Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 919, Joel Dunn, New Jersey
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SERVICE: New Jersey
Dunn, Joel
Rachel
NUMBER: W.919

CONTENTS
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22.875
New Jersey
Joel Dunn

Middlesex in the State of New Jersey who was a Private in the Comp commanded
By Captain Stiles of the Regt. Commanded by Col. Neilson in the New Jersey line for 17 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of Dec. 1833 and sent to J. F. Randolph present

Arrears to the 4th of Sep 33  $141.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 months   $28.33 
$169.99

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Go C. Stiles Clerk,
Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 108
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[illegible] Peter D. Runyon   Sept. 23 ‘47
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[left side of page, printed form with handwritten entries]
4512
N. Jersey
[illegible]
Joel Dunn on the 27th May 1845 Middlesex Co, in the State of N. J. who was a private in the Compy commanded by Captain Stiles of the (NJ) Regt commanded by Col Neilson in the Revolution [two print words crossed out]
Inscribed on the Roll of Trenton at the rate of 56 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 27th day of ["March, 18" crossed out] May 1845, & endg 21st July 1848
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of August 1851 and sent to W. S. Allison
Arrears to the 4th of  Present
Semiannual allowance ending
[illegible] $33:33
{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3d}
Recorded by H K Wrightman Clerk, Book, C Vol. 2 Page 364.
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[illustrated family record]
Register of JOEL DUNN's Family
JOEL DUNN Was Born Oct'r 22.1749 Dec'd July 27th 1845
RACHEL RUNYON Was Born Nov'r 17.1753
they Joined [image of hands] and [image of hearts] in holy Matrimony October 2nd, 1771.
THEIR PROGENY
Beriah Dunn Was Born Sep't 25 [year illegible]
Esther Dunn Was Born May 7th 1775. Dec'd Dec'r 14th 1810
Jane Dunn Was Born June 27th 1776.
Anna Dunn Was Born October 8th 1778. Dec'd 3d May 1818
Asa Dunn Was Born October 20th 1780
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Merry Dunn Was Born May 30th 1783..
Joseph Dunn Was Born Dec'r 14th 1785
Eliza'h Dunn Was Born July 30th 1787.
Squire Dunn Was Born Sept'r 25th 1789. Dec'd Feb'y 9th 1794.
Rachel Dunn Was Born Feb'y 12th 1792. Dec'd March 8th 1823.
David Dunn Was Born Aug't 25th 1794.
Sarah Dunn Was Born Dec'r 19th 1796.
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State of New Jersey Middlesex County ss:
On the seventeenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before the Judges of the Inferior court of common Pleas in & for the said county of Middlesex in the State of New Jersey in open court the same being a court of record, Joel Dunn who being first duly sworn according to Law and examined & interrogated by the court in conformity to the instructions from the war department doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7th 1832 viz -
That he was born in the Township of Piscataway in the county of Middlesex & State of New Jersey on the 22nd day of October in the year 1747 & is now in the eighty sixth year of his age. He has a record of his age ["kept" crossed out] in his own family bible taken from one kept by his father.
He resides at present in the Township & county aforesaid and has always resided there both before and since the revolutionary war.
He entered the service of the United States as a private soldier and volunteer in the winter of 1776 & in the month of February in a company commanded by Captain Thompson Stiles, Lieutenant John Blay and went on an expedition to Long Island to disarm the tories or [illegible]
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This expedition was commanded by General Nathaniel Heard & continued one month. This declarant served this month and longer but cannot say how much longer. From his return from this expedition to the close of the war, he was involved in the militia of New Jersey and being subject to be called out to serve his regular Tours, he served as a private soldier in [two words crossed out] actual & hard service for fifteen months besides the month above mentioned.
He further declares that from old age and consequent loss of memory he is unable to state the precise length of his service beyond the sixteen months above mentioned, though he is certain that he served more than that period. His first Tour of one month at Long Island was under Captain Thompson Stiles, in September and October 1776 he served two Tours of a month each at the New Bridge station under Captain Moses Martin. He next served three Tours of a month each at same place under Captain Samuel Randolph this was in the summer and fall of 1777. In May and June of 1778 he served two months under Captain John Payne at Elizabethtown and Woodbridge & the month of July of the same year he served one month in the county of Monmouth under Captain William Manning. In the year 1779 he served three Tours of a month each on the same station under Captain Jacob Van Deventer
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but his memory fails to designate the particular months. In the year 1780 he served two full months under Captain Jacob Sebring, one Tour of a month under Captain Mathew Freeman and also one month under Captain David Dunham all on the lines between Amboy & Elizabethtown. He cannot from the cause above mentioned designate his other service, but knows that he served longer than the periods above mentioned
He never missed a Tour where he was called out save one and that was on account of sickness in the winter of 1776-7. He served principally at Elizabethtown, Woodbridge, Amboy, Springfield, Westfield, Monmouth Bergen & Long Island in guarding & defending those places & never served as a substitute or employed a substitute, and the country through which he marched was the counties of Bergen Essex, Middlesex Monmouth & Somerset. Was never in any regular engagement save the battle of the Short hills [word crossed out] at that time he was sent express to General Washington who was encamped at Middlebrook. The Field officers whose names he recollects besides those above mentioned are Col. Neilson, Taylor Rob't Ross & General Frelinghuysen. He never received a written discharge from the service nor has he any documentary evidence of his services, and having for many years mixed but little in society he cannot now recollect any living witness by whom he can prove
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his service except Abraham Bennet who is a very aged man & who served with him part of the time mentioned above. He is well known to William B. Maxson a Clergyman residing in his neighbourhood & also to Jonathan B. Dunham who also resides there & who can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution, and he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state.
And to the interogatories hereto annexed he makes the following answers viz. To the 1st interogatory he answers, In Piscataway in the county of Middlesex & State of New Jersey in the year 1747
To the 2nd Interogatory he answers That he has & it is in his own possession
To the 3rd interogatory he answers In Piscataway, Middlesex county
To the 4th interogatory he answers That he was a volunteer & never as a substitute
The fifth interogatory is answered above as far as he can answer.
To the sixth interogatory he answers That he never did receive a written discharge from the service
And to the seventh interogatory he answers
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That he has stated above the names of such persons as he can refer to, to testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. [signed] Joel Dunn
Sworn & subscribed in open court this 17th day of June 1833 [signed] H. Ford Judge
I James T. Dunn Do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Joel Dunn the forgoing applicant [two words crossed out] that I knew him during the war of the revolution & know that he served as a soldier of the revolution, That I served with him in the county of Monmouth & recollect well of his being there. I further certify that I know him to be a man of high character for veracity & of great respectability in his neighbourhood. I further certify that belonging to a different corps I cannot testify to the whole of his services but have no doubt but that he served as he states. I myself am of the age of seventy three years.  [signed] James T Dunn
Sworn & subscribed in open court this 17th day of June 1833 [signed] H. Ford Judge
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I Abraham Bennet do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Joel Dunn the forgoing applicant, though I have not seen him for several years previous to the present time. I knew him during the war of the revolution & served with him as a soldier for one month or longer on Long Island. He was a soldier of the revolution but I cannot state how long he served not being attached to the same corps. I am of the age of eighty six years. I further certify that the said Joel Dunn is a man of veracity & great respectability & I have no doubt but that he served as he states & that his statement is entitled to full credit  [signed] Abraham Bennet
Sworn & subscribed in open court the day & year above mentioned.  [signed] H. Ford Judge
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State of New Jersey
County of Middleser } SS.
Be it known, That on this twenty seventh day of January, A.one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven, before the undersigned Judges of the
Orphan's Court, of the County and State aforesaid, personally came, David Dunn, aged
sixty two years, a resident of the Township of Piscataway, in the County of Middlesex in the
State of New Jersey, who being first duly sworn
in open Court, on his oath declares, that he
is the Son, and only surviving Executor of Joel 
Dunn deceased, late a United States
Revolutionary pensioner of the County of Middlesex, in the State of New Jersey, at fifty six dollars and 66 cents per annum, under the
act of June 7th 1832, at which late said pension was drawn, to the date of his said father's death, as will fully appear by the Records in the office of the Third Auditor of the U.S. Treasury, at Washington City.

He further declares, on his oath, as aforesaid, that his father, the said Joel Dunn, the Pensioner as aforesaid, appeared always to think, that he did not receive the amount of Pension to which he was in justice entitled on account of his Revolutionary service; that his father, the pensioner, as aforesaid, was pensioned as a private of militia, but always said, that a part of his service was as a Waggon master of the New Jersey troop, in Revolutionary service, for which he received much higher wages, then the wages of a private, and
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that his service as a Waggon Master, should have been estimated in the granting of his pension, but was not at all taken, as Constituting any part of the service for which said pension was allowed.  He further declares on his oath as aforesaid, that he has now no
written evidence of the Revolutionary service of his father, the pensioner as aforesaid, as either a private, or as a Waggon master, but that he has often heard his father, the Pensioner as aforesaid speak of his service as a Waggon Master; and that he well remembers an account
book, which was in his said father's hand
writing, and that he believes his said father
kept during the Revolution, in which there were accounts, and settlements with various waggons in service; and that he is not sure, but believe, that these accounts, and settlements, ran through some three years; he believes they were in the years 1778, 79/80, and perhaps later, but he cannot be certain as to the dates, and the Book, was unfortunately destroyed, with other old, and useless (as was supposed) papers, after the death of his father, the said Joel Dunn, the Pensioner as aforesaid; he cannot however be mistaken, as to the book, or
the nature of its contents, because it was always an object of interest, on account of its cover, which was of flowered paper, with the flowers raised like velvet.

He further declares on his oath
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as aforesaid, that his father, the said Joel Dunn, the pensioner as aforesaid was born, and always lived near Quibbletown, (now New Market) where also the principal part of his service was performed--and that he was the only man of that name, who resided in that neighborhood, or indeed n MIddlesex County, during the Revolutionary War.

He makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the increase of pension, to which his father, the said Joel Dunn, the Pensioner as aforesaid was, as he believes, justly and legally entitled, in his life time, but which he never received.  And he hereby constitutes and appoints James L. Street, of the City of New Brunswick, in the County of MIddlesex, in the State of New Jersey, his true and lawful attorney, for him and in his name and behalf, to prosecute his claim for said increase of Pension, as aforesaid, with full power and authority to do all that he, the said James L. Street, may as an attorney lawfully do, for the recovery of said increase, of Pension, as aforesaid; and he respectfully requests, the Hon. Secretary of the Interior and Commissioner of Pensions, to recognize the said James L. Street, as his lawful Attorney, in the premises.
David Dunn
Executor, &c.

Attest:
R. Abram
Abr. V. Schunck

Sworn and subscribed on the day and year first above written,
(over)
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in open Court, before us,
Abr. P. Provost
Bethuel Ward
James C Goble. } Judges
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State of New Jersey
County of Middlesex ⎬SS.
I ,Thos. M. Holcombe Surrogate and ex officio, Clerk, of the Orphan's Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Abram P. Provost, Bethuel Ward, and James C. Goble whose genuine signatures appear above, were at the time of signing the same, Judges of the Orphans Court, of the County ['of the County' crossed out] and State aforesaid, now in session, in the City of New Brunswick, I further certify, that David Dunn whose genuine  signature appears to the above declaration, is one of the Executors of the last will and testament of Joel Dunn, deceased, late of the County of Middlesex, in the State of New Jersey, duly authorized by law, to receive and distribute, all and singular, the goods, and chattles, rights, money, and credits, of the
said Joel Dunn, deceased, as aforesaid.

I further Certify, that said Orphan's Court is a Court having Probate Jurisdiction, and a Clerk and seal; and that I have no interest in this Claim.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, at the City of New Brunswick, this 27th day of January, AD. 1857.
Thos. M. Holcombe Surrogate & Clerk
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Declaration of David Dunn he being a
Committee appointed by the Court of Common [Pleas] of the County of Middlesex State of New Jersey  on the thirtieth day of December 1847
to assert the Claim of Rachel Dunn widow of Joel Dunn deceased late of the Township of Piscataway in said County.  The said Rachel Dunn by reason of mental inability is unable and incapable of asserting her claim to a Pension in right of her deceased husband

Act of July 4 1835
State of New Jersey  
Middle County SS.
On this thirtieth day of December one thousand eight hundred and forty seven before the Court of Common Pleas held in New Brunswick in the County aforesaid personally appeared David Dunn of Piscataway in the County aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law on his oath saith that he is the identical person appointed by the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Middlesex to assert the claim of Rachel Dunn ['to assert her claim' crossed out] 
to a Pension for the services of her late husband ['for his services' crossed out] in the Revolutionary War of the United States and on his oath maketh the in which the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836 that the said Rachel Dunn is the widow of Joel Dunn who was a private in the
Militia of New Jersey in the service of the United States and drew a pension under the act of June 7 1832 at the rate of fifty six dollars and sixty five cents per annum for Militia service until
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his death said applicant would refer the Commissioner of Pensions to the said Joel Dunn's declaration now on file at the War Department   He also declares as the same appears from the family record hereto
attached that she the said Rachel Dunn was married to the said Joel Dunn her late husband on the second day of October one thousand seven hundred and seventy one and as he has heard her say by the Revd Benjamin Miller that she has no certificate of her said marriage but attaches the family record which was written by Richard Parrish upwards of thirty years ago and has always been in the possession of the said Rachel Dunn. That the said Rachel Dunn as appears from the old family  record is in the ninety fifth year of her age and that said David Dunn the Committee appointed of aforesaid is in the fifty second year of his age and that he is the son of the said Rachel Dunn. That the said Joel Dunn husband of the aforesaid ['Joel' crossed out] Rachel Dunn departed this life
on the twenty seventh day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty five.  That he has heard the said Rachel Dunn say that she was married to the aforesaid Joel Dunn prior to his leaving
the service viz at the time above stated and he
further declares that she is will a widow
David Dunn

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
D. Fitz Randolph, Judge

The Court are personally acquainted with David Dunn and believe the facts contained in the foregoing declaration to be true
Peter P. Runyon
Andw. Agnew
John Perrine
D. Fitz Randolph
A.D. Filswith
Matthew Brown      }     Judges
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Rachel Dunn to
N.J. for increase

NJ - 4512-36
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POWER OF ATTORNEY - Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Mercy Wilson of
Trenton in the State of New Jersey
hereby constitute and appoint William S. Allison
my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of Rachel Dunn
for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize
my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments
at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional
evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate
which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to Mercy Wilson
Elizabeth Dunn, Joseph Dunn, Sarah Field and
David Dunn
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I
might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney
and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 12th day June A. D., 1851-
Mercy Wilson
Signed and Sealed in the presence of
James Wilson
⎬
Sam Evans
STATE OF New Jersey}
COUNTY OF Mercer} SS:
On this twelfth
day of June
A. D. 1851
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared
Mercy Wilson
and acknowledged the foregoing Power,
of Attorney to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand}
the day and year aforesaid.}
Sam Evans, J. Peace
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Claim ---  of Rachel Dunn
Act of ---
-----------------
STATE of New Jersey }
County of Mercer } ss.
day of June --
Be it Known, That on this twelfth day of June 
A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty one, before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Mercy Wilson a resident of Trenton
in said County, and made oath according to law that she is the daughter of Rachel Dunn
----------------------
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner (as she is informed and believes) of the New Jersey agency at the rate of thirty three 33/100 Dollars per annum; that she has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that she is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Mercy Wilson

Sworn to and subscribed, the day and
year aforesaid, before me.
Saml Evans J. Peace.

I, Samuel Evans Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that Mercy Wilson who executed the foregoing paper is a
respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
Dated 12 June 1851. Saml Evans, J. Peace

I Ralph H. Shreve Clerk of the Inferior Court Common Pleas in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Samuel Evans Esquire before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed is his signature.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal this sixteenth day of June- A. D. 1851-
Ralph H Shreve Clerk
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STATE OF New Jersey}
COUNTY OF Mercer} SS.

It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before the Inferior
Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of
Mercer in the State of New Jersey
that Rachel Dunn
was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States
at the rate of $33.33
per annum and that she died on the
twenty first day of July
eighteen hundred and forty eight
leaving surviving her the following children to wit June
Campbell, Asa Dunn, Mercy Wilson, Elizabeth Dunn,
Joseph Dunn, Sarah Field, and David 
Dunn--the first two
of whom have since died--and that
Mercy Wilson, Elizabeth Dunn, Joseph Dunn, Sarah
Field and David Dunn are now
the only surviving children of the aforesaid Rachel Dunn
-
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my seal of office this sixteenth
day of June
one thousand eight hundred and fifty one

Ralph H Shreve Clerk of
Said Court
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1905. Oct 3 - name and place
of residence of David Dunn
to Ad. Emil of N.J. M.B.H.
Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 919
Rachel Dunn
Widow
Joel Dunn
Priv. Rev. War.

Act: July 4, 1836
Index:  Vol. A
Page 198
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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4512
New Jersey  Reported
Rachel Dunn
widow of Joel Dunn
who died on the 27 of July 1845
of Middlesex in the State of New Jersey
who was a private in the Company
commanded by Captain Stiles
of the Reg commanded
by Col. Nelson in the
Revolution
for 10 months private

Inscribed on the Roll of Trenton
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33
Cents
per annum, to commence on the 24th day of
July, 1845
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of
February 1848 and sent to Hon 
John Van Dyke
[illegible] of Reps
Arrears to the 4th of
Semiannual allowance ending

Revolutionary Claim,}
Act July 4, 1836,}
Section the 3rd}
Recorded by
H Lumpkin Clerk,
Book C Vol. 1
Page 139.
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Rachel Dunn, dec
ed to $54.66, deding
former payts at $33.33
per annum, [illegible]
27 July 1845, & end of
21 July 1848, payable
to
Jane Campbell,
Asa Dunn
Mercy Wilson
Elizabeth Dunn
Joseph Dunn,
David Dunn, &
Sarah Field,
leaving children
W S Allison
Present
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Joel Dunn, N. J. Act 7 June 1832, $56 [illegible]
To what time was he last paid?
G. C. A.
Pension Office
Febry 19. 1848
Died 27 July 1845 pd to his death
W
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No. 7032
Rachel Dunn
wi of Joel
N.J.
act 4 July 1836
Married 1771
husband died 27 July 1845
AOM 10 mo pri
$33.33 per an
from 27 July 1845

10 mo. service [illegible]

Hon John Van Dyke
House of Reps
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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County } SS
I Nicholas Booraem Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Middlesex do hereby certify that the foregoing are the original proceedings of said Court on the application of David Dunn a committee appointed to assert the claim of Rachel Dunn for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 30th day of December A D 1847
N Booraem Clerk
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State of New Jersey Middlesex County SS-  Court of Common Pleas December Term AD 1847
In the matter of the application of David Dunn
to be appointed a Committee to assert the claim
of Rachel Dunn for a pension due her from the
United States for the Services of her late husband Joel Dunn late of the Township of Piscataway in the said County of Middlesex

It appearing to the Court by due proof that Rachel Dunn of Piscataway in the County aforesaid is the widow of Joel Dunn late of the said Township deceased, and that She has a claim for a pension from the United States for the Revolutionary Services of her said husband the aforesaid Joel Dunn deceased-- And also that the said Rachel by reason of Mental inability is incapable of asserting the said claim, and David Dunn of Piscataway aforesaid having Petitioned this court to appoint him committee to assert the said claim of the said Rachel
Dunn -

Thereupon the said Court, (being a court of record) do appoint the said David Dunn a Committee to assert the claim of the said Rachel Dunn and to do all other matters in her behalf as by law he is authorized to perform & do

New Brunswick December 30th 1847
State of New Jersey Middlesex County SS 
I Nicholas Booraem Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the records of said Court-

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 30th day of December 1847
N Booraem clerk
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New Brunswick New Jersey
September 7th 1847

Dear Sir.

Joel Dunn late of the Township of Piscataway County of Middlesex and State of New Jersey deceased was a pensioner of the United States under the act of the 7th of June 1832 at the rate of fifty dollars sixty five cents. He died on the 27th July 1845 leaving a widow who is now in the ninety fourth year of her age by reason of her extreme old age she is now labouring under insanity of mind consequently she is incapable of making application herself for the Pension
due her in right of her late husband the said Joel Dunn

The object of this communication is to obtain information whether her Pension can be secured through the application of one of
her sons or any other person Aand if it can, also
the mode of doing so

By transmitting the necessary information and form of application you will confer a great favour upon her family as well as upon your obedient humble Servant

Very Respectfully
Peter P. Runyon

Hon  J.L. Edwards
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
20 Sept 1833

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 
necefsary [sp] 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 [sp] with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A statement, shewing [sp] the Service of Joel Dunn

[from left]]
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.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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2
REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.  Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.  The Regular Troops.
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4.  Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, muc[s]icians 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 [blank] County of [blank] } ss.
On this [blank] day of [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:
(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. [hand icon with finger pointing to the 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 an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [blank]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.   A. B.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
[this paragraph is bracketed] 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, [begin underlining] proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged [end underlining]
[handwritten note] The difficulty in a case where proof of specific nature cannot be obtained, and the claimant cannot designate [note runs on to the bottom of the next page] the service, is to fix upon the time for which the pension [note continues in second line at bottom of this page] shall be computed. When the claimant [illegible] states [note runs on to the bottom of the next page] he cannot remember, shall his conjectures be taken as [note continues in third line at bottom of this page] evidence?
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[underlining continues from previous page] alleged service, as they are known at the Department. [end of underlining] 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 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.
[footnotes]
(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 [blank} year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]. For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months ["three or four months" in italics], is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. [begin bracketed section] This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly [begin underlining] 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. [end underlining, end bracketing]
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be stitched thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in the affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[hand icon with finger pointing to the right] 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.
[handwritten note begins at bottom of previous page] The difficulty in a case where proof of specific nature cannot be obtained, and the claimant cannot designate [note continues on this page] the service, is to fix upon the time for which the pension [note continues in second line at bottom of the previous page] shall be computed. When the claimant [illegible] states [note continues on this page] he cannot remember, shall his conjectures be taken as [note continues in third line at bottom of [previous page] evidence?
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State of New Jersey Middlesex county ss
On this twenty first day of November eighteen hundred & thirty three personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said county of Middlesex Joel Dunn an applicant for a pension named in papers numbered by the department 26.808. who being duly sworn on his oath saith that he now repeats what he has alleged in his papers & what has been alluded to by the department that he cannot swear positively to the [begin underline] precise length of all his services [end underline] that following the form prescribed by the department itself that [two words crossed out, illegible] according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned in his papers & in the [illegible] therein specified & that he means to pay nothing more nor less than what is received in point of form. With this explanation he proceeds to say that he cannot speak with absolute certainty of all the laws which then existed with regard to the militia but [illegible] on this subject respectfully to refer to a compilation of the ordinance & laws of New Jersey relating to this subject prepared by the Secretary of State of New Jersey under the direction of the Hon: James F. Randolph & by him forwarded to the department & to add [illegible] that he is sure his services were performed as he has heretofore set forth. He repeats that he served in the war of the Revolution faithfully [word crossed out, illegible] during all the periods in his original [word crossed out, illegible] declaration specified & more than he has specified but KNOWS & is willing that the computation of the time for which he is entitled to a pension shall be limited to the periods specified.  He again refers to the testimonies heretofore advanced viz the evidence of James
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J. Dunn & Abraham Bennet both surviving soldiers of the revolution & the latter now drawing a pension as such. He also refers to the accompanying & additional testimony of Samuel Blackford also a surviving soldier of the revolution besides whom he does not know that he can procure as other living witnesses. He repeats that he did serve long & faithfully & respectfully asks a reexamination in his claim & solicits its favorable  consideration.
Joel Dunn

Sworn & subscribed
the day & year aforesaid
before me
Peter P Runyon
Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey
Middlesex Count SS.  On this twenty seventh day of November Eighteen hundred thirty three personally appeared before the subscribe one of the Justices of the Peace in aforesaid Court Samuel Blackford who being duly sworn on his oath saith that he is well acquainted with Joel Dunn who has sworn & subscribed the foregoing supplemental declaration & has been well acquainted with Joel Dunn from [illegible] life- that he now lives a neighbor to him &
has always lived in the same vicinity- that he
the said Dunn was a soldier of the revolution
from the fact of his having served with him & 
knows he served a great deal & was a faithful 
soldier & [illegible] to his country- That he knows he served in the winter of '76 in the early part of the year '76 and went to Long Island-
that he served several tours in part of the subsequent years- that he recollects of him  serving several times with him- that he recollects that he served with him
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a tour with him at Woodbridge under Capt Sebring in the year 1780- that they were together in other places & that he believes Mr. Dunn served more than he has set forth in his declaration. He also further adds that Joel Dunn has always sustained a high reputation for 
veracity & that his statement in relation to his services is entitled to the fullest confidence-  
Samuel Blackford

Sworn & subscribed
the day & year aforesaid
Peter P. Runyon
Justice of the Peace

I certify that Samuel Blackford who has subscribed the foregoing ['declaration' crossed out] affidavit is a resident of Piscataway Midsx County-  a man of truth & veracity & that his statement is entitled to full faith & credit
Peter P. Runyon
Justice of the Peace

I Nicholas Booraem Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that Peter P. Runyon before whom the foregoing Supplemental declaration & affidavit been made was at the time a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Middlesex afsd duly commissioned and sworn and that
his signature to the attestation of them is Genuine
[seal affixed at left]
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand & seal of office this 30th day of November
AD 1833
N Booraem Clerk
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Joel Dunn's Application for Pension
26.808.
Certificate to be sent to Jas. F. Randolph N[ew] Bruns[wick] N[ew] Jersey
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Mr William B. Maxson a Clergyman residing in the said County of Middlesex and Jonathan R. Dunham resident also in said County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joel Dunn who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be of the age represented in his said declaration, That he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution that we concur in
that opinion
W B Maxson
Jona. R Dunham

Sworn & Subscribed
in open court the
day & year aforesaid
Peter P. Runyon

And the said Court do hereby declare the
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 Abraham Bennet & James T. Dunn who signed the preceding
certificates are aged men & credible persons & 
that their statement is entitled to credit. and also that William B. Maxson who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman is a resident in the County of Middlesex, and the said Jonathan R. Dunham who has also signed the same is a resident also in said County & is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit.
June 17, 1833
J. Ford
Peter P. Runyon
James Harriot
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I Nicholas Booraem Clerk of the Inferior court of commission [?] Please so hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Joel Dunn for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 17th day of June eighteen hundred and thirty three

N Booraem Clerk
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No 1.
Return of names of officers 
employed in the Qr M. Genl and Forage Departments by Daniel Marsh Qr Mr at Rahway.
Together with the names of the places of 
their abode. Rank and Pay.
Names
Rank & Pay
Joel Dunn W. M. at Piscataway
Pay per
month
dollars
80

Rations
per 
day
1

Subsistence 
per mo.
Dolls
10

No 2.
Account of Certificates in the Quarter
Master General's Department. Received into the
New Jersey State Treasury

Date of
Certif
March 7

No
Certif
52

By Whom Signed
Daniel Marsh [illegible]

To whom given
Joel Dunn W. M.

Interest
Commenced
Sept 30 1779

Amount
dollars
415.60
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State of New Jersey
I Thomas S. Allison Secretary
of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that the
foregoing numbered 1
and 2, from a Book and paper
headed as above, are true
and correct extracts, as taken from
and compared with the originals now on file
in my office.
In Testimony whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and seal of
office at Trenton this Eighteenth day of
March A.D. Eighteen hundred and fifty seven.
Thos S. Allison
Secy of State
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House of Representatives
Feb 3. 1848
To the Commissioner of Pensions

Sir
The accompanying
papers have been sent to me by Peter
P. Runyon Esq of New Brunswick N J with
the request that I would hand them to you.
Will you be good enough to take action
upon them as soon as practicable and commmunicate with Mr. Runyon on the [illegible]

Yours very Respectfully
John Van Dyke
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Application for
an increase of
Revolutionary Pension, 
under act
of June 7th 1832.

James L. Street, Atty
New Brunswick
New Jersey
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New Brunswick, New Jersey,
January 28th 1857.

George C. Whiting Esqr. ⎬
Commissioner of Pensions }

Sir,

Enclosed please find application of David Dunn, for increase of Pension, that was probably due to his father, Joel Dunn late a Pensioner of this County:

It may perhaps be proper to sat, that I have no  knowledge of the matter, beyond what appears on the face of the enclosed papers, except that the Declarant, David Dunn is esteemed by all that know him, as a "good man", in the highest, and best sense of that expression; and if the facts are as he states them, his father was certainly entitled to a larger amount of Pension, than he drew.  I have therefore, to ask for a review of the original papers in the case, and a 
thorough search, for proof of his service as a Waggon Master; and if found, then a certificate for the increase.

Very Respectfully.
James L. Street
Atty.
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Brief in the case
of Rachel Dunn, widow of Joel Dunn,
Mercer County and State of
New Jersey,
act 4 July 1836.

Claim, ("original" or [lined out] "for increase.)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?
Husband was a pensioner under the
act of 7 June 1832 at $51 [illegible] per annum.
Claim of the widow allowed at the same
rate under the Joint Resolution
of July 1, 1848, commencing 17 July 1845
& ending 21 July 1848.

Name and residence of Agent
W.S. Allison
Present.
S. Cole,
Examining Clerk.
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Trenton, N.J. Sept 3. 1851

Sir
I herewith return the certificate
of Mrs Rachel Dunn dec. for 
correction. It will be seen by the affidavit of one of the children filed with
her papers that the two first named
children are deceased, and therefore their
names should not be inserted in the
Pension certificate. Be pleased to
enclose 
a new certificate to me at this place
and instruct the Pension Agent here
accordingly.

I am resp
Your agt 
Wm S Allison

J S Heath Esq.
Comm of Pensions
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Additional evidence
in Claim for an
increase of
Revolutionary Pension,
under the act
of June 7th 1832.

James L. Street, Atty
New Brunswick
New Jersey
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New Brunswick, New Jersey
March 24th 1857.

Hon Com of Pensions
Washington, D.C.  }

Sir;

Enclosed please find Certificate from Secretary of State of New Jersey as to the fact, that Joel Dunn of this County, was a waggon Master of the revolution, as his son and Executor David Dunn has declared in his application for an increase of his father's pension. I may remark in explanation, that Piscataway, is the name of the Township in this County, in which Joel Dunn always lived and that the reason probably, why nothing was said in his original declaration, about his service as a Waggon Master, was, that at that time, no pension had ever been granted for such service, or, if there had been, that the fact was not known, to the old man, or to the Agent; I do not see any conflict, between
the facts of his original Declaration, as sent
to me, in Pension Office letter of the 23d Feb.
/57, and the enclosed certificate; and have
therefore to request a Pension Certificate, for
the proper amount of increase of the Pension
drawn by the said Joel Dunn, in his life time,-- it appears to be 5 3/16 months, at 80$ per month.
you will pardon, the--
(over )
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following Additional suggestions, presented,
not as evidence in the case, but as facts, that
may have some bearing in the decision of it.
1st There is a map & Revolutionary Papers, in the
office of the Sect. of State at Trenton, but they are
without arrangment, and from press & business,
in the office, arrising from the Legislature
being in Session, there has been only a
partial communication made in reference
to this claim, and that further payments, may
perhaps, be found hereafter.
2nd That we test the claim for increase, for
the present, on the enclosed Certificate alone.
3rd That if David Dunn's statement, as written
by me, conveys the idea, that his father served as
a Waggon Master, all the time, for three years,
it is not the idea intended, but, that some of the
payments recorded in the old book, mentioned
in his statement, were in 1777. Some in 1778, 
and some in 1779 and hence he believed, that 
his father served as a waggon master, during 
some part of each of those years, but not 
that he served continuously.
4th That although the Dunn family was
quite numerous, in this county during the 
Revolution, there is no evidence, either 
record, or traditional to be found of any 
Joel Dunn, having ever lived in the County 
except the Pensioner of that name, of
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the Township of Piscataway, and he always
lived, and died, on the same farm, on which
he was born.
I have taken much pains to
satisfy myself, of the above facts, and state
them with a full sense of the 
responsibility that may attach to me, as a consequence;
While I remain,
Very Respectfully,
James L. Street
Atty
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY,
OFFICE OF ADJUTANT GENERAL.

GW
Trenton, September 11, 1905.

The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Sir:

Will you please have the case of Joel Dunn, Widow No. 919,
Revolutionary War, examined and ascertain from it the name of the son
of the claimant who makes affidavit, stating that he was in possession
of the Wagonmaster rolls of his father, the claimant, and let me know
in what year he made this statement, and in what township in Middlesex
County he lived at the time?

Very respectfully,
Adjutant-General.

PENSION
A
U.S. 
SEP
12
1905
OFFICE
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M.B.H. Exr.

Wid. F, 919,
Joel Dunn,
Rev. War.

Oct. 5, 1905.
Sir:
In response to your letter, dated September 11, 1905,
and received September 12, 1905, you are advised that on
January 27, 1857, David Dunn, a son of Joel Dunn, residing
at Piscataway Township, Middlesex Co., N.J., stated that he
remembered an account book of his father's services as a wagonmaster
but which had been unfortunately destroyed. He does not
state that he had possession of said wagonmaster's rolls.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
R. Heber Brintnall,
Adjutant General of New Jersey,
Trenton, New Jersey.