Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,340, David Cortwright, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Peru
Cortwright, David
R 2,340
CONTENTS

New York Revs. y
David Cortright
Suspended
let to Hon N. Halsey
Jan 8. 1835. Let to Hon N. Halsey 26 March 1835

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
2341
P. O.
Daria Cartwright
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Affidavit of David Cartwright
2340

State of New York §
Livingston County ss. § Personally appeared before me Elijah Shoemaker one of the Judges of the Courts in and for said County, On this 23 rd day of February, A.D. 1835. David Cartwright of the Town of Otego in said County, aged seventythree years & upwards, who being first duly sworn deposeth on his oath declareth & sayeth, That according to his best recollection & belief he was drafted into the service of his country, at the several different periods, set forth in his declaration made in open court on the 17 th day of December last past, in said County of Livingston.
That in addition to the Eight months served in 1778, & 1779, He verily believes he was in the service three months in 1780, and three months in 1781. Making altogether one year and two months that he served in the war of the revolution as stated in his aforesaid declaration.
Sworn to & subscribed                      David Cartwright this day & year aforesaid                      mark before me Elijah Shoemaker
Livingston County ss.
I Elijah Shoemaker a Judge of the Courts in & for said County do hereby certify that the above named David Cartwright is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to full credit and belief.
Elijah Shoemaker

State of New York
Essex County ss. I David Wallis Clerk of said County, do certify that Elijah Shosmaker Esq. before whom the foregoing Affidavit, and Certificate purported to have been sworn to.
Subscribed was on the day of the date of the same a Judge of said County And that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Judge and verily believe his name subscribed thereto to be genuine, Witness my hand & seal of Office this 3 rd day of March 1835, David Wallis

State of New York
County of Tioga ss. On this 17 th day of December, 1834, Personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting, David Borthwright a resident of the Town of Owego, County and State aforesaid aged twentythree 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 entered the service of the United States at Upper Smithfield, Northampton County, now Pike County, & State of Pennsylvania in the month of April, 1778, in a company of which John Bannittun was Captain, David Bana- -ker Lieutenant, & Cornelius Decker Ensign, being a part of Col. Jacob Strouds Regiment of Pennsylv- -ania Militia. The company was employed in guarding & defending the inhabitants from the continued depredations of the Indians along the Delaware River, several alarms occurring in different directions, we were constantly marching to repel their movements. We continued in the service untill in July and was then permitted to go to our homes, That in the month of May - 1779, at the same place under the same Officers he again entered the service and rendezvoused at Dunkertown so called, there having been an alarm made by the appearance of the Indians in that direction, when we remained on duty two months, That in August we were again required by Capt. Bannittun to enter upon a tour of duty, to drive the Indians back who were constantly harassing the frontier settlers, and continued in the service for three months - That in April 1780, at the above mentioned place under the same Officers he again entered the service, Brink's Fort was built early that season which was our head quarters, the company was occupied as on the previous year, making excursions in different directions, we were discharge- -ed in the month of July and went to our homes, - That early in May 1781, there was an alarm made and he was called into service at the same place

as before mentioned, under the same officers, we had a skirmish with the Indians and three of our people were killed & others wounded, we crossed the river into Sussex County, New Jersey, where we remained a few days, and returned again and remained at Brink's Fort until discharged about the 1 st of August, Having served as a Ranger or Indian spy in the war of the Revolution One Year, & Two Months, In answer to the interrogatories proposed by the War Department
 1 He says he was born in the month of March 1761, in Upper Smithfield, now Pike County, Pennsylvania  2 That he has not any record of his age  3 That he lived at the place where he was born when called into service, where he continued to live five years after the war, then moved to the Town of Owiga, County of Tioga, New York, where he continues to reside at this time  4 That at the call of his country, he voluntarily entered into the service, 5 That he does not recollect the names of any other than his own officers.  6 That he never received a written discharge from service That he refers to John Swartwood James Swartwood and Abraham Shoemaker, who can testify in regard to his services as a soldier of the revolution 
That there is no clergyman, residing in the vicinity or neighborhood of his residence, He hereby relinquishes every claim 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
Sworn to & subscribed The day & year aforesaid before me G. H. Tuttle Clk of the Court
his David Cartwright mark
We the Judges of the court of common Pleas do hereby declare our 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
John D. Dutton First Judge J. S. Darling E. Shoemaker George Fisher } Judges
Three true copies of papers were when read in open court

32371 David Cartwright
Atty H. Halsey
State of New York, Tioga County ss. Personally appeared before me James Van Metten a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Tioga on the 27th day of December 1834. John Swartwood, who was a Lieutenant in Major Van Cliefbrooks Battalion, in Super County State of New Jersey from 1778, to the close of the war, now of Cayuga, Tioga County, New York, being duly sworn deposes & says, that he is well acquainted with David Cartwright who signed the preceding declaration that he was well acquainted with him and the officers under whom he served in Upper Smithfield Pike County Pennsylvania, that he knew them all during the revolutionary war, and that Capt. Van Metten's company were repeatedly & frequently called into the service and kept employed in guarding & defending the frontier settlers from the continual depredations of the Indians then surrounding that country, and that he has frequently seen said David while employed in the service in the above mentioned company. Sworn to & subscribed. John Swartwood
The day & year aforesaid
before me James Van Metten J.P.
State of New York, Tioga County ss. On this 27th day of December 1834, personally appeared before me James Van Metten a Justice of the Peace in and for said County James Swartwood of Erin Tioga County, New York aged Eighty two years who being duly sworn according to law, upon his oath says that he lived during the Revolutionary war in near Pike County, Pennsylvania, that he was well acquainted with Capt. John Van Metten & his officers who were very often called into service to defend the inhabitants from the savages of the Indians then round about that country from the year 1778, to the close of the war, that he has at different times during that period seen said David Cartwright above mentioned while employed in said company as a private soldier therein. said company served as Rangers, watching the movements of the Indians. Sworn to & subscribed. James Swartwood
Mark
The day & year aforesaid
before me James Van Metten J.P.

State of New York Tioga County ss. Personally appeared before me James Vanmetten Adjudge of the Peace in and for said County of Tioga Dec. 29 th 1834. Abraham Shoemaker aged twentythree years who being duly sworn, says on his oath that he is well acquainted with David Cortwright, who signed the foregoing Declaration, and that he served with him in Captain John Vanmetten's company at different times during the years A.D. 1778, 1779, & 1780, as a private in said company, defending the lives and property of the citizens during those years from the attacks of the Indians, then round about that country.
Sworn to & subscribed the _____ day of _____ A.D. 1834. Shoemaker James Vanmetten
State of New York Tioga County ss. I, Francis Tuttle clerk of said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration and certificate of the Judges contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of David Cortwright for a Pension and that James Vanmetten before whom the preceding affidavits were sworn and the above certificate subscribed was on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that I am acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and verily believe his name subscribed thereto to be genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court this 29 th day of Dec. A.D. 1834.
Francis Tuttle Clerk