Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10,540, George Danbar, New York

SERVICE
New York
Dunbar, George or Dunbar.
NUMBER
S. 10540
carded
CONTENTS

Let to H. W. Duer March 6 th 48
20.958 New York vs Dunbar George Dunbar of Oswego in the State of New York who was a Private in the Corp commanded by Captain Gahman of the Regt. commanded by Col. Bellinger in the New York line for 10 months and 14 days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 34 Dollars 87 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Oct. 1833 and to the J. Pettit Richland
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 33 $ 87.17 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th 34 17.43 $104.60
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. G. C. Steele
Recorded by Clerk Book E. Vol. 4. Page 95

11192 George Dunbar New York militia
1.0 month .1 week 9.0 months 1 week
2. 10. months & a half service

State of New York Cortland County ss }
On this 24 th day of September personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Cortland & State aforesaid, now attesting George Danbar in English but in his native tongue called George Dunbar a resident of the town of Adams in said County of Cortland aged seventy two years on the 10 th day of November next 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 herein stated
In the winter of 1777. He was residing at a place now called Herkimer in the State of New York near the Mohawk river - then called Tryon County - and in the month of February & before he was 16 years old he was called out by Captain Frederick Getman or Gatman with part of his company & marched from that place to Lake George - being about one hundred miles - They went by Ballston & Halfmoon Point - Part of Captain Edick's Company Capt. Small's & Capt. Hendrick Hunter's company also went, under the the command of Col. Peter Boiling  Boiling Frederick Belin  Boiling who was taken prisoner at the Herkimer battle by the  enemy  that They were called out on an alarm & after remaining in the service about four weeks he & the other soldiers came home - having all been dismissed - John Myers was the lieutenant & Jacob Myers was ensign to Capt. Getman's Company This service was about 8 or 9 months before Burgoyne was taken - That a year or two after Burgoyne was taken he volunteered in Captain Henry Reys  Reys

company at Palatine - Montgomery County (The Colonel Brown Commanded - The whole country traveld out to opel the indians & Tories - sometimes in October had a battle with the Tories & indians at Shaver - That the indians & Tories were defeated Between 20 & 40 indians & Tories were killed & but one American by the name of Caspinier whom it was supposed was killed by our own people - That the Americans lay in ambush in the shape of a half moon in the forest & sent out two scouts to fire on the indians & retreat & fire & retreat & so led them into the ambush - That he was engaged in this game of chance about one week - That in the year '81 - or 1782 - believes that it was in the year 1781. he enlisted in Capt. Garet Bateman's Company Dovas Bateman Lieutenant. Garet Barnabas was Ensign - Colonel Marinus Willett Commanded the Regiment - Capt. Vroman. Commanded another Company - That he enlisted for nine months at Stone Raby (near Palatine) in said State & faithfully ended out his term of service & was dismissed with the whole company at the expiration of the term of service & enlisted on a new years day morning at Schenectady - soon after he joined the Company under his enlistment he marched to Johnstown - from thence to Fort Hunter - from thence to Schenectady from thence to Old Schoharie - from thence to Albany - thence to Fish Kill - from thence to Albany - from thence to Schenectady - then to Fort Hunter again - There he had a battle with Major Rogers Tories & indians & some regulars - The battle was on Sunday afternoon - There were 500 or 600 Americans Commanded by Willett - The battle lasted about two hours - The British were defeated - We took about fifty prisoners - & many were killed - Michael Myers was wounded - Jacob Myers mortally wounded - George Stansel wounded - & many others killed & wounded

a few days after this Captain Walter Butler of the british forces was killed on West Canada Creek with several of his followers - That he was in the Skaneateles - Captain John an oneida Indian killed & scalped Butler & took his regimentals & commission, watch &c

Then the troops marched to Schenectady & there dis- charged - barefooted & ragged - the nine months having expired -
That after the Battle at Schoharie & before he enlisted in the nine months service as above stated he volunteered in Col Henry Keyser's Company at Stone Post (now Palatine) that they went out to meet the forces under the Command of Sir John Johnson - Had a battle with his forces - Brown Commanded the American forces - The Americans lay behind a brush fence & gave the first fire & cut up the refugee forces - Then the second brigade came on & the Americans had to retreat - and Colonel Brown was killed being shot from his horse - The Americans retreated to the fort being about a mile & a half from the battle ground at Palatine - The British & Indians left the country immediately - General Van Rensselaer at this time lay five or six miles below the fort with a large force - a family of Snells were mostly killed off in this battle - One Wilson was in Brown's regiment & in this battle - he was a 37 years man - a great many Americans were killed - John Pyer was a piper in Brown's regiment - he was a piper was in this battle knocked down by the Indians, & scalped - he survived & died about twelve years since - That he was engaged in this tour of service about one week -
I hereby extinguish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
1 st Question Where & in what year were you born?
A. At Barnstable (now called Washington) Feb. 1760
2 nd Question Have you any record of your age & if so where is it?
A. No none - But his father had a record of it in the Family Bible -
3 rd Question Where were you living when called into service - were you drafted - did you volunteer or were you a substitute?

And if a substitute for whom?
4th Q. Living at Stone Ruby. (near Palatine aforesaid) volunteered that is, Keyser's Company had to make up a certain number of men for the nine months service & I was not drafted but voluntarily went & the men that stood at home were not drafted, paid me in grain — to a Can Where have you lived since the revolutionary war & where do you now live? —
A. Moved from Palatine to Guilderland in said State from Guilderland to Herkimer — from Herkimer to Marcy — from thence to Otsego — thence to Albany in Oswego County where he now resides
5th Q. State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops where you served — such continental & militia regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your services? —
A. Col. Willett — Lieutenant Doras Butman — Capt Groff Colonel Brown — Capt Keyser — General VanRensselaer General George Clinton — Major Elias Vanbaschoven Lieutenant Blomfield — Col. Peter Belynger —
6th Q. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service & if so by whom was it signed & what has become of it? —
A. Never to my recollection but we were dismissed
7th Q. 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 good behavior your services as a soldier of the revolution —
A. Matthias Hake — Henry Dancy — John Hake There is no clergyman residing within about 6 miles of his present place of residence — that they have travelling preachers occasionally in the neighbourhood —
Subscribed the day & year aforesaid — D. R. Hudson DePeck George Dorr

We Matthias Hake - Henry Davy & John Hake all & each residing in the town of Albany in said County of Albany & State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Dunbar who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration - That we believe him to be in his seventy second year of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion. And I Matthias Hake for my- self also certify in addition to the above that I have been personally acquainted with said George Dunbar for the last thirty four or thirty five years and always under- stood that he was in various battles in the revolution & that he was also in Hiltets Regiment  Subscribed & Sworn the Matthias Hake day & Year aforesaid Henry Davy D. M. Henson John Hake Deplek
And the said Court declare their opinion after the investiga- tion of the matter and after putting the interrogatories pre- -scribed 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 the above named Matthias Hake Henry Davy & John Hake who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of said town of Albany in said County of Albany and are each credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit - Sawell Johnson Judges of said J. Reynolds Court of Penn. Pls Saml. Duran

I, Eric Poor Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Oswego in said State of New York hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of George Dunbar for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of office of the Clerk of said Court this 24 th day of September A.D. 1832
Eric Poor Clerk By J. M. Pherson Deputy

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George Dunbar
Admitted Private 10mo 14 days
5.13.16
some proof expected.
19 June 33 P 416 $34.87 87.17 17.43
J. J. Pettit Richland Seneca Co. New York

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BRIEF in the case of  George Dumban, Albion,  W of Oswego  in the State of  New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     February In 1777 ab t 4 weeks private Genl. H. Gatsman, Col. P. Belinger   (blank) ab t 1 week " Col. H. Hays, Col. Brown   1781 or '82 9 mos " Col. G. Butman, Col. Miller   "before the last service" ab t 1 week " Col. H. Hays, Col. Brown  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Charan; Fort Hunter.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Heerkimer, New York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Trad y .  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Hare Examining Clerk.

State of New York Osceola Countyss }
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of the said County of Osceola George Dunbar to me known who being sworn deposes & saith that he is the identi- cal George Dunbar who on the 24 th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas of said County of Osceola and made a declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Bounties passed June 7. 1832 -
That by reason of old age and the consignment loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades - for four Weeks served as a private in Capt. Sedrick Patmans Company -
for one Week in Capt. Henry Keysons Company as a private -
For nine months I served in Capt. Dares Batmans Company as a private
For one week I served again in Capt. H. Keysons Company as a private -
That the whole of his services for which he claims a pension amounts to ten months and fifteen Days - all as a private according to his recollection
And said George Dunbar further deposes & saith that during the revolutionary war he resided on the extreme frontier of the country - where it was greatly harassed by British Indians & Tories and that the settlement was small and a great many of his friends were then killed & his own mother was scalped by the Indians. That as the country improved after the war most of the inhabitants moved off & this deponent does not know of a person now living that knew him in the war

That Ant before he made the declaration above referred to be travelled from where he resided to Herkimer County where he resided during the war in order to procure the affidavit of George Stansel who resided in said County of Montgomery within a few miles of Palatine in Herkimer County and said for the express purpose of procuring the affidavit of said George in relation to his services during the revolutionary war in the army - That said George knew him in the service - but when he had arrived at the house of Henry Stansel near the residence of said George Stansel, he was informed by said Henry that his father the said George, had died three weeks before he then returned home to Onondaga County. And said George Dunbar further saith that when he started to procure the affidavit of said George for the purpose aforesaid - said George was the only person living, with whom he was acquainted during the revolutionary war, according to the best of his recollection & belief -
Taken Subscribed & sworn this 5 th day of July A.D. 1833 before me Samuel Pettit
George Dunbar
Justice of the Peace Clerk's Office County of Albany  I One Poor Clerk of the said County do hereby Certify that James Pettit before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been Sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County and duly authorized to take the same And that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and Signature Witness my hand and Seal of Office this Twelfth day of July A.D. 1833 One Poor Clerk

Revman
10540 INVALID.
am
File No. 10,540
George Dunbar or Dunbar Pris. Rev War.
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. A , Page 91
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1777 2 years, Capt Hardin Col. Bellasra 1779 11 mo. as Boatman Capt Sefler. 1780 — 6 mo. Capt Brunn 1781 9 mo. Capt Putnam Col. Mitchell

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George Dunbar

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of George Dunbar which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? It does II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? He did III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? He has V. * Has he mentioned 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? No VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? He has VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? He has VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? He has IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? He has X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? He has

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No clergyman or other XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? There is XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No XIV. †If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? They are
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 the 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.
Claimants are required by the Regulations to produce the best evidence in their power and it can not be readily admitted that a resident of the state of New York should have rendered 4 years of service in that state without there remaining some proof

Washington Feb 22 188
Sir,
The enclosed papers have been forwarded to me with the request that I would send them to you in behalf of George Hemenway who is an applicant for an increased pension
Respectfully
your obedient
W. D. Allen

State of New York
Brewster County - Is George Danbar of the town of Amboy in the said County being duly sworn and says that in the year 1777 he was a resident of the town of Herkimer in the County of Herkimer and State of New York and in the month of February in the same year he was called in the militia and done duty as a private in the Revolutionary Army and went from Fort Herkimer to Ticonderoga in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Peter Bellinger 2 years resident of Herkimer County. Lieut. Colonel Frederick Belinger and Major Claarandall then residents of Herkimer County and belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Henry Herder Lieut. Frederick Heiner and Ensign Peter Heuer and was absent from Fort Herkimer about five weeks and then returned and then returned to Fort Herkimer and remained there in the Fort about two years and done duty as a private during that time and in the month of March 1779 he then enlisted for a boat man and done duty as such during that season on the Mohawk River between Schoharie and Fort Stanwix under Captain John Leffler then a resident of Schoharie and Lieut. Peter Riser and after the close of navigation in the fall following he went into Fort Herkimer and done duty there during the winter as a private soldier and in the month of March 1780 received his discharge and then moved with his mother to Schoharie and resided there during the summer and in September 1780 he then volunteered and done duty as a private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Brown.

who was a resident of Connecticut or Massachusetts and belonged to the company commanded by Captain Henry Riser and was in the battle at Stonerall where Colonel Brown was killed then sometime in the fore part of the season of 1781 he then volunteered and went to Sharon and joined Colonel Marion Willets Regiment (Colonel Willet was a resident of Albany) and was in the battle at Sharon - and in the month of March in the year 1782 he then enlisted for nine months under Captain Garrett Putnam a resident of (then) Tryone County New York Lieut. Israel Putnam and Garrett Cornelius Ensign and belonged to Colonel Willets Regiment and done duty as a private and during the nine months service he was at Fort Dayton a part of the time and some of the time at Fort Plain and some part of the time at Schenectady and what was called the Mudace fort in Schoharie and during this time of service he was in the battle at Johnstown and then pursued the enemy to West Canada Creek and was in the engagement there where Major Butler a British officer was killed And also says that he remained in the service until the close of the war -
Subscribed and sworn before me the 27 th day of September 1847 -
His George X Sanbar Mark
Henry P. Linton of the place

State of New York, Osweyo County { B
Matthias Hoke of the town of Amboy in the said County being duly sworn in due form of law before me the under signed a Justice of the peace in and for the said County doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with George Sanbar who now resides in the town of Amboy in said County and that he has been acquainted with him about Fifty one years and at that time and frequently since that time has heard the said George Sanbar tell of his being in the Revolutionary Army as a private and that he was called in the Army by being draughted in the month of February 1777 and then went from Fort Herkimer (where his residence then was) to Ticonderoga with the Army but did not stay there but a short time then returned with the Army back to Fort Herkimer again in the Regiment commanded by Col. Peter Bellinger Lieut. Col. Frederick Bellinger & Major Clapsaddle and belonged to the Company commanded by Capt. Henry Harder and also has heard him tell of Enlisting as a boatman and boated on the Mohawk River from Schenectada and Fort Stanwix and the hardships he endured while Boating in consequence of being in the water and cold weather and the heavy loaded Boats making hard work. Also have heard him say that he volunteered and went in the service under Col. Brown and done duty there as a Soldier also that he has heard him say that he went from Herkimer and volunteered in the Regiment commanded by Col. Marin Willett and was in the battle at Sharon

Schoharie and Also that he was in the battle at Johnstown and there the Americans drove the Enemy in the hedges fence and a great number of them was killed there. and during the night following there was a light fall of snow and they then follow- ed the Enemy by their tracks in the snow up to West Canada Creek and there had another battle and Major Buttes (a British officer) was killed. Also that he has heard the said George Dunbar and Frederick Hoke who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war converse together of being in the Army in the Revolutionary war and the different Engagements they were in and the hardships which they endured during the war Also have heard the said George Dunbar say at different times that he served in the war and done duty as a Soldier and boatman over five years - and also says that the said George Dunbars general reputation was always good and was and is now esteemed as a good citizen and a man of truth and veracity. This deponent further says that he this deponent is now in the seventy first year of his age
subscribed and sworn this 2 nd day of October 1847 before me Henry Potts Justice of the peace
his Matthew J. Hoke mark

State of New York Orleans County - ss
Henry Davey of the town of Albion in the said County being duly sworn. Doth Depose and say that he is well acquainted with George Danbar of the town of Amboy in said County and has been acquainted with him for the last forty four or forty five years and at that time and at different times since has heard the said George Danbar tell of being in the Revolutionary War and that he was draughted and went in the Army and also that he enlisted as a boatman and boated on the Mohawk River for the Army and the hardships which he endured while boating in consequence of the cold weather and being in the water. Also heard him say that he was in the battle at Johnstown and how they drove the Enemy in the hedge fence and then followed them up to West Canada Creek and there had another battle and that Major Butler (a British Officer) was killed. And also have heard him say after his being in the Militia and serving as a boatman he then enlisted for nine months in Captain Garrett Putnam Company and belonged to the Regiment commanded by Col. Willett. Also says that the said George Danbar is a man of good moral character and allways had the name of being a man of truth and veracity. subscribed and sworn before me this 2 d October 1847
Henry J. Davey
Henry Potts Justice of the peace

State of New York, OSWEGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
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I, Sabez H. Williams Clerk of the County of Oswego, hereby certify that Henry Patty Esq. whose name is subscribed to the jurats of affidavits of Dunbar, Hoke & Davey hereto annexed, was, at the date of said jurats _____ a Jus- tice of the Peace in and for the said county, dwelling in said county, and duly elect- ed and qualified to act as such; that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe his signature to said jurats _____ is genuine.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said county this 7 th day of Feby A. D. 184 8
S. H. Williams Clerk.