{"content":[{"text":"Pension Application for Peter Doxtator or Doxtater or Doxstater Dachstader, \n Dackstader, Dockstader, etc. \n S.23199 \n State of New York \n County of Jefferson SS. \n On this 11th day of September personally appeared in open court before the Judges \n of the court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Jefferson aforesaid now sitting Peter \n Doxtater a resident of Ellisburgh in the County of Jefferson & State of New York aged Eighty \n one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following \n declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. \n That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers \n & served as herein stated.) to wit.—That during the Revolutionary war he resided in the \n Town or place called German Flats, on the Mohawk river in the State of New York & that \n during the whole war that section of the country being infested with the Indians an armed \n force was kept up the whole time, consisting of the Militia of that section & volunteers \n armed. That at the commencement of the war the precise time not remembered, he \n volunteered entered the service as a soldier in a regiment commanded by Col. Frederick \n Bellinger (1), Major George Witherick (2) in a company commanded by Capt. Henry Harter. \n (3) \n The employment of the company was to guard the [?] of the inhabitants & to protect \n the people while laboring & to form & send out what were called Scouting parties or Indian \n spies. A part of the force was employed regularly in keeping guard and the part was out \n scouting & another part stood as minute men, ready to turn out any moment. In harvest \n time of the year 1783 thinks though not certain as to the year, he was called the Oriskany \n battle (4) with the Indians about 30 miles from his place of residence under the command \n of Gen’l Herkimer who was severely wounded in the thigh & Col. Bellinger was taken \n prisoner. That the Indians were determined to have him at any rate & therefore he moved \n from his residence to Albany (6) for his safety. The service in which he was engaged was \n such that he was not associated with any continental troops as he recollects or if he was \n their officers and other particulars respecting them are forgotten. \n He has never had any written discharge, nor does he know of any person living who \n can testify to his services except Jacob Weaver, whose affidavit is hereto annexed.— \n He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present & \n declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. (Signed with \n his mark) Peter Doxtater. \n Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid. P. Burch Clerk.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.091018,"width":0.764796,"height":0.5524689999999999}},{"text":"24th Congress, 1st Session Ho. of Reps. \n [Rep. No. 59] \n Peter Doxtator and Jacob Weaver \n January 5, 1836, Mr. Wardwell, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pension made the \n following REPORT: \n That these applications for pension were made at the last Congress. A favorable \n report was made by the committee on the 25th March 1834. A bill for the relief of the \n petitioners passed the House. The committee now refer to the facts stated in that report and \n make the same a part of this report, and herewith present a bill. \n The Committee on Revolutionary Pensions have had under consideration the several \n applications of Peter Doxtator and Jacob Weaver, and report thereon: \n It appears from the declarations of the applicants, that they served in the \n revolutionary war, in a regiment of militia commanded by Colonel Frederick Bellinger, and \n in a company commanded by Captain Henry Horter [Harter], all of the State of New York; \n that they were employed some portion of each year during the war, in active service. \n They state, under oath, that they knew each other to have been in the service; that they","bbox":{"left":0.121216,"top":0.657469,"width":0.7612530000000001,"height":0.250293}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}