Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1219, John Bristol, New York

SERVICE
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New York
Bristol, John
R. 12/9
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7, 1832.
Form for State Troops, &c.
Printed & Sold by Kemble & Hooper, 8 State-st. Troy, N.Y.
State of New York, ss. County of Rensselaer
On this Twelfth day of September 1837 personally appeared in open Court, before David Wilson  Byron D. Sheldon  Henry W. North the Court of Justices of the Troy Justices Court , now sitting, John Bristol now a resident of the City of Troy county of Rensselaer and State of New York, aged seventy eight years, 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 under the following named officers, and served as herein stated, Torrey , that in the year 1776. deponent resided in what is now called Sand Lake in the County of Rensselaer that he joined then in the month of August or September volunteered under Captain Williams & Lieutenant or Ensign Stearns , was mustered at Albany & then put on board a vessel bound to the highlands and was stationed at Fort Constitution while at that place was engaged in improving the state of defense of the Garrison remained there over two months was then discharged - The next Spring in the month of May 1777 he was again called out under Lieutenant Breese , was mustered and marched to Saratoga  Fort Edward remained and remained at that place until they marched to Lake George  where he stayed some time, then marched back again to Fort Edward there was also a Subaltern officer in command whose name was Jonathan or John  Orstrand - the major name was Van Buren , they remained in the service until the defeat of General Schuyler when they arrived at Schuyler in Saratoga after being out three months - was again out in 1778. entered the service in the month of May under Captain Turner , the names of the subaltern officers were not now recollect - was in Robert Van Rensselaer's Battalion or Regiment - went up the Mohawk to Fort Stanwix , and there he remained about three months - was out in the year 1779. was called out five or six times was out from one to weeks at a time in the whole not less than three months that year.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Geo. Wheeler Clerk
John Bristol
We, John Hogeboom a Clergyman , residing in the Village of Catskill and John Bristol residing in Sand Lake hereby certify that we are acquainted with John Bristol who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion, that there is no Clergyman in the neighborhood who is sufficiently acquainted with said John Bristol to testify in his behalf.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Geo. Wheeler Clerk
John Hogeboom John Bristol
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 named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier , and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that John Bristol who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman , resident in the Town of Sand Lake and that John Hogeboom who has also signed the same, is a resident in the Town of Catskill and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, George Wheeler Clerk of the Court of  Troy Justices Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Bristol for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Twelfth day of September 1837 .
Geo. Wheeler Clerk

State of New York
Albany County } ss
Eunice Fox of the County of Rensselaer in said State aged 76 years & upwards being duly sworn deposeth & saith that she is the sister of John Bristol of Canada who is an applicant for a pension. That her brother the said John Bristol lived in the present town of Sand Lake Rensselaer County N.Y. during the war. That he enlisted from said town & served upon numerous occasions. She particularly remembers that he served in the fall of the year before the capture of Burgoyne at least two months upon an expedition to the Highlands on the Hudson River. That during his absence her father hired a man to work upon the farm in his place & stead. Defendant remembers that her said brother was out on duty the year that Burgoyne was taken & the year after but for how long a time she cannot now state. He was out on duty at other times also during the war. He caught the smallpox while on duty in the army. Her father's family took it off him upon his return being
Subscribed & sworn this 12 th day of September 1845 before me I certify that said Eunice Fox is a credible witness J. M. Little Clerk of Court
Eunice Fox mark

State of New York City & County of Albany Clerks Office
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I William Mix Clerk of said County do hereby certify that said M c Letter before above the foregoing affidavits for which I have been taken was at the respective dates thereof a Commission of Clerk in & for said City duly commissioned & sworn that his dis- cerning to the same appear to be genuine.
Witness my hand & Official Seal this twenty seventh day of July A.D. 1846. William Mix Clerk

1219
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P. O.
John Bristol
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: List of rejected (or suspended) claims printed in 1852
Re-enlisted: shows cause of rejection as follows:
The certificate of the Comptroller is against him. The order for his pay does not agree with the names of the
Attorney: officers by him set forth.
P. O. _____
Recognized. _____
Contract _____
Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

No 37,383 John Pinstot NY
Ha B R Wood, Aug 14/46. M B Pierce, Oct. 12/46.
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Acty June 1832

   76 Williams  Fort Constitution  2 mos -    77 may 2 d Bries  " Edwand -  3 -    78 Capt Turner  Stillwater  3 -    79 called out 5 or 6 times for 4 weeks ea say   3 -   

Pension Office August 14 1846
Sir,
I have the honor to inform you that the papers in the case of John Briscoe have been examined and filed under the act of June 1832.
This Claim is made for several terms in the Militia of New York, to sustain which the affidavit of Robert Norton is produced. before his testimony can be received as evidence. Claimant's Service, his declaration in his own case must be verified by the records in the office of the Comptroller of New York. That portion of the records alleged service reduced subsequently, to 1778 must be established by the a Certified Copy from the records of that Office, before the  it can be admitted.
In the case of Fanny Puffer also the additional evidence is sufficient to identify her as the Widow Simon Puffer who was a pensioner under the act of 1818. but it does not establish with the required certainty the date of their marriage prior to January 1794.

All the witnesses who testify to the date of that event sign their affidavits with a Cross mark. Persons who can neither read nor cannot write their names cannot give with any degree of accuracy upon the particular date of an event which occurred more than 50 years ago. If there be no record or documentary evidence there seemed being difficulty in obtaining showing the date of that event. Attractable the testimony of some intelligent persons in the neighborhood where they resided, who knew them as husband and wife prior to 1794
H. B. R. Wood
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Hon B. R. Wood Albany New York

John Bristol Applicant for pecunia Act June 7. 1832
Appt Wm B. Pierce Albany N.Y.

To Col John Beckman
Around Sir, please to let the bearer hereof Daniel Bristol have the wages which is due to me for service done in several companies viz in Capt. Coles, Capt. Bress, Capt. Stote and Capt. Turner. And you will oblige your Humble Servant.
Oct 5, 1786.
John Bristol
Benj. Whelon
Abraham Bristol
Received October 7 th 1786 of Lt Col John H. Beckman two certificates to the amount of two hundred 14/9.
Daniel Bristol
State of New York Comptroller's Office I certify that the preceding is a true copy of the original now on file in this office. Albany August 21 st 1846 Philip Phelps Ex Comptroller

Oct 17, 1846
N.B. Pierce

Sir
Jan off Oct 12, 46
The certificates of the Comptroller in the case of John Bristol Furnish very strong evidence that he is not entitled. His order for his militia pay does not agree as to the names of the Officers with those set forth in his declaration & the sums paid his witness Robt. Norton for services in 80 & 81 differ so essentially with his declaration as to render his testimony unavailing. Norton alleges that he served Genl in 81 including the siege of York in Oct of that year while the Comptroller's books shew that he was out but once during that time & for a few days under Capt Brier. His claim is rejected & the pen- sion of his witness suspended.
Wm B. Pierce Esq Albany N.Y.

Albany N.Y. Sept 24. 1846.
Dear J. L. Edwards.
Sir:
Enclosed are the certificates re- quired by you in the matter of the application of John Bristol for a pension.
You will observe that John Bristol received but two certificates amounting to £2. 14. 9 whereas he claims to have served under four different officers, to wit, Captains Cole, Tadous. Staats & Turner. It has often been shown & doubtless to the satisfaction of the Depart- ment, that the Militia Officers of this State were very remiss in making their returns. Many cases have occurred where not one fourth part of the Service was credited. (Witness the case of James Worhyatt admitted under the act of June 7. 1832 for example.) In this case Bristol served under four different Officers & was credited but for two.
The witness Robert Mollen is father or of Judge Mollen (or Mullen) of Herkimer County, one of the most respectable families.

in this State.
I am Sir
Very respectfully
Your Obed Servant
Wm Lloyd

State of New York, County of Herkimer, S.
Robert Chilton, of the Town of Fairfield in said County, being duly sworn, doth depose & say, That he is of the age of seventy, eight years on the 10 th day of February last past; And is a Revolutionary Prisoner of the United States; That This deponent for some years previous to the revolutionary war resided in the then Town of Bethlehem, now called Sand Lake in the County of Rensselaer & state aforesaid & resided there until after the close of said war; That this deponent during his said Residence in Bethlehem, was well acquainted with John Bristol, who also resided in said Bethlehem during the period aforesaid; That this deponent well remembers that the said John Bristol served at different times, as a soldier in the Revolutionary war And in particular that he the said John Bristol served for the period of three months in Captain Turner's Company, in Col. Robert Vand Kuyper's Regiment, during their Expedition up the Mohawk River in the Summer of the Year 1778; That this deponent served in the same Company, at the same time: That the said John Bristol also served three months in the Summer of the Year 1777, in the Company Commanded by Lieutenant Breese during the Retreat of General Schuyler; That deponent also served in the same Company, at the same time: That this deponent also served during another expedition up the Mohawk besides the one above mentioned, & is of the impression that said Bristol also served with deponent at that time, But deponent does not distinctly remember & cannot possibly state whether said Bristol was along on said last-mentioned Expedition, or not; That this deponent's Father & the father of the said John Bristol, resided for several years,

Before & during the Revolutionary war, within 20 miles of each other, in the town of Bethlehem. Deponent was well acquainted with the family of said Bristol & that the said John Bristol is of about the age of this Deponent.
August 23-1837
Robert Norton
A.C. Smith
Justice of the Peace of the town of Bethlehem, Herkimer County
State of New York Herkimer County
I certify that A.C. Smith Esq whose name is above subscribed to the print of the annexed affidavit was on the day of the date of said affidavit a justice of the peace in and for said County duly elected & qualified since that his name
above written is in his own proper hand writing -
I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the deponent Robert Norton and that he is a credible witness - Witness my hand & official Seal June 12 1846.
E. A. Munn Clerk
John Bristol No. 37,383
John Bristol My
Acty June 1837
Robert Norton Affidavit
Hon. B. R. Wood H.R. Aug 3 246

Supplemental Declaration Act June 7. 1832
State of New York City & County of Albany } ss
On this twentieth day of September 1875 personally appeared before me John Bristol, who being first duly sworn deposeth & saith, that the accompanying affidavit or declaration was made by him in the fall of 1837 in a pecuniary suit in the city of Troy. That he left the same with his agent Judge Bull of Troy who promised to attend to its prosecution. That since that time he has resided in Earnestown, U.C. and has not visited Troy. That he now comes for the purpose of attending to this his pension claim. That he has just received the accompanying declaration & from Judge Bull who had neglected to send the same to Washington from the fact, as he stated, that the affidavits of the witness Norton wanted a clerks certificate. He now employs William B Pierce of Albany N.Y. as his Attorney John Bristol
Subscribed & sworn to the 27 th day of June aforesaid be- fore me. J. M. Little Commissioner