Service: New Jersey
Name: Van Gorder, Abraham.
Number: S.10.751
Carded.
New York 20129
Abraham Van Gorder
Steuben in the state
of N. York who
was a private in the Comp. commanded by
Captain Bunell of the Reg. commanded by
Col. Roskrants in the N. Jersey Line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll
of N. York at
the rate of 80 Dollars – Cents per annum to commence on the 4th
day of March 1831.
Certificate of
Pension issued the 3 day of Aug, 1833 and sent to T.
J. Nevias Penn Yan
Arrears to the 4th
of Mar $160
semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep $40
[total] $200
{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded
by To. C. Stiles Clerk Book E. Vol. 3. Page
84
Paid at the treasury
under the
act of the 6 April 1839 and 4 March 1838 to
the 4 Sept 1838 agt notified 10 Sept 1839
State of
New York County of Steuben ss.} On this twentieth day of June in the year one
thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before the judge of
the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Steuben now sitting in Open
Court – Abraham Van
Gorder a resident of the town of
Tyrone in said County of Steuben and State of New York aged sixty nine years in
October next, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make
the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of
the act of Congress passed June 7d 1832.
That he the
said Abraham Van
Gorder was born on the fourteenth
day of October in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty four (1764) at
Newburgh
in the State of
New York – that
he has no record of his age. That he the said Abraham Van
Gorder
enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the revolution in the service
of the United States in the month of March in the year one thousand and seven
hundred and eighty one at
Walpack in the state of New
Jersey for the term of nine months as a private soldier – that at the time of
such enlistment he resided at
Walpack aforesaid –
that he so enlisted in Capt. James
Bunnell’s Company
in the Battalion Commanded by Major James Westbrook in Col.
Rosenkrant’s
regiment in the New Jersey line of said Army – that he does not recollect the
Christian name of his Col. nor the number of his regiment – That the name of
the
Lieutant of said Company was Caleb Hopkins and
the Ensigns name was Anthony Blackford. That he the said Abraham Van
Gorder continued to serve in said Company during the whole
of said nine months, for which so enlisted as aforesaid, and at the end of said
nine months the officer applied to him & the rest of the Company and
requested them to continue their service in the same manner as they had done
during said nine months – and that he the said Abraham Van
Gorder
and many others of his Company did then volunteer and agree, at
Walpack aforesaid, to serve at aforesaid so long as each
services should be required – and that he the said Abraham Van
Gorder was then transferred from said
Bunnell’s
Company to Captain
Immannuel Scover’s
Company then at
Walpack aforesaid, a militia company
under the command of the said Col.
Rosenkrants – and
continued in such service as a private soldier in said company last mentioned
for six months until the month of June in the year one thousand seven hundred
and eighty two at
Walpack in New Jersey aforesaid
which said company were called Rangers – and that in the month of June last
aforesaid the said Abraham Van
Gorder was again put
under the command of the said Captain James
Bunnell,
at
Minnisink in New Jersey aforesaid and served in
said
Bunnels Company for the term of one year from
and after the month of June in the year 1782 as a private soldier, until the
month of June in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three, at
Minnisink aforesaid. That during all the time of service
herein before mentioned he the said Van
Gorder
belonged regiment or Battalion under command of the said Major Samuel Westbrook
who then resided at
Minnisink aforesaid and under the
command of the said Col.
Rosenkrants – making in the
whole two years & three months service of the said Abraham Van
Gorder as a private soldier in the service of the united
States from and after the month of March in the year one thousand seven hundred
and eighty one until the month of June 1783 and that the said two years and
three months service of the said Abraham Van
Gorder
were rendered at and in the vicinity of the places aforesaid in the state of
New Jersey in defending the frontier against hostile Indians – that in the
course of said term of two years and three months at what time he does not
recollect, he the said Van
Gorder and the company to
which he belonged, on one ? crossed the Delaware River under the command of the
said
Saml Westbrook into the State of Pennsylvania
and there had a battle with the Indians, and that a company of
Malitia about the same time crossed said river and were
engaged in the same battle – and that the Captain of said militia company,
Captain Peter Westbrook a brother of the above names
Saml
Westbrook was killed by the Indians in that engagement – and that about fifteen
men were killed also by the Indians at that time.
That in the
year one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight (1788) he the said Abraham Van
Gorder removed from
Walpack
aforesaid to
Ulster County
in the state of
New York and
remained there until about the year 1809. And then removed to Tioga County in
the state of New York and remained there about one year, and then removed to
the then town of Reading in Steuben County aforesaid, and now the town of
Starkey in the County of Yates aforesaid and remained there until the year 1831
– and then removed to the town of Tyrone in said county of Steuben where he now
resides.
That he
never received any written discharge, but was verbally discharged from the
service of the
United States
about the month of June in the year 1783.
That he
knows of no person whom he can procure to testify to his services except those
whose affidavits are hereunto attached.
That the
said Abraham Van
Gorder is known to James Taylor who
is an attorney at law residing in the town of Milo in the County of Yates and
John J. Smith residing in the town of Starkey also in the County of Yates
aforesaid – a short distance from the residence of the said Van
Gorder who as he supposes he can obtain to testify to his
character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the
revolution.
He hereby
relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity accept the present
and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any
state
Sworn to and Subscribed in open
Court the day & year first aforesaid.
Wm. T. Bull
Clerk
of Steuben Court Pleas
That the
clergyman living in the
neighborhood
of the said Van
Gorder and
nearest to his residence is now
unable
to attend this court in consequence of his health
his mark X
Abram
Vangorder
War
Department,
Pension
Office,
Sir,
The evidence in
support of your claim, under the act of
June
7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.
The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these
papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily
perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be
allowed. The notes and the regulations will
shew what
is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more
particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus
: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this
Department, send this printed letter with them, and you will, by compiling with
this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A
Statement
shewing the Service of Abraham Van
Gorder Steuben County New York
| Dates of enlistment or appointment |
Length of Service |
Rank |
Names and Rank of the field officers under whom he served |
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered svc. |
Proof by which decl. sup. |
| Mar 1781 |
9 months |
Private |
Cap. Burnell, Major
Westbrook, Col. Rosekrants |
69 years
Walpah, NJ |
Traditionary evidence & two credible witnesses certified and the papers correct. |
| Vol. " |
6 months |
" |
Cap. Horr
Col. Rosekrants |
|
|
| Served June 1782 |
1 yr. |
" |
Cap. Bunnell |
|
|
I am
respectfully
Your
obedient servant,
J.
L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.
BA-J/MCS
Abraham Van Gorder
S.10751
Mrs.
Lorin Ulrich
212 W. Front
Street
Cambridge
City
Indiana
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request
for information relative to
Abram Van Gorden who served in the Revolutionary War from Sussex County, New Jersey.
The
Revolutionary War records of this office fail to afford any information
relative to an Abram or Abraham Van
Gorden. The only
soldier of similar surname that is found on said records is Abraham or Abram
Van
Gorder whose history is furnished herein.
The
data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim,
s.10751, based on the military service of Abraham or Abram Van
Gorder.
He
was born
October 14, 1764,
at
Newburgh, New York.
The names of his parents are not shown.
While
residing in
Walpack, Sussex
County,
New Jersey, he enlisted
in March, 1781, served as private in Captain James
Bunnells
and Manuel
Hover’s Companies in Colonel
Rosekranz’s New Jersey Regiment and was in an engagement
with the Indians in
Pennsylvania
and was discharged in June, 1783. His service was rendered on the frontiers
against the Indians.
In
1788, he moved from
Walpack, New Jersey, to Ulster
County, New York, remained there until about 1809, then moved to Tioga County,
New York, lived one year there, then moved to Reading, Steuben County (which
was later Starkey, Yates County), New York, where he lived until 1831 when he
moved to Tyrone, Steuben County, New York.
Abraham
or Abram Van
Gorder was allowed pension on his
application executed
June 20, 1833,
while living in Tyrone,
Steuben County, New
York.
There
are no data relative to soldier’s family.
In
order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of Abraham or Abram Van
Gorder, the name and address of the person paid and
possibly the date of soldier’s death, it is suggested that you address the
Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city,
and cite the following data:
Abraham
Van
Gorder, Certificate 20129, issued
August 3, 1833, rate $80 per annum,
commenced
March 4, 1831, New
York Agency.
Very
truly yours
A.
D. Hiller
Executive
Assistant
to the Administrator
