I received a copy of the claim for payment for equipment and clothing provided in service of the NY Militia during the War of 1812 for my wife's ancestor Joel Downs. I thought I would share it with the rootsweb message board folks just in case someone was:

1. Working on the Downs family and we could connect;

2. Working on the 1812 period of Washington County History and could help me affirm the regimental activities noted below.

Thanks in advance. This is my wife's line.

Rod Fleck
Forks, WA
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(New York Archives - NYMilitary Equipment Claims, War of 1812)

United States of America

State of Ohio, Trumbull County, ss.

On this 17th day of May A.D. 1859, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and state aforesaid, Joel Downs, age 77 years, a resident of Warren Township in the said county of Trumbull and State of Ohio, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical Joel Downs who was a private in a company of New York Militia commanded by Capt Jehial Dayton in a Regiment commanded by Col. Pliney Adams in the War with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th day of June 1812. That he volunteered at Granville Washington County New York on or about the 23rd day of April 1813, and remained in readiness for service from that day till about the 1st day of September following, when he was ordered into the service by general orders from the Governor of the State of New York, for the defences of Plattsburgh, he marched from Granvill to Burlington in the State of Vermont and from Burlington to Whitehall, NY where he was discharged with the rest of Capt Dayton’ Company, a few days after the battle of Plattsburgh in September 1813.[*] that he received no written discharge, but was honorably discharge at Whitehall as aforesaid for which he has received from the United States his land warrant for 160 acres of land, which warrant he has sold to one Samuel Downs, and cannot now have reference to the same to give its date or number, but he annexes to this application the original notice of the Pension Office that declarants application was received at said Office on the 11th day of April 1855, and was number 62,042. and, that he has not received any portion of the sum directed to be paid him by the Act entitled “An act for the relief of certain Volunteers and Militia called into service for the defence of the frontiers of the State of New York and for other purposes, passed April 21st 1818, and the Act of 9th April 1819. And, further in the performance of the service before recited he furnished at his own expense and cost the following clothing and equipments ad directed by the act to organize the Militia of the State of New York passed March 29th, 1809, and the general orders heretofore referred to
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Which clothing and equipments amounting to one hundred and six and 75/100 dollars were depreciated worn out or destroyed in said service for which he has note received payment in part or whole, which sum is justly due and payable to him with interest thereon for his Services and contingent expenses as Volunteer of said State for its defence in said War, as provided to be paid by the Act entitled “An Act for the relief of certain Volunteers” and passed April 21, 1818 a copy of which is hereunto annexed and to be audited and allowed by the Act of April 15th, 1857. He further declares that at the time he was called into ervice he resided at Hartford in the County of Washington, NY a distance of seventeen miles from Whitehall where he was discharged.


JOEL Downs [his signature]