Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43425, Shubal Cunningham, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New York
Cunningham, Shubal NUMBER 43 425
CONTENTS

Not'g sent to Henry Bulkley Poughkeepsie ny 20th July 1820
2580
9 mo. Van Cotland
✓ New York Roll.
✓ Shubal Cunningham capt Horton
New York line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
scribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd of Sept. 1818. and forwarded to Danl. Verplank Esq r Poughkeepsie New York
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1818 $ 38. 40 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819. 48. 00
Arrears 4 mos 24 ds. $ 86. 40
Van Cotland { Revolutionary claim } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
9 months Discontinued
Weekman. Indulged

Dutchess Co. Shubal Cuningham of the Town of Beckman In the said county of Dutchess being duly sworn Deposeth and saith that in the year one thousand Seven hundred and seventy six the deponent entitled for one year as a private in Captain Jonathan Horton's Company
In Col n Ritzmores or Ritzmas, Regiment in what was called The New York Line of troops The deponent served in that campaign In the City of New York & was in the battle on Long Island retreated With the American Army from off the Island into the City of New York thence to the White Plains the deponent was In the Battle at the White Plains after the Battle at the White Plains the Deponent crossed the north river at a place called Kings ferry with the Army marched through the State of New Jersey into Pennsylvania deponent was at the taking of a Body of Hessians at Trenton the morning after Christmas in The same year and the Newyears day after, the deponent was Discharged & returned home to north Castle Westchester County & was There about a week and enlisted again for the three years
Under Captain Samuel Pell in Col n Philip Van Cortlandts Regiment in the New York Line of troops Deponent Lay with Col n Van Cortlandts Regiment at Peekskill at the time Peekskill was burned crossed the north river marched through New Jersey into Pennsylvania & went into Winter quarters Deponent was in the battle at Monmouth Court house against the Enemy under Genl Clinton the Next season from thence the deponent returned with the Army or a part of it to the White Plains The deponent was about that time taken sick & permitted to go home and Stay at home until he got able to join the army again The deponent was sick several months the army moved To the southward and the deponent never joined it again has has had no written discharge Deponent is about seventy Years of age is in very poor and indigent circumstances and Scarcely able to perform any Labour Deponent hath not got it In his Power to furnish any additional proofs of his service Subscribed the 11 th day of April 1818
I do hereby certify that the above named his Shubal Cuningham hath been duly sworn and Examined by me relative to the above facts and A doth appear to me the said Shubal served in The revolutionary war as therein set forth Daniel C. Voorhies of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Dutchess sworn over

Recd Jan 1818
On which whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said Court the present day of which one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court the present day of which one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Daniel G. Van Klief Clerk of said Court
State of New York Dutchess County ss. I Daniel G. Van Klief one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that on the 11th day of April one thousand eight hundred & eighteen appeared before me Shubal Cunningham of the town of Beekman & made oath before me to the enclosed Affidavit that on this 14th day of April appeared before me Archibald Campbell of the town of Paulting in this County whose affidavit is herein enclosed that I have considered the said Affidavits & that I am satisfied that the said Shubal Cunningham of the town of Beekman in the County of Dutchess did serve during the revolutionary war against the common enemies in the company of Captain Samuel Pell in the regiment commanded by Col Philip Van Cortlandt in the New York line of the continental Army & that he had served in the Army aforesaid previous to his forming the regiment of Col Van Cortlandt as stated by him that he has no other evidence in his power of said service that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the Assistance of his Country for support & now transmits the foregoing testimony taken before me in pursuance of the Act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain Persons in the land & naval service of the United States during the Revolutionary war April 14. 1818 Daniel G. Van Klief

In the matter of Shubal Cunningham , a Pensioner of the United States
2580. Bullman
1194. 23 Sept 1818.
Not settled
Mar 1819
28
11 D.
2 Newbury
42 Cash
48

At a Court of Common Pleas held at the Court House in the Village of Poughkeepsie in and for the County of Dutchess in the State of New York on Monday the twenty sixth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-
Present The Hon James Smott First Judge
Daniel O'Ver Planck
Abraham D Van Wyck Esquires Judges
Thomas Sweet
Dutchess County ss. Be it remembered that on the 26 th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas in open Court the said Court being a Court of Record for the County of Dutchess in the State of New York Shubal Cunningham aged seventy years resident in the town of Peekman in the County of Dutchess and State of New York who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows In the spring of the year 1777 he enlisted in a Company commanded by Captain Samuel Pell in Colonel Van Cortlandts Regiment of the New York line for three years, that he served the full term of his enlistment in the same Company and Regiment and was discharged at North Castle in Westchester County in the State of New York and that his original declaration is dated the eleventh day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that his pension Certificate is N o 2580-
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States 18 th day of March 1818 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 to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an 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 ended on the 18 th day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. 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 to wit -
Real Estate one acre and a quarter of Land situate in the town of Beekman in Dutchess County with a house thereon sixteen feet by eighteen feet one story high -
Personal Property wearing apparel & bedding excepted as follows one Cow And Irons 1 Pot 1 Kettle Shovel & tongs 1 Table 4 Chairs 6 Knives & forks 1 Frying Pan Small lot of Crockery
The Deponent saith that his Family consists of himself his wife aged sixty four years and one daughter aged sixteen years. The Deponent is by occupation a labourer but from his age and infirmity is unable to support his family without assistance Sworn and subscribed in open Court his Thubal X Cunningham mark this 26 th day of June 1820
W th Henry (Bathley) Deputy Clerk
I John Johnston. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Dutchess in the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule are truly copies from the Records of said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is one hundred and nineteen dollars. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty sixth day of June in the year 1820
John Johnston. Clerk

43 425
INVALID.
Reg
File No. 43, 425
Shubal Cunningham Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 120
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New York
Shubal Cunningham , pres.
Served 3 yf. from 1770
Sched: dated 20. June 1820.
Real Estate - 1 1/2 acres of land. in the Town of Beekman with a one story house on it & some few articles of furniture, valued by Court.  $119. 
Sched. under Act of Mar. 1823.
[Act 14. H. R. 23] 86 19
Nothing.  6
accounts for the decrease of property &c.
on the 20. July 1821, the whole of his property was sold under execution, to pay debt due R. Doughty.
A certificate from the Sheriff, (certified to by proper authority) corroborat- ing the above statement.
Claimant aged 73 yf. a labour- er unable to work, wife 69 yf. states that himself & wife are supported by their daughters (3 of them, ages not given) without their aid, they would be thrown up on the Town.
Alex: Forbus Esq. Poughkeepsie.
New York. May 27. 1823
March term 19

Hon. J. C. Calhoun
There enclose papers on the application of Shabab Cunningham to be restored to the pension list under the law of last winter. On a decision of this case the papers are requested to be sent to me -
Some time in January last. (I believe), I forwarded to the war department the papers of Inor Bussey on his original application for a pension. I am fearful, from the time elapsed, that these papers may have been lost, could I be advised of the fact, other copies from the files in our clerk's office will be furnished. -
Perhaps it would be presumptuous in me to ask a decision of the case of Bussey, provided the papers have heretofore been received; but I hope I may be excused the suggestion.
I am respectfully
Your obedt Servt
Wm. F. 2 Bussey
Poughkeepsie May 6. 1823

In the matter of Shubal Cunningham A pensioner
A Copy —

At a court of Common Pleas held at Poughkeepsie in and for the County of Dutchess in the State of New York on the fourteenth day of April of April term in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty three -
Present: The Hon. Matthias Livingston Chief Judge Edmond H. Pendleton } Daniel C. Verplanck } Judges Nylof Dibblee }
Dutchess County ss: Be it known that on the fourteenth day of April in this same term Shubal Cunningham of the town of Beekman in said County aged seventy three years appeared in open court and being duly sworn doth depose and say that in pursuance of the Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed March 18, 1818 he was placed on the pension list, Roll of the New-York agency at the rate of eight dollars per month, that his original declaration was dated April 11, 1818 and his pension certificate was No. 2580 as by reference to the same in the pension office will fully appear And this deponent further saith that in pursuance of the act of May 8, 1820 he exhibited and produced on the twenty sixth day of June one thousand eight hundred and twenty to the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid a schedule inventory and that he was required by said last recited act, a copy of which schedule with the certificate of the court thereon was transmitted to the war department and this deponent was thereafter informed that his name was struck off the roll of pensioners, that for more particularity the deponent refers himself if necessary to the papers on file -
And this deponent further saith that since he was been so struck off the roll of pensioners and on the twenty sixth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty one all his property both real and personal except some small articles of personal property exempted by law from execution was sold at public auction by the Sheriff of the County of Dutchess by virtue of and under an execution issued out of the said court of Common Pleas against this deponent in favor of Richardson Sloughty for about the sum of eighty dollars of debt costs and fees - That the residue of his personal property

exempt as aforesaid has been since disposed of by this deponent for the payment of other small debts owing by him, And this deponent further saith that said debt was fairly and justly due to the said Nicholson Doughty that said proceedings and sale by the Sheriff were adverse, and were not made at the procurement or request of this deponent or with intent to procure him to be replaced on the pension list. And in pursuance of the Act of May 1, 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, 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 provision of an 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." passed March 18, 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 any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. Real estate None. Personal estate, wearing apparel excepted None.
The deponent saith that his family consists of himself and his wife aged sixty seven years, the deponent is a labourer by occupation but from his age and infirmities is unable to support himself without assistance, and he further says that he with his wife are maintained by the exertions and labor of their three daughters, without whose assistance they would become a charge to the town.
Sworn in open Court this
14 th day of April
1823
Isaac Radcliff Depy Clerk
his Shubal X Cunningham mark

State of New York Dutchess County } ss
Solomon Haggler of the town of Schoharie in said county of lawful age, known by the court here to be entitled to credit as a witness, being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with Shubal Cunningham in the foregoing paper-mentioned, that he has heard the subject of the sale of his property by the execution in favour of Ricketson Doughty frequently spoken of by his neighbours. That the deponent was not present at the sale, but it was known to him and to the public that it was to take place. This deponent from all he has heard and from the character of the parties verily believes that the said sale was made bona fide, and without intent or design to aid the said Shubal Cunningham in obtaining a pension. The deponent knows the said Shubal to be in poor and indigent circumstances, and but for the aid of his daughters must become a charge to the town.
Sworn in open court this 14 th day of April 1823.
Solomon Haggler
J. B. Maccliff Deputy Clerk.
State of New York Dutchess County } ss
William Griffin Sheriff of Dutchess County being sworn doth depose and say that in or about the month of July in the year one Thousand eight hundred and twenty one he sold all the property real and personal of Shubal Cunningham by virtue of an execution in favour of Ricketson Doughty a few articles of exempt personal property excepted, that the sale was public and this deponent from what he heard and saw believes the same was not made at the procurement of said Shubal or with intent to aid him in obtaining a pension. Deponent knows said Shubal to be poor and unable to support himself without assistance.
Sworn in open court this 14 th day of April 1823 }
W. Griffin
J. B. Maccliff Deputy Clerk

State of New-York Dutchess County ss.
Jacob Van Nesp Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for the County of Dutchess do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavits and schedule are truly copied from the Records of the said Court, and no property being returned the Court certify no value—
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this third day of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty three
Jacob Van Nesp