Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1,015, Samuel Herbert, New Jersey
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New Jersey   Herbert, Samuel  S 1015
carded
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New Jersey N 28.291
Samuel Herbert
of Momouth Co in the State of New Jersey
who was a Private in the----command
by Captain--------of the Regt commanded
by Col. Heoting in the New Jersey [illegible]
line for 1 year & 2 months Private----$46.66
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of May
1834 and Sent to A Vreeden[illegible]
Freshold [illegible]
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834...$139.98
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.   23.33
$163.31
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Geo. C. Whiting Clerk
Book E  Vol. 3   Page 116
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County

       On this thirty first day of July,
in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred 
and thirty two.  Personally appeared in open
Court, before John Patterson, John Hedden, John M. Davison.
    Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the
County of Monmouth & State of New Jersey now sitting,
Samuel Herbert a resident of the township of
Freehold in the County & State aforesaid.  Aged
seventy eight years and upwards.  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 7th 1832.
     That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers and served
as herein stated.

To wit General Forman & Lawrence, Col. Holmes &
Samuel Forman. Majors, James Montgomery, Seabrooks, Holmes
Craig & Burrows, Captain Nathaniel Polhemus, Richard 
McKnight, & Wm Van Cleef &
Coward, and Vodel, Lieutenant
Conover & Ensign Edwards

    I can not state the day of the month for the precise month
but know I was out I think first part of spring or thereabouts.
In active service two months, was quartered at the High-
lands & in Middletown, also the latter part of this year 1776
was out again as a volunteer under a Capt Brower.  Remained
out over one month, was billeted at Shrewsbury during
this tour was in several encounters with the British & Tories.
Again in 1777, was a volunteer in same company, marched
to the Falls, under Lieutenant Saxton, was transferred Capt. Rich
and McKnight Company & marched to a place on shore.
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called Shoal Harbor & remained out two months I think.
    Again in this year was out as a volunteer under Captain
Nathaniel Polhemus.   Was billeted at Freehold town was out
one month.  Again in 1778, was also out one month as a
substitute for one Timothy Page, in Capt. Cowards Company.
  Was at Middletown & Highlands, was in a skirmish with
a company of Refugees said to have been commanded by
a Negro called Col. T.  Again during this year
was out as a substitute for one Samuel Hendrickson.
   In same company & offices was in some skirmishes out
in opposing the advance of the British. I think I was out
this tour two months. Again in 1779, as a volunteer and
marched under Capt. Coward to the bay shore & quartered at
Major Seabrooks.  During this tour, I was one of the guards
that discovered two boats of Refugees.  I took the same
was out over one month.
   Again was out as a volunteer and was 
marched to Middletown on alarm of the Refugees under Capt.
Wm. Van Cleef.  was out one month.
 Again in the spring of 1780, I believe I was a volunteer & was
under Capt. W Van Cleef, quartered at Freehold.  I was in several scout was
marched to Shrewsbury and remained some time.  Was
out where I think near the months.
         Remainder of the war was a wagoner, attached to the
Regular Army continued as much as eighteen
months.  John Henderson Wagon Master.
   I may have mistaken dates but, have not terms of
services.  I know of but one person, whose testimony
I can procure (Mr Lemon whose testimony is
hereunto annexed)
    And I do hereby relinquish every claim what so
ever to a pension or annuity except the present
and declare, that my name is not on the pension roll
of the agency of any State.
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       Answers to the following interrogatories 
to the 1st. When & in what year were you born?
   I was born at Imlaystown in the township of Upper
Freehold in the County of Monmouth & State of New
Jersey on the 25th day of December in the year
of 1753.
   To the 2nd. Having record of your age,
& if so where is it? 
    I have record of my age in my
possession, it having been kept in the family Bible
which some other member of the family retains.
    To the 3d.  Where were you living when called into service
where have you lived since & where do you now reside?
    I was living in the township of Upper Freehold.  Have
been a resident of Monmouth County ever since & now
reside in Freehold Township. 
    To the 4th. How were you called into service?  Were you
drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
and if a substitute, for whom?
    I was a volunteer as before stated & also voice a substitute
once for one Timothy Page & one for one Samuel Hendrickson.
as before stated.
To the 5th.  State the names of some of the regular officers
who was with the troops, when you served; such Continental
& militia regiments as you can recollect.
The general circumstances of your service?
   I recollect General Furman & Lawrence Col. Holmes,
Majore James Montgomery Seabrooks, Holmes
Craig & Burrows.  Capt McKnight, Polhemus, Van Cleef,
Brower & Cowen & Vodel, Lieutenant Joseph Conover,
Sexton & Ensign Edwards.
    Was generally engaged in scouting parties & stationed as
guards through the township of Freehold, Middletown
Shrewsbury & in the Pines bordering on Freehold.  [ill]
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Shrewsbury, was at Squan, Once or twice was in a skirmish
at the time the attempt was made to burn the town
salt works.  Was also down to Toms River had some
have service in that quarter.
       To the 6th, did you ever receive a commission &
by whom was it signed.  What has become of it?
        I have never received any commission.
To the 7th State the names of persons to whom you are
known in your neighborhood & who can testify as
to your character for veracity, & the belief of your
services as a soldier of the Revolution.  
I name Teunis Esqr., Thomas Thomson, Levi
Solomon, Wm. Lloyd Edge & Mr Lemon.

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
John Patterson                                           Samuel Herbert


     We Teunis Forman & Hiram Taylor of the Township of
Freehold and Job Lemon.  Residing in the township of
in the County & State aforesaid hereby certify
that we are acquainted with Samuel Herbert.
     Who has sworn and subscribed the above declaration.
That we believe him to be seventy eight & upward
that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where
he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution
and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn & subscribed this Thirty first day of July in the
year aforesaid
John Patterson                                       
                                                               Job Lining
                                                               Hiran Talyor
                                                               Tunis Forman
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion
after investigation of the matter, & putting the 
interrogatories prescribed by the war department
that the above named application was a 
revolutionary soldier and served as he state, and
the said Court further certifies that it appears.  The
them that Tunis Forman, Hiran[ill] Taylor, Job Leming who 
has signed the proceeding certificate in
resident.
     In the township of Freehold & Dover
and that he
who hereto
Same and credible persons. That their
statements are entitled to credit
John Patterson
John M Davison
John Headder


         I Daniel Ellis Clerk of the County of Common
Pleas in & for the aforesaid County, do hereby
certify, that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the
application of Samuel Herbert for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & seal affixed the seal of said
Court this Thirty first day of July in the year
aforesaid
D. H. Ellis Esq.
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County 

            On this Thirty first day of
July, in the year 1832.  Personally appeared in
open court, Mr. Job Leming, who on his
deposeth & says, that he was acquainted with
Samuel Herbert.  The within named applicant
for a pension, during the war of the Revolution.
That he knows him to have been a soldier in
the war of the same, that he was himself out
under the same officers, in several of the tow
as mentioned within.  That he said Herbert
was signed & sworn to the day & date
above.

John Patterson
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Supplemental affidavit of Samuel
Herbert in matter of application of Pension

State of New Jersey
Monmouth County

     Personally appeared before me the
undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County,
State aforesaid. Samuel Herbert who being duly
sworn deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age
and the consequent loss of memory.  He cannot swear
more positively as to the precise length of his service
but according to the best of his recollection he
served not less than the period mentioned below
in the following grades.  
       For two months I served as a volunteer under Capt. Brower.  
In the Spring of '76 also I served as a volunteer under Capt. Brower.  
One month in the fall of 1776.  Again in 1777, as a volunteer
under the same Capt. but transferred to Capt McKnight's 
company and was out two months. Also was out as a
volunteer under Captain Nathaniel Polhemus, one
month in the fall of 1777.  Again in 1778 was out
as a volunteer.  One month being a substitute for one
Timothy Page, under Captain Coward.  Also in
1778, was out as a substitute for one Samuel Hendrick,
son in Captain Cowards Company. Two Months
again in 1779.  In the spring was a volunteer & served
one month under capt Cowan, was quartered at
Major Seabrooks.  Also in the fall of 1779 was
out under Capt. Van Cleef.  One month quartered
in Middletown.  In the Spring of 1780 was out
as a volunteer under Captain Wm Van Cleef.  Was quarter
at Freehold.  In this town, I was out three months
the remainder of the war. 
     Was a wagoner as stated in
papers hereunto annexed. The field officers recall
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as stated in annexed papers and the services were in
the section of country therein stated.  For such
services I claim a pension.

Sworn and subscribed this 4th day of June, 1833
before me by mark.                                                  Samuel L. Herbert
Thos C. Throckmorton                           

Affidavits of Job Liming and Wm
Williams in the matter of pension application.
of Samuel Herbert.


State of New Jersey
Monmouth County 

            Personally appeared before
me the undersigned, a Justice of the peace in and for
the County of Monmouth & State aforesaid Job Liming
and Wm Williams.  Aged and venerable soldiers of the 
revolutionary war who depose and say that they were
out in the service of the United States of America during the
revolutionary struggle.  That were personally acquainted
with Samuel Herbert, the applicant named in the
foregoing papers.  While said Herbert was in service and
that they each served as follows in the same companies.
     With said Herbert to wit, two months in the spring &
one month in fall of 1776, under Capt. Brower, under Major
Holmes were billeted in Middletown & Shrewsbury.  Again
in 1777 were out together marched under Lieutenant
Saxton to the falls & transferred to Capt. McKnight Company.
Three months part in opening part in fall, Major
Seabrooks & Holmes head officers. Again 1778, was in
company with said Hubert.  Two months, he was a
substitute for one Samuel Hendrick all served and
Capt Coward & Major Montgomery
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again in 1779, in the spring & fall were out in company
together, under Capt Cowan as volunteers and made
to the Bay Shore and quartered at Major Seabrooks.
Of the guard that took two refugee boats &
crews.  Two months part in spring & part in fall
& in the spring of 1780 we out as volunteers.  In 
company with said Herbert and served under Wm. Van Cleef,
who was Captain and quartered at Freehold. Was
out three months Col. Holmes.  Was Colonel
of our regiment & Montgomery Major.
   Further the said Liming & Williams depose
and say that they ever since the revolutionary war
they have been personally acquainted with
said Herbert.   Know him to be a man of credibility
in respect to matter and things respecting incident
of matter of those days.

Sworn & Subscribed before me this 4th day
of June 1833                                                  Job Lining
Thos. C. Throckmorton                                  William Williams


                      I the subscriber one of the Justices of
the peace in & for the County of Monmouth, New Jersey, do here
by certify, that I am the same justice of the peace before whom
the next proceeding affidavits was taken. That I am well
acquainted with Job Liming & William Williams.  When have
sworn to the same & that they are credible persons & their
statements entitled to full credit. In testimony whereof
I have hereto set my hand at the said County this
17th day of February 1824
Thos. C. Throckmorton
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I, the subscriber Clerk of the Inferior Court of
Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth,
New Jersey. Do hereby certify that Thomas C. Throckmorton,
before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken.  Who
has signed the foregoing certificate, was at the respective times
of the doing, thereof & still is a justice of the peace for said
County, duly commissioned & sworn enrolled in my office.
That full faith & credit is due to right to be given to all
his official acts as suit & further that I am acquainted
with the hand writing of the said justice.  That
the name signed, Thomas C. Throckmorton to the foregoing
affidavits & certificates is the proper hand writing of the said
Justice.

In testimony whereof I have hereto
set my hand & affixed the seal of
said Court at Freehold in said County
this 17th day of February, Eighteen
hundred & thirty four.

W.H. Ellis Esq.
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County,

       Personally appeared before
me the undersigned, a Justice of the peace in and
for the County & State aforesaid.  James M Chaliss
a Baptist Clergyman, residing at Imlaystown
in the township of Upper Freehold in the County &
State aforesaid.  Thomas Thompson residing
in the Township of Freehold in County & State aforesaid.
Who depose and say, that we are well acquainted with
Samuel Herbert, who has subscribed and
sworn to the annexed foregoing declaration. That 
we believe him to be seventy nine years & upward
of age. That he is reputed and believed, in the
neighborhood where he resides, to have been a
Soldier of the Revolution.  That we concur in
that opinion.
          Subscribed this 1st day of July in the year of
our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred & thirty three
Sworn to & Subscribed before me
the 1st day of July 1833.                            James H. Cliff
 William Lloyd                                            Thomas Thompson

       And the said Justice of the peace does hereby
declare his opinion.  After investigating the matter
and after questioning the above named James
Chalis, a Baptist Clergyman & Thomas Thompson
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that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states. The Justice of
the Peace further certifies, that it appears to him
that James W Chaliss, who has signed the preceding
certificate is a Baptist Clergyman resident in
Imlays Town in the Township of Upper Freehold.
That Thomas Thompson who has signed the same,
is a resident in the township of Freehold is a
credible person, and that their statement is
entitled to credit.        William Lloyd


   D. H. Ellis Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas,  do hereby certify that the foregoing contains
the original proceedings had before the Court
in July last & that. 
    A Justice of the peace duly commissioned by the
Council assembly of the State of New Jersey as
appears by their commissioned duly signed by the
Governor and recorded in my office.
      In testimony whereof, I have hereunto ┃
set my hand and seal of Office
this 1st day of July in the year
of our Lord one thousand Eight
hundred & thirty three.

William Lloyd Justice
not signer in wright
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I. D. H. Ellis Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that 
the foregoing annexed passes contain the
original proceedings had before the Court
in July, 1832.  And also, I do certify that
the supplemental affidavits and certificates 
of James Philip & Thomas Thompson
John Liming & Wm Williams are citizens of
the County of Monmouth.  And also that
Thomas C. Throckmorton & William Lloyd
are Justices of the peace, duly commissioned
by the council & assembly of the State of
New Jersey as appears by their
commissions regularly & duly signed by the
Governor & and recorded in my office.

In testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand & seal this
day of July, in the year of our
Lord one thousand Eight hundred ┃
& thirty three.

W.H. Ellis
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The subscriber clerk of the Inferior
Court of Common Pleas in & for the court
of Monmouth, New Jersey. Do hereby certify that
William Lloyd, before the foregoing affidavits were
taken.  Who has signed the preceding certificate, was at
the time of the doing. There of & still is a justice of the peace in
for said County.  Duly commissioned soon enrolled in my office
that full faith & credit are due ought to be given to all his
official acts as suit.  Further not, I am acquainted with the
hand writing of the said William Lloyd & that the name signed
William Lloyd to the said affidavits & certificate is the proper hand
writing of the said Justice.
              This testimony whereof I have here to
let my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at
Freehold in said County this 17th day
of February, 1834
                                   W. H. Ellis Esq.
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4162
Samuel Herbert
[illegible]
C B.  not certified [crossed out]
Adm 1 year & 2 months
[illegible]
returned
Index
A. Vreedenburg J.
[illegible] [ crossed out]
Freehold
NJ [W2?]
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
April 30 1833

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
________________________________________
A Statement, showing the service of Samuel Herbert
==================================
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Generals
Forman &
State
Lawrence
Colnes
Holmes &
Son
Samuel Forman
Majors
Montgomery
Seabrooks,
Holmes, Craig
& Burrows          


When he entered the service. on this
4th June  I am 79 yrs 5 mos & 9  days old    
   
Resided at Imlaystown mein the Township & also the Testimony of Upper Freehold  & County Mormons & State N. J.

 By the Testimony of old Job Liming & Wm Williams  whom ever follow soldiers with one- & also the testimony of Clergyman & Jennison , N Taylor & Job Limin in the matter of my veracity & belief from tradition of my services-

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS.
Commissioner of Pensions.

Mr Samuel Herbert
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers, all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2 The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
On this day of personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District
of years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
and Company Officers; 
[Here set forth the names and rank of the
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And the will follow the certificate of the Court

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                                                of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and 1 subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
and C.D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

Clerk of the Court of                  do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person the terms of actual service must be due should state their means of knowledge
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected
. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.

1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary
4. How were you called into services were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services
To a Soldier.
5. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given
, and what has become of it?
6. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
To an Officer has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
or Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State of Territory, or of the proper
in the County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
part of Record for a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
and The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the class will
The declarant must make his declaration is the county where he resides. If he should fall to the man in uncon reason for not
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so nite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the low of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: 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 recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For year months, and
cure the period for which each applicant served their own directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months indelite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two year in the militia, the without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority
; that he was either in the hold or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit,
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of once, the certificate of a Member of Congress, repaying the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth
in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same as the regiment company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer of and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified to her under a tear or once notes are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note applies to continental troops only
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This traditionary evidence is indispensable
in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
stated and proved by the best wide. Witnessed
kind services in detail
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Samuel Herbert
 S. 1015

Mrs. George W. Manson
62 Peters Place
Red Bank, New Jersey

Dear Madam:

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file based upon service of Samuel Herbert in pension claim, in the Revolutionary War.

Samuel Herbert was born December 25, 1753 in Imlaystown, Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey. The names
of his parents are not shown.

While residing in Upper Freehold, New Jersey, Samuel Herbert enlisted in the spring of 1776, served at various times until the spring of 1780, as private, amounting in all to fourteen months,
in Captains Brower's, Richard Monight's Nathaniel Polhams, Coward's and William Van Cleve's Companies, Colonel Holmes and a
21 Formen's New Jersey regiments, and was in several skirmishes; he then served as wagoner under Wagonmaster John Henderson, at various times until the close of the war; this service amounting to about eighteen months.
Herbert was allowed pension on his application executed
July 31, 1832, at which time he was residing in Freehold Township, New Jersey.

No family data are shown.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of Samuel Herbert, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following
dear Samuel Herbert, Certificate No. 28291, issued May 1, 1834, rate $46.66 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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Rev War.
INVALID.
File no. 1015
Samuel Herbert
Prv. N. J. Line
Ast:  June 7. 1832
Index: - Vol. A, Page 167
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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New Jersey
returned,
28 Feby 1836
FREE
J. L. Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions
Washington
D. C.
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Dear Sir,                                                                                        [ill]  Feb. 20, 1834

      Enclosed are the papers of Samuel
Herbert for a pension. They have been an handed
over to my charge by  Mr. Taylor
       The only correction suggested by the deponent
was as to the certification of the credibility
of the witnesses, which I have caused to be
properly certified.
        A speedy action upon them
by the Department is earnestly requested-
        Please direct any communication
upon the subject to me.
Very respectfully yours,
P. Vredenburgh 

J.L. Edwards Esq.
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62 Peters Place,
Red Bank. N. J.
February, 19. 1940.

Revolutionary War Pension Office,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:
Can you give me date of death of -William Herbert, Clerk of an Election for Officer
held in Capt. Thomas Chadwick's Co, 3rd Reg, Mon. Co. Militia.
( M. S. S. No. 1050 ) W. S. B. R. J. H. 12 - 22 - 31.
If pensioned, kindly give pension number.

In list of those receiving Pension's for Revol
lutionary or Military Service taken from the New Jersey census for 1842, were

John Read       age  86   Freehold township. N. J.
Samuel Herbert  "  85          "                "           "
Catherine Mount " 84          "                 "          "
Jesse Mount       "  82     Upper Freehold         "

Would like information of the above recipients
of Pensions, and pension or certificate numbers.

Very truly yours,
Elizabeth Reid Manson
(Mrs George W. Manson )

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Jesse Mount
S. 1000
Samuel Herbert
S.1015

Mrs. George W. Manson
600 Peters Place,
Red Bank, New Jersey.

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of William Herbert, Clerk of an Election for Officers held in Captain Thomas Chadwick's company, regim
Monmouth County, Militia, and that of John Read, Samuel Herbert, Catherine Mount, and Jesse Mount, who were pensioned in Freehold,
New Jersey.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a William Herbert. Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information it is not possible to comply in full with each request pertaining to soldiers of that
war. You are furnished herewith the Revolutionary War pension records of Jesse Mount and Samuel Herbert.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.