Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 978, Samuel Corwine, New Jersey
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State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County
On this eighteenth day of August A.D. one thousand
eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in
open court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of
Common Pleas now sitting Samuel Corwine a resi-
=dent of the Township of Amwell in the county and
State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according
to Law doth on his oath make the following de-
=claration in order to obtain the benefit of the act
of congress passed June 7th 1832.
	That he was born in the Township of Amwell
and County of Hunterdon aforesaid on the 28th day
of December AD 1762. That his age is recorded in his
family bible which he transferred from his fathers.
	That the following is a true history of his services
during the revolutionary war in the continental line
New Jersey State troops and militia, and that he
served during said war at the following times and
places, and under the hereinafter named officers as
nearly as he can recollect. To wit -
1 That he was drafted on the first of March 1778 as a
militia man in the Township of Amwell aforesaid
and entered the public service under Captain George
Holcomb ^and^ Lieutenant Jacob Runk, that he forgets
the names of the other company officers. But that he
was attached to a regiment commanded by Colonel
George Ely ~~~~
2 That his first tour in the revolutionary war was
the date aforesaid when he marched from Amwell
aforesaid to Elizabeth Town under the aforesaid
officers and remained one month and four days.
3 His second tour was in May 1778 when he marched
from Amwell to Trenton under Captain John Schenck
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attached to the regiment commanded by Col George Ely
and served on month and two days -
4 That on the 2nd day of June 1778 he entered the continen-
=tal line as a substitute for John Corwine in the
nine months service ~ That during this tour he marched
from Mount Holly in Burlington County to Monmouth
under the command of Captain Jeremiah Bellard(?)
Lieutenant Edward Thomas, and Ensign William Tuttle
belonging to the 3d Jersey Regiment commanded by Col
Elias Dayton, and of the brigade of Brig General
William Maxwell ~ That after the battle of
Monmouth in which he was engaged, he marched to
Elizabeth Town under the same officers, remained
there till February 25th 1779 and then got his discharge
5 That on the 8th day of May 1779 he entered again
into the militia service (being drafted) at Elizabeth
Town under Lieutenant John Prall, and remained
there one month and four days.
6 That in May 1780 he was called out upon a gen-
=eral alarm under Captain Philip Snook in the
Township of Amwell aforesaid, and marched to
Springfield in Essex County in the regiment com-
manded by Col George Ely and was in the battle
at this place. That he was out at this time
twenty one days.
7 That on the 1st of July 1780 he enlisted in the Jersey line ^at Bergen Point^
under Captain Jeremiah Bellard, Lieutenant Edward
Thomas, Ensign William Tuttle, attached to the
Regiment commanded by Col Francis Barber, and
to the brigade commanded by Genl Elias Dayton ~
	That within three days after this enlistment
ne joined the continental line under the aforesaid
officers at Tappan in Orange County in the State
of New York
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That he remained at Tappan till the execution of
Major Andre whom he saw hung on the 2nd day of
October 1780. That soon after this he marched to West
point and remained there till about the middle of No=
=vember 1780, and thence to Winter quarters at
Pompton in Bergen County, and remained there
till he was discharged of the 1st of January 1781.
	That he was called out again January the
5th 1781 upon a general alarm at the time of
the revolt of the Pennsylvania line. That he
marched to Princeton Under Captain Philip Snook
Lieutenant Moses Stout attached to the regiment
commanded by Col George Ely and that at this time
he was in the public service twenty five days —
	That he was in the battles of Springfield and
Monmouth. That he knew Generals Maxwell
Dayton Colonels Barber Brearly Majors Bloom=
field Ross and many others — That he got
two discharges given by Col Barber, but that
he has lost them both. That he disgtinctly re=
=members the language of the discharge. To wit
“Samuel Corwine a levy of the County of Hun=
=terdon and State of New Jersey has faithfully
completed his service in the 3d Jersey regiment
	That since the revolutionary war he has
resided in the Township of Amwell aforesaid
where he now resides. That the Reverend
Jacob Kirkpatrick and Nathan Price
and many other persons in his neighborhood
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can testify to his character as a man of truth and
veracity and as to their belief of his statement
of services rendered in the revolutionary was
	That he has no documentary or other written
evidences of his military services. That he be=
=lieves he can establish substantially all he
has herein set forth as to his service by James
Larew, James Agin and Peter Snook if their
testimony can be procured. And he hereby
relinquishes every(?) claim whatever to a pension
or annuity except the present, and declares that
his name is not on the pension roll of the agency
of any State.

Sworn and subscribed	Samuel Corwine
the 18th day of August
1832 In open court

	Richd Coxe


We Jacob Kirkpatrick a clergyman
residing in the Township of Amwell, County
of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey and
Nathan Price ———residing in the
same place do hereby certify that we are
well acquainted with Samuel Corwine who
has subscribed and sworn to the above de=
=claration, that we believe him to be seventy
					years
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of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neigh=
=bourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of
the revolution, and that we concur in that opin=
=ion

Sworn and subscribed
the 18th day of August
AD 1832 in Open Court		J. Kirkpatrick
	George Rea			Nathan Price
James Agin being duly sworn on his oath
saith That he was well acquainted with the within
named applicant Samuel ^Corwine^ as a soldier of the
revolutionary war. That he was with the said
Corwine one month at Elizabeth Town attached to
the same  company and knows that said Corwine
was out more or less during the whole war doing
duty as a soldier
Sworn and subscribed		James Agin
the 18th day of August
1832 in open court
Richd Coxe