Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1128, Joshua Townley, New Jersey
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(3--1776)

SERVICE
New Jersey

Townley, Joshua

NUMBER
S.1128.

carded

CONTENTS
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28189 New Jersey

Joshua Townley of Elizabeth Bor. in the State of New Jersey who was a Corpl & Sgt. in the Compy commanded by Captain Morrison of the Regt. commanded by Col Ogden in the N. Jersey line for 6 months Corpl 18 months Sergt.

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey at the rate of 112 Dollars --- Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of April 1834_ and sent to Hon. T. Frelinghuysen U.S. Senate

Arrears to the 4th of Mar '34  $336.00
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep 34  56.00
----
$392.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Jno Cromwell Clerk
Book E Vol [ink smeared] Page 133.

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let. to Hon T Frelinghuysen
3 April 1834

Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838 from 4th March to 15 May 1840. Agt notified 26. May 1844
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office

May 19th, 1841.

Sir : 

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of Joshua Townley a Pensioner on the Roll of the New Jersey Agency, at the rate of one hundred & twelve Dollars and ----------- Cents ["and" and "Cents" is crossed out] per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, to the 15th May 1840.

Respectfully yours,
[signature]Albion H. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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J. L. Edwards Esq
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Elizabeth Town N. J March 21. 1834

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir

Herewith I transmit my Pension Certificate, also the affidavits of James Wilkock and Jesse Baldwin to my services as a Sergeant, in the three years Continental service_ which documents are transmitted for the prupose of obtaining the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832. Please forward my certificate under the act 7th June 1832 to the Honorable Theodore Frelinghuysen Senator & if at Washington, or in his absence to F. B. Chetwood at Eliz. Town N.J.
[signature]Joshua Townley
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State of New Jersey
Borough of Elizabeth ss

Personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the Borough of Elizabeth in the State aforesaid, Joshua Townley of the said Borough aged seventy seven years, who being duly sworn on his oath says, that his name is enrolled upon the Pension Roll under the act of the 18th of March 1818 and that since his enrollment under the said act he has continued thereon and has regularly received his pension up to the 4th of March instant,-- That on the first of January 1777 he enlisted as a Sergeant in the three years services of the Continental army, in the First Jersey Regiment, in the company of Captain Isaac Morrison, under the command of Colonel Matthias Ogden and served three years as a sergeant in said company; that he now resides in the Borough aforesaid and has resided in said Borough ever since the Revolutionary War_

[signature]Joshua Townley

Subscribed and sworn this 21st day of March AD 1834 before me

[signature]Elijah Kellogg


State of New Jersey 
Borough of Elizabeth ss

I Francis B Chetwood Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and and for the Borough of Elizabeth, hereby certify that Elijah Kellogg before whom the foregoing affidavit was subscribed and sworn at the time of taking the same was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said Borough, duly commissioned and sworn, residing therein and as such is authorized to take affidavits, and I further certify that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge, and that the signature "Elijah Kellogg" to the said affidavit subscribed is genuine_

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this twenty first day of March AD. 1834
[seal appears to the left of this paragraph]

[signature]F. B. Chetwood. Clerk
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Joshua Townley
Morrisons Co.
Ogdens [illegible] New
Jersey Regt.
on the rolls
Apr 14 [year unclear]
GB

Ex & found to be correct

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90
22
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112

Elizth Townley
Apr. 11.--

Honble. J. C. Calhoun
Secretary at War
Washington
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On this tenth_ day of April eighteen hundred & eighteen before me Shephard Kollock one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Essex in the State of New Jersey personally appears Joshua Townley aged sixty years resident in Elizabethtown in the County & State aforesaid who being  by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war"_ That he the said Joshua Townley enlisted in Essex County aforesaid in the Continental service for three years on the first of January one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven in Captain Morrison's Company of the first New Jersey Regiment commanded by Colo. Matthias Ogden & that he continued to serve therein during the whole of the said term & was regularly discharged in the month of January one thousand seven hundred & eighty_ That he was in the battle of Germantown_ & is now in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support_ And that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services on account of the loss of his dis_
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-charge

[signature]Joshua Townley

Sworn to & declared the day & year aforesaid before me---
Shephard Kollock, Judge of the Pleas for said county

I Shephard Kollock one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Essex in the State of New Jersey, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Joshua Townley did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common Enemy, & I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress_

Given at Elizabeth Town this tenth day of April eighteen hundred & eighteen_

[signature]Shephard Kollock

[the words "Seal of the Court" appear and are encircled by a wavy line]


New Jersey
Essex County SS.

I Silas Whitehead Clerk of the court of common pleas for said County, do certify that Shepard Kollock Esqr
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before whom the foregoing testimony and procedings were taken and had, is a judge of said court, and that the name of Shepard Kollock subscribed to the said procedings is the proper signature of the said Shepard Kollock Espqure_

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said court this tenth day of April A.D. 1818_
[seal appears to the left of this paragraph]

[signature]Silas Whitehead Clk
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Elizth. Town.
Jan. 7.

Free.

Honble. J. C. Calhoun Secretary at War
Washington

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Mr. Boyd[underlined]
Joshua Townley
Cap. Morrisons Co.
Col. Ogden's Regt.
1 New Jersey Essex line

Correct 
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Apr 9 /18
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I Joshua Townley a citizen of the United States, residing in Elizabeth town in the county of Essex & State of New Jersey, do solemnly depose & declare that I enlisted in the Continental service for three years on the first of January One thousand seven hundred & seventy seven in Capt. Morrison's Company of the first New Jersey Regt commanded by Colo. Matthias Ogden & that I continued to serve therein, during the whole of said term, & was regularly discharged in the month of January One thousand seven hundred & eighty, after three years service in the New Jersey line upon Continental establishment, during the revolutionary war, against the common enemy_ And I do further solemnly depose & declare, that from my reduced circumstances I need the assistance of my country for support. That he received [illegible] regularly but has lost it

[signature]Joshua Townley

Sworn before me the 6th day of April 1818
William S Pennington District Judge

I William S Pennington District Judge of the United States in and for the New Jersey District, being satisfied that the before named applicant Joshua Townley served in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy on the continental Establishment for nine months and upwards, Do hereby certify that the foregoing Declaration on oath was taken before me as therein Set forth [illegible] see which is respectfully transmitted to the Secretary of War

[signature]William S Pennington

I Wm. Pennington Clerk of the District of New Jersey to certify that the signature to this
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instruments is the proper hand writing of Wm. S. Pennington Esqr Judge of the United Statez District Courtz for the district of New Jersey._

As witness my hand and the Seal of the said District Court at New Ark this 6th day of April Anno Domini 1818.__
[seal appears to the left of this paragraph]

[signature]Wm Pennington
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Joshua Townley
Elizabethtown
New Jersey
(486)
(Sept 1818)

Send to
George C Barber Esqr
Elizabeth town
New Jersey
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State of New Jersey_ss:

On the Sixth Day of June Eighteen hundred and twenty personally appeared in open Court in the Court of Common Pleas of the Borough of Elizabeth in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, being a Court of record for the said Borough, and constituted such by an act of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey passed the twenty Eighth day of December One thousand Seven hundred and Eighty nine, Joshua Townley aged Sixty-two years, resident in Elizabeth_Town in the Borough, County and State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutinary War as follows, namely in the Company commanded by Captain Morrison, in the Regiment commanded by Colo. Matthias Ogden in the line of the State of New Jerseym, that he has recieved a pension at the rate of Eight Dollars a Month, which commenced on the tenth day of April Eighteen hundred and Eighteen. That the number of his pension certificate is 486.

And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United State on the Eighteenth day of March Eighteen hundred and Eighteen, and that I have not since that time by gift Sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval Service of the United States in the rev
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olutionary war" passed on the Eighteenth day of March Eighteen hundred and Eighteen; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed_

Schedule of Real and personal Estate (cloathing and bedding excepted.

Real Estate none_

Personal Estate as follows. One dozen chairs one bureau, one Cooking Glass, one pair of Andirons, one Shovel and tongs, two tables one Silver watch half a dozen Cups and Saucers, two teapots tin[ten?] plates eleven knives and forks five teaspoons, a homespon Carpet, two Spinning wheels, one reel, one large pan, four Candlesticks, one bake-oven, two tin pans, three [illegible], three smoothing irons, two pots two kettles two [illegible] two barrels, a bible and half a dozen other books_

That the said Joshua is by trade a taylor but that he is unable to pursue his trade by reason of the palsey in his hands_ That he has no family except his wife Charlotte, who is aged Sixty three years, and unable to support the family.

Sworn to and declared on the sixth day of June Eighteen hundred and Eighteen in open Court, in the Court of Common Pleas of the Borough of Elizabeth aforesaid before me

Joshua Townley

Caleb Halsted Jr.
Mayor_
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New Jersey
Borough of Elizabeth ss

I George C Barber Clerk of the Court of Common pleas for the Borough of Elizabeth do hereby Certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereunto annexed are truly copied from the work of the said Court

And I do further Certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is forty two dollars__

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this ninth day of June eighteen hundred and twenty__
[seal appears to the left of this paragraph]

[signature]Geo C Barber Clk of the Court of Common Pleas for the Borough of Elizabeth
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for a statement of the military history of Joshua Townley a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information contained in his (or his widow's)[3 words crossed out] application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S. File 1128

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | CAPTAIN. | COLONEL.| STATE.

Jan. 1, 1777 | 3 years | Sergeant | Isaac Morrison | Matthias Ogden | N.J.

Battles engaged in, 
Germantown

Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Enl. in Essex Co., N.J.

Date of application for pension,
Apl. 10, 1818.

Residence at date of application,
Elizabethtown, Essex Co., N.J.

Age at date of application,
60

Remarks: In 1820 he referred to his wife Charlotte [illegible] 63 yrs. The arrears of his pens. from Mch 4 to May 15, 1840 were paid to his widow.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner

6--2856
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Payable on the 4. March & 4 Septr. of each year at Trenton, N. Jersey, by the President of the Trenton Banking Company.

This man on the pension Roll already
Here is an attempt at fraud
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WAR DEPARTMENT.

I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES, of the 18. March 1818, Joshua Townley, late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New Jersey Agency, at the rate of Eighty dollars ----cents per month, to commence on the sixth day of April one thousand eight hundred and 18.

GIVEN at the War Office of the UNITED STATES, this 30. day of June one thousand eight hundred and 18.

[signature]J. C. Calhoun
Secy. of War.
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