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STATE OF NEW YORK } On this eighth day of October in the year 1832 personally
DELEWARE COUNTY } appeared in Open Court before the Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for the County of Deleware now sitting Jonathan
Carley a resident of the Town of Sidney in the County of Deleware
and State of New York age seventy five years and nine months
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 the 7th of June 1832 that he Entered
the Service of the United States under the following named
Off icers and served as herein Stated - to wit - that he
enlisted at South East Town in Dutchess County for six months in Capt.
Barnum's Company in Col. Field's Regiment New York Militia (and that)
he served about seven months that Term was in 1775
that in the Spring of 1776 he enlisted in the same Company for six months
and served out Term in said Company of Regiment at Horse Neck and on
New York Island at Westchester LI - that (__ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ____
___) Enlisted into Col. Ludington's Brig for 9 months. Served all
as Minute Man. That he remained and did serve under various
Officers and various colors on the Line for more than two
years that time except the time he lay in the Hospitall by
by reason of his wounds - That he was in the Battle at White Plaines
That he had Nineteen Ball holes shot through his Body and clothes
in that Battle at White Plains - that he survived one ball in his breast,
one in his right shoulder which broke the bone - three flesh wounds
in his left arm and one in his hip which wound made him a
Cripple and that he is still a Cripple by means of said wound
That in fact of the year 1781 he Enlisted as a Sargeant in Col. Ludington's
Regiment for 3 months - That they went to assist in the taking
of Cornwallace but before they got there heard of his Surrender
and was ordered back and to Peeks Kill on Hudson River and
served about nine monthes and was dismissed and went home -
That in the year 1777 the Neighborhood where he lived was put
into (Clapes?) each (Keep?) to furnish a Man for the Army for three
years - that this lot fell on him to go - and that he hired a Man
for 48 dollars to take his place who (has survived?) and served
That he has no Documentary evidence, he knows of no person
whose Testamony he can produce to prove his Services that he hereby
relinquishes every claim to any pension except the present (said?)
Declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of
any State ( ___ ____ _____ ) _ (signed) Jonathan Carl(y off page)
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year Afore said)
(hole in paper) (name illegible)
In the abstracts of Rev. War Pension Files is "Jonathan, S23152 NY Line, soldier was
b 1757 in Wilton CT, lived in South East Town in Dutchess City NY at enlistment &
lived there 20 years after the war then moved to Sidney in Delaware City NY (1796), appl 8
Oct 1832 Delaware County NY a res of Sidney NY, in 1832 soldier mentions a sister not
named, (
Jonathan Carley m. Jenny (Jane?) Gray @ 1780 in Frederickstown, Dutchess, NY
Children: John; Jonathan, Jr; Ira; Martha Patty, m Amos Johnson - daughter Fannie M.
Johnson, m. John Jenkins Austin. DAR Records.