Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 837, for Amos Starke, New Jersey
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SERVICE NUMBER
New Jersey Starke, Amos S.837
carded
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New Jersey 17219
Amos Starke
of Hunterdon Co in the State of New Jersey
who was a Sergt. & Ensign, in the Co commanded
by Captain Starke of the Regt commanded
by Colo Drake in the New Jersey
line for 14 months. Death not on [Illegible] B.
7 mos. Sergeant, 35.00
7 do. Ensign, 70.00
105.00
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey,
at the rate of 105. Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10, day of Augt.
1833 and sent to Rhea
Nicholas. PM. Flanders. NJ.
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 210.
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 33, 52.50
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer, Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 3 Page 130.
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State of New Jersey} Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit
County of Morris} SS of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
Morris Common pleas Sept. Term 1832
On this 29th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common pleas now Sitting, Amos Starke a Soldier of the Revolution and a Resident of the Township of Washington in the County of Morris New Jersey aged Eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he entered the Service in the war of the Revolution as a Seargeant in the New Jersey Militia, at Roxbury in the County of Morris N.J. about the first of April 1776 in the Company of Militia under Capt John Starke in Col. Jacob Drakes Regiment for Common Defense against the Common Enemy and performed a full months Tour of Duty every other Month in said Service for one full year, making Six months Service in the year 76 to wit - in the Month of April, June, August, October, December and Feby in the year 1777 Their Head quarters being at Elizabeth Town their Duties were to Guard the Lines from Newark to Amboy, in the Season or year 1777 this Deponent was occasionally in the Service as a Seargeant as aforesaid on alarms, for Short periods of one week or more at a Time during the Summer as he Supposes to the amount of one Month under Capt Thomas Dickerson, and this Deponent further Saith that at a Company Training of the Militia of the Western Regiment of Morris County New Jersey under Command of Col John Munson in the Month of April 1778 he was duly Elected an Ensign in the Company of Capt Thomas Dickerson of Said Regiment and Duly Commissioned by William Livingston Esqr then Governor of N.J. and that in the Month of June 1778 this Deponent was ordain as an Ensign to march with the Drafted Militia of Col Munsons Regiment to Head Quarters at Elizabeth Town, and were then marched under Genl Wines to take part in the Battle of Monmouth, but took no part in the battle as Genl Wines was ordered to watch the other Movements of the enemy, and in said Service this Deponent was out one full Month and in September of the year 1778, this deponent as an Ensign aforesaid was detached with the Militia for a Tour of one Month to march to the [illegible] of New Jersey of the Indians near Milford on the Delaware, and performed said Tour of Duty, under Capt Thomas Dickerson aforesaid, and in the Month of November 1778 he was again Detached as an Ensing aforesaid and Marched with the New Jersey Militia to Head quarters at Elizabeth Town, and Joinded the Regular Army on their March from White plains to Middle Brook N.J. and marched as far as
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Quibble Town and was then Ordered Back to E. Town Head quarters and was out one full Month or more, and this Deponent further Saith that during the years 79 and 80 he was not actively engaged as an Officer of the Militia except in Cases of alarms and then for Short periods of one Week or more at a time as he Supposes to the amount of a month or more during the two years, but was frequently engaged with a Team procuring forage and provisions for the army during said period; and this Deponent further Saith that in the summer and fall of the year 1781 he was Detached as an Ensign from the Militia aforesaid from Capt Dickersons Company for a Tour of duty of Three months and Joined the New Jersey State Troops at Elizabeth Town and was attached to a Company under the Command of Capt Stephen Baldwin of Col Seelys Regiment and was at Elizabeth Town in Said Service when Genl Lord Conwallis Surrendered his army to Genl Washington at York Town in Virginia and was honourably Discharged at the Expiration of his Service by a Verbal Discharge from Col Seely, and by a Verbal Discharge from his Superior Officers from every other period of Service during the Revolutionary War and has no Distinct Recollection of any further active Service in the war of the Revolution, and further saith that his Commission as an Ensign in the N.J. Militia is Either Lost or Destroyed, and further saith that he was Born in the Township of Roxbury in Morris County N.J. on the 23rd day of March 1750 and is now Eighty two years of age he has no family reocrd o fhis age Except Traditionary information Recd. from his parents that he Resided in Roxbury aforesaid during the Revolutionary War and ever Since untill five years past, that he now Resides in the Township of Washington a few Miles from the place of his nativity and whether drafter or Ordered into Service by the Public Authorities of the State he does not now Recollect Distinctly. He Recollects Generals Heard and Maxwell and Wines and Cols Seely, Martin and Lindsley, of the Militia Service, he does not know of only two persons now Living who has any Knowledge of his Services to Wit, John Cooper and Noadiah D[illegible], and he is personally known to Rhece Nicholas & Thomas Dickerson Esqr and has been for Thirty years past and that he Hereby Relinquishes every Claim to a pension or anuity except the present and Declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State whatsoever
Sworn and Subscribed in open Court} Amos Starke
the day and year aforesaid}
Stephen Vail
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[The word Return [illegible] J. M are crossed out]

Adm 1 year & 2 Months
7 Months thereof as Serg
& 7 Months as Ensign

Rhece Nicholas P M
Flanders NJ
[An illegible name is crossed out and so is the word Clk]
Morris County Court
N J
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
16th May 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Amos Starke Morris Co NJ
Period when the service was rendered Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Name and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
April 1 1776 6 [Months] Sergeant Capts Starke Cols Drake None Stated NJ Aged 82 Roxbury Traditionary
1777 1 [Month] " Dickerson " Morris County Living Witnesses
1778 1 [Month] Ensign " Munson " NJ.
1 [Month] " " Martin "
1778 Nov 1 or more " Lindsley
1778-80 1 or more "
1781 3 [Months] " " Seeley "
Baldwin
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 troops," "militia" and "volunteers, all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 4. Indian Spies. As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. DECLARATION. In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. Sate, Territory, or District of} County of} ss. On this day of A.B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before in the county of and State, Territory or District years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers: [Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company officers; 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 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. [Illegible] This form is to be varied to as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.}f He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B. [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 of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &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. except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with and C.D. residing in (the same) who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. And then will follow the certificate of the Court. And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this &c. Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of 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 he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, an in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquire whether the belief [illegible] generaland whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirm may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of the 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.
Whether any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, of by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
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 wherehe resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not 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 he 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, &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 that 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 his 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
days, I served as and for such service I claim a pension state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting the 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 the 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 relinquishment 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 if he 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 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 the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants 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 magistrates who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[Illegible] The notes from [a] to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in 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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July 31, 1936.
BA-J/ILL
Miss Ada M. Scott Amos Starke
122 South 2nd Street S. 837
Monmouth, Illinois.
Dear Madam:
The data given herein were found in pension claim, S. 837, based upon service of Amos Starke in the Revolutionary War.
Amos Starke was born March 23, 1750, in Roxbury Township, Morris County, New Jersey, and lived there during the Revolutionary War. The names of his parents were not given.
He enlisted April 1, 1776, and served alternately on monthly tours until February 1777, in all six months as sergeant in Captain
John Starke's company, Colonel Jacob Drake's New Jersey regiment; no relationship between Amos Starke and this Captain John Starke was
stated. Amos Starke served in 1777 at least one month as sergeant in Captain Thomas Dickerson's company, Colonel John Munson's New Jersey regiment. He became ensign in April 1778, served on different tours in Captain Thomas Dickerson's company, Colonel John Munson's New Jersey regiment in the vicinity of Monmouth, Milford and Middlebrook, also in the fall of 1781, three months in Captain Stephen Baldwin's company, Colonel Seeley's New Jersey regiment. His services as ensign amounted in all to at least seven months.
Amos Starke was allowed pension on his application executed September 29, 1832, at which time he resided in Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey. He had lived there about five years, only a few miles from the place of his nativity. The soldier made no reference to wife or children.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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1917, Mch. 10 History to Mrs. F. M. Downing. F.W.
1917, May 2. History to Eva D. Van Derveer
1918, Feb. 7 History to Chester N. Jones F.W.
1936 July 31 - History to [Illegible] M. S[illegible] [Illegible]

Rev War
INVALID.
File No. 837
Amos Starke
Sergt and Ensg. N.J. Line
Act: June 7, 1832.
Index:-Vol. A, Page 355
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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July 31, 1936.
BA-J/ILL
Miss Ada M. Scott Amos Starke
122 South 2nd Street S. 837
Monmouth, Illinois.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of William Scott and Thomas Culley of
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, John and William Terrell of Virginia, Amos Starke of Morris County, New Jersey, Jacob Wiess, a Deputy Quartermaster General, and the record of a soldier with the surname Murray whose wife was Sarah Terrell and had children Lydia and Elizabeth.
There are no claims for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of John and William Terrell
of Virginia, or of any Thomas Culley. With the meager information given, no claim has been identified of the particular William Scott
in whom you are interested, and without his full name, no claim of the soldier with surname Murray can be identified. The records of Amos
Starke and Jacob Weiss are furnished herewith from pension claims based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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In reply to your request of ____, received ____ for a statement of the military history of Amos Starke a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his {The words (or his widow's) are crossed out] application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. F. 837.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.
CAPTAIN. COLONEL.
April 1776 served alternate months amounting to 6 mos. Sergt. John Starke. Jacob Drake N.J.
1777 1 " Sergt. Thos. Dickerson John Munson
Apr 1778. served at various times amounting to 7 mos. Ensign. {Thos Dickerson John Munson
{Stephen Baldwin Seely
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Roxbury, Morris Co., N.J.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 29, 1832. His cl. was al. Aug. 10, 1833.
Residence at date of application, Washington Twp, Morris Co. N.J.
Age at date of application, Born Mch. 23, 1750 {Roxbury Township, Morris Co., N.J.
Remarks: There is no data relative to family
(The above noted Amos Starke is the only soldier of that name found in the Rev. War records of this Bureau (not included in letter to Miss Van Derveer or Chester N. Jones.)
Commissioner.
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122 So. 2nd. St.,
Monmouth, Ill.,
July 8, 1936.
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Will you kindly give me the Revolutionary War pension records of the following men:
Wm. Scott, Lancaster Co., more Pa., of Capt. Abraham Scott's Co., 7th Battalion, 1782 and 1783.
Thomas Culley, Lancaster Co., Pa., of Capt. James Watson's Co., Col. Thos. Porter's Battalion, 1776.
John Terrell, Virginia. Pittsburgh Pay Roll, 7; War Bk. 5, 194.
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OK Wm. Terrell, Virginia. and. accts. 22, 79; Illinois Papers, D, 104.
? Murray, Virginia. wife, Sarah Terrell. ch., Lydia and Elizabeth.
Amos Starke, Morris Co., OK N.J. Capt. John Stark's Co., Col. Jacob Drake's Western Battalion, 1776-81.
fill Jacob Wiess (Weise or Weiss), Deputy Quartermaster General, N.J., 1779. Morris Co. Stationed at Middlebrook, Somerset Co.
Yours sincerely,
(Miss) Ada M. Scott.
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RECEIVED
Jul 10 1936
MAIL, SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM. 37
[Illegible]
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Downing
26
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One 2 [symbol for cents] stamped envelope rec'd
OK Waverly, Iowa: Revo. Sec.
RWJ
Feb. 22 - 1917 M.
U.S. Pension Office PENSION
FEB
Sirs: U. 26 S.
1917
FICE
Will you please inform Me - Did Amos Stark receive a pension?
Our records contain the 
Name Colonel Amos Stark
Born the 28th of March 1750
Died, the 10th of Nov. 1832
Yours Truly
Mrs. F. M. Downing
Waverly - Iowa.
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One 2 [symbol for cents] stamp rec'd Revo. Sec.
203 So. 8th St. [Illegible]Marshalltown, Iowa.
To Stamp retd 
[Illegible]
Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.
Will you kindly inform me as to the official document you can supply me in regard to the pension allowed to a Revolutionary soldier - Amos Starke.
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Enlisted in '76 I think from Roxbury, N.J., and pension was allowed in 1832.
I need the document and was referred to your department by the War Department, Adjutant General's office.
[Illegible] an applicant for membership in the D.A.R. I wish the record of this great great-grandfather 
(Over)
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He served in '76 & '77 and in '78 as an Ensign.
This document has already been furnished other members of my family and I would be grateful for an early reply.
Thanking you,
(Miss) Eva D. Van Derveer,
203 So. 8th St., 
Marshalltown, Iowa.
PENSION
A
APR
U 27 S
27
1917
OFFICE.
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THE NEW JERSEY SOCIETY
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
OFFICERS
PRESIDENT
CHESTER NEVILLE JONES
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REV. LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN, D.D.
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CARL MONTAIGNE VAIL
SECRETARY
JOHN RANDEL WEEKS
TREASURER
EDWIN ALLEN SMITH
REGISTRAR
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HISTORIAN
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MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
OF MANAGERS
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PAST PRESIDENTS
JOHN FRANKLIN FORT
JOHN LENORD MERRILL
WASHINGTON IRVING LINCOLN ADAMS
Jan. 31, 1918
Mr. G. M. Saltzgarber,
Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Revolutionary
Will you kindly give me the record of Mr. Amos Starks (or Starke), Ensign, Hunterdon County Militia of New Jersey, who was placed on the pension list, August 10, 1833, at the age of eighty-four.
Yours truly,
Chester N Jones
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State of New Jersey}
Morris County Ss.} I David Day Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Morris aforesaid do hereby certify that William Monroe Esquire before whom the within or foregoing depositions of Noadiah Dickerson and John Cooper were taken was at the time of the taking thereof and still is one of the Judges of the said Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Morris duly Commissioned and sworn and the signatures Wm Monroe to the depositions and also to the annexed Certificate touching the credibility of the witnesses as well as of Amos Starke are his genuine signatures --
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Seal of
the said Court at Morris Town the twelfth day of June A.D. Eighteen hundred
and thirty three
David Day Clk
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Amos Starke
Application for a 
Pension
17,040
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We Rhece Nicholas & Thomas Dickerson - Residing in the Township of Roxbury - in the County of Morris N.J. hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Amos Starke who has Subscribed and Sworn to the foregoing Declaration and we do Believe him to be Eighty two years of age that he is Reputed and Believed in the neighbourhood where he now Resides and has formerly Resided to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we Concur in the Opinion
Sword and Subscribed in Open Court} Rhece Nicholas
the Day and year aforesaid}
Stephen Vail Thomas Dickerson
And the said Court do hereby Declare their Opinion that after the Investigation of the matter of the said Amos Starke in his application for a pension and after putting the Interrogatories to him prescribed by the War Department that the said Amos Starke was a Soldier and Officer in the Revolutionary War and Served as he has herein Set forth and that the witness Rhece Nicholas & Thomas Dickerson are men of Good Reputation Standing in society for truth and Veracity and are entitled to full Credit and are Citizens of the Township of Roxbury in the County of Morris N.J.
Done in open Court the day and year aforesaid
Stephen Vail
Ephraim M[illegible]

State of New Jersey}
Morris County Ss.} I David Day Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Morris aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Amos Starke for a Pension -
And I do hereby further certify that William Monro Esquire before whom the foregoing depositions of Noadiah Dickerson and John Cooper were taken was at the time of taking thereof and still is one of the Judges of the said Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Morris duly Commissioned and sworn and the signatures of Wm Monro thereto annexed is his genuine signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 
my hand and affixed the Seal of the said
Court at Morris Town the twenty ninth
day of September A.D. Eighteen hundred
and thirty two David Day Clk
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New Jersey} Personally appeared before me William Monroe one
Morris County SS} the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Morris N.J. Noadiah Dickerson aged Seventy two years who being by me duly Sworn according to Law on his oath saith that he is well acquainted with Amos Starke the applicant for a pension and has been for Sixty years past and that he occasionally worked for the said Amos Starke in the years 1778-79-80-81 and 82 and that in the year 1778 the said Amos Starke was an officer of some Grade in the Militia under Capt Thomas Dickerson of Morris County N.J. and this Deponent further saith that the said Amos Starke was in the Service of the United States in the New Jersey Militia Three months or more in the summer of 1778 as near as he Can Recollect he Recollected Distinctly of the said Amos Starke being in the said Service in the Month of June 78 when Called to the Battle of Monmouth N.J. and further saith that he Remembered that the  said Amos Starke was frequently out as an Officer aforesaid for Short periods of Service in the years 79 and 80, and that in the fall of 1781 this Deponent Distinctly Recollects that the said Amos Starke was in the Service aforesaid as an Officer aforesaid for three months as near as he Can Recollect as this Deponent worked for the said Amos Starke while he was absent in Service, and further this Deponent Saith not
Sworn and Subscribed before me} Noadiah Dickerson
this 8th day of August 1832}
Wm Monro
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New Jersey}
Morris County SS} Personally appeared before me Wm Monro one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Morris N.J. John Cooper a Soldier of the Revolution aged Sixty nine years who being by me first duly sworn according to Law on his oath saith that he was well acquainted with Amos Starke the applicant for a pension in the Latter part of the war of the Revolution and [illegible] has been ever Since that Period, and that the Said Amos Starke in the summer and fall of 1781 was an Ensign in a Three months Tour of Duty of the New Jersey State Troops under Capt Stephen Baldwin of Col Seelys Regiment and that this Deponent was a private in Said Service and Served the Last month of Said Tour of Duty under said Amos Starke who was an Ensign in Said Company during the Last months Service aforesaid and that this Deponent and Said Amos Starke were Both Honourably Discharged by a Verbal Discharge from their Superior Officers at the Expiration of their term of Service and further this Deponent Saith not -
Sworn and Subscribed before} John Cooper
me this 8th day of Augt 1832}
Wm Monro
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State of New Jersey} I William Munro one of the Judges
Morris County SS.} of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Morris aforesaid do hereby Certify that Noadiah Dickerson and John Cooper whose Testimony was taken before me on the Eighth day of August 1832 (and is hereunto annexed) Touching the Revolutionary Services of Amos Starke (whose application for a pension is also annexed) are Both persons of Respectable Character and Standing in this Vicinity for truth and Veracity and entitled to full Credit and Belief whether in or out of Court and I further Certify that I have been personally acquainted with the said John Cooper and Noadiah Dickerson for nearly fifty years & have the highest Confidence in the truth and Correctness of their Testimony hereto annexed and I further Certify that I have been Intimatity accquainted with Amos Starke the applicant for a pension ever since the Revolutionary war and do now fully give Testimony in his favour for Integrity of Character and for Truth and Veracity and freely Certify my [illegible] Confidence in the truth and Correctness of the statement set forth by him in this his Declaration Touching his Services in the war of the Revolution In Testimony whereof I freely Subscribed my name to this certificate this 12th day of June 1833
Wm Monro