Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39101, for John Tate, New Jersey
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SERVICE
New Jersey
Penn.

Tate, John

NUMBER
S39101
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Notif  sent to Hon R. Allen
H Reps Dec 30. 1820
Informed Feby 14, 1822, that
he was reinstated
Sent to Honble R. Allen, H. Rep
A. B. Shows death
August 12, 1835
11.288
R
West Tennessee
John Tate
Smith County in the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Capt Piat of the New Jersey line, for the term of 6 years
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 22 of March 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of June 1819 and sent to Thomas Stuart Esq Judge
Carthage Tennessee
Portion of
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Sept 1819, 43. 64
$43.64
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
continued
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11.288
John Tate's
Declaration
not entitled
Sept 1819
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State of Tennessee
Smith County Court
August Term 1820
On this 13th day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of record for the County of said John Tait
aged 77 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows
He entered the service in 1775 in the first New Jersey Regt and served one year, made a declaration on 22nd March 1819 and alone pay up to the 4th March 1820 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 sevice 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 increase other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. three mares 7 8 & 10 years old, 20 head of hogs, 1 cow, 6 sheep, one old
Waggon, 100 acres of land held by him and two sons bought with many left by his childrens uncle, and grandmother - has a wife and eight children oldest boy about 15 years, 2nd boy 12, 3d and 4th boy 7 years old
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oldest girl, about 20 years, and younges girl about 2 years old
John Tate

Sworn to and declared in open Court the 15th August 1820 before
James Hibbits
Presiding Justice of Smith County Court

State of Tennessee Smith County
I James Hibbets Justice of the court of pleas and quarter sitting for the county aforesaid do certify that it appears to the satisfaction of said Court that the said John Tate did serve in the revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy seven months at one time in the Continental establishment, said Court is also tsatisfied that he needs the assistance for support and I now transmit his declaration to the territory for the Department of War in conformity with an act of Congress of the 1st of May 1826.
James Hibbitts Presiding Justice of Smith County Court
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State of Tennessee
Smith County
I Jonathan Pickett Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the original filed in my Office
and I do further certify that it is opinion of said Court, that the to amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid
Schedule is three hundred and fifty dollars

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said Court
at Office in Carthage this 2d day of
September in the year of our Lord 1820
and 45th year of an Independence
J Pickett clk
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John Tate
76 - War
[illegible] N. Jersey
[illegible] Regt
Correct by Roll
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To the Hon(orable) J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War.

The declaration of John Tate sheweth that sometime in August in the year 1775, to the best of his recollection, he enlisted as a soldier in the Pennsylvania line of the Army of the United States for the term of twelve months in the company commanded by Capt. Benjamin Chanters, in the First Regiment of the Pennsylvania line commanded by Col. Hartley. That he served the United States [crossed out: as a sergeant] during the whole of said term, part of the time as a corporal and the remainder as a sergeant. That at the expiration of said term in September 1776, as well as he recollects, he again enlisted for twelve months in the New Jersey line of the Army of the United States in the company commanded by Capt. Daniel Piatt in the First Regiment commanded by Lord Sterling as col(onel) & by Lieut. Col. William Wynes. That he served the United States during the whole of this second enlistment as a sergeant. That he never received any discharge nor applied for any as he did not then consider that of any importance. That in the spring of 1778, he again enlisted in Capt. Piatt's Company in the First Regiment of the New Jersey line of the Army of the United States but he does not now recollect whether he enlisted for three years or during the war &was for one or the other. That by directions of Lord Sterling who was then general, he was attached to the hospital department and continued attached to it until the close of the Revolutionary War and the general discharge of the army but he never applied for nor received a discharge. That during the whole of said time he served the United States continually, according to the directions of his superior officers. That he was in a skirmish at Spanktown with the British and was there wounded in the leg & foot, which totally disabled him for three months and still disables him a little...
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...That he is Seventy five years of age and is in very reduced circumstances and stands in need of the aid of his country for his support. He has a wife and eight children by a second marriage, the youngest three years old. Four of them are unable to support themselves. About seven years ago, he was so injured by a horse fall that he has nearly but the use of one leg and thigh. About 15 years ago, he received One Hundred acres of land in Kentucky and a good stock. He lost his land by an older and better claim and the person who sold to him was unable to make compensation & his house & household furniture was chiefly destroyed by the accidental falling of a tree. With the remainder of his personal property, he bought 100 acres of land & is again sold the same at an advance on credit and the purchaser became insolvent, so that now he owns no property except three acres and a little household furniture, Twenty dollars Kentucky money & Thirty dollars in debts due, which was desperate, and claims a pension agreeably to the Act of Congress passed in 1818. He never has received any pension & releases all claim to any except under said act & resides in Smith County Tennessee, near Carthage & has no mode of proving his services except by his own oath.

State of Tennessee//

To Wit.: This day personally appeared before me, Thomas Stuart, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court for the State of Tennessee, John Tate, who has made the above declaration and made oath that the facts stated therein are true, according to the best of his knowledge.
s/ John Tate

Sworn to & subscribed before me this 22d day of March 1819.
s/ Thos. Stuart

State of Tennessee//

To Wit.: This day appeared before me, Thomas Stuart, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court for the State of Tennessee, John Tate Jun(ior), and made oath that he is in the Twenty seventh year of his age. That he is a...
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...son of the above named John Tate by his first wife. That since he can first remember, he has always understood and now believes his said father was a soldier in the Revolutionary War almost during the continuance of the war. He knows his father is in very reduced circumstances at this time. That he now is unable to furnish himself and family with provisions. That since him came to Tennessee, which was last fall, this deponent has furnished him with provisions. This deponent was present when his house & household furniture was destroyed by the falling of a very large tree.
s/ John Tate Jun(ior) (X - his mark)

Sworn to & subscribed 22nd March 1819.
s/ Thos. Stuart

His own just debts.

State of Tennessee//

To Wit.: I, Thomas Stuart, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court for the State of Tennessee do certify that [crossed out: John Ta(te)] it appears to my satisfaction that John Tate, who has made the above declaration, was a regular soldier enlisted in the Army of the United States during the Revolutionary War for the term of nine months. That he served continually during said term in manner as ruled in his declaration and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the aid of his country for his support. [crossed out: Given under my hand]

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my Hand and directed the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Smith County (in which Court I now preside as Judge) to affix hereto the Seal of said Court at Carthage this 23rd day of March 1819.
s/ Thos. Stuart
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I, John W. Overton, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Smith County in the State of Tennessee, do certify that Thomas Stuart, who has taken and attested the within affidavits and who has given and attested the within certificate, is a Judge of the Circuit Courts of the State of Tennessee and is now presiding in the Circuit Court of Smith County and in pursuance of his Christian have hereunto set my Hand and affixed my private Seal; there being no public Seal of [crossed out: of] Office yet provided at office in the Town of Carthage this 24th day of March 1819.
s/ Jno. W. Overton, Clk. Smith Circuit Court

[illegible]
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Jno. Tate.
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State of Tennessee
Smith County Court//

May Term 1821

John Tate personally appeared in Open Court, it being a Court of Record for the County aforesaid, and made oath that in making and the schedule of his property, agreeably to the requestors of the Act of of May 1820, he conceived it his duty to make a statement to the Court relative to One Hundred acres of land that he had conditionally purchased, provided he could make payment. His prospects for making payment was the money he expected to receive and pension, which he thought would in that way yield him a better support than to live on the money. The Court who received the schedule for want of a proper explanation and contrary to the intension of the deponent's declaration, put in said schedule. The said [One] Hundred acres of land, as belonging to the deponent, which [illegible] the deponent to be stricken off the Pension Roll. At that time, the deponent solemnly swears that he had no title to said land and was unable to pay for it or to comply with the conditions of the contract. And that was shown by said deponent to the Court in his ignorant way, tho(ugh) it appears not explicit enough to be understood. He says and can prove that said land has been taken from him for want of his capacity to comply with the conditions which at that time gave him any column of claim and that he has not directly or indirectly had any agency or communion in parting with that land or any other property, money, effect or claims with...
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...an intent to reduce his property so as to come within the provisions of the Act of Congress or the sentiments thereto  for the relief of the officers and soldiers engaged in the Revolutionary War. And now solemnly swears that the property named in his schedule, not including the said One Hundred acres of land, was the true and complete inventory of his property and all he was worth. That he is old, helpless, walking lame on a crutch and depending on his relations in part for a support.

Schedule: 
1 Mare; 2 Cows & 13 hogs.

The premise considered for the deponent prays that his case may be reconsidered by the Secretary of the War Department and his pension granted or continued to him.
s/ John Tate

Sworn to in Open Court the 14th day of May 1821.
Attest:
s/ Jonathan Pickett, Clerk

(Certificate)

This is to certify that we have known Doctor John Tate for nigh thee years and we never knowed of any other thing of him but a man of truth.
s/ W.M. Gee
s/ John M. Fall
s/ John Roe, Sen(ior)
S/ Phillip Faust
s/ John Roe, Jun(ior)

I do hereby certify that the above subscribers are men of respectability this 22nd May 1821.
s/ Benj. Roe, J.P.
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This is to certify that I have known Doc. John Tale for about 13 years and he has always be the name of a man of truth.
s/ James & White (X - his mark)

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 14th May 1821.
s/ Benj. Roe, J.P.

State of Tennessee
Smith County//

I, Jonathan Pickett, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that the forgoing transcript is a true copy of the amended declaration of John Tate and the schedule of his property and certificate of credibility. And that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property contained in his schedule is Fifty three dollars. And I do further certify that Benjamin Roe, before [crossed out: whom] whom one of the forgoing certificates was sworn to and who certifies the credibility of the subscribers to the other, is an acting Justice of the Peace in and [for] said County duly commissioned and qualified according to law.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of said County Office in Carthage this 18th day of June A.D. 1821 and 45th year of our independence.
s/ J. Pickett, Clk
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39,101
INVALID.
Rev(olutionary War)
File No. 39,101
John Tate
Pri(vate) Rev(olutionary) War
Act: 18 March '18
Index: -; Vol. 3; Page 500
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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This Pensioner is 77 years of age, is a cripple walking on two crutches. He served from 1776 to the close of the war. 
Wife - age not given.
4 Sons - aged 15-12-10-7.
2 Daughters - [aged] 20-2.

Amount of Schedule.
Real Estate and [crossed out: (illegible)] personal property [crossed out: (illegible)] valued at $350. Since the above schedule was made, the Court have certified that the 100 acres of land mentioned in s(ai)d schedule is not, nor was at the time the said declaration was made, the property of the said "John Tate". See letter of W. Allen written Jan. 2nd 1822.
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J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Pension Office
War Department

W. Allen's letter.
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House of Rep(resentatives)
Dec. 18th 1821

Sir,

In asking a review of John Tait's claim, I have to say of my own knowledge that he is very poor and crippled, walking on two crutches. He says occasioned by dislocating his hip by an accident in battle during the revolution. That fact, he has no living witnesses to prove nearer then the State of New York, which deprives him of the law of 1806. He was placed on the Pension List and when called upon to comply with the requisitions of the law of 1820, he told the court that he had purchased a piece of land, which they undertook to value and set down as his properly without hearing the explanation which he intended to follow that was that he had made a conditional bargain for it to be his upon conditions he could make the payment. The prospect to make the payment was out of a debt due his son in Kentucky, then sued for and promised by the son to be for his use together with the pension then receiving. Since that the person [crossed out: on] against whom the suit was brought has proved insolvent and the pension taken from him on account of the value...
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...set on the land on his schedule, the consequence has been that the person who conditionally sold him the land, seeing no chance for payment, has taken it from him. Amongst his papers now in your office, you will find a second declaration and schedule wherein he explains by his own oath and corroborating testimony the facts which ought to have appeared in his first schedule and would have done so if the Court had done their duty then it would have been evident that the land added nothing to the value of his properly. Under the circumstances, he pretended to claim it in addition to that declaration to which your attention is invited here is sent. The affidavit of the person from whom the land was purchased shewing there was no collusion, I know there was not. When his case is decided, let me know the result.

Yours very respectfully,
s/ Robert Allen
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Addition to John Tate's decl(aration).
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State of Tennessee
Smith County Court//

November Term 1820.

On motion, it is ordered to be certified to the Secretary of War that the land contained in the schedule accompanying the declaration of John Tate, an applicant for a pension, is not, nor was at the time the said declaration was made, the property of the said John Tate. And the same is hereby certified accordingly.

In testimony whereof I, Jonathan Pickett, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid, have hereunto at my Hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at office in Carthage this 1st day of December in the year of our Lord 1820 and 45th year of our independence.
s/ J. Pickett
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[crossed out: Congress]

John Tate's decl(aration).
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State of Tennessee
Smith County//

This day, Burchet Douglass came before mw, Samuel King, an Acting Justice of the Peace for s(ai)d County, and made oath that the One Hundred acres of land, heretofore stated in John Tate's schedule, is believed to be the One Hundred acres that I conditionally sold him, which has been by me taken back and that the cancelling of that contract was for no other reason with me than a doubt that s(ai)d [John] Tate would not be able to pay for land or comply with the contract.
s/ Burchet Douglass

Sworn to before me this 15th May 1821.
s/ Sam King (Seal)