Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,119, Charles Dickinson, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Dickinson, Charles
S 29,119
CONTENTS

 See letters to John Fleming Esq March 10 to 1835 " " " " " A. J. S. S. S. " " " " " 57 " " " " " Thomas A. S. S. " " " " " 58 " " " " " Hon A. S. S. " " " " " 59 Letters to Hon Nelson Canbreling, M.P. June 1836 Do to Hon Canbreling , June 10. 1836 
3877
New York
Charles Dickinson
Orange in the State of New York who was a Priv. A. & B. in the Company commanded by Captain Roosevelt of the Regt. commanded by Col. Sacher in the New York line for 1 month Private, 3 months Lieutenant, and 9 months Captain
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 223 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of January 1833 — and sent to R. B. Mellon 4 Broad Street New York
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 — $334. 99 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Mar '33 111. 66
$446.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Mobammwell Clerk, Book D Vol. 5 Page 81

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress. Passed June 7 th 1832
State of New York.
City and County of New York } Sp:
On this eleventh day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, per- sonally appeared in open Court, before the Court of General Sessions of the Peace, in and for the City and County of New York, now sitting. Charles Dickinson, a resident of Orange Town, County of Rockland, and State of New York, aged eighty 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 Act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832.
That he was born, in the City of New York, November 18 th 1752: that the record of his age is in the Family Bible, now in the possession of his sister ————— that he was living in the said City, when called into service, and has resided therein since the Revolutionary war, till the year 1828, when he removed to Orange Town, where he con- tinues to reside.
That the place, where the Court of Rockland County is held, is at New City, distant from his res- idence about 19 miles, as he believes; that, in consequence of his old age and of an infirmity, with which he has been afflict- ed for many years, he is unable to ride to the said New City: that, hence it is more convenient and agreeable to him, by a passage in a steamboat, to come from his residence to the City of New York, to make this his declaration.
That, at an early period of the difficulties with the Mother Country, he entered into the service of the United States, a volunteer in an uniform Company, of which John J. Roosevelt was Captain and he himself was First Lieutenant: that he cannot state the time more precisely, nor, does he rec- ollect any other particulars.
That he again entered into the service

a volunteer, as Captain of a Company in the Regiment of Colonel Sacker : that he marched his company to Jamaica, in consequence of a report that the Tories had collected arms there: he neither met any body of Tories, in opposition nor saw any arms: he cannot state how long this occurred before the landing of the British troops on Staten Island: nor can he state any other particulars.
That he again enlisted in the service, a volunteer, as Captain in the same Regiment of Colonel Sacker , and Brigade of General Scott , one Abell being Major, in a service of six months: that he cannot state the time, but thinks, it was before the British landed on Staten Island: he directed his Company in building redoubts along the Hudson River, but recollects no one in particular: he was ordered to Long Island, where breastworks and fortifications were built: he was stationed on the lines, on the heights, near a fort, whose name he does not recollect: he believes he went there before the British had landed: he had full sight of the battle between Lord Stirling and the British, when it commenced and when it left off: he recollects one of the soldiers of his own Company, coming up with the cap of a British Officer: he recollects retreating to Brooklyn, but not the weather: he saw many there, but he has no recollection of General Washington nor General Putnam, nor of the names of any other persons: That he went to New York: he was about marching, with his Company, to Kingsbridge, when he learnt that the British had landed at Ripp's Bay and had taken one Van Dyke , of the same Regiment, Captain of a Grenadier Company, a prisoner, and had cut off all communication with Kingsbridge: he crossed over to New Jersey, & proceeding some distance, recrossed over to Kingsbridge: he met his company there, where they built barracks: While lying at Kingsbridge he was sent to Morrisania, on guard: there was a great display of the British boats going and returning: Colonel Drake commanding the Guard. thought it advisable to make a stand at head quarters: the said Colonel got them to write, when he

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understood an army was on the alert: he was not in the battle at White Plains, but joined his company in their retreat to Peekskill: after remaining there a short time, they removed to Haverstraw, where the period of enlistment had, six months, expired, and the soldiers of his Company were discharged.
That he again entered into the service, a volunteer, as a private, at Albany, when Sir John Johnson came with his Indians and burned the houses and grain at the German Flats: a battle took place in the evening, when he saw, two of our men wounded: the enemy retreated at night crossing the river and leaving behind some of their artillery. He does not recollect the name of his Captain nor the time of the war: Van Rensselaer was the General: Chancellor Lansing, whose station he does not recollect, told him to return with one Mr. Van Schaick, who was wounded, his health being very delicate.
That all his services, with the exception of that last mentioned, were commenced in the City of New York: That his health and memory are very much impaired by age and infirmities: That to the best of his recollection and belief, he served not less than three months as First Lieutenant; nor less than nine months as a Captain, nor less than one month as a private: And for those services he claims a pension.
That he held his Captain's Commission from the Provincial Congress, but lost it, when, many years since, going to Mountain: That before he removed to Orange Town, he had some of the papers of his Company, but he does not know what has become of them: That, at present, he has no documentary evidence.
That he knows no one, now living, except Samuel Delamater, of the City of New York, a private in his Company, who can testify to his actual services: That the Reverend Dea. Cox and Henry Remsen, late President of the Manhattan Company, of the City of New York, both president of the said City, and their belief of his true character for veracity and their belief of his

services as a soldier of the Revolution,
That he has been a member of the Reformed Dutch Church of the City of New York for more than forty years, and at certain times, a Deacon and Elder thereof; and was an Alderman of the Third Ward in the said City, having been Chairman of a Committee, who superintended the erection of the City Hall.
That he has no particular recollection of any general officers, nor military and Continental regiments, except that he saw General Lee, though he cannot state, when or where:
That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn and subscribed to, the day and year aforesaid, in open Court
Richard Hatfield Clerk
Rev. Samuel H. Cox —
a clergyman, residing in the City of New York and Henry Remsen, late President of the Manhattan Company, residing in the said City — hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Charles DeRance, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be eighty years of age: that he is reputed and believed in the City of New York, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Affirmed by Samuel H. Cox and Henry Remsen Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, in open Court.
Richard Hatfield Clerk
SAM. H. COX. Henry Remsen
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 Samuel H. Cox & Henry Remsen who has testified as above, is a clergyman, resident in the City of New York. And that Henry Remsen, who has also testified to the same, is a resident of the said City and is a credible person And that their statement is entitled to credit.
R. R. Wet. Recorder of the City of New York W. Meigs. Pension H. P. Robertson Albany
I, Richard Hatfield Clerk of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace, in and for the City & County of New York, hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Charles Dickinson for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eleventh day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Richard Hatfield Clerk

L. S.
These do certify, that I am personally acquainted with Charles Dickinson and have known him more than fifty years, and always found him to be a man of good reputation, since my first acquaintance with him; he is married to my sister, and I have been married to his sister; and I do further say, that I believe him to be a real Christian many years; I also have heard my wife who has died more than eighteen years ago while she lived that her brother had been in the war and had his health or his constitution much impaired in the war; I can further say, that the aforesaid Charles Dickinson is a man of the most respectable character, and according to the best of my knowledge I can be qualified, to the best of my knowledge. Nicholas Lansing. V.D.M.
Tadoussac - 12 November 1832.
Sworn and Subscribed Before me this 19 th Day of Nov r 1832
Adolphus L. Mabri Justice

I David Pyle, Clerk of the County of Rockland do hereby certify, that Adolphus L. Mabie whose name is signed to the within certificate was on the day of the date thereof a justice of the peace, in and for the county aforesaid. And further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said justice and verily believe that the signature of Adolphus L. Mabie subscribed to the same is genuine
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the Office this tenth day of December, 1832.
David Pyle

War Department Pension Office March 31 1835
Sir.
In answer to the enquires respecting the pension of Charles Dickinson, referred to in your letter of the 28 th inst, I have to state, that on reviewing the evidence in the case it appears that his case had been inadvertently admitted. Mr Dickinson was doubtless in the service but from the statement made in his declaration, how long, is doubtful. The regulations of the Department require that each the duration of each term of actual service in the militia be specified as well as the period and the names of officers. The only term of the service in question set forth with any degree of precision is that of six months as a captain in Col Lasher's regiment; period not mentioned; of the first it is stated merely that he volunteered as a lieutenant in Capt s Roosevelt's company, - of the second, that he volunteered as a captain and marched his company to

Iarraca in pursuit of Tories but found none. The fourth tour is alleged to have been rendered as a private in an expedition against the Indians neither officers or period mentioned. To which it is objected generally that the duration of each term of actual service is not specified and particularly that there is no evidence in the Department of any term of service in Col Lashies segment exceeding five months; nor is there any evidence of such an expedition against the Indians at the German Flats at any period during the Revolutionary war as that described.
To enable the Department to decide whether the claimant is entitled at all to a pension under the act and if entitled, to what concerned extent, he should in a supplemental affidavit set forth his claim in conformity with the regulations. His commission likewise as a Lieutenant & Chaplain should be produced or in default thereof evidence of having been

appointed to those offices respectively from the records of the State of New- York.
The letter of M c L. Wilkinson is herewith returned.
Thomas L Smith Esq. Register of the Treasury of the N o State

Thos. Smith
31 March 1835
O.K.
Mr. G.
Rec. Vol. 33. pa 435.

October 10, 1935
Charles Dickinson-S.29119 BA-J/AWF
Mr. Edgar Smith 2617 Garfield Street, N.W. Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
In compliance with your request of recent date, you are furnished herein the Revolutionary War record of Charles Dickinson as found in pension claim, S.29119, based upon his service in that war.
Charles Dickinson was born November 18, 1752 in New York City, names of his parents not given. His mother and sister and "most of his other relatives" were residents of Albany, New York, during the Revolution, no names given.
Charles Dickinson was a resident of New York City early in the Revolution, and stated that he served three months as 1st lieutenant in Captain John I. or J. Roosevelt's company of Oswego Rangers; served as captain three months in Colonel Lasher's New York regiment; served as captain six months in Colonel Lasher's regiment, during this service, was at the battle of Long Island in the retreat, and his company was employed in building redoubts along the Hudson River; and served one month as private, when Sir John Johnson came with "his Indians" and burnt the houses and grain at German Flats, when he volunteered in this service was in Albany, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed December 11, 1832, then a resident of Orange Town, Rockland County, New York, where he had moved from New York

City in 1828.
Upon a reexamination of his claim, his pension was suspended, and this soldier was requested to furnish more specific proof of each tour of his service. This proof was not furnished and his name was not restored to the pension roll.
Charles Dickinson was at one time an Alderman on the 3rd Board of New York City, also Chairman of a Committee to superintend the erection of the City Hall.
Nicholas Lansing, V. D. M., of Tappan in 1832, stated that he had known the soldier, Charles Dickinson, for about fifty years, and that he (Charles Dickinson) "is married to my sister and I have been married to his sister"; the wife of Nicholas Lansing had then been dead about eighteen years. The names of their wives were not given.
Reference was made in 1835 to Mr. J. L. Dickinson, son of the soldier. There is no further reference to children.
One Thomas S. Smith in 1835 was Register of the Treasury of the United States.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator
This paragraph was just for Mr. Sargent. I thought he would like to see it. He asked for it. He was very kind about it.

June 7.
Chadwickson
Myrtle
329
3877
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pension
Hon. C. C. Cambrelene H.R.

Colo. Edwards will oblige Mr. Cambridge by perusing the enclosed letter and by enabling him Mr. C to answer it -
Wash.
6 June
1836

(K. J. Dillon)
March 11. 1835
G. C.
Bureau Vol. 25 page 304

War Department Pension Office
March 11 th 1835
Sir On reviewing the evidence upon which the pension  claim of Charles Dickinson for no station any pension was admitted  allowed it appears evidently that he was allowed more  more for continuous  continuous of service than the paper would authorize  authorize  according to the  according to the there he was according to the regulations of the Department under for  It is required in every case that the duration of each term of actual service be specified as the will as the regimental officers and the place or places or places where such term was rendered Mr Dickinson's annual report of his services of the The term of the battle of White Plains of Col. Lasher's regiment likewise term of service at the period of the battle of White Plains was not six months as alleged
The agent has been directed to suspend for the payment of Mr Dickinson's pension until further instruction
Yours truly &c.
Mr. Dickinson's account of his services as noted in the pension file
R. A. N. ...

28 th March '35
Dear Doctor
I enclose a letter from a friend of mine in New York which I request you to read and give me such information upon the subject of his inquiries as will enable me to answer his letter. I should be much pleased if this old Revolutionary soldier, alluded to, could be sustained in his claims upon the government, and if you can suggest any thing that can effect this object, I would esteem it a favor. His great respectability is well vouched for, and his son, who is the author of the enclosed letter, is a gentleman of well deserved consideration.
Most respectfully
Wm Lloyd J. Smith
Doc. Crump.

War Department Pension Office June 18. 1836
Sir
The purpose in the case of Captain Charles Dickinson referred to in the letter of Robt. H. Morris Robert H. Morris Esq., has been reexamined reviewed. The claimant states in his declaration that he retired the service as a Lieutenant in Capt. Rouse's Company that he is  was unable to state any particulars, that he again entered the service as a Captain in Col. Lasher's regt., period and duration of the term  service not specified, that he and in 1776 he served six months as a Captain in the same regt. and that in 1778 he entered the service as a private at Albany manner of his offi- cer, term of service and period, not specified - Only one of the above terms is set forth in such a manner as to be admissible according to the regu- lations of the Department viz the term, alleged to have been six months - But in regard to the  its duration of

Mr Dickinson is evidently mistaken - In 1776 in  purview of conformity with a requisition of Congress the Militia  were called out there was a draft upon for five  months service in the Militia the Militia were required to serve a term of five months unless sooner discharged - The drafts were made between the 20 th of June & the first of July, generally, and there is no evidence that any of the Militia thus called out served over five months - General Delamater a private in Capt the claimants company at that time states in his declaration that he enlisted in June 1776 and was discharged the 1 st of December - The regulations require that the name of the officer be specified as well as the period of such term of actual service, the date &c All that the claimant can be allowed for the year 1776 is five months service - The other residue of the claim cannot again be also admitted unless it shall appear upon the specification required, that the applicant is entitled to or allowed for the service which he has so indefinitely set forth
Hon A. Ward Home Reps U.S.
18. Jan. 1873

Hm C.C. Cambreling
June 10. 1836.
GC
Record #36/page 17

War Dept
Revenue Office
June 10. 1836
Sir,
I have the honor to enclose herewith, Certified Copies of the Papers in the case of Charles Dickinson, in compliance with my promise to you.
Am C. C. Cambreleng A R

Edgar M. Smith
2617 Garfield St N.W. Washington - D.C.
Personal request
Oct 4 - 1935
Charles Dickinson - S 29119
refer to letter of Thomas S. Smith - mch. 31 - 1835 who he said was a relative of his.

General Accounting Office reported by telephone that Sept. 19, 1834, Charles Dickinson made affidavit that he was then a resident of Orange town, Rockland Co., New York where he had resided for six years, prior to which he resided in New York City; also, reported that his last payment of pen- sion was made Sept. 19, 1834, to cover the period from March 4, 1834 to Sept. 4, 1834. and that no further record was here of this soldier. no date of death etc.
MST Oct. 1935.

29 119 Rev INVALID.
1915-Oct 10 - hist. to Edgar Smith
File No. 29,119
Charles Dickinson
Capt Rev War
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 298
[Arrangement of 1870.]

In the matter of the application of Charles Dickinson for a Pension }
City and County of New York p:
Samuel Delamater, of the said City, being duly sworn, deposed and saith, that he is well acquainted with Charles Dickinson, late of the City of New York, now of the Town of Orange, County of Rockland and State of New York, an applicant for a Pension: that the said Dickin- son entered into the service of the United States, about the month of June 1776, in the six months service, as a Captain Commanding a Company, in the Regiment of Colonel Sacher and Brigade of General Scott: that he continued in the command of his said Company, the whole period of his enlistment, till about the first of January 1777, when they were discharged at Haverstraw: that he com- manded on Long Island, at Kingsbridge, at White Plains, at Peekskill and finally at Haverstraw aforesaid: that this deponent served as a private in the said Company of the said Dickinson the whole period of its enlistment: that he has no knowledge of the preceding nor subsequent services of the said Applicant: That, to the best of his belief, he is the only surviving witness of the actual services of Captain Dickinson: that that, during his long residence in the City of New York, the said Applicant has always been con- sidered a man of the highest integrity, and, among his friends, a soldier of the Revolution.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 11 day of December 1832. I do hereby certify that the said Samuel Delamater is a person of credibility.
Samuel Delamater
James Hopson Justice of the Peace
J. Richard Halfield
Clerk of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace, in and for the City and County of New York, do hereby certify that James Hopson before whom

the foregoing affidavit of Samuel Delamater was taken, at a Justice of the Peace in and for the City and County of New York. And that the signature attached thereto is his genuine signature.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
City and County of New York ss.
And the said Henry Remsen, of the City of New York, being duly sworn deposed and says, that he is a citizen of the State of New York and was born in the City of New York, and has been acquainted with the said Charles Dickinson, late of the said City, but now of Tappan, Orange County, in the State of New York, an applicant for a pension: that at an early age, deponent was put into the Country for his education, but visited his parents and family, in the City of New York, at least twice every year: that, during one of those visits, at the commencement of the Revolutionary war, he saw the young men of the City, embodied and clad as they are at present in uniform companies, which companies were known by different names or titles, such as Grenadiers, Heavy Caps, Osceola Rangers &c, and that he was informed that the said Charles Dickinson was First Lieutenant of one of those Companies, which to the best of his recollection, was named the Osceola Rangers: that during his youth and residence in the Country as already mentioned he has no personal knowledge of the military duty performed by the said Dickinson, but has heard and believes, that he performed certain duties above those of a mere Militia officer: that some time after the British troops had gained possession of the City of New York and its environs, the said Dickinson came to his father's house in Morristown, New Jersey, where many officers were in the practice of calling, his father being a Whig, and having retired to that place, when the enemy gained possession of the said City: that said Dickinson was then called Captain, to the best of his recollection, and that he ap.

peared to be in rather a delicate state of health, owing as he understood, to exposure, while in the performance of his military duty: that said Dickinson remained in his father's house some time, and then went to Albany, where his mother, sister and most of his other relatives resided: that during a certain period of the Revolutionary war, the Country North and West of Albany being infested by Tories and Indians who committed depredations and were murders on the Inhabitants, a body of men were raised, either Militia or minute men so called, for the purpose of resisting said Tories and Indians, and driving them back and destroying them if practicable: to which body, a number of young men of the City of Albany of patriotic principles and of the most respectable families in that Town, joined them as Volunteers and the Corps thus formed went up the Valley of the Mohawk River as far as the German Flats and drove back the enemy after some fighting and bloodshed: that deponent was not at Albany at that period and therefore has no personal knowledge of that expedition, but it is now a matter of his personal record and he has understood and believes that said Dickinson was engaged therein as a Volunteer as already stated: that at the termination of the Revolutionary war said Dickinson returned to the said City to reside: that said Dickinson was for many years a member in Communion with the Reformed Dutch Church in said City and filled in succession the Offices of Deacon and Elder: that he has also been the Coroner of the said City and an Alderman thereof: and that he is a man of truth and veracity and integrity: that he has for many years been in delicate health, but is now very infirm, owing to his advanced age and an incurable lameness and further deponent says not.
Sworn before me this 17 th day of December 1822, and I do certify that the said Deponent Henry Remsen, is a person of credibility.
Henry Remsen
Jamies Hopkins S r Justice

I Richard Hatfield, Clerk of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in and for the City and County of New York, do hereby certify that James Hopper, before whom the preceding affidavits of Samuel Delamater and Henry Remsen were taken, is a Justice of the Peace in and for the City and County of New York, and that the signatures attached thereto, are his genuine signatures.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this seventeenth day of December One thousand eight hundred And thirty two.
Richard Hatfield

Samuel G Verbruyck a Resident of Orange Town in the County of Rockland and State of New York being duly sworn Deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Charles Dickinson also a Resident of said Town and that he is a person of unimpeachable Character and that his word may be taken that it is reputed that he has acted in the Revolutionary war having Commanded a Company in the City of New York in the year 1776 that he Concurs in the opinion and very believes that the said Charles Dickinson was at the Battle on Long Island Retreated with the Troops to New York and up to White Plains advancing having advanced money to his Com- pany to advance the cause of his Country - further this Deponent saith not
Sam G Verbruyck
(Sworn and subscribed) Before me this 10 th Day of December 1832 Orange Town Rockland County State of New York
Adolphus L Mabie Justice
I David Pyle, Clerk of the County of Rockland. Do hereby certify that Adolphus L Mabie, whose name is subscribed to the above affidavit was on the day of the date thereof a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid. And further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said justice and verily believe that the signature of Adolphus L Mabie sub- scribed to the same is genuine
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this tenth day of December 1832
David Pyle

I am personally acquainted with Deponent Samuel G. Verdyck and I believe him to be of good repute in society and further concur in his veracity
Adolphus L. Mabie Justice

In the matter of the application of Charles Dickinson for a Pension. under the Pension Act of 1832
R. H. Dillon Agent 4 Broad St. N. Y.
9 Mrs. [?] 3 [?] 1 [?] 13 [?]
admitted
Widow [?] [?]

✓ Rejected
Letter to Hon. R.P. Dunlop } 23. May 1844 }