Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,599, Matthew De Garmo, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
new york
De Garmo Matthew S. 23599 or De Garnio
CONTENTS

New York 3215 D Matthew De Garms of Schenectady in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Housa of the Regt commanded by Col. Wemple in the New York for ten months eleven days
Enscribed on the Roll of Albany the rate of 34 Dollars 35 Cents per annum, commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of June 1844. D. Tappan, Seal of the State
Arrears to the 14th of March 1844 $449.15
Pemi-anl. allowance ending Sept 1844 17.27
$466.42
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. Lupton, Clerk Book E 2 Vol. 4 Page 18
Reported
Date of death not on A.B. J.L.

State of New York County of Schenectada } ss.
On the 20 th day of June 1839, personally appeared be- fore me the undersigned one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said Schenectada County A. Matthew DeGarmo of the town of Northumberland in the County of Saratoga, aged seventy-nine years, and being duly sworn, doth declare & say in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed 2 d June 1832, that he was born in the City of Albany in said State, but has no record of his birth. That during the revolutionary war or after its commencement he resided in the County & town of Schenectada & was enrolled in the Company of Militia commanded by Captain Jellis Fonda in the Regiment of Col. Abraham Wemple, and he at times served in the Company of Militia in said Regiment commanded by Captain Joseph Van Slyck .
Early in the Spring of the year 1777, being the same year in which the Brit- ish under Burgoyne surrendered at Stillwater this Declarant was duly enlisted into the Compa- ny of Batteaux commanded by Captain Daniel Fisher & served therein transporting stores from Albany to Saratoga, Lake George & other places during the said year until said compa- -ny was discharged late in the fall, making in all a service of not less than ten months. In the month of January 1778 he enlisted again in the De  of the  Quartermaster Master General in  the  immediate charge of Colonel James Yates Deputy

Quartermaster General for the Northern De- partment of the United States of America & served for the term of five months at Saratoga & places adjacent. And this Declarant thinks that the Subordinate officers under whom he served in this Department, were Jacob Vrooman & Nicholas Beder. In the fall of the year 1778 he this Declarant engaged in an ex- pedition up the Mohawk River with a detach- ment of militia from said Regiment & served in this town for the term of five or six days.
In the fall of 1779 he marched with a like detachment to Fort Hunter & other pla- ces West, along the Valley of the Mohawk un- der the Command of Captain Abraham Marcellus for the like short term of five or six days. He served with a like detachment in com- pany of the noted Tory Joseph Bellers at the neighborhood of the Helderberg for a scouting Duty to Saratoga.
When he this Declarant lived at Sche- nectady as aforesaid, he engaged in an expedi- tion to the upper fort of Schoharie for the term of one month under the Command of Capt. Walter B. Vrooman & George Papsage Sergeant Major. For said one month he served on his own account and in his own behalf, & two weeks for one Garret Van Schaick. Said last named tour of two weeks was performed two weeks after the first named tour of one month to wit, in the fall of the year 1779.
And this Declarant also testi- fies, that during the last two years of said war he served at Saratoga under Captain Jabez Gage in several short tours to Fort Edward & other places, which he is now un-

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able to particularize.
And this Declarant further says, that during said war of the revolution he was acquainted with the following named officers besides those already mentioned viz Captain Wason, Noorman, Oothout & many others of the Schenectada & Albany militia & also with Captains Peter, Puck, Verno & others of the Batteaucun, Carpenters &c
Subscribed & sworn to this 25 th day of June 1839, before me the said Judge
John Titus
Matthew D. Garm
Judge &c

February 5, 1932.
BA-J/ILL am
Susan DeGarmo Hayner Stillwater, New York.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Matthew DeGarmo, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 22229, based upon the service of Matthew DeGarmo in that war and is the record of the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Matthew D Garme, or Matthew DeGarmo, was born in Albany, New York, date of his birth and name of his parents not shown. It is stated that the Dutch for Matthew is Tawes or Taves.
While a resident of Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, he enlisted after the "commencement of the Revolution", dates not given, and served in Captain Jellis Fonda's and Jesse VanRyn's Company, Colonel Abraham Wempel's New York Regiment; he enlisted about January 1, 1777, or in the spring of 1777, and served about ten months or one year under Captain Fonda Fitch in the battalions service, transporting stores from Albany to Saratoga and Lake George; from January, 1778, he served five months under deputy Quartermaster General, Christopher Yates, and in the fall of that year, was on a tour of about six days to the Mohawk River; in the fall, 1778, he was on a tour of six days under Captain Abraham VanRyn to Fort Hunter, was on a scouting expedition to Saratoga and served one month in Captain Walter B. Vroman's Company, Colonel Duboy's New York Regiment; during the last two years of the war, he served on several short tours under Captain John Gage, no details of these services given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 25, 1830, while a resident of Northumberland, Saratoga County, New York. He was then seventy-nine years of age. He resided in said Northumberland till 1844.
It is not stated that the soldier was married.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid, and possibly the date of death of the above named soldier, you should apply to the Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D. C., citing all of the following data: Mathew DeGarmo, certificate #33153, issued June 8, 1844, rate $34.55 per annum, commenced March 4, 1851, Act of June 7, 1832, New York Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

No. 35720
let to Hon. B. Tappan June 29 1844 let. to same March 14. '49
Matthew D. James New York
at June 7. 1832

MRS. EARL G. HAYNER STILLWATER NEW YORK
January 6 1932
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen, -
only I should like to know if Matthew DeGarmo Captain in 14th regt Albany County Militia applied for a pension and of so what was his record. I should like date of death and of marria ge
Very truly yours
Susan L Garmy Hayner

Revolution
23 599 INVALID.
1932 - Feb. 6 - Mkt. to Susan De Yarmo Haynek. I & L.
File No. 23.599
Matthew DeParnia
Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index: - Vol. 2 , Page 105
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mathew DeFarmo
Act June 7. 1832.
H. B. Tappan Senat N.Y.

In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their services in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz:
  28 th July 1781. Devs Degarmo Jriv L 0 3 6 2 / 3   26 th Oct Do De D 0 1 9 1 / 3   29 th Oct Do D D 0 5 4     10   1.25   11- 
STATE OF NEW YORK,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, Feby. 3 rd 1844. } 33.33 1.22 34.55
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 5 now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz:
  First—under Capt. Depe Van Slyck in Col. Ab m Wemple Regt.   Second " " De " " D "   Third " " Pho o Banker " " D "   Fourth " " " " "   Fifth, " " " " "   Sixth " " " " "   Seventh " " " " "   Eighth " " " " "   Ninth " " " " "   Tenth " " " " " 
Philip Phelps Comptroller.

State of New York County of Schenectady } ss
Place Inax of the City of Schenectady in said County aged 83 years being duly sworn deposith Saith that in the month of December 1776 or January 1777 he this deponent enlisted into the company of "batteauxmen, fatigue men & laborers" commanded by Capt Lewis Fisher in the Department of the Quarter Master General for the period of year one year, and served for the whole of the time at various places. That he enlisted in Albany, State of New York from thence he proceeded to Saratoga, thence to Fort Ann, from thence to Skene'sboro' & Lake George where he remained till after the capture of Bur- goyne in Oct 1777 when he returned with said Company to Saratoga where he remained until their return to Albany when he was discharged having completed his said term of enlistment to wit a service of one year. During the

whole of this time Mathew (or Mathias) De- Garmo (the same person referred to & described in the accompanying papers) was with him in the same Company of Capt Fisher & this Deponent well remembers that said Mathew DeGarmo served for a like period as himself to wit (for a period) of One year.
Isaac X. Smith Mark
DeGarmo
On this 9 th day of January 1840 personally appeared before me the undersigned Isaac Smith & made oath in due form of law that the facts set forth in the above dis- cussion by him subscribed are true & I certify that he is a credible witness Rofwell Perry Y.P.

Master Michael De

from Barhydt of said city being duly duly sworn Saith, that he is now seventy- five years of age, and that during the war of the revolution he remembers well that said Matthew De Garmo served in the town to Schoharie specified in the foregoing Declara- tion for the term of about eight weeks under Col: Dubois & Captain Walter Brooman Subscribed & sworn                      Jerome Bongdat this 25-June 1839 before me J. S. Haiman Justice of the peace

35720 Mathew D. Gains
Act June 7. 1882
Applicant for Pension Ohio New York
adm.
10 mo. 11. 01.
$34.33
H. B. Tappan Small M

Washington City 2 nd Jan y 1844
Sir
I send you some papers forwarded to me by my friend Mr. Pierce. Ask you to inform me what disposition is made of the following cases    Jemima Bishop, under the Act of July 7 th 1838 - sent. Sep. 25 - 1843      Mary Decker -  30 -  Oct 14 - - -    Sarah Lyon -  20 -  Oct 24 - - -    Susannah Ogden -  20 -  Oct 27 - - -    Hannah White -  30 -  Nov 13 - - -    Content Allen under the Act of July 6 th 1838   Nov 13 - - -    Betty Van Schoonhoven  30 -  Nov 18 - - -    George Warner - under the Act of June 7 - 1832   July -  
respectfully
J. L. Boward Esq. Com r of Patents.
Yours
Benj. Sappan

STATE OF NEW-YORK, COUNTY OF SCHENECTADY. CLERK'S OFFICE.
I,
§
J. Archibald Campbell
Clerk of said County,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Jotham D. Harnan before whom the foregoing Affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same A Justice of The Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified as such; and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Jotham D. and verily believe that the signature to said Affidavit and Certificate are genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county, this 23 day of March 1840
Arch. Campbell Clerk.

How J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

In the matter of the application of Mathew DeGarmo for Pension under the Act of June 7. 1832. Albany March 18. 1844.
Sir I would respectfully inform you that the above claim was forwarded on the 29 th of Dec r last, upon which I received your reply of January 29 th here- with enclosed.
I am very respectfully Your Mo Oorfor Wm. H. Pierce
P.S. Taws is the Dutch for Mathew
How J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

Annealed March 14 '44
Wm J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.

In the matter of the applica- tion of Mathew Delyarno for Pension under the act of June 7. 1832.
Albany Feby 4. 1844
Sir
Agreeable to your requirements I send you a Confidential certificate of the full amount credited to Mathew Delyarno. Sewer or Taws is the Dutch for Mathew. So says the Hon. Harmans Beecher & other Dutchmen of whom I have enquired.
I am very respectfully Yours Mo. Orr for M. H. Pierce
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

SH & Rain
10 County Clerk
BAL 10 Ballston Saratoga N.Y.
Mathew G. Jones Declarator

Mathew Garmo Declaration
Country
Mr. Head

Supplemental Declaration Act June 7. 1832.
State of New York Saratoga County ss. On this 23 rd day of Decem- ber 1843, before me Thomas M c Moran one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County personally appeared Mathew DeGarmo of the town of Northumberland in said County aged 83 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration, Supplemental to an orig- inal declaration heretofore made by him, which said declaration is hereto attached, in order to obtain pension under the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. That at the time of his making his said original declaration, to wit, on or about the twenty fifth day of June 1839, he vis- ited his Attorney, whom he had then employed to obtain his pension, and made oath to the facts set forth in said original declaration, before a judge of Schenectady County. There being no court then sitting at that place. That since that time he has been greatly out of health & is at present so afflicted with the asthma, that he is unable to leave home either to attend court, or visit an offi- cer. And Declarant further saith that previous to his making his said original declaration, he had never applied for a pension, as he had been informed that he could not obtain a pension for his service under Col. Christopher

Sates in the Department of the Quarter Master General and his other service in the militia was not sufficient to entitle him to the provisions of the Pension laws. And Declarant further saith that he knows of no one who can testify to his revolution service, except those already sworn Isaac Fray, & James Baught since deceased
Subscribed & sworn the 5 th day of Dec r 1843 before me, by making his mark being unable to write from bodily infirmity M c M c Nam Trustee of St. G. C. C.
I hereby certify that in my opinion the Declarant Matthew St. Gormo is unable to attend Court by reason of old age & bodily infirmity Dec. 23, 1843
M c M c Nam Trustee of St. G. C. C.

Please return this paper to Wm J. Pierce. Albany N.Y.
We Hiram Slason of the town of Northumberland, County of Saratoga, State of New York & Wenant Van Dorwerker of the same place, neighbors of Mathew O'Garmo the within Declarant, do hereby depose and say, that we are well acquainted with said Mathew O'Garmo, that we believe him to be one eighty three years of age, that he is reputed & believed to have been a soldier of the Revolution in the neighborhood where he resides, & we concur in the opinion
Subscribed & sworn this 23 rd
day of December 1843 before me I certify that Hiram Slason } Hiram Slason & Wenant Van Dorwerker are end. } Pastor Ref. D. Church the witnesses: } Wenant Vanderwerker M c M c M c M c  M c M c M c M c Judge Van C. Antin...
I hereby certify that the above names. Hiram Slason is a clergyman of the church of which the said O'Garmo is reputed to be a member Dec. 23. 1843 M c M c M c M c First Judge Van C. Antin.

State of New York § Saratoga County § Clerk's Office §
I Horace Goodrich Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Thomas Marin before whom the foregoing declaration & deposition were first to have been taken & who has subscribed his name to the same, was at the time thereof First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County & that his said signature appears to be genu- ine. Witness my hand & official seal this 28 th day of December 1842
Horace Goodrich Clerk

How J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

In the matter of the application of Mathew D'Garmo for Pension under the Act of Congress passed July 7. 1832
Albany Dec 29. 1843.
Sir
The enclosed papers in support of the above application were handed to me some time since by Giles H. Gates Esquire of Schenectada, but I have been unable until now to obtain an amended declaration, the old gentleman being unable to leave home & living in a remote part of Saratoga County. Mr Gates informed me that he had two or three other affidavits in support of the claim which he had mislaid. I suppose that they must be in support of his militia service as the other appears to be proved by a Personal witness. Not being able to find the proof above referred to, I am instructed to submit the case as now presented: the service under Fisher & a militia tour being all that the Declarant can now substantiate.
I am Very Respectfully Your Most Obedt Servt Wm H Pierce
Rev. J. K. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

Sir,
Pension Office, January 29. 1844.
I have the honor to inform you that the claim of Matthew De Garmo has been examined and filed. The alleged service in 1778 under Captain Weeder was not Military service. There are documents in this Office which show that Weeder was a Master Carpenter and held no Military appointment whatever. The ten months service in the bateaux, under Captain Hiber, may be allowed together with any other of his alleged terms which the records at Albany may confirm . The claims forwarded by Mr Pierce, through the mail and designated in your letter, will be attended to in their turn. Please forward to him the enclosed Circular.
I have the honor to be Very respectfully, Your Obedient Servant,
J. L. Edwards
Wm. D. Tappan, U. States Senate.

State of New York § County of Schenectady § Clerks Office §
I Archibald Campbell Clerk of said County do hereby certify that John Fetus before whom the foregoing declaration & depositions have been taken was at the time thereof a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County & that Russell Perry before whom the accompanying affidavits & depositions have been taken was at the time thereof a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly Commissioned sworn & that the subscriptions of the said John Fetus & Russell Perry to said declaration & affidavits are genuinely subscribed.
Witness my hand & official seal this 15 th day of December 1832.
Arch. Campbell Clerk