Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,138, Jeremiah Brown, New Jersey. New York.
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SERVICE
New Jersey,
New York,

Brown, Jeremiah
or Jeramiah

NUMBER
S.22,138

CONTENTS
(begin handwritten) born Aug 10, 1769 on the east end of Long Island.
res during Rev. Morris Co. N.J. and Oneida Co. N.Y. (end handwritten)
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N. 18.900  18900
Pittsburgh
==============================
Jeremiah Brown
Washington Co. in the State of Penn. who was a private in the {blank] commanded by Captain
[blank] of the Regt; commanded by Col. Martin in the N. Jersey line for 1 year 7 months. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh at the rate of 63 dollars and 33 1/3 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Oct. 1833 and sent to Ben S. Str[illegible] Washington Pa.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833           158.33⅓
Semi-anl. allowance ending 6 
   March 34                                             31.66⅔ 
                                                              $190.00
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.      }

Recorded by D. Brown  Clerk,
Book E.  Vol.5   Page 72

(Numbers at bottom of page)
1833
    74
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1759

(writing in right page in different direction)
Date of deactivation DB-
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left page in different direction:
1833 Thomas Officer Prothy

right page: 
27.764
Declaration of Jeramiah Brown

Address Benj. S. Stewart
Washington Wash Co.
Pennsylvania
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Declaration of Jeremiah Brown
State of Pennsylvania
Washington County
On this 17th day of June A.D. 1833 personally appeared in open court before the judge of the Court of Common pleas now setting Jeremiah Brown a resident of Chartiers Township in the County of Washington and State of Pennsylvania aged seventy four years on the 10th day of August next ensuing, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the providious [illegible} by the Act of {illegible two words} June the 7th 1832.  That he entered the service of the United States.  That he was a volunteer private in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary War, and served in that capacity three several tours of duty.  During my first time of service which was in 1776 I belonged to the volunteer company commanded by Captain Bates & Lien Daniel Guarde.  The name of the colonel who commanded the regiment to which I was attached was Martin. The other officer of the Right I can't now recollect.  On this occasion I entered the Army near the final
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day of July 1776 and left it in the first week of December following having served just five months.  When I entered the service this time I lived in Morris County New Jersey, within two miles of Morristown the Reg to which I was attached marched from.  Morristown directly to the City of New York after remaining at New York for four or five weeks, we [illegible] to Long Island a few days before the battle.  At this time we were commanded by General Heard.  I was on Long Island when the battle was fought.  I think it was on the 27th day of August.  I was not personally enjoyed in the battle.  Yet I was so near that I could hear the discharge as of the fire [illegible], and see the smoke asending from the field of the contest.  In this battle the Americans lost about 1000 men and General Sullivan and Sterling were taken prisoners.  We retreated from Long Island and were marched with many other troops, to the  "White Plains" in State of New York.  From the "White Plains"  the company to which was attached was marched to Newark in New Jersey where were discharged and from which place we returned home immediately.
When I entered the service the 2 time I lived in Orange County New York.  On the first of June 1777 I again entered the service a a volunteer and served to the last of November.
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making just six monhs.  I served the whole of this time in a volunteer company commanded by Capt. Ck McKinstry, the Lient's name was also McKinstry.  The regiment to which our company was attached was commandded by Colonel Malcolm.  Our Major's name was Benjamin Scotia.  So soon as the Regiment was completely organized we were marched from Orange County directly to Albany.  After laying at Albany for a few weeks, we were marched about eighty miles further up the North river to a place called the "German Flats" where we remained for a considerable time (I suppose about two months) to keep the British and Indians in check.  From the German Flats we came down the river to Albany again, where we remained for several weeks.  We were then marched down the river towards New York to a little town called "Sopas" which was afterwards, burnt by the British.  At this little village we lay about two or three weeks and were then marched down near New Windsor, where we were discharged having been on duty six months.  During this tours we had several little [illegble, could be scrimmages]with small parties of the British and Indians, but nothing like a decisive battle.
During my third term of service which was for eight months I was also a volunteer and belonged to a volunteer company commanded by Captain Vanasdolle, the name
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of the [illegible] Lient was Rose   I have forgotten the name of the Col. who commanded the regiment to which our company was attached, but I recall that the Majors name was DeWitt.  At this time I still resided in Orange County New York.  On this occasion my service commenced about the 15th day of April 177[illegible] and ended near the middle of December.  I served just eight months.  Soon after I entered the service the regiment was marched to the Navasink, a branch of the Delaware River running through New York and at that time the frontier Settlement of New York.  When we arrived at the Navasink, the troops were separated into small parties and companies and posted all along the frontier to prevent the Indians from making predatory incursions through the Settlement.  The company to which I was attached was stationed at a place called the "Beinback" by the German settlers.  {illegible] eight months were were [illegible] as baracked at this place in a number of waste and deserted houses as [illegible] While we lay here were, frequent and an short scouts against the Indians but never had an enjoyment of any importance with them.  Our principle object was to keep up a face
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between the several posts and to prevent the savages from [illegible] the frontier.  We lay at the Beinback until December was far advanced, and the weather had become so cold, as to confine the Indians to their villaages and their immediate  neighborhood.  The Settlement being no longer in danger, we had permisson to return to our homes.
I have no documentary evidence by which I can prove my service or any part of it and I know of no person, whose testimony I can procure, who can testify to my service.  If any of my old companions in arms are now living I know not where they reside.  Yet if may be possible if I were to revisit the scenes of my boyhood I might perchance light on some individual who had borne arms by my side, but I never expect to cast these dim eyes along those shores, which from the lapse of many long years are fast fading from my recollecting. 
I was born on the 10th day of August 17[illegble] on the east end of Long Island.  My father kept no record of the ages of his childen, the day of my birth was handed down by traditions from my parents and there I received it.  From Long Island, at an early age I was taken by my parents to Morris County New Jersey at which place I lived when I was first called into the service.  When I was called into service
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The 2nd and 3rd times I lived in Orange County New York - from the termination of the Revolution was to 1798 I still lived in Orange N.Y.  In 1798 I removed to Bucks Co. Pennsylvania where I resided for twenty years.  In 1810 I removed to Washington County Pennsylvania, where I now live and have lived ever since.  When  I entered the service I was on all occasions a volunteer.  I never received a written discharge from the service or any  [illegible]  
I know of no clergyman, who I can procure who can testify for me according to the form prescribed by the War Department.
I am well known to the following named persons who reside in my present neighborhood, who can testify to my character for veracity, and their belief of my service as a soldier of the Revolionary Vig Saron Miller, James Boice Vincent Caekins Hayle [illegible]Wm Wylie Samuel Miller Richard Miller.  He hereby relinguished every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state Sworn and subscribed the day[blank] this year [illegible]
Thomas Officer
Veramiah "x" Brown
               Mark
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We Aaron Miller, James Brice, Sam Miller residing in the Township of Chartiers and the County of Washington do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jeramiah Brown who has sworn to and subscribed the above declarations that we believe him to be seventy four years of age on the 10 day of Aug next -------; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Aaron Miller. Samuel Miller, James Brice
Thomas Officer Prothy
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 
Aaron Miller, Saml Miller & Jas. Brice who have served the preceding certificate and resident in the township of Chartiers and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
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I Thomas Officer prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Washington do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the court in the matter of the application of Jeremiah Brown for a pension.
In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of my office this 29 day of June Anno Domini 1833. Thomas Officer Prothy.
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27.764
Jeremiah Brown
Admit 19 months
Benjamin S. Stewart 
Washington
Washington Co. Pa.
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War Department, 
Pension Office,
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 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 shew what is necefsary 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 with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 

A Statement, shewing the service of Jeremiah Brown, Wash. Co. Pa.

[Table]
July 1, 1776 | --| 5 | - | Pr. | Col. Martins | 74 years | Traditionary
June 1 1777 | - | 6 | - | " | " Malcolm | Morris Co. N. Jersey |
April 15. 1778 | -- | 8 | - | " | Major Dewitt

I am respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. [ ] EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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 Service and to include under the terms of "Continental Line,: "State troops,: 'militia," and all persons enlisted, drafted ,or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keerpers &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
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, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make applicationn by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County were such applicant resides.  And every Court having by a seal and Clerk 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 }ss
County of 
On this [blank] day of [blank]  personally appeared (a) before  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 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 name and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officer;) 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.  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 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
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[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 do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original of the Court of 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 seal of office (i) this day of [blank} &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as rule given in note (J) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and 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 declarations, 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 name applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. and that C.D., who 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, (blank)
In testimon 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 stat under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of a at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personnel knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (I)and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, 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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. 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 corroboration the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly, set forth, no favorable decision can 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 de 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 service, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

(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 don 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 invariable 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 grade:-For--year--months, and --days,  I served as a --; and for such services 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 last directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phase about [illegible] or four months is too indefinite, and all such quality 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. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly 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.
  (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 
 (illegible) seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying office, 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 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.
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 services by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of the leaving the same, as was the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oath must certify to the credibility of the witnesses and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper office, under his seal of office.
    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 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.

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December 17, 1935

Jeremiah Brown- S.22138
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. E. H. DeVoe 
136 Washington Avenue
Washington, New Jersey

Dear Madam: 

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Job Cittle or Kittell, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Aaron Gaskins, Monmouth County, New Jersey, soldiers of the War of 1812, and the Revolutionary War record of Jeremiah Brown, Monmouth County, New Jersey.

The War of 1812 records of this office fail to show claims for pension on file on account of the service of Job Cittle and Aaron Gaskins. The surnames have been searched under similar spellings.

The Revolutionary War record of Jeremiah Brown which follows was obtained from the papers on file in the pension claim, S. 22138, based upon his service in that war. This is the record of the only Jeremiah Brown (Browne) who served in the New Jersey troops, as found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office. 

Jeremiah Brown stated that he was born August 10, 1769 on the east end of Long Island; the names of his parents are not given. He moved at an "early age" with his parents to reside in Morris County, New Jersey.

While residing in Morris County, New Jersey, he volunteered July 1, 1778, served as a private in Captain Bates' company, Colonel Martin's New Jersey Regiment, was on Long Island at the time of the battle, but not actively engaged in the battle, was in the retreat
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from Long Island, length of service five months.

The soldier, Jeremiah Brown, moved from Morris County, to Orange County, New York, and enlisted June 1, 1777, served six months in Captain McKinstry's company, Colonel Malcolm's New York Regiment, marched to "German flats",  to keep the British and Indians in check, was in several skirmishes. He enlisted April 15, 1778, served eight months in Captain Vanasdoll's company under Major DeWitt, to protect the frontier settlements from the depredations of the Indians,

The soldier moved from Orange County, New York in 1790 to Bucks County, Pennsylvania and in 1810, moved to Washington County, Pennsylvania.

He was allowed pension on his application executed June 17, 1833, at which time he was living in Chartiers Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. He then stated that he was aged "seventy four years on the tenth day of August next ensuing".

There is no reference to wife and children. 

If you desire information in regard to the last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and cite the following:

Jeremiah Brown 
Certificate #18900 
Issued October 24, 1833 
Rate $83.33 per annum 
To commence March 4, 1831 
Act of June 7, 1832 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Dec 5, 1935
Veterans Administrations, Washington D. C.
Dear Sirs:
Do you have any records of the service of a Job Cittle or Kittell as serving in the War of 1812. 
Any information will be appreciated. (Monmouth County, N. J.)
Yours Very Truly,
Mrs. E. H. DeVoe
I would appreciate the same information of
Aaron Gasken War of 1812 Monmouth County, New Jersey 
+ "Jeremiah Brown", Revolutionary Veteran of Monmouth Co., N.J. 
Yours, (Mrs.) E. H. DeVoe, 136 West Washington Ave., Washington, N. J.
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Resolution 22138 INVALID 
File No. 22138 
Jeremiah Brown
Pri. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 32"
Index Vol. 2 page 56
Arrangement of 1870
N. Y. Service 
19-5 Dec 17 - list L. Mrs. E. H. DeVoe  ----