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From: "Karen Zach" <>
Subject: Re: [InFounta] Early settlers to Fountain and Montgomery counties
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:09:30 -0400
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HMMM< sounded good until you got to the part he was not on the rolls :(
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From: "Jeff Scism" <>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: [InFounta] Early settlers to Fountain and Montgomery counties


> Peter Scisms application for Rev war pension, it was denied...
>
>
> State of New York
> Columbia County
>
> On this 14th day of December, 1832, personnally appeared in open court
> before the Justices Court in the City of Hudson in the County and State
> aforesaid now seting Peter Scism [a resident of the town of Taghkanick]
> who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the
> following declaration in order to obtain the bnefit of the act of
> congress passed June 7th 1832.
>
> Says that he is Sixty Eight Years of age that he was born in the month
> of November 1764 in the Town of Livingston in the County of Columbia and
> State of New York. I first entered the service as a substitute at the
> Town then called Nobletown in the County and State aforesaid. On the
> first of March 1780 at that time the inhabitants were classed, each
> class of six to furnish a man. I went for a class consisting of Eward
> Okins, Archy McCarty and the other names I do not recollect as it was
> not my native town I only having gone into that Town to work. The Town
> is now called Hillsdale. My Captain's name was Cristopher Miller,
> Lieutenant ......... Shirts. Ensign Peter Loop.
>
> We were marched some distance down the River and put on Board of a Sloop
> or Vessell and taken to Verplancks Point on the Hudson River and
> remained there or near there some time and were then ordered to a place
> called Dobbs Ferry and after remaining there some time, and then on the
> capture of Andre we were marched to West Point. I was on guard on the
> day Andre was Hung. I do not recollect the Colonels name neither the
> Majors neither do I think we remained all the time under our Det of
> Field Officers. I think our Adjutants name was Fonda. We were Nine
> Months Men after the Hanging of Andre we were taken across the River to
> Some Barracks that had been previously built where we were encamped
> until the first part of December 1780 when I was discharged in wrighting
> by Army Captain which discharge has long been lost.
>
> I [have] no record of my age and only recollect it as I heard it from my
> mother who died Six Years since. Immediately after the expiration of my
> nine months, I returned to my fathers Home where I remained a few months
> and then went out to work and have Continued to do so since the most of
> the time in the County of Columbia and State of New York I cannot now
> state the name of a single regular officer or Regiment who served when I
> did I might state the names of Washington and many others whom I
> probably saw but cannot swear positively that I did.
>
> The persons in my neighboorhood who can testify to my character for
> Truth and Verasity and their belief in my Revolutionary Service are
> Friend Sheldon Esqr Henry Avery Esqr John Bain Esqr all Justices of the
> Peace, Isaac Shelden Supervisor of the Town of Taghcanick in the County
> & State aforesaid - in which Town I also Reside - also Colonel George I.
> Rosman & Dedrick Miller. that he has no Living witness whois testemony
> he can procure and that he has no documentary Evidence. that the Clergey
> man now Settled in the Town where he resides has only been Settled there
> a short time and consiquently Knows nothing about his Revolutionary
> Service. he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or
> annuity except the pension and that his name is not on the pension role
> of the agency of any state
>
> Sworn and subscribed to
> in open court the day
> & year first abve mentioned
> John D. Parker Clerk
> his
> Peter + Scism Jnr
> mark
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