Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2110, James Campbell, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Campbell James
S 2110
CONTENTS
Barbed

Ohio N o 3045 Pennsylvania to
James Campbell
of Tioga Co. in the State of Pennsylvania who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Wright of the Reg t commanded by Col. Willet in the New York line for 1 year 10 months & 11 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 74 Dollars 53 Cents per to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of December 1832 and sent to Wm. J. Ford Ho. Reps.
Arrears to 4th of September 1832 111.79 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. March 1833 } 37.26 149.05
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book D, Vol. 6. Page 51. " E " 8 " 5.
March 11. 34 - See let to N. Biddle Esq to know up to what time he was last p.d.
Transf. to Ohio. 2 May. 3. from 4 Sep 1833
Notification sent to agents
Vincennes, care of David Douglass. Ohio. Green Co. Ohio.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 Sep 1839 to 4 March 1840. Age Notified 26 Dec 1840
M c Intosh July 27 1853
Date of death Wm. A. B.

State of Pennsylvania County of Tioga 3 rd
On this twenty eighth  thirtieth day of July in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared in open court in the Circuit Court of Pennsylvania for Tioga County now in session James Campbell a resident of Richmond Township in the said County of Tioga & State of Pennsylvania affirming aged sixty nine years & upwards who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration - in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
That he entered the service of the United States as near as he recollects in the month of March A.D. one thousand seven hundred & eighty  seventy five being then fifty  seventeen years of age. That he enlisted with Henry Moore at Noblestown then Luzerne County in the State of New York - that Henry Moore was a Lieu- tenant in Capt. Job Knight's Company in which Com- pany this deponent served - That said company be- longed to Col. Marinus Willett's Regiment of New York State Levies - That said Regiment was stationed at Fort Plain on the Mohawk River about twenty miles as near as this deponent rec- ollects below the mouth of West Canada Creek nearly the whole of the time this deponent was enga- ged in the service - deponent was with the troops that marched from Fort Plain near the close of the Revolutionary War to take the fort at Oswego Two regiments were out on this expedition - a Rhode Island Regiment & the one to which this deponent belonged - It was winter during the winter before the army was disbanded - The country through which the troops passed was a wild at that time

They endured great difficulties & privations The river was open when the troops arrived at St. Louis & being unable to cross they returned immediately, being about from Fort Plain as near as this deponent recollects about eleven days. Many of the troops had their feet frozen & were suffering for want of food. This deponent well recollects that during this expedition he was three days without any subsistence except the buds he picked from trees. — Col. Willett's Regiment was not ordered out on any other actual service while this deponent belonged to it, but was stationed at Fort Plain as a frontier guard. This deponent continued in the service from the time of his enlistment until he was discharged at Fort Stanwix in December as he believes of the year peace was proclaimed sometime after the Continental troops were discharged & assigns as a reason why he was not sooner discharged the building of a blockhouse at or near Fort Stanwix by the troops of Col. Willett's Regiment who were retained as this deponent believes for that purpose. This deponent has no documentary evidence which as he believes would be useful in the investigation of his claim — nor does he know of any person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services. Deponent has been informed (tho' he knows not the fact) that the enrolment of the troops of Col. Willett's Regiment is on file in the War Department at Washington & if it is on file con- fidently believes his name will be found there. To the several interrogatories proposed by the War Department to be put by the court to ap- -PLICANTS this deponent says — 1. That he was born in the town of

Glasgow Berkshire County Massachusetts on the 16 th day of April A.D. 1763 said John or Joseph has been informed is now called Blanford -
2. That there is a record of his age as he believes in the Town Books of Glasgow when he was born & also in his father's bible now in possession of his mother who is still living - in Bradford County & is eighty right years of age -
3. That he lived in Noblestown Luzerne County New York when called into service that he entered for the period of three years but was discharged in consequence of the disbanding of the Army when peace was concluded - having served only as he believes about two years & nine months - That after he was discharged he returned to Noblestown & remained there two or three years - That he then came to Pen- sylvania & settled at Sherbeguin in Luzerne Co. Bradford County about 8 mi. below King's Point - lived there about 4 years - moved to Sugar Creek - then also Sugar Creek - now Bradford County - remained there until about eight years ago when he removed to Richland Township in Luzerne County where he has remained since -
485. (These interrogatories are fully answered in the former part of the Declaration) -
6. That he had a written discharge handed him by his captain - Sgt Wright at the time the troops were discharged after the building of the blockhouse at or near Fort Stanwix That he gave said discharge to a man by the name of James Gowy in order to get the arrearage due him for his services at New York & that the said Gowy has not since returned it to him & that he does not

Know when it now is - 7. That he is known to Ephraim B. Gervais Esq. Samuel Satterlee Thomas Dyer, Elder. Whitehead & Ebenezer Jackson &c.
And this deponent hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
James Campbell
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Jonah Brewster Clerk B.B.
We James Whitehead a clergyman residing in the Township of Coeymans in the County of Rensselaer & Asa Mann - residing in Richmond in said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Campbell who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age - that he is reported & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we con- cur in that opinion -
James Whitehead Asa Mann
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Jonah Brewster Clerk B.B.
And the said board do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department: That the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that James Whitehead who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the said County - & that Asa Mann - is also a resident in the said County & is a credible person that this statement is entitled to full credit as his court declares.
James Kenneddy associate Clerk of the Saratoga court of Pensions by Charles B. Dyer Assistant Clerk in and for the County of Rensselaer N.Y. July 21. 1832
Rensselaer Co. N.Y.
Jonah Brewster Clerk of the

no 3696
Suspended Novr. 1. 1832.
To E. B. Gerould Conington. Omn a .
Oly-
P- 49.
admitted
22 mo. & 11 ds.
$74. 5-3
Honble D. Ford Ho: of Reps.

BRIEF in the case of James Campbell of Tioga County in the State of Pennsylvania. (Act 7 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?
69 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.     In 17 81 27 22 11 As a Private Gen. New York Levis Batt. Wright, Col Willet  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
None mentioned
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Nobleton New York
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By tradition
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Not properly attached
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
M c Quiggo Examining Clerk.

sold Rev. and 1812 Wars Section. AWF
December 15, 1930
A. C. Pickett 2711 Chicago Avenue Riverside, Calif.
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 2110 , that James Campbell was born April 16, 1763 in Glasgow (afterwards called Blandford), Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
While a resident of Nobletown, New York, he enlisted in March 1781 and served as a private in Captain Job Wright's Company, Colonel Marinus Willett's New York Regiment and was discharged in December 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 30, 1832, at which time he was living in Richmond Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
In 1832 he stated that his mother, her name not given, was then eighty-eight years old and living in Bradford, state not named.
In 1834, the soldier was living in Green County, Ohio.
There is no reference to either wife or children.
The above history is that of the only James Campbell, who served with the New York Troops, found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

Yrs. 1/26 Soldier pensioned E. J. Preston Chicago, Ill. M.C.
March. 15-98 E. J. Preston, Chicago, Ills.
Jany. 24-1902 J. W. Campbell. Frankfort, Kas
1913, Mch. 1913. History to Mrs. Qtho B. Campbell. Fr.
1930- Dec. 15- Hist. L. A. C. Pickett H. ...
Rev War
21110 INVALID.
File No. 21110.
James Campbell
Priest Rev War
Act: June 7.  1882
Index:—Vol. 4 , Page 56
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Hon d Samuel M c Lean Esq r
Member of Congress
Washington City
D.C.

James Campbell Petition to Congress
1829 NY Senate
Rejected N o 1630

To the honorable the Senate and House of Represent- -atives of the United States of America
The petition of James Campbell respectfully states that he enlisted as a private in the army of the Revolution in a company commanded by Captain John Wright in a regiment commanded by Col. Marinus Willett about the year 1778 and continued to service in said Regiment two years and nine months when he was discharged from service that your petitioner endured very many priva- -tions & hardships during his service. being in the vicinity of the Mohawk river. that he is in distress circumstances. As respectfully prays that he may be placed on the roll of revolutionary pen- -sioners
Richmond Feby. 5, 1829
James Campbell
P.S. direct your answer to Canoe Camp, Post Office Sisgen Co Pa

3696
J. Ford
Dec. 12. 1872

Circuit Court of Pennsylvania for Tioga County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the origi- -al proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Mrs. Campbell for a pension - The testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of said Court is hereby affixed This thirtieth day of July - A.D. one Thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
Joseph Brewster Clerk C. Court

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
December 15 th , 1840.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," James Campbell, ————— a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio Agency, at the rate of Seventy four Dollars and fifty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1839, to the 4 th March 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Wilson B. Purdie Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Rec d 12 March. 34
James Campbell application for transfer
No 3045 June 1832
March 10 1834
see let r to Mr Biddle to
know when he was last
paid
sent him. A.B.
copy of the
above 9th
April 1834
sent copy of letter to James Campbell Washington City
He

State of Ohio Green County ss. Best known to all James Campbell did per- -sonally appear before me David Douglas a Justice of the peace within and for the County aforesaid, and made oath in due form of law, that to the best of his knowledge the identical persons named in the original Certificate in his possession of which I certify the following is a true copy. War Department.
Respectfully I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States of the seventh of June 1832. James Campbell of Livingston County of the State of Pennsylvania who was a privates in the army of the United States is entitled to receive seventy four dollars & fifty three cents for services during his natural life commencing on the 4 th of March 1831 and payable semiannually on the 4 th of March and 4 th of September in every year. Given at the War Office of the United States the twelfth day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
W 3
Lewis Cass Secretary of War
examined and countersigned
J. L. Edwards
That he the deponent now resides in the County of Green and State of Ohio and has resided there more than four months past, and that previous thereto he resided in the said County of Livingston in the State of Pennsylvania aforesaid. Given

To and Sirs, which before me sat and appeared in Xenia in the County of Green aforesaid this 4 th day of March 1834. James Campbell State of Ohio David Douglass Justice of the Peace
Green County ss I David Douglass a Justice of the peace in the County of Green aforesaid do hereby certify, that I have the most satisfactory evidence from the affidavit of Gilbert Pratt, a respectable gentleman who resides in the County of Green aforesaid that the above James Campbell who has this day appeared before me to take the oath of identity, is the identical person named in the pension certificate which he has exhibited before me num- bered 3045 and bearing date at the War Office the 12 th day of December 1832 and signed by Lewis Cass Secretary of War and attested and countersigned by J. L. Edwards. Given under my hand & seal at Xenia this 4 th day of March 1834.
State of Ohio David Douglass Justice of the Peace [Seal]
Green County ss Be it known, that the above named James Campbell did personally appear before me the said David Douglass Justice of the peace as aforesaid in the County of Green aforesaid, and further made oath in due form of law, that he the deponent is desirous and wishes to be transferred from the Pennsylvania agency of pensions, to the Ohio agency of pensions which is at Cincinnati as deponent is informed and believes. deponent drew his pension up to the 4 th of September 1833 in the State of New Hampshire. Sworn to and acknowledged

before me at Xenia upon and this 4 th of March 1834. James Campbell
David Douglass Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio } James L Grover Clerk of the Grave County } Court of Common Pleas of said County, do hereby certify that David Douglass Esq. before me named, is an acting justice of the Peace within and for the County of Grave aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and that the foregoing signature pur- porting to be his an genuine —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and the seal of said Court at Xenia this 11 th day of March 1834. J. L. Grover Clerk

at bell Nov 1829
20.886 James Campbell Act M d 1829. Pennsylvania. Referred. See letter

Mr. Edwards, will please inform me whether Col. Maximus Willett was of the Continental establishment and oblige. Sam l M c Lean
please return the enclosed
Dec 16 - 1829

Preston Publishing Company
OF CHICAGO.
In your reply refer to our No. _____
April 13, 1896.
The U.S. Pension Department,
Washington, D.C.,
Gentlemen:-
Enclosed, find a copy of the War record of James Campbell of Tioga county, Penn., Willyou kindly give us such information as the records may show regarding his birth, place of residence, etc., Thanking you for an early reply, I remain,
Very truly yours,
J. Preston

Chicago
Feb. 18. 98
Will you please inform me from what P.A. in N.Y. James Campbell enlisted if your records show.
I have written to Noblestown N.Y. and had my letter re- turned marked as such Offici your

words much give the P.A. form which he selected, also do the words not show another James Campbell from the same Co. The father of the one mentioned in your attached letter was in the R. war 4 years prior to - the one recorded herein.

Mailing your favor.
Yes Elmer Brown of Joseph Hill of N.C. appeared on your pension forke. He was in the Rev. Eulalia from Blue Ridge N.C. I think.
Very truly
E. J. Brown
4320 E. 63rd St.
Chicago.

The Commercial Hotel
J. W. CAMPBELL, PROPRIETOR.
BEST HOUSE AND BEST FURNISHED HOUSE IN THE CITY TWENTY-SIX ROOMS.
RECEIVED DEC 14 1901 D. W. & N. DIVISION
Frankfort, Kansas, Dec 9 th 1901
Dear Sir
About the 1 st of April last I wrote you for the record of James Campbell a revolutionary soldier and Pensioner. I recd the enclosed. The James Campbell that I wish to obtain a record of was from Linn Co Penn He never lived in any southern state but applied for Pension from Penn of Ohio I think that he would be carried on rolls as James Campbell for as he took his Father's place after the first year of the war. I do not know his regiment or his Captain's

The Commercial Hotel
J. W. CAMPBELL, PROPRIETOR.
BEST HOUSE AND BEST FURNISHED HOUSE IN THE CITY TWENTY-SIX ROOMS.
Frankfort, Kansas, _____ 190
Name but am under the impression that he served in the 4 th Penn- Infantry, I distinctly remember his drawing a pension yearly of $8 00 pr Month.
Yours Very Truly J. W. Campbell Late Lt Col USA, War 1861 to 1865 L B 33,

JAMES B. HOBBS PRESIDENT
OLIVER H. HORTON FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL
HENRY P. MAGILL SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
F. M. RICE SECRETARY
CENTRAL NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
Jno. P. Campbell & Son, Agents MARION, IND.
INSURANCE EXCHANGE BLDG. CHICAGO, ILLS.
Marion, Indiana Feb; 24, 1913
Pension Bureau; Washington, D. C.
Will you please send me the official record of the revolutionary soldier James Campbell, who applied for a pension in Tioga, Co. Penn. and was transferred to Ohio probably Xenia, Ohio in 1834.
Yours truly, Mrs. Otho B. Campbell. 714 West First St.

2711 Chicago Ave. Riverside California Nov. 24 1930
Chief of the Record and Pension Office
Dear Sir:- I am informed that the records of Soldiers of the Revolutionary War are available to interested parties who do not ask for more than two records.
I much wish all available information about the two soldiers named below.
D all shell Job Pickett, of Connecticut, of Capt. John Ensign's Co. of Col. Moseley's Regt. 1778.
order 11/11/30 James Campbell, of New York. This James was a brother of Lieut. Robert Campbell who was killed at the battle of Oriskany. James also had a son Robert who served in the Revolution and was allowed a pension on his claim S. 23565, having entered the service before his 14th birthday. James Campbell was the name of several veterans from New York state, so I have given data to identify the one in whom I am interested.
With thanks for your attention, I am
Very truly yours
A. C. Pickett

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of James Campbell 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. S. 2110.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Inch. 1781 to Dec 1783 Pri Job Wright. Marinus Willett N.Y.                                     
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Nobletown, Luzerne Co., N.Y.
Date of application for pension, July 30, 1832. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Richmond Twp., Leica Co., Pa.
Age at date of application, B. Apr. 16, 1763 { Glasgow (afterwards called Blandford) Berkshire Co. Mass. }
Remarks: In 1834, soldier was a resident of Green Co., Ohio.
In 1832 he stated that his mother,
There is no data relative to family.
then 88 yrs of age & living in
Bradford Co. (still - not named.)
Very respectfully,
own 71.4
No ref. to mother wife or child
Commissioner.