Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10050, Jacob Garretson, New Jersey Pa. Sea Service
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
New Jersey
Pa Sea Service

Garretson, Jacob
Melicent or Milicent

NUMBER
W. 10050
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6.295
2d Comp troller June 17, 1859

Indiana, New Albany
Melicent Garretson widow of Jacob, who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private.
N.J.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 18th of Septr., 1854 and sent to Gamaliel Garretson.
New Albany, Inda.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act 
February 2, 1848 Page 327 Vol. 3

Oct 26 - 1854
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26565

Indiana

Jacob Garretson
[blank] Floyd Co in the state of Indiana
who was a private in the Corn commander
[blank] Captain Dummurs of the regt. commander
[blank] Cob- in the New Jersey
[blank]  for 6 months 7

Pa State Navy

Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate
of 20 Dollars = Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Mar.
1834 and. Nean John
Carr ??pe

Arrears to the 4th of March
Semi-anl. allowance ending[illegible]

60.00
10.00
--------
$70.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7 Page 112
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Ind.
29.963
Jacob Garretson

his Cam Ind
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State of Indiana
Floyd County ss } On this 3d day of March
1834 personally appeared before the Commissioners Court of the County of Floyd in open Court now sitting, Jacob Garretson a resident of Floyd County State of Indiana aged seventy nine 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1838.

That he entered the service of the United 
States & served as follows--
In the year 1776 he was drafted (he thinks in the month of September) at Gloucester County State of New Jersey under Capt John Summers & was marched to Trenton & returned at
this time in the service one month he then returned to Gloucester-
In the following [again' crossed out] he volunteered under Capt. Price and was marched to Summerset [Somerset], and remained there
one month. Then returned to Gloucester.  
In the winter following ['was' crossed out]  volunteered under Capt Robert Snell and was
marched to Hattenfield & was stationed
there & remained there two months
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The Militia were then ordered to the sea shore to guard the salt [illegible].  In this service he volunteered again under Capt Robert Snell Jr. & marched to Summers point & served a four
4 months tour--

He next volunteered under Capt. S. Decater & served a town under 3 him of three months - in guarding the sea shore between Cape Henlopen & Shrewsbury-

He next volunteered under Capt. Enoch 
Stillwell and went on board of the sc[h]ooner Hawk ,and was taken prisoner by the tories & refugees under Goodrich & then unto New
York & put on a prisonship called the guard hope & kept on board of said Ship one month & was then exchanged & returned home making
a tour including the time imprisoned of two months

Then volunteered under Capt Summards & went on board of a twenty gun ship called the Morning Star, and was taken by the Machin Frigate, & by the British taken to Charleston
South Carolina, & there put on board of a prison ship & kept a 
prisoner nine months - then made my
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escape with two others John McDonald & William Carydon— I returned to Gloucester in the fall of 1781 making a term including this imprisonment of one year—

In November 1781- he volunteered under Capt. Enoch Willis & went to from Great Egg harbor to little Egg harbor & was engaged Several times with the tories & at S? in a boat on Shore & took at war in this Service [underlined: two months] that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service— He hereby relinquishes any 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.

He was born in Gloucester County State of New Jersey in the year 1755 has no record of his age, was living in Gloucester Counth State of New Jersey when called into service time the Revolutionary war ? in New Jersey until 1820. Then moved to Lloyd County Indiana where he now lives— he volunteered in the Service— The names of his
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was Capt. John Summer- Capt. Wm Price
Robert Snell Sr, Robert Snell Jr, Col Summers, Capt. Bunter, Capt. Enoch Stillwell, Capt. Summers
He is acquainted with Frederick Reasor, William Williams, Jacob Garratson.
Sworn & subscribed to in open Court this 3d day of March 1834.
H. Scribner, Clerk

I, W Frederick Reasor, a Clergyman residing in the County of Floyd & State of Indiana, & William Withers, residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well-acquainted with Sarah Garratson, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him
to be seventy-nine years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier
of the revolution
Frederick Reasor
Wm Williams
Philip Engleman
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid
H. Scribner, Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion after the investigation of the matter
and after putting the interrogators presented 
by the war department, that the above-named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, and
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Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Fredrick Reasor, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in Floyd County, that William Williams & Philip Engleman, who have also reported the same, are residents in the County of Floyd in the neighborhood of the said applicant, and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.

I, Harvey Scribner, Clerk of the Commissioners
Court for the County of Lloyd State of Indiana
do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 3d day of March 1834.
Harvey Scribner Clerk
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12721.
Millicent Garrison
Indiana
Act of July '38
Ser. before 94
& 16 Apr '36
Capt 36
Admd
6 Mo. Pri.
20 from
Capt. 36
-----
also Acts 43 & 44
20
Hon. T.J Henley
H.R.
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State of Indiana, Floyd County SS
On this 27th day of April 1844, personally appeared before the Hon. W. T. Otto, Rachel and William Williams and William Underhill associates, composing the Floyd County Circuit Court in said State, now in session, Millicent Garretson, a resident of said Floyd County Indiana, aged Seventy-Eight years, on the 11th day of February 1844, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed July 7th, 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pension to certain widows," and on the 3 day of March 1844 and of the 17th day of June one and the same.
She states that she is the widow of Jacob
Garetson decd who was a Private in the
army of the United States in the revolutionary
war and who was at the time of his death a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, and for evidence of his service as such soldier she refers to his declaration and other testimonies on file in the Pension office. She further declares that she was married to said
Jacob Garritson on the 20th day of October 1784 in the State of New Jersey. She also states that her said husband died in Floyd County Indiana, on the sixteenth day of April 1836. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but that the said Mariage took place previous to the first day of January 1794 by the time above stated. She also states that she has no record of her said marriage except
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an entry made in her family Bible which agrees with the foregoing statement, but which must have been made some time after said marriage as her said Family Bible was published as shown by its title page in 1811.
She has no other record evidence of the time
of his said marriage. 
Milicent Garretson
Her mark X
Subscribed & from to in open court, April 27th, 1844.
Henry W Smith
Clerk

And Swain Townsand, being also duly sworn, says that he is well-acquainted with Mrs. Milicent Garretson, the foregoing applicant.
He became acquainted with her and her
deceased husband in 1804. They were there
recognized as husband and wife throughout
the neighborhood in which they resided
in New Jersey. He further states that their
oldest child was then to wit in 1804, grown
into manhood. He further states that he fully believes the statements made by her in the foregoing application. He also states that said applicant is the widow of said Jacob Garretson decd.
Swain Townsend
Subscribed & from to in Open Court April 27th 1846.
Henry W Smith, Clerk
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And John Jones being also duly sworn says
that he is well acquainted with Mrs Milicent
Garretson the foregoing applicant. He became
acquainted with her and her deceased husband
as long ago as 1807 or 1808 in New Jesey. They were then recognized as husband and wife
and their oldest child was then 20 or 21 years
old. He further states that said Jacob Garretson
her husband was a revolutionary pensioner of
the United States and that he said Jacob died on the sixteenth day of April in the year 1836 at the County of Floyd aforesaid. He also states that he particularly noted the time of his death being on the day before that of deponents birth day of that year - She, the said Milicent is still the widow of said Jacob and that he deponent has full confidence in the truth of her foregoing statement.
John Jones
Subscribed & sworn to in open}
Court April 27th 1846}
Henry W Smith Clerk}

And the court order is to be certified that the said Townsend and Jones one Creditable Citizens of said County of Floyd

State of Indiana}
Floyd County ss]
I Henry W Smith Clerk of the Floyd Circuit Court do certify the foregoing to be a true [Struck Thru - copy of the] Record of proceedings had before said Court in the case
of the application of Milicent Garretson on
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Said 27th day of April 1846,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at the Court House in the City of New Albany in the day and year last above written.
 Henry W Smith, Clerk

   I am personally acquainted with the witnesses, whose names are subscribed in the foregoing affidavits and know them to be persons of strict veracity 
May 4th 1846.     Thos J Henley

[document turned 1/4 clockwise:]
12,721
Melicent Garretson
...
Ind a
Act of July 38
.. before 94-
d 16 apl. 36
admd
6 mo 1 ni
______________
20  from
[illegible] 36
_________________
also Acts 43 & 44
20

Hon T. J Henley
A.R.
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29/963
Jacob Garretson
Indiana

e

from 17 ----[illegible]
6 ~  $20.


Hon: John Carr
N. R.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
Mar 17, 1834
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 compling [sic] with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, shewing the service of Jacob Garretson
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Period when the service was rendered.| Duration of the claimant's service.| Years.|Months.|Days. | Rank of the Claimant.| Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.  | Proof by which the declaration is supported.
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[handwritten across the columns:]
This applicant can only be allowed six
months services. His term of service was for only
one month each, and no allowance can be made
for the time confined as a prisoner unless the claimant
was engaged in the public service. 
Schoon Rank
engaged in the public service. The Schooner Rank & [illegible]
Star - to which he belonged were private armed vessels.

I am, respectfully
In every case the [illegible]  Your obedient servant,
paper should be returned to this    JAMES L. EDWARDS,
office.    Commissioner of Pensions.
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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 [sic (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}
County of         }
On this  [blank]  day of  [blank]  personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of  [blank]  in the county of  [blank ] 
and State, Territory or District
of  [blank] aged (c)   [blank] 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)  [blank]     , with  [blank ]  and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the  [blank] 
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  [blank]
     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  [blank]  of the Court of  [blank]  do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of  [blank]  
for a pension.
     In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this  [blank]
day of    [blank]  & 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  [blank]  and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with  [blank] who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be  [blank] 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   [blank  ]    and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the  [blank ]  
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,  [blank]  Clerk of the Court of  [blank]  
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of  [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this [blank] day of   [blank]  &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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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?
     {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 inquiry 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.
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[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."
It 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)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 Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who we 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 (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia 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.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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March 22, 1934
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Jacob Garretson-W.10050
BA-J/AWF
[illegible initials]
Mrs. A. L. Howes
2230 Oak Street
Quincy, Illinois

Dear Madam:

       Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Jacob and William Garrison.

       Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war. A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the Revolutionary War service of William Garrison; the surname has been searched under similar spellings.

       The data furnished below were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 10050, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Jacob Garrettson.

       Jacob Garretson was born in the year 1755 in Gloucester County, New Jersey, names of parents not shown.

       Jacob Garretson enlisted in September, 1776 and served in various tours of a month or two each in the New Jersey militia, under Captains John Somers, William Price, Robert Snell, Sr., Robert Snell, Jr., Decatur, Enoch Willis and Colonel Somers; length of service thirteen months. He also served one month on board the schooner ""Hawk", Captain Enoch Stillwell,
was taken prisoner, held on prison ship one month, when exchanged; also three months on board "Morning Star ", Captain Simmons, taken prisoner, carried to
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Charleston, South Carolina, where held on prison ship nine months, when he made his escape.

       The soldier, Jacob Garretson, was allowed pension on his application executed March 3, 1834, then living in Floyd County, Indiana. He died there April 16, 1836.

       Jacob Garretson married October 21, 1784 in Gloucester County, New Jersey, Millicent or Melicent, who was born February 11, 1768. Her maiden name is not shown, nor is it stated where she was born.

       The widow, Millicent (Melicent) Garretson, was allowed pension on her application executed, April 27, 1846, while a resident of Floyd County, Indiana. She died October 26, 1854.

      Their children were referred to, Gamaliel
is the only name given; he was living in 1854 in Floyd County, Indiana.

Very truly yours


A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Pension Office
Sept 14, 1854
Sir
Please state to what date the pension of the within named Milicent Garretson was paid.
Very Respectfully
S. Cole
for Comm
Third audr. &c.

No payments appear in this case-
W. H. Z. Taylor
Actg.  3rd. Audr.

W Randall
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF/eel 

 April 3, 1929

Mrs. George E. Moriarty
226 Miami Avenue East
Logansport, Indiana
Madam:

     I advise you from the papers in the  Revolutionary War pension claim, W.10050, it appears that Jacob Garretson was born in 1755, in Gloucester County, New Jersey.

     He was drafted in Gloucester County, New Jersey, in September, 1776, and served thirteen months as a private, at various times, under Captains John Somers; William Price, Robert Snell, Senior, Robert Snell, Junior; Decatur;
Enoch Willis and Colonel Somers in the New Jersey Militia.
     He also served one month under Captain Enoch Stillwell on board the schooner ""Hawk", was taken prisoner and held on prison ship one month when he was exchanged; also three
months under Captain Simmons on board the ship, "Morning Star, taken prisoner, carried to Charleston, South Carolina [illegible] prison ship nine months when he made his
escape.
     
He was allowed pension on his application executed
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March 3, 1834, at which time he was living in Floyd County, Indiana. He died there April 16, 1856.
     The soldier married, October 21, 1784, Milicent, her maiden name not given, she was born February 11, 1768. She was allowed pension on her application executed April
27, 1846, at which time she was living in Floyd County, Indiana.
           Children are referred to, their oldest being a son, no names are given.
Respectfully,

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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[a typewritten form with columns:] 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  |  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  |  RANK.  |  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED | STAFF.
CAPTAIN.   |   COLONEL.
_____________________________________________
[handwritten along lines of tabulated columns:]
Sept. 1776| 13 mos. as| Pvt. |at various times under Capt'' John Summers
Wm'' Price,| Robert |Snell Sr.|, Robert Snell Jr.|; Decatur and En|och Willis
and Col.| Summers| New | Jersey militia | and
one month | under| Capt.| Enoch Stillwell| on board |Schooner
Hawk, wa|s taken | prisoner|, put on prison Ship| for one month and |then exchanged
also 3 mo|s under| Cap|t. Summons on | Ship Morning S|tar; taken 
prisoner, |carried| to Charleston, S.C. there| put in prison |ship, and 
kept nine| months| when | he made his escape.
______________________________________________
Battles engaged in,  [checkmark]
Residence of soldier at enlistment,  Drafted in Gloucester Co. N.J.
Date of application for pension, Mch 3, 1834 His cl was al
Residence at date of application,  Floyd Co. Ind.
Age at date of applicaton, {(79 yrs.) crossed out] born Gloucester Co. at J 1755
died Floyd Co. Ind Apt. 16, 1836
Remarks:  Soldier married Oct. 21, 1784 Milicent ___ who was born Feb'y 11, 1768.
She was allowed pension in an application executed Apr. 27, 1846 while a resident of Floyd Co. Ind.  Children referred to, the eldest a son, no names stated.
No other than above
Very respectfully,
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Quincy Illinois, 
2230 Oak St.
Mar. 8, 1934.
Mr. A.D. Hiller,
asst. to Administrator
Veterans Bureau,   Miss Ford
JS
Dear Sir:
     Would you please give me a transcript of the Revolutionary War Record of Jacob OK Garrison (Garretson) born in Glouchester Co, N.J. 1755, died in Galena, Ind. 1836. and of Capt. [checkmark] William Garrison 
all sp
born in Deerfield, N. J. 1742 and died there 1785   .
     All information available concerning these men will be greatly appreciated. Am trying to prove myself to be ^an off spring of some of these Garrisons to become a D.A.R.
     Received a very fine account of Joel Garrison's record from you a few weeks ago and wish to thank you most sincerely for your kindness.
     Sincerely, Mrs. A. L. Howes.
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DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

OLDE TOWNE CHAPTER
LOGANSPORT, INDIANA
228 Maimi Ave

[Departmental Stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
F
AUG 21 1928

Com. of Pensions
Dept of the Interior
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir

Will you kindly advise me as to Revolutionary Record concerning the Pension of Jacob Garretson (Garritson) who served with New Jersey troops in the Revolution. 
Thanking you for past forms I am
Sincerely
(Mrs. Geo E.) Fannie B. Moriarty
Register
Olde Towne Chap.
D. A. R.
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THE MICHIGAN SOCIETY
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

[HAND WRITTEN - REV 1 E/B]

PRESIDENT
GENERAL CHARLES A. COOLIDGE, U.S.A.
DETROIT

VICE-PRESIDENT
CHARLES M. ALDEN
GRAND RAPIDS

VICE-PRESIDENT
DR. WILLBERT B. HINSDALE
ANN ARBOR

SECRETARY
RAYMOND E. VAN SYCKLE
DETROIT

[SOAR LOGO]

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
1729 FORD BUILDING
DETROIT  -  MICHIGAN

REGISTRAR
FRANKLIN S. DEWEY
DETROIT

CHAPLAIN 
REV. JOSEPH A. VANCE. D. D.
DETROIT

HISTORIAN
WILLIAM L. JENKS
PORT HURON

TREASURER
FRANK G. SMITH    PENSION OFFICE STAMP
DETROIT                   JAN 17 1921 

jAN 25, 1921     

Commissioner of Pensions: -

Sir:-  

Please mail Revolutionary War Record and family date contained in application and pension record of

JACOB GARRETSON, N.J. bn Oct 1755, died Galena, Indiana, April 15, 1836.

wife Millicent who drew pension until her death Oct 16, 1854.  

Respectfully yours

Raymond E. Van Syckle [signature]
Secretary
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Detroit, Mich., Nov. 5th, 1908.
Honorable Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Membership in the Sons of the American Revolution. --
Jacob Garretson is supposed to have been a pensioner; born 1755, died 1834; served as a private in the War of the Revolution, from Middlesex County, N. J.
If you can give me information as to whether or not Mr. Garretson was a pensioner, I will be very thankful to you,
Yours truly,
F S Griffin
Address
1022 Majestic Building
Detroit Mich.

[Departmental Stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
A
NOV 9 1908
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3 -- 871.
---
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
---
Briefed by L.D.L.
Claim No. ...
Certificate No. ...
Claimant ...
Soldier Jacob Garretson
Service N.J.
Additional Service Rev. War
No. ... claim, State records ... 190 ...
No claim, combination records ... 190 ...
REMARKS:
No claim, except
W. #10050
...
D - 8    Chief Division
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Huntington, Indiana,
Nov. 8. 1897.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
DEar SIr:
Will you please give
me all the information you are able concerning a Jacob Garrison
who was a private in the Revolutionary War, and who
joined the Army from Middlesex County
New Jersey?

Respectfully
Rose H. Forman
(STAMP
PENSION OFFICE
U S
NOV 11 1897)
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[Left page]

Miss Rose H. Forman
Huntington, Ind.
Sept 1998
J K Walters
Pension Bureau

[illegible] W.6097
1908 Nov. 19 Hist. to
F. S. Griffin, U. S. M.
1921 Feby 16 Hist to Raymond Van Syckle
1929 - April 3 - Hist to [page cut off]
George E. Moriarity- [cut off]
1934  [illegible] 22 - hist [illegible]
A. L . Howes [illegible]


[Right Side]

Revy    10.050

WIDOW, &c.

File No.  10050
Melicent Garretson
Wid. of
Jacob Garretson
Pvt Rev. War

Act: Feby, 2, [illegible]

Index: -- Vol.  A  ,  Page  263

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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12721
May 6 46
8613
be id '43
ad 44 515
Milicent Garrettson
Jny 7. 1898

Tho J Henley

J. L. Edwards
Com of Pension
Washington
City

Hon T J Henley
HR
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New Albany Indiana Sept 7th 1854

To -  -  Esq Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

Dear Sir   If there should be defects in the document in which  this is inclosed, to defeat the object thereof, please to inform me or Mr. Kent the pension agent at this place , what they are, as I do not claim perfection in making out pension claims.  

Gamaliel Garretson 
Ator for
Millicent Garretson

Bela C. Kent
New Albany
Ind.
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Melicent Garritson
widow of Jacob
Ind
Act 2d Feby 1848
Admitted at $20 per annum
from March 4, 1848.

Certificate payable to
the Claimant

Atty
Gamaliel Garritson
New Albany
Ind
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Brief in the case of Melicent Garretson, widow of Jacob
Floyd County and State of Indiana
act July 7. 1838. &c
---
Claim, ("origina", [Struck Thru - or "for increase"]
Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
This claimant's husband was pensioned under acts of 1832 at $20.
She was pensioned under act of 1838, 1843 & 1844.
Renewed under act of Feby 2, 1848 on proof that the claimant is still living

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Name and residence of Agent
Gamaliel Garretson
New Albany Ind

S.G. Dodge
Examining Clerk.
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Reported
G. Garretson Sept 16. 1854

7735
Indiana New Albany
---
Melicent Garretson
widow of Jacob Garret
who was a Private
in the Revolution
husband died 16th April 1836
---
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
20  Dollars ----
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
---
Certificate of Pension issued the
9th day of May 1836
and sent to
Hon. T. J. Henly
House of Reps
---
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
& 17th June, 1844
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 218
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State of Indiana}
Floyd  County   }  SS   On this 18th day of August 1854 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace of said County Millicent Garretson a resident of said County of Floyd and State of Indiana, aged 86 years, "who being first duly sworn in according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the acts of Congress, passed on the 7th day of July 1838 March 3"1843 and June 17"1844 and especially of February 2" 1848 Granting pensions to Widows of persons who served in the Revolutionary war - (act of June 7th 1832)  That she is the widow of Jacob Garretson, who was a private in the militia, and a pensioner of the United States for services in the Revolutionary war - for several years provided to his death -- And that the amount that he received was $20 per year - that he drew his pension at New Albany, Indiana (in this County)

She further states that she was married to the said Jacob on the 21st day of October 1784 in Gloster County State of New Jersey -- and that her husband the said Jacob died on the 16 day of April 1836 in said Floyd County and that she has remained a widow ever since that time as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed --

That she drew 11 or 12 dollars of pension that was due her husband at the time of his death, and that she applied for a pension
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some eight or nine years agow but failed on the account of the required proof of marriage by the then existing laws.

That she has in her possession a Bible Record of her marriage, of the bearths of her children and of the death of her husband, which she has had for forty years --

And [illegible]] sais  not  

Millicent   her X mark  Garretson

Witnesses

John Jackson
Samuel H Foley

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
 Jacob T Smith
Justice of the Peace

State of Indiana}
Floyd County    }  SS   On this 18th day of August 1854 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace of said County William Williams Jacob Miller and Charles Frederick -- and on oath say that they and each of them are personally acquainted with Millicent Garretson who has made the above Declaration and have been for 25 or 30 years.  That they have full confidence in all that she has stated in said declaration, and that she has even supported a good reputation.  That for truth and honesty she has never been questioned in the community --

They also state that they had been personally acquainted with Jacob Garretson of said Floyd County for 12 or 14 years previous to his decease - that he and the said Millicent lived together as husband and wife and was recognized as sutch by  their
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neighbors and in community  --And that the said Millicent Garretson and several of her children still live in the county --  And the said Millicent has remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband -- And further say not
Samuel Williams
Jacob Miller
Charles Frederick

Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written before me  
Jacob J. Smith ( seal)
Justice of the Peace

Personally appeared before me this 18th day of August 1854 Gamaliel Garretson of said County son of the said Jacob Garretson and on oath states that he is positive that his Father the said Jacob was a pensioner of the United States for services in the Revolutionary war.  And that he Receives $20 per year for some years previous to his death -- And further says not   
Gamaliel Garretson

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year 
above written before me
Jacob J. Smith
Justice of the Peace

I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Millicent Garretson who has made the above declaration and have full confidence in all the statements therein made by her.  And that I am also personally acquainted with all of the persons who have subscribed to the above affidavit, and say that they are each of them persons of
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Respectability and of undoubted veracity -- that they all live in said Floyd County --  And further say that [word crossed out] the said 
declarant is not able to attend Court --

Given under my hand and seal as such Justice this 18 day of August 1854
Jacob J Smith
Justice of the Peace

State of Indiana
Floyd County  SS

I, Salem P. Town clerk of the Floyd Circuit Court hereby certify that Jacob T. Smith whose genuine signature is attached to the foregoing certificate of affidavit, is and was at the time  the same was taken an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified and all his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit.  

Witness my hand and the seal of said Court hereto affixed at New Albany the 7th day of September 1854


Salem P. Town, CLK
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[Large blank ink smudged at the top of page]

New Albany postal stamp,  date illegible
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10006
Indiana
=================
Melicent Garretson widow of Jacob Garretson who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died in the 16th April, 1836 of Floyd Co. in the state of Indiana who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Summers of the Regt commanded by Col. ____ in the Revolution line for 6 months.
==================
Inscribed on the Roll of New Albany at the rate of 20 d0llars __ cents per annum, to commence on the [4th day of March, 1836 crossed out] 16th April, 1836.
==================
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of May 1846 and sent to Hon. T.J. Henly, House of Reps.
==================
Total amount,              $ _______
[Act July 7, 1838.]

Record by Tho. Lumpkin Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1, Page 425.