Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 34,467, for Thomas Paterson, New Jersey
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SERVICE
New Jersey

Paterson, Thomas

NUMBERS
S. 34467
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State of New Jersey,
Somerset County, ss.

On this twenty-first day of June 1820, personally appeared,
in open court, in the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Somerset
in said state, being a Court of Record, proceeding according to the course of
the common law with jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its
proceedings, Capt. Thomas Paterford, aged seventy
years, resident in Franklin in said county, who, being first duly
sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War
as follows: that he was a Captain in the 3rd
Jersey Regiment commanded by Col. Dayton; that he
made a declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the Act of March 18, 1818, in the latter part of the same
month of March or beginning of April, and that his
pension certificate is No. 85.

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
I have in property, securities, contracts or debts
due to me nor any income other
than the pension allowed me under the act
of Congress of 18th March 1818.

And I do further declare that I have no wife
or family; that I have no occupation, trade,
or profession; that I am emaciated with
rheumatism, scarcely able to stand or walk,
and altogether incapable of manual labour or
doing any other business to obtain a subsistence;
and that for many years previous to receiving
my pension I was supported by the benevolence
of a kinsman.

Sworn to and declared as above.

Signed: Thos Paterson
A. Howell, Presiding Judge, 1820

I, Samuel Swan, Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas of the County of Somerset, 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 said court, that the total amount in
value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is ___
dollars and ___ cents.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this twenty-first day of June.

Saml Swan