Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,646, Barnet Demelt, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Demelt, Barnett
S. 31,646
CONTENTS

24-296
New York
Barnet Demelt
Montgomery Co in the State of New York who was a Port Sgt in the Company commanded by Captain Diack of the Regt commanded by Col. Diack in the Infantry time for 1 mo 6 ds / prs 7 .. 8 ..
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 39 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Nov: 1833 and Subt
J. R. Benedict Ephratah
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1833: $ 97. 50 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept March 24. 19. 50 $ 117. 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book 8 Vol. 4 Page 96

Barnt Demells Application for a pension 1832
12. 648.

State of New York } Montgomery County }
On this 20 th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before Aaron Haring Abraham Morell Samuel A. Gilbert Henry J. Dievendorf and John Hand Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting Brant Dement a resident of the town of Ephrata in the County of Montgomery and State of New York aged 77 years and 8 months 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 - Viz at the commencement of the Revolutionary War in 1775 this applicant was enrolled as a private soldier in Captain James Quicks Company Col Quicks Regiment and General Hurd Brigade of New Jersey Militia That at that time he resided in the then township of Hillsborough Somerset County and State of New Jersey That in the month of March 1776 the said Regiment was ordered to Staten Island and that this applicant at that time entered the service of the United States under the above named officers and marched from Hillsborough aforesaid with the company of the said James Quick through the several Towns of Somerset and Middlesex Counties to Woodbridge the head quarters of General Hurd where the detachment (amounting to about seven hundred men ) were organized and marched from there either under the immediate command of Col Quick or General Hurd (but which this applicant is now unable to say) to near Amboy and there crossed to Staten Island to watch the movements of some ships of war of the Enemy that were on the coast. That when they withdrew the detachment returned by the same route to the head Quarters of General Hurd and from there by companies to their several towns. That on or about the 10 th May in the same year he (this applicant) enlisted as Second Sergeant into a company under Captain Stites in a Regiment commanded by Col Johnson which was raised in New Jersey for the period of five months. That he immediately joined the company and about the first of June marched with the company and joined the regiment in the City of New York then under command of Col Johnson and placed in the line of the army of the United States under General Sullivan. That he continued to do service in the garrison until the 27 th day of August when in the Battle of Long Island he was taken prisoner by the Enemy and committed to a prison ship which he thinks was called the "Whitby" and was confined on board said ship and in the New Dutch Church near the old sugar house in the City of New York until about the 25 th day of December following, when he was by the Enemy conveyed by the way of South Amboy and Cranbury to Bordentown in New Jersey for the purpose of exchanging prisoners, but before they arrived at their destined place for the exchange, this applicant with a number of other prisoners were seized with the small pox and were wholly unable to proceed and that he (this applicant with others) were left by the guard under the supposition that they must all die. That altho the applicant did recover it was with the loss of his Left Eye. Thus by illness and his loathful suf- ferings in a prison ship and the sugar house it was with difficulty that he reached his home in Hillsborough aforesaid in the Spring of 1777 and found himself with a worn down constitution

in Hillsborough affidavit so infested in health as to be unable to prosecute any ordinary business Much less to bear the fatigues of the camp. That in may of this year he by the advice of his friends removed with others (the aileless) to Sussex County in the North part of the State to escape the ruthless invasions of the Enemy who at this time were overrunning Somerset County. That the Court in this County was burnt this year by the British and the inhabitants treated by their soldiery and and Hessians in many cases worse than by Savage Cruelty. That this applicant remained in Sussex County until the beginning of of the fall of this year and finding his health in part restored returned and again entered the service as a substitute for one John Van Orsaler in Captain Quick's Company and marched with the Company to Springfield Essex County New Jersey and was there stationed to guard the country from the depredations of the disaffected Loyalists and Negroes. (The Main Army of the Enemy at this time having returned to New York) That he served as a substitute only for a short time he thinks not quite a month but immediately joined the Company as a Volunteer and continued to serve as such until the end of the war in 1783.
He knows of no more or other testimony relative to his service that he can procure than the affidavits of Derick Lane and Samuel Arrowsmith herewith annexed. They were procured at the time of their dates with the view of presenting his claims before Congress for a special act in his favour but failing there he presents them in this case as a proof of a part of his service. Col Lane having since died and his the applicant's inability and want of means to make a journey to Mr Arrowsmith he assigns as his reasons for not getting renewed testimony.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Roll of any agency of any State
To the questions directed to be propounded he answers
He was born in the Township of Hillsborough Somerset County State of New Jersey on the 4th day of January 1755. He has a record of his age made by his father in his Bible now in possession of Applicant. He lived in the Township of Hillsborough when he entered the service. That after the revolutionary war he removed to the town of Halfmoon Saratoga County State of New York and resided there until 1811 when he removed to Ephratah Montgomery County where he at present resides. That he entered the service in the first instance by being ordered by the captain and other times as stated above. That he served with General Washington General Sullivan Lord Sterling Col Johnson and the officers of line at New York many of whom I knew but am now unable to name Col Johnson Commanded our Regiment was killed at the Battle on Long Island, the Company to which I belonged was Commanded by Capt Stites (Christian name not known) Peter Low 1st Lieut. Derick Lane 2nd Lieut John Van Oran Ensign who was discharged on reason of disability

6 th That he never rec d a discharge in writing was verbally discharged after his return from Staten Island at the head Quarters of General Hurd, 7 th I am known to Peter G. Gibson John Edwards Daniel Scanton who I believe will testify to my Character for veracity and their belief of my services as a Soldier of the Revolution —

Sworn to and subscribed this 20th day of September 1832
Barnet Dement
Mr Samuel Waters a clergyman residing in the town of Ephratah and Thomas R Benedict residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Barnet Dement who has subscribed to the above declaration and that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbor- hood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Samuel Waters
Thomas R Benedict
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 applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Samuel Waters who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Ephratah and that Thomas R Benedict who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I George D Ferguson Clerk of the court of Common pleas in Montgomery Co County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the court in the matter of the application of Barnet Dement for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 20th day of September 1832.
Geo: D. Ferguson

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Barnes Denny
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In guest 7 mo / 35 Private 1 mo 26 days 4 00
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78 19.57 97.50
Return this with the papers
Thomas R. Benedict Agent Utica N. York

N o 12648.
BRIEF in the case of  Barnch Darnett of Ephrata, County of  of Montgomery in the State of New York,  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
In Open Court.
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?
77 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.     In 1775. As a Gen. Herd.   May 10. 1776. private Capt. Jab. Dinek. Col. Brick.   Fall 1777. not quite 1. sergeant Capt. Stiles. — Col. Johnson Gen. Sullivan   " 1778. to end of Feb. 1783. substitute Capt. Dinek.   Volunteer "  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
Battle of Long Island.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Hillsborough, Somerset County, New Jersey.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By two living witnesses.
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.
James Ord Examining Clerk.

State of New York
Rensselaer County p: David Lane of the City of Troy County of Rensselaer aforesaid, being duly sworn says that in July in the year One thousand seven hun- dred and seventy six he was appointed a Second Lieu- tenant in Captain Stites Company in a Regiment Commanded by Col Johnson in Gen Heards Brigade which was raised in New Jersey for the period of five months service - That Col Johnson was killed in the Action which took place on Long Island on the 27 th day of August in the year last aforesaid - That this De- ponent has seen Barent Demilt the person named in the annexed Affidavit, within six months last past & Conversed with him in relation to the said Action and the incidents that occurred at that time - And this Deponent further says that although he cannot at this distance of time, call to mind, any distinct recollection of said Barent Demilt, he verily believes that said Demilt was a member of said Company, as stated in his Affidavit herunto annexed - and further says not -
Sworn this 5 th day of February A.D. 1829.
Before me -
D. Lane Commissioner to take affidavits New York
David Lane
State of New York
Rensselaer County p: I David Lane the Commissioner before whom the above affidavit signed by David Lane, was made and sub- scribed. I was well acquainted with the said David Lane now residing in Troy & that he was about twenty two years of age at the time said affidavit was made & was a respected & well-liked man in a section of the population & I do further certify that the said David Lane is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credence David Lane Commissioner to take affidavits New York

State of New York Rensselaer County ss. I, Henry R. Paillet Clerk of said County do hereby certify that the L. Sams Esquire before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn and also by whom the within Certificate of Credibility has been & have been made and signed so as at the respective dates of the same one of the commissioners of Pleadings in and for said County. And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signatures within subscribed are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this 17 th day of May 1833.
Henry R. Paillet Clerk

State of New York Northern District
Saratoga County } I, Edmond Arrowsmith of the Town of Charlton in the County aforesaid being duly sworn saith That he is acquainted with Barnard Dimick now of the Town of Ephratah in the County of Montgomery That he knew him as a sergeant in a Regiment commanded by Col. Johnson at the battle of Long Island that the said Dimick was the second sergeant in a Company commanded by Capt. Frites in said Regiment and well knows that the said Dimick was taken a prisoner in said Battle. that this was in the year seventeen hundred and seventy, six -
Subscribed sworn this 7 th day of February 1829 before me
Edmond Arrowsmith
A Goodrich
Commissioner to take Affidavits &c
State of New York Saratoga County }
I certify that I am well ac- quainted with the above named Edmond Arrowsmith and that he is a man of credibility and his statement entitled to full credit & belief.
A Goodrich
Commissioner to

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STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. SARATOGA COUNTY, }
I John A Bradley Dept Clerk
of the County of Saratoga DO CERTIFY , That Alpheus Goodrich whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Deed or Instrument in writing, and thereon written, was on the day of the date of the said Certificate, a Commissioner in and for the said County of Saratoga, dwelling in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised by law to take the proof and acknowledgment of Deeds, and discharges of Mortgages, &c.—And further, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Commissioner and verily believe that the signature of A Goodrich subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper hand-writing of the said Commissioner
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF , I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of the said County, this 7 th day of February 18 29
John A Bradley Dept Clerk

State of New York Montgomery County
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace for the county aforesaid Barnet Demelt who being duly sworn deponeth 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 2 following grades, for two months from March 10 th to May 10 th 1776 I served as a private soldier in Capt James Leick's Company of Militia Col Leick's Regiment & General Hurd's Brigade New Jersey. For 3 17 three months and seventeen days, I served in Captain Stites Company of five months New Coburn Johnson's Regiment as Second Sergeant 4 from 10 th May 1776 to 27 th August 1776, For four months as a prisoner with the enemy - from the 27 th of August 1776 to the 25 th December 1776 - and for two years (from the aforesaid 25 th December 1776 to the end of the war in 1783) I served as a volunteer in the aforesaid Company of Capt Leick. and for which service I claim a pension Subscribed and sworn this Barnet Demelt 21 st day of May 1833 before me
Henry M Livingston Justice Peace
State of New York, Montgomery County, Clerk's Office ss:
I, George D. Ferguson, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, do hereby certify that Henry M. Livingston before whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the date thereof a Justice of the peace of the said County: & that I am well acquainted with his hand contendingly believe that his name subscribed to the above affidavit is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 22 nd day of May 1833. Geo: D. Ferguson

9 mo 17 day 1848
Service in Leavitts is should be specified

State of New York Montgomery County
On this Sixteenth day of September 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. Abraham Morrell first Judge and Samuel A. Gilbert Henry L. Divenhoff John Hland and David Spraker Esqrs, Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting in and for said County, Barnet Dement a resident of the town of aged twenty eight years  the in the County of Montgomery and State of New York who being first duly sworn doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. — That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated Viz — At the commencement of the war in 1775 this applicant then a resident of the Town of Hillsborough County of Somerset and State of New Jersey was inrolled as a private soldier in Capt James Leick's Company of Militia in Col. Leick's Regiment and General Hurd's brigade. That in March 1776 the said Regiment was ordered to Staten Island to oppose any hostile movements of the Enemy from their ships which were then on the coast. That this applicant marched with the Company of said Captain Leick from Hillsborough through the several towns of Somerset and Middlesex Counties to Woodbridge the head Quarters of General Hurd, where the Detachment was organized and marched from thence to near Amboy where they crossed to Staten Island. That the dangers on the Island were not as alarming as was supposed and the ships having withdrawn the detachment returned by the same route to Woodbridge and were disbanded. The extent of this tour to the best of his recollection was at least three weeks, and was commanded by Gen Hurd in person or else by Col Leick.
That on or about the 10th May this year (1776) this applicant enlisted as Second Sergeant into Captain Stites' Col Johnson's Regiment of State troops for a period of five months. That he immediately entered on his duty and acted as a recruiting Sergeant until the 1st of June when he with the Regiment joined the United States Army in the City of New York under the command of Gen Sullivan.

That he continued to serve in the said army doing duty in the garrison until the 27 day of August 1776 when at the Battle on Long Island he was captured and taken prisoner of war by the enemy and confined on board of one of their ships and in the Dutch Church in the City of New York until the 25 th of December following when on the way from New York through the State of New Jersey in exchange this applicant was taken with the small boy and left at Cranbury (N.J.) under the supposition that he would not recover. That after much suffering and the loss of an eye (by the disease) he reached his home the last of Jan y . or 1 st Feby 1777 having been in the service and a prisoner seven months and one month sick. That during the Campaign of 1777 (his health not being restored) he was unable to do military duty until in the fall when he joined the Company of Capt. Leick as a volunteer as a substitute for John Van Auken and was stationed at Springfield near Elizabethtown for half a month, that when his term as a substitute expired which he believes was in October 1777, he continued as a volunteer member of Capt. Leick's Company until the war ended. That the Regiment to whom this Company was attached was commanded by either Col. Peter Vroom or Col. Freylinghuysen, the Major's name was Peter Demund. That his actual service in this Company amounted to two years as stated in his former declaration he considered from the circumstance that for the four years succeeding the 1 st of January 1778 he always held himself in readiness to march at a minutes warning and considering that scarcely a month passed during the Campaigns of those years but there was an alarm and the Militia ordered out in pursuit either of the enemy or Tories he cannot now consider it less, but to state the number and duration of each tour at this late period he cannot do even to his own satisfaction he will therefore relinquish all claims for pay during those years if his services are thus rendered doubtful.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except

the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State, that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person he can procure (except those whose testimony was forwarded with his former application) who can testify to his service - to the questions directed to be propounded his answers - First That he was born in Hillsborough Somerset County New Jersey 4th January 1755 - Second That he has a record of his age that it is now in his possession - Third That he was living in the town of Hillsborough aforesaid when he was called into service and since the Revolution have lived in Dutchess and Saratoga Counties, and since 1811 have lived in Montgomery County N.Y. where I now reside Fourth That in the first instance he was called into the service by orders of Superior officers at others by voluntary enlistment as a Substitute and as a Volunteer as above stated - Fifth That he was in the service with General Washington Lord Sterling General Sullivan General Hurd Col Johnson and Major Demond all of whom were with and commanded the troops where he served that the general circumstances of his services were in the defence of his country - Sixth That he never received any other than a verbal discharge Seventh That he is acquainted with the Reverend Ezra B. Gilbert Rev Daniel Edwards and Tobias Houtenburgh Esqrs whom he believes will testify to his character for veracity and their belief as to his services as a soldier of the Revolution
Sworn to and Subscribed the 21 st day of June aforesaid in Open Court Geo: D. Ferguson, Clerk Barnet Bennett
We Ezra B. Gilbert a clergyman residing in the town of Ephratah and Tobias Houtenburgh residing in the town of Johnstown hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Barnet Bennett who has subscribed to the above declaration that we believe him to be twenty eight years of age that he is reported and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion Subscribed and sworn the 21 st day of June aforesaid in Open Court Geo: D. Ferguson, Clerk Daniel Edwards Ezra B. Gilbert

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 Ezra B. Gilbert who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the town of Ephratah and that Daniel Edwards Sternbergh who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Johnstown is a creditable person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
George D. Ferguson Clerk of the court of common pleas in and for the County of Montgomery aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Smith for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office this 16 th day of September 1839
Geo: D. Ferguson
Original declaration filed
7/10/39 13/10/39

31646 Reg INVALID.
File No. 31,646
Barnet Demolt
Levy Rev 100
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index Vol. 2 , Page 107
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