Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 533, Elisha Coriell, New Jersey
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SERVICE | [No Header] | NUMBER
New Jersey | Coriell, Elisha  | W. 533
                     or Corriell       | B.L.Wf. 26288-160-55
                    |Nancy| 

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22.891
New Jersey
Elisha Corriell
Mid Officer in the State of New Jersey
who was a Drwate in the [illegible] commanded
by Captain Lapardus of the Regt.
commanded by
Col. Crow in the New Jersey
line for 2 Years.
[double line separator]
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
[cut off] the rate of 80 Dollars 00 cents per annum
[cut of] commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of Dec.
1833 and sent to
Mr. Paul olsen Prescott 
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Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '33 $200
Some-and. allowance ending 4 No '36 40
$240
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by [signature] Geo C Stiles Clerk,
Book [handwritten 6. ] Vol. [handwritten 3.] Page [handwritten 106.]
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2215
New Jersey
Nancy Corriell
widow of Elisha Coriell
who served in the Revolutionary
[handwritten NJ]
war, as a [handwritten private]

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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of [handwritten 80] Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.

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Certificate of Pension issued the [handwritten 20] day of [handwritten Sept 1853] and sent to [handwritten Peter P. Runyon] [illegible] [handwritten N.J.]
Recorded on Roll of [illegible] under [illegible]
February 3, 1853, Page [handwritten 91] Vol [handwritten 9]

[written with paper turned 90 degrees clockwise] Died Dec. 8. 1858
See A. B.
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?6.389 Oct 3 [Unknown]
April 25                              } 152

Nancy Coriell
widow of
Elisha Cornell -[unknown] 
Coriell Pn:
Pensioner
Revolutionary War

[Illegible] 53-2215
CW:160 A.C(?) 20156
[unknown]

Peter P. R(?)
New Brunswick
N.J.-

[The following is on the second page]

P. P. Runnyon. Dec; 3. 1853,


Vol. 62-22.

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no 26288(?) May 22/56
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Declaration of Elisha Coriell of Middlesex County 
New Jersey in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress
passed June 7th 1832 -
State of New Jersey
Middlesex County  On this thirtieth day of August 
one thousand eight hundred thirty three formally 
appears before the Judge of the Superior Court of Common 
[?] of the same County of Middlesex Elisha Coriell 
year seventy six years of age of the county of Middlesex 
New Jersey who this date swore on his oath matter 
the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit 
of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
He was born in the year 1756 on the 19th day of September 
as appears from a record of his age in his family bible 
now in his possession. He lives in Middlesex County
when he entered the service [illegible] the war [illegible] 
since birth with the exception of a few years when he 
moved into Somerset County & then returned & 
lives there now. He cannot per [??] & then
[illegible] loss of memory at this distance of 
time [???] positively to the pension benefit of also
his services yet to the bar of his recollection he 
served not less than the periods below mentioned 
& always in the [?] of a private. He entered 
the [??] in the 
[?] company commanded by Capt Jacob 
Van Deventer & Major John Dunn and about
the time the enemy came into New York Bay in 1776,
was indeed not
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In the year 1778 he was out again 
of a month each under Capt Lupardus & Col
Crow engaged at [illegible] along 
the lines in [??] along the shore. He was
not at Monmouth at the Monmouth Battle
there [??] was at that time he remembers in
Piscataway Midx County. In the year
1779 he lived in little manner five times of a
month each under Capt Lupardus, who was
in [?] efficient office in the [??] militia,
& was stationed between [??] & Elizabeth
town 
[?]
deceive parties of the enemy. In the next year 1780
[?]
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He is [?] that he has not told about [??]
for he cannot particularise about his [?];
being frequently called out upon alarms and on emergencies. During these times the [?] he  was actively engaged in the [?] of his county [?] not engaged in any civil pursuit. He never received any written discharge from the service nor has not any documentary evidence of his services but defer to the [?] Ravaud K Rogers a clergyman and Richard E Runyon, both residents in his neighborhood who can attest to his character for [?] Their belief of his services and to Samuel Blackford & David Coriell ____
residents in the same neighborhood who can attest to his services besides whom he does not know of any other living witnesses. He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the interest and declares that his name is not in the pension roll of any agency or any state. And would only express his [?] for these services thus particularised 
I honestly performed to receive in his advanced age some compensation.
Judicated upon to the day 2 years [?]
Peter P Runyon Judge
Elisha Coriell [with an X as his mark]

He Ravaud K. Rogers a clergyman and Richard E. Runyon both residents in the vicinity of Elisha Coriell of Middlesex county of New Jersey who has [??] sworn to the [?] declaration do hereby certify that he and his will acquainted with [illegible] Elisha Coriell. That we believe him to be seventy six years of age. That he
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is reputed I believe to be a soldier of the Revolution in his neighborhood & that we concur in that opinion.
Subscribed & sworn to 
day & year aforesaid
Peter R. Runyon [signature] Judge} Ravaud K. Rodgers [signature] Rich'd [Richard] E. Runyon

I Samuel Blackford of the county of Middlesex New Jersey being duly sworn according to law on his oath said that he is in the seventieth year of his age & is a surviving soldier of the Revolution-that he knows the known male Elisha Coriell/ who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration/from early life that he knows said Coriele [Coriell] was a soldier in the war of the revolution-that he lived with him-that he [illegible]recollects serving with him a tour of one month under Capt. Andarous[Anderson] between Woodlinore [Woodbridge] [illegible] & under Col Crow-[illegible] from his residing in the same vicinity & from his knowledge has no doubt he served [illegible] tour in each of the years '77 '78'79 '80 '81 & '82 - that he believes he always served faithfully-that he said Coriell has always sustained a high reputation in truth [illegible]- & that he has no doubt of the conetnse[countenance] of his entered statement in relation to his revolutionary services & that it is entitled to just credit. 
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid} Samuel Blackford
Peter R. Runyon [signature] Judge}
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1235
Pension
1832 [decoratively]
Peter P Runyon Esq
New Brunswick
N. 9
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of February 3rd 1853

State of New Jersey}
County of Middlesex}

On this twenty second day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid Nancy Coriell a resident of the township of Piscataway in the County of Middlesex and State of New Jersey aged Seventy four years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed February 3rd 1853 that she is the widow of Elisha Coriell who was a Private in the Revolutionary War and received a Pension as such under the act of June 7 1832 at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum payable at Trenton in the State of New Jersey The said Elisha Coriell resided in the County of Middlesex the present residence of this declarant and died there She further declares that she was married to the said Elisha Coriell on the twenty sixth day of July 1806 she being the second wife of the said Elisha Coriell and he being the second husband of this declarant That she has no other record of her said marriage but the family record which is herewith presented and which is taken from the family bible That the said record has been in the possession of this declarant for more than forty years and the same was written
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by the said Elisha Coriell more than forty years ago That her husband the aforesaid Elisha Coriell died on the third day of October 1847 That she was married to him at the time above stated
She further swears that she was a widow at the passage of the act and is still a widow and that she has never before made application for a Pension That by reason of old age and bodily infirmity she is unable to attend in open Court to make this her declaration
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year able written before me} Nancy Coriell [signature]
And I do hereby certify that by reason of old age and bodily infirmity the said Nancy Coriell is unable to attend in open Court to make her declaration for the Pension for which she claims
Peter R Runyon[signature]
Judge of Middlesex Common Pleas

State of New Jersey}
County of Middlesex}
I Nicholas Booream[Booraem] Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of [illegible] [illegible]hereby certify that Peter P Runyon with his genuine Signature appears above is and was at the time of Signing the [illegible]as Judge of the [illegible] Court of Common Pleas[illegible] [illegible] Given; That all his official acts as Such are entitle to full faith and credit;that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record having General [illegible].
Given under my hand & Seal of office at New [illegible] [illegible] this 22nd day of April AD 1853
Nicholas Booraem [signature]
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey
Coriell, Elisha
or Corriell
NUMBER
W. 533
BLH26288-160-55
Nancy
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State of New Jersey
County of Middlesex as on this 17th day of April one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appear before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Nancy Correll aged seventy-five years a widow of Middlesex County in the State of New Jersey who being duly sworn according to law declare that she is the widow of Elisha Correll who was a Revolutionary pensioner at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum and is now deceased that she is in [illegible]  of a Pension under the act of February 3, 1853 for this same amount as own by her late husband payable at the New Jersey agency at Trenton. That her pensioner [illegible] is Recorded in the Pensions Office on the Roll of Pensioner under and February 30 1853 Page 91 vol A 'No 2,215 and dated September 30,1853.
For the service and death of her new husband
as well as her marriage to him she referred 
the Commissioner to her declaration of file
in this Department. She further disclose that she is now a widow. She make this declaration 
for the purpose of obtaining the [illegible] [illegible] to which she may be entitled under this act approved  March 30, 1855  Nancy Coriell

Mr. Richard E. Runyon and Elisha Cornell resident of Middlesex County State of New Jersey upon our oath, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Nancy Coriell in our presence, and we have believe show this appearance as is noteworthy of the applicant
that she is the identical person she represented herself to be and that she is now a widow.

Rich E Rungo
Elisha Coriell
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The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn
to and subscribed before me on the day and year
above written And I certify that I know the 
affiants to be credible persons that the claimant is the
person she represents herself to be that I have her
Pension Certificate in my possession for safe keeping
and for the purpose of deceiving a Power of Attorney to
draw her Pension when due And that I have no interest 
in this claim
Peter P. Runyon
Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey}
County of Middlesex} ss I Nicholas Booream
Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid
do hereby certify that Peter P Runyon whose genuine
Signature appears above is and was at the time of
Signing the same Justice of the peace in and for
the County of Middlesex in the State of New Jersey
duly authorized to administer oaths for general
purposes, and that full faith [illegible] to all
his official acts. I further Certify that said Court 
is a court of record having general Jurisdiction
and [illegible] Seal; and that I have inclosed in this claim
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of office at New Brunswick
this 19th day of April AD 1855
N Booream Esqr
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[typewritten]
October 20, 1936
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BA-J/MCS [handwritten] our [/handwritten]
Elisha Coriell, W.533

Mrs. Charles H. Jenkins
2040 E Street
Lincoln, Nebraska

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request information relative to 
Elisha Coriell, a Revolutionary War soldier from Middlesex County,
New Jersey, who married Mary Covert.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the
 pension claim, W.533, based upon the military service of Elisha Coriell.

He was born September 19, 1756. The place of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.

While a resident of Middlesex County, New Jersey, he enlisted
and served as private with the New Jersey troops as followes "about the time the enemy came into New York Bay in 1776" he served one month inCaptain Jacob Vandeventer's company; in 1777 he served four tours of one month each under Captain Lupardus and Colonel Crow; in 1778 served five tours of one month each under Captain Lupardus and Colonel Crow; in 1779 served five tours of one month each under Captain Lupardus and Colonel Crow; in 1780 served four tours of one month each under Captain Lupardus and Colonel Crow; in 1782 served three tours of one month each under Captain Lupardus and Colonel Crow.

Elisha Coriell was allowed pension on his application executed August 30, 1833, at which time he was living in Middlesex County, New Jersey, and he stated that he had always lived there with the exception of a few years when he lived in Somerset County.

He died October 3 or 4, 1847, in Middlesex County, New Jersey.
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Elisha Coriell married May 3, 1783, Mary Covert. The date of her death was not given. He married July 26, 1806, Mrs. Nancy Dunn. As Nancy Bebout she had married Simon Dunn on January 5, 1797. The date of death of Simon Dunn was not shown.

As the widow of Elisha Coriell, Nancy Coriell was allowed pension on her application executed March 22, 1853, at which time she was seventy-four years of age and was living in Piscataway Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey.

Nancy Coriell died December 8, 1857.

Children of Elisha and Mary Coriell:
Sarah         born May          1, 1794
Anne         "         January.  10, 1785
Elizabeth   "         May          3, 1789
Ephraim     "         November 21, 1791, living in Piscataway Township in 1853
Sarah the second " August  16, 1793
[underlined] Else " December 23, 1795
Harriet        "           May          9, 1799
David.        "              June       12, 1804

In 1833 one David Coriell, resident of Middlesex County, stated that he knew the soldier during the Revolutionary War, relationship not shown. In 1853 Israel R. Coriell, aged sixty-three years and resident of Piscataway Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, stated that the soldier was his uncle. In 1855 one Elisha Coriell was living in Middlesex County, New Jersey, relationship not shown.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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24.810
Elisha Conell's
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Application for a
Pension, under the
act of 183
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Original

James Randolph,
Agent
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Middlesex County for David Corriell of Midsx County N. Jersey who being duly sworn on his oath saith that he is well acquainted with Elisha Corriel who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration [illegible] early life - that
he has always resided in his neighborhood & 
did so reside owing the war of the revolution - that he knows said Elisha Conniel was a soldier of the revolution - that he was a good soldier & served faithfully during the war - that he well remembers said Corriel served in the year '76 a term of a month under Capt Ian Deventer at Amboy - that he well remembers he served several tours in each of the subsequent years
' 77 '78 '79 '80 & '81 - He also talks whether to add that the said Corriel has always as a man
sustained a high reputation for truth veracity & probity - that his long &  intimate acquaintance with him has no doubt of the truth & correctness of his entire statement in relation
to his revolutionary service & that  his statement is entitled to full credit

David J. Corriell

Subscribed & sworn to
the day & year aforesaid

Peter P. Runyon Judge
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As is the ? ? ? hereby declares ??
after the investigation of the matter 





New Jersey Corielli or Corrielli Elisha N. 533
Nancy B. L. H 26288-160-55
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Elisha Coriell

A (?)
Private 2 years
Elisha Coriell
?
?

J F Randolph 

New Brunswick
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office

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 show 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, facilitate the investigation of your claim.

[table]
[title] A Statement, showing the Service of Elisha Coriell
[table headings]
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.

[table is blank]

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J.L. Edwards,
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, Boatment, &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] 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 } ss.

On this [blank] day of [blank blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank]
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: [blank]

[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. [glyph of hand pointing right] 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 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 observed the day and year aforesaid, [blank] 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 herunto 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 [handwritten parenthesis] 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 [blank] of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &c.

[The following two paragraphs have handwritten parentheses around them for emphasis]
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 [close parentheses]

[handwritten]

Some better confirmation of term in view of legal obligations [illegible], must be given & [illegible]
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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.

(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 and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,
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 paper 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, 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.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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[Hand 1]
State of New Jersey
County of Middlesex)

Before me the [illegible] one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County and State [illegible] and personally appeared Israel R. Coriell aged sixty three years & resident of the township of Piscataway, County of Middlesex and State of New Jersey who being duly swore according to law upon his oath doth approve and say that he was ell acquainted with Elisha Coriell who was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the rate of eighty dollars per annum as he has understood and believed that the said Elisha Coriell was his uncle and died in the County of Middlesex some five or six years ago and Mrs. Nancy Coriell who is this [illegible] has understood and believes is an [illegible] for a Pension in right of her late husband the late Elisha Coriell deceased is still the widow of the same Elisha Coriell deceased the identical person who died a Pensioner of the New Jersey agency of Trenton that the [illegible] widow of the [illegible] Elisha Coriell [illegible] will survives him and resides in the same neighborhood with this [illegible]

Israel R. Coriell

[hand 2]
I vow to and [illegible] before me the 2nd day of September 1853 and I also certify that the above named Israel R. Coriell is a reputable person that his statements are entitled to full evidence He having been for a long time Postmaster of the village of New Market and held that office until quite lately
Peter P Runyon
Justice of the Peace
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State of New Jersey}
County of Middlesex} ss On this eighth day of
September one thousand
eight hundred and fifty three before me a Justice
of the Peace within and for the County and State
aforesaid personally appeared Ephraim Coriell aged sixty two years
a resident of the township of Piscataway in the
County and State aforesaid who being duly
sworn according to law upon his oath doth
depose and say that he is the son of Elisha
Coriell by his first wife that the said Elisha
Coriell was a Pensioner of the United States
at the rate of eighty dollars per annum for
his services rendered by him in the Revolutionary 
War that the said Pension was drawn at Trenton
State of New Jersey That his said father the said
Elisha Coriell was married to Nancy Dunn
for his second wife some time in the year 1800
That the said Elisha Coriell died in the County
of Middlesex on third day of October 1847 that
Nancy Coriell was left his widow and has
remained his widow everer since and is
now the widow of Elisha Coriell deceased the
identical person who drew a Pension as a
Revolutionary soldier at the rate of eighty
dollars per annum at the New Jersey agency
of
Trenton That she now resides within right
of
this deponents premises and he therefore
knows what he has stated to be true
Ephraim Coriell
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
before me And I do certify that the above named
Ephraim Coriell is a credible person and that his
statements are entitled to full credit and belief
Peter P. Runyon
Justice of the Peace
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State of New Jersey}
County of Middlesex} ss
On this seventeenth day of
September one thousand
eight hundred and fifty three before me a
Justice of the Peace within and for the County
and State aforesaid personally appeared Dr
Elias Runyon aged sixty eight years a resident
of the township of Piscataway in the County
of Middlesex and State of New Jersey who being
duly sworn according to law on his oath doth
depose and say that he was well acquainted with
Elisha Coriell in his life time was
his family Physician for more than thirty
years, knows that he drew a Pension as a
Revolutionary soldier at the rate of eighty
dollars per annum at the New Jersey agency
at Trenton in said state, was well acquainted with
Nancy Coriell who is now his widow,
that she has been a widow since the death
of the said Elisha Correll which was in the fall
of the year 1847, that he knows that Nancy
Coriell who he understands is applying for
a Pension in Right of the said Elisha Coriell
is the widow of the identical Elisha Coriell
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the
United States at the rate of eighty dollars per annum
and who is now dead, that he was acquainted
with both of them before their marriage
and that the name of the said Nancy was Nancy
Dunn before her marriage with the said Elisha.
Elias Runyon
Sworn to me the day and year above mentioned
And I do certify that I am well acquainted with the
said Elias Runyon that he is a reputable physician [illegible]
living in the neighborhood of the late Elisha Coriell and that his
statements are entitled to full credit
Peter P. Runyon
Justice of the Peace
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State of New Jersey}
County of Middlesex} ss I Nicholas Boream Clerk of the circuit
Court in and for the County State above [illegible]
service, do hereby Certify that Peter P Runyon
these genuine Signatures appear above was at
the time of signings the same as Justice of the
peace in and for the County & State aforesaid
duly Commissioned and sworn, that all his 
aforesaid
seals are as such are [illegible] entitled to full faith & credit
and that the aforesaid County Court is
case of deceased Court of Land hereby General Lucas [illegible]
Given under my hand & seal of
officer at New Brunswick this
21st day of September AD 1853
N. Booream, Clk
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New Brunswick, N. Jersey Sepr 21st 1853
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
Please find supplemental
evidence of the Dentity of Nancy Coriell
and Beershaba Manning which it 
is trusted will be satisfactory Both of
these widows filed a certificate of the
Court of Common Pleas of Middlesex
County that satisfactory proof had been
exhibited to said Court of the death of
their husbands who were Pensioners and
that they respectively were the widows
of Elisha Coriell and Benjamin 
Manning. I presume these certificates are
on file in the Department else they could
not have drawn the arrears of Pension
of their husbands respectfully
With great respect
Peter P. Runyon
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Brief in the case of [handwritten] Nancy Corriell widow of Elisha,
Middlesex [end handwritten] County and State of [handwritten] New Jersey, [end handwritten] act [handwritten] 3d, July, 1853

______
_____
Claim, ("original," [crossed out or ("for increase,")]
Proof exhibited, (if original,)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

My husband was a pensioner under the act of 7 June, 1832.
Record evidence of Marriage.

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

[handwritten] Peter P Runyon, Esqr,
New Brunswick [end handwritten]
Name and residence of Agent

[handwritten] N Jersey, J. C. Boynton [end handwritten]
Examining Clerk
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Pension Office
27 Sept. 1853,
Sir:
Please certify the time to
which the within named pension
was paid or the date of his death
Very Respectfully,
S Merder
For the Commission

Elisha Corriell, Act 32
$80.00 pr an: Died 4th
October 1847 Paid to 
his death.
F Burt
Auditor
Francis Burt, Esqr
[illegible] Auditor, Treasury
Page 33

Rec: Ev: Ma:  "3d Oct: 47"
"Boynton"
Page 34

No. 1235.
Nancy Coriell
widow of Elisha

Let to P. Runyon
25th June / 03
Page 35

26,288

[illegible]
Page 36

Three stamps at top of page:
RECEIVED OCT 1 1936 [illegible]
RECEIVED SEP 25 1936 [illegible]
SEP 29 1936
Mrs. G.H. [illegible]
(document is upside down and backwards)
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Mrs. Charles H. Jenkins, Genealogist
Twenty-forty E Street
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA

September 21, 1936

[handwritten in the top right corner]
N0801 P
9-30-36
JM

No TEC. Pew 9/29
Cant ident
9/26/36 W
[end handwritten]

The Veterans Administration,
Bureau of Pensions, Rev. Section,
Washington, D.C.;

Dear Sirs:

I am informed that one [handwritten 801 above and underline below Elisha Coriell] of New Jersey, made application for a pension. His wife was Mary Covert. He served from Middlesex County, New Jersey, and he had the following children:

Ephraim
Elizabeth, m. Zacharia Pound
Anna, m. David La Forge
Sally, unmarried
Harriett, m. David Van Kirk
Eunice
Maria, m. Isaac Van Nostrand
Caroline, m. Ralph Conover

I would appreciate it very much if you would send me any data you may have in your office concerning this Elisha [handwritten circle around and ? below Covert.]
[handwritten] meant for Coriell, I assume
must be [end handwriten]

Very Sincerely Yours
[signature] Mrs. C. H. Jenkins
th: CHJ

[Stamp in lower right corner:
RECEIVED
SEP 23 1936
MAIL SUS-DIV
VETS, ADM 29]
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1936. Oct. 20 Hist to N [illegible]
Charles H. Jenkins w [illegible]
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 533
Nancy Coriell
Widow
Elisha Coriell
Priv. Rev War
Feb. 3. 1853.
Index:--Vol. A, Page 141
[Arrangement of 1870.]