Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13236, Andrew Guffin, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New York
Guffin, Andrew
S.13236
bearded
CONTENTS

Set. to Albany Agency, April 22. 1835.
765 New York 14765.
Andrew Guffin of Schodack in the State of N. Y. who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Heermance of the Regt. commanded by Col. Morris - in the ★ time for -
9 months. N. Y. Line.
Records completed Jan'y 22/66.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Y. at the rate of 30. Dollars " Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19. day of June 1833. and sent to Archibald Hall Esq. Troy N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 60 00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " 15. 00
$ 75.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. Francioni Clerk, Book E, Vol. 4 - Page 57.

State of New York Rensselaer County: ss. 3
On this Second day day of October
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in Open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Rensselaer now sitting Andrew Guffin a resident of the town of Schoharie in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York aged seventy six 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 Janu y 7 th 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated, that is to say, on the first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, he entered the service for the term of five months as a private soldier in a company of militia commanded by captain Andrew Herrmann and Lieutenants George Sharp and Herman Knick erbacker, which company belonged to a Regiment commanded by Colonels Morris and J. P. Kings Graham; that he entered the service as last above mentioned at Red Hook in the county of Dutchess and State of New York as a substitute for some person, whose name he cannot now recollect. That after being mustered in said company, he was marched to a place then called Radcliff's landing on the Hudson river, at which place the troops were embarked on board a sloop & were taken down the river to or near Kings bridge, to which place they were taken and were then engaged in constructing and strengthening a Fort on the north side of the bridge, where he was employed some time but how long he cannot remember. That whilst so placed at Kingsbridge, a part of the Regiment by times was stationed at a place called Morrisiana, to keep guard, that Generals George Clinton and James Clinton were both in command of the troops stationed at Kingsbridge. That which remaining for some considerable time at Kingsbridge and its vicinity, he was frequently placed among the intrenchments and was at and upon York Island at the time when a tender of one of the British vessels of war was burned by a fire ship prepared for the purpose by the Americans, which he saw. That his regiment was thus engaged as aforesaid in the service aforesaid until after the evacuation of New York by the American troops when he was marched to the neighborhood of White Plains.

and was present at the battle at that place in the month of October of that year. That in the morning of the day on which the battle took place, he was on the picket guard and first discovered the approach of the British light horse, but was so placed as not to be able to participate in the battle, after the battle of White Plains his Regiment was marched to Peek's Kill where they were quartered in barracks until New Year's day following, at which place after having completed his term of service he was discharged. That Early in in the Spring of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, and as he verily believes in the month of March of that year he volunteered or enlisted as a private soldier for four months in a company under the command of the  Andrew Wheeler and the officers aforesaid of Captain John  John  Smith at a place called Little Nine Partners in the town of Northeast in the county of Dutchess and State aforesaid. That the said company belonged to a Regiment commanded by Colonel Hopkins by the officers before mentioned viz: Colonels Morris Graham and Hopkins. That after he joined said company as aforesaid, he was marched to a small Fort or redoubt erected on a point or projection in the High Lands on the East side of the Hudson river about three miles below West Point. That after arriving at said Fort, he was employed in assisting to strengthen the works, and performing such duty as was required of him as a private soldier, until he was regularly discharged and until his term of service, of four months as he verily believes, had fully expired. That in Early in the fall of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, and according to his best recollection and belief in the beginning of September of that year an alarm being given that several British vessels of war were ascending the Hudson river to unite with General Burgoyne he turned out with the Captain Peter Westfall, the captain of the company of Militia in which he was enrolled from Little Nine Partners aforesaid where he still resided. That he proceeded directly to the Hudson river a short distance below Radcliff's landing aforesaid & after remaining there until Kingston was burnt and the British had returned down the river, he was sent out with a file of men to bring in the Tories and others who had refused to turn out in obedience to the call of their Country on the alarm, for the
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for the purpose of having them dealt with according to the usages of war, in the whole of which last mentioned tour of duty he was engaged about a month, And that the whole service performed by him as above detailed amounts in the aggregate to ten months. In answer to the interrogatories propounded by the War Department he says.
First, That he was born in the town of Arroy, in the County of Down in Ireland on the twenty ninth day of May One thousand seven hundred and fifty six
Second, That he has a record of his age in his family bible now in his possession made by himself from the words of his father and his two elder brothers.
Third, That when called into service as above mentioned he resided at a place called Little Ninepartners in the town of Northeast in the County of Dutchess and State of New York, where he resided until nearly the close of the Revolutionary war, when he removed to the town of Clinton in the County of Dutchess aforesaid, That from the County of Dutchess aforesaid he removed to the town of Schoharie in the County of Rensselaer and State of New York, where he has resided ever since, for the period of between thirty and forty years, and where he now resides.
Fourth, That he first entered the service as a substitute as above mentioned and secondly as a volunteer as, also above set forth
Fifth, That he cannot remember any of the regular officers who are with the troops during either of the tours of service above stated, except General Washington whom he saw at White Plains and General Putnam whom he saw at Rhinebeck, at the time the British shipping were proceeding up the Hudson River, During his last service as above detailed: That he cannot clearly remember any other Regiments than those to which he belonged as above stated.
Sixth, That he never received a written discharge from the service nor has he any documentary proof thereof, That Reuben  Elmendorf of the town of Rhinebeck in the County of Dutchess and John Elmendorf of the town of Schoharie in the County of Rensselaer State of State of New York aforesaid, are the only persons now living, to his knowledge who is acquainted with, or by whom he can prove any part of his of his service as above detailed.
Seventh, That he is well known to all the principal inhabitants of the town of Schoharie and the adjoining towns who can testify to his character

for veracity, and their belief of his having been a soldier of the Revolution, and particularly to Judge John Woodworth and John D r Dower of the City of Albany, Judge Abiel Buckman, Wolston Buckway Esq r Nathaniel Baker and Nathaniel Brockway of the town of Schoharie, and Chester Griswold John Koon and the Reverend Solomon Tracy of the town of Catskill. That the said Solomon Tracy presides over and officiates as the Clergyman of the Congregation to which he belongs, but owing to ill health he the said Solomon Tracy is unable to appear in Court. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Archibald Full Clerk
Andrew Guffin
We Abiel Buckman, one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Rensselaer, residing in the town of Schoharie in the said County, and John Koon residing in the town of Catskill in the same County, hereby certify that we are acquainted with Andrew Guffin who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy six years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood 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 Archibald Full Clerk
A. Buckman
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 John Koon and Abiel Buckman who have signed the preceding certificate are residents, the said Koon in the town of Catskill and the said Buckman in the town of Schoharie in said

County of Rensselaer and State of New York and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Archibald Bull Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Rensselaer do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Andrew Griffin for a Pension
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this third day of October 1832
State of New York 3
Rensselaer County ss John Elmendorf of the town of Schodack in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with Andrew Griffin in the above declaration named, that he knew him well during the revolutionary war, that he recollects well & distinctly that the said Andrew Griffin joined the Company of Captain Andrew Keermance on the first of August in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, in Colonel Graham's Regiment or within a very few days of that time, and that the greater part of the privates went by water under the Command of one of the Lieutenants in said Company to Philips' Manor in the Vicinity of Kings Bridge in the County of Westchester and were there mustered, that this deponent joined the same Company at the same time but instead of proceeding thence with by Water, to Kings Bridge, he went by land in company with Captain Keermance, to Philips' Manor aforesaid where the Company was duly organized, and that this deponent recollects distinctly that the said Andrew Griffin continued to serve in said Company with him this deponent until the month of January in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, when this deponent and the said Andrew Griffin were both discharged together at Peeks Kill, after having each performed the full term of five months, as stated by the said Andrew Griffin, in his above declaration,
John Elmendorf
State of New York 3
Rensselaer County ss On the seventeenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two appeared before me John Elmendorf to me known and took and subscribed the above affidavit, and I further certify that the said John Elmendorf is a person of credibility and that his statement is entitled to full belief.
John Commissioner

State of New York
Rensselaer County ss. I Archibald Bull Clerk of said County do certify that John Koon Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the commissioners of Deeds &c in and for the County of Rensselaer and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit to be his proper handwriting and signature. Witness my hand and seal of office this 23. day of November 1832.
Archibald Bull Clerk

Andrew Griffin
Declaration for a Pension
24161
1 mo: engaged in arresting delinquents to a case disallowed
round
9 mo. pri
30 $
Archibald Bull Troy N.Y.

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Andrew Guffin Sur. file 13286
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Aug. 1. 1776 5 mos. Pvt. Andrew Heerman Morris Graham N.Y.   Feb. 1777 4 mos. Andrew Heerman Morris Graham   Sept. 1777 1 mo. Peter Westfall  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Date of application for pension, _____
Residence at date of application, _____
Age at date of application, _____
Remarks: He moved to Schenectady Co. N.Y. near the close of the war & from there to Schoharie Co. N.Y.

Apr. 24
W. Allen Under Secretary of State
An s Apr. 22 1835
James L. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions War Department City of Washington

Mch. & Farnis Bank Albany Pension Agency April 17. 1835.
James L. Edwards Esq. Com r . of Pensions,
Sir,
Andrew Guffin of Schodack, Rensselaer Co. - private, abt $30 per Ann: claims pay at this Agency, but is not on our Books - He states that he has resided in Rensselaer Co. upwards of 40 years -
Be pleased to instruct us whether or not we shall pay him -
I am, Sir - very Respectfully
Your ob t Serv t
Thos M c Cluskey
Acting Pension Ag t

Commissioner of Pension Washington D.C.
Sir: — Will you kindly give me all the informa- tion you can of a soldier named Andrew (Guffin) Guffin who served in the Revolution.
Would like to know from what place he enlisted also what place he located after the war.
Yours. Mrs Capitola Guffin Dill 707 W. Charles St Muncie Indiana.

From the members of the press Washington D.C.
Mr. - Will you kindly give me all the information that you can of a robber named (Guthrie) Barker who carried on the revolution.
Would like to know from what place he embarked also what place he went after the
has captured. Barker has 707 McVickie St. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Ad.
3-871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by Geo M. Moore
Claim No. Feb 23, 1910.
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Andrew Griffin
Service _____ Res.
Additional Service _____
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No D. H. I. W or R, as above except I. F. 13236.

1910 July 26 Airtel to Mrs. Cepetsoa V. Dill. U.S.A.
Revised
13.236 INVALID.
File No. 13.236
Andrew Guffin
Phil. Pa. nam
Act: June 9th 1832.
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 134
[Arrangement of 1870.]