Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,496, Christopher Decker, N.Y. Enl. In Pa.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.Y. Enl. in Pa.
Decker, Christopher
S 43496
B.L.Wt. 7043-100
Issued Jan. 25, 1791
No papers
CONTENTS

3617.
New York Roll
Christopher Decker Capt Vanderburgh Penn private, 14 New York Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 9 of April 1818 —
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 of October and sent to Samuel S. Seward Florida New York —
Arrears to 4th of Sept. — 1818 38.93 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819 48.00
Arrear, 4 Mo 26/30 $86.93
13 Feb. 27
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 19th March, 1818. }
from 1778 to } 54 close of War }
Van Kortlandt Discontinued Larwick Orange Co.
Notation sent to Mr. Martin New York Sep 12 July 1820
John Decker New York

If the Judge will certify that C. Decker is in re- duced circum- stances, a pen- sion will be granted—

State of New York } Orange County } ss
I Christopher Decker of Warwick in said County, do declare and swear, that I entered the regular service of the United States in the war of the Revolution in 1778 - that I first enlisted in Capt. Rosecrants's Company, but was afterwards assigned in Captain Vandenhight's Company of the Second New York Regiment commanded by Col. Br. Cannelland - that I served under the last mentioned Capt. to the end of the war, when I was discharged at Newburgh by Lieut. Freleigh - that I failed with my discharge I believe it is at present in the possession of William Thompson Esq. of this County, but am not certain if he has it I will procure it & send it on - if he has it not I shall com- mit it lost - that I am in very low pecuniary circumstances & stand in need of assistance from my Country for Support
Given the 9th April 1818 Christopher his X Decker mark before me
Wm H White first Judge of the Court of common Pleas for the County of Orange State of New York

Orange County ss. I Nathan H. White, first Judge of the County of Orange, State of N.Y. do hereby certify that the within named Christopher Dreher appeared before me & duly made oath to the within statement — Given under my hand & the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Orange State of N.Y. the day & year within written
Nathan H. White
State of New York
Orange County —
ss I David M. Westcott Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County, do hereby Certify that Nathan H. White, Esq. m above named is First Judge of said Court — In Testimony — whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court of Common Pleas the ninth day of April 1818.
D. M. Westcott

Christopher Decker
Oct 18
3017
$195.83
not entitled
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State of New York Orange County ss On this first day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty in open court, to wit the court of common Pleas this day held at the court-house in the town of Goshen in and for the county aforesaid, the said court being a court of record for said county by virtue of the statutes of the state aforesaid, conducting its proceedings accord- ing to the course of the common law, keeping a rec- ord thereof and having a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, personally appeared Christopher Decker aged sixty six years, resident in the town of Warwick in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows to wit, in the Second Regiment commanded by Colonel Portland in the company commanded by Captain Vanderberg for the term of five years and one month of the New- York Line - that the date of his original declaration is the ninth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen - that the number of his Pension certificate is 3617. And the said Christopher Decker in open court as aforesaid doth take the following oath to wit: "I Christopher Decker do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hun- dred and eighteen and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain pensions engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the eighteenth day of March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I

any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed." - And the said Christopher Decker in open court as aforesaid produces the following schedule that is to say, - I have two old spinning Wheels - one old Barrel and Tub one half barrel keg - bridle. Hottcholl reel. Two trays - Jar - Bucket - one stone brock - one Pail. Seven bushels potatoes One bunch of bundles. One broken pegg pan. One bush hook Lot of old Tools. Scythe stick & Stockling - Two shoes - thimble Two old Wheelers - Wash Tub Small pail. Two sickles. Two axes - old table, one griddle, one Pot - Two Kettles One Iron Teakettle, Two pails and one keg. One pair of Tongs. A Lot of old tin ware. Three Trammels - A Lot of old carpenters Tools - A Lot of old skin makers Tools - One old chain Set of Harrows very poor. One English shovel - Two iron Forks. Two Grines, one Lant One Hog One Field. Wheat and Rye. Different pieces of Rye - A piece of Iron. Eight Dunghill forals - Debts due me to amount of eight dollars - One span of Horses. One bow. One yoke of steers a year old - one old waggon. Juniper. Plough. Harrow Wheat. Set of chains. Lot of earthen Jug - smoothing Iron - Two small tubs. One set of Forks Knives and Spoons One Looking glass - Pan Audirons. Pork barrel Three old floor barrels - one Dresser - one old saddle and bridle one half bushell - 2 nd There is due to me from different persons $47.20 - 3 rd I am in debt to different persons $107.43. - And the said Christopher Decker further states that his occupation is that of a farmer - that he can not do one fourth part of the labour of a common man - That the number of his family living with him is three - His wife Eleanor aged sixty three very infirm but labour a little. His daughter Julian aged eighteen able to labour and support herself. His Mother in Law Elizabeth M rs Blume -

herself. Her Mother in Law Elizabeth M c Clure
aged eighty seven entirely helpless —
Christopher his Decker mark
Sworn in open court this first day of June 1820 before Nathan H o White Stephen Jackson & Samuel J s Lenoard Esquires Judges
Jas W Wilkin Clk
§ 195. 80.
State of New York Orange County ss James M c Clintock Deputy Clerk of the Court of Com- mon pleas in & for the County of Orange do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & inventory are truly copied from the records of the said Court. And I further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property ex- hibited in the aforesaid schedule is One Hundred and ninety five Dollars & Eighty three cents.
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court this third day of July 1820. Jas M c Clintock D y Clk

Inventory of the Property of C. Decker Revolutionary Pensioner

Inventory of the Property of Christopher Decker of the Town of Warwick County of Orange & State of New York. late a Soldier of the Revolution.
   Articles     1 Old Mare ----- $ 15.00   1 Cow ----- 15.00   1 Hog ----- 3.00   3 Pigs ----- 0.37 \frac{1}{2}   4 Pots and kettles ----- 3.00   1 Old Chest ----- 0.25   3 Pails ----- 1.00   6 old chairs ----- 0.75   2 axes 1 hoe & 1 shovel ----- 2.75   1 Old Table ----- 0.25   1 Girdle & 1 Strapping pants ----- 1.25   1 Old Dresser with the brooches & pins ----- 3.00   1 Sad Iron & 2 old candlesticks ----- 0.70   1 Pair old Andirons & Trammels ----- 1.00   1 Old spinning wheel & Reel ----- 1.00   1 Wash Tub ----- 0.31   Milk Things ----- 2.00   1 Plough ----- 4.00   2 Old Saddles ----- 1.50   Lot of old Lumber in Chamber ----- 1.00   Grain on the ground ----- 10.00   Notes ----- 15.16   $ 82.29 \frac{1}{2}  
Debts owing
   1 Note drawn in favor of Stephen Angl Burt 75.02   1 Ditto " " " " Garret Post 20.00   Book account Due Tobias Smith 2.00   Taken this 18 th day of May 1821 by $ 97.02  
James Burt } Appraisers Job Noble }

Warwick N.Y. Augt 22 d Free
The Honorable the Secretary at War of the United States City - Washington
By Mail

Whereas it is represented to us that in conformity to the Laws of the United States of America and rules and directions established in the War Office in relation to the law making provision for granting the donations to the Officers and Soldiers who served in the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary War in Order to detect false claimants and spurious applications and among those requisites prescribed it is made necessary for the Applicant to produce a Certificate to identify his being the very person mentioned by two disinterested freeholders and Inhabitants having knowledge of the Soldier
We the underwritten being two of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the Town of Warwick in the County of Orange and State of New York do hereby certify that we have been acquainted with Christopher Decker from his Youth, and perfectly recollect his enlisting into the Army of the said United States at an early period of the Revolutionary War, into the New York line of that Army and by referring to the Army records at that time in the said War Office it is will appear that he served as a Soldier in the Second Regiment of Infantry commanded by Col. Philip van Cortlandt until the Army was discharged. We also add that he received the gratuity of land granted by the state in common to the Soldiers, attached to the line of the said State - and that he has resided principally in this place until this time.
In testimony whereof we hereunto subscribe our names this twenty second day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Sworn before me J. S. Schell one of the Justices of the Peace for Orange County State New York 22 d day of August 1818 John Hathorn James Burt

Orange County } ss State New York
Personally appeared before me Job Noble one of the justices of the Peace for Orange County State of New York the within named John Hathorn & James Burt who being duly sworn depose & say that the contents of the within Certificate or writing are true
Sworn the 22 d August 1818
Before me Job Noble

In the within Certificate or affidavit is forwarded to the office of the Secretary at War in order to substantiate my claim as a prisoner of the United States as an enlisted Soldier in the Revolu- tionary War. Your humble Servt Christopher T Decker Mark
To Secretary at War
Warwick August 22 d 1818

State of New York RECEIVED Orange County ss.
On this 22 d day of September 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the said district  county personally appeared Christopher Decker aged sixty years, resident in 'Warwick' in the said district  county , who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he, the said Christopher Decker enlisted in Easton in 1778 in the state of Pennsylvania in the company commanded by Captain Vanderburgh of the 2 d New York Regiment, commanded by Col l Van Cortlandt
; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the end of the War, when he was discharged from service in Newburgh (N.Y.).
state of New York, that he was in the battles under Genl Sullivan against the Indians, and was present at the taking of Fort Wallis etc.
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services, except the depositions of John Heathorn & James Burt, herewith enclosed.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Saml. J. Seward Christopher Decker his mark
I, Saml. J. Seward Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Christopher Decker did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. I further certify that the claimant is in indigent circumstances.
Saml. J. Seward

State of New York Orange County -
§ I David M. Westcott clerk of the said County of Orange do hereby certify that Samuel S. Seward Esq. is one of the Judges of the Court of Com- mon Pleas in and for the said County and that his signatures within written are in the proper hand wri- ting of the said Samuel S. Seward. In Witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my Official Seal the third day of October 1818.
D. M. Westcott

True
FREE
Jeremiah H. Peirson Esq. member of Congress Washington

Dear Sir
Albany 20 th of Jan y 1823
I acknowledge the receipt of your favor in receiving the national intiligence. and had thoughts of returning the compliment in a similar way - but having done so little here as a legislator there is nothing worthy of notice - I expect the Gov r will give the Senate business shortly in approving or disapproving the nominations he may make in the civil department - when the new creation begins you will shortly see it - I am very desirous to learn whether any thing is done or likely to be done in Congress respecting those old soldiers of the Revolution who have been struck off the pension list as there is one individual in my neighbourhood to wit Christopher Decker who drew a pension for a short time and was struck off after an inventory of his property was made and returned in compliance with the law of 1820 and it was very astonishing to me that his name should be struck off as he did not own an inch of land nor any possession only from year to year working

Some peer laid on Shain - and he has ever been a sober honest and Industrious man and now 69 years old - and at this time is reduced to the necessity of asking for alms and he has also a Husbare which was occasioned by exerting himself to extremes in tugging at the Boats in the Susquehanna River in the year 1779 when Sullivan's army marched into the Genesee after the Indians - yet has never quit the Service until June 1833 - I do not know one man in this nor no other County more - Legally nor Equitably intitled to the bounty of government than Christopher Becker the poor man told me Job Sable and myself in May 1821 to make an inventory of his property and Credits which we did Carefully and I have no doubt but what it was done accurately which I here enclose to you - and if any thing can be done for the poor old man I should feel gratified - as you are a man possessing similar feeling with myself for the poor I hope you will enquire at the War office

as it appears to me that his case has been overlooked for surely it could not be the amount of property he had - excuse me for my zeal for the man & for troubling you I am Sir yours Respectfully
Jeremiah H Pierson Esq James Kurt
many excep tions A

Florida 3 rd Oct. 1887
Dear Sir
Enclosed you will receive the the papers (returned by you) of Christopher Barker together with my certificate of his being in such indigent circumstances as to require relief — When it may be necessary to communicate with him again please direct to the Post Office at Florida Town of Warwick Orange Co N.Y. —
There are several other applicants who forwarded their papers from this place and are anxiously waiting for returns from the War-department —
With great respect your most ob d Servant —
Sam d J. Seward
Hon. John C. Calhoun Secretary of War —

11.48: Christopher Dicker.
Served from 1778 to end of War.
66 years old - Wife 63 - 1 daughter 18 years old.
No real estate - Personal estate worth $195..83.
 N. York ad 18 m 1818
Yes
Restored 21 Feb: 1823
Hon: J. H. Pierson, H.R.
A Hoyt Aug 29 1834

43496
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 43,496
Christopher Decker
Rev Rev Rev
Act: 16 th March 16 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 126
[Arrangement of 1870.]