Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 44042, James Whitlock, Continental New Jersey
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(3--1776)

SERVICE
Continental
New Jersey

Whitlock, James

NUMBER
S44042

CONTENTS
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New York Roll.
925

James Whitlock, Private
Capt Bond
N Jersey
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary W[word partially obscured]

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 31st. of March 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th. of June 1818 and sent to the Hon. R. Riker, New York.

Arrears to 4th of September 1818
5 months 1/31  4/36  $41.31

Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818

Ogden

Jersy line - 2 years

Newyork, New York
Reinstated.[underlined]

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Discontinued on the Roll. under the Law of the 1 May 18[year cut off]

Notification sent to B. Ferris Esqr, 28th June 1820.--

New York City

Re-instated by Secy of War, 6th July 1821, & notifications sent as above.
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State of New-York.
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, ss.

[seal appears to the left of this paragraph]
I, BENJAMIN FERRIS, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said City and County, 

Do hereby certify, That Richard Riker, Esq. before whom the annexed Affidavits were made, and who hath subscribed his name to the Certificate also hereto annexed, was on the day when the said Affidavits were made and the said Certificate signed, Recorder of the City of New-York and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, and duly commissioned and sworn. And further, that the said Court is a Court of Record of the State of New-York, and that the signature of R. RIKER subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper hand writing of the said Richard Riker.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this fifteenth day of April 1818

[signature]Benj. Ferris
Clerk
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James Whitlock[name underlined]
Soldier

Correct
DH[?]
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State of New York
City of New York ss:

Personally appeared before me James Whitlock of the  City of New York, who being by me duly sworn did depose and say, that on the first day of December in the Year one thousand seven hundred seventy six, he enlisted in a company commanded by Capt. William Bond, as a private Soldier_ in the fourth Jersey Regiment, commanded by Col. Ephraim Martin, General Maxwells Brigage_ & continued therein until its reduction_ was then transferred to the first Regiment. commanded by Col. Mathias Ogden. Jersey line_ and continued in that capacity until the twenty third day of March seventeen hundred & seventy nine_ at which time this Deponent obtained his discharge from Col. Mathias Ogden, upon Deponents enlisting two men in his place & stead_

That the whole time above mentioned, a period of more than Two yearz, this Deponent served under the Continental Establishment, in the army of the United Statez, against the Common Enemy__ and the Deponent further says, that in consequence of his advanced age and reduced circumstancez, he is in need of the benefit, & entitled to the provisions of the act, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed the 18. March 1818._ Deponent further says, that the  discharged above mentioned is lost._

[signature]James Whitlock

Sworn this 31st day of March 1818. before me,
[signature]R. Riker
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State of New York ss
City of New York ss:

Ephraim L. Whitlock of Elizabeth Town in the State of New Jersey_ Lieutenant & Adjt. in the first Regt. Jersey line, commanded by col. M. Ogden, in the Revolutionary War, being duly sworn, saith, that he is well acquainted with James Whitlock, mentioned in the within affidavit, and the facts & statements therein set forth are correct and true__

[signature]EL. Whitlock
Lt & Adjt. 1st Regt
Jersey line
Revolutionary Army

Sworn this 31st day of March 1818 before me.
[signature]R Riker


City and County of New York ss: Be it remembered That on the Thirty first day of March in the Year One thousand and Eight hundred and Eighteen. before me Richard Riker, Recorder of the City of New York one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleaz called the Mayore Court of the city of New York which is a court of Record of the State of New York personally appeared the aforesaid James Whitlock[name underlined] Applicant, and Ephraim L Whitlock entitled to the fullest credit, who being by me duly sworn, did declare on oath that the facts stated in the within affidavit
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"Supplemental Deposition".[underlined]

City of New York ss: Personally appeared me Richard Riker Recorder &c on this sixth_ day of April in the Year one thousand Eight hundred & Eighteen; Horace Holden of the same city Attorney at Law, who is to me personally known, & who being by me duly sworn did depose & say_ that he was well acquainted with James Whitlock. the applicant & also with Ephraim L. Whitlock, named in the Affidavits hereunto annexed_ which were sworn & subscribed before me the 31th day of March 1818__ That they are both men of veracity and strict integrity_ that he has always understood that Ephm. L. Whitlock was an officer in the Revolutionary army__ that he believes the said James Whitlock to be in indigent circumstances & in need of relief from his country for Support:

[signature]Horace Holden

Sworn 6th. April 1818_
[signature]R Riker
Recorder of the City of New York
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subscribed by the said James Whitlock were true.

Whereupon I being satisfied that the said applicant did serve in the Army of the United States on the Continental Establishment, in the Revolutionary War against the Common Enemy. for the term of nine months and longer, to wit, for the term  & in the manner stated in the affidavit of the said applicant, and that he is fairly & justly entitled to the benefit of the act aforesaid_

Therefore, I do hereby certify and transmit the testimony in the case & the proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War

Given under my hand & the Seal of the said court, at the City of New York the day & year last above written_
[signature]R Riker
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James Whitlock
No 8 Rinder Street
New York

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James Whitlock
notif sent to [illegible] 28 June 1820

sent to B. Ferris, Esq.
New York 28 June 1820

not entitled
925  8 June 1818
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Sold by J. B. Jansen.

NEW-YORK MAYOR'S COURT.

IN the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, held at the City-Hall, in and for the said City, before the Judges of the Same Court, of June term, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty

PRESENT the Honorable Peter A Jay Recorder

City of New York, ss. Be it Remembered, That on the Nineteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the city of New-York, in open court, the said court being a court of record for the city and county of New-York, according to the charter of the said city and the laws of the state of New-York, James Whitlock aged Sixty years, resident in the city of New York who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: that he enlisted in a company commanded by Capt Bonds[?] on the 12th July 1776 in what was called the five months service  & on the first of december of the same Year enlisted in the same company in the 4th Jersey Regiment commanded by Col. Marten & in February 1779 the Regiment being reduced was transfered to the first Regiment commanded by Col. Ogden in a company commanded by Capt. Furman & received my discharge on the 25th March 1779 by hiring 2 substitutes in my place.

On the 1st of July 1782 he enlisted at Georgetown S.C. in a company commanded by Capt. McClure in the 4th Regiment of Pennsylvania Artillery commanded by Col. Proctor & continued in that Company untill the close of the War & received a discharge in Philadelphia 5th Sept 1783 which is lost. Was in the Battles of Long Island, White plains & taken prisoner at the [illegible] lands of Sandy Hook on the 13th Feby. 1777 in Company with seventy three others. After being six months a prisoner he made his escape & joined the Regiment in Pennsylvania a few days before the battle of German town & was also in the battle of Monmouth

and that his original declaration is dated the thirty first day of March one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen and that his pension certificate is No. 925
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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 hereby so to diminish it as to bring myself withing 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, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen : and that I have not, or 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 hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, to wit :

One small frame House on Lease Ground at $30 per Annum [6 words underlined] Estimated to be now worth the sum of $300[underlined]. 1 Mahogany desk $8 1 Bureau $5 1 Breakfast Table $5. 1 Old Spanish Cedar dining Table $2 1 Cherry table $2 Looking Glass $3 Common Chairs $2 1 Old Rag Carpet $1.75 1 Tin Plate Stove & fixtures $7. [illegible] Pr common And Irons Shovel & Tongs $2 1 dz Silver tea spoons $8 1 Silver sugar Tongs $1.50 1 Britania tea Pot $1.00. Earthen tea Pot $0.10 1 Sugar & 2 Milk cups 2/- tea cups & saucers 4/- Earthen do 3/- 8 common bowls 4/- tea tray & server $1.25 2 Decanters & 4 2 pint Glasses 7/- 6 wine Glasses 3/3 Six knives & forks & Six Spoons 4/-  3 Common Pitchers 1/6 15 Earthen Plates &c 2/- 2 Iron Pots & one kettle 10/- 1 Brass kettle Gridle. Gridiron. & frying pan 38/- 1 Bible & sundry other Books $10 1 Lot Sundries $5 1 Water [illegible] 4/- 2 trash tubs of Earthen Pots, Jugs, candlesticks & Lamp 12/- 1 Clock $5.50. 6 small plates & sundry small articles 48/-
total amount $388.58

And that I am justly indebted in the following sums of money. To Mr Story $33. S. Russel $30 Ground, rent $30 Doct. Boyd $150 Mr S L Hommodeen[?] $12.50 Abner White $30 Funeral Expenses for my son $6.75 for Taxes $4.60 borrowed money $5 Dr. Logan's [Lagan's?] Estate $15 H.K. Alene $12 Sherriff's Fees $6 R. Bgardus $6
Total Amt. of debts $336.25

And I do further swear that my occupation is that of a Taylor which business I am at present wholly unable to pursue, having for several years past been afflicted with the dropsy & for Eleven years past with Fistula in ano & unable thereby on an average for the last 4 Years to contribute 6 cents a day for the support of my Family. That my wife Phebe is now the only person residing

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with me. who is of a feeble & slender constitution. And I do further Swear that the certificate of Doctor Thomas Boyd my Physician which is hereunto annexed contains the truth & nothing but the truth

[signature]James Whitlock

Sworn in open Court this 19 June 1820 before me
Benjn. Ferris clk 


I, Benjamin Ferris Clerk of the city and county of New-York and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the city of New-York, Do hereby certify, That the foregoing Deposition and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records 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 in the aforesaid schedule is not exceeding four hundred Dollars

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this twenty third day of June 1820

[signature]Benjn. Ferris
Clerk
[seal appears to the left of this signature]
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[handwritten in top right corner]MD.G

Rev. & 1912 Wars Section.

Ocotber 9, 1925.

Mrs. Rudolph O.Bothfeld
238, 75th Street,
Brooklyn, New York.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S-44042, it appears that James Whitlock enlisted July 12, 1776 and served five months as a private in Captain William Bond's New Jersey Company and was at the battles of Long Island and White Plains.

He enlisted December 1, 1776 and served in Captain William Bond's Company, Colonel Ephraim Martin's Fourth New Jersey Regiment. He was taken prisoner at Sandy Hook, February 13, 1777, escaped after six months, rejoined his regiment and was in the battles of Germantown and Monmouth. He was transferred in February 1779 to Captain
Forman's Company, Colonel Mathias Ogden's First New Jersey Regiment and was discharged March 23 or 25,1779.

He enlisted at Georgetown, South Carolina July 1, 1782, served in Captain McClure's Company, Colonel Thomas Proctor's Fourth Regiment of Artillery and was discharged
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September 5,1783.

He was allowed pension on his application executed March 31,1818 while residing in New York City. He was sixty years old in 1820 and then referred to his wife Phebe. He had a son and two daughters buth their names are not on record. They were dead in 1820.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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P

15706
INVALID.
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[seal of the Daughters of the American Revolution in the top left corner]

[stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
S
AUG
26
1925

"Women of '76" Chapter
Brooklyn, N. Y.

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

I am trying to identify a James Whitlock in order to get a Revolutionary ancester.

My James Whitlock was born in New Jersey in 1759 or 60 and died in New York Sept. 13, 1825.

At the State house in Trenton I find a service of a James Whitlock who was born in 1760 and enlisted from Monmouth County New Jersey.

I also find that in 1820 he applied for a pension Affidavit taken in New York City
- Inv 44042 -

Can you give me a copy of the Pension Papers of this man.

Very Sincerely yours
[signature]Anne S. Bothfeld 
(Mrs. RO)
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44042
INVALID.
Revy

File No. 44.042
James Whitlock
Pa Rev War

Act: 18 March 18
Index:--Vol. 3[may be 5], Page 561

(Arrangement of 1870.)

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1925. Oct 9- Hist to Mrs Rudolph O Bothfeld
MDY
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This is a peculiar case__
The pensioners prop'y was valued by the Court, "not exceeding 400". "His small frame house"[4 words underlined] was estimated to be worth $300__ but it is worthy of remark,__ the House is on "Lease Ground"[2 words underlined] for which he has to pay $30[underlined]_ per annum__

His wife is the only person residing with him. The pensioner is a tailor by occupation__ but wholly unable to work__ 60 years old__ Gentlemen of the first respectability[2 words underlined] have certified to the pensioners excellent character__ Doct Boyd, a Physician [word cut off] eminence, says he never will be able to labor__ served two years__
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I certify that I have been acquainted with Mr James Whitlock for Eleven years past. that for many years he has been afflicted with Fistula in ano. that for several years he has been afflicted with dropsy & been unable to contribute on the average for the last four years six cents a day for the support of his family that he has been much afflicted also in his family having within Eleven years buried two [2 words unintelligible] & one Son (grown up}, with dropsy. & further that there is improbability of his ever being able to resume his trade_ Also that the said Mr James Whitlock has during my acquaintance with him supported a good religious character
New York May 26. 1820

[signature] Tho: Boyd Physcian
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We the subscribers neighbours and friends of James Whitlock do certify that all which he has set for in his address is as we verily believe correct and true._ That we have been acquainted with the said James Whitlock for a number of years and know that his family has suffered by sickness in an extraordinary degree._ that he has been long unable, and that there is no probability in our opinion of his ever again being able to afford them any support_ that his reputation is in every respect good, and that from his extreme poverty he requires and deserves, as we humbly conceive the prompt assistance of his Country
New York Aug. 22. 1820

[signature]Jeremy Terwilliger
[signature]Adam W. Turnbull
[signature]Ebenezer Smith
[signature]Abram Bogart
[signature]Ths.[?] Mooney
[signature]Thos. Darling
[signature]Stephen Conover
[signature]Robert McQueen
[signature]Robert Morris
[signature]Sam'l Dunshee
[signature]B. Sheys
[signature]Joseph N.[or H.] Thomas
[signature]Robert Gilmore
[signature]Abner White
[signature]Silas Tobias
[signature]Richard Vallentine
[signature]Robt Hall
[signature]Job Furman
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Mr James Whitlock_ is a member of the Church under my Pastoral care_ of good regular standing; deserving the esteem & indulgence of this pious & humane_ of most excellent character_ & patiently submissive to the frowns of a just Providence_ who doubtless will ordes[?] all his afflictions for his future welfare__ Doctor Boyd whom he desires me to mention_ is one of the most respectable Physicians of our City_ & a a man much belovd by the Church of God, of which he is a member_ & as I am informed and Officer__

J.H Prentis[?]_
Pastor of the Presbyterian Church on Orange S N. York

New York
Aug. 23rd 1820
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I certify that I have attended in Mr James Whitlocks family for Eleven years past and that he has been visited with an uncommon share of sickness in that time having lost two daughters & one son grown up, with dropsy that his wifes health has always during that period been very delicate and his own [illegible] having been afflicted during that period with fistula in ano, dropsy and fevers, that for the last two years he has been incapable of doing any thing for the support of his family that he is now indebted to me the sum of one hundred & twenty dollars, which he is & probly will always be unable to pay_ further I believe the said James Whitlock to be in very straitened circumstances and without assistance from his Country must become chargable to this city New York Septr. 16_1820.

[signature]Tho: Boyd Physn.
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To the Honorable the Secretary at War of the United States of America.

The Subscriber James Whitlock having sent forward the schedule of his property & having received no answer is fearful that you have misunderstood his case. The balance in his favour (as appears by the aforementioned schedule) will be very small when his debts are paid, he cannot expect a much longer indulgence from his Creditors, as they have already threatened to enter a prosecution against him if he does not in a short time satisfy their demands, and as it is out of his power to pay the cash at present, he expects soon to be under the necessity of giving up his property for their benefit, after which he will have nothing left excepting what the Laws of New York allow the debtor to keep house. And as the subscriber has been much reduced by sickness in his family as will appear by the Doctor's certificate attached to the aforementioned schedule he has also been confined by the Billious remittant fever in connection with his other complaints ever since the abovementioned Certificate was forwarded to you as will appear by the document accompanying this address

[signature]James Whitlock
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[stamp]
FREE

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For
Reconsideration
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Recd. 30 Sep: 1820

Mr Honble
John C. Calhoun
Secy. of War
Washington

[postmark]
NEW-YORK
SEP
28
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New York Sep. 28. 1820

Sir,

At the request of James Whitlock I beg leave to enclose to you his Papers [illegible] to his claims for a Pension as a Revolutionary Soldier

I have read over the [2 words illegible] from the Revd. Mr Ab [illegible], Doctor Boyd & from several of his Neighbors in Those of [2 words illegible] & Dr Boyd entitled to the highest credit_ Some of the Neighbors I also know who are reputable people, & among them I [illegible] the name of the Mr McQueen the Alderman of the Ward-- I have known Mr Whitlock between 30 & 40 years & have known him always to [illegible] a fair reputation I believe his statement to be correct & as he has assigned over his [illegible] for the payment of his Debts I [3 words illegible] him as entirely [illegible]--

I am very respectfully

Your Ob. [illegible]
[?] Morton
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAN-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME
Whitlock, James

GRADE
Matross

LINE
Pennsylvania

WARRANT NUMBER
10645

ACREAGE
100

ISSUED
June 2, 1797 to ___not shown___

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.