Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5604, Jacob Allen, New Jersey
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SERVICE NUMBER
New Jersey Allen, Jacob W.5604
Margaret B.L. Wt. 1865-100
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2166
New Jersey
Jacob Allen,
private
New Jersey Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
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Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13th of April,1818.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 8th of Augt.1818 and sent to the pensioner at Freehold (Freeholder), New Jersey.
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Arrearages to 4th Sept. 1818
4 mos. 22/30  $37.86
(Revolutionary claims,)
(Act 18th March, 1818,)
One year 75 & 76

Continued
Middletown, Monmouth Co.
Letter to Garret Hien
20- Sep '36 do. to
do.l to J. H. Hartshorn, May 
274, 1837.

(written left side of page)
Notification sent to Wm Ten Eyck 21 Sep 1820
Monmouth NJ
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Correct
except the Judges 
certificate.
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District of New Jersey} 
Monmouth County} 
on this 13th Day of April 1818 before me the Subscriber, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the said County Personally Appeared Jacob Allen aged Sixty six or there abouts residing in the Township of Middletown in the said District who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Late 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 - That the said Jacob Allen enlisted in the year 1775 in the State of New Jersey in the Company Commanded by Capt Elias Longstreet of the Jersey Line and that he Continued to Serve in Said Corps for and during one year When he Was discharged from service in the State of New York and that he is in reduced circumstances and Stands in Need of the assistance of his country for Support and that all the Evidence he has of his Said Service is the affidavit of Wm Nebbits
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Jacob Allen
2166 Monmouth
[Illegible]M
Aug 1818
Sep '18
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State of New Jersey}
Monmouth County} Ss On this twenty Seventh day of July eighteen hundred and twenty, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of record and the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Monmouth, Jacob Allen aged about seventy three years, a resident in the said County, who being first duly sworn according to law does on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows in Captain Elias Longstreet's company and in the Jersey Regiment commanded by Col. Wines - and that his original declaration is dated the thirteenth day of April eighteen hundred and eighteen, and that the number of his Certificate is (2.166) And I do Solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of "An Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for Certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 18th day of March 1818. and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or Securities Contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto Annexed and by me Subscribed.

Schedule
One house - one Cow, two heifers one old waggon, two hogs, two pigs, two sheep eight old chairs - one table, one stand, one old writing desk - three Pots, one tea kittle, 1 Doz table Spoons, 2 Bottles, 3 jugs - one pair shovel & tongs - 1 frying pan. 1 griddle - one old pan - pair of Andirons - 1 Dozen plate 1 Scythe & cradle - one hoe [Illegible] & wedges - one grubbing hoe - 1 old Ax - one old trowel - 1 chest with some tools in - four bands
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tight - two pitch forks, two rakes - one Pitcher - three tumblers one iron shovel - one set iron traces - three earthen Pots - three mill pans - one churn one washing tub - three Pails - one dye tub - three candle sticks - two cartrige boxes and Bayonets - Powder horn & Shot bag - one large Spinning wheel - one Small spinning wheel - One flax Brake & one half Bushel Measure and two trammel - 
Jacob Allen

An further this Declarant saith he is a Cooper by trade, but has not pursued for several years past his occupation for a support on account of inability - And that his family consists of his wife Margarett, aged about fifty eight capable of contributing to her support in the family - his daughter Elizabeth about twenty eight years of age, Capable of Supporting herself - his Son Jacob aged about twenty six years capable of Supporting himself.

Sworn to and declared in Open Court on this}
27th day of July A.D. 1820 Before} 
Wm. J. Bowne

Jacob Allen

I the Subscriber Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the sd Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is One hundred & ten dollars & Seventy seven cents

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fourth day of August in the year of our Lord 1820.
Wm Sencyck Clk
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N. Jersey 1,111
Margaret Allen
widow of Jacob Allen
who died on the 28 Nov. 1826
of Monmouth Co. in the State of N. Jersey
who was a Sergeant in the Revolution, commanded by Captain Longstreet of the  commanded by Wines in the N. Jersey line line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey
at the rate of 120 Dollars --Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7" day of July 1837 and Sent to James M. Hartshorn, Freehold, N.J.

Arrears to the 4th of March '31. 720.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep " 60.00
$780.00
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act July 4, 1836,}
{Section the 3}

corded by D. Brown
ok A. Vol. 1 Page 143
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715 3 Sec.
Margaret Allen
widow of Jacob
Married 14 Jany '79
Service terminated in
76 agreeable to his State
ment under act 1818.
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[Illegible]
And I the said Judge do hereby certify that I have Examined the Said Church Register produced before me from which the marriage Set forth in the affidavit of the Revd. W. Otterson is truly Copied, And I am perfectly satisfied of its truth and antiquity: And I am also Satisfied that the Said Jacob and Margaret Allen mentioned in the said Marriage record are the same identical persons named in the foregoing declaration for I have known them personally for thirty five years, and I have never heard of any other persons of the same names except their children: that Garret Allen --- and James Otterson who have Signed and Sworn to the foregoing affidavits respectively are credible persons and their Statements are entitled to credit 
John Hull

State of New Jersey}
Monmouth County} Ss I Daniel H. Ellis clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing Contains the original proceedings of John Hull one of the Judges of the said Court in the Matter of the application of Margaret Allen for a pension - that John Hull is now and was at the date thereof a Judge of the Court aforesaid duly Commissioned and Sworn into office, and that his Signatures to the foregoing are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office this twenty eighth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty Six
D H Ellis Clk
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State of New Jersey}
Monmouth County}SS: Personally appeared before me one of the Judges of the Court aforesaid Garret Allen who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was acquainted with Jacob Allen in his lifetime: that the Said Jacob Allen died on the twenty eighth day of November Eighteen hundred and twenty Six, and Margaret Allen the within named applicant has remained his widow ever Since that period.
Sworn to & Subscribed Nov 18th 1836}
before Judge as aforesaid}
John Hull}
Garret Allen

State of New Jersey}
Monmouth County} Ss: Personally appeared before me one of the Judges of the Court aforesaid the Revd. James Otterson who being duly sworn saith that he is pastor of the first Dutch Reformed Church of Freehold in Said County: that he has in his possession the register of the Said Church containing among other things a record of the Marriages Solemnized by the respective Ministers of the said Church: that he finds recorded therein the Marriage of Jacob Allen and Margaret Covenhoven in the hand writing of the Revd. Benjamin Dubois, who was then pastor of the said Church, of which the following is a true copy to wit: [The words October [illegible]] "January den 14th 1779, [illegible] Jacob Allen grtrouwt met Grietje Covenhoven"
Sworn to & Subscribed before me}
Judge as aforesaid Nov. 18th 1836}
John Hull}
Jas Otterson
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[Illegible]
Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the third Section of the Act of Congress of the 4th July 1836 - 
State of New Jersey}
Monmouth County} SS: On this eighteenth day of November Eighteen hundred and thirty Six personally appeared before me one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Margaret Allen a resident of the Township of Middletown in the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey aged Seventy Six years, who is not able from bodily infirmity to attend the Court, and who being first duly Sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4th 1836: That She is the widow of Jacob Allen who was a [the words private soldier are crossed out] Sergeant in the American Army, in the Revolutionary War, and a pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of 1818, as will appear by reference to his papers on file in the pension office. 
She further declares that She was married to the Said Jacob Allen on the fourteenth day of January in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy nine: that her husband the aforesaid Jacob Allen died on the twenty Eighth day of November Eighteen hundred and twenty Six, and that She has remained a widow ever Since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed
Sworn to & Subscribed before}
we Judge as aforesaid} Margaret her + mark Allen
The words "private soldier" erased and "Sergeant interlined before Sworn to - John Hull
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County Ss:
I Peter C. Vanderhoef Surrogate of the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey do hereby Certify that on the Second day of March in the Year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty Seven, Administration of the goods and Chattels rights and Credits of Jacob Allen late of the County of Monmouth deceased, was granted by me in due form of Law to Garret Allen of the said County, who is duly Authorized to Administer the Same agreeably to Law.
Witness my hand and Seal of office at Freehold his Seventh day of February in the Year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred & thirty-two.
P.C. Vanderhoef Surrogate
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State of New Jersey}
County of Monmouth} 
I Garret Allen Administrator of the Estate of Jacob Allen Deceased Lawfull heir at law together with Margaret Allen widow of the Deceased and her heirs William Allen Jacob Allen Jr James[illegible] and Elizabeth Allen - I Garret Allen Do Upon Oath testify and Declare to the best of my Knowledge and belief that the Deceased Jacob Allen Did Enlist in the Year of our Lord 1776 and Served in the first Regiment of the New Jersey Regulars Under Captain Elias Longstreet and Under the Command of Colonel Wynns & after Col Ogden of the first New Jersey line and Continued in the Service Aforesaid Untill the Close of the Revolutionary War & Untill he was Regularly Discharged by Congress -

I further Declare that I have not ever Received a warrant for the County Lands promised to Officers and Souldiers - or either of the Above named heirs - on the part of the United States nor do I believe that he ever Received it or transferred his Claim to it in any Manner Whatsoever Therefor - not long before his Death a purchaser appaered and Ofered to purchase his Claim he Refused to Sell Saying he wants to leave that for his Children Refusing to Sell Said Claim -

Know all men by these presents that I Garret Allen Aforesaid Administrator - do hereby Constitute and Appoint Elam Gibbs to be my true and lawfull Attorney for me and in my Name to Demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States A Warrant for the quantity of lands Due to me as Aforesaid and my Said Attorney is hereby fully Authorized and empowered to Constitute and Appoint one or More substitute or Attorneys Under him for the Special purpose above Expressed

Given Under my hand & Seal}
This 30th Day of January 1832}
Garret Allen 

Jos. N. Randolph
New Jersey Ss. Be it remembered that on this 7th day of [The word March is crossed out] February AD 1832, personally appeared before the Subscriber one of the Masters of the High Court of Chancery of the State of New Jersey, Garret Allen, well known to me to be the [illegible] named in the above writing, & I having first made known to him the contents thereof, he acknowledged that he signed sealed & delivered the same as his voluntary act & deed for the uses & purposes therein expressed - Acknowledged before me
Jos N Randolph [Illegible]
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This is to Certify that I the Within Named Elam Gibbs Do by these Presents Impower the Honorable C. C. Camberling Member of the House of Congress to be my special Attorney to Demand of the Secretary of War of the United States for the Within Named Garret Allen All the Bounty lands Due to the heirs of Jacob Allen Deceased With as Much Authority as if I was there in Person and All Acts he Shall Do Will be as Valid as if I myself had Done the Same Given Under my hand and Seal this 30th Day of January 1832 - 
Elam Gibbs

New Jersey Ss. on this 7th of February AD 1832 Elam Gibbs well known to me to be the Grantor named in the foregoing writing, personally appeared before the Subscriber one of the Masters of the High Court of Chancery of the State of New Jersey & having first made known to him the contents thereof, he acknowledged that he signed sealed & delivered the same as his voluntary act & deed for the uses and purposed therein expressed -
Acknowledged before me
Jos. N. Randolph M.C

[On the bottom of the page the signature reads Jos. N. Randolph M.C upside down.]
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section

December 12, 1925
Josephine Tice
2032 Greenwood St.,
Pueblo, Colorado

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 5604 it appears that Jacob Allen while a resident of Monmouth County, New Jersey
enlisted in 1775 and served one year in Captain Elias Longstreet's Company, Colonel Winds' New Jersey Regiment
He enlisted in 1777 and served at various times in alternating tours of one month each until in June 1779, about fifteen months in all, as Sergeant under Captains Thomas Hunn and Samuel Carhart, and Colonel Asher Holmes
in the New Jersey Troops and was at the battle of Monmouth.
He enlisted in June 1779 and served six months as Sergeant in Captain Samuel Carhart's New Jersey Company, then immediately re-enlisted and served three months in each of the years 1780, 1781 and 1782, in tours of one month each, as Sergeant in Captain Samuel Carhart's New Jersey Company.
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He was allowed pension on his application executed April 13, 1818 while a resident of Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, at which time he stated that he was sixty-six years of age. In 1820 he stated that he was aged seventy-three years and referred to his children Elizabeth aged twenty-eight years and Jacob aged twenty-six years. He died November 28, 1826 in Monmouth County, New Jersey.

Soldier married January 14, 1779 in said Monmouth County, Margaret Covenhoven. Their marriage was recorded in the Dutch Reform Church at Freehold, Monmouth County,New Jersey.

Soldier's widow Margaret was allowed pension on her application executed November 18, 1836 while a resident of the above named Middletown Township aged seventy-six
years.

In 1832 the following heirs of the soldier are referred to the relationship not stated: William Allen, Garret Allen, Jacob Allen, Junior, Elizabeth Allen, Jane Tice (late Jane Allen ) the wife of Edmund K. Tice.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner

In the affid. of John Hull there is a statement as
if there was a daughter "Margaret" but a
little vague so Miss Wilson
said not use it
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[Left page]
Mar 13
Sold pensd
HA Tice
Topeka Kansas
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1925 - Dec 12 Hist. to Joseph Tice [Illegible]
1931 July 17. Photos mailed to Mrs
M.H. Headman & Accounting Div ntfd.
See John Efland, S. 6814. [Illegible]

[Right page]
Revy WIDOW, &c. 1896
File No. 5604
Margaret Allen
Wid, of
Jacob Allen
Sergt, N.J. line
Act: July 4"/36, Sec. 3d
Index:--Vol. A, Page 8
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Margaret Allen
Widow of Jacob
Sergt. 2 yr $120 per an
Send cut: to James
M. Hartshorne
Freehold Endt.
N. Jersey
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I the Subscriber Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common pleas of the County of Monmouth in the state of New Jersey do hereby Certify that John Patterson whose name is subscribed to the within affidavit as also to the within Certificate is and was at the date thereof duly enrolled in my office as a Judge of the said Court and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his Official Acts as Such

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of Office at Freehold the thirteenth day of May in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighteen
J Phillips Clk
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Sworn to and declared before me
the day and year aforesaid Jacob Allen
John Patterson
I John Patterson Judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my Satisfaction that the Said Jacob Allen did Serve in the Revolutionary war as Stated in the preceding Declaration against the Common Enemy and I now Transmit the Proceedings and testimony taking and have before me to the Secretary for the War Department pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress
John Patterson

I do further Certify that I am acquainted With the Said Jacob Allen and that he is in indigent Circumstances and Needeth assistance from his Country for Support
John Patterson Judge as 
aforesaid
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Jacob Allen 
No. 1865
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STATE of New Jersey}
Monmouth County.}
Surrogates Office, July 16 1832.
I certify, that satisfactory evidence was adduced to me, to prove that the following persons are the true and Lawful & only heirs at law in fee to Jacob Allen late a soldier in the First Regiment of New Jersey [illegible] Margaret Allen (the widow) William Allen, Garret Allen, Jacob Allen Junr, Elizabeth Allen, Jane Tice wife of Edmund K. Tice late Jane Allen.
Given under my hand and Seal of Office, this Sixteenth day of July AD 1832.
J. C. Vanderhoef 
Surrogate

The above form will answer to the following States: viz.
Maine}
Massachusetts,}
New Hampshire,}
Rhode Island,} Judge of Probate.
Connecticut,}
Vermont,}
New York,} Surrogate. X
x New Jersey,}
South Carolina,}
Georgia,} Ordinary.
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State of New Jersey}
Monmouth County} Ss:

Amended Declaration

Be it remembered that on the third day of April A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty Seven personally appeared, Margaret Allen who being duly Sworn [crossed out] before me Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said County, deposeth and Saith that She is the widow of Jacob Allen decd. who was a revolutionary Soldier - that She has heard her husband say "that he enlisted in the continental Service went to Canada in the expedition against that Country in the Beginning of the War - that after his return from the Army he entered in the Militia in the beginning of the year 1777, under Captain Thomas Hunn of Monmouth Militia, and that he served therein every other Month, during the years 1777, 1778 and part of 1779 until June of that year, making at least Six Months actual Service in the year 1777, at least six months in the year 1778, and two Months actual Service in the year 1779 - that in June 1779, he enlisted in a Company of State troops under Captain Samuel Carhart for Six Month Continued Service, and Served out his full tour of Six Months beginning in June & ending in December 1779. That during the above stated Service he was engaged in guarding and defending the Shore of Middletown of Said County - that their head quarters were at Mount Pleasant in said Township - That all the above Service was performed in the grade of a Sergeant - that after her marriage to the Said Jacob Allen She knows that he was absent from the home at least every other Month in the said Service until he enlisted in the Six Months Service, when he was absent on such Service until his tour of Six months aforesaid expired; After this period he was absent on Service in the Said Militia She thinks at least one fourth of his time in tours of one month each, during the remainder of the war. That Asher Holmes was his Col: & David Forman Genl
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That she thinks Capt. Samuel Carhart had command of the Said Militia Company in 1778 & 1779 in the place of Captain Humm who became a major - that besides this regular Service, he was called frequently on alarms, being out Sometimes a week at a time
Sworn to & Subscribed before}
me Judge as aforesaid}
Francis Murphy}
April 3d 1837}

Margaret her X mark Allen

State of New Jersey}
Monmouth County} Ss: I Daniel H. Ellis clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the Said County do hereby certify that Francis Murphy before whom the foregoing affidavit was Sworn & Subscribed, is a Judge of the said Court duly Commissioned and Sworn into Office as Such, that full faith and credit are due to all his official Acts, and that his Signature Signed thereto is genuine
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal of Office this fourth day of April A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty Seven
DH Ellis Clk
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Wm Gorden esq
Bounty Land Office
Washington Columbia District
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[Illegible] of 21st July 1832 [Illegible] Days [Illegible] together  With a Warrant No 1865 and Delivd to the heirs - amediately after [Illegible]
August 16th 1832 Elam Gibbs
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State of New Jersey}
Monmouth County} Ss: Be it remembered that on this third day of December Eighteen hundred and thirty Six, personally appeared before me one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of Said County Matthias Hulde, Sometimes called Matthias Huldehart who being duly Sworn deposeth and Saith that he was well acquainted with Jacob Allen, in his lifetime, the husband of Margaret Allen, who has applied for a pension - that he knew the said Jacob Allen in the Revolutionary War and knows that he Served in Captain Samuel Carhart's Company of Militia, in Col. Asher Holmes' regiment of the aforesaid County of Monmouth, from the Month of June 1778 to the Month of June 1779, every other month alternately in tours of one month each, making at least Six Months actual Service during the above period, in the grade of a Sergeant. that his deponent returned home from his imprisonment in May 1778; and joined the Said Company in which the said Jacob Allen was Sergeant, and Served therein with the said Jacob Allen during the tours above mentioned. that Thomas Hunn was their major, and David Forman their General - that the head-quarters of the Said Company were at Mount Pleasant in the Township of Middletown principally - and that their duties were to guard the Shores and frontiers of the Said Township of Middletown, being the most exposed parts of the County of Monmouth -  that the above was the regular Service in the Militia, besides which they were called out altogether upon alarms, whenever a party of the enemy landed, as they frequently did for the purpose of carrying off to the army, Such provisions and prisoners as they could find. This Deponent further Says that he knows that the said Jacob Allen Served a tour of Six Months actual Service in a company of Militia or state troops raised and Commanded by the said Captain Samuel Carhart under enlistment as a Sergeant, Commencing in June 1779 and ending in December of the Same year, for this Deponent
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enlisted in the Same Company, and Served the said tour of Six Months under the Same Captain, with the Said Jacob Allen - that the yead quarters of this Company were at Mount Pleasant aforesaid and their duties were to guard the Shores as aforesaid, this Company having been raised expressly for that purpose - That after the expiration of the Said tour of Six months, the Said Jacob Allen and this deponent immediately enrolled themselves in the Militia under the Said Captain Samuel Carhart, and were both out in Actual Service at the time the Brittish Brig. Brittania came on Shore at Wakake in Middletown, and was Captured by Col. Asher Holmes and his Men, in the latter part of December 1779, the said Jacob Allen and this deponent being present under Capt. Carhart and helped to capture her - that the said Brig and her cargo were condemned as a prize, and sold for the benefit of the Captors - that the said Jacob Allen continued to serve in Said Company as Sergeant, and did actually Serve at least three months actual Service in each of the years 1780, 1781, and 1782 in tours of one Month each, as Such Sergeant, in guarding the Shores as above mentioned being Stationed at Mount Pleasant aforesaid, for headquarters, from whence they were Marched to Some place on the Bay Shore of Middletown and there Stationed as guard, Some of the places were Browns Point, Conaskunk, Wakake, Shoal harbor, Sandy Hook & the Highlands - that it is impossible for him at this distance of time to state the particular time of Commencing and ending of each tour of Service above mentioned, or the particular places, where each tour of service was performed, but he knows that the Service above mentioned was performed by the Said Jacob Allen for this Deponent lived in the Same Neighborhood, & belonged to the Same Company, and Served with the said Jacob Allen during the time aforesaid. And this Deponent further Says that the above Service is not
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all that was performed by the Said Jacob Allen, during the Revolutionary War, for there was no Safety for those who lived adjacent to the Shores, (at home), as the Said Jacob Allen and this deponent did, and they therefore as a matter of Safety preferred being in the Service nearly all the time: that the above Stated Service of the Said Jacob Allen was performed in an embodied corps called into Service by the Laws of New Jersey - that he Served in field and not in garrison, and for the time during which the Service was performed he was not employed in any civil pursuit, that no discharges in writing were given to the men in any of the above stated Service. that all their Marches were principally confined to the County of Monmouth - that the said Jacob Allen was engaged in the Battle of Monmouth, for this Deponent recollects that the said Jacob was Sent with a file of twelve men to attack the guard with the baggage of the enemy
Sworn to & Subscribed before}
me Judge as aforesaid}
William Lloyd

Matthias his X Mark Hulse

And I the said Judge to hereby certify that it appears to me that Matthias Hulse who has Signed and Sworn to the above affidavit is a Surviving Soldier of the Revolution, that he is a credible person and that his affidavit is entitled to credit
William Lloyd
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State of New Jersey}
Monmouth County} SS I Daniel H. Ellis clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County do hereby certify that William Lloyd before whom the foregoing affidavit was Sworn to and Subscribed, is, and was at the date thereof a Judge of the Said Court duly Commissioned and Sworn in office as Such - And that his Signatures to the Said affidavit and to the Certificate below it, are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, And the Seal of the Said Court this twenty Second day of December A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty Six
DH Ellis clk
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Freehold April 4th 1837
Sir
I herewith enclose additional papers in the Cases of Margaret Allen, and Sarah Hier which I think must prove Satisfactory

Jacob Allen Served as Sergeant 1 yr in the Continental Army as will appear by the files in your Office - He Served 2 yrs in Militia every other month from June 1777, to June 1779 making 1 yr actual Service as Sergeant & then 6 mo: in State troops, as will appear by the testimony of Matthias Hulse - making 2 1/2 years actual Service as Sergeant - More Service Could have been proved in the latter part of the War, but it was thought unnecessary

Hendrick Hier Served 1 yr in Continental Army as will appear by the records - he Served in the Militia during the whole war as appears by the affidavits herewith Sent

Mrs Lewis' papers handed to Commr to be acted on at once, May 22d 1837

Mrs Phebe Lewis being a poor woman and much in want, is willing to accept the Amount of pension Mentioned in your letter of the 23d of January last, to the Hon: G.D. Wall, with the privilege of renewing her application hereafter for a larger amount if She can do away the objections mentioned in said letter, if such privilege can be extended to her.

I trust the certificates will be forwarded to me as Soon as convenient
Yours Respectfully
J.M. Hartshorne

J L Edwards Esq
Comr. of Pensions
P.S. Agreeably to the Suggestion contained in your letters I have examined the accounts of William Hough pay-
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master to the Militia of the County of Monmouth during the Early part of the revolutionary war, but nothing can be found in relation to the Services of Capt. Carhart's Company in particular, (except a Small Sum paid to Lt. Jas Whitlock, for a prisoner of that Company) but the entries there made of Sums paid to Col: A. Holmes' regiment Shew a large amount of Service, during the years 1777, 1778, & 1779, by the Militia of that regiment - Capt. Saml. Carhart's Company belonged to that regiment and the payments which were made to it, are included in the general Sums -

Previous to the year 1777 and after the year 1779 there appears to be no accounts of payments &c. Probably Wm. Hough was paymaster for those years only, and that the accounts of the others have never been entered

I herewith enclose a certificate of the Secretary of State in reference to it

I would also call your attention to the case of  Sarah VanPelt widow of Hendrick Van Pelt
Yours Respectfully &c.
J.M. Hartshorne

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
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JOSEPHINE TICE
2032 GREENWOOD STREET
PUEBLO, COLORADO

Nov. 3, 1925

Commissioner of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
Will you kindly send me a copy of the military record, together with a copy of the application for a pension of Jacob Allen who served as Sergeant in the New Jersey troops, Revolutionary war. A part of the time he served under Capt. Longstreet and Col. Hines, and made application for pension on April 13, 1818 when he lived at
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Middletown, New Jersey.
Thanking you for your courtesy, 
I am,
Very truly yours,
Josephine Tice
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July 10, 1931.

Rev.&1812 Wars Section. 541

Rev. War claim of Jacob Allen, File

No. W.5804         Actual 1 of each page,

NOT TO BE CERTIFIED.

45 [cents].....3 pages

Kindly leave margin of 1 1/2 in. at top of each page and return papers in each case in folder with corresponding name and number.
The word "omit" written in pencil of those pages which are not to be copied.

Chief, Rev.A1812 Wars Section. 

[On the left margin is written See John Efland, S.6814.]
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List to Mrs. M.H. Headman:
Sol. decl. July 27 - 1820 2 pages
Garret Allen's affid. Nov 18, 1836&
James Otterson's affid. Nov. 18, 1836 1 "
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by Miss Geiger #16

July 10, 1931

Rev.&1812 Wars Section. 541

Rev. War claim of Jacob Allen, File

No. W. 5804. Actual 1 of each page.

45 [cents].....3 pages

Kindly leave margin of 1 1/2
in. at top of each page and
return papers in each case
in folder with corresponding
name and number.
The word "omit" written in
pencil on those pages which
are not to be copied.

Margaret MH Finch
Chief, Rev. &1212 Wars Section.
Rec. MMHF
July 15 - 31