Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 2056, Jesse Close, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
blose, Jesse
P 2056
CONTENTS

State of New York Westchester County
On this day personally appeared before me Ezra Larkwood Esq. one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Westchester and State of New York Esq. close aged Twenty three years who being first duly sworn doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 that he entered the service under the following named Officers and served as herein stated that he was enrolled in the Militia Company (as a private) under the command of Capt. Francis D. Lintner and Doolittle Christian name not remembered in Colonel Thomas Thomas's Regiment in the County of Westchester Declaration then lived in Salem now called North Salem in said County that he served in said Company until a new Regiment was formed from Colonel Thomas's Regiment and Colonel Dinkins Regiment Thaddeus Cram received a Commission as Lieutenant Colonel of the new Regiment there as aforesaid formed and took the command thereof. That Capt. Francis D. Lintner's company to which Declaration lived was attached to the said Regiment that Colonel Cram continued to command the Regiment aforesaid & Capt. Francis D. Lintner the Company from the year 1779 when Colonel Cram received his Commission until the year of 1783. As Salem so called at that time was situated in the vicinity of the British posts after they took possession of New York the Inhabitants of the County of Westchester were kept in a state of constant alarm, that Capt. Francis D. Lintner's Company was very often ordered into service & often times the whole Regiment to repel the aggression of the British and guard the Inhabitants of the County against the incursions of British Loyalists and protect them from the depredations of the

of the Ringers who patrolled the County by day & by night for the purpose of plundering. This De- -larant further states that he did duty general- -ly on these occasions with the Company & Regiment under the command of the above named Officers and he states that it is impossible for him now to recollect all the tours of duty he performed or the length of each tour; he however remembers distinctly two tours are at a place called Scram Ford in said County for three weeks Colonel Samuel Drake then being the commanding Officer at that Station the cause of assembling troops at that place was on occasion as he believes of the appearance of several British Ships of War in the Hudson River above New York. The other at North Castle in said County for three weeks also; on this occasion Colonel Cram commanded the Regiment and Captain Truesdell the Company The other tours of duty or service were of shorter duration he however fully believes that while the Regiment was under the command of Colonel Thomas he was in actual service or bound to service the full term of six months having been called into service by order either of the Captain or Colonel and dismissed by them. And he further declares that after Colonel Cram took command of the Regiment (this Declaration then being a Sargeant a Pay Roll was made out for the Services of both the Officers and privates under his command from the time of his taking the command to the close of the War and certificates were given afterwards according to the time of service; that his Certificate for services was thirty six pounds two Shillings which allowing his pay as Sargeant to have been thirteen

Dollars per month as he supposes was the case will make ten months service without the fraction giving a claim for services rendered the Country in the War of the Revolution of at least sixteen months And the Deponent further states that he has no other documents to refer to as documentary Evidence of his services other than the annexed papers that is to say —
 1 st Col Grant's Commission  2 d order for ammunition for his Regiment  3 d Capt. Tinsdell's Warrant to Deponent  4 th A list of the names of Individuals to whom certificates for services in the War issued —  5 th Double Pensions Affidavit — Warrant  6 th General Pensions Affidavit 
And this deponent saith that he knows of no person who can testify to his services other than  written evidence  other than the annexed  affidavits —
Sworn to and Subscribed this 28 th day of January 1893 before me Ephraim Close
Ephraim Close One of the Judges of Westchester County —
We Ephraim Wallen & Jonah Kuhn residing in the Town of North Salem in the County of Westchester Do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ephraim Close who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy three 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 And we believe him to be a man of truth and veracity —
Sworn & Subscribed to the day & year aforesaid E. Wallace Ephraim Close One of the Judges Jonah Kuhn at in said County

Dollars per month as he supposes was the case will make ten months service without the fraction giving a claim for services rendered the Country in the War of the Revolution of at least sixteen months And the Declarant further States that he has no other documents to refer to as documentary Evidence of his services other than the annexed papers that is to say —
 1 st Col Grant's Commission  2 d order for Ammunition for his Regiment  3 d Capt. Jewdell's Warrant to Declarant  4 th A list of the names of Individuals to whom certificates for services in the War issued —  5 th Double Pledge Affidavit — Declarant  6 th  Declarant's Pledge Affidavit 
And this declarant saith that he knows of no
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present of dollars that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Army of any State —
James M. Walton in the County of West Chester do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jps Glose who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be twenty three years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. And we believe him to be a man of truth and veracity —
Sworn to subscribed to the day & 18  18 E. Wallace Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 18  18 Ezra Glose Richard One of the Judges Jonah Fisher ss in open court

And I the said Ezra Lockwood an of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of West Chester aforesaid do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and putting the Inter- rogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, and the said Judge fur- ther certifies that it appears to him that Ephraim Wallace & Sarah Dake who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the Town of North Salem in the County of West Chester that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit And I do further certify that the said Ipsi Close cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court to make his declaration ————— "Ezra Lockwood"
The following Interrogatories were propounded by the said Judge to the said Ipsi Close that is to say ————— "
1 st When and in what year was you born?
Answer I was born in November 1759 at the Town of North Salem West Chester County State of New York
2 o Have you any Record of your age and if so where is it
Answer He has a Record of his age it is on a paper at his house that the record of his birth was inserted therein & it was in November 1759 & therein stated
3 o Where were you living when called into Service where have you lived since the Revolutionary War & where do you now live?
Answer I lived at the time I first entered the Service in the Town of Salem so called at the time but now called North Salem in the County of West Chester and I continued to reside there dur- ing the War and now live there ————— "

4 th How were you called into the Service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a Substitute and if a Substitute for whom?
Answer I was at no time drafted nor did I at any time volunteer nor did I serve as a Substitute for any person but whenever I performed any Service it was in consequence of being ordered out by the Captain of the Company of Militia to which I was attached
5 th State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops when you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your Service. Answer There were no Regular Officers to my knowledge who were with the troops when I served. There were no Continental Regiments. The only Militia Regiments that I have any knowledge of when I served were the Regiments commanded by Lieutenant Colonels Thomas Thomas Shadwell Clance & Samuel Drake. As to my general circumstances of my Service I can state none other than are set forth in my Declaration and to which I ever refer
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service & if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Answer I never did receive a written Discharge my discharge from Service was always verbal & given
7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
Answer I name Operators Wallam & Sarah Walla both residents of North Salem a farm who have been for many years acquainted with & residing near to me

Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of West Chester Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings had and taken before Ezra Larkwood Esq: one of the Judges of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ipsi Bloss for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this — day of — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty —  And I do further certify that the said Ezra Larkwood was a Judge of the said Court on the day when the annexed Declaration of the said Ipsi Bloss was sworn to before the said Ezra Larkwood and that the signature of the said Ezra Larkwood to the several papers hereunto annexed is his genuine signature.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this fourth day of April in the year 1833.
N Bayles Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of West Chester
I do hereby certify that the words "in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this — day of — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty —" in the above certificate were erased before execution.
N Bayles Clerk

Miss Bloss Application for Pension under act 7 th June 1882
23972

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 Jesse Close West Chester County New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Call 1779 about 6 priv Col Thomas Capt Braddell 73 Plymouth County Documentary & Traditions of evidence.   ~ about 10 sarg Col Crane Capt Braddell 74 West Chester State of New York Certificate of 2 Citizens Papers not authenticated Can find no living witness  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
The applicant has not clearly specified the length of service — but thinks in all 16 mos

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 days 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

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, 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.
[1] 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.
[2] 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.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

23972 Sam Cope.
State of New York
b. AM.
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Trustee of Estate Westchester County NY

Jesse Bloce New York. R. 12056
A pay roll of Capt. Abijah Gilbert's co., Col. Thomas's militia regt. under com- mand of Maj. Brane dated Apl. 4, 1777.
An order addressed to Sergt. Jesse Bloce, signed Jesse Truesdell, Capt., and dated Upper Salem, June 7, 1780.
An ammunition return of Maj. Thaddus Brane's regt. Westchester Co., N. Y. militia, signed by said Maj. and dated Mch. 5, 1779; and on same paper the order for said ammo- nition, signed Geo. Clinton and dated Pakeepsie, Mch. (Duer)

5,1779-
These papers have been removed from this case to be forwarded to the War Dept.
JWR
JUL 13 1911

The People of the STATE of NEW-YORK, By the Grace of GOD F R E E and I N D E P E N D E N T;
To Thaddeus Crane Esquire ————— GREETING.
W E reposing especial Trust and Confidence, as well in your Patriotism, Conduct and Loyalty, as in your Valour and Readiness to do us good and faithful Service; HAVE appointed and constituted, and by these Presents, DO appoint and constitute you the said Thaddeus Crane  to be Lieutenant Colonel of the Regiment of Militia in Westchester County  composed of the two Regiments Colonel Thorne & Colonel Drake, and with officers as a different Regiment  to be Colonel Thorne & Colonel Drake  issued for that purpose into your Charge and Care as Lieutenant Colonel thereof, and duly to exercise the Officers and Soldiers of that Regiment — in Arms, who are hereby commanded to obey you as their Lieutenant Colonel — and you are also to observe and follow, such Orders and Directions, as you shall from Time to Time receive from our General and Commander in Chief of the Militia of our said State, or any other your Superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you; and for so doing, This shall be YOUR COMMISSION, for and during our good Pleasure, to be signified by our Council of Appointment. IN TESTIMONY whereof, we have caused our Seal for Military Commissions to be hereunto affixed. WITNESS our trusty and well beloved George Clinton Esquire — our Governor of our State of New-York , General and Commander in Chief of all the Militia, and Admiral of the Navy of the same, by and with the Advice and Consent of our said Council of Appointment, at Kingston — the twenty first — Day of October — in the Tenth — Year of our INDEPENDENCE, and in the Year of our LORD, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy nine —
Passed the Secretary's Office, Oct. 23: 1779.
By His EXCELLENCY's Command,  Lewis A. Scott Deputy Secretary of the State.
L. A. Scott

That 20 th February 1700 I hereby certify that the within named Thaddeus Crane Esq r has been duly qualified as a Justice of the Peace by taking the Oath of Office prescribed by law
before me
Richard Hatfield Clerk of the County of Westchester
Thaddeus Crane. no claim summons before him N.Y. 20 th Feb. 1700

100563 P. O. _____
Jesse Close Service: _____
Enlisted: _____ REJECTED _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

State of New York Westchester County
I David Purdy of the Town of North Salem in the County of Westchester being duly sworn depose and saith that he is Twenty nine years of age that during the War of the Revolution he resided in the Town of North Salem afterwards that this deponent was a Second Lieutenant in the Company of Militia commanded by Capt. Ephraim Lockwood in the Regiment of Colonel Chaddicus Crane. That he was well acquainted with S er Close in the aforesaid Detachment and during all the time of the War that the said S er Close was attached to the Company of Militia (in the same Regiment) commanded by Capt. S er Close. That the said S er Close acted as a Sergeant in the said Company this deponent verily believes that he had a Warrant as such Sergeant that the said S er Close served as a Sergeant in the said Company from the early part of the year 1780 to the end of the War. This deponent frequently saw the said S er Close in actual service in the said Company at various places in the County of Westchester particularly at Green pond and near the North River in Cortland Town in said County that as to the length of service in each time of duty performed by the said S er Close he is not able to state but he well remembers that the said S er Close performed much duty that he was a good and faithful Soldier and held in high estimation by the Officers of the Regiment.
Sworn to this 6 th day of March 1834 before me Ephraim Lockwood one of the Judges in the Westchester County
David Purdy

I do hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with Daniel Purdy in the annexed Affidavit named that he is a Man of respectable character and that his statement is entitled to full credit and belief
Ezra Lockwood One of the Judges in the Westchester County

Cape Colony
Application for a Pension under act of 7 th June 1832.
1. Renewed / application
Ward

FREE
Sir J. D. Coffin D.M.
Dep't Customs
Hon. Mr. Aaron Ward Esq. Member Congress Washington City
[Faint, mirrored bleed-through text from the reverse side of the letter]

Formus 25 th May 1824.
Dear Sir,
I send you inclosed the Aff t of S r G. Close in addition to the evidence already adduced in his previous application - I presume this Aff t will be satisfactory to the Pension Office to establish his claim for 10 months, since. You will care for a very great favor on him by verifying his claim, that it is just I have no doubt I sent you some time since Aff t s amending the case of James Raymond of Bedford to be presented to the Pension Office I have not heard the result; nor the papers rec d and what is the result? Be pleased to let me hear from you as soon as conven t . Nothing new in the country
Yours truly Frederick J. Coffin

New York Joseph Chase Revoy. suspended
See letter to Hon A. Ward Ap l 4. '34 do to same June 7 '34
20.6
Act 7, June '32

State of New York Westchester County
On this 6 th day of March in the year 1834 personally appeared before me Ezra Lockwood one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Westchester in the State of New York Esqr Close a resident of the Town of North Salem in said County aged seventy four years in November last who being 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 7 th 1832 that he entered the Service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as true in stated that he was enrolled as a private in the Com- pany of Militia commanded by Captain Esqr Russell in the Regiment of Colonel Thomas Thomas early in the year 1779 that he served during this year under the orders of Capt e Russell that he was called out into actual Service this year down upon the lines in the County of Westchester for a period of six months that he served in a regular  unbroken body called into Service by competent authority and in the field that during this time he was not employed in any civil pursuit - And this De- clarant further saith that in the Month of June 1780 he received a Warrant as a Sergeant in the said Company of Capt e Russell then Colonel Braddens name was then Colonel of the Regiment to which the said Company of Capt e Russell was attached that he was immediately called into actual Service as Sergeant as aforesaid in the said Company that he served under the said Warrant from that time to the end of the War that the said Company was often called into various parts of the Country

of West Chester that he marched with the Company 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 was in actual service not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades for six months he served as a private for ten months he served as a Sergeant that his services thus as aforesaid performed was with an undisciplined Corps called into actual Service by competent authority the Service was performed in the field that for the time his said Service was performed he was not employed in any civil pursuit And this Deponent further states that he received a Certificate for his services that the amount due him as he has a distinct recollection appeared by the said Certificate was Thirty six pounds ten Shillings which allowing his pay as Sergeant to have been nine Dollars per month will show that his actual Service under the said Warrant as a Sergeant as aforesaid was ten months

And this Declarant further states that he has no documents to refer to as documentary evidence of his services other than the annexed papers, that is to say
1 st Colonel Grant's Commission 2 d orders for Musteration for the Regiment 3 d Capt. Samsdal's Warrant to Declarant. 4 th A list of the names of individuals to whom Certificates for services in the War issued. And this Declarant further saith that he knows of no person who can testify to his services except the persons named in the Affidavits herunto annexed. 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 6 th day of March 1834 before me Ezra Lockwood one of the Judges in & for said County
Yoseph Close
We Miriam Dilliff a Bluegrass residing in the Town of North Salem in the County of West Chester and Silvanus Townsend residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Yoseph Close who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be twenty four years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Ezra Lockwood one of the Judges in & for said County
Miriam Dilliff
Silvanus Townsend

The following Interrogatories were propounded by the said Judge to the said Depe Close that is to say,
1 st When and in what year was you born?
Answer I was born in November 1759 at the Town of North Salem Westchester County State of New York.
2 nd Have you any Record of your age and if so where is it?
Answer I have a Record of my age it is in a paper now here produced
3 rd When was you living when called into Service when have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live?
Answer I lived at the time I first entered the Service in the Town of North Salem so called at that time but now called North Salem in the County of Westchester and I continued to reside there du- ring the War and now live there
4 th How was you called into the Service was you drafted did you volunteer or was you a Substitute and if a Substitute for whom?
Answer I was at no time drafted nor did I at any time volunteer nor did I serve as a Substitute for any person but whenever I performed any Service it was in consequence of being ordered out by the Captain of the Company to which I was attached
5 th State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the Troops when you served such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your Service?
Answer there were no Regular Officers to my knowledge who were with the Troops when I served there were no Continental Regiments the only Militia Regiments that I have any knowledge of were the Regiments of

Lieutenants Colonels Thomas Thomas Shadwell Crane and Samuel Drake in each of those Regiments I served As to any general circumstances of my Service I can state no other than are set forth in my Declaration to which I now refer
6 th Did you ever receive a Discharge from the Service of the State by whom was it given and what has become of it? Answer I never did receive a written Discharge my discharge from Service was always verbally given
7 th State the names of persons in to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution Answer I name the Reverend Kiran Silliff and Silvanus Townsend both near neighbours of mine and who have been acquainted with me for several years.
And I the said Ezra Lockwood one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of West Chester do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and the said Judge further testifies that the Rev. Kiran Silliff is a Clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church residing in the Town of North Salem in West Chester County and that Silvanus Townsend is residing in the same Town that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. And I do further certify that the said Simeon Close cannot from bodily infirmity attend Court to make his Declaration ————— Ezra Lockwood Judge

I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of West Chester do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings had and taken before Esqr Larkwood Esq: in the matter of the application of Esqr Close for a pension And I do further certify that the said Esqr Larkwood was a Judge of the said Court at the time when the annexed Declaration of the said Esqr Close and the Affidavit of Daniel Purdy hereto annexed was sworn to before him that the signature of the said Esqr Larkwood to the several papers hereto annexed is his genuine signature — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this thirteenth day of March in the year 1834
N Bayles CLK

State of New York County of West Chester
I, Japheth Bloss, of the Town of North Salem in the County of West Chester being duly sworn deponeth and saith that during the years 1780, 1781 and 1782 he was attached as a Sergeant to the Company of Militia under the Command of Capt. Japheth Bloss, which was in the Regiment of Colonel Shaddow. I further state that he then and still resides in the Town of North Salem in the County of West Chester, and advised that during the course of the three years above mentioned he was called out into actual service in the Company of Regiment, and at various places in the said County of West Chester and that during those years he was in actual service in an encamped position in the field for two months the only part of in the year 1780. He was called down with the said Company and other Militia to North Castle in said County, that he was there stationed for three weeks, he then returned home and was at home but a few days when he was again ordered out and marched down with the Company aforesaid to Bedford in the said County, where he remained with the said Company for two weeks when he was then discharged and returned home a few days thereafter he was again ordered out with the said Company and marched down to Harrison where so called in said County and remained three weeks when he was discharged and returned home again he was ordered out with the Company a few days thereafter and marched down to North Castle in said County and remained on the lines for the period of two weeks when he was discharged and returned home where he remained about 4 or 5 days when he was again ordered out and marched with the Company to North Castle aforesaid and was stationed on the lines for the term of two weeks when he was discharged and returned home; again in a few days he was ordered out with the said Company and marched down to Pines Bridge and from thence to North Castle of Harrison.

purchase in this town of duty he was again in service for four weeks, again he was discharged and returned home where he remained but a few days when he was again called out with the Company & marched down to Bradford and from thence to North Castle his term of service was three weeks when he was discharged at North Castle and returned home. In the year 1781 this deponent performed service in the same manner as set forth in the year 1780 his service consisting of short terms of duty performed on the lines & in the said County he was sometimes one week in actual duty sometimes two three and four weeks the same as in 1780 from the best estimate he is able to make at this distance of time therein he states that his service was four months in And this deponent further saith that in the year 1782 he still continued to perform service in the said Company of Militia as a Sergeant the same as in 1780 & 1781 on and near the lines in the said County that from the estimate often made by him of the several short terms of duty performed by him during this year it amounts to two months and one week that his term of service performed during the above three years was estima- ted when the pay Roll was made out at ten months service. And this deponent further saith that all the service performed by him during the above years 1780, 1781 and 1782 was performed in an embodied Corps called into service by competent authority and such service was performed in the field that for the time such service was performed he was not unemployed in any civil pro- suit
Given to this 23 rd day of May 1834 before me James Mills Justice of the Peace
Joseph Clarke

West Chester County, Pa. I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the County Courts of the County of West Chester do hereby certify James Mills before whom the annexed Affidavit of Ipe Glass was sworn to and subscribed was at the time the said Affidavit was made a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of West Chester that I am personally acquainted with the hand writing of the said James Mills and do believe his signature to the said Affidavit is the genuine signature of the said James Mills. —
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 26 th May 1834
N. Bayles Clerk

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