Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5493, for Joseph Ireland, New Jersey
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Service
New Jersey
Ireland, Joseph
Number R 5493
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3-068.
(Old No. 3-649)
Bureau of Pensions
[illegible]
Make jacket
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Duplicate Org missing
3-223.
No. 5493
   , Ex'r
OLD WAR INVALID
Joseph Ireland
P.O.
N.J.
Service: Revolutionary War
Enlisted:     ,18
Discharged:    ,18
Application filed: Act of , 1818
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.
Recognized,    Contract
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Rejected
5493
1818 NJ
SW
Joseph Ireland
J Matlock July 27,1825
Not on file
Sept 29'77
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War Department
Pension Office
July 27, 1825.
OW.Ry 5493

Sir:
The claim of Joseph Ireland to a Pension on account of revolutionary service has been examined and rejected. It appears by the Muster Rolls of Col. Shreve's Regiment, in which he states to have served, that he entered on the 11th of January 1777, and deserted the 1st of June 1778; and that is a bar to all claims to any gratuity whatever for service performed during the revolutionary war.  The papers in the case will remain on our files, ageeably to the regulations of the Department.
James Matlack, Esq.,
Woodbury, N.J.
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JRW
Rej. 5493: Rev. War.
Dec. 12, 1904.
Sir:
In reply to your inquiry, you are advised that the only information relative to the service of Joseph Ireland afforded by the records of the Bureau is a copy of a letter addressed to James Matlock, Esq., Woodbury, New Jersey, which reads as follows:
War Department, Pension Office, July 27, 1825.
Sir:
The claim of Joseph Ireland to a Pension on account of revolutionary service has been examined and rejected. It appears by the Muster Rolls of Col. Shreve's Regiment, in which he states to have served, that he entered on 11th of January 1777, and deserted the 1st of June 1778; and that is a bar to all claims to any gratuity whatever for service performed during the revolutionary war. The papers in the case will remain on our files, agreeable to the regulations of this Department. 
(Unsigned.)
James Matlock, Esq.,
Woodbury, N.J.
The original papers are missing from the files of the Bureau.
Very respectfully,
Mr. Charles Morris Irelan, Commissioner.
Chief Clerk, Patent Office.