Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9846, John C Dewitt, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Dewitt, John b.
S. 9846
carded
CONTENTS

end. See letter to P. C. Sept. 4. 1834
28719 New York
John C. Dewitt Greene Co in the State of New York was a Lieut in the Company commanded by Capt Shoemaker of the Regt. commanded by Col Hembrecht in the New York for 11 months
Entered on the Roll of New York at the rate of 146 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of May 1831 and sent Hon. J. Adams
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1834 — $439.98 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sep '34 73.33
$513.31
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by John Cromwell Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 4 Page 97

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7 th June 1832
State of New York
Greene County
On the sixteenth day of November in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared before Munson Buel one of the Judges of the County of Greene of the County Courts of said County of Greene, John G DeWitt, a resident of the town of Windham in the County of Greene, aged Seventy Seven Years Who being first duly sworn accor- -ding to law, doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7 th June 1832,
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated,
That he was born in the town of Hurley in the County of Ulster, and State of New York in the Year 1755.
That he has a record of his age in his fathers family Bible
That he lived in the said town of Hurley when called into service, that he lived there and in the town of Windham in the County of Greene, and at Stormfield in the County of Delaware since the Revolutionary war, and that he now lives in the town of Windham aforesaid
That in December in the Year 1776 he volunteered in the Militia Service of the State of New York in the revolutionary war, as a Lieutenant, in Captain Frederick Schimmelpfennig's Company in Col o Hoernbeck's Regiment, under the Command of General, George Clinton, said Company rendezvoused at Kingston Ulster County and marched from there through the Counties of Orange and Rockland, to the State of New Jersey, and was Stationed at a place called Hakeat near the Hackensack River, and continued in said Service until some time in the month of March following (1777) and was then there discharged, after a service of about three months, said Company was in Lieutenant Colonel

Hoornbeck's Regiment, (received no Written discharge)
And this applicant further declares that immediately after his return from New Jersey (in March 1777) he again volunteered as Lieutenant as aforesaid, and received a warrant to Enlist Men and was Stationed at Kingston Ulster County to guard the Tory Prisoners and continued in said service until the British came to and burned Kingston, when he and the said Company (10 th being Lieutenant Commandant) to Marbletown in the said County of Ulster, and was then there discharged, Making a Service of about Seven Months, (received no Written discharge)
And this applicant further declares that soon after the above service in the fall 1777, he again volunteered as Lieutenant Commandant and was Stationed at the town of  Kingston  on the  Esopus  in the town of Hurley Ulster County as a frontier Guard, and continued in said service One Month and was then there discharged, (Received no Written discharge) & that they generally kept a guard at the house of one Sen Eyck in Hurley.
And finally that he had a Commission signed by Pierre Van Cortlandt as he now thinks, which Commission is lost or mislaid as he cannot now find the same
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or Annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, State of New York, Sworn to and subscribed to the day and Year aforesaid before me — Munson Dorrel J. M c G. D. Smith judges as aforesaid

State of New-York, ULSTER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE: { ss.
I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, Do hereby Certify== That Peter van Gaasbeek Junior — Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed Affidavit, a Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Ulster duly authorised to take affidavits, &c.; and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe the signature " P. V. Gaasbeek Jr. " as the true annexed affidavit to be genuine. subscribed to the Certificate.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this 23 rd — day of February 1833 Jacob Snyder

State of New York
Ulster County
S. Garret DeWitt of the Town of Hurley County of Ulster aged 70 years being duly sworn deposes and says that he is well acquainted with John C. DeWitt (being his brother) an Officer of the Revolutionary war and now an applicant for a pension that this deponent was a School boy in the Revolutionary war of the age of 15 years in the year 1777 and saw the said John C. DeWitt in the Militia Service of the State of New York in the summer of the said year of 1777 and deponent saw the Company of Soldiers stationed at or near the Court-house & Jail in the Town of Kingston in the said County of Ulster of which the said John C. DeWitt was Lieutenant that part of the Company was stationed at the Jail as aforesaid & part of the Company at Kingston Landing to keep a guard over the Tories and prisoners which were in the said Jail and on board of vessels at said Landing this deponent also understood says and verily believes that the said John C. DeWitt was a Lieutenant under Capt. Frederick Schoonmaker & was in actual Service from the spring or forepart of the Summer of said Year of 1777 and continued until fall following or until he with the said Company were duly discharged
Gerrit DeWitt
Sworn & Subscribed the 11 th December 1832
Before me
J. V. Gaensbeck Jr
Jus of the peace
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Gerrit DeWitt that he is a credible person and that his statements are entitled to credit
J. V. Gaensbeck Jr
Jus of the peace

STATE OF NEW-YORK, { ss. Ulster County Clerk's Office, }
I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, do hereby certify, That Peter VanGaasbeek the Junior Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Ulster, duly authorized to take affidavits, &c. and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature "P. VanGaasbeek Jr" subscribed to the Certificate of the said annexed Affidavit to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this 23 d day of February 1833
Jacob Snyder

State of New York } fs. Ulster County - 3
I Charles G. De Witt, at present of the town of Kingston in the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the within named John B. De Witt, formerly a resident of Ulster but now of Greene; that I believe him to be a man of strict truth and veracity, and that his statements as herein set forth are entitled to the fullest confidence.
Subscribed before me this 23 rd day of September 1833.
Before me -
J. V. Gaasbeek Jr.
Justice of the peace
Ch: G. De Witt.
Ulster County
Clerk's office
ss: I Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster do hereby certify that Peter Van Gaasbeek Junior was on the day of the date of the Certificate of Credibility on the affidavit of John B. De Witt and John G. Knowl a Justice of the peace in and for said County and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and verily believe his signature to said Certificate to be genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office this 23 rd day of February 1833.
Jacob Snyder
John C. DeWitt by Gerrit DeWitt

State of New York
Greene County } ss.
I William T. B. Hermance Clerk of the court of Common Pleas of said County of Greene being a court of record, do hereby certify that at a court of common pleas held at the court house in the village of Catskill in and for said County of Greene in the State of New York on the fourth day of February in the year 1834 before the Judges thereof, It was satisfactorily proved to the said Court that John C. Dewitt late of the town of Windham in said County of Greene who was an applicant for a pension died on the thirty first day of December in the year one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three, that he left no Widow, and that William C. Dewitt, Matthew Dewitt, Aaron B. Dewitt, Moses Dewitt, John Dewitt, Charles Dewitt, Catharine Dewitt, Blandina Dewitt, Ann Dewitt, Betsey Dewitt, Cornelia Dewitt and Mary Dewitt are his children and the only children of the said John C. Deceased Dewitt deceased and that they are all above the age of twenty one years.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the said Court this fourth day of February in the year 1834.
William T. B. Hermance Clerk

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Hon. J. Adams, Ho. Rep! 30. Nov. 33 Henry Wynkoop Kingston New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
June 5 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of John G. DeWitt, Green County New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     20th Decr. 1776 3 Lieut. Capt. Shoe maker Leut. Thern beck N. Jersey 22y 7 Heemly Green Co N.Y. Traditionary   March 1777 7 " — — Living Witness   " 1 " — —   11  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
The act of June 7, '32 provides for service strictly military and unless the applicant had been detailed detailed or drafted for the alleged service he could not claim as a militia man, if he claim for service in a volunteer corps, it is necessary he show the authority calling for such service.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
By applying to the Secretary of the State of New York it will be found that the above was recommended in 1842 and may be obtained.

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons --one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
R. Newman

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John C. DeWitt a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Oct. 25 1775 1 yr Ensign Frederick Schoonmaker N.Y.   Dec. 1776 March 1777 1st Lieut. Frederick Schoonmaker Hoornbeck   March 1777 1 mo. 1st Lieut. Frederick Schoonmaker Pauling & Hoornbeck   Feb. 1777 1 mo. Lieut. Pauling & Hoornbeck  
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Harley, Ulster Co. N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Nov. 16, 1882 His ch. was al.
Residence at date of application, Windham, Greene Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, born in 1755 at Harley, Ulster Co. N.Y.
Remarks: Widow Dec. 31, 1883
He did not leave a widow. The following named children survived him: William C., Matthew, Aaron B., Moses, John, Charles, Catherine, Blandina, Ann, Betsy, Cornelia and Mary.
Respectfully,
Brother Ganeb
Commissioner.

DEWITT, JOHN C, (N.Y.) 5-9846

In Council of Safety for the State of New York -
Hudson May 16 th 1771
Ordered that the Captains Bogardus, Belknap Wilson & their Subalterns do without Delay make return to this Council of the Progress they have made in recruiting their Companies Extract from the Minutes
Robt. Brison Secy
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DEWITT, JOHN C. (N.Y.) S-9846

In Council of Safety for the State of New York Kingston July 19 th 1777
Resolved That Capt. Frederick Schoonmaker do enlist the Number of Men (directed to be enlisted by the Resolutions of the 16 th Inst.) to serve till the first Day of December  January next to serve till the first Day of October next; and that he cause such as he hath enlisted to pass parade at the Court House in Kingston on Tuesday next to relieve those of the Militia who are guarding the the Prisoners confined in the Goal & Lock Prison
Extract from the Minutes
Rob t Benson, Secy.

DEWITT, JOHN C. (N.Y.) 5-9846

In Convention of the Representatives of the State of New York Kingston April 25. 1777.
Resolved That one hundred and ninety eight able bodied men well armed and provided, with a good musket, or fowling piece, a sword or tomahawk, a powder horn and ball pouch, or cartridge box, be raised to serve in the County of Ulster, to be divided into three companies, each company to consist of one Captain, two Lieutenants, four Sergeants, four Corporals, one fife or Drum, and fifty four privates, to continue in service until the 10 th day of July next, unless sooner discharged by this Convention. The committee of safety, or future Executive power of this State, and to be subject to the orders and direction of this Convention, the committee of safety, or future Executive power of this State, and also to be subject to the Continental rules and articles of war, that they be entitled to continental pay, and that the Captains be allowed each Eighteen Shillings per week, the Lieutenants each fifteen shillings per week, in lieu of rations, and that the Sergeants, Corporals, fife, drums, and privates, be allowed each twelve shillings per week, or be entitled to rations. —
Resolved That no Captain shall be entitled to receive any pay, or subsistence, until they produce a Muster roll, and Certifi- cate, that he hath actually enlisted Twenty five Men, to wit, two Sergeants, two Corporals, one fife or Drum, and twenty four privates, armed and provided as aforesaid, That in like manner the Lieutenants, shall not be entitled to receive any pay or subsistence, until they produce a Muster roll and Certificate, of their having actually enlisted Eighteen Men, to wit, one Sergeant, one Corporal, and sixteen privates, respectively, That the said three companies, be deemed one corps. That Evert Bogardus, be Captain, Edward Schoenmaker 1 st Lieutenant, and Cornelius D. V. 2 nd 2 nd Lieutenant, of one company, That Isaac Belknap, be Captain,
Prospect 1 st Lieutenant, and Abraham Schoenmaker, 2 nd Lieutenant, of one other company, and that Frederick Schoenmaker, be Captain, Corbanus Haasbrouck, 1 st Lieutenant, and John C. D. Witt, 2 nd Lieutenant, of the other company, That the said officers hold Rank with respect to each other as they heretofore did. —
Attest from the Minutes Rob t Bensony Sec y

New York
Rev.
J. C. Dewitt
Suspended
let. to Henry Weykoop
16 Aug. 1833
Letter to John Adams
Esq. Catskill - Oct. 18.
1833
Act. of June '32

H Wynkoop 16 Aug 53 O.C.
Rec Vol 1 - Page 490 -

War Department Pension Office Aug 10  July 27 1833
The papers in support of the application for a pension of John C. Duvitt have again been examined. The information called for in the note on the back under date of June 5 th has not been produced. The papers are therefore placed on file in this office. I am Sir Yours &c
Harry Wynkoop Kingston Ulster county New York

State of New York Greene County ss
Be it known that on the twenty ninth day of October 1833 before the subscriber Munson Buel a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the county aforesaid personally came John C DeWitt being the person who made the annexed declaration, who being first duly sworn says that he entered the service of the Militia of the United States at the times therein mentioned as follows - the Provincial Congress of New York called for a part of the Militia of Ulster County, and the said Deponent volunteered his services at each of the times therein mentioned and served in the Militia under the authority of the provincial congress of said state. That the warrant to enlist men mentioned in his declaration was a written order from Capt Frederick Schoonmaker to get a certain number of men from said company and that he induced them to volunteer instead of resorting to a draft and further that the services therein mentioned were performed in the Militia of the state of New York and not in a civil capacity. that the first tour he was in a Regiment under Col Hoornbeck and at the time of the other two tours he served under the command of Col Paulding or Col Hoornbeck
Sworn to and subscribed to before me, the day & year aforesaid
Munson Buel
judge as aforesaid.
J. M. C. DeWitt

Personally appeared before me Munson Buel a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Greene & State of New York John C DeWitt who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades.
For Eleven months as a Lieutenant & for such service I claim a pension
Sworn and subscribed
this 29 th day of Oct. 1833
before me Munson Buel
Judge as aforesaid
J. C. DeWitt
State of New York Greene County ss I William T. B. Hearnance Clerk of the said County do certify that Munson Buel Esquire before whom the foregoing amend- ed declarations or affidavits were sworn, and who subscribed the preceding declarations or affidavits was at the date of the same and now is a Judge of the said County, and of the County Courts of said County (being courts of record) and that his signature thereto is genuine
Witness my hand & Seal of Office this thirteenth day of October 1833
William T. B. Hearnance Clk
Henry Hearnance Depy Clk

State of New York Ulster County
ss. p: Frederick Bush of the town of Marbletown in said County aged 71 Years, being duly sworn deponeth and saith, that he is well acquainted with John C. DrWitt a Soldier of the Revolution and now an Applicant for a pension. That this deponent was in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war.
STATE OF NEW-YORK, Ulster County Clerk's Office, } ss.
I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, do hereby certify, That Peter Van Gaasbeck Junior — Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Ulster, duly authorized to take affidavits, &c. and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature "P. V. Gaasbeck Jr" — subscribed to the Certificate of the said annexed Affidavit to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this 25 th day of June 1833
Jacob Snyder
in my part of the said war of rebellion in the immediate Command or Lieutenant Commandant That this prison commenced Early in March 1779 and continued till fall of said year. that this Company guarded the prisoners and Tories confined in Kingston jail and also those confined on board of the vessels in the Rondout Creek at a place known at that time by the name of the "Strand" — and further I said not.
Sworn this 11 th day of June 1833 before me P. V. Gaasbeck Jr
Frederick Bush mark
Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Ulster County ss. Do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Frederick Bush, who was by me sworn, and did subscribe the above affidavit; That he is a credible person; and that his statements are entitled to credit.
P. V. Gaasbeck Jr Justice of the Peace

State of New York Ulster County
ss p: Frederick Bush of the town of Marbletown in said County aged 71 Years, being duly sworn deponeth and saith, that he is well acquainted with John C. DrWitt a Soldier of the Revolution and now an Applicant for a pension. That this deponent was in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war and was in the Company commanded by Captain Frederick Schoonmaker, in which the said John C. DrWitt was a Lieutenant, in Colonel Roberth Sawyers Regiment that this deponent saw the said John C. DrWitt in said service for six months in the year 1777 and knows that the said John C. DrWitt continued to serve in said Company in the capacity of a Lieutenant until he was discharged. That said Company was discharged at Marbletown. and this deponent further says that although Captain Schoonmaker was Captain yet that the said John C. DrWitt was the first Lieutenant and was for the most part of the said term of service in the immediate command or Lieutenant Commandant. That this service commenced early in March 1777 and continued till fall of said year. That this Company guarded the prisoners and Tories confined in Kingston jail and also those confined on board of the vessels in the Rondout Creek at a place known at that time by the name of the "Strand" - and further saith not.
Sworn this 18 th day of June 1833 before me J. V. Gaasbeek Jr
Frederick Bush mark
Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Ulster County
ss Do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Frederick Bush, who was by me sworn, and did subscribe the above affidavit: That he is a credible person; and that his statements are entitled to credit.
J. V. Gaasbeek Jr
Justice of the Peace

Hon ble Lewis Cass Secretary of War Sir
The objections which existed to the claims of Lieutenant John G. Dewitt for a pension I hope will be sufficient. Herunto annexed is a affidavit of Frederick Bush of his knowledge his service in Kingston in 1777 by which it appears that they were under the command of Colonel Pawling yet by further inquiry I find that principally all the  out in the service all the Militia of the county of Ulster were out in actual service some to Fort Montgomery and some to the north under the command of Gen l Gats that consequently Captain Schoonmaker's Company (of which this applicant was Lieutenant) was raised as a volunteer Company to guard the prisoners in and about Kingston under the Command of Colonel Pawling aforesaid who had the Command of nearly all the volunteer companies who were were stationed in about the County of Ulster during the greater part of the revolutionary war of which the applicant at the time the declaration was taken appeared to have had no immediate recollection.
I have not called on him the applicant at this time to correct the omission by an additional affidavit should you not deem the explanation and proof sufficient you will please direct the papers to me and I will endeavour to act in conformity to the directions of the War Department the reason I have not called on the applicant is because he resides 30 or forty miles from here and the reason that induced me to become his agent in the first place originated from a long acquaintance with him while living in this County. it appears that a number of pensions have been obtained for service rendered in the same corps and time and place for which the said Lieutenant Dewitt now claims.
I am respectfully your humble servant Henry Blynkroop

We Alfred Gardner a Clergyman, residing in the town of Windham in the county of Greene & state of New York and Henry Goslee residing in the town of Lexington county aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John C. Dewitt who has subscribed & sworn to the annexed declaration, that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age; that he is reported and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been an officer of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the 16 th day of November 1832, before me
Alfred Gardner Henry Goslee
Munson Puel A judge of the county courts of Green county New York
And the said Judge doth hereby declare his 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 Officer, and served as he states.
And the Judge further certifies, that it appears to him that Alfred Gardner, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Windham, and that Henry Goslee, who has signed the same is a resident of the town of Lexington, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit, and that the applicant is unable to attend court by reason of bodily infirmity—
Munson Puel Judge as aforesaid
State of New York
Greene County ss: I William T. B. Hermance Clerk of the said County do certify that Munson Puel Esquire, before whom the foregoing declaration and certificate were sworn, and who subscribed the above declaration of opinion and certificate was at the date of the same, and now is a Judge of the said County and of the County Courts of said County, (being courts of record), and that his signature thereto is genuine.
Witness my hand & seal of office this Eleventh day of February in the year 1833.
William T. B. Hermance Clerk

State of New-York Ulster County
John C. Dewitt of the town Marbletown County of Ulster aged 74 years a Soldier of the Revolutionary war upon and says that he is well acquainted with John C. Dewitt a Lieutenant of the Revolutionary war and now an applicant for a pension that this deponent was in the Militia Service in the revolutionary war and was in the Company of Capt Frederick Schoonmaker and well knew that the said John C. Dewitt belonged to and served in the same Company with deponent and saw the said John C. Dewitt in said Service for two Months or more and well knows that the said John C. Dewitt continued to serve in said corps as a Lieutenant
STATE OF NEW-YORK, Ulster County Clerk's Office,
{ ss.
I Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster, and
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, do hereby Certify, That Cornelius DeWitt Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Ulster, duly authorized to take affidavits, &c.; and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature "Corn. DeWitt" subscribed to the
Contents of the said annexed Affidavit to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this 23 d day of February — 1833
Jacob Snyder
the said John C. Dewitt Lieutenant until discharged that the said Company was Stationed was in the village of Kingston as a guard at the Jail and kept in said Town with Tory prisoners and continued to until he with the said Company was duly discharged & that the said John C. Dewitt served at the same time in the same Company as a Lieutenant and further says not
J. C. Dewitt

State of New York Ulster County
John H. Dewitt of the town Marbletown County of Ulster aged 74 years a Soldier of the Revolutionary war deposes and says that he is well acquainted with John C. Dewitt a Lieutenant of the Revolutionary war and now an applicant for a pension that this deponent was in the Militia Service in the revolutionary war and was in the Company of Capt Frederick Schoonmaker and well knew that the said John C. Dewitt belonged to and served in the same Company with deponent and saw the said John C. Dewitt in said Service for two Months or more and well knows that the said John C. Dewitt continued to serve in said corps as a Lieutenant until discharged that the said Company was rendezvoused in Ulster County about the first of December in the year 1776 and was stationed in the State of New Jersey near the lines of the British Army and continued in that vicinity until discharged
And this deponent further says that in the summer of the year 1777 this deponent was again called in the said Militia Service of the State of New York in the Company of Capt Frederick Schoonmaker and well knew that the said John C. Dewitt was in the same company at the same time for the term of three Months or more and saw the said John C. Dewitt in said corps as a Lieutenant until discharged that the said Company was stationed was in the village of Kingston as a guard at the Jail and kept in said Town with Tory prisoners and continued to until he with the said Company was duly discharged & that the said John C. Dewitt served at the same time in the same Company as a Lieutenant and further says not
J. H. Dewitt

Sworn & Subscribed before me this 26 th day of September 1832 —
Corn t Detrit. J. P.
Ulster County: I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with John A Detrit within mentioned, that he is a credible person & that his statements are entitled to Belief, & further that Cornelius Detrit before me on the above affidavit is taken is since dead — J. V. Gausbeek Jus: of the peace

State of New York
Ulster County ss
John G. From of the town of Hurley in the County of Ulster aged 76 Years a Soldier in the Revolutionary war, being duly sworn deposes and says, that he is well acquainted with John G. DeWitt, Who was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary war, and Now an applicant for a pension, that this deponent, was in the Militia Service of the State of New York in the Revolutionary War, was in the Company Commanded by Capt Frederick Schoonmaker, Lieutenant John G. DeWitt in Lieutenant Col Hoonbeck's Regiment, and well knew that the said John G. DeWitt was Lieutenant and belonged to and served in said Company and Regiment, and that this deponent saw the said John G. DeWitt in said Service for two Months in the Year 1777. and knows that the said John G. DeWitt continued to serve in said Corps in the Capacity of Lieutenant until said company were discharged and that the said Company Marched from Kingston Ulster County (in the Month of January in the Year 1777) through the Counties of Orange & Rockland to the State of New Jersey to a place called Hakeiat near the Hackensack River, (While stationed there the said Company of Frederick Schoonmaker took some goods from a store belonging to a British Subject viz. some Casks of brandy &c. of which this deponent and the soldiers had their Canteens filled for their share) Where they remained the said two Months and were discharged some time in the Month of March in the Year 1777 aforesaid,
2 nd
And this deponent further saith, that, in the Month of August 1777 he again volunteered in the Service of the State of New York in the Company Commanded by Capt Frederick Schoonmaker, Lieutenant John G. DeWitt, for two Months , and will know that the said John G. DeWitt belonged to and served in said Company, and that this deponent saw the said John G. DeWitt, in said Service
3 rd

For two Months in the Year 1777, and knows that the said John G Dettitt Continued to serve in said Corps in the Capacity of Lieutenant, Untill said Company were discharged, . And that said Company was Stationed in the Village of Kingston to guard the Tory Prisoners, (during which time the traitors Roosa and Middagh were hung at Kingston Landing) And this deponent with the said Company remained in Kingston until the British came to Kingston, when this deponent with the said Company were sent, with the Prisoners to Marbletown and continued to guard them until after a few days after Kingston was burnt, when this deponent with the said Company were there discharged —
And this deponent further saith, that in the fall 1801 of the Year 1777 he was drafted for one Month in the Company Commanded by Lieutenant John G Dettitt and knows that the said John G Dettitt Commanded said Company, and this deponent saw the said John G Dettitt in said service for one Month in the Year 1777
State of New-York, ULSTER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE: { ss.
I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, Do hereby Certify== That John L. Lyon Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed Affidavit, a Commissioner of Oaths in and for the said County of Ulster duly authorised to take affidavits, &c; and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Commissioner and verify believe the signature "John L. Lyon" subscribed to the Certificate as the said annexed affidavit to be genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this 23 rd day of February — 1833
Jacob Snyder
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John L. Lyon
Commissioner of Oaths
Ulster County ss. Do hereby certify that I am personally ac- quainted with John G. Brown, that he is a credible Person that his statement is entitled to credit
J. V. Gaenbeck Jr.
Jus of the peace

For two Months in the Year 1777. and knows that the Said John G Dettitt Continued to serve in said Corps in the Capacity of Lieutenant, until said Company were discharged, . And that said Company was Stationed in the Village of Kingston to guard the Dry Prisoners, (during which time the traitors Roosa and Middeagh were hung at Kingston Landing) And this deponent with the said Company remained in Kingston until the British came to Kingston, when this deponent with the said Company were sent, with the Prisoners to Marbletown and continued to guard them until after a few days after Kingston was burnt. When this deponent with the said Company were there discharged —
1 Mot And this deponent further saith, that in the fall of the Year 1777 he was drafted for one Month in the Company Commanded by Lieutenant John G Dettitt and knows that the said John G Dettitt Commanded said Company, and this deponent saw the said John G Dettitt in said service for one Month in the Year 1777 and that this deponent knows that the said John G Dettitt Continued to serve in said Corps as Lieutenant Commandant until the said Company and this deponent were discharged, and that the said Company was Stationed at the house of one Tim Eycke as a frontier guard in the town of Hurley in the County of Ulster to protect the frontiers from the Indians and Tories —
Subscribed & sworn to Before me the 11 th September
John G. Throm
1832
John L Lyon
Commissioner of Leeds
Ulster County ss. Do hereby certify that I am personally ac- quainted with John G Throm, that he is a credible Person that his statement is entitled to credit
J. V. Gaesbeek Jr
Jus of the peace

John A. Dittmer
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11 mo. Lt
146.66 3/4
Henry Bynkoop
Agent

Rev War
Feb, 17th 1919.
Rev. War Section, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Can I obtain any information of the following named persons? Abraham DeWitt of Duchess or Ulster County, New York. John DeWitt, 1st Lieut, of Duchess County, and one John L (Captain) of same county Any record of the above mentioned will be greatly appreciated.
Very truly,
Charlotte Jones. (Mrs E. Jones)
3310 W. Eld Place, Chicago, Ills.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
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P. O. _____
John C. DeWitt
Service: Consolidated April 26 1882 with admitted Soldier File
Enlisted: n o 9846  McFrost , 18
Discharged: _____, 18
9846
Application filed: _____, 18
Charges: _____
ok.
Re-enlisted: _____

1919 Mar. 5 Hist. to Mrs. Edw. Jones.
Rev. h. h.
9846 INVALID.
File No. 9846
John C. Dewitt Quint. Purvis
Act: June 7 th 1852
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 93
[Arrangement of 1870.]

In PROVINCIAL CONGRESS for the Colony of New-York, the
Twenty fifth
Day of October
1775.
To John C. DeWitt Gentleman
Greeting:
B Y Virtue of the Authority reposed in us _____ We do hereby nominate, authorize, constitute and appoint you the said John C. DeWitt Ensign _____ of the second Company of Militia of Foot in Marbletown in Ulster County whereof Frederick Schoemaker has is Captain
hereby requiring you, before you enter into the Exercise of your said Office, to make in Writing, and subscribe in Presence of the Chairman of the Committee of the City, Town, District, or Precinct wherein you reside, the Declaration appointed and directed by the Eleventh Section of the Seventh Resolve contained in the Rules and Orders for regulating the Militia of the Colony of New-York, recommended by the Congress on the 22d Day of August 1775, and authorizing you fully to execute all the Powers belonging to your said Office, by Virtue of the said Rules and Orders, and the said Declaration: And we do hereby require all Persons under your Command, to pay due Obedience to you, according to the said Rules and Orders, and such further Rules and Orders as shall be made and recommended for the Militia of this Colony, by the present, or any future Continental Congress, or Provincial Congress of this Colony.
Attest.
Robt. Livingston Secy.
By Order,
Nath l Woodhull Presid.

State of New York Secretary's Office
I certify that the annexed are true Extracts from the Minutes of the New York Convention dated April 29 - May 16 & July 16 1794
Given under my hand and the Seal of this Office at the City of Albany the seventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four
Arch d Campbell Dept. Secretary

see 18 Oct 1850
NY • John Adams
Rec d vol 30. p. 58.

War Department Pension Office Oct. 18 th 1833
Sir The papers of John C. DeWitt, a gentleman to the  your request contained in your letter of the 10 th instant are herewith returned -
I am Sir
John Adams Esq. Catskill New York

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John Adams Mr. C
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm r of pensions City of Washington!
[Faint mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the page]

Calcutta Oct. 10. 1833
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir, The papers of John C. Brewster an applicant for a pension, were some time since forwarded to your Office, by his agent Henry Weyn-coop. They were returned with a brief requiring further information. Mr. Weyn-coop, as I am informed, without consulting Mr. Brewster, undertook to supply the required information and again transmitted the papers to your Office. Mr. Brewster is now informed that the papers are still insufficient; but as he is not possessed of the brief, he is ignorant of the particular facts which are required to be supplied. May I ask you to forward me the papers & particularly the brief, as soon as convenient. Mr. Brewster states he can prove the additional evidence required. He is informed that Peter Krum, John A. Brewster and Andrew Lewis who served as privates under him, have obtained pensions.
Very Respectfully Yrs &c.
John Adams