Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1087, for Joseph Price, New Jersey
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(8-1776)*

SERVICE                                       NUMBER

New Jersey    Price, Joseph          S1087

                                                     carded
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[a page from a book - right hand side]

New Jersey. 9506.
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Joseph Price
of Eliz-town [Elizabeth Town] in the State of 
New Jersey
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Wade. of the Regt. [Regiment] commanded
by Col: [Colonel] Spencer in the New Jersey.
line for 15 mos.

$50 00/100
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Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey.
at the rate of 50 Dollars 00. Cents per annum,
[paper torn - missing word] commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
___________________________________________

Certificate of Pension issued the 
23 day of May, 1833, and sent to
F. B. Chetwood. Eliztown [Elizabeth Town]
New Jersey
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833   100.00

Semi-anl. allowance ending 
4 Septr. 1833                                     25.00            

                                                       $125.00
                                                      __________

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer, Clerk,
Book E.  Vol. 3.  Page 125:
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed
June 7, 1832

State of New Jersey
Borough of Elizabeth  Ss.

On this tenth day of December Eighteen Hundred
and Thirty two personally appeared in open Court, before
the Court of Common Pleas of the Borough of Elizabeth
now sitting: Joseph Price a resident of the township of
Elizabeth in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey
aged Seventy five years the eighth day of June last
who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his
oath make the following declaration in order to obtain
the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 
June 7, 1832.

He was born in the township of Elizabeth aforesaid on
the eighth day of June 1757 and has resided in the same place ever since -
The Record of his age was in his fathers
family Bible which has been taken away by some of the
family, and can not be procured by him -
That He entered the service of the United States under
the following named officers and served as herein stated.
In the first part of the month of June in the year
1776 he entered the militia of New Jersey as a volunteer
in the company commanded by 
Captn. Nehemiah Wade
and was stationed at Elizabeth Town Point on the Sound
opposite Staten Island, and assisted in throwing up
fortifications to prevent the crossing of the British who had
just before that time landed at Staten Island. does
not recollect the names of the other officers of the
company. he remained on duty at that station until the
month of November following - about two months after
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the commencement of his service Captn Wade died and
was buried in Elizabeth Town - at the Death of
Captn: Wade,
David Thompson took command of the company
and he continued in his company until the month
of November at which time he was put in the company
commanded by Captain William Brittin and
remained under him [strikeout] at the 
Elizabeth Town Point
until the American Army retreated through 
Elizabeth Town in November '76 at which time he also
retreated with Captn Brittin to New Brunswick =,
and from there was ordered with the company to
Morristown in the county of Morris - where he remained
on duty in the militia until the month of January or 
first of February 1777 at which time Captain Brittin moved
his company to Chatham in the county of Morris where
he remained on duty under Capt Brittin until February
was nearly expired - He can not recollect with
certainty who the Field officers were but he believes
Col Edmund Thomas commanded the Regiment part of the
time afore mentioned - until the retreat and 
Col Oliver Spencer command the residue of the time mentioned -
Immediately after his service had expired in the
militia under Captn: Brittin he again volunteered, in the
service of the United States, with 
Captn: William Brittin
who took command of the company for 3 months
service, in the State Troops and served in his company for the space of
3 months - during the 3 months service with
Captn Brittin he was stationed a part of the time at Chatham
part of the time at Springfield, but the greater part
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of the service was performed at Elizabeth Town
aforesaid, part of the time guarding the town and part of the
time on duty at the fortifications at the Point -
Col Oliver Spencer commanded the regiment while
he performed the three months service -

In the summer of 1777 he was enrolled in the militia
and was put in a class and called out very
frequently during the war = he was stationed one month in
the township of Rahway in the summer of '77 but can not
say with certainty the particular month it was - he was
called out on duty and served at Blazing Star in Rahway
township in the company commanded by 
Captn. Daniel Wood- the British lay on Staten Island
opposite the station he was placed at.

From this time until the close of the war he continued
in the service of the militia and the first three years
of the war he was on monthly duty very often, almost
every other month [he was on monthly duty - struck out] and was stationed
the principal part of the time at Elizabeth Town
and Elizabeth Town point, but was sometimes called
on duty at a distance from home - He never hired
a Substitute for him but always performed his tour
of duty when his turn came -

He can not specify with particularity the months he
served during the war but like most of the militia
who remained true to the country during the war, he
served a number of months in every year from the
commencement to the close of the Revolution, 
but more particularly in the first 3 or 4 years of it
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He was on a tour of monthly duty at the time the
Greens came to Elizabeth Town from Staten Island
and he pursued them with the company to which he
belonged, through Newark to Hackensack in the county
of Bergen - but he does not recollect who commanded his Company -
In June 1780 he was on monthly duty and went to the
Battles of Springfield, and Connecticut Farms - at the
engagement at the farms he was in the Company of
Captn William Brittin - The battle continued until the afternoon
when the British retreated to Elizabeth Town Point - They
burnt the Church and dwelling houses at the Farms - he recollects that
the wife of Mr Caldwell the Clergyman was killed
that day - The Hessians were commanded by
Gen. Knyphausen - he thinks Col. Elias Dayton
was at
the Battle with a regiment of Continental troops 

The Battle at Springfield took place a short time
after the battle at the Farms - the British burnt the
Church and dwelling houses at that place also - after
the battle had been fought until late in the afternoon
the British retreated to Elizabeth Town Point, and
in the night time crossed over to Staten Island on
a Bridge of Boats -
Towards the close of the war, the correct time he
is not able to be qualified to, but in the season for
harvest, he was taken prisoner from his fathers house
in the middle of the night, and the same night
Captn: Obad Meeker Captn: Stephen Chandler and others
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in all amounting to 17 in number, by the refugees
and carried to the Sugar House in the City of New York and there confined 42 days at which time he
was exchanged - 

He marched on a monthly tour in the militia under
General Winds in pursuit of the Indians to Pensylvania [sic],
and served a month at that time, but can not
recollect the captain who commanded the Company he was
in at that time with certainty but believes it was
Captain Stephen Chandler -

He has performed monthly duty in the militia
under Captains William Brittin, Nehemiah Wade,
David Thompson, Daniel Wood, 
Capten -- Herriman, Jacob Crane,
Matthias Potter, Stephen Chandler,
Capten. -- Horton and others whom he can not 
recollect
and the different services under all, he verily believes
would exceed two years - From the length of time
since the war it is impossible to mention many
of his services rendered during the Revolution and
Elihu Bond who served with him in the early part
of the war is the only person he knows who is living
by whom he can prove any of his actual services whose
testimony will be annexed thereto.

He has no documentary evidence of either service
or discharge at any time during the war ,and does not
recollect that he ever received either -

He was acquainted in the time of the war with
Col Elias Dayton, Col. Francis Barber 
Col. Mat. Ogden
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Col. DeHart, [General Winds struck out], 
Captn: Thomas Morrell
(and others whom he does not now recollect.) of the Continental Army -

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 to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
in open Court

Joseph Price

We David Magie a Clergyman residing in the
township of Elizabeth and David Price residing
in the township of Elizabeth hereby certify that we
are well acquainted with Joseph Price who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration;
that we believe him to be Seventy five years of age,
that he is reputed and believed in the 
neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of
the Revolution and that we concur in that
opinion.

Sworn and Subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
in open Court

David Magie
David Price

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion
after the investigation of the matter and after
finding
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the interrogatories presented by the War department
that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier
and served as he states, and the Court further certifies
that it appears to them that David Magie who has signed
the preceeding [sic] certificate is a Clergyman resident in the
township of Elizabeth in the County of Essex and State
of New Jersey and that David Price who has also signed the same is a resident in the said township of
Elizabeth and is a credible person and that their statement
is entitled to credit.

I. Francis B Chetwood Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas of the Borough of Elizabeth, in the County of Essex
and State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the
said Court in the matter of the application of 
Joseph Price
for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office this
tenth day of December Eighteen Hundred
and Thirty two -

F. B. Chetwood.  Clk

[A seal is affixed to the left of the above.]
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State of New Jersey
Borough of Elizabeth  Ss.

Personally appeared before me
Francis B. Chetwood Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas of the Borough of Elizabeth in the County of Essex and
State of New Jersey, Joseph Price, who is the same Joseph Price
who subscribed and was sworn to the annexed Declaration who
being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age
and the consequent loss of memory he can not swear positively
as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best
of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned
below and in the following grades: For twelve months I
served as a private soldier in the New Jersey Militia -
For three months I served as a private soldier in the New
Jersey State Troops, and for such service I claim a pension.

Subscribed and sworn before
me this Ninth day of January
Eighteen hundred and Thirty Three

Joseph Price

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed the
seal of the said Court at Elizabeth
Town in the Borough aforesaid the
day and year above written

[Seal affixed to left]

F. B. Chetwood  Clk
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New Jersey
[B]orough of Elisabeth  Ss:

Personally appeared before me Elijah Kellogg
one of the Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas of the Borough of Elisabeth Elihu Bond of the township
of Union in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey of
full age, who is known to me to be a man of strict veracity and
his statement entitled to full credit, and being duly sworn according
to law on his oath says that he is well acquainted with
Joseph Price of the township of Elisabeth in the County and State
aforesaid, that he knew him at the commencement of the Revolutionary
War and has known him ever since, that at the commencement
of the war he resided a near neighbour to him, and has resided
in the same vicinity with him ever since - That in the month
of June 1776 the said Joseph volunteered in the service of the United
States and joined the New Jersey Militia in the township of Elisabeth
and entered the company commanded by Captain Nehemiah Wade
and was stationed at Elisabeth Town Point and assisted
in erecting the fort on the shore at that place, and continued
in that station two more successive months under Captain David Thompson
That at the time of the retreat of Washington
with the army through New Jersey in the month of November
the said Joseph was in the company commanded by
Captain William Brittin and remained in the militia with this
deponent until the month of February 1777, that he marched in
the same company under Captain Brittin from between
New Brunswick & Bound Brook to Morristown in the county of
Morris and remained there and at Chatham in the same
county until February aforesaid, at which time the said Joseph
entered the 3 months service in the company commanded by
Captain William Brittin and continued therein until the
expiration of the time of 3 months, and was stationed at
Chatham, Springfield and Elisabeth Town during that service
That from the expiration of the 3 months service he knows that
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the said Joseph continued in the service of the Militia from
that time till the close of the war, and performed his monthly
tours of duty frequently during the war but he can not 
specify with certainty the particular months he served
nor the officers under whom he served  He recollects
that the said Joseph went with the Militia from
Elizabeth Town under General Windes to Pensylvania in pursuit
of the Indians at Wyoming but cannot say how long
he was on duty at that time, he went with the company
commanded by Captain Stephen Chandler of Elizabeth Town
He recollects that the said Joseph was taken prisoner
by the refugees in the night time and was carried to the
Sugar house in the City of New York together with other
neighbours and confined there about Six weeks, he doesn't
recollect to say with certainty, the year but recollects that
it was in the wheat harvest  And this deponent further
says that he does not recollect whether he served in the same
company with the said Joseph after the 3 months service, and
thinks from that circumstance that they must have been in
different classes  and further saith not

Subscribed & Sworn this 14 day of December     A D 1832 before me

Elihu Bond

Elijah Kellogg  Alderman

State of New Jersey
Borough of Elizabeth   Ss

I, Francis B. Chetwood Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the Borough of Elizabeth being a Court of Records in the
County of Essex and State of New Jersey do hereby certify that
Elijah Kellogg before whom the above affidavit of Elihu Bond was taken & subscribed
at the time of taking the said affidavit was and still is an Alderman
of the Borough of Elizabeth and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of
the said Borough residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn, and
as such is authorised to take affidavits and I do further certify that
I am well acquainted with the hand writing
of the said Elijah Kellogg
and that the signature "Elijah Kellogg, Alderman" to the
the above affidavit subscribed is the genuine signature of the said
Alderman & Judge

In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my name, and affixed the seal of said Court
at Elizabeth Town aforesaid the 15 day of December Eighteen Hundred and thirty two

F. B. Chetwood,  Clk

[To the left is a round spot that held the seal.]
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No 29081 - /
Joseph Price N.J.

Adm for 15 Months

F B Chetwood  agt

Elizabethborough, N.J.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
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Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.


A Statement, shewing the Service of Joseph Price of Elizabeth borough New Jersey 
____________________________________
Period when service was rendered.
____________________________________
Vol. --- 1776
Vol ---  1777
Duration of the
claimant's service.
__________________
about 8 Months.
3 months
__________________
Rank of
claimant.
__________
Private
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Names and rank of the Field
officers under whom he served.
_________________________________
thinks cols Edmund Thomas ----
Cols Oliver Spencer
Capt Daniel Wood
Capt Wm Brittin
" Nehemiah Wade
" David Thompson
" Daniel Wood
" ------- Herriman
" Jacob Crane
" Matthias Potter
" Stephen Chandler
" Horton & others
_________________________________
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
______________________________________________
Township of Elizabeth - 
State of New Jersey
Aged 75
_______________________________________________
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
______________________________________________
Traditionary & Living witness

Alleges that in 1777 he was enrolled &
classed & very often called out on
service during the war - he continued
in the militia service & the first
3 years of the war he was on monthly
duty very often, almost every other
month -- he served a number of months
in each year from the commencement
to the close of the war but more
particularly in the first 3 or 4 years of
it - Towards the close of the war he was
taken prisoner from his fathers house &
[illegible] confined in the Sugar House 42 days
& then exchanged --

Thinks his whole Service to
have Exceeded two years



I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS.
Commissioner of Pensions.
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2
REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers" all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular
places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, 
non-commissioned officers, mucicians [musicians] or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
Count of ┃  ss.
On this      day of
personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of     in the county of
and State, Territory or District
of    aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)  with       and
served in the      (e) regiment of the
line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
I             of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of            for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of          & c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
                   ,who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,            Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this      day of         & c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission;
but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted;
and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; 
where have you lived since the Revolutionary war,
and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you
drafted,
did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, 
who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6/ To a Soldier
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, 
and if so, by whom was it given,
and what has become of it?
6. To an Officer.
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate 
vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether 
any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of 
bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform.
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in 
case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure,
taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, 
showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will
follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, 
he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods 
of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine 
to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case 
where the applicant cannot by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, 
he should amend his declaration by making
an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who,
being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For ___ year ___ months, and ___ days,
I served as a ___ ___. For ___ months and ___ days, I served as a ___ ___ ; and for such service I claim a pension."
is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase "about three or four months",
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority;
that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. [i] [i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the
witnesses 
and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [illegible] 
are all equally applicable to the cases of Miltia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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[Handwritten and printed in a book]

INVALID

ile No. 1087  [first letter missing]

Rev War [written diagonally]
Joseph Price
Priv. N.J. Line.

Act: June 7. 1832.
Index:-Vol.  A, Page 302

[Arrangement of 1870.]

[A checkmark was written on bottom of page.]
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[Handwritten and printed in a book]

Joseph Price

Payments to be made
at Trenton
by Ph. Dickinson
[illegible] Trenton Bank [illegible] Co.
Agent for paying Pensioners,
in the Agency of
New Jersey

#1087

Recorded in the Pension Office,
in Book E. Vol. 3.
Page 125 by Wm. R. Palmer
Clerk.
Page 19

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United
States of the 7th of June, 1832, Joseph Price.
of the State of New Jersey.
who was a Private in the Army
of the Revolution
is entitled to receive Fifty dollars
per annum, during his natural life, commencing
on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable 
semi-annually on the
4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United
States, this 23 day of
May. one thousand
eight hundred and thirty. three.

Examined and
Countersigned.

J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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[Entries in a book of pension payments]

June 8. 1833  Paid to Mar 4 1833

Sept 19. 1833 Paid to Sept 4. 1833

Mar 8. 1834 Paid to Mar 4. 1834

Sept 12. 1834 Paid to Sept 1834

Mar 10 1834 Paid to Mar 4 1835

Sep 29 1835 Paid to Sepr 4 1835

Mar 9 1836 Paid to Mar 4 1836

Sepr 10 1836 Paid to Sepr 4 1836

Mar 19 Paid to 4 Mar 1837

Paid to 4 Sepr 1837

Paid to 4 Mar 1838

Paid to 4 Sepr 1838

Paid to Mar 4, 1839

Paid to 4 Sep 1839

Paid to 4 Mar 1840

No. 9506 [written vertically over the entries]