Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5447, John Campbell, Continental (New York)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (New York) Campbell, John Hutchings, Ann W. (Former widow)
R 5447
CONTENTS
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State of New York City and County of New York S.S.
On this twenty sixth day of August 1846 personally appeared before me Samuel Jones Chief Justice of the Superior Court of the City of New York Mrs. Ann Hutchings a resident of the State City and County aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on oath depose and say, she is rising of seventy six years of age and makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the law passed in the year 1836, granting pensions to the widows of Revolutionary Officers and Soldiers who were married prior to January 1794, And says she was married to John Campbell (now deceased, in July 1789 in the City of New York by the Rev. David Biglee The then Pastor of the Moravian Church of Said City) who was Forage Master and Assistant Deputy Quarter Master General in the Revolutionary war as she was informed by her said husband and others during his life time and believes it to be true. And she further saith that he served in the State of New York at that period and was stationed some part of the time at what was called the Continental Village in what was then Dutchess but now Putnam County in the Highlands on the east side of the North River, and was associated at some period with or under Colonel Hugh Hughs. And she further saith that her

Said husband deceased (in the year 1798) leaving this deponent his lawful widow and legal representative, and she again intermarried with Samuel Hutchings with whom she lived from the year 1828 to the year 1833 when he deceased, and since which time she has remained his widow, and she makes this her declaration producing the best proof that the nature of her case will admit as to marriage, she not having any documentary evidence of the same. And believing as she is advised there may be documentary evidence in the War Department at Washington of the revolutionary services of her said husband. And she further saith that she has never before applied for her pension. And she does now by these presents empower, constitute and appoint William H. Meeks Esq. as her lawful attorney and Agent with full powers of substitution or revocation of such other agent or agents as he may deem it expedient to appoint to assist him in asserting and sustaining her claim for a pension and to do any and every other act or thing that she may or can lawfully do in or about the premises in his name place and stead.
Sworn to and subscribed
on the day and year
first above written
Inn m. Hutchings
Chief Justice of the Superior Court of the City of New York

State of New York Westchester County and township of Peachtree Cortlandt Wm B Howard a justice of the Peace in and for the town of Cortlandt in Peachtree Village. Westchester Co On this eighteenth day of September 1846 - Personally appeared before me
John (P) Palentine a resident of the State Town and County aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath depose and say he is of the age of eighty one years of age in March last past and is now drawing a pension in virtue of his services rendered on behalf of the United States in the Revolutionary War (of eighty dollars per annum) And he further saith that he was always from his earliest recollection well acquainted with Major John Campbell formerly a resident of a place called the Continental Village a few miles above this place on the East Side of the North River and he was well acquainted with the said Campbell in and during the Revolutionary War and until his death. And was also well acquainted with the said Campbell's wife who is now applying for a pension in virtue of the services of her said husband rendered in the Revolutionary War. And he knows they lived together in good report as husband and wife from seventeen hundred and eighty nine until the time of her husband's death which was as near as he can recollect nine or ten years after the War. And he further saith that the said Ann W. B. being a distant relative to this deponent his acquaintance was always in early life very intimate
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until they became aged and infirm since which they have not kept up their acquaintance as formerly But he knows the said widow to be the same person named as applying for a pension and knows she and her husband as co-joined together together in good repute as man & wife and he knows that John Campbell was Assistant Quartermaster General and Cattle Forage Master and in this department further seems that he served under the said Campbell One year and nine months in the Revolutionary war and he further swears that he believes the widow justly entitled to what she claims in virtue of her said husband's services and he further swears not Sworn to and subscribed John his X Pollentine on the day and year mark first above written
Wm B Howard Justice of the Peace
I am personally acquainted with the above named John Pollentine have known him for the last thirty six years, he has always been a good character and reputed a poor but honest Citizen, and a man of truth & veracity Wm B Howard Pikeville 8 Sept 1840

Ward B. Howard
State of New York,
ss. County of Westchester
I, MUNSON I. LOCLWOOD, CLERK of the County aforesaid, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Ward B. Howard Esq.
whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed Instrument , and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said cer- tificate, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, in and for the said County, residing in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same. And, further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County, the Twelfth day of September 184 6 .
Munson I. Lockwood Clerk.
Mr. Ward B. Howard

5447
P. O. _____
Mrs W. Hutchins
Service: widow  John Campbell
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: List of suspended claims printed in 1852; shows cause
Re-enlisted: of suspension as follows,
"Proof of marriage, and of identity with the deputy quartermaster for two years' service required."
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18
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V. N. Y. = (6832)
Letter to W. H. Meek 26. Oct. 1845 to same Doct. 1-46
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See memorandum within
1836

Ann W. Hutchins - N. Y. Sus- pended. Act 4 July 1836. In this case I am informed that the then widow died many years before the passing of the Act under which the claim is made.
H. P. C. Raptine March 25. 1852.

W. N. Mack
Oct. 1/46

Sir
12 New York
Nov. Dec 1. 46
In reply to yours of 10 inst in the case of Ann W. Hutch- -ins, I would inform you that it is inferred that she is not claim- -ing for the services of the John Campbell whose account was settled under a special act of 2 March '33 but of some other John Campbell who it is alleged was also a Forage Master Dept. Dy Q tr M t . Genl under Col Hughes - Your intimation that claimant was a recipient in the of a distribution of the settlement under said act as her husband's services were acknow- -ledged & in part compensated in that settlement is not borne out by the vouchers in the Reg t s office upon which that a/c was adjusted -
You are referred to my letter of 26 Oct W. H. Keck Esq. New York

Mar 30 46
McCampbell
James L. Edwards Esq. Pension Department Washington City D. C.

New York Nov 27 th 1846
Dr Sir
In addition to my Communication to the Pension Department dated Nov 10 th in answer to a report in the case of Mrs. Hutchings of October the 26 th . Having availed myself of a copy of the various acts of Congress, reports &c on the Campbell heirs claim & of a final partial settlement of the same - I herewith transmit it to the Pension Department - presuming it possible in the absence of said act of the 2 nd of March 1833. it may assist in settling the claim of she who was formerly the widow of John Campbell & now of Hutchings who is claiming a pension in virtue of the Revolutionary services of her first husband -
I remain Respectfully Yours &c.
James S. Edwards Esq. Washington City D.C.
W. H. Merrill

Wail for Register answer.

New York Nov. 10 th 1846
Sir
In answer to your report in the case of Mrs. Hutchings formerly Mrs. Campbell dated Oct. 26 th 1846. So far as regards the identity of her husband, I would respectfully refer you to the act passed on the 2 nd of Mar. 1833 for the relief of the heirs of John Campbell, one of whom she claims to be and whose husband's services are tho' acknowledged & in part compensated for in the allowance to said heirs by the accounting government officer of six thousand six hundred and ninety five Dollars & 21 Cents.
It is not asserted in her declaration nor in any proof adduced in support of her claim that she was married before the last term of her husband's services expired, but on the contrary that she was married in the year 1789, & so before that time, & therefore her claim would come more properly under the act of 1838, and doubtless was inadvertently asserted under the act of 1836. Your mistake the Commission will readily perceive as the date of the marriage does not admit the claim being brought under the previous act. So far as regards private papers of her former husband she possesses none that would avail her any thing other as to identity or marriage, as thorough search has been made to that end. - If any further parol testimony should be required as to the proof of identity, reputation &c. I have little doubt but it may be obtained as I believe the family to have been generally well and generally favourably known in the days of their activity in life. I remain very
Yours James L. Edwards Esq.
Comm. to Washington City,
Respectfully, Your humble Servt.
Nov. 9 th 1846. Mr. St. Meek

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Jan of Act 26, 46
In the case of Ann W. Hutchins the date of the marriage is not established with the necessary precision to bring her claim within the act of July 36. There should be some record or document in possession of some one of the family which might show the relation of husband & wife prior to the expiration of her husband's service. It is the duty of claimants to set forth clearly the service claimed & to establish it by the best attainable evidence. In this case a claim is asserted for an indefinite term of service on the Hudson as Forage Master & ap. Dy 2 nd M c Genl under Hugh Hughes a Dy 2 nd M c Genl but no other proof of grade & service has been offered than para testimony. The returns of the 2 nd M c Dept on the Hudson show

that there was a John Campbell employed for more than two years as Ap t Dy 2 nd Mt but evidence taken from his private papers & the testimo- ny of the most respectable citizens will be required to identify her husband with that officer There were other John Campbells in that branch of the service on the Hudson
W. H. Meek
26. Oct r 1846.
Wm A. Meek Esq by Wall St New York

New York Sept 24 th 1846
Sir
I herewith enclose to you the declaration & annexed testimony of Mrs Ann Hutchings in support of her claim for a pension in virtue of the Revolutionary services of John Campbell her first husband deceased - The proof herewith is intended to establish her first marriage (in the absence of documentary evidence) by the reputation and respectability of the parties - The document dated April 21 st 1779 & addressed to John Campbell & James Cook Esq rs by the two gentlemen as you will perceive who were at that time members of the Council of Safety of this State & giving orders to the said Campbell & Cook whom it appears under the command of their Superior Officers or of the State Government - This is all the Revolutionary documents that the widow has any knowledge of as identifying her husband's services - But presumes the evidence to be within the control of the Department having adjudication of her claim - Will Mr Edwards please early advise us of any inexcusable informality in the papers herewith, & also of any insufficiency of proof that we may if possible make such corrections as may be required

Without any unnecessary delay —
I am very Respectfully
Your obedt Servt
W m H. Merth
69 W an 1 st
To James G. Edwards Esq r Comm r of Pensions &c War Department Washington City D.C.

The United States Dr. To the Heirs and Representatives of John Campbell late of the City of New York as Barrack & Forage Master and assistant Quarter Master General
For amount of the following sums to be paid to them in pursuance of an act of Congress for their Relief approved 2 nd March 1833 (Page 106.7) viz Amount of his Pay from 25 th Dec r 1776, the date of his appointment by H. Hughes to 25 th July 1785, when the Quarter-Masters Department was abolished. 8 years 7 m th @ $75 p month. . . . . 7.725 " " of Allowance for 4 Rations p day, as agreed with Mr. Hughes from 25 th Dec r 1776 to 15 th July 1780, when his allowance of Rations &c ceased by Resolution of Congress of 15 th July 1780 @ 10 1/2 New York money p Ration 1299 Days - 5196 Rations £227.6.6 Equal to 568.31 " " Allowance for 1 Ration p day for a servant for same time being 1299 Rations £56.16.7 1/2 Equal to 142.08 " " Amount of his travelling expenses, in discharge of his duties from June 1778 to Jan y 1784 p their (his) own Statement. . . . . 287.64
Dollars. 8.723.03
From which Deduct
The balance stated to be due from him on settlement of his account from August 1780 to the termination of his services exclusive of pay p note on the statement of John Crosby of 31 Dec r 1792 herein 2.841.03 Deduct Amt of certificates not admitted by Mr. Crosby now admitted as p note at first of said Statement. . . . . 813.21
Dollars. 2.027.82 Dollars. 6.695.21
The Balance claimed by the Heirs p their Statement herewith is 36.084.56 From which Deduct the following sums. Amount overcharged for Mr. Campbell's Rations not admitted. . . $ 1.076.94 " Ditto " his Servants - " Ditto - " - 269.23 " Charged for forage for two horses - " Ditto - " - 1.316.25 " Ditto " Interest - " - " - 26.726.93 29.389.35 Balance due as above stated Dollars 6.695.21
Auditors Office May 31 st 1833
(Signed) W m Parker
By numerous letters & certificates herewith from highly respectable characters, it appears that Major John Campbell was considered as a faithful, active and very meritorious officer, and that he served during the whole of the Revolutionary war, and for some time after, in various capacities, but chiefly in that of an asst. Deputy Quarter Master General. His accounts, however with those of his immediate Superior H. Hughes, to whom they were rendered, having been destroyed by fire, no view has been or could be given of his expenditures anterior to the month of August 1780, when the Department was new modelled, and placed under the direction of Colonel Timothy Pickering, who continued as head thereof until its final abolition in July 1785. This statement, therefore, is necessarily & almost exclusively, confined to the items of pay, subsistence and travelling expenses, the first of which (his pay) is allowed at the highest rate throughout his whole term of service, in conformity with the opinion and

Representations of Col. Pickering, who it is conceived, was a proper and competent Judge in the case.
The charge of Forage made by the claimants is not admitted, because Forage is an article which it is supposed, might and should have been drawn in kind, and because if any balance was justly due under this head, it is considered as fully covered by the liberal rate and extension of pay. Moreover no allowance of the kind is mentioned in the act of Congress.
The rules of settlement at the Treasury do not permit the allowance of Interest except where it is specially provided for in cases of contract, or expressly authorized by law. Consequently the item of Interest charged by said claimants has been deemed inadmissible.
(Signed) R. Harrison
Auditor's office June 10 th 1833
G. M. Barry Clerk Register's office W. S.
Treasury Department Register Office 1 Dec. 1846
I certify the foregoing account to be a true copy of the original on file in this Office.
N. H. Gillet Register

April 21 st 1779
John Campbell Esq r is hereby directed to take possession of the house at present occupied by Mr James Beck - To enjoy one half  third of the land (about 200 acres) appertaining thereto - also one equal half  third part of the miers of the profits thereof - to the first day of May 1780 - The said Campbell to pay his proportion of the taxes laid or to be laid on the premises to the expiration of the term - and to commit no unnecessary waste -
The rent to be fixed at the end of the term
Theod r Van Klief } C. Esq. H. Livingston Jun }

New York August 28 th 1846
I do hereby certify, I have this day examined the Record of Marriages kept by the Pastor of the Moravian Church in the City of New York, in 1789, in which Major John Campbell is reputed to have been married to Ann W. Ryer, and I further testify certify I do not find said marriage recorded in the records of marriages now in my possession.
David Rigler
Present Pastor of the Moravian Church of the city of New York.
City and County of New York (David Rigler of said City being duly sworn  affirmed ) says that the facts set forth in the foregoing Certificate subscribed by him are true.
Sworn before me this 28 th day of August 1846
David Rigler
Thomas Mundy
Comm of Select Srs

STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, James Conner , CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also CLERK of the Court of Common Pleas, for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That
Thomas G. Henry before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a competent of said in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by the laws of this State to take the same; and that I believe the Signature of said Thomas G. Henry thereunto subscribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the 23 day of September 1846
James Conner Clerk.

State City & County of } On this twenty third day of New York ss. } September 1846 personally appeared before me J. W. Livingston. Ald. of the 16 th Ward & Judge of the County Court of the City & County of New York William Lewis a resident of the State City and County aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on oath depose and say he is now seventy nine years of age was seventy nine years old on the 2 nd . day of January 1846 and he further saith that he was born in New York and brought up in said City and that he was well acquainted with John Campbell who formerly prior to the Revolution resided here in said City but left the City with Washington's Army and was reported to have held Commissions in the American Army of Captain, Major, Assistant Deputy Quartermaster General or Commissary, Assistant Commissary General but this depo- nent only knew that by the titles he bore and by general report after the War when the said Campbell returned to the City and resided here until his decease whom he this deponent knew and was also well acquainted with said Campbell's Wife and knew them to live together in good repute as husband and Wife before seventeen hundred and ninety and ever after as long as the said Campbell sur- vived he the said deponent knew they lived together in good repute as husband and wife sometime prior to his own marriage which was solemnised in seventeen hundred and ninety one and he knew the said Campbell the more intimate by living a neighbour to him from his earliest recollection up to the time

of said Campbell's Death excepting the time which he was absent in time of the Revolutionary War. And he never heard the Character either of the said Campbell or his Wife called in question and knew they were reputable people. And he this deponent further saith not.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and Year first above written.
William Lewis
M. Wm. Wmington
Alderman 16 Ward & Judge of the County Courts of the City & County of New York

STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, James Conner, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and also CLERK of the Court of Common Pleas, for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, Chief Justice of the Salem Court in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by the laws of this State to take the same; and that I believe the Signature of said Justice thereunto subscribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the 23 day of September 1846
James Conner Clerk.

State of New York City and county of  seventh of New York ss. On this twenty seventh  sixth day of August A.D. 1846
personally appeared before me John W Edmund Circuit Judge of the First Circuit of the State of New York
James Manderville Esqr. a resident of Poughkeepsie Westchester County and State aforesaid. Who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on oath de- pose and say he is now rising of Eighty Six Years of age and is a pensioner in virtue of his services in the Revolutionary War for which he receives a small pen- sion. And he further saith he was well acquainted with Major John Campbell in the Revolutionary War who was Forage Master and assistant Deputy Quar- termaster General in the said War. And was station- ed much of that time at a place called the Continental Village about four miles above Poughkeepsie which place was owned at that time by the said Campbell. And Poughkeepsie being the native place and residence of this deponent and the said Campbell residing in the same vicinity he was always from his ear- liest recollection well acquainted with him and knows he was a faithful patriot and help achieve the Independence of these United States. And who has subsequently been the reputed husband of the who is now claiming a pension in virtue of his services in the Revolutionary War by the name of Mrs. Anna Hutchings and who is now the reputed Widow of two husbands as aforesaid. And this deponent was also acquainted with the

claimants father's family by the name of Rye. And he has this day seen and conversed with the said Mrs. Ann Hutchings formerly Mrs. Ann Campbell and knows her to be have been the reputed Widow of the said John Campbell in virtue of whose services she is now claiming a pension and he believes she is legally and justly entitled to what she claims & he further saith not sworn to and subscribed on James Mandeville the day and year first above written
J. Edmonds Circuit Judge
STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, James Conner, CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also CLERK of the Court of Common Pleas, for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That the deposition of J. M. Edmonds, before whom the annexed was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by the laws of this State to take the same; and that I believe the Signature of said Judge thereunto subscribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the 23 day of October 1846
James Conner Clerk.