Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 965, Samuel Carman, New Jersey
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Service
New Jersey

Carman, Samuel

Number
S. 965

Carded
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letter to P. Dickinson Oct 9. 183,
case suspd to Caveat ended)
Pen. Susp
Reasons stated to Hon. Jas. Parker Apl 8 1834
do do
Apr 22 1834
1890
Feby 17
brief of Service given to chief for
[illegible] present
No endorsement on agency book.
There are no letters
to Hon. Jas. Parker
of any date in
the book for Apl. 1834.
F. S.C.
6 -30 - 1916.
9477
New Jersey
Samuel Carman
Monmth in the State of N. Jersey
was a Private in the Company commanded
Captain Seabrook of the Brigade commanded
Gen Forman in the N Jersey Militia
for one year 10 mo.
Samuel Carman
Records. OK.
July 27/05

Inscribed on the Roll of N Jersey at the rate of 73 Dollars 30 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issied the 20 day of may 1833 and sent c/o Monmth N. Jersey
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $146.60
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sep 33 $36.65
1832    $183.25
[Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Geo B. Whiting, Clerk
Book E Vol. 3 Page 105
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth 
On the 20th day of July 1832 Personally
appered before me John Patterson one of
the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for County of Monmouth Samuel Carman who cannot from bodily infirmity attend at court, a resident of the Township of Middletown in the County of Monmouth
State of New Jersey aged 75 years on the 12th day of April just pass  - who first being duly sworn according to Law Doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order
obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 that he entered the services of the United State under the following named officers and served as here
after state-
12 - Where and in what year ware you Born
A -he was born in the Township of Middletown in the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey on the 12th day of April 1757
22 - have you any record of your age and if so where at
A - his birth was set down in the old family Bible, and When he become a housekeeper he bought a Bible for himself and had his Birth Recorded in his own Bible
32 - Where was you living when called into service where have you lived since the revolutionary war and Where do you live now
A - he was living with his father in the Township of Middletown when he was called into service and has continued to live in the same Place ever since
42 -how was you called into services - was you drafted did you Vollenteer, or was you a substitute and if a substitute for whome
A - he was first called into services to take his Lower (?)
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in the Militia he thinks under the command of Thomas Seebrook as his Capt - three months - have you any Docementery evidence he says he has None
State the names of some of the regular offices who were with the Trupes [troops] where you served. Such Continental and Militia Regiment as you can recollect, and the General circumstances as you can recollect of your service
A - he says he first went out under the command of Capt Seebrook as above stated for 3 months - he then went out
under Capt Joseph Stillwill-- as much as is 4 monts [months]-- Whilst under his command he was taken prisoner in Wordels Beace - he was barred to New York and Braut [brought before Aldermen Wardle - he abused them very much and insisted that he should in list under Cornel [Colonel] Morris - he refused he was sent to the prison and keep there for some time among the filth and Vermon he was again brought out, and on his refusing to enlist was returned to the Prison again and after leeving [leaving] him in some time he was brought out again the Cernel [Colonel] told him he had better List - he was again over to the County of Monmouth, if he enlisted he would go with him, if not the Shuger [Sugar] house was his fate - he at last agreed to enlist and remain with him a long as he or the British had the possession of the State but when
they should be drove off he should be free from his enlistment - he returned to his ? Place with Morris and stayed untill he with his men were driven off - he then entered the Militia under General Forman as a Volenteer and
was sent out by him as a Guide to the Scouting parties and continued there until the war was over-- he was in several engagement -one when the 1500 Mas off he was
at VanDorns Mill - he had his hors [horse] Shot thru [through] his Neck but made his retreat and escapt [escaped]- he was in the Battle of Monmouth under Capt Huddey-- he was under the command of Capt
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Holmes at the request of Capt Huddy about 14 or 15 of Holmes Company Vollenteered [volunteered] to go on an Expedition with Capt Huddy they were Militia men scouting round the Bagage [baggage] that was in advance of the more army they Charge a party of Wagons [illegible] some of ther [their] horses overturned some of the wagons at this moment they Were charged by a small party of horse they had 2 men killed. but more of the Militia coming up they had retreated into a Swamp where the horse could not come but by this time the advance of the British came up and they retreated off being to [too] few in number to meet them-- he is in several other scrimmages with the enemy besides these Named
Samuel Carman
Sworn and and subscribed before Me the day and year above written
John Patterson

August 3d 1832.
the said Samuel Carmen further maketh oath
that his name is not on the pension role of any
Agency of any State and that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present that he has no documentary evidence as he knows of but he remember Richard Crawford Nicholes Work and John Eldrege Now Living were out with
him who he expect will testify to his Services
Samuell Carman

Sworn and subscribed before
me the day and year above written
John Patterson
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State of Newjersey
Monmouth Co
Before me John Patterson one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth Personally appered  [appeared] the under subscribers solders of the Revolution and they being duly sworn on the holy angles of almity [Almighty] God did depose and say that they are well aquanted [acquainted] with Samuel Carman the within applicant know him in the time of the War of the revolution as a Solder [soldier]- they know him to be out before he was taken a prisoner, and after he returned they remember he
was out with the Militia his Tower Purty [tour party] much they cant say as to time exactly but remember that they frequently saw him with the Troops and from what they remember of his statement they believe it is entitled to full credit
Richard Crawford
John L Bennet
Joseph Walling
Sworn and subscribed before me the 10th day of August 1832
John Patterson

And I the said John Patterson one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth in the State of New jersey doth hereby certify that Samuel Carmen the within applicant is not able to attend at Court by resen of Bodily infirmity and I am of the oppinning after the investigation of the matter and after puting the interogatories prescribed by the War Department
that the above Named applicant was a revolutonary solder and served as he states and I do further certify that Richard
Crawford John L Bennet and Joseph Walling, who have signed the above affidaved are reputed to be all Soldiers of the revolutionary war residents in the County of Monmonth Creditable persons and there statement is intitled to full credit
John Patterson
[along side of page] Samuel Carman 7013
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State of New Jersey
Monmonth Co

Supplementary affidaved of Samuel Carmon
Personally appered before me the undersigned
John Patterson one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Monmouth this 8th day of March 1833 Samuel Carmon Who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by resen of old age and the consequence 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 then the periods mentioned below and in the following grade - he served three monts [months] under Capt Seebrook as a Privat
-- he then served four monts [months] under Capt
Stellwell he was out for three monts [months] under Capt Wm Venaleff as a Privat [private] - he was out for four monts [months] under Capt Hun as Privat [private], he was out for four monts [months] under Capt Vanderhoof - he Was out for three monts [months]under Capt 
Holmes he was out for one month with General Thomas as a gide [guide] to the Trupes [troops] he thinks he was out as a solder in the Revolution much more time then he has mentioned but he is so lost in his Recollection and memory
he is afrade to be above the Real time he did serve
Samuel Carman
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and
year above written
John Patterson
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Rev. War Section
July 5, 1916

Mr. W. J. Conkling,
756 Broad Street,
Newark, New Jersey,
Sir:
In response to your letter of the fourteenth ultimo, you are advised that from the papers in claim Sur. File 965, Rev. War, it appears that Samuel Carman applied for pension July
20, 1832, while a resident of Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, where he was born April 12, 1757, and always lived. He stated that he served as a Private as follows:
Under Captain Thomas Seebrook, three months; under Captain Stillwell, four months; Captain William Van Cleaf, three
months; Captain Hunn, four months, and under Captain Huddy, in the Battle of Monmouth.
There are no dates of enlistment and discharge given.
He stated that while under Captain Stillwell, he was captured and confined in prisons in New York until he was persuaded to enlist under Colonel Morris, and returned to Monmouth
with him, where he remained while the British had possession of the State. When the British were driven off, he entered the Militia and served as Guide to General Forman, one month.
It is also stated that he was intercepted driving
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cattle to the enemy's lines at Sandy Hook, and that said cattle were confiscated.
It further appears that while his claim was admitted. he was allowed only one payment of pension which was suspended October 9, 1833.
There is no family data on file.
Very respectfully,
G. M. Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
2 - Carman.
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1916 June 22. Aud. Int for date of last payment
of pension
1916 July 5. Hist to W. J. Conkling
Rev War.
INVALID.
File No. 65
Priv N. J. Mil.
Act: June 7, 1832.
Index:--Vol. A, Page 56
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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J. W. & E. R. Bartleson - Printers, Freehold, N. J.
I, the Subscriber, Clerk of the Inferior
Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Monmouth, in the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that John Patterson to whom the above application was made and before whom the foregoing affidavits was taken at the time of taking the same and now is one of the Judges of said Court duly enrolled in my office and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such and that the name of John Patterson subscribed thereto is the proper hand writing of the
said Judge
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Freehold, this Sixteenth day of ["August" crossed through] March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty ["two" crossed through] three.
D.H. Ellis
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City & County of New York Ss. Jarrat Stillwell of the City & County of New York being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that Samuel Carman, now residing in Middletown in the County of Monmouth State of New Jersey, receives as this Deponent has been informed the Pension provided by the act for a two years service. And this Deponent further saith, that during the Revolutionary War, and about the fall of the year 1781 according to the best of this Deponent's recollection, John Stillwell, this Deponent's brother, now deceased, and Thomas Hill also deceased militia men at the period referred to, received information that the said Samuel Carman and  Webb on the
night of the same day that they received
the information were about to drive battle into the enemy's line-- That in consequence of this information, this Deponent, the said John Stillwell and Thomas Hill, Joseph Roberts, John Hill and another individual whose name this
Deponent has forgotten & all militia men
proceeded to a certain place near which they expected the said Carman and Webb would pass with the Cattle. That they concealed themselves in a wood, and to the best of this Deponent recollection near midnight the said Carman and Webb, together with a boy,
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approached where they were concealed as
aforesaid driving five cattle - that this
Deponent and the said Militiamen
stopped the said Cattle and spoke to
the said Carman and Webb, whom they
recognized, and knowing them they
allowed them to depart- That the said
Cattle were captured by them, and
afterwards condemned and sold-
That this Deponent gave information of the
facts to a magistrate by the name of Covenhoven, father of Captain Covenhoven mentioned in the Declarations made by this Deponent under the Pension act and now remaining in the Pension Office. That the said Carman immediately left that part of the State
aforesaid or concealed himself and continued
for a length of time thereafter absent or concealed. And this Deponent further saith that he has been informed by William Wilson now residing in Middletown in the County & State aforesaid, that he the said Wilson was the boy above referred to - that at the request of the said Carman & Webb he accompanied
them on the night above referred to - that at the time the said Cattle were stopped he heard the cocking of muskets, and immediately ran away. And this Deponent further saith that the
said Carman and Webb at the time
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above referred to were driving the said
Cattle in the direction of Sandy Hook, at which place a part of the enemy were then lying in Garrison. And further this Deponent saith not.
Sworn this third day of October 1833 before me
Jarrat Stillwell

State of New York
City &  County of New York Ss:
By this Public Instrument, Be it known to all to whom the same doth or may concern, that I
Horatio G. Prall, a Public Notary, in and for the State of New York & residing in the City & County of New York, duly commissioned
and sworn, do Hereby Certify that on the day of the date thereo before me personally came
and at?ed  Jarrat Stillwell, who was by me duly sworn to the truth of the foregoing affidavit Whereof an attestation being required I
have granted this under  my notarial Firm &
Seal. Done at the City of New York in the said State of New York the 3d day of October 1833
Horatio Prall
Notary Public
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Dear Sir
Enclosed is the affidavit you requested me to forward in support of the allegation contained in my letter to the Hon Lewis Cass. I therein used the word "enemies" - this however is the only case, to which Mr. Stillwell from his own knowledge can testify- The other cases, upon which my allegation was in part made,
rest upon the information given by others to Mr Stillwell.  Considering the unpleasant circumstances, to which Mr Stillwell in his old age might otherwise be subjected, I would on his behalf suggest a discontinuance of all
further prosecution herein
Your future course however in relative to
the facts set forth in the affidavit of Mr Stillwell, remains with yourself alone-
Respectfully Yours
Horatio G. Prall
New York 3d 1833
J. L. Edwards Esq
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Washington 27 March 1834
Sir
4477
Will you be good enough to infirm on the cause why payment of the Pension of Samuel Carman of N. Jersey has been suspended
Judge Patterson informs me that in application for payment be found a note from you to Mr Dickinson desiring him to suspend the payment until further orders
Yrs. respectfully
James Parker

James L. Edwards Esqr
Comm. of Pensions
P Kingsley 12 Octo
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P. Dickinson
Oct 9. 1833
G.C.
Recorded Vol 2.3
Page 307
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War Dept
Pension Office
Oct. 9. 1833
Sir
Be pleased to stop the payment of the pension of Samuel Carmon (or Carman) a pensioner under the act of June 7, 1832, and let his case
remain suspended until further instructions
from this Dept
Phil Dickinson Esq
Pension Agent
Trenton
N. Jersey
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BRIEF objection to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Samuel Carmon which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?
No. see Quere 5
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
No. See Quere 16
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, in the following grades; For ---------year------------ months, and -----------days, I served as a------ For ------- months and ------------days, I served as a _________and for such service I claim a pension.
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JOHN LENORD MERRILL
Newark, N. J., June 14, 1916.
Hon. G. M. Sulzgaber,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Dear Sir:
Washington, D. C.
Will you kindly furnish certificate of the military history of Samuel Carman, Private, Essex Co., N.J., Militia.
In Vol. 2, 1st sess. 23rd Congress, I find under
Essex Co., N. J., Pension list the following:
Samuel Carman, Private, N.J. Militia.
placed on pension roll, May 20, 1833.
Commencement of pension, Mar. 4, 1831.
Age at date of application, 77 years."
The information is desired to prove eligibility to membership in this Society.
Very truly yours,
W. J. Conkling
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OFFICE OF
AUDITOR FOR INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
IN REPLYING QUOTE INITIALS

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON
June 26, 1916.
The Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 22d instant,
you are informed that, according to the latest account rendered by the U. S. Pension Agent, at Trenton, New Jersey, the records of this office show last payment to have been made to Samuel Carman, Priv. Army Rev., certificate No. 9477, at $73.30 per month annum, to September 4, 1833, to the pensioner who resided in Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, for fifty years, but the date of his death is not shown.
Letter herewith returned.
Respectfully
Oscar A Price
Auditor
By C R
Deputy Auditor.
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Rev War Section
S. File No. 965
Samuel Carman
[Stamp] Received Pension Section
Jun 23 1916
[Stamp] Office Auditor Interior Dept
Jun 23 1916
Date Received

AW, Ex'r
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C. June 22, 1916

Sir; For use in the above-entitled for pension, you are requested to furnish this Bureau with a report in the case of
Samuel Carman or Corman pensioned under the Act June 7, 1832 from Mar. 4, 1831 by certificate No. 9477 which issued May 20, 1833, at $30 per an. New Jersey Agency
showing date of last payment of pension, name of person paid and date of soldier's death
Very respectfully,
G M Salzgaber
Commissioner
THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Treasury Department