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See letter to Hon. A. Vanderpool H.R. Apr. 14, 1834 [?] to N. Y. Agt. ........
New York; Loring Peck, of Montgomery Co. in the state of New York who was a Captain of the Regiment commanded by Col. Lippet in the Rhode Island line, for the term of 11 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of twenty Dollars per month, to commence on the 24th day of April 1818.
Certificate of pension issued the 19th of May 1820 and sent to J. S. Lobdell, Johnstown, NY.
Restore to the Roll on 14 day of May 1830 and notification sent to Hon. A. Bocker at House of Reps. Pension commencing on the 14th of May 1830.
Amount due on the 4th of September 1830 - $74.27
{Revolutionary claim Acts March 18, 1818; May 1, 1820}
State of New York
Montgomery County
On this twenty fourth day of April 1818, before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said county aforesaid and state of New York, personally appears Loring Peck aged seventy three years, resident in the town of Lake Pleasant in the said county of Montgomery aforesaid, who being duly sworn first by me according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war." That the said Loring in the month of January one thousand seven hundred and seventy six was appointed to the command of a company in the second regiment of the brigade raised by the state of Rhode Island & the Providence Plantations for the defense there of - That some time in the month of June in the year last aforesaid the Continental Congress took the brigade aforesaid into the service of the colonies - that in the month of September he received the annexed commission from John Hancock by which he was appointed a captain to the fourth company in the regiment and brigade last aforesaid - that he joined the American army under General Washington at Harlem in the state of New York about the fifth day of September one thousand seven hundred and seventy six - a few days after the Battle on Long Island - that he continued under the immediate command of General Washington in his campaign through the Jerseys until the campaign closed in the year of 1776 and the army went to winter quarters; and that he continued in the service aforesaid on the Continental Establishment in the line of his duty against the common enemy until on or about the first of July 1777 when he left the army by reason of ill health and disease - and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that the annexed commission is all the evidence now in his power to furnish his said service & that he doth hereby relinquish all pension and claim heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States or any individual state.
[Signed] Loring Peck
Sworn and subscribed this twenty fourth day of April 1818 before me - James Hildreth
Present the Honorable Aaron Harring Esq. First Judge
State of New York
Montgomery County
Be it remembered that on the Twentieth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, personally appeared in the court of common pleas of the county of Montgomery aforesaid at the courthouse in the town of Johnstown in the county aforesaid in open court, the said court being a court of record for the county aforesaid having the power of imprisonment, proceeding according to the course of the Common Law with a jurisdiction unlimited in [point ?] of amount keeping a record of their proceedings.
Loring Peck, aged seventy seven years, resident in Lake Pleasant in the county aforesaid - who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: That in the month of January one thousand seven hundred and seventy six he was appointed to the command of a company in the second regiment of the brigade raised by the state of Rhode Island for the defense there of, that some time in the month of June in the year last aforesaid the then Continental Congress took the said brigade into the service of the colonies, then in the month of September in the same year he received a captains commission signed by John Hancock Esq., the then president of Congress, and was assigned to the command of the fourth company in the Regiment and Brigade last aforesaid. That Colonel Leppit commanded the regiment and General Charles Lee the Division - That he joined the army under General Washington at Harlem in the state of New York about the fifth day of September 1776 a few days after the Battle of Long Island - That he continued under the immediate command of General Washington in his campaign through the Jerseys until the close of the campaign of that year and the army went into winter quarters where he continued through the winter and with the regiment and army in the line of his duty until the month of July in the year 1777 when he was permitted to go home in consequence of disease and ill health. That he was in the Battles of White Plains and some of the skirmishes in New Jersey - That he has been placed on the pension Roll on the United States under the act of 18th March 1818 and that his original declaration is dated the twenty fourth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that his pension certificate is No. 17043... nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed, to wit:
Real property I have none.
Personal property: 1 pr. Spectacles & 1 [peri ?] knife.
That I am by occupation a farmer but being old and infirm and not able to do any work. I have a wife named Jane aged sixty six and daughter Sarah aged twenty nine whom I support. My wife is very infirm and daughter tolerably hearty. That he is dependent on his children or others for support. That the property inventories in my schedule in June last in my then application has been taken by Loring Peck Jun. For a bona fide debt that was due and owing to him; which is the reason the difference appears in the schedule of said June and that now presented - That when my creditors heard of the stoppage of my pension they immediately [c???ded] me and I was obliged to turn out of the property I possessed except bedding and wearing apparel together with what money I had received from the United States until the pension was stopped, which leaves me now dependent on charity for support - That I am still indebted $100 which is bona fide to creditors. I have no other means of support that above stated.
[Signed] Loring Peck
Subscribed sworn and declared this 20th day of October 1820 in open court
[Signed] Jno McCarthy, Clerk
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