PENSION: John Salpaugh; Germantown, Columbia co., NY Submitted by Donald E. Lampson (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 } }Ss.: County of Columbia} On this 21st day of November 1832 personally appeared in open Court, now sitting, before the Justices of the Justices Court of the City of Hudson, County aforesaid, John Salpaugh, a resident of the Town of Germantown in said County, aged Seventy Seven years, who, being 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 was born in said Germantown in Nov. of the year 1753, & the only record of his age is the Church Record of said town where he was christened. That he resided in said town till the Revolution commenced & has always resided there since. That in the year 1775, the first of September, he was ordered to Fishkill in the Company of Capt. Tealle (Diel) Rockefeller. This Company belonged to the Regiment of Col. Peter R. Livingston & Major Samuel TenBroeck. They marched to Fishkill under the command of Lieutenant Jacob Hagedorn, & soon after arriving there a draft was had among the troops to build the barracks. This applicant was drawn & placed under the command of Capt. Allen. He served there a month & was duly discharged the first of October the same year. Again in the year 1776, about the middle of July, he was ordered out in the Company of said Capt. Teale (Diel) Rockefeller , Jacob Hagadorn Lieutenant & Hendrick Will Ensign. Nearly all the Regiment marched under the command of Major Samuel TenBroeck to Albany, thence to Balltown, & thence scoured the woods to Saratoga & remained in service there till they were discharged about the first of September, making six weeks. Again in the year 1777, about the last of April or first of May he was drafted with others to go to the north. He was ordered to take his gun & equipment & carry the baggage of the aforesaid Regiment commanded by said Major Ten Broeck. He was taken from the Company & placed under the command of a Captain whose name he has forgotten. They marched to Fort Edward & Lake George. He was then in service some times with the teams & some times in the ranks, bringing stores from Lake George to Ft. Edward. While with the teams he was always under arms ready for battle. On the approach of Byrgoyne they retreated to *** ******, Van Schaick's Island & was at Stillwater when Burgoyne surrendered on the 17th of October of that year. Then he was discharged, having been in service four & a half months. Then again in the year 1779, about the first of October he was ordered out in the Company of said Capt. Tealle (Diel) Rockefeller & same officers as before to Fishkill & was in service this time three months & was duly discharged about the first of January 1780. And this applicant further declares that in the Spring of 1776 he marched to ********** in the Company of said Capt. Rockefeller, & was in service two weeks when he was discharged. That again in in the year 1778, in the same Company, he served two weeks in pursuit of the Tories & robbers. He further says that he always served as a private & was a volunteer except once *** ******* as aforesaid. That he never had a written discharge. That he has stated all the officers he can possibly recollect. That he has no documentary evidence, & no living witnesses that he can obtain other than those herewith sub (submitted). That he hereby relinquishes all claim to any pension or annuity except the present, & that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State. That he was in actual service twelve full months, and therefor prays a pension His /s/ John X Salpaugh Subscribed & sworn to The day & year aforesaid. /s/ John D. Parker, Clerk. _____________________________________________________________ State of New York} }Ss.: Columbia County } William Snyder being duly sworn in open Court says that he is now aged seventy three years, has always acquainted with the above named applicant. That he & said applicant belonged to the same Company commanded by Capt. Rockefeller. That said Company was in service at Fishkill in the fall of 1775 as said Salpaugh has stated. & also at Balltown & Saratoga in July & August of the year 1776. & at Greenbush two weeks of the same year, in the Spring. Again in the year 1778 two weeks in pursuit of the Tories & again in the fall, 2 weeks, of 1779 three months & he, this deponent, was in all this said service with & saw said Salpaugh was there. & further says not. His /s/ William X Snyder mark Subscribed & sworn to This day & year aforesaid. /s/ John D. Parker, Clerk _____________________________________________________________ State of New York} }Ss.: Columbia County } Samuel Ten Broeck, being duly sworn, says he was a Major during the revolutionary war in the Regiment of Col. Peter R. Livingston. That he is acquainted with John Salpaugh of Germantown in said County. That Said Salpaugh belonged to the Company of Captain Tealle (Diel) Rockefeller of said Regiment. That this deponent had command of the Regiment on a tour to Saratoga in the year 1776 & that Rockefeller's Company & said Salpaugh were in service at the time. And in the year 1777 said Salpaugh was in service under this deponent at the North during the Campaign when Burgoyne was taken - both at Fort Edward & at Stillwater, but under what Captain he does not recollect. & he has no doubt said Salpaugh performed much other service besides that above stated, as he was an active & vigilant soldier. /s/ Samuel Ten Broeck Sworn & subscribed before me this this 7th day of Nov. 1833. /s/ J. D. Parker, Clerk