Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12639, Barnet Crise, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
brise, Barnet
S. 12639
Born in N.Y.
carded
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20837  New York  Barnet Grise A. Cayuga born in the State of New York, who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Baker of the Reps commanded by Col. O'Keane in the New York line for 7 1/2 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 25 Dollars Cents per annum to commence on the 24th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of Oct. 1833 and Sutto A. Gould Auburn
Arrears to the 24th of Ap. 33 $62.30 Semi-ant. allowance ending Ap. 34 12.50 $75.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by C. C. Stiles Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 , Page 13
Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6th April 1838. from 4th Sept 1837 to 4th Sept 1838 Age notified 5th June 1839.
Paid as above from 4th March 1839 to 4th March 1840. Agent notified 27 Nov. 1840.
Paid as above from 4th Sept 1840 to 4th Sept 1841. Agent notified June 10th 1842.
Paid as above from 4th Sept. 1843 to 4th March 1844. Agent notified 27 March, 1846.
S. S. Bowen 22 Jan. 1855. same Jan. 29. 1855

In the Matter of Barnett Crise
Barnet Crise 11 th Dec.
Admitted
Signed 7 mo 15 days
Agent
J Gould
Auburn
NY

State of New York
Cayuga County
On this 25 th day of June 1833 personally appeared before me the undersigned first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County Walter Barnet Crise in the annexed declaration named who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration supplementary to and explanatory of the said annexed declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That in the month of June 1776 he was an indentured apprentice to one Adam Hummer and resided in the town of Amwell in the County of Hunterdon & State of New Jersey and belonged to the Company of Milicia, commanded by Capt Charles Redin but then afterwards formed commanded by Capt Joseph Thatcher Lieut Cornelius Polhemus & Ensign Henry Baker in the Regiment commanded by Col George Dackum & Major Ely, and was a Sargeant in said company. That about this time said company was divided into classes and also all the company in said Regiment. That at the time the British troops landed upon Staten Island about the month of June 1776. He entered said service in said company & Regiment and marched to Smiths farms where he was stationed & continued to serve as Sargeant as a guard for a term of one month and a half when he was dismissed and returned home. That about the last of August 1776. His said master Adam Hummers turn came to serve one month. when he this deponent went out as his substitute in the same company one of the Captains of said Regiment and under the command of Capt Stout. (Said Capt Joseph Thatcher having resigned his commission & turned Tory) and marched to Smiths farms where he was stationed as a guard and continued to serve as Sargeant one month. and at the

expiration thereof commenced on my own account in the same company and at the same place and continued to serve as Sargeant one month more when he was dismissed & returned home -
He further says that about the month of October 1877 he again entered said service as before as a substitute for his master Adlam Steamer in the same company & Regiment then under the command of Capt Snook (who was captain of one of the other companies of said Regiment) and marched to Smiths farms at and near which place he continued to serve as Sargeant one month as such substitute and then commenced service on his own regular term in the same company & Regiment at the same place and continued to serve as Sargeant one month - that it was during this term of service that Thomas Reynolds deserted as stated in the annexed declaration.
He further says that about month of April 1878 he again entered said service as a substitute for his said master in the same company & Regiment under the command of said Capt Snook & marched on to the lines at Smiths farms at and near which place he continued to serve as Sargeant one month and then commenced service on his own account in the same company and continued to serve at the same place as Sargeant one month when he was dismissed and returned home.
That his regular terms of duty followed immediately after his masters so that in by serving his masters and his own term of duty made two month at each time - And that he served all the time as Sargeant -
He further says that about the 20th June 1878 he was again called out in the same company, in case of alarm. And marched to mor-

=month by the way of Trenton & Allentown. & and was engaged in the battle of Monmouth on the 28 th of the same month, after the battle he returned home and was dismissed. Having served a term of half a month. that he performed many other tours of service as a guard upon the lines but cannot now remember when said tours were performed. that the Regiment contained as he believes eight companies and each company was divided into classes of eight men each. & one class taken from each company formed the company to serve as guard for one month and at the expiration of said month this company would go home and another like company would go out. & so on during the whole time
That whilst in service he saw Gen Washington Gen Wayne. and others. that whilst at Smiths farm no other Regiment than his served at that place That his services as above stated amount to seven months and a half as Sargeant and half a month as a private soldier and for such service he claims a pension
He hereby relinquishes all claim to a pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension list of any state or territory
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
J. L. Richardson first judg of Cuyoga
Bar not first
I certify my opinion that said Barnet Coise is a man of truth & veracity June 25 1833
J. L. Richardson first judg of Cuyoga

State of New York } Cayuga County } ss I Michael S Myers Clerk of said County do certify that Joseph S Richardson before whom the foregoing declaration was made was on the day of the date of the same first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge and believe his signature to the said declaration and the foregoing certificate to be genuine
Witness my hand and seal of office the 25 th day of June 1833
M. S. Myers.

Gaynga County ss. On this 20 th day of August 1832 personally appeared before me S. L. Richardson Esq. first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Gaynga Barnet Cross a resident of the town of Springport in the said County of Gaynga and State aforesaid aged seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following de- claration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated - His service was for short pe- riods from one to two months at a time during the revolutionary war, and the first was upon being drafted to serve under Capt. Thatcher whose company was stationed at a place called Smiths Farms in the State of New Jersey and was there one month or over - That at the time he was drafted he resided in the town of Newville in the County of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey - That after a short stay at home he this deponent was again called into the service of the United States, to serve at the same place for about the same length of time as above stated under Capt. Stork, and the third time this deponent was out at the same place. He was under the command of Capt. In- -ook, and during this campaign one Thomas Ray- -nolds who belonged to Capt. Inooks company deser- -ted, went to the British, and informed them of

the number and situation of the American troops and the next morning after the said Reynolds deserted, the British came over, a skirmish ensued and the Americans were obliged to retreat; General Wayne was informed that day of the approach of the enemy, and came on on with the regular troops, and in pursuing the enemy the next day towards Newark, we came up with them and had an engagement that he this deponent was in that engagement that from the commencement of the attack by the British, it was three days before the American troops could or did go into quarters so as to provide themselves with refreshments. That he this deponent was at Smith's farm (the same place as above stated) several other campaigns of about one month each - and at one of the last mentioned times he was un- der the command of Capt. Snook the se- cond time, during which campaign they had an engagement with the British, and Capt. Snook got wounded - the attack was made by the British light horse each of which had a mounted hessian behind him - and this depo- nent does not now recollect the names of any other officers under which he served at the place called Smith's farm - and this deponent further saith that the several cam- paigns in which he was engaged as above stated was in pursuance of Clafus into which the Militia were organised, and each class were required to serve one month at a time - that after this there was a call for the Militia

in Mass to go to Monmouth, that he met the com- -pany to which he was attached, near Trenton and continued on the march by the way of Allen town to Monmouth, that he was near by when General Lee gave way & suffered the enemy to escape, and soon after heard that General Washington had taken from General Lee his sword that during the en- -gagement. General Wayne rode up and cried out to the militia, "stop firing boys for god sakes stop until I get my rifle boys along side of the stone fence & then you may play a way as much as you please, which was done accordingly - and the particular length of time that he this deponent, was in the service of his country at the time of the battle at Monmouth, he is not now able to state neither is he able now to state the number of campaigns or the length of time either or any of them continued during the Revolutionary war, in which he was engaged, but believes that the whole time of his service as a soldier during the Revolutionary war did amount to two years or upwards - That all the discharge he ever received was verbal verbal - and this deponent further says that he was born in the year 1758 in the town of Kingwood County of Hunterdon and state of New Jersey - That he has no record of his age other than that taken from his indenture as an apprentice, which he in the early part of his keeping house, had copied from said

induction the witness therein contained of his age into a bible procured by him for his family use - That after the Revolu- tionary war, he continued to reside in the town of Ansonia aforesaid for about seven years. He removed from thence to the town of Redin in the County of Hunterdon & State of New Jersey aforesaid, where he continued to reside until he removed in the town of Spring- -port where he now resides - That Charles  Charles Pohunus who was a Lieutenant of the Com- -pany of Militia to which he belonged in the aforesaid town of Ansonia in the County of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey, will state so far as he recollects of his  his services as a soldier of the Revolutionary war, that there is now no other person to the knowledge of this deponent now living who he was acquainted with during the revolutionary war, and that the Reverend Midad Pomeroy will state his opinion of the Revolutionary services of this deponent
Ever not Ever  Ever
Sworn this 2nd day of August 1832 before me J. L. Richardson Just Judge of Oyer and

We Mervad Pomeroy a clergyman residing in the town of Auburn in the said county of Cayuga and Charles Polhemus residing in the town of Syracuse and county of Cayuga aforesaid hereby cer- tify that we are well acquainted with Barnet Crise who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy four years of age, that he is respected and beloved in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the 20 th day and year aforesaid Mervad Pomeroy Charles Polhemus J. L. Richardson First Judge
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 soldier, and served as he states, - And the said Judge further certifies that it appears to him that Mervad Pomeroy who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the town of Auburn - and county of Cayuga aforesaid and that Charles Polhemus who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Syracuse in the said county of Cayuga, and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit and the said Judge doth also certify that in my opinion the said Barnet Crise is unable to attend in open court for the purpose of making his declaration by reason of bodily infirmity. J. L. Richardson First Judge of Cayuga

State of New York Cayuga County ss Cornelius Pothenus of Seneca in said County being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he is personally acquainted with Barnet Crise the person who is deser- ibed in, and has subscribed the within de- claration - that he was acquainted with the said Barnet Crise during the Revolutionary war, and knew that he was a soldier in a company of Militia commanded by Capt. Charles Rabin - and he this deponent was the Lt. of said com- pany - that the Militia were organized in to Clases & required to be ready at a minutes warning to go into the service of his country - that the said Barnet Crise to the knowledge of this deponent, did take his regular turns in pursuance of such classification of the Militia - that some- time during the Revolutionary war, there were some of the Militia who refused to enter the service of their country in obedience to the organization of the Militia, in to classes as aforesaid, in consequence of which they were fined, and the said Barnet Crise was authorized and did collect said fines -

and further this deponent saith not - Subscribed & sworn this 20th day of August 1832 before me
Cornelius Polhemus
J. L. Richardson First Judge of the Court
I certify that said Polhemus is a man of good character & in my opinion of truth & veracity
J. L. Richardson First Judge of the Court Aug 20. 1832
State of New York Cayuga County P 3
I Michael S. Myers, Clerk of said County, hereby certify that Joseph L. Richardson Esquire
before whom the preceding affidavits and certificate first to have been made, was at the date of the same the First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and, verily believe his name subscribed to the foregoing affidavits and to the foregoing certificate, to be his proper hand, writing and signature.
Witness my hand and seal of office at Auburn this twentieth day of August in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty two.
M. S. Myers Clerk for P. H. Myers D. Clerk

Power of Attorney

Know all men by these Presents, That I William Brissie of Ledyard, Cayuga Co. New York, son and heir at law of Barnet Brissie, dec d late a Revolutionary Pensioner, have constituted and by these presents do constitute S. J. Bowen of Washington D.C. my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to attend to and prosecute any claim I may have against the United States for an increase of Pension on account of my said father's services in the war of the Revolution and to transact any business relating in any wise to said Claim, hereby revoking any former Power executed by me and confirming and ratifying whatsoever my said Attorney may lawfully do by virtue hereof.
Given under my hand and seal this 13 th day of January, 1855.
In presence of Seneca Boyle } }
William Brissie
State of New York } County of Cayuga } ss. On this 13 th day of January 1855 before me personally appeared, William Brissie, to me well known and acknowledged the foregoing to be his act and deed for the purposes therein contained.
Seneca Boyle, Justice of the Peace. A Cayuga County NY

Perkins
12.639 INVALID.
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File No. 12.639
Barnet Orise Sergt. New Mar.
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Claim for increase of Pension. Act 7th June 1832.
Heirs of Barnet Brise New York. ed, 1832.
M c Cre.
S. J. Bowen Attorney Present.

Washington D.C. Jan'y 16. 1855.
Sir,
Enclosed is a Power of Attorney from William Crise son and heir at law of Barnet Crise, dec d late a Pensioner on the list of the Albany N. Y. Agency, authorizing me to prosecute the claim of said heir at law for an increase of pension supposed to be due him in the right of his said father.
It will be seen that Barnet Crise was placed on the pension Rolls as a Sergeant at the rate of $25. per annum. If he served long enough to entitle him to a pension at all (six months) he should have been allowed at least $37.50 per annum. Permit me to request that the case be taken up and examined and the result be reported to me at your earliest convenience.
Truly Yours &c S. J. Bowd
Hon L. P. Waldo Secy of Pensions }

Auburn NY June 25 th 1833
Sir
Enclosed I return the papers in the case of Barnet Cruise. He has made a declaration supplementary to the old one to which it is prefixed. He is unable from the lapse of time and old age to remember all his tours of service and has mentioned no more than he remembers distinctly. Please give them an examination and send the result to me.
Very Respectfully your obt Servt A Gould
Hon J S Edwards

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 15 th , 1839,
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Barnet Grise , — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. , Agency, at the rate of Twenty five Dollars and    Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832 , has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept., 1837 , to the 4 th Sept., 1838 ,
Respectfully, yours,
acting J. Sauer Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
November 16, 1840.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Barneh Crise , ————— a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Twenty five Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1839, to the 4 th March, 1840.
Respectfully yours,
William L. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 7 th 1842.
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,"
Barnet Boise,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Twenty five Dollars and
Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1840, to the 4 th Sept. 1841.
Respectfully, Yours,
William L. Lambs
COMPTROLLER.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
May 28 th , 1845.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Barnch Crise , a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany , N.Y., Agency, at the rate of Twenty five Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 , has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1843 , to the 1 st March 1844 , Respectfully, yours,
W. D. Lewis
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.