Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 831, for Abraham Post, New Jersey
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SERVICE
New Jersey

Post, Abraham

NUMBER
S,831

carded
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New Jersey 1743
Abraham Post
of Hunterdon un the State of N Jersey who was a Lieut the Co commanded by Captain Tinbroeck of the Regt commanded by Col. Taylor in the N Jersey line for two years
$320
17. 438
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey at the rate of 320 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Augt 1873 and sent to C Bartles, Flemington N Jersey
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. 640
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 33. 160
$800.
Book
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Wm K Palmer Clerk,
Book E. Vol. three Page 125
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Abraham Post
24487

Certificate to be returned to C. Bartles
Flemington N.J.
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State of New Jersey Hunterdon County ss: on this fourteenth day of August, in the year of
our Lord Eighteen hundred & thirty two
appeared in open court before the Judges of
the Inferior Court of Common pleas of the
County of Hunterdon now sitting Abraham Post a resident of the township of Readington
in the County of Hunterdon aforesaid aged
ninety years ten months, who being first
duly sworn according to law on his oath
maketh the following declaration in order
to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress
passed the 7th of June 1832 was born at the
Millstone in Somerset County in said State
on the 11th day of October AD 1741. has got a
record of his age in a Dutch Bible & written in
Dutch from Millstone I removed to the
township of Readington in the County of Hunterdon.  I have ever since resided
except about four years since the revolution
in Readington when I entered the service as a
Militia man. I volunteered at the commencement of the war of the
revolution & was elected by my company
an Ensign under Capt Tinbrook, Col. [illegible] regiment. John Taylor was Lieutenant Col.  & afterwards was Colonel. I do not recollect our Major. Col. Beaver was our Colonel, also part of
the time, Our first trip we marched from the White in Readington township & went to Elizabeth in the summer or fall of 1776.
We laid there a month & were then discharged.  I was sick & was home so, & remained sick some time.
the next I was called out was when the British left New Brunswick & we followed them on to Bo--
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my memory has so failed me within the last
few years that I am unable to state where we
went to from there. I recollect I served my tour.-- I laid one trip of a month at
Elizabeth town & one other town of a more
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Elizabethtown Point under Capt Ebenzer
I land also one tour at Springfield
the
General Washington then laid at Morristown
also at Roundbridge, I am unable from failure
of memory to state how long I recollect being
an alarm & went to the Passaic river & laid at
the falls at Patterson. I was called out at the
battle of Monmouth we marched through Bennington to Allentown. I was not in the battle, but was placed as a guard over some prisoners that were taken the night before the battle I can not recollect how long I was out that tour. I was out on two excursions after tories that first tour up to the Union Furnace in that part of Hunterdon County. I do not recollect how long this tour lasted
I was on a tour after Tories in Piscataway
wood. We took sixteen that trip. & always
brought them to the Whitehouse from thence
we took them to Trenton. I left them there they were confined - from thence we marched to Bloomsbury as a rear guard to Congress which was then removing their setting to Allentown in Pennsylvania, we followed as Allentown
Pennsylvania as their rear guard from thence
we returned to the Whitehouse & were
discharged
I acted part of the time as Lieutenant. I acted as Lieutenant some time before I received my
commission. My commission bears date the 5th of January
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AD 1780. It was signed by Wil Livingston
Governor & Bowes Reed Secty. I served some
time after I got my commission my memory
has so failed that I cannot recollect my
different tours nor the length of them
I will not venture to state the length of time
served during the war of the revolution. I think
that Col David Schamp can testify as
to some of my services. I do not know of any
other person living by whom I can prove them.
John Thompson Esquire I think can testify as
to my character for veracity & truth
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to
a pension or annuity except the present and
I do declare that my name is not on any
pension roll of the agency of any state
Sworn & subscribed in open Court this 14th day of August AD 1832
Abraham Post

John Haas one of of Judges
Jno Thompson
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State of New Jersey Hunterdon County ss:
David Schamp being duly sworn according
to law on his oath saith that he was seventy
seven years old on the twenty first day of
June last past has always resided in the
township of Readington in the County of [illegible] aforesaid I can recollect Abraham [illegible] the within named applicant & have known him ever since I can recollect any per[illegible] I lived within five miles of the said Abraham during the whole of the War of the revolution
I have very frequently seen him out during the
war of the revolution he first acted as
Ensign & afterwards as Lieutenant. I saw him at Elizabethtown Brunswick Bounton & other places & at Monmouth. I have frequently
heard of his being out when I did not see him
during the time of the revolution & ever since
he has borne the name of a soldier of the
Revolution I have no hesitation from what
I have seen of the services of the said Abraham
Posts during the revolution & from what I
at the time heard of his services at the time to say that the said Abraham Post, served in the war of the revolution for the term of two
years & upwards at different periods. I further know that the said Abraham Post within the last few years has almost lost his memory. & has always been a man esteemed for his veracity & truth
David Schamp
Sworn & subscribed this 14th day of August 1832 in open Court
John Haas
Judge
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and the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion after the Investigation of the matter 
after puttng the Interrogatories prescribed by
war department that the above named applicant was revolutionary and served as he stated and the court further certifies that it appears to them that John Van Liew
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergy residing in the township of Readington
That the said Cornelius Cozine who also signed the same is a credible person that their statement is entitled to Credit
Done in open Court August Term 1832
Jno  Thompson
Benj. Egbert
Richd Cone
John Barton

State of New Jersey Hunterdon County, ss.
I Isaac Tarlee Clerk of the Superior Court
of Common Pleas of the county of
Hunterdon aforesaid Do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the
matter of the application of Henry
Post Esq.
for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand & affixed the seal of the said Court
this fifteenth day of August AD 1832
Isaac G. Farlee Clk
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Wt. John Van Liew a Clergyman residing
in the township of Readington and Cornelius
Cozine residing in Readington township
aforesaid hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with Abraham Post who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration
that we believe him to be aged ninety years &
ten months that he is reputed & believed in
the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur
in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed in open Court this 15th day of August 1832
John Van Liew
Cornelius Cozine
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Jno Thompson
Judge
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I George Henry one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Hunterdon
do hereby certify that I am acquainted with David Schamp who has made one of the foregoing affidavits and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity and that his statement is entitled to credit. Dated
March 28. 1833
Geo. Henry

State of New Jersey
Henderson County
I, Isaac G Farlee Clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Hunterdon
hereby certify that George Hervey Esq whom the foregoing certificate was made there was and now is one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of common Pleas duly commissioned & sworn and full faith & credit are due to all his official acts as such and I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Hervey and that the signature is in his own proper writing
In testimony whereof I have here
set my hand & affixed the seal 
Court this 28th day of March A.D. [illegible]
Isaac G. Farlee
in
Do
the
the
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THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY,
To Abraham Post Your Honour
GREETING:
WHEREAS it hath been certified to His Excellency William Livingston Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief of this State, that you have been duly chosen by the Fifth Company of Militia in Readington 
in the County of Hunterdon (being the Fifth Company in the fourth battalion of the said County, whereof I John Taylor Esquire, is Colonel) to be Lieutenant of the said Company,
you are therefore to take the said Company of Militia into your charge and Care as
Lieutenant thereof, and duly to exercise both Officers and Soldiers of the said Company in Arms: And as they are hereby directed to obey you as their Lieutenant you are likewise to obey and follow such Orders and
Directions, from Time to Time, as you shall receive from your Colonel or other your superior Officer or Officers; and
for your so doing this shall be your Commission. IN TESTIMONY whereof the Great Seal of the said State is hereunto
affixed. Witness William Livingston, Esquire, Governor, Captain-General and Commander in Chief in and over the State of New Jersey, and Territories thereunto belonging, Chancellor and Ordinary in the same, at Trenton the fifth  Day of January in the Year of our Lord One 
Thousand Seven Hundred and eighty

Will Livingston
By His Excellency's Command,
Bowes Reed Secy
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1934 Jan 16 - Bertha P. (Mrs. Robt Cutler adv. issue of son Abraham and daughter in law Jemima not shown.  See Corres. in David Post -t $18551 WMSVF

INVALID.
Rev War
File No. 1831
Abaham Post,
Lt. N.J. Line,
Act: June 7. 1832
Index: -- Vol. A Page 278
[Arrangement of 1870.]]
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Abraham Post
17.638

Adm 2 years as Lieutenant

Certificate to be sent to Charles Bartles. Flemington N.J.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claim, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
________ which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? 

II. Did the declarant make declaration in the county where he resides?

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?

V. *Has he mentioned 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? No See quen 5

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?

XIII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered atisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?

EXPLANATORY NOTES.

QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For ____ year _______months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For ______ months and ______ days, I served as a ______; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the
officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objection able. It must in every case be clearly shewn 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 their affidavits the time of the claimants 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.
+QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating
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 paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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Abraham Post.
24487

Certificate to be sent
to Charles Bartles
Flemington
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State of New Jersey Hunterdon County
Personally appeared before me John Thompson one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of common pleas of the said County of
Hunterdon, Abraham Post. 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 below, in the following
grades for one tour of one month I served
as ensign for the term of two years & upwards
I served as a Lieutenant. I acted a long
time as a Lieutenant before I received my
commission and for such service I claim a
pension
Abraham Post
Sworn & subscribed before me this 14th day of June 1833
Jno Thompson

State of New Jersey Hunterdon County ss. on this 14th day of June AD 1833 before me John
Thompson one of the Judges of the Inferior
Court of Common pleas of the said County
of Hunterdon personally appeared David
Schamp a witness who has been previously
sworn, in the application of the above
named Abraham Post. who being duly
sworn according to law on his oath saith
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that he belonged to the same Battation
of Militia to which the said Abraham Post
belonged. that the company to which this deponent belonged was adjoining the company to which said Post belonged, and this deponent has no hesitation in saying from his knowledge of the services of the said Abraham Post. during the war of the Revolution, that the
said Abraham Post was in actual service during the war of the Revolution in the capacity of Lieutenant for the term of two years & upwards and that the said Abraham Post acted a short time in the commencement of the war as ensign and that during the war of the revolution this deponent resided within about two miles & half of the said Abraham Post.
David Schamp
Sworn & subscribed before me this 14th day of June 1833.
Jno Thompson

I John Thompson one of the Judges of the
Inferior Court of Common pleas of the Said
County of Hunterdon do hereby certify that
I am well acquainted will the above named
Abraham Post & David Schamp who have sworn to and subscribed the foregoing
affidavits and that their statements are entitled to full faith and credit
Jno Thompson
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State of New Jersey Hunterdon County ss:
I Isaac G Ferlee clerk of the Inferior Court of Common pleas of the County of Hunterdon aforesaid do hereby certify that John Thompson Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits were was at the time of taking the same & now is one of the Judges of the
said court of common pleas and that the
signature Jno Thompson is his genuine
signature- In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & affixed the
seal of the said Court this 14th day of June in the year of our Lord Eighteen
hundred thirty three
Isaac G. Farlee Clk