DECLARATION
State of
On the Eighteenth day of September
1832, personally appeared in open court, before me the Justice Court of the
City of Albany now sitting John Seger a resident of the Town of Guilderland in
the County of Albany and state of New York aged, on the 30th of
November last, Seventy Seven years, who being first duly sworn according to
law, doth on his oat, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the
benefit of the act of Congress passed June, 7 1832. That he entered the service of the
That he enlisted in the City of Albany in the year 1776 under Capt.
John Williams in which Company Philip Staats of the
Before the Justice
Court of the City of Albany - In open
Court, personally appeared, Garret I Seger, of the Town of Guilderland in the
County of Albany aged seventy nine years to this court well known as a person
of strict truth and veracity, who being duly sworn, doth depose and say that he
is intimately acquainted with John Seger who hath subscribed and sworn to the
written declaration, that this said John Seger is a brother of this Deponent
and that the facts set forth in the said declaration are substantially true, as
therein detailed.
Subscribed and Sworn to
This
J. G. Wasson Clerk
City of
Peter Van Bergen of
the City of Troy, County aforesaid being duly sworn before me the subscriber a Justice
of the Peace, for said County, according to law deposeth and saith that he is
aged Seventy nine year and upwards That he was a Lieutenant in Capt. John
Williams and Col. Baileys Regiment and that John Seger of the Town of
Guilderland the person named in the written Declaration to which he has sworn
and subscribed Served as a private in the said Company for the term of about
five months, that is from July till some time in December at the
Subscribed and Sworn to this 27th day of Peter Van
BerGen
March 1833 before me and further Certify
that I believe Peter Van Bergen to be a man
Who can be relied upon for truth and veracity
To the Commissioner of Pensions
I the undersigned
engaged Giles F. Yates of Schenectady several years since to attend to
procuring additional pay or pension for this and I made a new Declaration (the
same hereto annexed) setting forth anew my Revolutionary service. I repeatedly applied to Mr. Yates since for
information respecting the state of my claim, and he answered me that he had
not yet formed the proof necessary to establish my claim fully.
Dated
John
Seger (his mark)
In presence of G. F. Yates.
The service of Capt.
John Williams Company in 1776 is now well established in your office. The case of his Lieutenant Philip Staats,
whose widows claim has been allowed is in point. $ 5 month
The evidence that
Capt. John
Besides some brief militia terms
which if satisfactorily proved in the original papers is claimed to be allowed,
there is an amount of 17 months service shown in the years 1776 and 1777 as
aforesaid and the pensioner get only about $30 per annum.
I go upon the ground
that his terms of services have been established by parole proof, and that all
the deficiency was in regard to the proof sic to establish the fact that service
was performed at
I
am respectfully
Your
obedient servant
G. F. Yates
State of
Nicholas Bleeker of
the City of
I recollect a Captain
John
There were two
companies of Bateauman, one under the command of Capt. John
I do not know whether
or not they were commissioned as Captains, but they were called by that name,
and performed duty as such but how long I do not recollect
Sworn and subscribed this 24th
Day of August 1837 before me
S. Jenkins Court of Deeds
I certify that the above deponent is a credible Witness.
S. Jenkins Court of Deeds
State of
John Browner of the
City of
In the year 1777, in
the month of February, I enlisted in the Boat or Bateau Service under Capt.
John
I am well acquainted
with John Seger of Guilderland and knew him in the Revolutionary War
We were employed in
cutting timber and building scows for the public service and also in
transporting provisions and military stores and sic like, from Albany to
We were engaged
principally in these services during the period of our enlistment We were
paid by the month and were regularly enlisted and were sworn and excused at
the time of our enlistment We were excused by Chancellor Sauging, who was
then an aid to Genl. Schuyler.
We were under the
control and command of Genl. Morgan Lewis and W. Seward who was then a
Commissary
There were five
Companies of Bateauman under the command of Captains
I have no personal
knowledge of any other services recorded by said John Seger, except then above
stated
Sworn and subscribe this 23rd day
Of August 1837 before me
John Browner
S. Jenkins Court of
Deeds
I certify that the above Deponent is a credible Witness
S.
Jenkins Court of Deeds
State of
John Seger, late of the Town of Guilderland
in said County, now of the City of Albany in said county, aged eighty seven
years and a pensioner of the United States, believing that he does not receive
so large a stipend as he is entitled to under the act of Congress passed 7th
June 1832, begs leave to say before the
(1st ) On or about the
fourth day of July in the year 1776 -
(2) The second tour of service
performed by this Deponent was in the year 1777, pursuant to an enlistment for
the term of one year in the Company of Bateauman, fatigue men and laborers
commanded by Captain John
(3) This Deponent served also in
several militia tours, which he cannot more particularly specify than he has
done in his previous depositions.
Subscribed and Sworn this
26th day of February 1841
before me and I certify John
Seger (his mark)
that said John Seger is a
credible witness
Daniel W. Mills
Transcribed by Charles F. Luke