Morrison's Pensions
Pension Application for John Spankable (now written Sponable)
W.11519
State of New York
Herkimer County
On the 24th
day of September 1836 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice
of the Peace in and for the said county Johnan Jost Scholl who first being
duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath depose and say.
That in
the year 1777 he this deponent was a commissioned officer (viz an Ensign) in
Captain Richolas Richtors Company of Militia in Col. Jacob Klocks Regiment
and Gen. Nicholas Herkimer’s Brigade. That John Spankable was a
private soldier in the said company of Catp. Richtor and that about the 1st
of August 1777 the company was ordered and marched to Fort Stanwix and was
engaged in the Battle at Oriskany on the 9th (1) day of August 1777. That
the said John Spanknable while on the march and on duty was taken prisoner
by the enemy and conveyed to Canada where he remained until the end of the
war. That he was acquainted with
the aforesaid John Spanknable before the Revolutionary War and that he was
married to Elisabeth Spanknable his present widow and had a small family previous
to his being taken a prisoner. That after the close of the war the said
John Spanknable returned to his family and continued to reside with them
in Montgomery County in the State of New York until the time of his death
which took place about ____ (left blank) years ago and that the said Elisabeth
Spanknable has ever since that period remained his widow and further the
deponent says not.
Sworn to
and subscribed this 24th day of September 1836 before me. George N. Schuyler,
Justice.
Signed Johan Jost Scholl.
I certify
that the above named Johan Jost Scholl is a man of truth and veracity and that
his statement is entitled to credit, that he is in every respect a credible witness. Geroge
N. Schuyler Justice.
State of New York
Montgomery County
On this
11th day of October 1836, personally appeared before me Mr. David F. Sacia
a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, being a court of record,
Elisabeth Spanknable a resident of the Town of Ephratah in the County of Montgomery
and State of New York aged eighty four years who being first duly sworn according
to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the
benefit of the provision made by the act of congress passed July 4th 1836. That
she is the widow of John Spanknable who was a private soldier in Captain Nicholas
Richtor’s (2) Company of Militia in Colonel Jacob Klock’s Regiment
and General Nicholas Herkimer’s Brigade that he was ordered and marched
with the company for Fort Stanwix about the first of August 1777, and that
on the march and in duty in the service of his company he was captured (3)
and taken prisoner by the enemy and conveyed to Canada where he as such prisoner
remained for upwards of four years.
She further
declares that she was married to the said John Spanknable on the 9th day of
February 1770 or Seventeen hundred and seventy that her husband the said John
Spanknable died on or about the 20th day of December 1825 (4) and that she
has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference
to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn and
Subdcribed to the day & year above named before me. D. F. Sacia
Judge of Montgomery Courts. Elisabeth Spanknable (her mark)
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