Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10,559, David Devoe, New York

SERVICE
New York
Devoe, David
NUMBER
S. 10,559
CONTENTS
carded.

8288
New York
David Devoe
of Mount Pleasant in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Dutcher of the Reg t commanded by Col Hammond in the New York line for 2 Years.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Mar 1833 and sent to the Award Mount Pleasant N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 33 — $ 160.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep 33 40.00 $ 200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo Bromwell Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 17

In the matter of the application of David Deroe for a pension under act of June 7th 1832
Alm d 2 years p u 80 $
Ward

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
State of New York County of Westchester ss
On this nineteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before me the undersigned Edward Helms one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of the degree of Counsellor in the Supreme Court of the said State David Devoe a resident of the town of Mount Pleasant in the said County aged eighty nine years on the twenty seventh day of December last who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated: that is to say he entered the said service on or about the first of April in the year 1776 as a private in the company of volunteers of the State of New York commanded by Captain William Sulcher in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Drake (that he does not recollect the christian name of the said Drake) that he continued in the service in the
Hammerfest

said Company and Regiment for the term of one year then next following the time of his entering the same as aforesaid and was at the expiration thereof honorably discharged: that he served during said year at fort Independence in said County, at Dobbs Ferry, at Tarrytown at Sing Sing and at Peekskill all in said County of Westchester: that he was in actual service during the said term and received pay from the Government of the United States as a private for the said term of service
Said the declarant further saith that he again entered the said service some time in the month of May in the year 1779 in the company of militia of the said County commanded by Captain Jonas Orser in the Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Hammond that he continued in the said service in the said company and Regiment one year then next following the time of his entering the same as aforesaid and at the expiration thereof was honorably discharged in the said County of Westchester: that he served during the said last mentioned term of one year in the said County of Westchester and was stationed at Bronx and at Peekskill and at several other military posts in said County during the said last mentioned year and was engaged in several skirmishes with the enemy during the same in the said

County a part of which was then in possession of the enemy.
And the declarant further saith that he again entered the said service some time in the month of June 1777 in the company of militia of the said County commanded at that time to the best of his recollection and belief by Captain William Dutcher in the Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Hammond, on the occasion of some British Gallies sailing up the Hudson River from which it was then expected they would land in the said County that he was in the service at the said last mentioned time one month and was discharged honorably in said County of Westchester.
And the declarant further saith he again entered the service some time in the fall of the year 1777 to the best of his recollection and belief in a company of militia of the said County then commanded by Captain William Dutcher and in the Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Hammond: that he continued in the service at the time last aforesaid in the said County one month and a half and was discharged: And the declarant saith that he was in actual service during each of the terms aforesaid.
And the declarant further saith that some time in the month

July 1780 while he was on an expedition as a volunteer, with some continental troops from Pehpkill in the northern part of said County, into the southern or middle part of said County he was taken prisoner by a party of the enemy and carried by them to the city of New York and confined a prisoner in the Sugar house in said City until the first day of January 1781 when he was exchanged: that he recollects particularly the day of his exchange as it was new year day: that he was a prisoner as aforesaid in possession of the enemy five months and a half:
And in answer to the interrogatories proposed by me to the said David Duroe agreeably to the instructions of the War Department the said David Duroe on his oath maketh answer and saith
1st That he was born on the 27th day of December In the year 1744, in Philips manor now town of Mount Pleasant in said County
2nd That his age is recorded in the church Book of the Dutch Reformed Church at Garrytown in the said County
3rd At the time he entered the service he lived in the Manor of Philips now town of Mount Pleasant in said County where he has lived ever since and where he now lives
4th That he entered the service in the spring of 1776 in Captain William Dutcher's company

as a volunteer: that at the other times herein before set forth except at the time he was taken prisoner, he was called into the service by order of the commanding officer of his Regiment as he understood but from whom he received his orders the declarant does not know: that he never served as a substitute
5th That the names of the Regular officers who were with the troops where he served were Genl Washington Putnam Mc Dougall who were with the troops where he served in 1776 and Colen Sheldon who was with the troops where he served afterwards as also other Regular officers whose names he has forgotten: and the following militia officers were with the troops where he served viz Gen Heath Colonel Drake, Hammond, Thomas, and the others herein before mentioned
6th That he never received a written dis- charge from the service and that he always served as a private .
7th That there is no clergyman living in the neighborhood of the declarant: but that the names of the persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood and who can testify as to his character for truth and veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution are Ichabod Hubbard Aaron Sherwood both of said town of Pleasant County, New Hampshire and State of New Hampshire over my name

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 the agency of any State
Sworn to & subscribed this 19 day of February 1833 before me
his David D. Deroe Mark
Edward Kenney from West Chatham P. C. Councillor
We Deborah Hunt and Sarah Sherman residing in the town of Mount Pleasant in the County of Westchester and State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Deroe who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty nine 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 to & subscribed this 19 day of February 1833 before me
Deborah Hunt Sarah Sherman
Edward Kenney from West Chatham P. C. Councillor

And I the said Edward Kennebec judge as aforesaid do hereby declare my 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 I further certify that it appears to me that Ichabod Hunt & Aaron Sherwood who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the town of Mount Pleasant in the said County and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit And I further cer- tify that the said David Duvae cannot from bodily infirmity attend Court In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand this nineteenth day of February 1833.
Edward Kennebec on the Juries of the Court of Common Pleas in & for Westchester County Counsellor etc
I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the County of Westchester State of New York do hereby certify that Edward Kennebec (before whom the foregoing declaration was made & sworn to and who has sub- scribed his name thereto) was on the day of date of the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Westchester and that I believe the signature subscribed as aforesaid are genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office & subscribed my name this 20 th day of February 1833 N. Bayles Clerk of said County

State of New York County of Westchester ss William Lambert of the town of Mount Pleasant in the said County being duly sworn on his oath saith that he is now seventy three years of age: that he is well ac- quainted with David Deroe who is an inhabitant of the said town and who is about making an application for a pension under the act of June 7 th 1832: that said Deroe was a friend to the independence of his country, and was a good and faithful soldier: that he the Deponent well recollects that said Deroe was in the service of the United States in the service of the State of New York in the year 1776 in the company of minute men under the command of Captain William Dutcher, which said company was raised by said Dutcher in the said County of Westchester in the said year according to his recollection and belief: And the Deponent further saith that he does not know how long the said Deroe continued in the service in the above mentioned company, but he says that he has always been acquainted with said Deroe and that he has always sustain- ed a good character in respect to vera- city, and that in the the opinion of the Deponent the statements which may be made by said Deroe in relation to his services during the revolutionary war may be depended on, as true - and he continued in the service in the

And the Deponent further saith that he recollects that said Dorce was in the service of the United State in the year month of June 1777 in the said County of Westchester for the term of one month either in Captain William Dutcher or Captain Jonas Re Orser's company and in Lieutenant Colonel James Hammonds Regiment of militia, on the occasion of some British galleys sailing up the River Hudson on which the said County is situate, and that on said occasion the militia of said county were called into actual service and continued in the service to the best of his recollection and belief one month.
And the Deponent further saith that he recollects that said Dorce was again in the service of the United States some time in the fall of the year 1777 in the Regiment under of militia under the command of Lieutenant Colonel James Hammond in the said County of Westchester, for the term of six weeks, that he was stationed during said last mentioned term in the said County of Westchester which was at that time invaded by the British troops.
And the Deponent further saith that he well recollects that the said Dorce was in the actual service of the United

States that the said  one year in the  company of militia of one year in the company of militia of the company of  captain  Orser the State of New York in the Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Hammond. That said year's service com- menced on or about the first of May or June in the year 1779 and ended at the expiration of the year then next fol- lowing the last mentioned date, that the said Devoe served the last mentioned term of service in the said County of Westchester and was in actual service during the continuance thereof. And the Deponent further saith that he was the orderly sergeant of the said company commanded by said Orser during the said last mentioned term and was himself in actual service during the same. And the Deponent saith that he was also in the service during each of the above mentioned terms, and knows of his own personal knowledge that said Devoe served as herein stated.
And the Deponent further saith that he lived in the same neighbor- hood with the said Devoe during the Revolutionary War and that he under- stood then, that said Devoe was confi- ned a prisoner several months in the Sugar house in the city of New York some time in latter part of the revo- lutionary War. And further Deponent saith not his known to and subscribed William Lambert mark that he continued in the service in the

This 16th day of Jany 1833 before me
A. Graham Commissioner C.
I Andrew Graham the above named Commissioner do hereby certify that William Lambert who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit is a credible person and that his statements are entitled to credit
Dated Jany 16th 1833
A. Graham Commissioner C.
I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the County of Westchester State of New York. do hereby certify that A. Graham whose name is subscribed to the last foregoing affidavit of William Lambert was on the day of the date thereof a Commissioner of Asses in and for said County duly appointed & sworn. and that I believe the signature subscribed to the same as his is genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name this 20th day of February 1833
N. Bayles Clerk of said County

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
AWF:MLB AWF
October 4, 1930
Dr. E. A. De Vore 1318 Oliver Avenue Indianapolis, Indiana
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 10559 , that David Devoe was born December 27, 1743, in Philips Manor (later Mt. Pleasant), Westchester County, New York.
While residing in said place, he enlisted and served as a private with the New York troops, as follows:
From April 1, 1776, one year, in Captain William Dutcher's company, Colonel Hamman's regiment; in 1777, two and one half months, in Captain William Dutcher's company, Colonel Hamman's regiment; from May, 1779, one year, in Captain Jonas Green's  Arser's company, Colonel Hamman's regiment and was in several skirmishes.
In July, 1780, while on an expedition as a volunteer, he was taken prisoner and carried to New York and held in the Sugar House until January 1, 1781 when exchanged.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 19, 1833, at which time he was living in Mt. Pleasant, Westchester County, New York.
There are no data as to family.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

Reborn
10559
INVALID.
File No. 10,559
David Deant
Br. Rev. Mar.
Act: Janna 7th 32
Index:—Vol. A Page 98
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1950 copy - 17113 - Dr. B.G. De Vore See letter in William Deneve 52779
10559 INVALID 7th 32