{"content":[{"text":"resided near each other at a place called German Flats, on the Mohawk river, in the State \n of New York. Said Weaver, under oath, states that the time he was actually employed on \n active duty as a soldier was at least three years. The said Doxtator, under oath, states \n that “his service during the whole time was, sometimes a day or two, sometimes a week, \n and sometimes a month at a time.” “And he further says that he is sure that, during the \n war, the amount of time that he was on active duty, as a soldier, would be at least three \n years.” These applications have been rejected at the War Department, on the ground that \n they did not specify the particular periods of service agreeably to the rules of that \n department. The traditionary evidence is such as is required by the Department, and their \n characters are vouched for as unexceptionable. \n End Notes—S.23199—Peter Doxtater \n 1. Frederick Bellinger was the Lieutenant-Colonel of Peter Bellinger’s Fourth Regiment of \n Tryon County Militia. \n 2. George Witherink (Widerig, Witerig, Widrig, etc.) served as a private in Captain Henry \n Herter’s Company in Colonel Bellinger’s Regiment. George Widrick was appointed \n Captain on February 11, 1789 in Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant Henry Staring’s \n Regiment of Montgomery County Militia. FROM: Military Minutes of the Council of \n Appointments of the State of New York 1785-1821, ed. Hugh Hastings, James B. Lyon, \n State Printer, Albany 1901, Vol I, p 151. \n 3. Two dated muster rolls for Captain Herter’s Company and shows service for Peter as \n follows: 1779. June 7 days, July 12 days, Aug 14 days, Sept 1 day, Oct 5 days and \n Nov 0 days. 1780. March 2 days, April 6 days, May 6 days, June 5 days, July 1 day, \n Aug 4 days, Sept 1 day, Oct 1 day, Nov 5 days and Dec 0 days. FROM: Revolutionary \n War Rolls 1775-1783, Series M-246, Roll 72, folder 78, National Archives, Washington, \n D.C. \n 4. The Battle of Oriskany was fought on August 6, 1777. \n 5. Brigadier General Nicholas Herkimer was wounded. His wound was so severe that his \n leg was amputated and from this surgery he died August 17, 1777. Lieutenant-Colonel \n Frederick Bellinger was taken prisoner and he was released or exchanged in 1778. \n 6. A Peter Dockstader is found as a private in Captain Nicholas Staats’ Company in \n Colonel Kilian Van Rensselaer’s Fourth Regiment of Albany County Militia.","bbox":{"left":0.129843,"top":0.091018,"width":0.752829,"height":0.48231699999999994}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}