Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,355, Benjamin Ford, Continental N.J. Res. In 1818
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Continental

Ford, Benjamin

NUMBER
S.34,355

N.J. res. in 1818
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CONTENTS
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9384
New Jersey        R  
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Benjamin Ford
of Salem Coy. in the State of N. Jersey
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Capt. Eggleston of the Maryland
['line' crossed out] for the term of the war 5 yrs
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Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 15th of April 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 16th of April 1819 and sent to Pensioner
No. 104 Walnut St. Philada.
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Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 10 16/30 4/31 85.29
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819
48.00
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$133.29
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{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}

Salem County.
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1890
Oct 2 S.H. Armstrong history

Notification sent November 8 18[illegible]
James Newell, Pittsgrove, New Jersey
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34355
Revy INVALID
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File No. __34,355____
___Benjamin Ford____
___Pri Rev War _______
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Act: __ 18" March 18"___
Index:--Vol. __2__, Page __142__

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of New Jersey
County of Gloucester-
On this fifteenth day of April A.D. eighteen hundred and eighteen (1818) before me Wm Harrison Judge of the Court of the ['United States' crossed out] in and for['Pennsyla. District' crossed out] personally appeared
Benjmn. Ford of Salem County (N. Jersey) who being duly sworn deposes & declares, that during the revolutionary war he served against the Common enemy as a private, in the Army of the Continental Establishment -- that on the
twentieth of May A.D. 1778 at (Elkton) in the State of Maryland he enlisted as a private in Capt Eggleston's Company of third Troop of horse belonging to "Lee's Legion", commanded by Col Henry Lee, and served during the term of five years and upwards untill he was discharged
about the month of October or Novemr AD 1783 when they was disbanded that he was discharged at Charleston (S. Carolina) by the said Capt Eggleston. Deponent was engaged at the Battle of the Eutaw Springs, Guilford County S. Carolina, that he served more than four years
in the Regular Service of the Continental establishment and untill the end of the war & the disbanding of the army.

That by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of support or assistance from his country, that he never has received or been allowed any pension by the Laws of the U. States, that he is a Native resident Citizen of the U. States and that his discharge is worn out by long usage & that he has no other evidence nor is he able to procure any other that what is hereto annexed

Benjamin Ford

Sworn & Subscribed this
Day of April A.D. 1818
before me
William Harrison Judge
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United States

State of New Jersey
County of Gloucester. } To wit.
Be it remembered that on this fifteenth day of
April A.D. 1818. Before me the Subscriber, Wm Harrison Esquire Judge of the ['Court' crossed out] of the Inferior Court in the County of Gloucester in the State of N. Jersey aforesd
duly commissioned & authorised as such personally came & appeared Daniel Snalebecker who being duly sworn according to law, on his oath depose & say that he well acquainted with the said Benjamin Ford in the papers hereto annexed named, & hath known him for the space of forty years & upwards, that the said Benjamin Ford served in the revolutionary war in the Service of the U. States, as stated by the said Ford.  this deponent Daniel Snalebaker was in the said service of the U. States & in the same legion of Col Lee with the said Ford, that deponent (Snalebaker) lost his leg at the battle of Eutaw Springs, that by reason of reduced circumstances in life the said Ford is in need of assistance from his country for support, being poor & needy & the said Benjamin Ford is a native citizen of the United
State, & as deponent believes is entitled to a pension-

Daniel Snalbaker

Sworn & subscribed before me this
fifteenth day of April AD 1818.
William Harrison
Judge as aforesaid
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State of New Jersey
I Thomas Hendry Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Gloucester do Certify that William Harrison Esq is on Commission as one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Gloucester and that the Signature of the said Judge [two words scribbled out] hereunto subscribed is duly such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office at Woodbury this thirteenth Day of November AD eighteen hundred and eighteen [signed] Hendry Clk
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New Jersey Gloucester Cy ss
I the within named William Harrison, Judge as within named do certify that it appears to my Satisfaction that the said Benjamin Ford did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the annexed declaration against the Common enemy & that I am well satisfied that he is poor & by reason of reduced circumstances in life in need of assistance from his Country for support & that he is a resident citizen of the State of New Jersey & I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the department of War pursuant to the direction of the aforementioned act of Congress
October 20th 1818 [signed] William Harrison Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the Count afd. [aforementioned]
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District of New Jersey, ss.
Inferior Court of Common Pleas September Term 1820
On this 19th day of September 1820 personally appeared, in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, of the County of Salem, in the State of New Jersey, being a Court of Record, proceeding according to the course of the common law-having jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping records of it proceeding, and possessing the power of fines and imprisonment, Benjamin Ford aged 60 years, resident in Brunswick in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows:-- In the year 1777 I enlisted under Major Henry Lee and Captain Randolph in Lees light dragoons at the head of Elk Delaware State the british then being then in Philadelphia.  I
enlisted on the 20th May and served in Lees Corps six years and was discharged at Charleston in South Carolina I was at the battles
of Guilford Courthouse Camden Eutaw Springs
and and at the taking of Stony point surprised the Briutish at Powless hook was with Lee on his retreat South Carolina I do not recollect the
date of my original ['declaration' crossed out] application but my pension Certificate is numbered 9384

And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th
day of March, 1818: and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service
of the United States, in the Revolutionary war,” passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule following, and by me subscribed.

1 dressor and crockery ware 1 chest 1 red stand & 1 statue -                                     $1.22
1 box and table 5 chairs plates teacups & saucers one looking glass               1.30
1 iron pot tea kettle and frying pan one barrel one tubl & Chest                               1.50
1 pigs 1 ax 1 lot of corn & hay        18.25
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                                                          22.17
Benjamin Ford

That he is by occupation a taylor but from bodily infirmity and age unable to get a living without assistance and that he is in debt more
hundred dollars a part of which has been advanced on account of his pension 
for the support of his family his neighbours that his family consist of himself aged 60 years his wife Anne age 38 years 3 children now being at home Patience aged 10 years Jane aged 4 years and Benjamin Ford age 6 weeks

Sworn to, and declared on the nineteenth day of September 1820 before John Nichols Presiding [covered; presumably 'Judge'] of Salem Court

JAMES NEWELL, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of [covered up]  in the State of New-Jersey, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the [coveered up] thereunder writen, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, [covered up] the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is twenty two dollars and seventeen cents.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this twenty first day of September 1820
James Newell
Clerk of the Court of the County of Salem
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[stamp:] [illegible] & Navy OCT 15 1890, DIVISION

Old war Div.
J.N.P. Ex'r
OM
Co. ___ Reg't. ____
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Address your reply to the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS with return of this letter.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington, D.C. October 2d, 1890
[stamp:] [illegible] OCT 13 1890 OFFICE

Sir,

In accordance with your request, you will receive enclosed, a statement, on a separate Sheet, of so much history of Benjamin Ford, a Revolutionary soldier from Maryland, as is contained in his application for the pension which he received -

Very respectfully
Guen B Raum
Commissioner

Mr S. H. Armstrong
Real Estate & claim Agent
Canton
Fulton County
Illinois