Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,941, Zachariah Holtzapple, New York

SERVICE
New York
Holtzapfel, Zachariah
NUMBER
S. 44.941
CONTENTS
299

4,871 New York Roll.
Zachariah Holtzapple New York line Private Capt Van Rensselaer the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed 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 12 th of Dec r 1818. and sent to John J. Miller Esq r Esq r Hillsdale Columbia Co y of N. Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818. L ts W th  \frac{24}{30} — 38:40 Semi-ann. all ee ending 4 th March 1819 — 48:
$ 86:40 Van Kortlandt { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
7 Years & 4 months Continued March 4th 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th of Dec r 1818. and sent to John J. Miller Esq r Esq r Hillsdale Columbia Co y of N. Y.

Zachariah Holtzapfel
4071
Claire (1819)
A.B. Vanderpool Esq Hudson N.Y. Nov 3. 1820

State of New York, } ss. County of Columbia, }
On this Eight day of June 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being the Court of Common Pleas and a Court of Record, before the Judge of said Court Zachariah Holsapple aged seventy four years, resident in the Town of Claverack in said County and State, who, being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: THAT he the said Zachariah Holsapple — enlisted for the term of Three years or During the war — on the _____ day of February — in the year 1777 — in the State of New York — in the Company commanded by Captain Peter Van Rensselaer in the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Livingston — in the line of the State of New York — on the _____ Continental establishment: that he continued to serve in the said corps until 1783 — when he was discharged from the said service in New Windsor — in the State of New York that he was at the Taking General Burgoyne  Gen Wallin and Battle of Rhode Island and discharged by General Washington that his original application was made on the 11 th day of April 1818 and his pension certificate issued on the 12 th day of December 1818 that I have no property real or personal
AND I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; 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 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," passed the 18th 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.
That I have no trace other than a labourer that I am now so old & infirm that I am unable to labour for a subsistence that I have a wife and two children by the names of William & Holsapple by whom I now live and Michael Holsapple from whom I have not heard for three years that myself and wife were both supported by the Town before I received my pension — (Signed) Zachariah Holsapple
Sworn to and declared on the Eighth day of June 1820 before John S. Miller First Judge of said Court
I Abraham L Van Auken Clerk of Columbia County do hereby certify that the foregoing Affidavit &c and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court: And 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 _____ Dollars and _____ Cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this Twenty second day of June 1820
A. Vanderpaal Clerk of the Court of the Common Pleas of the County of Columbia

State of New York County of Columbia ss.
And I the said Abraham B Vanderlip clerk as aforesaid do further certify that the said court of common pleas is expressly created a court of Record by a statute of the said State of New York. That the said court proceeds in accordance to the course of the common law with a Jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount & that it keeps a Record of its proceedings & further that the said court has the power of fine & imprisonment. Witness my name & the county seal the 26 th day of July 1820
Abraham Vanderlip Clerk
Abraham Vanderlip Clerk

State of New York Secretary's Office }
I certify that the name of Zachariah Hapsapple appears on the returns of soldiers (made to this Office) who served in the Revolutionary war either for 3 years or for during the war. —
Albany Oct. 28. 1818.
J. V. M. V. S.
secretary.

State of New York County of Columbia
Be it Remembered that on the Eleventh day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me John Schiller first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Columbia personally appeared Zechariah Holtzapffel who after having been duly sworn did depose and say that he is now a resident of the Town of Claverack in the County of Columbia and State of New York that he enlisted in the service of the United States for one year on the first day of February one thousand seven hundred and seventy six in Captain John Wendell's Company belonging to Colonel Cornelius Wynkoop's Regiment and served ten months and twenty four days of the said year in the said Company of Capt John Wendell when he was discharged, that he the deponent again enlisted in the service of the United States about the first day of January one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven in Capt Peter Van Renselaer's Company and Colonel James Livingston's Regiment of the New York line of Troops for the term of three years or during the War, that he served in the said Company and Regiment for about three years until the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty and was then transferred to Captain Samuel G Bell or Samuel G Bell's Company belonging to Colonel Philip Van

Cortlandts Regiment in which Company and Regiment he served until the seventh day of June in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty three when he was discharged having served as a Soldier in the service of the United States against the Common Enemy for about seven years and four Months, that he the deponent is about seventy one years of age and that from his reduced circumstances in life he needs the assistance of his Country for support and hereby applies to be placed on the Pension list of the United States according to the act of Congress of March 18 th 1818
Sworn before subscribed the 11 th day of April 1818
John Schiller
Zachariah his  Holtzapple marks
State of New York
County of Columbia
Be it Remembered that on the eleventh day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me John I Miller first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Columbia, Personally appeared Anthony Baucher a person to me known to be of good moral Character who after having been duly sworn did depose and say that he resides in the same Town in which

the said Zachariah Holtzapple (the person applying for a Pension) resides and is acquainted with him and as far as he the deponent has been able to discover and verily believes the said Zachariah has no property Real or Personal
and is an aged person.
Taken before me the 11 th
April 1818 John Miller
Anthony Baucher
State of New York } County of Columbia } ss I John I Miller first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Columbia aforesaid do hereby certify that the Annexed Affidavits of Zachariah Holtzapple (the person applying for a Pension) and the Affidavit of Anthony Baucher herewith transmitted were taken before me on the day of the date hereof And I do further certify that it satisfactorily appears to me that the said Zachariah Holtzapple served as a Soldier in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War against the common Enemy in such capacity and for such term of time as he has deposed. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand the Eleventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen To J. C. Calhoun Esquire Secretary of the Department of War } John I Miller

State of New York Columbia } County Clerks Office - } I certify that John J. Miller whose Signature appears to the annexed affidavits & certificates & which I know to be his is the first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Ulster my name & the Seal of said Court this 20 April 1818
Cornelius Miller Clerk
New York. See on the notes. E. G.

State of New York, County of Columbia } Be it Remembered, that on the twenty second day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me John S. Miller first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Columbia Personally appeared Hendrick Lyke of Good moral Characters and of undoubted Credibility as a Witness who after being duly sworn did depose and say that he the deponent and Leachariah Holtsapple served together as Soldiers in the Service of the United States for about Seven years and three months, that he and the said Leachariah Holtsapple enlisted in the service of the United States in January or February one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven in Captain Peter Van Ruysevelts Company and Colonel James Livingstons Regiment in the New York line of Troops and were afterwards transferred to Captain Samuel T. Bells Company and Col d Philip Van Cortlandts Regiment and served as Soldiers in the service of the United States until about the month of June in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty three when they were discharged, that he the deponent has no Interest either directly or indirectly in the

event of the said Zachariah Holtsapple obtaining A Pensions or not
Sworn and Subscribed before me the day and year first above written the said
John Schiller
his Hendrick + Lyke marks

State of New York } County of Columbia } ss Be it Remembered that on the twenty second day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me John Schuler first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Columbia Personally appeared Nicholas Shirts to me known to be a man of good morals Character and of undoubted Credibility as a Witness who after having been duly sworn did depose and say that he knows that Zachariah Holtsapple the Soldier applying for a Pension served as Orderly Sergeant in a Company of which Peter Van Rensselaer was the Captain and Col James Levingston Regiment for ten months and twenty three days when he the deponent who served in the same Company left the Service and therefore cannot say how much (if any) longer the said Zachariah Holtsapple served therein in the Service of the United States; the said Company and Regiment belonged to the New York line of Troops, that he the deponent has no Interest in the Event of the said Zachariah Holtsapple Obtaining a Pension or not, that he the deponent is about sixty years of age and is a Resident of the Town

of Hillsdale in the said County of Columbia
Sworn and Subscribed before me the day and year first above written. the said John Schiller
has Nicholas X Short's mark
State of New York } County of Columbia } ss I John Schiller first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County do Certify that the Affidavits of Hendrick Dyke and Nicholas Short were taken before me on the day of the date thereof in addition to the Testimony before taken, and that the Certifi- cates of John W. Yates Esquire, Secretary of State of the State of New York respecting the Service of the said Zachariah Holtraple as a soldier was delivered to me to be transmitted to you by the Agent of the said Zachariah Holtraple Given under my Hand and the Seal of the said Court being affirmed the twenty eighth day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen John Schiller
Objection Caret
And I do further certify that from all Proof made be- fore me and from my own personal knowledge the said Zachariah Holtraple is in such reduced circumstances as to stand in need of the support of his Country John Schiller
State of New York County } of Columbia Clerk's Office } ss I certify that John Schiller whose Signature appears to be annexed to the annexed Affidavit and Certificates and which I know to be his is the first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for this County Witness my name and the Seal of the said Court the 30 th day of Nov. 1818
J. Schiller (Clerk)

44941 INVALID. Rev y
File No. 44941
Zachariah Holtzapple Pai, Rev Year
Act: 18" March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 233
[Arrangement of 1870.]