PENSION: Andrew A. Race; Ancram, Columbia Co., NY Submitted by Donald E. Lampson, Apr. 27, 2001, dlampson@earthlink.net ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** State of New York} Columbia County }Ss.: City of Hudson } On this 6th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the Justices Court of the City in & for the City of Hudson aforesaid now sitting, being a Court of Record having a Clerk and a Seal, Andrew A. Race a resident of the Town of Ancram in said County of Columbia and State aforesaid, aged seventy seven years next October, 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 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated, to wit in the Spring while he was living in what was called Livingston Manor, now in the County of Columbia aforesaid, in the year 1776 he was called out under the command of Capt. Robertson who then resided in Livingston Manor and had command of a small company raised for the purpose of hunting out the Tories about the said County of Columbia. That deponent was out in this Company for two months and was then discharged, and immediately thereafter deponent entered in a Company commanded by Capt. Rockefeller, in company with Low. (?) Decker and Vosburg, also privates in said Company, who are now dead as well as Rockefeller, and deponent with this Company marched to **** ***** in the County of Montgomery and helped while there helped them build or put in repair a fort renamed as **** ****** for one month. Was then discharged and returned home. And the same fall deponent entered into the Company the Company of Captain Joseph Elliott who resided then in said Town of ******, then called Livingston Manor, now called Ancram, and marched to Fishkill on the North River and then helped build barracks. Remained there one month and was then discharged & returned home & remained until the next Spring, 1777. Deponent was then selected as a teamster, & got a horse from John Van Dusen and another from Isaac **** and took the wagon of old Hannis Van Dusen, and went to carry baggage of the soldiers to Stillwater. First made a halt at Half Moon Point. While this deponent was employed with his team getting provisions & forage for the troops and when the troops moved from there, deponent carried the baggage. Went to Stillwater, then was again employed in collecting provisions & forage. Deponent remained in service four months. ****** was then discharged and home. While out this tour there was one battle between the American Troops & Burgoyne, but deponent was discharged shortly before Burgoyne surrendered. Deponent hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. His /s/ Andrew X A. Race Mark Sworn & Subscribed the day And year aforesaid. /s/ H. Wilbur, Clerk Questions put by the Court and his answers: 1. Where & in what year were you born? Answer: I was born in Livingston Manor in the County of Columbia and State of New York in the month of October 1775. 2. Have you any record of your age, if so where is it? Answer: I have no record of my age in my possession, but the record is now & always has been kept at the church at (Montop, Montros, Manortown?) on the ****** of between the County of Dutchess and and Columbia County about six miles from where deponent resides. 3. When were you called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you live now? Answer: I have lived in the town of what was then called Livingston Manor, now Ancram and have lived there ever since the Revolution and still live there. 4. How were you called into service? Answer: I was always a volunteer. 5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with you or or the troops where you served, both Continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service. Answer: I do not recollect the names of the officers of the regular troops except General gates was at Half Moon Point after Schuyler relinquished command, and Col. Henry Livingston of the Manor. Deponent being a teamster he did not take much notice of the names of the officers. 6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service? If so, by whom was it given & what has become of it? Answer: Deponent thinks that when he was discharged at Stillwater he had a written discharge, but who gave it & what become of it deponent does not know. He has not now got it. He never received any written discharge of any other tour. 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood who can testify as to your character for veracity & belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. Answer: Philip Niver, George Niver are my neighbors and I think will certify as to my character for veracity & there belief of my service. _____________________________________________________________ State of New York} }Ss.: Columbia County } Andris Coons of Gallatin in said County being duly sworn before me the undernamed Justice of the Peace of said Town makes his oath & says that this deponent was at Fishkill in the year 1776 & served there for a term of one month as a drafted Militia man under the command of Captain Joseph Elliott. That as long as this deponent was in service he knows that Andris A. Race was also in service in the Militia as this deponent saw him there & this deponent has been acquainted with said Andris A. Race & has known him from the time that they were school boys & that he is the same man, & further this deponent saith not. His Andris X Coons Mark Sworn & Subscribed Before me this 31st Day of July A.D. 1832. /s/ John Coons, Justice of Peace. _____________________________________________________________ State of New York} }Ss.: Columbia County } Marthinass Shook of Ancram in said County, being duly sworn before me the undernamed Justice of the Peace of said Town makes oath , and that this deponent was at Fishkill in the year 1776 and served there for a time of one months a drafted Militia man under the command of Captain Joseph Elliott. That as long deponent was in service he knows that Andris A. Race was also in service in the Militia as this deponent. That this deponent has been acquainted with Andris A. Race and known him from the time that they were play mates and that he is the same man, and further this deponent saith not. His /s/ Marthinass X Shook Mark Sworn and subscribed Before me this 8th day of August 1832 /s/ John *******, Justice of Peace (Note: It appears from his application that Race was called out in 1777 from the Militia to take charge of a team and wagon for the Army. There are pension files for other men of the 10th Albany Militia who drafted in the Spring of 1777 to serve either as wagon drivers or guards for the wagons. It appears from the Minutes of the Albany County Committee of Safety that the Albany County Militia played a large part in the transportation and supply functions for the Continental Army. Since the men and wagons were "impressed", it would be inaccurate to regard them as independent contractors or teamsters. Capt. James Robertson was Capt. of the Second Minuteman Company Livingston Manor. See: Proceedings, Albany Committee of Crrrespondence, pp. 448 - 449. Various documents indicate that this Company was sent to Fishkill in Dutchess County to help build barracks as requested by General Washington.)