Morrison's Pensions
Pension Application for Andrew Myers
S.9981
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June
7, 1832.
State of New York
Schoharie County SS
On the 20th
day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty
four, personally appeared before me William Beekman first Judge of the Court
of Common Pleas in & for the County of Schoharie aforesaid and State
of New York being a Court of Record, Andrew Meyers a resident of the town
of Sharon & County & State
aforesaid aged eighty nine 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 June 7, 1832. That he entered
the service of the United States under the following named officers & served
as herein after stated to wit. At the commencement of & during
the Revolutionary War he resided at Niskayuna in the County of Schenectady & State
of New York.
That he
belonged to a Militia Company at that place Commanded by Capt. Lavinus Lansing
Lieut. Jacob Lansing & Ensign John Shaver and that the declarant was a
Sergeant in said company and served as such in all the following [?]—That
in the year 1776 as deponent believes in the last of September or first of
October of that year on a call of Militia to go to Lake George to a Fort by
the name of Fort George. The deponent with the whole company under the
above named Capt. Lieut. & Ensign—under the Command of Col. Schuyler
Volunteered at Niskayuna aforesaid, were marched through Half Moon—Stillwater
to Lake George a distance of from 70 to 100 miles. It was said they were
called to prevent the British from coming down—served at said Fort about
3 weeks & were
dismissed at said Fort & returned home as deponent believes in the early
part of November of 1776 and was absent from home thirty two days in service—While
at said Fort they stood on guard on sentry & went out on scouts.
The declarant
was called upon in like manner and volunteered with the whole company under the
same officers as before about the middle of Sept. 1777 at Niskayuna aforesaid & was
marched from thence through Stillwater to the main army of the Americans who
were retreating before the British Army under Burgoyne and the deponent served
in said Company with the Army—Until at or near Stillwater about the middle
of Oct 1777—At any rate one date before the surrender of the British Army
he & his company were discharged & returned home[?] were [?]of the surrender—was
absent from home in service on the occasion 34 days—[?] he was about the
20th Oct of 1777—saw in the service. Genl Schuyler [line too faded
to read]shoes names does not recollect –Deponent says he was [?] the above
tours at Fort Edward—Fort Miller & at Skeensborough at the south end
of Lake Champlain and is near as to the number of days he was out each time from
the fact that the events passing at the time produced a [?] imperfection on his
mind & from the fact of his having kept at in mind from frequently conversing
on those events –of his senses.
Deponent says
he went with [?] to carry provisions over to Fort Ticonderoga & over to Fort
Stanwix. Thinks in the Winter of 1776. Col. Peter Gansevoort was
at Fort Stanwix—when at Ticonderoga on his & the other teamsters were
compelled by the officers to work 7 days in replacing the fort for which service
he is advised he is not credited to draw a pension but states, the
fact that they occurred.
Deponent further
says that the company to which he belonged was divided into two equal [?] and
during the summers of 1777, 1778 & 1779 they took their turns alternately
in going to Schoharie to the Middle Fort a distance from his home at Niskayuna
of a day & a half March. That the time which each half of said companies
were to stay & keep said fort [can’t make out a section] deponent
was gone from home in service at said Fort & going &b returning at least
17 days—That the days in the month in which he entered & left [?]
he cannot precisely [copy very poor and can’t read several lines] May
1777—Fort Edward . . . General Command under Col. Vrooman—deponent
believes a Militia Col.—and that served 14 days—was dismissed & returned
home—in deponent in like manner & for the like [?] entered the service
as a [?] at Niskayuna [can’t read section] Capt. L. Lansing Lieut Jacob
Lansing or Hasig in Sharon and were [?] at Fort under the general Command of
said Col. Vrooman—The said Capt & Lieut & Ensign took them
. . . . .It is impossible at this time for deponent to say with certainly
which [?] officers .
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Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington D.C. October 2, 1895
Sir: In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Andrew Myers, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow’s) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment | Length of Service |
Rank |
Officers (Captain) |
Officers Colonel |
State |
Sept. 1776 |
32 days |
Sgt. |
Lavinus Lansing |
Schuyler |
NY |
Sept. 1776 |
34 days |
Sgt. |
Lavinus Lansing |
Schuyler |
NY |
1777 |
68 days |
Sgt. |
Lavinus Lansing |
Vrooman |
NY |
1778 |
68 days |
Sgt. |
Lavinus Lansing |
Vrooman |
NY |
1778 |
21 days |
Sgt. |
Ensign John Shaun |
Willett |
NY |
1779 |
68 days |
Sgt. |
Lavinus Lansing |
Vrooman |
NY |
Battles engaged in – None
Residence of Soldier at Enlistment Niskayuna, NY
Date of application for pension, January 20, 1834.
Residence at date of application, Sharon NY
Age at date of application, Born in Germany in 1765.
Remarks: He served mostly on guard duty at Fort George, Fort Edward, Fort
Miller, at the “Middle” fort in Schoharie and at Skeensborough.
Very respectfully, Commissioner [no name signed]
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