Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1,036, for James Kitchel, New Jersey
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SERVICE
New Jersey

Kitchel James
(Kitchell)
NUMBER S. 1036

carded
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New Jersey No 28, 383

James Kitchell 
of Morris county in the State of New Jersey 
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Hall of the Regiment commanded
by Cal Ogden in the New Jersey line for 16 Month 29 days
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 56 Dollars 55 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of May
1834
and
Colonel C K. Gardner
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1834 169.65
Seminal allowance ending 4 Sept "
28.29
$297.92

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk
book E Vol. 3 Page 119

A. L. Condict July 1836
Duplicate Certificate issued July
11. 1836 and handed to October Connecticut
Stapleton on file with the
paper of Issac Jum, N Jersey Law
7 32 no. 9008.
M. Kitchell Jum
9. 1857
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No 6228,
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension of the Agency of any State, is only on the [illegible] the Agency of the State of New Jersey.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
James Kitchen
We John Garrigues residing in the Township of of Hanover in said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Kitchell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be
upwards of seventy 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 day and year aforesaid
Joseph Jackson
Stephen Vail
John Garrigues

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 Joseph Jackson and John Garrigues who have signed the preceding certificate, are resident in the Township of Hanover in the County aforesaid and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Stephen Vail
William Brittin
Joseph Jackson
I David Day Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas,  do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of James Kitchel for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this first day of August in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
David Day Clk
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State of New Jersey
Morris County
Personally appeared in open Court Robert Young who being duly sworn according to
Law doth on depose and say that he was well acquainted with James Kitchel in the Revolutionary War now making application for
a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832- That this deponent was at Acquackanock in Essex County & at Hackensack in Bergen on a tour of Militia duty in the war & well remember that said James Kitchell & this Deponent were both employed on duty under General Hinds to take an old fort about 3 miles distant from Hackensack, called Pollitt [?]
That the expedite failed, after much [illegible] being does not remember the year, or the name of the officer who commanded on the tour.
Further he saith not
Robert Young
Sworn & subscribed in open Court
before me, August 1st 1832
[illegible] Britten
Robert Young, the above Deponent has been personally well known to me for 30 years & longer, & is fully entitled to belief
Lewis Condict, late one of the Repvs. from N. Jersey

Morristown October 10th 1833

It will be seen, that Jonas Lyon, & David Gordon, whose depositions follow, are both certified by Judge Jackson to be credible witnesses, Gordons being taken in open Court & Lyons before Judge Jackson, 3 days before Gordon's
Youngs deposition was taken in open Court altho the Certificate of the Clerk is prefixed in the printed form or blank
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State of New Jersey
Morris county
Be it remembered that on the twenty
seventh day of July in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty two, personally appeared before me for Joseph Jackson one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of
Common pleas in and for said County Jonas Lyon, to me well known as a creditable witness, and who is now on the pension list roll of the New Jersey agency, as a Soldier
of the Revolutionary Army, who being duly sworn according to law, did depose and say that he was out in the Nine months service in the Revolutionary war, in the Winter of 1777 and belonged to the Jersey Regiment under command of Eleazer Lindsly and in the Company commanded by Capt. Jonah Hall, in which Isaac Ashton was Lieutenant and Daniel Dickerson was Ensign, and was stationed at Ash Swamp near Woodbridge in New Jersey, while the British lay in Brunswick and Amboy in which tour of duty he served three months - and further that James Kitchell, who is
now applying for a pension, was then a soldier in the same company, and is certain that the said James Kitchell served with him the full term of three months - and further that during said three months service, the Regiment he was
in, had several skirmishes and fight with the British, among which was the battle of Ash Swamp and Quibbleton
     This deponent has no recollection of said James Kitchel doing any other service
Sworn and subscribed
before me
Joseph Jackson

Jonas Lyon 
X his mark
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State of New Jersey 
Morris County S  Be it remembered that on the first day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared before me Joseph Jackson one of the judges of the inferior Court of Common pleas in and for said County,  David Gorden, to me well
known as a reputable witness, who being
duly sworn according to Law, doth depose and say that he has known James Kitchell, of Pequannock township, who is now applying before the Court, for a soldiers pension, before the Revolutionary War, and was with him
in the service, in the Revolution, in the militia, when General Washington retreated from the white plains in the State of New York, across New Jersey in the fall of 1776 in Capt John Biglows company in Col Jacob Ford Regiment
and was marched from Elizabeth Town to New Brunswick in New Jersey in the rear of the main army, when the Regiment ordered back to Morris Town where they were discharged, In
which tour he served six weeks as he thinks -
after this in 1778, James Kitchell served one month in the militia, with this deponent on Guard at the Morris County Jail, in guarding the person, under Capt Joseph
Beach -this deponent hath known said James Kitchell ever since the war, and knew at the time, and it has even been so talked of in the place where we live, that James Kitchell was a soldier in the Revolution, but this deponent cannot now,  at this distance of time state how
much service was done by him
 David Gordon
Sworn & Subscribed
in open Court before me
Joseph Jackson
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DECLARATION, IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS, PASSED JUNE 7, 1832.
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
County of Morris
Morris Coun Pleas July Special Term 1832

On this first day [illegible] personally appeared in open court, before the [illegible] now sitting 
James Kitchell a resident of [illegible] in the County of Morris and State of new Jersey aged 
seventy three 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 Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers,
and served as herein stated:
[Illegible] seventeen hundred & seventy six in Capt [illegible] Kitchells Company  in Col. Jacob  Fords Regiment, and was marched to Elizabethtown in New Jersey and served two months, and was taken [illegible] permission to
return home [illegible] in the fall he enlisted in the three months service in Capt. Josiah Hulls company Isaac Ashton was Lieut and Daniel Dickerson was Ensign; and was marched to Ashswamp and Woodbridge in Essex County, this was the winter of seventeen hundred seventy six & Seventy seven, while the British lay in New Brunswick & Perth Amboy - In which Tour of duty he served full three months, and was discharged, but dont think he had any
written discharge. In the summer of Seventeen hundred and seventy seven he was drafted as a militia Soldier and was marched to Kings ferry on the North river; He thinks the Col. name was Ogden but dont recollect his christian name. Cannot recollect the Company
officers names, but remained there and at Haverstraw, and Pompson in Morris County about one month - He thinks he was in
service most of the year seventeen hundred & seventy seven - In the year Seventeen hundred seventy eight he was out most of the year either for himself or as a substitute for his Father, in the Militia. He was in the battle of the Farms near Elizabethtown and at the battle of Springfield, and was then in Capt John
Bigalow's Company, who died at Chatham white in the service. He was several times in the service from seventeen hundred seventy eight to Seventeen hundred eighty two, in many of the line in the neighborhood of Elizabeth town while the British had possession of New York
He does not now recollect of any officer who [illegible] under whom he served, but is confident he was in the war of the Revolution as a common soldier more than two years. He is seventy three years on the seventh day of Nov next - He was born in Hanover
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Morris County and has a register of his birth at his house in Pequanack in said County where he now lives; and where he has lived since the year seventeen hundred seventy six
He [illegible] was born in Hanover Township in Morris County
[illegible] he has in Pequanack, where he now lives, and has lived there since the Revoluionary war
He entered the Army for his Father first as a substitute and served about two months, after that he served on his own account - He enlisted but once, most of the time was drafted
Dont think he ever rec. a written discharge
I am known by Joseph Jackson Esqr and John Garrigues
for
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No C. 228.
James Kitchell
Morris County
New Jersey

Admit as [?]
16 mon. 29 days
Return $56.55

Col. C.K. Gardner
Post. Master general
[Lewis Condict
is four Rocha crossed out]
N. J.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
24th May 1833
Sir
The [wider?] 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 show 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.

Statement, showing the service of James Kitchell Morris Co. NJ

year 1776  Duration of the
claimant's service.┃ 2 months 
Rank of the claimant. M 
Names and rank of the Field officers 
under whom he served.: Colt Forge & Ogden

Age at present, and place of abode
when he entered:  73  Morris County

year 1777.  Duration of the claimant's service.  4. months and most of the year

He is confident he served more than 2 years in
the War of the Revolution as a Common Soldier

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary And Living Witnesses

I am respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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 troups," "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, muciciates 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,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of County 
On this  [blank] day of 
[blank] personally appeared before [blank]A. B. a resident (b) of
in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank]
aged [blank] 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 [blank] , with [blank] and served in the
[blank]regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers:

Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served 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 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 [blank]

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

[And then 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 [blank] of the court of [blank]do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &C

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 in the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the forgoing with the following additions, viz:

k We [A, B], A clergyman residing in the [blank] and [C,D] residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank]
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, residing in the [blank]
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &c.
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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 his
case.
    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?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; 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.
6. 
To a Soldier.
    Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer.
   Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what 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, it 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.
    Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
    No payments can 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.
                             _________________________________________________
{a} The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
{b}The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for it conforming to the rule.
{c} The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
{d} The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
{e} 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 definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension is entitled. 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. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequest 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, and 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."
    It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of the service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, & 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 field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
{f} The law makes the relinuishment indispensable.
{g} The opinion of the Court is always required.
{h} The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
{i} The Clerk must affix his seal, and it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.

                                    Mode of authenticating papers.
    In every instance where the 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.

{j} In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on records of the Department he must prove his service by two credible witness 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 well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must 
certify the credibility of the the witnesses, and the office character and signature of the magistrate must be 
certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
    The notes from {a} to {i} are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule is note {j} applies to continental troops only.
{k} This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
{l} If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
({m} The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.)
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                                                August 22, 1933.

Mr. Moses Bigelow                             BA-J/ILL
577 Ridge Street                                 James Kitchel
Newark, New Jersey.                           S. 1036

Dear Sir:

    Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
record of James Kitchell, a soldier of the Revolutionary War and a
pensioner of Morris County, New Jersey, in 1834.

    The record of James Kitchel is furnished herein as found in
the papers on file in his pension claim, S. 1036, based upon his
service in that war.

    James Ritchel was born November 7, 1759, in Hanover Township,
Morris County, New Jersey.  His father, Abraham Kitchel, had a large
family and was a member of the New Jersey Legislature during the period
of the Revolutionary War and afterwards.  His mother was living during
the early days of the war and nursed said James after his first service
in the war; it was stated that she was soon taken ill and died, her name,
the date and place of her birth and date of her death are not shown.

    James Kitchel, while residing in Pequannock Township, Morris
County, New Jersey, enlisted and served a tour of two months in the
summer of 1776 as private in Captain Isaac Halsey's company, Colonel
Jacob Ford, New Jersey regiment, this service as substitute for his father:
later, he enlisted and served as private on various tours until about 1782,
under Captains John Biglow, Josiah Hall, Orden, Stephan Jackson, Joseph
Beach, Aaron Biglow, David Bates, Job Allen, Horton and Luse, and Colonels
Jacob Ford, Eleaser Lindsley, Ogden, Thomas and Manson, in the New Jersey
troops; during the period of his service, he was in the first battle of
Springfield, and in skirmishes at Strawberry Hill, Ask Swamp, Martins Woods
Quibbletown and Connecticut Farms. The specific dates of enlistment and
discharge are not shown; he stated that he served at least twenty-two
months.
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James Kitchel was allowed pension on his application executed August 1, 1832, at which time he resided in Pequannock Township,
Morris County, New Jersey, where he had continued to live ever since the Revolutionary War.
The soldier died October 1, 1842. His widow, whose name is not stated, survived him, and, in 1851, was about eighty years of age.

In 1851, the soldier's son, Matthias Kitchel, was a resident of Rockaway, Morris County, New Jersey. He referred to his brother, but did not state his name.

James Kitchell had brothers, the name of one Aaron Kitchel, is designated; he was a member of the House of Representatives and also
Senator from the State of New Jersey. Obadiah Kitchel and Moses Kitchel were referred to as officers in the Revolutionary War, no relationship to said James Kitchel stated.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, and name and address of person or persons, to whom it was paid, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Old Records Division,
this city, citing the following:

James Kitchell,
Certificate 28389,
Issued May 21, 1834,
Rate of $56.55 per annum.
Commenced March 4, 1831.
Act of June 7, 1832.
New Jersey Agency.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.
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1911 Apr.15 Hist to David Robertson
1933. Aug 22. Hist to Mr. Moses Bigelow .I. L. L.
Rev War
INVALID.
File No. 1036
James Kitchell
Priv. N.J. Line,
Act June 7, 1832.
Index:-- Vol. A. Page 206
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1409 Second Street
Alexandria VA
April 6th 1912

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir

Would you kindly send me information regarding Joseph Kitchel's (1710 to March 22 1779)
two sons Aaron Kitchel and Abraham Kichel August 22nd 1736 to January 11th 1807-
also Abraham Kitchel's son
James (Nov 7th 1759 to Oct 1st 1842)
[81036]
We believe that the 3 gentlemen were connected with the Revolution in
some way representing Olquannock township
Morris County New Jersey. Any information that you  could find would be greatly appreciated, and the cost of same gladly paid by us
Thanking you in advance for this information

I remain

Yours Very truly
David Robertson
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377 RIDGE STREET
NEWARK, N.Y.

Veterans Administration
Washington

Aug 10/33
 
This inside a round seal
[RECE'D
AUG 14 1922
MAIL SuB-Div,
Vets Adm
READER]

Gentlemen
Kindly give me data from
the records relating to pension
granted in 1834 to James
Kitchell of Morris County, N.J.
Soldier of the Revolution
Information requested in particular
as to the officers under whom
soldier served, with dates
-
Yours only
Moses Bigelow
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension [illegible] in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
[Illegible]
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
[Illegible]
RANK,
Priv
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN,
Isaac Halsey
John Biglow
Joseph [Illegible]
[Illegible]
COLONEL.
]Illegible]
STATE.
[Illegible]
Battles engaged in, [Illegible]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [Illegible]
Date of application for pension, Aug [illegible]
Residence at date of application, [Illegible]
Age at date of application, b. Nov 7, 1759 in Hanover [illegible]
Remarks: [Illegible]

Very respectfully
Commissioner.
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Doctr. Lewis Condict
Morris Town
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Rockaway 26 : Oct 1832

Doctor Lewis Condict

Dear Sir the old muster Roll of the Company under command of my Father in the Revolutionary war is so defaced that you will hardly decern the name of James Kitchell, but it is there and my Father often has mentioned his being in his company you will perceive
the company - you will perceive the company made up into messes or classes as they were
called and the classes furnished a man each, when ever an alarm was made - James Kitchell was detailed for one of the Guard at Morris Town, as you will see -
The names are in the hand writing of John Allen who was Lieutenant in Fathers company as he often told me
Respectfully
your [Obt Sert?]
Joseph Jackson

The commission of Capt Stephen Jackson in Col. Morris's regiment & an old Muster roll of Capt Jackson company,  accompany the papers
of James Kitchels case. The ink, with which one class was written, in [v'd?] roll is so much faded, as to be scarcely legible, & will require good eye sight to discern it. These [?] papers are sent many as corroboration in some small degree, the claim of one of our most worthy citizens, who was a most [peneing?] & active, as was his father Abraham Kitchel & a large
family of brothers.
One of their brothers [?] Aaron Kitchel was a representative in Congress from N.J. under the [?] Adams - as well as during the whole of
Mr Jefferson administration, & a senator of the U. S. for seven years whilst
Mr Madison presided. Abraham Kitchel, father of the applicant, was an acting
& efficient member of the N. J. Legislature, during most of the war & for many
years thereafter.
I am desired to ask for the return of these old papers
Respectfully &c.
Lewis Condict
Morristown, N.J. April. 24th '34

Jas. L. Edwards Esqire
Commissioner of Pensions
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State of N. Jersey 
Morris County
Before the subscriber, a Justice of peace in said County personally appears David Hurd, a soldier of the revolution, living near to me & well known to me personally to be a man of unblemished character, & fully entitled to belief-- & having been duly sworn, saith as follows, viz:- I was a
[Jold?] in the war of the revolution - performed military duty both in the regular army of the
U.S. & in the Militia, & as a pensioner of the U.S. under the law of 1818, 20.
I knew James Kitchell in time of the war, & have known him ever since. I knew him when performing Militia duty in several occasions in time of the war, some instance of which service I can mention, but not all.  Early in the said war, & I believe in the year 1776 he performed service in Captain Biglows company at Elizabeth town, two separate tours of a month each in the summer & fall, I think I am not certain but that his first  month of which I speak, was in Capt Hale's Company.  Col. Munson commanded our Regiment.
I was on the same service & often saw said Kitchel in duty. I remember him also on Militia duty in Captain Aaron Biglow's company near Hackensack, in 77 or 78. & in Capt Stephen Jackson's company at Elizabeth town - again in Capt. Job Allens company under General Winds,  about the time of the Monmouth battle. [Reside ?]these tours of Militia duty, I know that I often met him & fell in with him, when we were both engaged in the service after in the same regiment, & in different companies. Being acquainted we always recognized each other.
I have seen him on duty as [?] believe, more
or less in every year of the war - often at Elizabeth town - at the points of landing
opposite Staten Island - at Springfield & Woodbridge - but the years & the [seasons?]
& names of his officers I cannot mention. In the summer of the Monmouth battle I remember Mr. Kitchel on duty at Elizabeth town, in the company of Capt [Law?]. I was then stationed with him in the town, & remember drawing ammunition with him one day, when there was an eclipse of the sun
Sworn & subscribed before me, this ninth day of May Domini 1834 
Stephen Conger one of the
Justices of the peace of
for said County
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James Kitchel's
Supplemented Declaration
Morris Co N. Jeney


Return to Lewis Condict
Morristown, N. Jersey
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I hereby certify to the Secretary of War & Commissioner of Pensions that I [torn paper]
[Conger?] Esq. before whom the within Deposition of David Hurd was taken, is
well known to me to be a Justice of Peace in this County, duly authorized & commissioned as such, & the signature of his name thereto is genuine.
I also certify that I have been personally well acquainted with the witness David Hurd
for 30 years & longer, & that he is known to be a man of truth & unblemished character
Morristown N.J. May 10th 1834.
Lewis Condict, late a [Repo?]
New Jersey 

(on the side same as previous document )
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Address and postage for document 

March 20. 1857
[Related?] to James Kitchel's 
Widow and Heirs of 
Abigail Hall (48/3696)
Matthias Kitchel
Rockaway
Morris Co

written 90 degrees from above 
Edwards Esquire
Pension office
Washington City
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Rockaway Morris County of New Jersey
Dear Sir


I see by the papers that congress has passed
a joint resolution giving the widows without
distinction of all revolutionary soldiers a pension
my Father James Kitchel was a revolutionary
soldier he died in the first day of October 1842 in the 83 year of his age.  he left a widow who is
now living about 80 years of age and a son who
unfortunately fell from a waggon when at [Colede?]
30 years since and injured his head and has since declined into Idiocy and dependent on friends for support and if the widow is entitled to a pension it would come very acceptable. Will you inform me if she is entitled to a pension and what further steps is necessary to obtain it my Father received a pension during his life and his name is on the pension list of the United States
I likewise saw a letter directed to the heirs of the late Abigail Hall stating that there was a balance due to the heirs of her pension I was the administrator to whom the certificate of pension was granted and was much surprised at the time of the small amount received with the abundant proof offered of Capt. Josiah Halls services. If you will write me in answer
to the above you will confer a great favor on
me and if necessary I will come on to Washington and attend to it.
Yours with attention
March 10 1851
Matthias Kitchel

James L Edwards agent of Pensions
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State of New Jersey
Morris County
Before the subscriber, a Justice of peace in said
County, personally appears James Kitchel Esquire of said County, who being first duly sworn, saith as follows viz: I am the same James Kitchel, who on the 1st day of August 1832, before the Court of Common pleas of said County, made my duly ration of my services in the revolutionary war, to obtain the benefit of the law of the U. State of June 7th 1832, which declaration has been returned for a more detailed specification of my tours of duty, & for a certification of the characters of my witnesses.
From the infirmities of age & the consequence frailty of my memory & the great length of time
since my services were rendered. I am confident I cannot give a full [nantion?] of them stating the precise months nor years when they can performed- nor can I tell with certainly the names of my company or regimental officers, in the different tours of duty.
My mind is much confused as to names & dates as well as to the order of time in which
many of my tours of duty were performed.
My first militia service was in 1776, in the summer, as a substitute for my father, [Abraham?] Kitchel Esqr who had a large family & farm to [action] whom. In my 1st Declaration, Obadiah Kitchel is named as my Captain in this tour. Upon more reflection, & believe Captain Isaac Halley commanded us-- We were stationed at Elizabeth town & performed guard duty at the points of landing & throwing up [brst?]works Col. Ford had command of the Main Militia. A large body was assembled under Genl Heard & Genl Williamson, & kept together for two months, or longer as it appears to my recollection. The British fleet took possession of New York harbor & of the Islands & City whilst we come on duty, & the battle of Long Island was fought
The whole country was in a state of alarm & the whole body of militia was in service.
Early in the fall, & while in this service I was taken sick of dysentary from & carried to a
temporary hospital provided for the sick. I was sick some weeks before I was able to be removed, was then taken to Hanover to a friends house, when my mother came to nurse me. She was soon taken ill herself & died. I was absent from home on this town, on duty & on
the sick bed, not less than from 3 to 4 months. After recovering the County being coerced by the enemy, I volunteered my services, not as a substitute, but on my own account. I am not positive as to the Captain who commanded me on this tour but I believe it was one of the Biglows either John or Aaron Biglow, for in course of the war, & performed duty under both.-
[?]Kitchel & think was our Lieut. Col. Lindsly or Col. John Munson commanded the Regt.
It was in the fall season, probably about the middle of October. We were stationed at Elizabeth town performing guard duty & keeping in check the tories & [userpers?], who came very troublesome. General Washington had been retreating before the enemy after the disasters on Long Island at the White
plains [&?] at Washington, & had crossed the Hudson, & was retreating through Jersey whilst we were at Elizabeth town. The militia there fell in with the rear of his army & followed as far as New
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Brunswick & Princeton, from which places they filed off toward Bound Grook & Plackemin, & we returned to Morris County by Veal town & Backinridge. This man has long been known & called by the Jersey Militia, the "mud rounds" from the depth of mud, through which the early part of it was performed. Before we reached home knowen, the weather became severe - the ground froze hard, & we suffered much from the cold, & believe it must have been in December, having been out at least 6 weeks, & I being two months before we reached home. In my first declaration, it was stated that my enlistment for 3 months took place this fall, but further reflection, & communication with fellow soldiers satisfies me that he enlistment for 3 months, was in the winter following & after the taking the Hessians & after the fight at Princeton.- I had been at home after the mid winter march but a very few days, when a sudden alarm was created, by a large party of the enemy from Staten Island & [chichue?] overrunning Elizabeth town, Connecticut
farms & the whole adjoining County. The whole militia of the County was hurried down & I
joined Capt John Biglow's company, as I believe & was marched to Springfield, when we
had a hard fight with the enemy. This was in December '76, or early in January 1777 the time
enclosed a part of both months as I believe.-- The armies  force consisted in part of
body of Hessions or watchman, armed with short guns & cutlasses, if I mistake not. A considerable number of them were made prisoner & sent under a strong guard to Morristown.  This was the first battle that was fought at Springfield. There was another, at the same place near the close of the war,  in warm weather in which the Church & village were burnt by the enemy. In this first battle, the Militia & believe constitutes the only force opposed to the enemy - Colonel Ford Colonel Drake, & perhaps Colonel Munson & major Bath, under present & General Heard probably commanded the whole. I was out on this town, not less than 5 or 6 weeks, before I was dismissed for home.-
The enemy occupied New Burnswick & Perth Amboy this winter, as well as N. York & the Islands near the city. From the two first named places & from Staten Island, their foraging & plundering parties were often sent out, greatly annoying the County, & under the guidance of Tories & Refugees as spies they took off many influential & leading whigs as prisoners, in the night, & lodged them in the [segor?] house & prison ship in N. York. These depredations kept the whole County in perpetual alarm, & a large body of Militia was ordered out under General Winds & General Dickinson if I remember right. & stationed to the West of N. Brunswick & Amboy, East of the mountain, at one Van Melines or Vermales & near Quibble town, other forces as were stationed near
Roundbrook - Capt. Josiah Hall, enlisted & Company this winter, to serve for 3 months
I joined his company for the same term. Col. [Eliza lindly?] commanded the regiment I believe. We marched to Van Milines, the principal quarter, & our months were spent at different places, all in that neighborhood - with the woodbridge, Piscataway &c. We had around seven skirmishes with the enemy this winter - viz : at Strawberry hill near amboy - at ark swamp - Martin's wood,  [Isable?]town. Our compary was engaged in these affairs & we lost one man, killed in a battle whose name was Hill.
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my time of service in this 3 months enlistment expired some time in the spring (77 as I believe) probably in April, & we were discharged &
returned home. Early in the following summer, & was drafted into service for a month & marched to Kings ferry on the north river, in Capt. Ogden's company, if I mistake not. We were stationed part of this month at Hanover town Kingsferry & Pompton, & come employed part of the time in building a fort at our van [Ess?] I served a tour of one month this summer, in
the company of Captain Stephen Jackson, on guard duty at Elizabeth town, which I had forgotten, & did not mention in my first declaration. Capt. Jackson's son, Joseph Jackson Esq. has shown me some old rolls of his fathers company, which have brought this service to my remembrance. These old papers I will endeavor to send herewith as corroboration of part of my Militia service. They do not show the fact of my service under Capt Jackson at Elizabeth town  but bring the fact distinctly to remembrance. & hope to find some proof by living witness. Whilst I belonged to Capt. Jackson's company. I performed a month service guarding prisoners  at Morristown jail. This service & did not remember in my first declaration, but the fact appears by the rolls of Capt. Jackson, & if my memory is not deceived, Joseph Read had command of the guard. The year or month, I cannot remember but it appears to me it was in the season of warm weather. There were confined in jail, & under sentence of death twenty one man, two of whom come hanged or Morristown green by Sheriff Carmichael.  I think they had been convicted of enlisting men in Super County, to serve the King & that British commissions were found upon them. Sometime in the fall, either 77 or 78. I was on a tour of month, under one of the Captain Biglows, (Aaron I think) -  stationed at Polliffy near Hackensack, where we attacked a British fort, under command of General Winds. We were repelled & driven back. My memory is more at a loss as to dates in the last 3rd and 4th year of the War and afterward than  in its earlier  period. I remember that I performed two separate monthly tours of Militia duty under command of Capt. David Bates of Hanover, doing guard duty at Elizabeth Town & the points of landing opposite Staten Island whether in 78, or 79, I cannot tell one month was as I think in season of [giving?]  wheat, & the other in the spring of the year. We even commanded, & think, by Col. Thomas & General Williamson
I performed one tour of a month, under Capt Job Allen, at time of the Monmouth Battle
but we did not arrive in the field till the battle was over.
I performed two tours of one month each under Capt.     Horton one in the Summer, & the other in the fall season, but the year, I cannot recollect we were stationed
at Elizabeth town & at the landings opposite Staten Island, performing guard duly &
were commanded as I believe by Genl Wind-- In the year of the Monmouth battle I performed a month Militia duty under a Capt. Luse, at Elizabeth town, in the summer &
there was a unmatched eclipse of the sun during this tour
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When the enemy came over in a large body from Staten Island & overrun the
Country about Elizabeth Town & Newark, & burnt Connecticut farms village & Church, a
general alarm was given, & the great body of the Militia was ordered out. I was out under Captain Biglow, as I believe, & marched to Connecticut farms, when we had a skirmish, & considerable blood was spilled on both sides. The village & Church came both burned, & Mrs Caldwell, wife of Rev. James Caldwell was shot through a window of her room. The enemy retreated & the militia pursued them to their boats, in which they crossed to Staten Island. They soon returned with a reinforcement & faced their way through the Country to Springfield where there was a hard fought battle. The enemy burnt the village & Church here also & again situated the militia annoying there as they returned we were detained to guard the lines & the coast opposite Staten Island in the neighborhood of Elizabeth town & the points, for several weeks before we were dismissed. We were here out as I believe for a term of six weeks, at least, on this town, & I believe it was as much as two months from the time on left home, before we returned
I perfumed more militia services than I have been able to state distinct several tours, have escaped my recollection. By coming with other [sotain?] I 
have been called to recall to memory & to specify duties  which I did in general but which I do not specify at first nor did I then know that minute details & specification was required.
I recollect serving with David Hand, with David Gordon, Jonas Low & Robert Young, at various times & places. Some testimony I have obtained some of them, & hope to procure more. These are the only survivors whom I can recollect. Most of my fellow soldiers have died Some have removed.
Truily believe I have served my County, at the least twenty two months, faithfully & during the whole of these several times & periods my service was constant always acting under orders from my commanding officers, nor was I during these 22 months engaged in any civil  pursuit. Further services, always performed as a private, I claim a pension
James Kitchel

Sworn & Subscribed as
before me May 6 1834
Charles Freeman
Justice Peace

I hereby certify to the Secretary of War to the Commissioner of Pensions that Charles
.
Freeman Esq. the magistrate before whom the above supplemental declaration was taken, is
well known to me to be a Justice of peace in Morris County, duly authorized & commissioned;
& the signature of his name thereto is genuine. James Kitchel, the Declarant has been
an intimate acquaintance of mine ever since the year 1793. He is one of the most respected
& respectable farmers in the County - a man of temperance piety & sterling integrity.
Morristown N. Jersey May 10th 1834
Lewis Condict, one of the late Rep.

from N. Jersey in the Cong. of the US