Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2487, for Richard Terry, New Jersey
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Service: New Jersey
Terry, Richard
Sarah
Number: W2487
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Let. To Pagt & Hon L. Condit June 30. 1841. 
Let. to C Freeman July 22 1842 & Hon J W Miller, same day 
Let. to Hon. L. Condit 2 June 1851 
1884 Dec 8 Stephen Terry [illegible] 

New Jersey 3560
Sarah Terry 
widow of Richard Terry 
who died April 1794 
of Morris Co. in the State of New Jersey 
who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Luce of the Regt. commanded by Col. Horton in the New Jersey line for 9 months & 20 days 

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 33 Dollars 22 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of May 1841 handed and S. Condit Esq of Morristown N. Jersey

Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 332.20 
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 41 16.66
$348.86 

Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3d 

Recorded by Tho. L. Moody, 
Book A  Vol. 1  Page 153
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p. 11

Morristown N. J. 
May 19. 1851 
Hon Lewis Condict 

Enc. letter from Caleb Terry claiming increase of Pension for the widow of Richard Terry a Revolutionary soldier 

[illegible]

Ack.d letter to the Comm. of Pensions 
Dept 
May 20 /31
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To the Hon. Alexander H. H. Stuart 
Secretary of the Department of the Interior 

The memorial of Caleb Terry of Morristown New Jersey respectfully represents as follows-viz:

My father Richard Perry was a soldier of the Revolution & when he died left a widow with a family of children. His widow Sarah Terry was pensioned by the act of Congress of July 1836 at the rate of $33.22 per annum altho from his narrative as well as from the testimony accompanying his declaration, there is good reason to believe that his revolutionary services, were equal to 2 years and more of faithful duty.  Clerks formerly in the Pension office, have assured us that the annuity granted is far less than what the testimony will justify.  And I would most respectfully refer to the case of my neighbour, the widow of Lieut. Constant Victor King, whose pension has recently been increased about one third.  My father lived near him and I believe performed much military duty with him.  My mother, the said Sarah Terry died about the year 1845, leaving 3 sons & one daughter - one son, Richard, living in Western New York, and the daughter in Ohio. Myself & John living in N. Jersey. In their behalf and my own, I respectfully request of the Hon., the Secretary of the Interior, and Commissioner of Pensions, and examination of her Declaration & the accompanying documents believing that she will be equitably found entitled to an increase of her pension for the Revolutionary services of said Richard Terry.

My neighbor and friend, Doctor Lewis Condict, who was the agent and attorney of my mother is also our agent & attorney to present this claim for increase for your consideration.

In behalf of Sarah Terry, 
Your obedient servant
Caleb Perry
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Morristown N.J. May 19th 1851 
The Secretary of the Dept of the Interior 
& the Commissioner of Pensions 

The Heirs of Sarah Terry, late a pensioner under the law of July 1836, are very desirous for a reexamination of the widow’s Declaration & testimonial of her husband’s Revolutionary services in the belief that she was entitled to a full pension. 

Since the [illegible] allowed to Mrs. Adah King, widow of Lieut. Constant Victor King, they are confirmed in this belief, they being near neighbors, & engaging in the defence of the Country at the same time. 

It is believed, that there is in the proper office at Washington, proof of the time of her death, as well as of the names & residence &c of her children. 

If however, further proof be deemed necessary, it will at one be sent, & letters of administration taken out by Caleb Terry the within memorialist. 

Please address me, in reference to the application.

Very respectfully
Your obt servant
Lewis Condict
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4746

New Jersey, Morris Co.

Pension Declaration of Sarah Terry, widow of Richard Terry 

Act of 4th July, 1836. 

Married July 1770 
Husband died April 1794 
76. Capt Luce		5 mo
77:8 Horton 		4 29 
9:29

Return to Lewis Condict 
Morristown	$33.22
New Jersey 

No deduction 
L. Condict Esq. 
Present
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the 3d section of the act of Congress of the 4th July 1836. 
State of New Jersey, ss: 

On this 10th day of September Domini 1839 personally appeared before the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common pleas of the County of Morris in the State of New Jersey, Sarah Terry a resident of Chester Township in said County & State, aged 85 years, living my near neighbor many years, & personally well known to me as a woman of truth & unblemished character, & who is now from the infirmities of age & disease, unable to attend the Court at Morristown, as I do hereby certify. The said Sarah Terry, having by me been duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 4th 1836. 

I am the widow of Richard Terry who was a Militia soldier in the Revolutionary war & served in defence of the United States from beginning to the end of said war. The particular detail of his service, have most of them escaped from my memory & I can only give a general outline, as my recollection may serve me. Most of his comrades have died & the few who survive are very aged. John Lock, & Robert Young, were well acquainted with him, & I hope to obtain their testimony as I believe they often knew him in the service. 

Soon after the war broke out, Captain Nathan Luse, who was our near neighbour, enlisted a Company of men, who were most of them his neighbors, to serve for five months, as I then understood & believed. Constant Victor King, also a near neighbor, was one of the officers, & believe he was at first an Ensign, William Convin & our Hagar, I think were Lieutenants.  My husband, Richard Terry, according to the best of my remembrance enlisted & served in this company. They marched off in the spring season, about corn planting time, directly past our home, toward Morristown, the drum beating & fife playing Yankee Doodle, & I remember my oldest child Phebe, then about 4 or 5 years old, attempted to sing the tune with the fife. I had prepared his clothes, blanket & knapsack, with provisions for several days, & he left me to take care of the children & manage our farm as well as I could.  I sometimes heard from him, but I did not see him again till late in the fall or winter in cold weather. He was marched, as I was told by him often, to Elizabethtown - was a time in New York City - then was taken to Long Island, was in the battle with the enemy there - was marched to White Plains, had various skirmishes, & in one of them, a musket ball was shot through his neck handkerchief so near the skin as to graze his neck. He was in the retreat through Jersey, with Genl Washington’s Army, called the “Mud country”, of which I often heard him speak. He was in the battle at Trenton, with the Hessians, & in the Princeton battle, as I believe, from his own story & when he returned home, it was cold winter weather, sometime after the Holidays. I have
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often heard him speak of Colonel Munson, Lord Sterling, Gen’l Sullivan & Gen’l Washington, as officers of the army during this campaign; & altho it is my impression, that it was called the 5 months service, yet I verily believe he was absent from home, & actively engaged in this duty, not less than six months. In the latter part of this winter (‘77), he was absent from home, & engaged in performing Militia duty near New Brunswick & Amboy not less than 6 weeks under General Winds & Captain Luce, or Captain Nathaniel Terry his brother, or perhaps Captain Nathaniel Horton, as he performed militia duty under each of them, at different times. 

He had performed Sergeant's duty during some part of his first campaign, & as I believe, was regularly chosen to be a Sergeant, after which he performed Sergeant’s duty in all his after militia tours of service. I think I have frequently in former years, seen his papers or company rolls kept by him as Sergeant or orderly Sergeant. He had in his possession for many years, papers of this sort, relating to his revolutionary services; but none of them are in my possession. They have been destroyed many years since, are of no value, or perhaps some of them went into the possession of one of my sons, who moved into the Western Country in any years since, taking with him many of his father’s papers.

My husband Richard Terry, performed many tours of Militia duty near Elizabethtown, & opposite Staten Island. These town were in general, a month in duration, some under one Captain, & some under another.  Captains Horton, Terry, Luce & Brown, & probably Captain Dunn also, have at different times commanded the Co. in which he served as a Sergeant, as I have heard him say.  

I believe he performed a month’s militia duty near Haddonfield, in 77. or in 78; another month’s duty near Pompton & along the North river in the fall season, when [illegible]was made prisoner: another month’s duty when Monmouth battle was fought in the summer, in which battle he was present, under Capt. Horton, as I believe: another month was Hackensack & at or near a little fort called Colliply, under Genl Winds & Col. Seely: another month at Aquackanonk & along the Passaic River, & in an engagement under Genl. Winds with the enemy.   He was upon an expedition against the Indians in the summer season, under Genl Winds & Col. Seely, at the Minisink on the Delaware river, not less than a month. He was also at the battle of Connecticut farms, when Mrs. Caldwell, the wife of a Minister was shot, as he told me, through a window. He was also at the battle of Springfield, when the Church were burnt by the enemy. The two last tours came in warm weather, & toward the latter part of the war, probably in 1780, General Winds his commanding officer. In these two, he was engaged as I believe, not less than a month. He also served one month's tour near Spanktown & Rahway, opposite Staten Island, under Capt. Horton & Col. Suly in the summer season, before those at Connecticut farms & Springfield. These are among the most remarkable of my husband’s services of which I have often heard him speak. I well remember he was engaged in public service, defending his Country in every year
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was continued, leaving his little farm neglected & his young family alone. I do not know that he was ever drafted into the service.  He was always in readiness when called, & willing to perform his duty. He often volunteered, & did all in his power to encourage others to defend the liberties of his Country. Beside his actual duties in the field, & his time spent in warning out his men as their sergeant; he was for about 3 years, what was called a “minute man" living in constant readiness & preparation for Military duty when called, having his arms & ammunition ready & it hand, with his blanket, knapsack, ration box &c.-- when at home he usually slept with his arms near his bed, & was ready for public duty whenever called or when the alarm gun was fired.-- His actual services in the field & camp, away from his house, I only believe occupied more than two years; for which service, as his widow, I claim a pension, being now in the 86th year of my age. (born on the 18th day of January, 1754) very helpless, & in very needy circumstances, my children, most of them moved great distance from me, & those living near me, unable to give me any assistance.

I was married to the said Richard Terry, by Revd. Mr. Swayze, Minister of the gospel in Black River, now Chester, in July 1770 when I was but a few months over sixteen years old. The particular day of the month of my marriage I cannot tell, nor have any record of it. I have an ancient family bible, in which is recorded my own & my husband’s birth & the birth of our several children. It is a true & faithful record of my children's birth, & I believe it is also a true record of my own & of my husband. It has been cut out from my bible, to be sent to the Pension Office at Washington. There is no Parish record, as I am informed & believe, of the marriages solemnized at that period; & I do not know of any person now living, who was present at my Marriage except the widow Martha Horton, whose husband was my brother. I hope to have her deposition. I have had 14 children - viz: 6 sons & 8 daughters-- born in wedlock: 4 of whom were born before the Declaration of Independence. My husband, the said Richard Terry died at his residence in Chester, in the month of April 1794, according to the best of my recollection & belief. & I have remained his widow to the present time, as will more fully appear by testimony hereto annexed. 

Sarah J Terry 
X
Her mark

Sworn & subscribed at the residence of said Sarah Terry in Chester township Morris County, the 18th day of September Domini 1839 before me.

John Hunt
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State of New Jersey, Morris County

I Lewis Condict of Morristown New Jersey hereby certify to the Commissioner of Pensions, that the bible family record, hereto annexed, purporting to be the Family Record of Richard Terry, was by me cut out from a [illegible] Bible in the possession of Sarah Terry the foregoing Declarant, stated to be his, & which I do verily believe to be the original record of the births of the children of Richard Terry & Sarah Terry, & the fact therein stated, I believe to be true.

Witness my hand at Morristown, September 23d 1839 
Lewis Condict

New Jersey Morris County ss: 

Lewis Condict of Morristown, who has signed the above certificate & who I believe is a man of truth, this day makes oath before me in due form of law, that the facts stated in said certificate are true, as he verily believes.

Sworn & subscribed at Morristown, September 25, 1839. Before me 

Silas L. Condict J.L.
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FAMILY RECORD. 
BIRTHS
Richard Terry Born 
July 6th 1848 
Sarah Terry his wife Born 
January 18th 1754 
Phebe Terry, Born 
April 14th 1771 
Gersham Terry Born 
July 10th 1772 
Prosper Terry Born 
April 7th 1774 
Justus Terry Born
May the 15th 1776 
Richard Terry Born 
March the 30th 1778 
Caleb Terry Born 
Febr the 22th 1780 
Phineas Terry Born 
Novr 22nd 1781 
Sarah Terry Born 
August 22nd 1784 
Mary Terry Born 
Oct the 5th 1786 

BIRTHS. 
Hiram Terry Born 
May the 6th 1788 
John Terry Born 
July 2nd 1791 
Lydia Terry Born 
July the 3d 1793
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FAMILY RECORD. 
MARRIAGES
[illegible] AB
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New Jersey, Morris County ss 

Before me Silas F. Condict, a Justice of peace in & for said County, personally appeared Mrs. Martha Horton, an aged & highly respectable woman of unblemished character & fully entitled to belief -- who having by me been duly sworn according to law, declare as follows viz: -
I am 83 years of age, am personally well acquainted with Sarah Terry, widow of Richard Terry decd & an applicant for a pension. We were both born & brought up in the same neighbourhood & well acquainted with each other from our childhood. She was married to said Richard Terry when she was but about sixteen years old, by Reverend Mr. Swayze, Minister of the Gospel in Black River, now called Chester, in the month of July in the year 1770, as I verily believe. I was then in my 13th year, & was present at the wedding & saw them married, at the house of her father Caleb Horton, in Black River, now called Chester township, in Morris County. Richard Terry, her husband, was my brother, & Daniel Horton whom I married a few years afterward, was her cousin. They lived together as husband & wife several years before the war began & had 3 or 4 children when Independence was first declared.  Her husband, Richard Terry, was much engaged in the Revolutionary war, from beginning to end, as a soldier -- was out from home much every year, & was believed to be a sergeant. Captain Nathan Luce of that neighbourhood, raised a company of men to serve by enlistment for five months, as was generally reported & believed, in the first year of the war, & Richard Perry enlisted & served in his company, as I always understood & believed. He was absent from his family all that summer & fall, & did not return home to Black River until in the winter, after Holidays.

Said Richard Terry died at his dwelling in Chester Morris County in the year 1794, or about that time, according to the best of my recollection, & his widow, said Sarah Terry has not married since his death. 

Sworn & subscribed at Chester, at the residence of Mr. Horton on the 10th day of September, Domini 1839 

Before 
Silas L. Condict JP
Martha Horton
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State of New Jersey, Morris County 

Before the subscriber, a Justice of Peace in & for said County personally appeared John Lock, an aged man, believed by me to be a man of truth & fair character, who being by me duly sworn according to law saith as follows, viz: - 
I am now in the [illegible] year of my age, was a soldier in the Continental army in the war of the revolution, & am now a pensioner of the United States for services performed in said war.

In 1776 I enlisted in Lamb's Artillery for during the war, in Captain Neil's company who was killed as I believe in the battle of Princeton, just after taking the Hessians at Trenton. After his death, John Doughty of Morristown had command of his company.  I served out the whole period of the war in the artillery. I knew Richard Terry of Black River, now called Chester, in Morris County, & often saw him performing Military duty in the war, when the Militia & Army were in service together.  In the summer of that year in which the battle of Long Island was fought, after the enemy landed near New York City I recollect Richard Terry very distinctly, as being with us on our march from New York to the White Plains, in a Jersey Regiment of five- month men as I believe, commanded as I think by Colonel Munson.  Captain Luce, I believe commanded his company, & it is my impression & belief, that he was in the Long Island battle. Whilst the American army was retreating before the enemy through N. Jersey, in the famous march called the "Mudlands” I saw Terry with the Regiment & Company to which he belonged. We crossed the Delaware into Pennsylvania & some of the Jersey Militia were with us, & afterward we re-crossed the river back to Jersey, & I remember Terry being with us on both occasions. I was on guard with Terry one night. He was in the engagement with us at Trenton, when the Hessians were taken prisoners, about the last of December, & a few days after he was also with us at the battle of Princeton when General Mercer, & my Captain Neil, were both killed. We then retired to the hills near Pluckemin, & afterward to Morristown into winter quarters. Upon further reflection, I believe I saw Terry with the Jersey Militia or regiment near Flatbush upon Long Island before the battle, which I believe was in August.  Whether or not the five months enlistment expired before we went into winter quarters. I know not, but I believe from seeing Terry so many different times, that he remained with the army till after the winter Holiday, & during the time that I then knew him, he was called Sergeant Terry, & performed Sergeant’s duty.

 In the fall season of another year (I do not recollect what year) we lay for some time at the Two Bridges, East of Pompton Plains, having marched through Newark to Pompton where we found plenty of apples in the orchards. Richard Terry was on this expedition under Gen’l Winds & Col. Seely. How long his service on this occasion continued, I cannot say-- but I am confident he & the Jersey Militia were with us not less than a month. 

I recollect seeing Richard Terry on Militia duty when the Monmouth battle was fought in the summer of 1778, as I believe. After the battle, I saw him engaged in
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in carrying off & burying the dead. whose another occasion I recollect Richard Terry which was at Acquackanonk Bridge, when there was a severe skirmish with the enemy.  Colonel Spencer, I think commanded the Continental troops, or some portion of them, & General Winds commanded the Militia.  Terry was under Colonel Seely. I often saw him on this expedition, along the Passaic & along second river, & in the neighborhood of Newark.  From the time I first saw him here, until we separated at or near Newark cannot be less than a month.  I knew Richard Terry many years after the war ended, & until his death, which took place many years since, probably 50 or more years. I have resided several years in Pennsylvania near Easton since I rec’d my pension, & in April 1839, I removed back to Jersey, & now live in Chester, Morris County, when Richard Terry lived all his days, & when he died, leaving a widow, Sarah Terry, now living in Chester, & who has not married since his death. I believe Richard Terry was considered & admitted to be a sergeant of his company, & whenever I have seen him on public service as a soldier in the war, he seemed to me to be discharging sergeant duties, receiving from his men, the respect & deference due to a non-commissioned officer. 

Sworn & subscribed before me, at Morristown in the State of New Jersey, this 21st day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty-nine. 

Silas L. Condict JP
John Lock
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State of New Jersey, Morris County ss 

Before the subscriber a Justice of peace in & for said County personally appears. Robert Young, an aged citizen of said County well-known to me personally, as a man of truth & of fair repute, who being by me duly sworn according to law, saith as follows, viz: 

I am now in the 88th year of my age, was a soldier in the Continental army on the Northern Campaign against Canada, & a Militia soldier of Morris County in the war of the revolution. I was well acquainted with Richard Terry of Morris County throughout this war of the revolution, & for many years thereafter. His residence was at Black River, now Chester township. I frequently saw him engaged performing militia duty in said war, & as I verily believe, in every year whilst it continued. He belonged to the 5 months service as I always understood & believed, in Captain Luce’s Company in the summer of 76, & was in the Long Island battle with him, as I always understood. I recollect seeing him in the “Mudlands” March, in the fall 76, in Gen’l Washington’s retreat through Jersey & believe he was then either under command of Captain Horton or Capt. Luce.

 In the winter following, (January 77) I remember Richard Terry, as a Militia soldier under Genl Winds, stationed near New Brunswick, when the Enemy were quartered there and at Amboy. I think he was there under Capt. Horton & Col. Drake.  The Militia were kept on guard duty till late in the spring to watch & keep in the enemy & I often saw Terry on duty that winter & spring, & he was so engaged, not less than six weeks. In the fall of 77. I remember Perry under Gen’l Winds & Col. Drake on duty at Pompton, & along the North River, before Burgoyne's surrender, near New Windsor & Newburg, not less than a month. I recollect him on a tour of Militia at Minisink, against the Indians, under Genl Winds & Col. Seely not less than a month, in the summer season, marching through [illegible] & by Sussex Court house. I recollect Terry one month at Elizabeth Town point, opposite Staten Island, under Captain Bunn in the fall of the year, & another month at Spanktown, now Rahway, under Captain Horton, in the time of pulling flax, both times under Genl Winds & Col. Seely - the particular years, I cannot remember. He was also under Genl Winds & Col. Seely, on an expedition against the British & Tories at Hackensack, & near a fort called Pollify & along the Passaic River, not less than a month, in the summer.  And again in the fall season, he was with us in a fight with the enemy at the bridge near Acquackanonk - Genl Winds, Col. Frelinghuysen & Col. Hathaway commanding the Militia. We were stationed along Second River & the Passaic, not less than a month, & Terry was with us under Capt. Luce I believe. He was also with the same officers at the battles of Connecticut Farms & afterward at Springfield in
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in May & June, 1780, not less than a month. 

I have also been well acquainted with Richard Terry's family for many years. He died at Chester many years ago (upward of 30 years since). His widow has not married since his death, as I verily believe.

Sworn & subscribed before me at Morristown. 5th September 1839 
Silas Condict JP
Robert Young


State of New Jersey Morris County

I, David B. Hurd, Clerk of Morris County, hereby certify that John Hunt Esqr. before whom the annexed Declaration of Sarah Terry was taken & subscribed on the 10th September 1839, is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, duly commissioned & authorized. And I further certify that Silas L Condict Esqr before whom the several depositions of Lewis Condict, Martha Horton, John Lock & Robert Young, all of which are hereto annexed & subscribed by the several deponents, is a Justice of the peace in & for said County, duly commissioned & authorized. And I further certify that the signatures of said John Hunt & of said Silas L. Condict to the said Declaration & Depositions before named, is the proper hand writing of the said Judge & of the said Justice.

Witness my signature, & the seal of my office, at Morristown, this 24th day of September, in the year of our Lord 1839.- 

D. B. Hurd  Clerk
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Benjamin Halsey one of the Commissioners for paying the Bounty unto the 3300 Militia by ordinance of convention June 14. 1776.

1776 July | By Bounty paid 34 men of Capt. Luce’s company at $3 each per Voucher No 4. | 102

State of New Jersey 

I James D. Westcott Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true extract from an account headed Benjamin Haley one of the commissioners for paying the bounty to the 3300 Militia raised for 5 Months by ordinance of convention June 1 1776 as taken from Book of auditor’s accounts page now remaining in my office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at the City of Trenton this twenty seventh of September A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty-seven (1837) 
James D. Westcott

N.B. The above certificate is annexed as record evidence, that Capt. Luce raised a of Militia to serve for 5 months in 1776. 
To this Co Richard Terry belonged, & the service was performed on Long Island, at White Plains, at Trenton battle, at Princeton battle
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Capt Nathan Luce
New Jersey Militia

1777	October	0.1.22 days	Elizabeth Town
1778	January	0.1.23 days	Same 
1778	July		0.0.16 days	Same 
1778	October	0.0.21 days	Acquackanonk
1778	October	0.0.7 days	Minisink
			        _________
			       4 mo 29 days
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N. Jersey
Sarah Terry
Let. to Hon. L. Condit 12 Dec 1839
To same March 29, 1841


Act July 4, 1836
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WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 2487 
Sarah Terry 
Widow 
Richard Terry 
Priv. Rev. War

Act: July 4, 1836. 
Index: -- Vol. M. Page 267.
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Morristown N.J. Feby 27th 1841 

Dear Sir,

Allow me to call your attention to the claim of Mrs. Sarah Terry widow of Richard Terry, for a pension under the law of July 4 1836.

In your letter of Dec. 12th ‘39 you remark that “not one tour is specified in the manner required by the regulations.”  Such a specification cannot be made in the declaration of a widow, unless he is in possession of some record kept by her husband of his militia tours; & in some letters you admit, that detailed specifications of service and not expected or required. I do not quote the precise words, but said I think is the import. 

The widow in this case supposed her husband’s enlistment by Capt. Luce in 1776, was for 5 mos. because the witness thought so, & described it so.

My belief, from recent examination of the words at Trenton is, that Colonel Munson had command of that Regiment of Militia in ‘76 & ’77 to which Capt. Luce at home, belonged & in which he & Richd Terry trained, under Munson, as their commanding officer. From this regiment & the adjoining one Luce raised his 60 of 5 mos. or 6 mos. men, which recruits when embodied with Capt. Cook, Wards, Seeley’s & some others, were under Col. Martin’s command as the Regimental officer, under whom they even engaged on Long Island, Fort Washington & White Plains, & finally returned this Jury to Pennsylvania.  If Munson was at Long Island, it was because his Regt. of Militia was out & he at its head, but not as 5 mos. or 6 mos. men. I believe he was stationed near, & perhaps in N. York for it’s defense.  I think the abstract from Jos. Lewis Ray & County roll, him with first, certified by Doct. McChesney Secy of State, will satisfy you, that Munson’s regt. was one of the Morris Co. regiments of Militia & that Capt. Luce, when of the militia, & not as in the 5 or 6 mo. service, belonged to it. Richard Terry was his neighbor, & both before & after his enlistment in the 5 or 6 mo. service belonged to the same regt.

Col. Martin & Capt. Luce were both officers of Morris Co. & both were at White Plains & no doubt at the battle of Flatbush & Fort Washington & Lee.  John Lock, the witness was of Capt. Nils & Lamb's Artillery & know Terry personally at White Plains. Do not the rolls of that Artillery Co show him to belong to it?  I hope you may find the act of that if it constitutes Lock’s regiment substantially, that you will grant the widow’s claim to her husband service as Sergeant, on that 6 mos. Tour.

In reference to his other tours, I will state on the next page from the abstract all that related to the Captain’s service to which Co. he subsequently belonged, & under whom he served at Princeton, Trenton, Monmouth, Pompton, Acquackanonk, Newark, Minisink, Elizabeth Town, Hackensack viz: Capt. Morton, Capt. {illegible], Capt. Luce, Col. Seely, Frelinghuysen, [illegible]
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Abstract of Bounty Payrolls discharged by Jos. Lewis, Paymaster

No 10.	Dec. 13 77.	Morris Co. Regt	Capt. Nath. Horton.	[illegible]	Lt. Col. Hathaway	98.19.10
No. 12	Jany. 20 78.	“		Capt. Nathan Steel 	Elizabeth Town	Sol. Seely	263.3.7
No. 118	 July 3 77.	 Morris, Munson's Capt. Horton		Elizabeth Town	Brig. Winds	61.14.9
No 129 	Dec 29.77. 	“, Seeley’s	Capt. Brown		Haddonfield 	Lt. Col. Hathaway	335.7.1
No. 130	Sept. 27.		“, “		Capt. Brown		Hackensack	Brig. Winds	78.5.2
No. 141	May 27 78. 	Morris, Munson’s	Lt. Terry *		Elizabeth Town	Brig. Winds	113.2.8
No. 142	July 3 78		“, “		Capt. Horton		“		“		29.1.”
No. 143. Oct. 14 77.	“, “		Capt. Luce		“		“		262.11.”
No. 144 July 3d 78.	“, “		“			“		“		82.18.10
No. 248. Oct 13 78	“, “		“ Horton			Acquackanonk	“		66.16.6
No. 249	Nov. 9 78	“, “		“ “			[illegible]	“		31.5.”
No. 259	Oct 13 78	“, ”		 “ Luce			Acquackanonk 	“		104.6.6
No. 260	Nov. 9 78	“, “		“ “			Minisink		“		36.6.6

Bounty Rolls discharged by Jos. Lewis, Paymaster

No. 6	Dec. 13 77.	Morris, Seely’s	Capt. Horton		Haddonfield	Lt. Co. Hathaway	67.8.4
No. 15	Dec. 13 77	“,”		“ Brown			“		“		200.15.”
No. 17	Oct. 16 77	“, Munson’s	“ Luce			Elizabeth Town	Genl. Dickinson	120.15.”
No. 18	Jan. 20 78	“, Munson’s	“ “			Elizabeth Town	Col. S Seely	161.18.4
No. 32	Dec. 9 77	“, “		“ “			Black River	_____		51.6.8
No. 38	Nov. 5 77	“, Seely’s		“ Brown			New Windsor	Brig. Winds	135.17.”
No. 65	July 3 78		“, Munson’s	“ Horton			Elizabeth Town	“		16.”.”
No. 70	Dec. 13 77	“, Seely’s		“ Brown			Red Bank	Lt. Col. Hathaway	5.10.”
No. 77	May 27 78	“, Munson’s	“ Terry *			Elizabeth Town	Brig. Winds	44.1.”
No. 78	July 3 78		“, “		“  Horton		“		“		3.7.”
No. 79	July 3 78		“, “		“ Luce			“		“		23.”.”
No. 162	Oct. 13 78	“, “		“ Horton			Acquackanonk	“		14.12.”
No. 163	Nov. 9 78	“, “		“ “			Walpack		“		8.10.”
No. 171	Oct. 13 78	“, “		“ Luce			Acquackanonk	“		34.4.”
No. 172	Nov. 9 78	“, “	“ “				Minisink		“		8.”.”

Bounty paid by Benj. Haley Commissioner &c. &c. 
1776 July	Bounty for 34 men of Capt. Luce’s Co. (voucher 4)					102.”.”
		Bounty for 59 men of Capt. Seely’s Co. (6)						177.”.”
		Bounty for 86 men of Capt. Seely’s Co. & for shoes & stockings (5)			290.5.”
* Terry was neighbor to Richard Terry – probably commanded Capt. Brown’s Co. after Brown resigned his commission, before which he was Lt.
Very respectfully, yr, ob. Serv.
L. Condict

Jos. L. Edwards Esq., Commissioner of Pensions
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Col. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Stamped with the word FREE

NJ Postal Stamp as well
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Morristown N.J. June 28th ‘41 

Dear Sir, 

The Pay Agent at Trenton, writes, that "Sarah Terry is not on the Roll.”  It must have been overlooked at q. office, as her certificate was given me early in June with Susan Meckin, Mary Sanders & one or two others. Will you be good enough on rec’t of this note, to instruct the Agent at Trenton, respecting payment?

Very respectfully 
Your obt. sevt.
Lewis Condict 


Col. J.L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions

# It was under the act 1836. not for 5 years