Morrison's Pensions
Pension Application for Pieter Schafer
W20048
Schafer, Peter
His name
appears on a list of applicants for invalid pensions returned by the District
Court of the District of New York, submitted to the House of Representatives
by the Secretary of War April 25, 1774, and printed in the American State Papers,
Class 9, page 94.
Rank: Private
Regt: Col. Kooman’s
Disability: Wounded in his left arm in an action with the Indians, Tories and
British.
When and Where Disabled: May 30, 1778, Cobuskill
Residence: Cobuskill
Remarks: No injury. There are no rolls in this office
Evidence transmitted
by the District Court incomplete. The physicians declare that this wound
is not injurious. No proof of his leaving the service. The testimony
of freeholders do not prove continuance of disability, but that he is able
to labor.
State of New York
Schoharie County.
On this
second day of October 1832, personally appeared in open court before the Judges
of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Schoharie now sitting Peter Shafer
now a resident in the Town of Schoharie in said county of residence, aged 74
years, who is duly first sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an Act of Congress
of the United States under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he
entered the service of the United States under the following named officers
and served as herein stated.
That he
the said Peter Shafer entered a private soldier in service for the term of
nine months on the first of April 1775 in a company of Rangers commanded by
Captain James Dietz; under the command of Peter Vrooman's Regiment in the militia
served Schoharie and in CobusKill and in that vicinity that the he was in the
Battle of CobusKill with Tories and Indians that he was wounded and one of
his brothers was killed.
Captain
Outrander? Was killed and ??? family were killed in said battle. That
he was honorably discharged from the service in Schoharie in the State of New
York in Capt. Dietz.
That in
the winter in the year 1779, Colonel Dubois saith his soldiers and the militia
built a fort at Cobus Kill which was called Fort Dubois. During the summer
Colonel Dubois garrisoned said fort in the fall he marched off to the west,
then the militia had to guard said fort. That he the said Peter Shafer
entered the service again in January 1780 in the company commanded by Captain
??? Brown under the command of Colonel Peter Vrooman of the militia, (Can’t
read a section here) ??? Borst …………………..militia
in said fort Dubois at CobusKill and ……………………that
he was honorably discharged in Fort Dubois…….Peter Shafer entered
the service again in the Spring 1781 in the company commanded ………Peter
Shafer entered the service again in the spring of 1782 in the company commanded
by Captain Brown.
(Rest of application, simply can’t read.)
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