Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,557, William Cuddeback, New York

SERVICE
New York
Cuddeback William
NUMBER
R. 2557
CONTENTS
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State of New York, Orange County Ss. On this third day of April in the year 1839. Personally appeared before the under- signed a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County William Buddback junior now a resident of the Town of Deerpark in said County aged Seventy Seven years on the day of January last. Who being first duly sworn doth depose & says he make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he was born on the day of January in the year 1762 That he has always resided in said town of Deerpark in said County. That in the spring of the year 1779. he entered a company of Levies of the State of New York of which John Wood was the Captain in Col Rawlings regiment. and was stationed with said Company at Pen- perk & along the western frontiers of Orange & Ulster. That said Company was raised for Nine Months and that this deponent served in said Company under Capt. Wood until the twenty second day of July in said year when Capt. Wood was taken Prisoner by the Indians at the battle of Minisink. & that after his capture said Company was com- manded by his Lieutenants until the end of the year 1779 when said company were discharged after having served out the term of their engagement.
That in the spring of the year 1780 this de- ponent again entered into a company of Levies of which Abraham Westfall was Captain in Col Rawlings Regiment & served in said Company for the term of eight Months on

on the western frontiers of said counties in guarding the inhabitants against the invasions of the Indians. & was discharged at the end of said year having served out the term of their engagement.
That in the year 1781 he again entered the service in a Company of Levies of said state of which said Abraham Westfall was the captain in Col Paulings Regiment for the term of eight months. & served said term on the western frontiers of said counties in guarding the inhabitants as aforesaid & was discharged about the end of the year 1781.
That early in the spring of the year 1782 he again entered the service as in a company of levies of which said Abraham Westfall was captain in Col Messenfels Regiment for the term of nine months & served said term at Fort Hart & on said western frontiers & was discharged about the end of the year 1782.
That all his service was also done as a private in said companies of levies. & that he never received any written dis- charge from his services aforesaid. That he was in his 17 th year of his age at the time of his entering the service in the year 1779. That Jacob Luddelbach & David Van Dine were acquainted with his services in the revolutionary war That there is no minister of the gospel living near him. who can testify from

reputation to his services but that James T. Hulce and James H. Taylor of the said Town of Deerfield has neighbors can testify as to his being reputed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that his name is not on the roll of any agency & is not a pensioner of any state or territory of the United States that he hereby relinquishes all claim to any pension except the one hereby applied for. That the reason he has not before applied for his pension is that in the year 1835 he employed a man to make his application that some affidavits were obtained but the person employed died & he from old age being unable to attend to it himself has neglected it until this time that from old age & infirmity he is unable to attend court.
Sworn & subscribed this { day & year first above written before me from infirmities he is unable to write there fore makes his mark -  William X Cuddiback Mark
Under Clerk & a judge of the court of Common Pleas for Orange County
Orange County ss We James T. Hulce and James H. Taylor of the town of Deerfield in said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Cuddiback Junior who subscribed & swore to the foregoing declaration that

We believe him to be seventy seven years of age that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year last aforesaid before me.
James V Steele
James H. Taylor
Hulot Clark } one of the judges of Orange County Common Pleas
I the undersigned judge before whom the foregoing declaration of William Cuddington junior was made do certify that I believe him to be a man of truth & veracity & his statements under oath entitled to full credit & belief & that from old age & infirmity I believe him unable to attend court
Hulot Clark
State of New York Orange County
I Albert G. Benton Clerk of the County of Orange and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Orange do hereby certify that Hulot Clark Esq before whom the foregoing declaration of William Cuddington junior and the foregoing affidavit of James V Steele & James H. Taylor were subscribed and sworn to at the time of making the same a Judge of Orange County Common Pleas in and for said County - and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge and do hereby believe that the signature to the said declaration and affidavit is genuine -
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County the 9th day of April 1839 -
A. G. Benton Clerk
for A. Dunning Depy Clerk

2557 clear
P. O.
William Euddebach Jr.
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized.
_____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis.
Searched for _____
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N. York 34,926 William Cuddeback fr. let. to H. Armstrong 5 Dec. 1839 let to Genl. G. Clinton Feb 28 43 -
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Act 7. June 1832

Mt Hope N.Y. Feby 19 th
Free
Hon James G Clinton House of Representatives Washington City D C
Feb 19. 1843
John W. Martin

Wt Hope Febr 17 1843
Dr Sir
I have just received your letter with Neel Edwards note in which he says that W m A Guadeback's papers had been withdrawn in 1839 by W m Jones
Now Sir I hasten to inform you that the person whose claim I wished to substantiate is not William A Guadeback but William Guadeback who is a cousin to William A Guadeback and who is now living in the town of Deerpark in the County of Orange. This claim was written out by my self and presented at the Pension Bureau in 1838 or 39 if I mistake not and the proof in the case was David Van Inwagen and one other person whose name I think was Van Patten who made oath that they knew the said William Guadeback to belong to Capt John Woods company of Levis for at least Eight months in 1779 - and that afterwards he served in Capt Westalls company - Upon examination the Commissioner of Pensions answered the claim - ent that there was no evidence in that department of the services of William Guadeback under Capt Westall and referred me to the Comptrollers office for the services of Capt Woods company which I have found and forwarded to you

and ask the favour of you of explaining the matter to Col Edwards who I have no doubt will be willing to allow Wm Cuddeback for the Eight months service together with the service done under Major Phillips I am well acquainted with William Cuddeback and know him to be a man of the first respectability and verily believe that the service claimed under Capt John Wood was faithfully performed Please return to Col Edwards the certificates which you have returned and receive from him whatever he may be willing to allow and forward the same to me at Albany
I would also ask the favour of you to get a decision in the case of William Hall of Warren County New Jersey who belonged to the militia in Dutchess County and served under Isaac Van Wyck and under Capt Humphrey & under Capt J White
A certificate of those services has been forwarded to the Pension Office sometime since but no answer has been received
I am with respect yours &c
John W. Martin
Hon James G. Clinton

House of Representatives Feb 25. 1843
Sir
I again send you the Certificate of the Comptroller in the case of William Cuddeback whom you have mistaken for W m A. Cuddeback . with the Enclosed letter from John W Martin in explanation of the case to which I beg leave to refer your particular attention.
You will also perceive that Mr Martin asks your decision in the case of W m Hill of Warren Co. N.Y. which I hope you will send me.
Very Respectfully Yours & J. A. Hamilton
Col J. S. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions

State of New York } County of Orange } ss
On this seventeenth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty five personally appeared before me Peter E Gumeer a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said county Jacob Luddback who being duly sworn before me deposeth and saith that he now is seventy two years of age that he resides in the town of Deerpark in the county of Orange and State of New York that before and during the revolutionary war and from that time till now he was acquainted with William Luddback Junior who during that war resided in that part of the then precinct of Mamakating in the county of Ulster and State aforesaid which now is in the said town of Deerpark in Orange county and at another place in the said present town of Deerpark which in the time of said war was in the precinct of Minisink in the said county of Orange and now resides as said deponent knows in the said town of Deerpark that the said deponent saw said William Luddback Junior early in the spring of the year 1777 doing duty in the militia in Deerpark on the frontier in Captain Abraham Luddback's Company of which King and Harding were first and second Lieutenants and Samuel Deputy Ensign, and Moses Philips Major of the Regiment to which said Company belonged; that the said William Luddback continued all that season in service in scouting and alarm parties and aiding and assisting at building Fort DeWitt and Gumeer by order of the Committee of Safety, which consisted of Philip Sweetwood Esq m Benjamin Deputy Esq r Hermannus Kinnear Esq r and others; that early in the spring of 1778 Captain Luddback called his company together at Fort DeWitt and beat up for volunteers to guard the frontiers; the whole company volunteered, and among them was the said William Luddback Junior who was stationed at Fort Gumeer by order of said Committee of Safety, and continued at said fort doing duty as a soldier during

That year - Early in the spring till after the Indians and Tories invaded this place which was in October, shortly after which he was removed to another part of the frontier about five miles from Fort Gurnee where said Cuddback continued till after the Indians and Tories invaded that place also, which was in July of 1779. Shortly after which invasion the said William Cuddback Junior was stationed again in Fort Gurnee where he did duty as a volunteer soldier with the nine months men to the end of that year. From From early in the spring of 1780 the deponent knows that the said Cuddback was stationed as a volunteer soldier at Fort Gurnee under the command of Captain Abraham Westfall, to the end of that year. That early in the spring of 1781 said deponent saw the said William Cuddback Junior stationed as a volunteer soldier under Captain Westfall at Fort Gurnee and knows that he continued at that fort until the end of the year. Also that he was stationed at that fort from the spring of 1782 under the command of Captain Westfall until the end of the year and from that time till the troops were dismissed from service. That the said deponent knows that the said William Cuddback Junior is now yet living, and that said Cuddback continued through the winter season of each winter excepting one to guard the said fort with the other volunteers in the same, and further saith not.
Jacob Cuddback
Sworn and subscribed the day and year first above written before me and I do certify that I am acquainted with Jacob Cuddback - the above named deponent and know him to be reputed as a man of truth and that the above statement is entitled to credit and belief.
Peter E. Gurnee Commissioner of Deeds

of Deery

State of New York Secretary's office
I certify that it appears by the Minutes of the Council of Appointment of this State in this Office that on the 3 d of May 1779 John Wood was appointed a Captain in the Levies of One thousand Men raised for the Frontier Service which Levies were to be divided into two distinct Corps of 500 men each, and which were to be commanded by Henry K. Van Rensselaer and Albert Pawling as Lieut. Col. Commandants.
Arch d Campbell Dep. Sec. of State
Albany January 10. 1843

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NY
Wm. Buddback
Oct 1832
Deptment
81
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FREE
J. S. Edwards Esqr Commr. of Pensions Washington

Newburgh April 10 th 1839
Dr Sir
Enclosed I send you the papers relating to the claim of William Buddenbach Junior for a Pension under the law of 1832. For additional proof of his services he refers to the rolls of Capt. Westfall's Troop on file in the Pension Office of the Secy Service in the years 1780 1781 & 1782. Please examine the claim and address the answer to me
J. L. Edwards Esqr Pension Office
I am Respectfully Your Obedient Servant (H. Armstrong)

34,926 William Lendebach Junr. Act June 7 th 1832
B Armstrong Newburgh New York

State of New York } County of Orange } 4
On this seventeenth — day of October in the year One Thousand eight hundred and thirty five personally appeared before me Peter C Gumeer a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said county David Van Inwegen who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he now is between seventy and the term of seventy one — years of age that he resides in the town of Thompson in Sullivan county and State of New York that before and during the revolutionary war and from that time till now he was acquainted with William Cuddeback junior who during that war resided in that part of the then precinct of Mamakating in the county of Ulster and State of New York which now is in the town of Deerpark in the county of Orange aforesaid and at another place in said present town of Deerpark which in the time of said war was in the precinct of Minisink in the county of Orange and State aforesaid and now resides as said deponent knows in the said town of Deerpark; that the said deponent saw said William Cuddeback junior early in the spring of the year 1777 doing duty in the militia in Deerpark on the frontier in Captain Abraham Cuddeback's company of which King and Harding were first and second Lieutenants and Samuel Deputy Ensign, and Moses Phillips Major of the Regiment to which said company belonged; that the said William Cuddeback continued all that season in service in scouting and alarm parties and aiding and assisting at building Forts DeWitt and Gumeer by order of the Committee of safety; which consisted of Phillip Swartwout Esq r Benjamin Deputy Esq r Hermannus Van Inwegen Esq r and others; that early in the spring of 1778 Captain Cuddeback called his company together at Fort DeWitt and beat up for volunteers to guard the frontiers; the whole company volunteered and among them was the said William Cuddeback junior who was stationed at Fort Gumeer by order

of the Committee of safety and continued at said fort doing duty as a soldier during that year till after the Indians and Tories invaded this place which was in October that year; shortly after which he was removed to another part of the frontier about five miles from Fort Gurnea where said Luddback continued till after the Indians and Tories invaded that place also, which was in July of 1779 shortly after which invasion the said William Luddback Junior was stationed again in Fort Gurnea where he did duty as a volunteer soldier with the nine months men to the end of that year. That from early in the spring of 1780 the deponent knows that the said Luddback was stationed as a volunteer soldier at Fort Gurnea under the command of Captain Hezekiah Westfall, to the end of that year. That early in the spring of 1781 said deponent saw the said William Luddback Jun r stationed as a volunteer soldier at Fort Gurnea under Captain Westfall at Fort Gurnea and knows that he continued at that fort until the end of the year also that he was stationed at that fort from the spring of 1782 under the command of Captain Westfall until the end of the year and from that time till the troops were dismissed from service. That the said deponent knows that the said William Luddback Junior is now yet living and that said Luddback continues through the winter season of each winter excepting one to guard the said fort with the other volunteers in the same. And further saith not
David Van Inwegen
Sworn and subscribed the day and year first above written before me and I do certify that I am acquainted with David Van Inwegen -- the above named deponent and know him to be reputed as a man of truth and that the above statement is entitled to credit and belief.
Peter C. Gurnea Commissioner of Deeds

State of New York
Orange County ss
I Albert G. Benton Clerk of the County of Orange and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County do hereby certify that John E. Purnan Esq before whom the annexed affidavit of David Van Saun was - subscribed and sworn to at the time of taking the same a Com- mission of Deeds in and for said County, and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Commission and truly believe that the signature to the said affidavit is Purnan - In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County the 24th day of April 1859 -
A. G. Benton Clerk for A. Dennis D. J. Clerk
per commission of Deeds

State of New York Orange County ss
I Albert G. Benton Clerk of the County of Orange in a Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Orange do hereby certify that Peter E. Purnan Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit of David Van Ingen was subscribed and sworn to at the time of taking the same a Com- mission of Deeds in and for said County, and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Commissioner and truly believe that the signature to the said affidavit is his true signature. Witness my hand and seal this 21st day of April 1839.
A. G. Benton Clerk for A. Dunning Deputy Clerk
see correspondence of Secy

Account of Certificates for Military Service performed during the late war that Remaind in the Treasury where the Legislature by an Act entitled An act for the further Directions of the Treasurer passed the 7 th March 1793 Directed him to pay cash to the Claimants instead of said Certificates - Selected from Lists made thereof by the different Colonel's and Pay Masters at the time when Settlements were made with them - Vizt
   Regiment, P & P Names Amount of Certificates     Returned by Major Moses Phillips William Cataback 2-18-8 Phillips.  
State of New York Comptroller's Office I certify that the foregoing is a true extract from the original remaining in this office Albany Jan'y 10 th 1793
Philip Schuyler Comptroller

Abstract of Pay for the Regt. of New. Series commanded by Lt. Col. Commandant Albert Pauling from 1 st Nov. to 25 th Decem r . 1779. both days. included.
Amo t of Capt. Woods. Pay Roll.
— 509 6 11
State of New York } Comptroller's Office } I certify that the foregoing is a true extract from the original remaining in this office Albany January 10 th 1843.
Philip Phelps Comptroller.