Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33365, for Benjamin Landon, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey
Landon, Benjamin
or Landen.
NUMBER
S 33365
{B. L. Wt. 8490-100
Issued Mch 24, 1790
No papers
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CONTENTS
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RD Salmons Apl 1, 1853

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d. Dec 19, 1820

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9105.
New Jersey
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Benjamin Landon
of Sussex in the state of N Jersey
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Shrive of the N Jersey
line, for the term of 7 years
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Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 20 of April 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 9 of April
and sent to Ono Ogden
Newtown N Jersey
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Arrears to 4th of Mar 19  83.96
Semi-anl. all'ce ending Sept 19  48
10 11/30 4/?  $131.96

{ Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818. }
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Copy of
Benjamin Landon
Affidavit
Sussex Co. N. Jersey
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Newton township.
[faint] Cons
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District of New Jersey
Sussex County
On this fifth day of June at a Session
began on the fourth Tuesday of May in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally
appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Inferior
Court of Common Pleas of the County of Sussex and
State of New Jersey the said Court of Common Pleas
being a Court of Record in the said County of Sussex
being constituted and established as a court of Record
by the laws of the State of New Jersey having a seal with
power to fine and imprison and an unlimited jurisdiction
in civil cases and whose Judge to me only reversible
by and of error at common law and now sitting
at Newton in and for the said County of the time of May
Benjamin Landon of the age of seventy eight years resident
in the Township of Kowlton [Newton?] in the County of Sussex and
State of New Jersey who being first duly sworn according
to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the
Revolutionary war as follows He enlisted in the company
commanded by Capt Henry Luce in the Regiment
commanded by Colo Israel Shreeve [Shreve] in General Maxfields [Maxwell?]
brigade of the New Jersey troops in the year one thousand
seven hundred and seventy five or six at Hackettstown
in New Jersey during the war and was discharged
at [illegible] Burg at the close of the war and was at the
battles of Monmouth, Bunkershill, Trenton and at York
in Virginia, in which last place he received a wound
in his leg with a bomb shell
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That on the 20th day April in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighteen he applied for a pension at the
rate of eight dollars per month he being a private in the army
as aforesaid and on the 9th day of April in the year one thousand
eight hundred and nineteen obtained a certificate under
the hand and seal of C. Calhoun Secretary at war of
the United States numbered 9105, payable on the 4th of March
& 4th of September annually at the Trenton Banking Company.
And I do hereby solemly swear that I was on the 18th day of
March Anno Domini 1818 a resident citizen of the United States
and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in
any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof
with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself
within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act
to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and
naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary war
passed on the 18th March 1818. And that I have not nor
has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts
or debts due to me nor have any income other than what is
contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
And this deponent further saith that he is aged seventy
eight years and on account of his age and infirmity (he having
received a severe wound in the army as aforesaid)
is incapable of supporting himself, that he has no wife nor
family nor has he any trade that he has been supported
by the Township of Independence for twelve years last
past except the last year when in consequence of the reception
of the pension as aforesaid the further assistance of the township
as aforesaid was withdrawn, and this deponent considers
himself in such indigent circumstances in to be unable to support
himself without the assistance of his country except by public
or private charity

Benjamin Landon

Sworn in open court and declared
the 5th day of June AD 1820
John Ogden
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Schedule of property
Real estate None
Personal estate None

Sworn in open court and declared
this 5th day of June 1820
John Ogden

It is the opinion of the Court that the applicant has no property
neither real or personal
John Ogden

I Ephraim [illegible] Clerk of the
Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the
foregoing oath and the Schedule
thereto annexed are truly copied
from the records of the said Court
and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said
Court that the applicant has no property neither real
nor personal, In Testimony whereof I have hereto
set my hand and affixed the seal of the said
Court on this thirteenth day of July A.D. 1820

E [illegible] Clerk of the sd
Court for the County of Sussex
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Benjamin Landon
21 Apl 1818 private
Shreves regt New Jersey
76 Seven years

Admitted
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I John Ogden Judge as aforesaid the certify that it appears
to my satisfaction that the said Benjamin Landon
did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceeding
Declaration against the common enemy and I Now
Transmit the proceedings and Testimony taken and had
Before me to the Secatory of the department of war
present [pursuant] to the direction of the aforementioned act
of Congress

And I do also certify that I verily Believe according
to my own knowledge of the applicant that
he is Truly poor and Stands very much in need
of Some asistence from his Country as he has been
a Towns Charge for five years already
As witness my hand this 20 day of April 1818

John Ogden

State of New Jersey
Sussex County ss
I Ephraim Geisel Junr Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County
of Sussex do certify that John Ogden Esq before
whom the foregoing affidavit appears to
have been made, and who has thereunto
Subscribed his name, was at the taking
and signing the same one of the Judges of the Court
of Common Pleas in & for said County duly Commissioned
and sworn into office, and to all his acts as such
full faith and credit is and ought to be given

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed the Seal of Sussex County Court
this fourth day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen
hundred and Eighteen

E Geisel Junr
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New Jersey Sussex County
on the Twentyeth day of Aprill 1818 Before me the Subscriber
one of the Judges of the Cort of Common pleas in
and for said County personally appeared Benjamin Landon
aged seventy six years Resident in the County of Sussex
and State of New Jersey who being by me first Sworn
according to Law doth on his oath make the folowing
declaration in order to obtain the provision made
By the Late act of Congress Entitled an act of provide
for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval
Service of the united States in the Revolutionary war
that he the said Benjamin Landon Enlisted in the
year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Six in the County
of Sussex and State of New Jersey in the company commanded
By Captain Henry Luse in Cornl Isarel Sreeveses
Rigment [Israel Shreeves' Regiment] of the Jersey Line that he continued to serve
In said Corps or Service of the United States for seven years
and did the duty of a common Soldier and was discharged
from said service which discharge this deponant saith
he has lost and that he was in the Battle at Quebeck
and also in the Monmouth Battle and several others
and that he is in Reduced Surcumstances and stands in
Need of his Country's assistance for support and that he has
no other evidence now in his power of his said service

Benjamin Landen

Sworn and declared before
me this Twentyeth day
of Aprill Eighteen hundred
and Eighteen

John Ogden
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September 4, 1936.
BA-J/ILL
Benjamin Landon
S. 33365

Mrs. H. W. Smith
16 Wall Street, Room 2
New York City, New York.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Revolutionary War record of Benjamin Landon, or Langdon, of New
Jersey, a pensioner.

The data given herein were found in pension claim, S. 33365,
based upon service of Benjamin Landon in the Revolutionary War.

Benjamin Landon, the name shown Landen also, enlisted sometime
in 1775, in Hackettstown, New Jersey, served as private in
Captain Henry Luse's company, Colonel Israel Shreve's New Jersey
regiment, was in the battles of Bunker Hill, Quebec, Trenton, Monmouth,
and "York", Virginia, where he was wounded in his leg, and was discharged at the expiration of service of seven years.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 20,
1818, at which time he resided in Sussex County, New Jersey. He was
aged then seventy-six years, the date and place of his birth not shown.
In 1820, he resided in Newton Township, in said Sussex County, New
Jersey. His name was borne on the pension roll as Landon.

Benjamin Landon died December 19, 1820.

It was not stated whether or not the soldier was ever married.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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33365
Revy INVALID.
File No. 33365
Benjamin Landon
Pri Rev War
Act: 18th March 18"
Index:--Vol. 2, Page 237
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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1914 Oct 29: History to Mrs.
Jeannette S. [Landon letter m
Claim S. 22.873 Nathaniel Landon
M. B. H.
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1936- Sept. 4- Hist. to Mrs. H. M. Smith
ILL
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.  3--525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.
In reply to your request of ___, received ___, 19__
for a statement of the military history of Benjamin Landen or Landon
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's)[crossed out] application for
pension on file in this Bureau.
S. F. 33.365

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. 1775 or 1776
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 7 years
RANK.Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. Henry Luce
COLONEL. Israel Shreve
STATE. N.J.

Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill; Quebec; Trenton, Monmouth, York where wounded in leg
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted in Hackettstown, N.J.
Date of application for pension, Apr 20. 1818. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Sussex Co. N.J. Knowlton Twp said co. in 1840
Newton [written under "Knowlton"]
Age at date of application, 76 years.
Remarks: He died Dec. 19, 1820. There is no family data on file.
The only Benjamin Landen or Landon found on the Rev War rec. of this Bureau.

Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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New York City
Aug 17 1936
Veterans Administration
Washington DC

Gentlemen

Will you please be good
enough to send me all of the
information that your Revolutionary
War Records contain as to the
history of one Benjamin Landon
or Langdon, who served with the
Sussex County or Morris County
(N.J.) Militia, enlisting at the
age of 17 or 18. I am told that
he received a pension in
later years.

Thanking you in anticipation, 
I am

Yours very truly
Mrs H M Smith
Room 2
16 Wall St
New York City