Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1,729, William Carrigan, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Carrigan, William
R. 1,729
CONTENTS

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
State of New-York. } TO WIT: CITY AND COUNTY OF ALBANY. }
IN conformity with the provisions of the Act of the Congress of the United States of America, passed March 18th, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," the following DECLARATION, in writing, is made under oath, by William Carrigan — of the town of Cocymans in the County of Albany — in the State of New York — before the Honorable James  Stewart Esquire, one of the Judges of the — Court of Common Pleas in the said state, which Court is a Court of Record of the County and State, in which the said William Carrigan doth reside, that is to say:
DECLARATION.
I William Carrigan aged sixty eight years of the town of Cocymans in the County of Albany — in the State of New York — on this fourteenth day of December — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty two  eighteen . — Do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear and declare, that I served against the common enemy in the Army, in the War of the Revolution, during the said War, on the Continental Establishment and that I am a resident Citizen of the United States, to wit, in the town County and State aforesaid; and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I am in need of assistance from my country for support. — I do further swear and declare, that I served in the said Revolutionary War, in the capacity of, and being a Private — that I belonged to the Army, to wit, I belonged to Captain Stewart's — Company Col Scrym Dubois — Regiment and New York — Line — That I entered the said service the first — day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven and left it the Twenty fourth day of May — in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty one in the manner following, to wit: I left it by reason of being taken a Prisoner & carried into Canada where I remained until the peace that I received one document concerning the same service and discharge, which has been casually lost and that I was in the Battles at Fort Montgomery and under Genl Sullivan and that there is no other evidence in my power to my knowledge, concerning the matters deposed by me than James Bette who has made a deposition accompanying this declaration — And I further declare, that in pursuance of the requisitions of the aforesaid Act of Congress, I do hereby freely and absolutely, and to all intents and purposes, relinquish all claims to any Pension under any of the Laws of the United States, except the Pension contemplated to be allowed me under the Act of Congress aforesaid mentioned, and under which this Declaration is made.
IN WITNESS of the truth of this Declaration, I have subscribed the same in presence of the said Judge, and have solemnly deposed to the truth thereof, on the day herein before, for that purpose, specified.
Sworn before me, this fourteenth day of Dec r 1822
James Ransom Judge Albany Common Pleas
his William Carrigan mark —

United States of America
By the Honorable James L'Amoureux Esquire, one of the Judges of a Court of Record in the State of New-York, to wit, of the Common Court, of Common Pleas in the said State.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States of America.
SIR,
I do respectfully certify to you, in pursuance of the Act of the Congress of the United States of America, passed March 18th, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," that William Carrigan — of the town of Coeymans in the County of Albany — and State of New-York, personally appeared before me, at the City of Albany, in the said State, on the fourteenth day of Dec — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen  Twenty two and then and there was carefully and minutely interrogated and examined by me, under oath, touching the facts stated in his foregoing Declaration, and thereupon he then and there subscribed the said Declaration in my presence, (after the same was deliberately read and explained to him by me) and at the same time made solemn oath before me, on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, that the said Declaration was, in all respects, true—Whereupon, I required of him to produce such other evidence as was in his power, to support the truth of his said Declaration—Accordingly he produced as testimony,
The deposition of James Betts and Joseph Berry
(and which accompanies this Certificate)—And I having duly considered the said Declaration and the said testimony produced in support thereof, I DO CERTIFY to you, Sir, that I am fully satisfied that the said William Carrigan — did serve in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, for the time and in the manner by him stated in his said DECLARATION; and I am likewise satisfied, that the other facts in that Declaration stated, are, in like manner, true—I do therefore, respectfully transmit to you the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, according to the Act of Congress aforesaid.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal, at the City of Albany, the fourteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen  Twenty two —
James L'Amoureux Judge Albany Court Pleas

SCHEDULE.
STATE OF NEW-YORK. Albany County Court } ss. Common Pleas
On this Fourteenth day of Dec r — 1822, personally appeared in open court, being a court of record for the said County
William Carrigan aged sixty eight years, resident in Coeymans in said County of Albany who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: Entered the service on the first day of January 1777 - and left it, on the Twenty fourth day of May 1781 - in the manner following - To wit; I left it by reason of being taken Prisoner and Carried into Canada Where I remained until peace was declared; - That I was at the Battle of Fort Montgomery; - and also under General Sullivan in his Western Expedition, in the State of New York -
And I do solemnly Swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. Viz - One Table
$ 1.43 1.75 2. 3.36 3.50 $12.2
Two Potts & One Tea Kettle worth One dollar and forty three Cents - Six Chairs, Two plates, One Small Tub & Two Old Barrels, One dollar and seventy five Cents - One Chest - One Saw & One old axe Two dollars - One Shovel & Tongs, One Hammer One Cupboard rack and eight dishes Three dollars and Thirty Six Cents - One bedstead, Bed & bedding - One Churn and one frying pan Three dollars and fifty Cents -
Sworn to, and declared, on the 14 th day of Dec r before me In open Court
his William X Carrigan Mark -
Horatio Merchant Dep Clerk I Horatio Merchant  Depy - Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the 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 Twelve — dollars and Two — cents. — In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this Fourteenth day of Dec r — 1822 — Horatio Merchant
Dep Clerk of the Court for the County - of Albany

State of New York
Albany County ss. To wit -
John Badgley of the town of Cohoes in the County of Albany, being duly sworn, saith that he is personally acquainted with the William named William Carrigan - that he knows the facts as stated in the Within Schedule are strictly true - and that he is conscious the said William stands in immediate need of assistance from his Country for Support - And further saith Not - - -
John Badgley
Sworn to this 14 th day of Dec r 1822 -
Merchant Dep Clerk
DEPOSITION
STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF ALBANY
JOHN BADGLEY

1929.
ELECTED
P. O. William Carrigan
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: No 1818 claims in printed list 1852.
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

William Carrigan, act 18 March 1818. rec d 4 Aug. 1826.
Rejected. See letter to J. V. N. Yates, Esq. Albany, N. Y. Aug. 4 1826. ✓
1729

18.840 William Carrigan's Pension documents
H. Wendell Lund. Agent Albany N.Y.

State of New York Albany County I, Clerk -
Joseph Berry late a Private in the Army of the United States, in the Revolutionary War, being duly sworn, saith that he well knows William Barrigan the Private in the foregoing declaration and certificate named that he knew the said William more than twelve months during the War to act as servant to Captain Stewart in the Regi- ment commanded by Col: Lewis Dubois in the New York Line - that the said William was taken prisoner sometime in the month of May 1788, and carried into Canada, where he verily believes the said William remained until the War ended or peace declared - And this deponent further saith he verily believes the facts as stated by the said William in his declaration are substantially true - and that he has no interest directly or indirectly in the said William's application -
Sworn Before me this 17 th day of Dec r 1822
H. Wendell
Commissioner (Turnover)
his Joseph Berry Mark

I Hermannus Wendell Swd. a Commissioner to take Affidavits &c. Do hereby Certify, that I am, and have for a length of time been personally acquainted with Joseph Berry, in the Within deposition named, that the said Joseph is a man of good Character, and is entitled to full faith and credit -
H. Wendell Swd Commissioner &c. &c.

State of New York Albany County ss To wit -
James Betts late a corporal in the Army of the United States, in the Revolutionary War, being duly sworn Saith, that he Well knows William Carrigan the Private in the preceding Declaration and Certificate named - that he verily believes the said William Carrigan entered the service, on the first day of January 1777 - that this deponent knew the said William to be in the service of Captain Stewart in Col Lewis Dubois' Regt. in the New York line, that he has understood and verily believes the said William was taken prisoner at Fort Montgomery on the sixth day of Oct r 1777 - that he the said William rejoined the Army and remained therein, until the second Twenty fourth being more than nine months day of May 1781 - when as this deponent has understood and verily believes the said William was again taken prisoner and carried into Canada where he remained until peace was declared -
Sworn Before me this 14 th day of Dec r 1822 James L'Amoureux Judge Albany Com. pleas
James Betts

I Peter E d Elmendorf Deputy Clerk of the City & County of Albany - Do hereby certify, that James Schuyler Esquire is first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the City and Co ty of Albany - And that Garmanus Wendell Jud Esquire is a Commissioner duly authorized to administer Oaths - and that the signatures of the said James & Garmanus to the Within Certificates, by them respectively signed, is in their own proper hand writing -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Affixed the Seal of the said Court of Common Pleas, at the City of Albany - 11 th Dec r 1823 -
Peter Edm d Elmendorf Deputy Clerk of the City & County of Albany

State of New York
Albany County S s Writ - I James L'Amoureux first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the City and County of Albany - Do certify that from the oath of a Respectable Witness I am Satisfied, that James Betts, in the Within deposition named, is a Man of irreproachable Character, and is entitled to full credit and belief -
James L'Amoureux

Albany County } William Carrigan of the Town of Coeymans in Said County to me personally and well known being duly sworn saith that in the commencement of the Late Revolutionary War he enlisted as a private Soldier During the Said War in Capt. James Steward's Company in Col. Lewis Dubois's Regiment in Brig. Genl. James Clinton's Brigade. that he serv'd about three years in Said Company, and then had furlough from his Said Capt. to go to Pskicunnie then in Said County where he was taken a prisoner in the Wood, by Joseph Bettle and Company, and Carried by them to Cannaday, and there Remained till the end of the War - and further this Deponent saith not. -
Sworn before me the 9 6th. Day of Feb. 7. 1812
his William Carrigan mark
John T. Van Dalsen Master in Chancery

I certify that it does appear from a copy of the Register of the New York line of the Revolutionary Army of the United States - now in my Possession
That William Carrigan Re.
Enlisted 1 st Jany 77 in Capt Stewarts Comp y in the 3 rd New York Regt. for during the war Missing 6 th Oct r 77 Deserted 24 May 81.
B. J. Muller

State of New York City & County of Albany
On this 27 th day of July 1826 personally appeared before me John Padgely of the Town of Coeymans in said County - And being duly sworn - Deposeth & saith that he has lived neighbor to - & been intimately acquainted with William Carigan for the last thirty years - who on the 14 th day of December 1822 applied for a Pension under the Act of the 10 th of March 1818 - that he the said Carigan has during his acquaintance with him been in indigent circumstances - and has for the last seven years been an object of public Charity receiving a small stipend from the Town of Coeymans but barely enough to subsist on - his family consists of himself, wife and one daughter - he & his wife are both very old & decrepit - and his daughter a greater part of the time weak & sickly - that he has ever heard it asserted by all who knew him, that he was a Revolutionary Soldier - and has ever since their acquaintance heard him relate the incidents - the trials, sufferings & privations he passed during the war - and has not the least doubt in his mind but that he enlisted for during the war - in the

year
I served 77 ~ until the year 81 ~ And this Deponent further States that the the said Caragan in the year 1812 obtained the affidavit of Anthony Merick then of Saratoga, on an application to recover his Land for Military Services, which affidavit this deponent has seen and read, and it set forth that the said Caragan & Merick were both taken prisoners & carried into Canada & remained there during the war, that this Affidavit was put into the hands of Hermann H. Wendell Esq ~ now of Philadelphia, & is not to be found, and that he has heard and verily believes that the said Merick is since dead, as he was at that time very old & infirm, and further saith not
Joseph T. Bell Commissioner John Badgley to take Affidavits

The Honorable
Secretary of War
Sir
On the 23 d July 1834.
a letter was received by W. Wendell Esq r from the War department stating that the claim of William Carrigan to be placed on the Pension list as having served in the Revolutionary War required further proof in its support, - I now take the liberty of transmitting the former Papers accompanied by others - It will be remembered that the Returns of the Army remaining of record in the Secretary's office of this State are not full or complete, and Numbers of Cases exist, and, I believe, have been allowed by Government, where the Names of the Applicants have not appeared in those Returns - a more perfect list of names was and still is in the hands of Benjamin Wallace Esq r who Copied them from the original Records at Washington City, before their destruction by fire - I am well acquainted with Judge Wallace and know his signature - there can be no doubt

of its genuineness to the Paper annexed to the accompanying Papers — That Paper abundantly shows the fact that Garrison was a soldier — It is not to be wondered at, that while he was on furlough and taken Prisoner by the Enemy, that he might be Considered as having deserted — Many such Cases exist, and this is a doubtless one — Much Pains have been taken in procuring the Papers from Mr. Wendell at Philadel- =phia, and I am satisfied from my knowledge of Mr. Dodge whose deposition is herewith transmitted, and whose highly Respectable Character is a pledge for his Veracity & integrity, that Garri- =gan is a very proper Case for Relief from Govern- =ment under the Pension laws — Joseph Bell Esq r is, and has been a Commissioner for several years, and is much, and deservedly, respected and esteemed in this City and frequently, while I was Secretary of State of this State, I have had occasion to give official Certificates of his Authority which is still in full force & vigour — I do not think it too much for me to say, that you

will find Carrigan's case a fit & legal one for Relief under the Pension laws, and under this full Conviction, Permit me to hope that it will Receive your Approbation & Allowance —
Be good enough to transmit to me with all convenient speed, before the 4 th of September next, the Result of this Application directed to John L. N. Yates, State Street Albany — I have the honor to be very Respectfully, Your ob st serv t .
J. M. W. Yates
Albany Aug t 1. 1826.

John V. N. Yates Esq. State Street, Albany, N.Y.
War Department, Pension Office,
Sir:
August 4, 1826.
In answer to your letter of the 1 st instant, accompanying the documents presented by you in support of the claim of William Carrigan, I have to inform you, that a pension cannot be granted.
From the copies of the records, now in the possession of Judge Wallace, it is very evident that the claimant was considered by his officers, as a deserter and treated accordingly. For had he not been so considered by them, and therefore forfeited every claim to the bounty of his Country, either in land or pension, his name would have been placed amongst those who served to the end of the War, as that was the period for which he enlisted. The attempt to show, that he was taken prisoner by the enemy, is altogether unavailing, as the credit of a record is always greater than the testimony of Witnesses, and must therefore render such testimony inadmissible in this case. The papers will remain on our files, according to the regulations of this Department.
J. L. E.