State of New York
Onondaga County
On the 24th
day of July AD 1833 appeared before the Honorable
John Watson Esquire first Judge of the County of Onondaga John Devoe a resident
of the Town of Manlius in the Said County at the dwelling house of the said John
Devoe 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, 1832 that according to the best of his recollection he is Eighty
Six or Seven old. That at the commencement
of the Revolution he resided at the Town of Bethlehem in the County of Albany
and State of New York That when he entered the service of the United States
he resided in the said Town of Bethlehem and that since the revolution he has resided
in Guilderland in said County of Albany and in the Town of Manlius in said
County of Onondaga and for the last five years he has resided in said Town of
Manlius. That he thinks he entered said
service about the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Six buy he has no distinct
recollection except that it was soon after the commencement of the war, and served
as herein stated, under the following named officers. He began as
a regular soldier and thinks he was then about twenty three years old He entered
at the Town of Bethlehem in said County of Albany for nine
months under Col. Peter Gansevoort Capt. Cornelius van Dyke and Lieutenant
Cornelius Van Slyck that he served out the full term of his enlistment of nine
month. That under the command of the aforesaid
officers he went to the City of Albany and from thence to Lake George and Fort
Edward and from thence to Ticonderoga and thence to Crown Point and St. Johns
and at the Expiration of said nine months he was stationed at a Storm Fort at
Chamberlain in Canada of which the Americans had disposed the Enemy and take
possession of and at Chamberlain he again entered for three months and from Chamberlain
he went to Quebec and a short time and was at the taking of St. Johns That he
served out said three month under Capt. Benedict whose Christian name he does
not recollect and who is the only officer whose name he now recollects. That the only names of person who he was with
as privates during the first nine months are George Cooper and William James
and during the three months Enlistment said William James was with him and was
with him and was wounded ant the taking of St. Johns and that after he had
served one year as before stated he again entered in the Bateau Service for
five or Six months under Captain John Kleun and served as a private for five or
six months between Stillwater and Fort Edward and the only person whom he recollected
being with him in such service was Garret Segar Hedrick
Segar and Adam Segar and after said last mentioned service he was drafted
several times and continued to serve a great portion of the time until the
close of the war but he cannot state the time or circumstances and he believes
he Served in all during the Revolutionary War four or five years and that all
the said Services were performed as a private soldier on his individual account
That he was born at Rhinebeck
in the County of Duchess in said
State and he further declares that he does not know of any clergymen in the
neighborhood of his residence or else where who can certify as to his belief of
his service as a Revolutionary Soldier.
That he does not recollect whether he ever had any discharge or not, and
he does not know any living witness by who he can prove any part of said
services by that he is old and decrepit and that is with much difficulty that
he can hear or see, and that from his age and decrepitude he is unable to
attend at the court house of Onondaga County without serious injury to his
health that he has not got any record of his age and was finally dismissed
from the said service and that he has stated in this foregoing declaration
all that he recollect or can state in relation to this service as a
soldier. He hereby
relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and
declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any State.
Sworn and subscribed
This 24th day of July 1833 John
Devoe (his mark)
Before me
John Watson First Judge
Of Onondaga County
Onondaga County
John Devoe being duly
sworn deposes and says that he was in the service of the United
States as a Soldier nearly constantly
from the commencement to the close of the war.
That he recollects the Americans with whom and under whom he served -
after he left Albany took any place in the position of the British from Albany
to Quebec (except Quebec) this deponent was employed as the river and in the
wood he was a portion of the time at Ticonderoga, Crown Point, St. John and
at Skenesborough He was in General
Schuylers Army and engaged in falling trees to prevent the pursuit of
Burgoynes Army and this deponent further says that he was constantly in the
service of the United States as a soldier from the time he started from Albany
until St. Johns, Ticonderoga and Crown Point been taken and deponent further
says as a regular soldier under Enlistment and as a militiaman he served in the
American Army almost constantly from the beginning of the Revolutionary War to
the close of the war and this deponent further says that he cannot state
anything further in addition to his former statements and further this
deponent saith not.
Sworn and Subscribed
John Devoe (his mark)
This 21st day of February 1835
Before me
A.C. Griswold
State of New York
Albany County
John
Pool of the Town of Guilderland and County of Albany being duly sworn deposes
and says that he is acquainted with John Devoe who was a soldier in the
American Revolutionary Army that the said John Devoe now resides in the Town of
Manlius and County of Onondaga that he knew the said John Devoe while in the
service of the United States as a soldier, that this deponent went with the
army under General Montgomery as a soldier to Quebec in the year on thousand Seven
Hundred and Seventy Five while this deponent
was at Quebec the said John Devoe was also sent as a soldier in the army of
the Revolution to assist at the siege of Quebec And this Deponent cannot tell
how long the said John Devoe was there, this deponent cannot tell in what
Company or Regiment the said Devoe belonged.
This deponent knows that said Devoe was at Chamblee 1776 in the Service
of the United States, but is
not able to state how long and further this deponent saith not
Subscribed and Sworn
To before me this 20th
John Pool (his mark)
Day of June 1834
John D. Ogsbury Justice of the
Peace
Schenectady County
John Bonny of the City
of Schenectady in said County being duly
sworn deposes and says that he is seventy two years of age and upwards, that
during the Revolution he was and is now well acquainted with John Devoe an
applicant for a pension under the Act of the Congress of June 1832. That during said War and in the year of 1782
in the spring of said year, he this deponent and the said Devoe at the same
time enlisted in a company commanded by Captain (Blank) and Ensign Campbell,
the name of the Lieutenant this deponent does not now recollect, for the term
of nine months each. That he this deponent
and the said Devoe immediately after their enlistment were engaged in
performing garrison duty in the City of Albany, the place at which they
enlisted for about the space of three weeks, that then they were ordered to
march and did march to Johnstown in Montgomery County, where they remained for
the space of two months, performing the like garrison duty as above. After which time, on account of the said
Devoe with a part of the Company, being transferred to situations different
from and other than those, at which he this deponent performed military
service, he this deponent is unable to state how much longer and at what other
places the said Devoe performed military service. That the following are the name of some of
the officers with whom this deponent was acquainted, who knew officers belonging
to the Regiment to which he this deponent and said Devoe belonged to wit:
Colonel Willett, Major Thorton and Captain Young, and further this deponent
says not.
Sworn this 23rd day John
Bonny
Of June 1834, before me
Albert Veeder
Rensselaer County
John Hogeboom of
Lansingburg in said County being duly
sworn says that he enlisted as a private soldier in the Revolutionary Army un
Captain John Visher in the month of May 1775 That he this deponent proceeded
with his company to Lake George when they remained there some length of time
from thence he proceeded with his company to the taking of St. Johns from
thence to Montreal and from thence to Quebec And this deponent further says
that he is acquainted with John Devoe and knew him when in the army That the
said John Devoe was under the command of Captain Van Dyck at Lake George That
the said John Devoe enlisted and proceeded to Lake George at or about the time
this deponent did according to the best of his recollection this deponent further
says that the said John Devoe was at Lake George during the whole time that he
was there and proceeded from thence to the taking of St, Johns at the same time
with this deponent, from thence to Montreal and according to best of this
deponents recollection the said John Devoe proceed with him and was at the
siege of Quebec.
Subscribed and Sworn before
Me this 13th day of January
1837 the Deponent being John
Hogeboom
well known to me as a
credible person
Jacob C. Lansing
Albany County
John Pool (Vanderpool)
of the Town of Guilderland County of Albany and state of New York, farmer of
about the age of Seventy Eight years, being duly sworn doth depose and say
that he this deponent now is and for several years past, been personally
acquainted with John Devoe, now of Manlius in the County of Onondaga that he
this deponent, was duly enlisted as a soldier, during the Revolutionary War
that whilst, this deponent was in the performance of his duty, under such
enlistment he knows from his own personal knowledge and observation that the
said John Devoe, regularly served as a soldier in the American Army for one
year or more, and this deponent further says that he saw the said John Devoe in
actual service under American Officers at Quaheck and other places in or about,
the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five and six. And further this deponent says not.
Sworn before me
This sixth day of
January in the year of John
Pool (his mark)
Our Lord 1834
John R. Williams Justice
State of New York
Albany County
John Brown of the City
of Albany being duly sworn doth depose as
follows I am seventy eight years of age, and am a pensioner of the United
States.
I am well acquainted
with John Devoe, who resides as I am informed in the Town of Dewitt, Onondaga
County I knew him in the Revolutionary War In the year 1777, I think in the
month of February, the said John Devoe enlisted in the Bateau service under
Capt. John Hunn for
the period of nine months I was also a private in the same company at the
same time and know that said John Devoe served as stated for the period of nine
months. I speak from personal knowledge
having been associated with him, in said Company, during that time
I am informed that
said John Devoe is now a Pensioner of the United
States, and wishes to obtain an increase
of his pension.
Sworn and Subscribed this 23rd
Day of February 1838 before me John
Brown
S. Jenkins Court of Deeds
State of New York
Albany County
Garrett Seger of New
Scotland in said County being duly sworn deposeth as follows I am eighty four
years of age and am a Pensioner of the United
States.
I am well acquainted
with the above named John Devoe in the Revolutionary War, and know that he
served as a private in the Company of Bateauman, under Capt. John Hunn, in
the year 1777 in which Company I also served as a private, at the same time
The said John Devoe served nine months in said Company to my personal
knowledge.
Sworn and Subscribed this 23rd
Day of February 1838 before me Gerret
Seger
S. Jenkins Court of Deeds
State of New York
Albany County
John Seger of
Guilderland in said County being duly sworn deposeth as follows I am eighty
three years old and am a Pensioner of the United States I am well acquainted
with the within named John Devoe, in the Revolutionary War, and known that he
served as a private in a company of Bateauman, under the command of Capt. John Hunn in the
year 1777 I was also a private in the said Company at the same time I know
that said Devoe served as a private in said Company at least nine months,
having served with him I am unable from infirmity to writ my name.
Sworn and subscribed this 23rd
Day of February 1838 before me John
Seger (his mark)
S. Jenkins Court of Deeds
Hon. Secretary
of War
Sir,
Enclosed is an
affidavit of John Pool testifying to the services of John Devoe as a
Revolutionary War Soldier whose application is now on file in your office.
The Evidence herewith
furnished with that heretofore furnished, I trust will be satisfactory to the
department for at least for a portion of time.
And if I may be allowed to suggest that the applicant Devoe is old
feeble and the last spark of life but faintly gleams in its socket, is poor. Speaks Dutch and scarcely intelligible
English, live a distance of one hundred and fifty miles from the place of his
enlistment - and the expense and
difficulty of procuring further proof oh his services if required will amount
to a denial of that bounty which his Country intended he should reap.
And on a reference to
your pension list you will find John Pool the witness to be at this time a
pensioner, so his testimony will not be doubted.
Respectfully
Yours,
A.
G. Griswold
Salina,
Onondaga Co. N. Y.
Jan. 14th 1834
State of New York
Onondaga County
Addison Griswold of
the Town of Salina in the
said County being duly sworn deposes and says that he drew the original
declaration and the annexed affidavit of John Devoe for a pension. And deponent further says that he is well
acquainted with the said John Devoe and with William Devoe who made the annexed
affidavit and that they the said John Devoe and William Devoe are men whose
character for truth and veracity and in general stand as high as any men in
community.
And this deponent
further says that the said John Devoe from the time he made the original
declaration for a pension to the present time from the imbecility of age has in
the opinion of the deponent been incapable of recollecting or communicating any
facts in detail which occurred any considerable time anterior to the time of
making said declaration.
And this deponent
further says that the said John Devoe is so feeble from his great age that he
can scarcely walk across his room and cannot without assistance hold a pen in
his hand for the purpose of making hi cross or mark.
And this deponent
further says that he has no doubt but what the said John Devoes
faculties and memory is so much impaired by old age that he cannot recount in
detail the services and the places where and the time and where he performed
the same during the Revolutionary War.
And this deponent
further says that from the Statement made to this deponent at the times of
making the original declaration and the annexed affidavit by the said John Devoe
and from the amount give to this deponent by the said John Devoe of the
different periods when and places when he was engaged in the services as a
soldier he has no doubt but what the said John Devoe did serve faithfully as a
soldier of the Revolutionary War as he stated in his original declaration and
the annexed affidavit for more than two years.
And further this deponent saith not.
Sworn and Subscribed A.
G. Griswold
This 21st day of February 1835
Transcribed by Charles F. Luke
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