. 1,429
CONTENTS

District of New York } St Lawrence County }
On the first day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred Twenty eight before me the subscriber one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of St Lawrence in the State of New York personally appeared Bethuel Bunker aged Seventy one in the month of January last past residing in the Town of Onondaga in said County & State who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" that he the said Bethuel Bunker enlisted in Poughkeepsie in the County of Dutchess & State aforesaid in the Company commanded by Capt. John Johnson of Infantry in Col. Dubois Regiment as a private soldier in the month of January in the year One thousand seven hundred & Seventy six of the New York line that he continued to serve in the said Corps or in the service of the United States until the month of January in the year one thousand eight  six hundred & Seventy nine when he was discharged from service at Baraboo Ridge about five miles from Morristown in the State of New Jersey. And the said Bethuel doth further declare that he was in the Battle of White Plains & sundry other places and that

he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that the evidence of his discharge has long since been worn out or lost & that he has no other evidence now in his possession of his said service except the annexed affidavits
Sworn to & subscribed
It declared before me this fifth day of February,
1828 John Leek Bishop
his Bethuel X Burker mark
Robert Livingston one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County
I Robert Livingston Esquire Judge of the said Court do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Bethuel Burker a person well known to me did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common Enemy & I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the above-mentioned act of Congress.
In witness my hand & the seal of the said Court this 5 th day of February 1828 -
Robert Livingston one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County

District of New York St. Lawrence County
On this fifteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty nine, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of St. Lawrence, being a court of Record under the laws of New York, Bethuel Dunker aged seventy two years seventy two years in the month of January last past, residing in the town of Oswegatchie in the County of St. Lawrence & state of New York, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision of the acts of congress of the 18th of March 1818 & of the first of May 1820, & that the said Bethuel Dunker enlisted at Poughkeepsie in the County of Dutchess in the state of New York in the company commanded by Captain John Johnson, of Infantry in Col. Dubo- is Regiment, as a private soldier in the month of January in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy six Which said Regiment composed a part of the New York line on the continental establishment. That he continued to serve in said corps, or in the service of the United States in the continental establishment, until the month of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy nine when he was discharged from said service at Daskin Ridge about five miles from Morriston in the state of New Jersey. And said Bethuel doth further declare that he was in the battle at White Plains & on East river near New York in skirmishes & with General Sullivan against the Indians in New York state, & that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. And that the evidence of his discharge has long since been worn out & lost, & that he has no other evidence of now in his posses- sion of his said services except the affidavits of Johnson Tiff & John Brunker. That the affidavit of of Johnson Tiff was originally in due form, but being carried & worn, as he believes, in the pocket of one John

Scott Bysier, who had been employed to procure this deponent a pension, became mutilated, & a piece thereof has been lost. That the reason of this deponent not applying earlier for a pension, is, that until the taking the affidavit of said Liff, this deponent could not procure sufficient evidence of his service, & this deponent since the procuring that affidavit has never till lately known but what said Scott had forwarded this deponent's papers - That a declaration was duly made before Robert Livingston Bysier a Judge H.C. in February 1828.
And in pursuance of the act of 1 st May 1820, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th of March 1818, & that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any other manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it, so as to bring myself within the provisions of the act of congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18 th day of March 1818, & that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me, nor have family income other than what is contained in the schedule herunto annexed & by me subscribed - And further that all the facts stated herein, & in said schedule are true according to the best of my knowledge, information & belief.
Sworn to & declared on the 15 th day of October 1849 (Signed) Bethuel Bunker in open court of Common Pleas of said J. G. Hopkins Clerk -

Schedule of property belonging to Bethuel Dinker of Deobgatehill New York He has no real estate in possession, remainder, or expectancy, either in law or equity.
His personal estate consists of the following property.
  one table quite old $ .60   six old chairs .75   9 tea cups & saucers all old .38   10 old plates .40   two bowls .12   one tea pot .38   one tea canister .25   one candlestick .25   one pot 1.00   one tea kettle 1.00   one gill cup .6   one sugar bowl & one sugar pot .20   one quart cup .6   2 pitchers .12   one pair of candle mounts (old) .12   one skimmer (old) .6   one tin stove (old) .50   one tunnel (old) .12   one horn .12   one calendar .6   one grate (old) .6   2 glasses & 2 tin pans .25   one jug five knives & forks (old) 1.00   one frying pan & spider (old) 1.00   one pair bellows (old) .50   2 smoothing-irons .75   shovel & tongs (old) .25   two tin pans .25   one bed & bedding 6.00   The clothing of deponent is what he has on   worthless then 2.00 

His wife has perhaps 3 suits in all worth 6.00 $24.51
The above is all the property belonging to said Bunker or in his possession. That I have not since, nor was I at the time of the passing of the act of 18 th March 1818, been worth over the sum of fifty Dollars & that I have been dependent upon my own services & those of my wife for the support of myself & family. That I have been unable to labor much for some years & that for a long time past have not been able to labor at all & wife have been supported by my wife's labour in washing. That I am not able to state precisely what property I had on the 18 th of March 1818 - but as far as I can recollect having at that time except his household stuff, & said cow was butchered & eat some years since, said household stuff is either on hand, or worn out or sold for provisions. And at one time deponent has had to have assistance from the poor funds of the town for supply his family with provisions.
Said October 15 th 1829
(Signed)
Bethuel Bunker
I James G Hopkins clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of St Lawrence, State of New York do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the said Bethuel Bunker did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement in the continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said court And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is twenty four dollars & fifty one cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said court this 15 th day of October 1829 -
J G Hopkins clerk of said court

State of New York Jefferson County
The County of Jefferson & and in the state of New York being duly sworn deponent is Sixty Three
Sixty four the Twelveth day of March  April and that he this deponent was well acquainted in the revolutionary war
with General Sullivan Division as a private soldier in that the said Bethuel Bunker was a private soldier in said division and for the space of nine months (during which time said division was together) that the said Bethuel Bunker did serve as a private soldier in the Continental Army - in the Revolutionary war, and this deponent says that he is not positive but thinks that the said nine months service was performed during the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy
further says not Sworn and subscribed this Third day of March A.D. 1827
before me J. B. Hoyle - justice of the peace for said county
(supposed to have been) Johnson Lippof in and in the state of New York being duly sworn deponent is Sixty Three years old & will be
of the month  day of  March  April and was well acquainted in the revolutionary war with General Sullivan Division as a private soldier in that the said Bethuel Bunker was a private soldier in said division and for the space of nine months (during which time said division was together) that the said Bethuel Bunker did serve as a private soldier in the Continental Army - in the Revolutionary war, and this deponent says that he is not positive but thinks that the said nine months service was performed during the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy
further says not Johnson Lippof

I Peleg Burghard Clerk of the Court of the County of Jefferson in the State of New York do hereby certify that Samuel C. Hoyle before whom the annexed affidavit was sworn was at the time a Justice for the said County of Jefferson & duly empowered to administer oaths.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court the sixth day of November in the year 1829.
Peleg Burghard Clerk

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1863
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RECEIVED
Esther or Bethnie Bunker
Service: _____
Discharged: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: ✓
Reenlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
Pay _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Ogdensburgh N.Y. Nov. 11. 1829
Sir,
I herewith send you Mr. Bethuel Bunce's papers upon which he asks a pension. I am not acquainted with the forms, or rules in such cases, & therefore cannot say that the case comes within the Rules, or is according to your forms. He is a sick old man & a town charge most of the time, & if he is entitled to a pension I doubt not you will be as cheerful in placing upon the list, as he in receiving his pension!
Please write to me your determination, & if you put his name upon the pension list please give directions as to time & manner of drawing. If you will send me the forms of applying for pensions, & of drawing them, I shall esteem it a favour.
I am very respectfully your obt. serv. Ransom H. Gillet
Hon. J. H. Eaton Secretary of War

Will Mr. Dickinson be so good as to say whether the name of Bethuel Bunker appears on the N. York Roll in the Treasury Dept.? and if so, in what reg. and company did he serve? and for what period?
War Dept.
Pension Office,
Nov. 20. 1879
J. L. Edwards
Bethuel Bunker - 5 th Regt. Johnsons Cav., enlisted 9 Jan y 1878 for the War, deserted 1 st March 1880. - A. M. L.

Bethuel, or Bethniel 21029
Bunker Rev. N. York.
Rejected. See letter to R. H. Gillet, Nov. 21. 1829.
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War Department, Pension Office. November 21, 1829.
Ransom H. Gillet, Esq. Ogdenburgh, N. Y. Sir:
The documents which you transmitted to this Department in support of the claim of Bethuel Bunker, have been examined and placed on our files. On searching the muster rolls of the New York line, it appears that the claimant deserted the service and never afterwards joined the army. By this act he forfeited all claim to every gratuity whatever. No pension, therefore, can be granted to him.
J. L. E.

State of New York Lawrence County
John Bunner Late of Dutchess County in the State of New York now residing in Augusta in Upper Canada being duly sworn says that he this Deponent is sixty seven years old and will be sixty eight years old on the third day of July next and that he this Deponent is well acquainted with Bethune Bunker that he this Deponent and the said Bethune Bunker enlisted in to Capt John Johnson's Company of Infantry in Col Duboyce Regiment as private soldiers in the winter of the year one thousand seven hundred and Seventy Six and that this Deponent served with the said Bethune Bunker in the said Company & Regiment in the Revolutionary war for the term of about three years from the said winter of the year one thousand seven hundred & Seventy Six in the Conti- nental Army and this Deponent & the said Bethune Bunker were discharged from the said Army at Barren Ridge about five miles from Morristown in the State of New Jersey in January in the year one thousand seven hundred & Seventy Nine
John Bunner mark
Sworn & Subscribed before me the 8 th of June 1823 John Scott Justice Peace in & for Lawrence Co.

State of New York St. Lawrence County
ss:
John Scott of the town of Oswegatchie in said County, de-
poses being duly sworn saith that an application was made to this deponent by Bethuel Bunker the person described in the annexed affidavit to obtain a pension as a revolutionary soldier that at such application, the said Bethuel Bunker put into his possession the annexed affidavit with the part now missing, that the part gone has resulted from accident in this deponent's possession. That according to this deponent's best recollection, the part gone stated "John on Liff of _____ in", "in the state of New", "depo- sed & saith that", "years old & will be", "day of _____ last", "was well acquainted", & "in the Revolutionary war" That deponent does not recollect what was on the part of a line partly torn off. The original affidavit, before the said acci- dental loss of a part thereof, read the same as it now would by adding said quoted words as deponent virily believes. And further this deponent saith not
John Scott -
subscribed & sworn before me this 22 d day of October 1821 R. H. Gillis Commissioner to take affidavits &c

I James G. Hopkins, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of St. Lawrence in the state of New York, do hereby certify that Ransom H. Gillet before whom the within affidavit was sworn & taken, was at the time the same was taken a commissioner duly authorized by the laws of said state to take affidavits in said County. I further certify that John Scott before whom the annexed affidavit was taken was at the time the same purports to have been taken a Justice of the peace in said County duly authorized by the laws of said state to administer oaths in said County.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court this eleventh day of November in the year 1827.
J. G. Hopkins Clerk