Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34153, John Cahill, Continental New Jersey Residence And Agency.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Continental
Cahill, John
NUMBER
S. 34153
New Jersey residence and agency.
CONTENTS
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19.
New Jersey
John Cahill
of Gloucester Co, in the State of New Jersey 
who was a Private in the Compy commanded by Captain Hugg of the regiment commanded by Colonel Lamb in the [New York, Tenn. scratched out] line, for the term of the war.
from [Blank] 1777 to Continental 1783

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3rd day of June, 1826

Certificate of Pension issued the 18 of Sept 1826 and sent to John C. Smallwood Esq
Woodbury N.J.

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1826.              $24.52
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1827 48.
                                                             ---
                                                            $72.52
Revolutionary claim
Acts March 18, 1818,
and May 1, 1820. &
March 1823
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State of New Jersey
Gloucester County
Personally appeared before me John Huth
one of the Judges of the [Illegible] Court of Pleas John Cahill of this County other aforesaid & being duly from did deposed say- that he entered in the
service of the United thee in the Revolution
War in Jany AD Seventeen hundred and
Twenty Seven under Captain Samuel Hugh
in the artillery the company was attached to
Col John Lambs Regiment of Artiler
&
Remained in the redgment in the sevence
of the United still until the river discharged
in seventeen hundred eighty three at
Westpoint & further saith that he was
in the Battle of Brandywine German
Town & at Monettand

further saith that he is in the firt firth
year of his age has no property has a
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Wife about Sixty seven years of age that the
to
are fear & have not property so as to keep house
both live in private files where they
are supposed & the char
That he receive a discharge which he has
fest that he record her right to hand
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State of New Jersey
I, John C. Smallwood, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Gloucester do hereby certify that John Firth Esq. before whom the annexed affidavits appear to have been taken, was at the time of the taking thereof, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Gloucester, and duly authorized to administer oaths, and that the signature of the said judge Firth purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Woodbury in said county this fourteenth day of September AD 1820.
Smallwood, Clk
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Admitted
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State of New Jersey
Gloucester County ss
On this twenty third day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six, personally appeared in open court, before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Gloucester in the State of New Jersey, being a court of record, proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited [illegible] of amount keeping record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, John Cahill aged about sixty seven years, resident in the Township of Waterford in the county of Gloucester, aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress of the 18 March 1818 and of the 1st May 1820.
That he the said John Cahill enlisted for the term of the continuance or during the War on the ________ day of January in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven in Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania in the company commanded by Captain Samuel Hugg in the regiment commanded by Colonel John Lamb in the line of the state of New York (called the 2nd or New York regiment of Artillery) on the continental establishment, that he continued to serve in the same regiment until the close of the war, that he was discharged at West Point in the state of New York, that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present, that his name is not on the roll of any state except as before stated and that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension, to wit:  I had been informed and believed that I could not obtain a pension unless I was absolutely unable to support myself, that before that time I had supported myself by
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by my labour, but by reason of sickness, having the rheumatism very badly, insomuch that I am quite lame at all times and my advanced age, I have been rendered entirely unable to support myself, and must unless I obtain a pension be supported by public or private charity.  And in pursuence of the Act of the 1st May 1820, 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 entited "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 contracted or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.  That is to say I have no estate either real or personal excepting a small trunk that I keep my clothes in, - value one dollar.
John (his mark) Cahill

I am by occupation a common labourer but within two or three years past, I have not been able to pursue it.  I have no family, my wife died since I made application for a pension in eighteen hundred and twenty four and am in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support myself without the aid of government except by private or public charity.
That since the 18th day of March 1818, the following changes have been made in my property:
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property.  In the year 1823 I lived in Philadelphia, and all my goods were sold on account of the Landlords warrant.  The whole amount of the proceeds of the sale was less than forty dollars and less that the amount of the landlord's claim.  Soon after the sale, I was taken to prison, and there remained tilI obtained the benefit of the insolvent laws.
John (his mark) Cahill
Sworn and declared in open court June 23, AD 1820
John Clement, Residing Judge

The court is of the opinion that the whole amount in value of the property exhibited in the within schedule is one dollar.
By the court,
John Clement
Tho Thackray
Job Brown

I John C Smallwood, Clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Gloucester, do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the said John Cahill did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceeding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months under [illegible] engagement on the continental establishment.  I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court.  And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited with aforesaid schedule is one dollar.  
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this twenty third day of June AD 1828.
Smallwood, Clk of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Gloucester, State of New Jersey
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34153
INVALID
Revy
File No. 34,153
John Cahill
Pri Rev War
Act: 18 March 18--
Index: Vol 2, Page 65
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30
2
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28 = 7.46
          8
          8
     --.06
____________
24.52
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Original [illegible]
19,848
John Cahill
Gloucester County
New Jersey

on roll
John Firth Esq
Judge at
Woodbury, New Jersey
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District of New Jersey
Be it remembered that on the twentieth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty four personally appeared in open court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Gloucester in the state of New Jersey, being a court of Record proceeding according to the court of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and keeping records of its proceedings, John Cahill, aged sixty six years, resident in the township of Waterford in the said county, who being first duly sworn according to law on his solemn oath doth declare and say that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:  That he enlisted in the month of January Anno Domini seventeen hundred and seventy seven under Captain Samuel Hugg (the company was attached to Col John Lamb's regiment of  Artillery) and remained, in the regiment and in the service of the United States until the Army was disbanded in seventeen hundred and eighty three at West Point, that he was in the Battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Monmoth.  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 any other manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with an intent so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons
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persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed 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 whatever, I am by occupation a labourer, but my age and debility disables me in a great measure from any kind of labour.  I have no family, my wife and myself both live in private families.  She, my wife, is aged about sixty six years, and is altogether unable to assist me in gaining a living and further saith not.
John (his mark) Cahill
Sworn to and declared this 20th day of December AD 1824.

Christopher Sickler
Thos Thackray
Job Brown
Jas Hopkins
James Tannart
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State of New Jersey
Cumberland County 
James Giles of Bridgerton in the county and state aforesaid, Counsellor at Law, aged sixty four years, maketh oath and saith that he this deponent, in the War of the Revolution, served as Lieutenant and Adjutant in the 2 or New York Regiment of Artillery, commanded by Colonel John Lamb.  That the deponent hath no distinct recollection of John Cahill who alleges that he served as a private in said regiment, and is now an applicant to the War Department for a pension; but that he has lately seen and conversed with said Cahill, and from his relation of a variety of incidents that occurred in said regiment, more particularly of those which took place during the siege of Yorktown in Virginia, and our return from it.  This deponent is fully satisfied and indeed entertains no doubt but that said Cahill served in said regiment; for none but a person belonging to that regiment could detail the facts that he has done.
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State of New Jersey
Cumberland County
I Ebenezer Seeley, clerk of Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said county do hereby certify that James D Westcott Esquire who hath attested the two affidavits hereunto annexed of James Giles and Joshua Reeves, is one of the justices of the peace in and for the county of Cumberland in said state and that due faith and credit ought to be given to his attestations of such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said court hereunto this twenty fifth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty four.
Ebenezer Seeley Clk
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State of New Jersey
Cumberland County 

Joshua Reeves, aged sixty five years and upwards, a resident of said county being duly sworn on his oath saith that during the revolutionary war he served three years, successively as a private in the continental army, in the regiment of artillery commanded by Colonel Lamb, that when he enlisted, a certain John Cahill belonged to the company to which he was attached, that the said John Cahill continued in the service during the three years that this deponent remained, that this deponent having lately seen a person named John Cahill who is an applicant to the war department for a pension as a revolutionary soldier, and having conversed with him is satisfied and fully believes that he is the same John Cahill who served three years, in the same continental regiment, with him during the revolutionary war.
Joshua Reeves
Subscribed and sworn before me, a Justice of the Peace of said county.  November 23, 1824.
James D Westcott
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J L Edwards, Esq
Sir,
John Cahill wished you to send his certificate for a pension to me if he should obtain one and if any of the proceedings should be incorrect he would be obliged if you would inform me.  Wherein,
Respectfully  [illegible]
J C Smallwood
15 Sept 1820
direct to John C Smallwood, Clk of the Court Woodbury, New Jersey
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Philadelphia County 
I, Matthew Randall, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, do certify that at a Court of Common Pleas held at Philadelphia of the term of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three, John Cahill of the county aforesaid was an applicant for the benefit of the several acts of insolvency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and in his schedule returned upon oath he stated that he possessed no estate whatever either real, personal or mixed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court at Philadelphia, the twenty sixth day of June AD eighteen hundred and twenty six.
Matthew Randall, Prothonotary
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Application
John Cahill
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State of New Jersey
Gloucester County
Personally appeared before me John Herth one of the judges of the County Commissioners in and for the county of Gloucester.
David Fisher of the county [illegible] and being duly sworn according to the law doth depose and say that he became acquainted with John Cahill a private in the service of the United States in a company formerly commanded by Capt Samuel Hugg, often commanded by Thomas [illegible] that the deponent was in the company of artillery, upwards of nine months with the  same John Cahill when this deponent was transferred to another company that he frequently saw the same John Cahill in the service and that he is confident that he did not leave the tour until he was discharged at the close of the war.
David Fisher
Subscribed and [illegible] before me Nov 9th 1824
John Herth
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Bounty Lane Warrant Record Card

Name: Cahill, John
Grade:  Private
Line: New York
Warrant Number: 6991
Acreage: 100
Issued: Nov 3, 1791
to Richard Colliar, assignee
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Bounty Lane Warrant Record Card

Name: Caho, Thomas
Grade:  Private
Line: Maryland
Warrant Number: 11065
Acreage: 100
Issued:  December 18, 1794
to Henry Purdy, assignee