Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,955, Andrew Dillenbach, New York

SERVICE
New York.
NUMBER
R. 2955
Dillenbach Andrew or Dillenbach Zielley Catharine
CONTENTS
This woman's second husband Capt. John Zielley, was a Revolutionary soldier.
Former widow

To. The Honorable Secretary of the Home and War department of the United States of America
United States of America
State of New York Montgomery County ss: I Andrew Dil- lenbach of the Town of Palatine County and State aforesaid depose and say; that I according to record and information given to me by my Mother while living and others whom I had reason to believe that I was born in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five the twenty sixth day of April and that I am the only surviving heir of Andrew Dillen- bach who as I was informed by my Mother Uncles and Captain John Zieilly who afterwards married my Mother who was slain on the sixth day of August in the year One thousand seven hundred and seventy seven when acting as a Commandant of a Company of Militia although but a commissioned Lieutenant at the battle and massacre of Oriskany now in the County of Oneida in said State under the command of General Herkimer Colonel Block and others, and that myself, his widow nor any of the heirs have ever drawn or received any pension in consequence of the massacred husband and Father and according to information given to me by my Mother while living and others that in the year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred and seventy six the said massacred Andrew Dillenbach was appointed with John Zieilly and others as a special committee of vigilance to procure arms and accoutrements ammunition &c to carry on the Revolution to effect the American Independence, and that he according to the duties involved and entrusted to him discharged his duty faithfully until

the time of his becoming the victim of the British Army and Tories and Indians at Criskang as aforesaid all of which this Deponent verily believes to be true and correct and that your petitioner humbly prays that a pension may be granted to him your humble petitioner as in such cases is provided for by Law by so doing you will confer a favor of Honor and satisfaction by rewarding your petitioner in common with others under similar circumstances. And further this Deponent says not
Sworn before me this 23 rd day of July 1853
Andrew Lillienback
Joseph England Just of the Peace in & for said County
I certify that I am acquainted personally with the above named applicant and that he is a man of truth and veracity and fully to be believed under oath
Dated July 23, 1853
Joseph England Justice as aforesaid

I am acquainted personally with the above named applicant and that he is a man of truth and veracity and fully to be believed under oath
STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Montgomery County Clerk's Office, }
do hereby certify that Joseph England Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment to which this is annexed, was on the date of the same a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, in and for said County, and dwelling in said County, duly qualified, and authorized by law to take the same, and that the said certificate of proof, &c., is taken according to the laws of this State. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said JUSTICE, and verily believe his signature to the said Certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my official seal, at FONDA, this 10th day of August 185 3 .
D. V. Lerry Clerk.

Henry Snell, Dec 15/53

Pension Office
Dec 15. 1853
195 204
Sir
The claim presented by Andrew Dillenbach, in right of his mother, Catharine Dillenbach, widow of Andrew, under the act of July 4. 1836, has been examined.
As Andrew Dillenbach was killed in battle, in 1777, and as his widow died in 1813, there is no law in force under which a pension can be paid to their surviving child, and the claim is necessarily rejected.
This claimant can have no relief except by special act of Congress.
Henry Snell Esq Esopus N.Y.

State of New York Montgomery County ss.
On this 28 th 31 st day of November 1853 personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of Judicature, Andrew Dillenback, aged Seventy Eight years on the 26 th day of April last past, and that he was born in the town of Palatine in the County & State aforesaid, where he has resided from his birth to the date hereof, 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 July 4 th 1836: That he is the Son of Andrew Dillenback deceased on the 7 th day of August 1777, who after marching from the said town of Palatine Westerly along the Mohawk River through the County of Herkimer into Oneida County as they are now called (then called Tryon County) to what was called the Battle of Oriskany where he went commissioned as Lieutenant of Captain Sylvanus Cook's Company of Militia under the Command of General Herkimer, Colonel Klock & others to fight the battle in favor of the American Revolutionists against the British Forces & Indians, where he acted as Captain Comman- dant of said Company until he fell dead on the field of Battle in behalf of the United States of America, which death was occasioned by a musket ball penetrating through his head. He left a wife, three children & one born about six months after his death, making four children. The eldest child Margaret, was about  of age about fourteen years at the date of his death. And this applicant further declares

that the said Andrew Dillenback deceased in the commencement of 1776 was appointed as a special Committee with Captain John Zeily to procure and see to the repairing of Ameg for the benefit of the Militia of the United States in which he was engaged (although Lieutenant) until the fall part of 1777. Also that the said Andrew Dillenback deceased was married to Catharine Fink on the 27th November 1764 by the Rev. Abram Rosakrans as appears by the records kept by the said Rosakrans as Pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church at Stone Arabia in the said town of Palatine aforesaid. And this applicant further declares that his mother, a few years after the death of his father was married to Captain John Zeily with whom she lived until the year 1813 when she died in the month of February of said year, and that all the heirs are dead who were brought forth by my mother as the wife of my deceased father, and further that no pension has been procured at any time heretofore by his mother himself or any other or others of said heirs in consequence of the death as heretofore stated of his father. All of which, this applicant, according to information from his mother & stepfather Captain John Zeily & other creditable witnesses who were said to have been engaged in the battle of Oriskany, he verily believes to be true.
Andrew Dillenback
Subscribed and sworn to in open court this 30th day of Nov A.D. 1858
J.W. Van Buren clerk of Montgomery County
The above deposition was taken in open court at a Circuit Court held before me on the day wherein mentioned at Fonda in the county of Montgomery and - Daniel Brady a justice of the peace

June 21, 1937
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DA-J/MCS
Andrew Dillenbach, R. 2955
Mr. Charles N. Wettach 6337 Walnut Street Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War records of Andrew and John Dillenbach.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, R. 2955, based upon the service of Andrew Dillenbach or Dillenback, the only soldier of that surname, searched under all spellings, that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Andrew Dillenbach or Dillenback, who was born April 26, 1775, in Palatine, Montgomery County, New York, while residing there in 1853, made application July 23, 1853, for the pension which might have been due on account of the Revolutionary War service of his father, Lieutenant Andrew Dillenbach.
He stated that his father, while residing in Palatine, New York, in 1776, was appointed with Captain John Zielley and others as a Committee of Vigilance to procure arms and equipment for the New York Militia; that in 1777, his father marched from Palatine, New York, as Lieutenant of Captain Severines Cook's Company in Colonel Klock's New York Regiment, and while acting as Captain Commandant of said company in the battle of Oriskany, August 6, 1777, was shot through the head and died instantly.
He stated that his father married November 27, 1764, Catharine Fink as recorded in the Reformed Dutch Church of Stone Arabia in Palatine, New York. They had four children of whom Margaret, the eldest, was aged about fourteen years at the time of her father's death, and Andrew, who was the sole surviving heir in 1853, are the

only names shown. The widow, Catharine Dillenbach, married in the early part of 1780, Captain John Zielley. She died in February, 1813.
The claim of Andrew Dillenbach was not allowed as his father was killed in battle in 1777 and his mother died in 1813 and there was no law under which a pension could be paid to their surviving child.
In 1853 one David I. or J. Zielley who was born December 20, 1769, was living in Palatine, New York, and he was a son of Captain John Zielley by a former marriage.
There are no further data relative to the family of Lieutenant Andrew Dillenbach.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev Wars MEE/c
June 18, 1929
Reverend A.L.Dillenbeck 41 South Perry Street Johnstown, New York
Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 2955, it appears that Andrew Dillenbach or Dillenback, who was born April 26, 1775, in Palatine, Montgomery County, New York, while residing there in 1853, made application July 23, 1853, for the pension which might have been due on account of the Revolutionary War service of his father, Lieutenant Andrew Dillenbach.
He stated that his father, while residing in Palatine, New York, in 1776, was appointed with Captain John Zielley and others as a Committee of Vigilance to procure arms and equipment for the New York Militia: that in 1777, his father marched from Palatine, New York, as Lieutenant of Captain Severines Cook's Company, Colonel Klock's New York Regiment and while acting as Captain Commandant of said company in the battle of Oriskany, August 6, 1777, was shot through the head and died instantly.

He stated that his father married November 27, 1764, Catharine Fink as recorded in the Reformed Dutch Church, of Stone Arabia, in Palatine, New York. They had four children of whom Margaret, the oldest, was aged fourteen years at the time of her father's death, and Andrew, who was the sole surviving heir in 1853, are the only names shown. The widow, Catharine Dillenbach, married in the early part of 1780, Captain John Zielley. She died in February, 1813.
The claim of Andrew Dillenbach was not allowed as his father was killed in battle in 1777, and his mother died in 1813, and there was no law under which a pension could be paid to their surviving child.
The above noted Andrew Dillenbach is the only soldier of that surname, under any spelling, found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Respectfully,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.
David Zielley - son of Capt John Zielley by his first wife, testified in the claim

December 27, 1913.
Mrs. Lucy Hicks Angell Cook. Michigan School for the Blind, Lansing, Michigan.
Madam:-
In response to your letter dated the seventeenth instant, you are advised that this Bureau is unable to furnish the record of a soldier of the Revolution unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made on account of his services, and a careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file for any soldier named Andrew Robe; or for a soldier named John or Johannes Cook or Kock who was born in 1740 and died March 23, 1804, or who was killed at the battle of Oriskany, or who served in the New York troops in the Revolutionary War.
The name John Cook reported on page 272 of "New York in the Revolution", may possibly refer to John Cook or Cough, a private in the Army of the Revolution, pensioned at $60. per annum, dead in 1790, whose name appears on a list of invalid pensioners paid at the New York Agency and whose residence could not be ascertained in consequence of the destruction of the papers in the War Office in 1800 and 1814. There is no further data on file relative to this pensioner.
In the papers in claim R. File 2955. Rev. War, it is stated that Lieutenant Andrew Dillenbach (or Dillenback) was

in 1776, on a committee with Captain John Zielley to procure arms and equipments for the New York Militia, and in 1777, marched from Palatine, New York, as Lieutenant of Captain Severinos Cook's company, Colonel Klock's regiment, and commanded said company at the battle of Oriskany during which he was shot through the head and instantly killed August 6, 1777.
Soldier married November 27, 1764, Catharine Fink, as recorded in the Reformed Dutch Church of Stone Arabia; they had four children, of whom Margaret, the oldest, was fourteen years old at her father's death, and Andrew born April 26, 1775, are the only names stated.
Catharine Dillenback, widow, married Captain John Zielley in the fore part of 1780 and died in February, 1813.
On July 23, 1853, Andrew Dillenbach of Palatin, New York, applied for pension which might have been due on account of the above services, but as the soldier was killed in battle in 1777, and his widow died in 1813, there was no law under which a pension could have been paid to their surviving child, and the claim was necessarily rejected.
Very respectfully,
E. C. Tienan.
Acting Commissioner.

Record Division.
To Mrs. Chas. Whipple, McConnellsville, N.Y.
April 27, 1888.
Miss Lena J. Cook,
Tollenville,
Staten Island, New York.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 24 th and received the 20 th instant, you are advised that from the papers in the pension claim R. File 2955, it appears that Andrew Dillenbach or Dillenbach born April 26, 1775 made application July 23, 1853 for pension which might have been due on account of the Revolutionary War services of his father Lieutenant Andrew Dillenbach who, in 1776, was on a committee with Captain John Zielley to procure arms and equipments for the New York Militia, and in 1777 marched from Palatine, New York, as Lieutenant of Captain Severinos Cook's company Colonel Klock's regiment, and commanded said company in the battle of Oriskany in which he was shot through the head and instantly killed August 6, 1777.
Soldier married, November 27, 1764 Catharine Fink as recorded in the church Reformed Dutch of Stone Arabia; they had four children of whom Margaret, aged the oldest was 14 years old at her father's death, and Andrew the only one living in 1853.
Catharine Dillenbach, widow, married Captain John Zielley in the fore part of 1780 and died in February, 1813.

R. File 2955.
As Andrew Dillenback was killed in battle in 1777 and as his widow died in 1813 there was no law under which a pension could be paid to their surviving child; the claim was necessarily rejected.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

W
6337 Walnut St Pittsburgh Pa May 31. 1937
Dear Sirs, -
May I ask if you will please favor me with a copy of the record concerning
John Dillenbach who served in Col. Jacob Klock's Regiment N.Y. Militia as recorded in
"Revolutionary Army Roster New York Manuscript Records Vol. III "
Also an Andrew Dillenbach who was Lieut. and was acting Captain in the battle of Oriskany in Capt Severinus Cook's Co. Col. Klock N.Y. Regiment under Gen. Herkimer. I shall appreciate very much the

information, as I desired to make application to the S.A.R. for membership. with appreciation for this information
Cordially,
Charles S Wettsch 6337 Walnut St. Pittsburgh Pa

MICHIGAN SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND
LANSING
CLARENCE E. HOLMES SUPERINTENDENT
Lansing Dec. 17/13. Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: - Having gotten the records straightened on my side of the house, I am now (for my childrens sake) anxious to secure what information is to be obtained, concerning their great grand parents services in the Rev. War. on their fathers side of the house. On their grandfathers side I understand that his name "John Cook" is engraved on the monument erected on the battle field of Oriskany by the Oneida (N.Y.) Historical Society. Also that in the volume "New York in the Revolution," p. 272, under the

heading, "Sundry persons whose services are evidenced by manuscripts on file in the comptroller's office, but whose names are not found in the papers of any regular organization" and under the sub. head "Pensions and Applicants for Pensions" are found the names of Johannes Koch and Andrew Dillenbach. Is this right? Johannes Koch was my childrens great, great grandfather and Andrew Dillenbach was a brother- in-law of Johannes Koch - both Germans. Johannes Koch's son Benjamin also spelled his name Koch, but Benjamin's son John Benjamin Cook spelled his name Cook . John Benjamin Cook was my son " " " grand father.
Benjamin Koch used to say that his father Johannes Koch died

MICHIGAN SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND
LANSING
CLARENCE E. HOLMES SUPERINTENDENT
from the effects of wounds received at the battle of Oriskany, that he went with Dillenbachs company to help repel the advance of St. Segar who came from the west in command of British troops and Indians to invade the Mohawk valley. Any information you can give me will be very greatly appreciated.
I might add that Johannes Koch was born in Palatine N.Y. 1740 and died Mar. 28-1804. Then on my childrens grand mothers side was their great, great grand father Andrew Robe who served in a Conn. regiment. What information can you give me concerning him or will you kindly tell me where I

can obtain such information as I desire?
Hoping to hear from you in the near future, I remain
Very respectfully,
Mrs. Lucy Hicks Augell Cook

St. Mark's Lutheran Church Johnstown, N. Y.
Secretary W. M. Bauder 303 North Perry Street
Rev. A. L. Dillenbeck, D. D., Pastor 41 South Perry Street
Treasurer H. J. Cheurer 103 Fourth Avenue
Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir -
I am writing a history of the Dillenbach (Dellenbach, Dillenbeck, Tellenbach, Tellebag, Sillebag, Tillapaugh) family and would like to inquire if any by that name were pensioned for services in the Revolution. Will you send me whatever you can find? Or direct me how to secure the information?
Very Truly
A. L. Dillenbeck
June 10, 1929.

per Enr My dear Sir Will you kindly send me the Pension Record or any thing that you have of Capt. Andrew Sillentuch serving in the State of New York during the War of the Revolution.
Thanking you I am respectfully (Mrs) Charles Whipple Mc Connellville New York
October 4 th 1908

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L. D. L.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Andrew Dillenbach
Service N. Y.
Additional Service Rev. War
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190____
No claim, combination records _____, 190____
REMARKS:
No claim, except Ref. # 2956 2955

Record Division.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
April 22, 1908
Searched by L. D. Lamparter
Original No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant, _____
Soldier, Andrew Dillenbach
Service, N.Y.
Rev. War
Remarks: My claim was above except Ref. # 2955-

Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Gentlemen
Can you give me any information of Andrew Villenbach service in the War of the Revolution He is said to have been in the war of the Battle of Oriskany. A book entitled "A look in the Revolution" page 340 says he was a Capt. I am most desirous also of learning the name of his wife. Thanking you in advance
I am respectfully
(Miss) Lena J. Cook.
Collenville.
Camden N.Y. April 24
Staten Island. N.Y.

2.956
O.
Catharine Dillenbach
Service: Consolidated April 28 1882 with rejected Soldier Andrew Dillenbach No 2955
listed: _____ 18
discharged: _____ 18 Instict
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
ages: _____
enlisted: _____
attorney: _____
O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

1908 Apr. 27. Hist. to Miss Lena J. Cook 1908 Oct. 16. Hist. to Mrs. Chas. Whipple 1913 Dec. 27. " " " Lucy H. A. Cook
1929 - June 18, Hist. to Rev. A. L. Dillenbeck, M.E.E.
1937, June 21, Hist. to Mr. Charles D. Wettach. M.C.
2955
P. O. Heir of Andrew Dillenbach
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Wages: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract. _____ Recognized.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

State of New York Montgomery County ss }
Personally came before me this seventeenth day of August One Thousand Eight hundred and fifty three Peter C Fox of the Town of Palatine County and State aforesaid who deposes and says that he is now Eighty one years Seven Months and seven days old according to record and information from his parents & further says that he was acquainted with Andrew Dillenbach otherwise called Andreas Dillenbach in the revolutionary war between the American colonies and Great Britain and that he was known as the father of Andrew Dillenbach the present applicant for a pension from the United States department. & this deponent further says that he was informed by his father who was at the battle of Brishany and wounded at the time specified in the application of your petitioner that the said Andrew Dillenbach father of your petitioner was slain in said battle on the sixth day of August Seventeen hundred and seventy seven and that to this deponent knowledge that there never has been any pension granted neither does this deponent believe that any has been granted in consequence of the Massacre of the father aforesaid of your applicant. and that this deponent further says that Andrew Dillenbach deceased acted at said battle as a Captain of Militia in behalf of the United States of America at the time he became a victim to the British army and that he was the said Captain Dillenbach described in Stones History of the life of Brant issued in the year 1838 page 239 & 240 all this the above deponent verily believes to be true and further this deponent saith not. Sworn & subscribed before me this 17th day of August 1853 Joseph C. England Justice of the Peace Peter C. Fox

I certify that the within deponent is a man of truth and veracity and verily to be believed when under oath Dated August 17 th 1853 Joseph Gaylord Justin of the Peace.

Ephratah Nov 1 st 1853
Dear Sir
In compliance with your construction communicated to me for which I am very Thankfull to You, I will briefly state to You my reasons for getting the certificate of Mr Ercipius age, by way of the pastor of the Reformed Lutheran Church of Storm Arabia (to wit) Mr Knerph,
1 st That considerable dispute had been agitated in regard to Mr Ercipius age 2 nd That I considerably could not get and would not get him at his age to determine on any certain age 3 rd That I did suppose and yet believe that a certificate from the said Pastor would be fully satisfactory to your Honors, in regard to the petition you will find it stated in a reference to history of the Revolution of the war with Great Britain which history your applicant to Allardes to the life of Brant — Chap 10 th pages 239 & 240 which I trust you will have the kindness to examine, If any thing further

Should be required please communicate the same to me with a petition, my delay has been in consequence of Judge Cadys being from home at a distance attending to his official duties and that Judge Belding could not certify to the veracity of your applicant &c.
I Remain Your Obedient Servant Henry Snell
Hon J. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions V. S. P. D. F.
N.B. Please to communicate to me as may be convenient to you Hon J. P. Waldo H. Snell

Hon.
L. P. Waldo, Commissioner of pension of the U.S.

Ephratah Fulton Co. N.Y. December 9 th 1853.
Hon. Sir
I have forwarded the declaration and testimony in the case of Andrew Dillunt with the testimony, you will find the of the church clerks & deposition without the justices being identified thinking it unnecessary as long as the said justice is identified in the deposition of David of the church  of the church and the hand writing to be the said justices as you will perceive in both depositions except the signatures of the witnesses, you will please to let me hear from you as soon as possible -
I remain respectfully yours &c
Henry Snell
Hon. L. P. Waldo

Ephratah August 12 th 1833
Hon Sir,
You will please give me an answer in relation to the sufficiency of these papers and the prospect of obtaining the Pension applied for within. My reason for not mentioning the age of Deponent John H. Cuprie is owing to the uncertainty of his exact age; Yet it is not doubted but that he is ninety odd years old, and should you doubt his age you have in your possession a petition which has entitled him to a pension which he now draws as a Revolutionary Soldier. A speedy answer will oblige
Yours &c
Henry Small
To The Commissioner of Pensions of the United States of America }

State of New York Montgomery County, ss
David I Gilley of the town of Palatine County and State aforesaid personally came before me deponeth and says that according to a family record and information received from his father & others that he was born in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred & sixty Nine and that he knew Andrew Dillenbach the deceased in the revolutionary war and that the said Andrew was engaged with deponents father in the year 1776 as he believes in procuring and purchasing arms in order to fight the battles in procuring the American Independence & that this deponent further says that in the year One Thousand seven hundred & seventy seven as he was informed by his father & others that the said Andrew Dillenbach went as an officer to the battle of Oriskany where after a desperate fight in opposition to the British Tories & Indians was massacred in said battle & that deponents father during said war married the widow of the said Andrew deceased and that he is knowing of the death of two of the heirs of the said Andrew deceased & according to report that one other heir belonging to said family of the said Andrew has for many years been reported to be dead & that Andrew Dillenbach the present applicant is the only surviving heir of the said Andrew deceased as this deponent verily believes further this deponent says not - Sworn and Subscribed before me this 11 th day of July 1853 David I Gilley Joseph England Justice of the Peace in & for said County

I certify that I am personally acquainted with the within named deponent and that he is a man of truth and veracity and fully to be believed under oath
Dated July 11 th 1853
Joseph England Justice

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Montgomery County Clerk's Office, }
do hereby certify that Joseph England , Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment to which this is annexed, was on the date of the same a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, in and for said County, and dwelling in said County, duly qualified, and authorized by law to take the same, and that the said certificate of proof, &c., is taken according to the laws of this State. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said JUSTICE, and verily believe his signature to the said Certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof , I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my official seal, at FONDA, this 10th day of August 185 3 .
A. T. Berry Clerk.

State of New York Montgomery County ss
On this 9 th day of August in the Year 1853 personally appeared before me John F. Gupice of the town of Ephratah in the County of Fulton, who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he was well acquainted with the within named Petitioner & with Andrew Dellinback the Father of the petitioner, at the commence- ment of the Revolutionary War with Great Britain & the American Colonies, & that he knew the said Andrew Dellinback deceased to act as Captain of a company of Militia in the Year 1777 until the Month of August, in said Year when this deponent was informed that the said Andrew deceased went to the battle of Briskany now in the County of Oneida, in said State as commander of a company of Militia, under the command of Gen Herkimer, Col Klock & others and that this deponent was —

informed that the said Andrew was there slain in battle, in the service of the United States & believes it to be true, on account of not having seen the said Andrew since said battle.
This deponent further saith that the said Andrew he believes to have been the same person, mentioned in Stone History of the life of Brant issued in the Bear 1838 in Chapter 10 th page 239 & 240 according to information from his Father & others who he was informed was in said battle and further this deponent saith not
Sworn before me this 9 th day of August 1853
John L. G. M. Jr. D r Marcelus justice of the peace in & for said County
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named John L. G. M. Jr. & believe his statements as set forth in the above, to be true
D r Marcelus justice of the peace

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Montgomery County Clerk's Office, }
I, J. W. VAN DERVEER, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Lawrence Macellus , Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment to which this is annexed, was on the date of the same a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, in and for said County, and dwelling in said County, duly qualified, and authorized by law to take the same, and that the said certificate of proof, &c., is taken according to the laws of this State. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said JUSTICE, and verily believe his signature to the said Certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my official seal, at FONDA, this 10th day of August 185 3
H. V. Terry Clerk.
11 1 2 d w te s s

STATE OF NEW-YORK, Montgomery County Clerk's Office, } ss.
Darius V. Berry deponent
Daniel Cady , Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment to which this is annexed, was on the date of the same a JUSTICE OF THE Supreme Court  Supreme Court of State of New York in and for said County, and dwelling in said County , duly qualified, and authorized by law to take the same, and that the said certificate of proof, &c., is taken according to the laws of this State. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice, and verily believe his signature to the said Certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my official seal, at Fonda, this 30th day of November 1853
D. V. Berry Clerk.

State of New York Montgomery County } ss.
I my Livingston Sparker, being duly sworn says that he has been acquainted with Andrew Dillenback the applicant for a Pension on account of the services & death of his father, Andrew Dillenback in the revolutionary war, since his recollection or for the last forty years, and that he knows the said applicant as aforesaid to be a good reputable citizen, and that he is fully to be believed under oath in any Court of record or otherwise. And that the said deponent resides in the town of Palatine in which said applicant resides.
L. Sparker
Subscribed & sworn to before me in open court this 30th November A.D. 1858
J. M. Vanderveer clerk of Montgomery County.
The above deposition was taken in open court at a Circuit Court held before me on the day above stated at Fonda in the County of Montgomery in the State of New York -
Daniel Cady a justice of the Supreme Court of the said State

State of New York Montgomery County ss.
I Henry Sattmore being duly sworn, deposes and says that he has been acquainted with Andrew Killenbach the applicant for a Pension on account of the services & death of his father Andrew Killenbach in the Revolutionary War, during his whole life & for at least years last past and that he knows him to be a good reputable citizen, worthy of full credit and belief, and that his oath should be taken in any court of record or otherwise. And deponent further says that he is and has always resided in the town of Palatine where the said applicant resides.
Henry Sattmore
Subscribed & sworn to before me in open court this 30th November A.D. 1853
J.M. Waudener Clerk of Montgomery County
The above deposition was made in open court at a in court and before me on the day above men- tioned at Palatine in the county of Montgomery in the state of New York -
Daniel Leary a justice of the Supreme Court of said State

Sub d New York 3 / 4 , Montgomery County 3 / 4 .
Personally came before me the undersigned a justice of the peace of said county this twenty sixth day of November in the year 1853 David S. Zieley of the town of Palatine county & state aforesaid deposes saith that he was well acquainted with Andrew Dillenbach in the year seventeen hundred & seventy six that he acted as an Officer he thinks as Lieutenant & commandant of a company of Militia of which Sylvanus Cook was Captain & that in the year seventeen hundred & seventy seven in the month of August in said year the said Andrew Dillenbach Lieutenant as aforesaid & commandant of said company as this deponent was informed by his father Captain John Zieley & others marched under the command of General Herkimer Col. Hlocke Major Fols & others along the Mohawk to the battle of Oriskany now in the county of Oneida (then Tryon) & after a severe engagement in favor of the independence of the United States against the British & Tories fell dead on the field of battle by the wound of a ball passing through his head causing instant death. And this deponent further saith that he was knowing that said Andrew in 1776 acted with this deponents father as a special committee to more effectually carry on the Revolution with Great Britain in procuring arms & equipment until the year 1777 to the time of the aforesaid battle in the said Revolution. And this deponent further saith that the widow of the said Andrew Dillenbach of whom the the within application was a son was married to Captain John Zieley (my father) in the fore part of the year 1780 the precise month he this deponent does not recollect & this deponent deposes & saith that he was born on the twentieth day of December 1769 all of which this deponent verily believes to be true & further saith not.
David S. Zieley
Subscribed & sworn to this 26 th day of November 1853 before me
J. T. Vane Attorney Justice of the Peace

Certify that I am well acquainted with the within named David J. Zilley & that he is a man of unimpeachable character & that his statements under oath in any court of records or otherwise are entitled to full credit & belief. Dated November 26 th 1853
J. Van Alstine Justice of the Peace
STATE OF NEW-YORK, Montgomery County Clerk's Office, } ss.
Darius V. Perry dep.
I, J. Van Alstine Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that John Van Alstine, Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment to which this is annexed, was on the date of the same a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, in and for said County, and dwelling in said County, duly qualified, and authorized by law to take the same, and that the said certificate of proof, &c., is taken according to the laws of this State. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice, and verily believe his signature to the said Certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my official seal, at Fonda, this 30 th day of Novr 1853
D V Perry dep Clerk.

State of New York Fulton County ss
Personally came before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace of the town of Ephratah in said County and State aforesaid this twenty eighth day of November A.D. 1853 John F. Crupie of the town of Ephratah County of Fulton and State aforesaid who deposes and says that he was well acquainted with Andrew Dillenbach before the Revolutionary war with Great Britain and was acquainted with the said Andrew Dillenbach in the year 1776 until the month of August 1777 and this deponent further deposes and says that said Andrew was a Lieutenant in a Company of Militia and said company was under the command of Captain Sylvanus Cook during said time the said Andrew acted as commandant of said company until the month of August 1777 when he marched according to information given to him this deponent under the command of General Herkimer, Colonel Klock, Major Christopher Troy and others along the valley of the Mohawk River to the battle of Oriskany wherein the 6 th day of August A.D. 1777 ensued a desperate fight between the British Tories and Savages and the American rebels in which battle the said Andrew after having killed three of the enemy was shot through the head and expired immediately as this deponent was informed by credible persons who were said to have been in said battle leaving a widow and either three or four children of which this deponent is not positive this deponent further deposeth and says he was acquainted with the before mentioned applicant and petitioner for pension before the death of his Father (where a child from one to two years old) and until the time that this deponent believes that all the heirs of the deceased Father and Mother excepting your present applicant for a pension

to be dead as well as the Mother, and this deponent further deposes and says that to his knowledge and information no pension has ever been granted in consequence of the services and death of the said Andrew deceased in said Revolutionary war to either the widow and Mother nor any of the heirs of the said Andrew deceased all of which according to information given this deponent by reliable persons as to facts and was as to all of which this deponent verily believes to be true and correct and further this deponent says not
John his X mark F. Cupin
Subscribed and sworn before me the 28th day of November 1853. And I certify that I have been acquainted with the said John F. Cupin for thirty years past, and that his evidence would be receiv'd, in all the courts of this State, and that his testimony is entitled to the utmost credit. Aaron Nellis Justice of the Peace of Fulton Co N.Y.
State of New-York, } ss. FULTON COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, PETER W. PLANTZ, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Aaron Nellis Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the affidavit to which this is annexed, and before whom the said affidavit purports to have been taken, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorized by law to take the same. And I further certify, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of said Justice, and verily believe that the signature to said Jurat is his proper and genuine signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, at Johnstown, this 29 th day of Nov 185 3 -
P.W. Plantz Clerk.

No
Catharine Dillenbach deed - widow of Andrew N.Y.
Act July 4. 1836
Andrew died Aug 7. 1777 Killed in battle widow died Feby 1813
Rejected - soldier killed in Battle & widow died in 1813
Henry Snell Ephratah N.Y.
The Place

State of New York Montgomery County 3/11
Came before me Personally this 5 th day of December 1853 The undersigned Justice of the Peace in & for said county Conrad Kiltz of the town of Palatine county & state aforesaid who deposes & saith that he is the Clerk of the Reformed Dutch Church at Stone Arabia in said town county & state aforesaid & on the record of marriages of said Church that Andrew Dillenbach & Catharine Fink were married on the twenty seventh day of November A. D. 1764 as man & wife to each other by the Rev. Abraham Krosacrantz who was the then Pastor of said Church accor- ding to the record of said Church & that now there is no Pastor engaged by said Church. And this deponent further saith according to the best information that he has received the foregoing applicant is the son of the said Andrew Dillenbach deceased as heretofore mentioned & further this deponent saith not
Subscribed & sworn before me This 5 th day of December 1853 J. H. Van Alstine Justice of The Peace
Conrad Kiltz Clerk of the above named Church
I certify that I am well acquainted with Conrad Kiltz above named & that he is a man of unimpeachable character & that his statements under oath in any court of record or otherwise are entitled to full credit & belief
Dated December 5. 1853
J. H. Van Alstine Justice of The Peace

Application of Adm. Dillenbach

State of New York
Montgomery County ss: I Andrew Dittenbach of the Town of Palatine County and State aforesaid do in consequence of the death of my Father who was slain at the Battle of Oriskany in the war between Great Britain and the United States in the Year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven on the eighth day of July  August said year and that no pension has been received by the surviving Mother nor any of the heirs and that he this applicant is now the only surviving heir of the said Andrew deceased according to information and his own knowledge and that according to information given to him by his Mother, Step Father, Uncles and others the said Andrew deceased before the said eighth day of July  August left the Town of Palatine for the purpose of going to Oriskany Battle and when he went was a commissioned Lieutenant of a Company of Militia of which Sylvanus Cook was Captain and when called upon to do duty was generally excused (on account of being sick) which involved the duty upon the said deceased Lieutenant as aforesaid to take the command of said Company in which capacity he acted at the time of his death and your applicant further says that in the Year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six the said Andrew deceased was appointed as one of the Committee in behalf of the United States with Captain John Zeiley to procure arms and ammunition to carry on the war against Great Britain which duty he faithfully discharged according to the information of the said Captain John Zeiley and my Mother and others, and continued to serve the United States

Until the time of his death as aforesaid and that he the said Andrew deceased was as this petitioner fully believes the person described in Stone's History of the Revolution between the United States and England as will be seen in pages 239 & 240 and that the said Andrew deceased when acting as Captain of the aforesaid Company of Militia was under the command of General Hahnauer Colonel Klock and others, and that the said applicant according to information from his Mother and record was born the 26 th day of April 1775 being the youngest of four children left with a Fatherless Mother as your petitioner verily believes of whom your petitioner is the only survivor. Your petitioner therefore claims from your Honor the Commission of Pensions of the United States such allowance of a Pension as in law and justice is provided for. And in compliance with your Petitioner's request he will ever humbly pray The words "July" erased in 8 th & 16 th lines on first page and the words "August" interlined in both places, before sworn or subscribed.
Andrew Dillenbach
Montgomery County Subscribed & known to me in open Court before me, at a County Court held in for the County of Montgomery in the State of New York. Oct 4. 1853
S. Belding Jr County Judge

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Montgomery County Clerk's Office, }
Darius V. Perry Dep.
I, J. W. VAN DER VEER, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Daniel Belding Jr. Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment to which this is annexed, was on the date of the same a Justice of the Peace  County Judge in and for said County, and dwelling in said County, duly qualified, and authorized by law to take the same, and that the said certificate of proof, &c., is taken according to the laws of this State. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said County Judge Justice, and verily believe his signature to the said Certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my official seal, at Fonda, this 4 th day of October 1853.
D. V. Perry Dep. Clerk.
I certify that I am acquainted with the above named Andrew Dillenbach and that he is a person entitled to full credit. Said this 29 th day of October 1853.
Daniel Coody a justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
State of New York } p Fulton County Clerk's Office }
I do hereby certify that Hon. Daniel Coody, whose name is subscribed to the above certificate was on the date of the same, one of the acting Justices of the Supreme Court of said State in and for the 4 th Judicial District of said State. And further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County at Johnstown this 29 th day of October 1853.
Eugene Maynard Dep. Clk.

Dec. 15. 1853
Claim Examined
As Andrew Dollenbach was killed in battle in 1777 and as his wife died in 1813 there is no law in force under which a pension can be paid to their surviving child; and the claim is necessarily rejected.
This claim can have no relief except by special act of Congress.
Henry Snell Esq. Ephratah N.Y.

Seward
Dec 12. 1853

Washington Dec. 12. 1850
Dear Sir,
I beg leave to submit the application of Andrew Dillen- back and to request that any communications growing out of it may be made to his Attorney, Henry Snell Esq. Ephratah N.Y.
I am, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, William H Seward.
The Honorable H. P. Waldo Com. of Pensions.

No. 38,612
Andrew Dillenback N.Y.
Henry Snell Sept 26/53
2955
Act June 9, 1832
No 8,015
Catharine Dillenbach deed widow of Andrew New York
Rejected
Sen H. Snell Dec 15, 1853
2956
Act July 4, 1836