Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 994, Alexander Douglass, New Jersey
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Service
New Jersey

Douglass, Alexander

Number
S.994

Carded
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9351
New Jersey
Alexander Douglass of Nottingham in the State No Jer who was a Pri in the com commanded by Captain  of the Bri.  commanded by Gen Cadwalder in the N. J.
line for 6 mo adjut and quarter Master 18 mo

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey
at the rate of 250 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of April 1833 and sent Wm Halsted, Trenton N J
Arrears to the 4th of March 35 $500.00

Semi-anl. allowance ending Sep. 35 125.00

$675.00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by E D Bullock Clerk

Book E Vol. 3 Page 108
Died 4. April 18
Decr 1837

Died Apr 4 1837
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State of New Jersey 
Hunterdon County ss
On this twenty ninth day of August in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and thirty-two  personally appeared before me
Evan Evans Esquire one of the Judges of the
Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Hunterdon Alexander Douglass a resident of the township of Nottingham in the County of Burlington and State of New Jersey aged ninety years on the tenth day of February last who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832.
That he entered the service of the United Sates as a volunteer militia man in the fall of the year
1776 under the command of Captain John Cadwallader, who was afterwards appointed General, and marched with said Company to Long Island and was in the battle of Long Island and was in a picket under the command
of General Green and retreated with the army to the city of New York. He was also in the battle of Princeton as a volunteer in General
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Cadwalladers brigade under the command of Captain or Lieutenant Nesbit and marched with the army from Princeton to Morristown in New Jersey and combined with the army there two months. He owned the house and lived in the house where General Washington held his council of war from the night previous to the battle of Princeton and pilotted [piloted] the American army from Trenton to Princeton on the morning of the battle of Princeton after his return from Morristown he and received a warrant for the appointment of Adjutant of the First Battallion [Batallion] of Militia for Burlington County whereof Bowes Reed was colonel and on the fourth day of August 1777 he received a commission from Governor Livingston of New Jersey as adjutant of said Battallion [Batallion] (which commission is hereto annexed). After I was
appointed adjutant I marched with my battalion from Burlington through Croswicks [Crosswicks] and Allentown to Monmouth and remained at Tinton falls in the County of Morrison as a guard to the coast and that part of the country for one month. This applicant was afterwards employed to the charge of a company men for the purpose of taking affect
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of flat bottomed boats and scows from below Trenton falls up to Coryells ferry on the Delaware River to be used by General Washington to pass his army over the river Delaware river, after performing this duty
I was with our battalion at Burlington Border
town and lay there several weeks. After this I was appointed quarter Master for General Dickinson division of the Jersey Militia and marched with him on the 13th of June 1780 from Trenton through Pennington
Pingoss and Heuchern to Morristown remained at Morristown until the fourth of July following when I was discharged and returned home. This applicant was again ordered out by General Fisk in sum as Quarter Master of General Dickinsons division on the 6th of January 1781 at the time of the recall
of the Pennsylvania Militia and continued with
General Dickinsons division until the 26th of the same month when I was discharged. I was also with my regiment under Lieutenant Colonel Hoagland and Colonel William Shreve in the battle of Monmouth and acted as the adjutant. General Dickinison commanded the Jersey Militia on the day of the Battle. I was in [illegible] field with
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Burlington militia when we were charged upon
by the British Cavalry and after the battle of
Monmouth we were discharged. That this deponent continued in the service and held himself in readiness to act on all occasions when called upon, until the end of the war and that according to the best of his recollection and belief he served at different times, more
than two years. He was well acquainted with General Maxwell of the regular army and acted with him at the battle of Monmouth and at the battle of Springfield. was also acquainted with
Israel Shreve of the Jersey line and also with Major Howell and Captain Hendry the Jersey Line also with Captain Jonathan Phillips and
John Polhemus. This deponent has a record of his which he copied many years ago from a book his mother, wherein it is stated that he was born on the 10th day of February, old stile, 1742. That he has some documentary evidence of his services which are hereto annexed, that he knows of know person whose testimony he can procure who can prove his service except John Clutch whose affidavit is hereto annexed. That he was at Hanston field and had a skirmish with the British and Hessians at
the battle of Red Bank. That he
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hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to
a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll the agency of any state. And this deponent further says that when he first entered into the service of the United States he resided in the township of Nottingham in the County of Burlington and that he has resided there ever since and was born in said township. I never had a discharge from the service. He is acquainted with Esquire Robert Chambers and
Esquire John Mount who reside in his
neighbourhood who can testify as to his character for veracity and as to their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution
Alexander Douglas
 
Sworn and subscribed before me this 29th of August 1832
before me
John Evans
well, - a Clergyman residing
 County of Hunterdon
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and New Jersey and Robert Chambers
township of Nellingham County
State aforesaid do hereby certify that
acquainted with Alexander Douglass who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration that we believe him to be Ninety years of age; 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

Wm Boswell
Robert Chambers
Affirm sworn and subscribed this twenty ninth day of August 1832 before me
Evan Evans, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Hunterdon, New Jersey

I Evan Evans one of the Judges of the Inferior
Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Hunterdon do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolution
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ary soldier and served as he states. And I do further certify that it appears to me that 
William Boswell who has signed the
preceding certificate is a clergyman in the township of Trenton- County of Hunterdon, N. Jersey, and that Robert Chambers, Esq. who has also signed the same is a resident
in the township of Nottingham and County of Burlington and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit And I do further certify that the said Alexander Douglass cannot owing to his great age and bodily infirmity attend the Court of Burlington County where he resides In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal. 
Evan Evans

I James D Westcott Secretary of State of the State the Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Evan Evans Esquire in the matter of the application of Alexander Douglass for a pension and that the said Evan Evans Esqr is a Judge of the Inferior
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Court of Common Pleas of the County of Hunterdon and that the signature Evan Evans above subscribed is his genuine signature
 In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office this thirtieth
of August in the year of our Lord one thou
eight hundred and thirty two
James D. Westcott
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3726.
? Nov 28. 1832

5. 14.
Ret. Case
private in adj & quartermaster
18 mo

$250
J. Halsted
Trenton
N. J.
E  P119.
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No. 3726
BRIEF in the case of Alex P Douglass.
of Nottingham in the State of New Jersey
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Judge.
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? Yes.
3. How old is he? ninety years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
In 1776. '77. '78. '79
'80 '81. '82 '83

Duration of Service.
Years
0.
Months,
3.
Days.
0
more than 2 years as adjt and 8 q. master
Rank.
As a Volunteer
Names of General and field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen. Cadwallader
to Gen Dickinson's Brigade
5. In what battles was he engaged long
land Princeton & Monmouth
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Nottingham N.J.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? by one eye witness, and
by abundant documentary proof.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Defective
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
---
Wm. R. Palmer
Examining Clerk.
19 November 1832
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Power of Attorney
Case of
Alexander Dauglas
New Jersey, Adm
7th June 1832.
Evans G  Faut
Washington
City
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Know all men by these presents, that I , Elizabeth Weaver of the City of Philadelphia niece of Captain Alexander Douglass, a Revolutionary Pensioner under act of June 7th, 1832, who resided in the County of Burlington N.J. (now County of Mercer N.J. ) do hereby make constitute, and appoint Messers Evans Faut of the City of Washington D.C. my attorneys for me and in my name to examine all papers or records on file in the Pension office on which my uncle Captain and adjutant Alexander Douglass was pensioned, to see if there are arrears of pension, or increase of Pension due me, in right of said Alexander Douglass deceased
Elizabeth Weaver
Subscribed & acknowledged before me the subscriber an Alderman in and for the City and County of Philadelphia, October 20, 1852.
Hon. Rob Gaw
Alderman
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June 8, 1937
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA- J / EEL
Alexander Douglass-S.994
Mr. George W. Jenkins
6937 N. 20 " Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dear Sir:

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.994, based upon the military service in that war of Alexander Douglass.
Alexander Douglass was born February 10, 1742 ( old Style) in Nottingham Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. The names
of his parents are not shown.
While residing in said Nottingham Township, Alexander Douglass volunteered sometime in 1776, served as a private in Captain John Cadwallader's New Jersey Company, marched to Long Island, was in the battle of Long Island and in the retreat to Mar York: he stated that he owned and resided in the house where General Washington held his Council of War the night before the battle of Princeton and the following morning piloted the army from Trenton to Princeton and participated in this battle under Captain or Lieutenant Nesbit in General Cadwallader's New Jersey Brigade,
after which he served two months at Morristown, entire length of this service not stated August 4, 1777, he was commissioned
adjutant of Colonel Bowles Reed's 1" Battalion of New Jersey troops and served one month at Tinton Falls, Monmouth County and guarded
the coast; he then conveyed a fleet of boats to Coryell's Ferry on the Delaware to be used by General Washington in transporting the army across the river: after this service, he served several weeks with his battalion at Bordentown; at the time of the battle of
Monmouth, he was in Colonel William Shreve's New Jersey Regiment but acted as adjutant to General Dickinson's Brigade on the day of the battle: June 4, 1779, he was appointed assistant quartermaster to the New Jersey troops and served as quartermaster of
General Dickinson's Biigade until July 4, 1780; also served in same capacity from January 6, 1781 to January 26, 1781: he stated that he was in the battle of Springfield and in a skirmish at Haddonfield and that his entire service amounted to more than two
years.
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Alexander Douglass was allowed pension on his application executed August 29, 1832, while residing in Nottingham Township, 
Burlington County, New Jersey, where he had always lived.
He died April 4, 1837, place not shown.
It is not stated that soldier was ever married.
In 1852, Elizabeth Weaver, a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, stated that she was the niece of Alexander Douglass.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, and the name and address of person paid in the case of the Revolutionary War soldier, Alexander Douglass (S.994), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and
cite the following data:
Alexander Douglass
Certificate No. 9251
Issued April 15, 1833
Rate $200 per annum

Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
New Jersey Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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Alexander Douglass
N.J. S.994
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To Capt Alexander Douglas
You are hereby constituted and appointed an Assistant Quarter Master to the Militia in the State of New Jersey to do and perform all such things as is proper and necessary to be done by an Assistant Quarter Master in the said Service consistant with the orders you may receive from time to time from the Quarter Master General of the Armies of the United States, his Assistants, the General or Commander of the Militia in service, or the Deputy Quarter Master General of the State.
And for your services in the said Department
You are to receive at the Rate of One hundred
and Forty Dollars a month, and One Ration a Day During the time you are in actual service. Agreeable to a Resolve of Congress of the Eleventh of May last
Given under my hand at Pitts Town this
Fourth day of June 1779
Moore Turman, D. Q Mg.
New Jersey
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Alexander Douglass
Trenton

DOUGLASS, ALEXANDER
(N.J.)  S-994
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Borden Town April 25 1781
I have it in order from Colo Shreve
to inform you that you are to call
upon him as soon as posible after
Receiving this notice to receive
Orders from him to notify the officer
of his Regiment of which you will not fail
Reman you 
B Hoagland
To Allexander Douglas Ag't
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DOUGLASS, ALEXANDER
(N.J.)
S - 994
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Alexder Douglass
Trenton June 20th 1780
Bought of Jacob Benjamin
For the use of Maj Genarol [General] Dickinson
And his Division of Malitia [militia] in actual servis [service]
29 1/4 lb White Sugar at 12 Dollars D 351
To 6 lb of Chocklit [Choclate] at 16 Dollars is...96
_____________________
Tottal [total] Dollars 447
Rec the Above Accd in full (postage ) 3
_________________
Dol. 450
At Same time per  Me

Jacob Benjamin
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Alexander Douglas Adjut
First Reigt of militia
Lambertson

DOUGLASS, ALEXANDER
(N.J.)  S-994
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Burlington 28 June 92
I have Received an order from the Governor ordering aktions [actions] to be made of
the State of our Regiment I must request
you to call and see me in a few days and bring
your Militia Role or State of the Regiment it was in the last field day
am your friend 
Okey Hoagland

Alex Douglass adjut

[Black round stamp]
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
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DOUGLASS, ALEXANDER
(N.J.)  S - 994
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Received Trenton June 17th 1780 of Thomas Yard
Forages Master Eighty Bushels Oats which I
Promise to Deliver to Alexander Douglass less 2 mo. to General Dickinson's Division of Militia having Signed duplicate Receipts for the same
80 bu Oats
John Craumer, M. W.
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Alexander Douglass
S. File 994.  N.J.
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THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY.

TO. Alexander Douglass GREETING:
REPOSING especial Trust and Confidence in your Courage, Loyalty, Prudence, and Ability, you are hereby commissioned to be Adjutant
of the first Battalion of Militia for Burlington County Whereof Bowes Reed Esquire, is Colonel; you are therefore to take the said Battalion into your Charge and Care as Adjutant thereof, and duly to exercise both Officers and Soldiers of said Battalion [Batallion] in Arms: And as they are hereby directed to obey you as their Adjutant you
are likewise, from Time to Time, to observe and follow such Orders and Directions as you shall receive from your Colonel or other your superior Officer or Officers; and for your so doing this shall be your Commission. In TESTIMONY whereof the Great Seal of the said State is hereunto affixed: Witness WILLIAM
LIVINGSTON, Esquire, Governor, Captain General and Commander in Chief in and over the State of New Jersey, and Territories thereunto belonging, Chancellor and Ordinary in the same, at Trenton -- the fourth Day of August in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Seven
---
Will Livingston

By His Excellency Command,
Chas Pittit, Sart [Sergeant].
[black round stamp] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
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Postmark - Trenton, N.J. Nov 30
Received December 3d, 1832
Lewis Cass
Secretary at War
Washington City
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Trenton November 30 1832
Hon Lewis Cass
Sir.
I have supplied the deficiencies in the application of Alexander Douglass which where indicated by the the printed objection forwarded to me with the papers, by adding
thereto a new affidavit of said Douglass and an additional certificate to the credibility of
 Clutch the witness, together with  a new authentication of ???
and I herewith return to application papers hoping that they may now be sufficient

I am very Respetfully
in Obed Sevt
Wm.Halsted
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[Stamp] RECORD & PENSION OFFICE
WAR DEPARTMENT
459308
Sep 28 1896

Talladega Ala
Sept 24, 1896.
Alexander Douglas
with Washington at Valley Forge
also at battle of Cowpens
Rev War.
Mrs J. M. Thornton, referring to R. P. Letter to Hon Jno. T. Morgan U.S.S. on 458.531, requests record of above named her great grandfather.

2 [cent] stamp attached
WRAPPER.
With 158482
(515)

Record and Pension Office,
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Washington, Sept'r 28, 1896.
Respectfully returned to
Mrs. J. M. Thornton,
Talladega, Alabama.
The letter from this office dated the 16th instant, addressed to Hon. John T. Morgan, U.S.S., referred to within, contains all the information bearing upon the subject of your inquiry that has been found of record.
If a pension was granted on account
of the service of the soldier during the Revolutionary war, it is possible that additional information may be obtained from the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C., who is the custodian of the pension records
of all wars, and whose office is separate
and distinct from the Record and Pension Office of the War Department.

The two-cent postage stamp received with your communication is herewith returned.

BY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:
T. C. Ainsworth
Colonel, U.S. Army, Chief of Office.
(300 a)
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240--
120
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370

W Cole
Oct 29/52
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Washington Oct 27 1853
Sir,
We herewith enclose authority to examine the papers and to prosecute the claim of Alexander Douglass for increase. whose name is on the New Jersey roll Act 7th June 1832
Very respectfully
Evans G Faut
James E. Heath Esq
Comm of Pensions
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Oct 17 '96
? Pensioned to
Mrs J. M. Thornton
Talladega, Ala
1914 Jan. 10. History to William J. Backes

1930 - Mar. 19 Hist to John F. Bustin - 

1935. Dec 11 - Hist to Geo Jenkins,E E T
---
1937- June 8. Hist to Geo W. Jenkins E E T
Rev War
INVALID.
File No 994

Alexander Douglass
Mo. N.J. Line
Act June 7, 1832.
Index:-Vol. A Page 98
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Talladega. Ala.
Oct 2nd, 1896
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
[Postmark] U. S. PENSION OFFICE
Oct 5 1896.

Dear Sir
I enclose you a letter from the Record and
Pension Office, War Department,
requesting record of my great-grand
father, Alexander Douglas, or Douglass. Some of the family spell it with one, and some with
two S. Alexander Douglas was with
Washington at "Valley Forge, his feet were
injured with cold, from which he
never fully recovered. He was also at the birth of  "the Cowpens"
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Please let me know all that you can find of his record. (when he enlisted if you find it) and all about his record.  I would like know the page & no. I want to join the Daughters of the American Revolution, and will have to give authentic proof
Very Respectfully
Mrs J. M. Thomton
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WILLIAM J. BACKES
COUNSELOR AT LAW
TRENTON, N. J.
ROOMS 303-304
AMERICAN MECHANIC BUIlDING
137-139 EAST STATE STREET
January 6, 1914.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Alexander Douglass was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of  June 7, 1832, as will appear from the certificate a copy of which I am herewith enclosing. The citizens of Trenton have undertaken to preserve his home in which Washington and his Generals held a council of war on the night of January 2, 1777.
I have searched our local records to ascertain who his parents were, or any of his kindred, when he was born, &c. The Adjutant General's
office of our State has furnished me the information contained in the two papers annexed hereto. Will you kindly oblige me by
sending me a copy of the petition on which the pension was granted to Alexander Douglass, and such other information as you may have in your office showing who he was?
This information is desired only for the purpose of preserving historical facts and not for the purpose of any claim to be made to the government, as I know of no kindred of Alexander Douglass now living.

Thanking you for your kindness, I remain
Yours truly,
Wm Backes
R.C.
[Stamp] U.S. Pension Office Jan 7 1914
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BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Finance Division.
Dec 17, 1915
Chief of Law Division,
Sir:
I have this day received from C E Godfrey

Cash for $2.55 requesting as per slip herewith.
Dec 18, 1915 Finance Div to retain money
RWB

Very respectfully,
W. H. Campbell
Chief of Division.
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$2,55 cash rec'd
ack
CW
C. E. Godfrey
Trenton, N.J.
Survivors file 994
Rev War N J
troops
Alexander Douglass
Photographic copies
[Stamp] Chief's Desk Division U. S. Bureau of Pensions
Dec 15 1915
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March 14th 1930
Please give me the name or
names of Douglas that served
in the Rev. War. if any,
From the State of New Jersey
Address
N. J.
John T. Bustin
Miami Shores, Florida
Box 323
This is the list of the only sol.  named Douglas (or sim. spell.) who served in the N.J. Troops
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June 7, 1937
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Alexander Douglass
S. 994
BA-J/Mcs
Mr. George W. Jenkins
6937 N. 20th Street
Philadelphia, Pa.
Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request for the records of Revolutionary War
soldiers, Alexander Douglass, who was born in 1742 and died in 1837,
and Nathaniel Moore who enlisted from Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based
upon the military service of soldiers in that war. A careful search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the service of a Nathaniel Moore who enlisted from New Jersey,
You are furnished herewith, the record of Alexander Douglass, S. 994 who was born in 1742 and died in 1837,

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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December 10, 1935
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/MCS
Alexander Douglass
S. 994
Mr. George Jenkins
1716 N. 16th Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of November 10, 1935, requesting information relative to Revolutionary War soldiers, Alexander,
Thomas and William Douglass and War of 1812 soldiers John Douglass.
Revolutionary War and War of 1812 data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension based upon the military service of soldiers in these wars. A careful search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the
Revolutionary War service of the Thomas and William Douglass described by you, or on account of the War of 1812 service of the John Douglass described by you.
You are furnished herewith, the record of Alexander Douglass, S. 994, the only soldier of that name who served from New Jersey, that
is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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December 11, 1935
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/EEL
Alexander Douglass-S.994
Mr. George W. Jenkins
1716 N. 16 " Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dear Sir:

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.994, based upon the military
service in that war of Alexander Douglass.
Alexander Douglass was born February 10, 1742, Old Style), in Nottingham Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. The
names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in said Nottingham Township, Alexander Douglass volunteered sometime in 1776, served as a private in Captain
John Cadwallader's New Jersey Company, marched to Long Island, was in the battle of Long Island and in the retreat to now
York: he stated that he owned and resided in the house where General Washington held his Council of War the night before the battle of Princeton and the following morning piloted the army from Trenton to Princeton and participated in this battle under Captain or Lieutenant Nesbit in General Cadwallader's New Jersey Brigade, after which he served two months at Morristown, entire length of this service not stated: August 4, 1777, he was commissioned adjutant of Colonel Bowles Reed's 1st Battalion of New Jersey Troops and served one month at Tinton Falls, Monmouth
County, and guarded the coast; he then conveyed a fleet of boats to Coryell's Ferry on the Delaware River to be used by General
Washington in transporting the army across the river: after this service, he served several weeks with his battalion at Bordentown
at the time of the battle of Monmouth, he was in Colonel William Shreve's New Jersey Regiment but acted as adjutant to General
Dickinson's Brigade on the day of the battle: June 4, 1779, he was appointed as assistant quartermaster to the New Jersey Troops
and served as quartermaster of General Dickinson's Division until July 4, 1780; also served in the same capacity from January 6,
1781 to January 26, 1781; he stated that he was in the battle of Springfield and in a skirmish at Haddonfield, and that his entire
service amounted to more than two years.
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Alexander Douglass was allowed pension on his application executed August 29, 1832, while residing in Nottingham Township,
Burlington County, New Jersey, where he had always lived.
He died April 4, 1837, place not shown.
It is not stated that soldier was ever married.
In 1852, Elizabeth Weaver, a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, stated that she was the niece of Alexander Douglass.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and the name and address of person paid in the case of the Revolution ary War pensioner, Alexander Douglass (S.994), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division
in this city, and cite the following data:
Alexander Douglass, Certificate No. 9251, issued April 15, 1833, rate $250 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New Jersey Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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1812
ction
March 19, 1930
John T. Bustin
Box 323
Miami Shores, Florida
Dear Sir:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.994, it appears that Alexander Douglass was born February 10, 1742 (old style) in Nottingham Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.
While residing in Nottingham Township, New Jersey, he enlisted in 1776, served as a private in Captain John Cadwallader's New Jersey Company, and was in the battle of Long Island and retreat to New York.
He stated that he owned and resided in the house where General Washington held his Council of War the night before the battle of Princeton and the following morning piloted the army from Trenton to Princeton and
participated in this battle under Captain or Lieutenant Nesbit in General Cadwallader's New Jersey Brigade, after which he served two months at Morristown, entire length of this service not stated.
April 4, 1777, he was commissioned adjutant of Colonel Bowles Reed's First Battalion of New Jersey Militia, and served one month at Tinton Falls, Monmouth County, and guarded the coast. He then convoyed a fleet of boats
to Coryell's Ferry on the Delaware River to be used by General Washington in transporting his army across said river. After this service, he served several weeks with his battalion at Bordentown.
At the time of the battle of Monmouth, he was in Colonel William Shreve's New Jersey Regiment but acted as Adjutant to General Dickinson's Brigade on the day of the battle.
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Rev. an-
Wars Se
EET

June 4, 1779, he was appointed as Assistant Quarter master to the New Jersey Militia and served as Quarter master of General Dickinson's Division until July 4, 1780,
when he was discharged, and also served in the same capacity from January 6, 1781 to January 26, 1781, when he was again discharged.
He also stated that he was in the battle of Springfield and in a skirmish at Haddonfield, and that his entire service amounted to over two years.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 29, 1832, while residing in Nottingham Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, where he stated he had always lived.
He died April 4, 1837.
It is not stated that soldier was ever married.
In 1852, Elizabeth Weaver, a resident of Philadelphia, stated that she was a niece of Alexander Douglass.
This is the history of the only soldier surnamed
Douglass (or other spelling), who served with the New Jersey Troops, that is found on the Revolutionary War records
of this bureau.
Very truly yours
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
I put the battle of Springfield here because I could not tell which battle he was in, as according to his service he could have been in either one or both
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Rev. War Section,

January 9, 1914.

Mr. William J. Backes,
137 East State Street,
Trenton, N. J.
Sir:
In response to your letter dated the sixth instant, requesting information relative to Alexander Douglass, you are advised that the papers in his claim, Sur. File No. 994, Rev.
War, show that he was allowed pension on his application executed August 29, 1832, while a resident of Nottingham Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, where he was born February 10, 1742 (old style) and always resided.
He stated that he volunteered in the Fall of 1776, under Captain John Cadwallader, was in the battle of Long Island, and one of the picket guard under General Greene in the retreat
to New York; he owned and lived in the house in which General Washington held his council of War the night previous to the battle of Princeton and piloted the army from Trenton to Princeton on the morning of the battle, and he volunteered under Captain or Lieutenant Nesbit in General Cadwallader's brigade in
said battle, after which he marched to Morristown and remain ed two months.
After his return from Morristown he was commissioned April 4, 1777, Adjutant of Colonel Bowes Reed's 1st Battalion of New Jersey Militia and was stationed at Tinton Falls, Monmouth
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County, New Jersey, to guard the coast, one month; he convoyed a fleet of flat bottom boats and scows from below Trenton Falls up to Coryell's Ferry, to be used by General Washington in transporting  is army across the Delaware river, then returned to his battalion at Bordentown, for several weeks.
On January 4, 1779, he was appointed an Assistant Quartermaster of the New Jersey Militia, and served as Quartermaster of General
Dickinson's Division until discharged July 4, 1780, and was again ordered out January 6, 1781, in the same capacity, by General Dickinson at the revolt of the Pennsylvania troops and served twenty days. He belonged to Colonel William Shreve's regiment at the time of the battle of Monmouth, but acted as
Adjutant to General Dickinson and was in Wickoff Field with the Burlington Militia when they were charged upon by the British
Cavalry. He continued "to hold himself in readiness" to the end of the War, was in the battle of Springfield and skirmish with the British and Hessians at Haddonfield, and served at different times more than two years. He died April 4, 1837.
There is no data relative to the soldier's parents or family, on file.
In 1852, Elizabeth Weaver, a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, claimed to be a niece of Alexander Douglass deceased.
S. File 994 - 2
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For the name of the person to whom the arrears of his pension were paid, application should be made to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U.S. Treasury Department, giving
him all of the following data.
"Alexander Douglass, Certificate No. 9, 251, issued April 15, 1833, for $250. per annum from March 4, 1831, under the Act of June 7, 1832, at the New Jersey Agency."
Very respectfully,
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
put at bottom of page
S. File No. 994. - 3
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O. W.  & N. Div.
I - 994
L. W. B.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
October 11, 1896.

Madam:

Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Alexander Douglass, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that he made application for pension August 29, 1832, at which time he was 90 years of age and residing at Nottingham, N. J., and his pension was allowed for three months' actual service as an adjutant and eighteen months' service as a quartermaster in the New Jersey troops, Revolutionary War, a
part of the time he served under General John Cadwallader, (place of enlistment not stated).

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Mrs J. M. Thornton,
Talladega, Alabama.
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6937 N 20th Street,
Philadelphia, Pa
Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C

[Stamp[ REC'D May 15 1937 Mail sub-Div
Vets Adm
Reader #4

Gentlemen
Some time ago you were kind enough to furnish me with a letter on Alexander
Douglass born 1742 /3 died about 1836 (4/4/1837)  Rend
I have either mislaid or lost the letter. Will you please be kind enough to furnish me with another.
(over)
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Also do you have any records on Revolutionary soldier Nathaniel Moore Sergeant, Captain Hoffocks Company, 3rd Regiment, Hunterdon County. He died about 1798.
Thanking you for all past favors, I am,
Very truly yours

George W. Jenkins
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[Stamp ] Received Nov 13 935 Mar. Sub-Dis.


November 10 1935
1716 N 16th Street,
Philadelphia, Pa

Pension Bureau
Navy Building,
Washington D C
Gentlemen,
Will you be kind enough to supply me with what information you have on the four following persons.
Alexander Douglass apparently born in
Burlington Co. New Jersey, served according to
Senate Documents Pension Roll - "1st Session"
31st Congress as a Private. Adjutant and
quartermaster, New Jersey Militia. Commencement of pension March 4 1831 Age 92. He died I believe on March 4 1836 which would make him approximately 95. Legend runs he was 115 years old at his death.  This I believe untrue as the first age (95) is more likely.
William Douglass his brother I have no information on other than that he died on or about 1789 -91.
Thomas Douglass Wagonmaster died 10/26 1805 (Cape May County N.J.) served as a Wagonmaster, New Jersey State Troops wife Keziah
John Douglas Captain 2nd Co appointed
(3/17/1814 Commissioned 5/6/1814 Independent Regiment Cape May Co. New Jersey. He died Cape May Co. New Jersey 5/15/1839
I will appreciate any information you
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will be kind enough to provide me with.  I am
enclosing a stamped addressed envelope for
your reply.
Very truly yours
George W. Jenkins
son of John Douglass Jenkins
stamped addr'd env. recd.
W. T.
[Stamp] Received Nov 14 1935
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State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County  State of New Jersey
New Jersey
---
Before me Evan Evans one of the Judges of the
Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said County personally appeared John Clutch to me well known and to whose statement full faith and credit ought to be given, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that he this deponent is well acquainted with
Alexander Douglass, that he knew the said Alexander Douglas at the time of the battle of Monmouth which took place on the 27 or 28th day of June AD. 1778. That at the time of said Battle the said Douglas acted as Adjutant in the Burlington County Regiment command by Colonel Shreve - that he this deponent was present in said engagement, and knows that the said Alexander Douglass was present also, acting as adjutant as aforesaid and further saith not.
John Clutch
Sworn and subscribed the 27th day of August 1832
before me
Evan Evans
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I Evan Evans Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Hunterdon before whom the foregoing affidant of John Church was taken do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the said John
Clutch and that in my opinion the said John Clutch is Seventy five years of age and that he is a person of credibility and that his statement under oath is entitled to full faith and credit
Evan Evans
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New Jersey 
Hunterdon County Ss
Be it remembered that on this thirtieth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before me the under
signed a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey Alexander Douglass 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 them the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades For six months I served as a volunteer private soldier for Eighteen months I served as an adjutant of the first Battalion of the Militia of Burlington County New Jersey
and as Quarter Master of General Dickensons division of the Jersey Militia for which service
I claim a pension
Alexander Douglass
Sworn and subscribed the 30th
November A D. 1832.
before me
Evan Evans
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I James D Wescott Secretary of State &
the State of New Jersey do hereby certify
that the foregoing is the original proceeding
before Evan Evans Esquire in the matter of
the application of Alexander Douglass for a
pension And that the said Evan Evans is
judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas
of the County of Hunterdon and that the signature the Event subscribed to foregoing affidavit of the said Alexander Douglass and also to the certificate of credibility attached to the affidavit of John Clutch and also to the
affidavit of John Clutch and to all the foregoing papers wherever signed is the genuine signature of the said Evan Evans
In testimony whereof  I have unto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this thirtieth
day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
James D. Westcott