Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 63685-160-55, Garret De Bow, Not. Rev. War N.J. Mil Whiskey Insurrection
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SERVICE
Not Rev. War
N.J. Mil.
Whiskey Insurrection

DeBow, Garret
Elizabeth

NUMBER
B.L.Wt6368F-160-55
No claim for pension
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633 873  Act of Mar 3, '55
Feby 4. 1856

Elizabeth DeBow,
widow of Garret

Capt. Ezekiel [illegible]
Col. Foreman [illegible]
a Firman,
N.J. Voh

Ent. 25th Sept. 1794
Dis 25th Dec. 1794
Whiskey
[entire line illegible]
Insurrection.

No evidence of roles of Capt
Ezekiel Rice of J J Ross for
the period claimed on file
in this office.
[large portion scribble out]
Cir A, Janry 55
Cir A, & note
Mar 13/57

James L. Sheet
New Brunswick
New Jersey
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Garret Debow was born June the 22, 1772 in the year of our Lord,
Elizabeth Debow was born August 5th 1777
Who was married February the 4 1797
My son James was born June the 28 1799 in the afternoon half after one o'clock.
My son Isaac Debow was born November the 5 1798 in the morning at 5 o'clock
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Yennet Sullivan
Decist November the 24 1794
May the 13 of 1800 [illegible]
Usaac Decist
Isaac Debow Ms [illegible]
Decist 
23381

Daniel Debow [illegible]
October the 11  13000
[illegible]
Cornelia Debow
Garret Debow
[illegible] 1815
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Bounty land claim
of Mrs. Elisabeth DeBow
under act of March, 3rd,
1855, for servicing
the Whiskey Insurrection.

253.873
[numbers smudged]
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State of New Jersey
County of Middlesex S.S.
On this twenty fourth day of
January A.D. one thousand eight hundred and
fifty six, personally appeared before me, a
Justice of the Peace, within and for the County
of Middlesex, in the State of New Jersey, Mrs.
Elisabeth DeBow aged seventy eight years,
a resident of the village of Cranberry, in the
County of Middlesex, in the State of New Jersey,
who being duly sworn according to law,
on her oath, declares that she is the widow
of Garret DeBow, deceased, who was a member,
(whether on officer of private she does not know)
of the Company commanded by Captain Ezekiel
Price, in the Regt. of New Jersey troops,
commanded by by Col. Foreman, Furman,
or Fireman, in the "Whiskey Insurrection".
That her said husband volunteered at Cranberry
New Jersey, on or about the 25th day of
September, A.D. 1794, for the term of as long
as needed, and continued in actual
service in the quelling of said Insurrection
he was honorably discharged at Trenton.
New Jersey, on or about the 25th day of 
December A.D. 1794; but she does not know--
whether he received a written discharge
or not, nor has she any written evidence
of his said service, but expects it will be
found on the rolls of said Company and
Regiment.  She further declares, on her
oath as aforesaid, that she was married to
the said Garret DeBow, in Cranberry, where
she now lives, on the fourth day of February,
                   (over)
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A.D. one thousand seven hundred and ninety
seven, by one Gilbert Snowden, a minister of
the Gospel, and that her name before her said
marriage was Elisabeth Gilliand; that her
said husband died at Cranberry Middlesex
County New Jersey, on the fourth day of March A.D.
1815. and that she was not since intermarried,
and is now his widow.  She makes this
declaration for the purpose of obtaining the
Bounty land to which she may be entitled
under the act  approved March 3rd, 1855.  She
further declares that she has not heretofore made
application or received bounty land under
this or any other act of Congress; and for
proof of her marriage and the death of her said
husband, she refers to the enclosed old torn
leaf from her family record, and make it
a part of this declaration, it being the best
evidence of those events, of which she has any
knowledge; and for proof of her present widowhood,
she refers to the affidavit, and Certificate
annexed.
(mark of Elisabeth DeBow.)

We, Catherine N. DeBow, and Mary G. DeBow, residents
of the village of Cranberry in the County of 
Middlesex, in the State of New Jersey, upon our
oaths declare, that their foregoing declaration
was signed and acknowledged by Mrs. Elisabeth
DeBow, in our presence, that we have
been personally well acquainted with her, all
the times during the last fifty years, and know
that she is the identical person she represents
herself to be; that she is now a widow
that we have no interest in this claim
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(signature of Catharine Ann Selor)
(signature of Mary G. DeBow)

The foregoing declaration and affidavits were
sworn to and subscribed before me on this
day and year first above written; and I certify
that I know the affiants to b e credible persons
that the claiming is the person she represents
herself to be; in that I know she is a
widow, and that I have no interest in
this claim.
(signature of Isaac Van Norstrand,)
Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey
County of Middlesex S.S.
I, Nicholas Booraim, County
Clerk, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of
the County and State foresaid, do hereby certify,
that Isaac Von Notstrand, whose genuine signature
appears above, is and was at the time of signing
the same a Justice of the Peace, within and
for the County of Middlesex, in the State of New
Jersey, duly commissioned and sworn, and
that full faith and credit are due to all his
official acts;  I further certify that said
Court is a Courts of Record, having general jurisdiction,
and a clerk and seal; and that I now
no interest in this Claim.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, at New Brunswick, this 3rd
day of January A.D. 1856.
(signature of [illegible initials] Newell) clk
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Hon. J. Minot,
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
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New Brunswick, New Jersey
April 7th 1857.

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Sir;
Enclosed please
find additional evidence required, in
the suspended Bounty Land claim of
Mrs. Elisabeth, widow, of Garret DeBow,
deceased, No. 233.873, act of March, 3rd 1853.
This claiment is very poor, and frail, 
and I therefore have to request an early
issue of her warrant.
Very Respectfully;
(signature of James L. Sheet)
Agt.
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Additional evidence
in the Bounty Land
claim No. 233.873 of Mrs.
Elizabeth DeBow, act
of March, 3, 1855.







James L. Sheet, Esq.
New Brunswick
New Jersey.
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New Brunswick, New Jersey
March 7th, 1857.

G.C. Whiting Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir;
Enclosed please find
additional evidence in the bounty land
claim of Mrs. Elizabeth, widow of Garret
DeBow, deceased,  Case No. 233.873, act of
March 3rd, 1855.  Having (as I believe) fully
complyed with the requisitions of the Bureau,
in this case, and the claimant being very
frail, and poor; I have to request a warrant
at the earliest day that justice will
allow.
Very Respectfully;
(signature of James L. Sheet)
Atty.
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Additional evidence
in Suspended Bounty
Land claim of Elizabeth
DeBow, No. 233.873,
act of March 2rd 1855.




James L. Street, agt,
New Brunswick,
New Jersey.
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The State of New Jersey
To James Mott Treas. Dr.
On account of cash paid for the Bounty and
Wages of the militia agreeably to a law passed
June 20, 1794.

1794     3rd Regiment Col Forman's
Dec.23   To cash paid Thomas Lawrence Pay
               Master for the non commissioned
               officers, musicians and privates of
               Capt. Ezekiel Price's Company, 3 dollars
               per month each.  pr. Ezekiel Price 
No of men--20
$531.20

James Mott Treas.  To the State of New Jersey Dr.
On account of cash received from the United States.

1795          Received of Presley Nevill Pay Master Genl.
Apl. 22       The sum refunded by the United States--
                   agreeably to an act of Congress passed January
                   17, 1795 for pay advanced to the militia of
                    this state on the late Expedition to Fort Pitt
                    agreeably to a Resolution of the legislature
                   passed Feb 27, & March 6, 1795. 13.884.80 dollars
                    British pound sign 5203.16.0

See copies of acts attached to Geo. Brearley
Claim No. 113.795. act 3rd March 1855.
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State of New Jersey
I Thomas S. Allison Secretary
of State and Auditor of Public
Accounts of the State of New
Jersey, do hereby certify that
the foregoing are true extracts
from a Book headed " Auditors
Accounts" 1790 to 1796, as
taken from and compared with the original
now of record in my office, and I further
certify there are no Rolls or record of names
in my office of the privates of this State, who
served in the Pennsylvania Insurrection of
1794.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office this
twenty fifth day of March A.D. 1857.
Thr. S. Allison
Sec. of State and Auditor
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New Brunswick New Jersey
January 31st 1856.

Hon. J. Minot.
Com. of Pensions
Sir;
Enclosed please find
Bounty Land claim of Mrs. Elisabeth DeBow
of this County; I have no knowledge of the
case, beyond what appears on the face of
the papers; but that claimant is represented
to me as being a very truthful and worthy
woman.  Find enclosed torn leaf of original family
record, on which is marriage of Claimant
and her husbands death.
Very Respectfully;
(signature of James L. Street)
Agent
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State of New Jersey
County of Middlesex SS.
Be it known that on
this fifth day of March, A.D. one thousand eight
hundred and fifty seven, before me, personally
came Timothy Horner, to me well known. a
resident of the village of Cranberry, in the
County of Middlesex, in the State of New Jersey;
who, first being duly sworn according to
law, on his oath declares, that he is in the
eighty fourth year of his age; that he has
always resided in the State of New Jersey, and
nearly all his life time in the village where
he now lives, and in the immediate neighborhood;
that previous to the Whiskey Insurrection
in the autumn of 1794, and always afterwards
while he lived, he (affiant) was personally
well acquainted with Garret DeBow, of
Cranbury; and that since  the death of the
said Garret DeBow, as well as before his death,
he (affiant) has been personally well acquainted
with Mrs. Elizabeth DeBow, the widow of the said
Garret DeBow; that the said Garret DeBow;
was a private (if he rightly remembered) in the
Company commanded by Captain Ezekiel
Rice, in the Ret. of New Jersey Volunteers, 
commanded by Col. Torman served, in the Service of the
United States, in quelling the Whiskey Insurrection
in Oct., Nov. & Dec. 1794;  that the said
Garret DeBow, served about three months, and
served until he was honorably discharged &
paid, at Trenton New Jersey; on or about, the
25th day of December, 1794; That he knows
the facts above stated, because he (affiant)
was in the same service, (a private of Captain
Researiek Moore's Company) with the said Garret
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DeBow.  She further declares on his oath as
aforesaid that the New Jersey troops engaged
in the Whiskey Insurrection were mustered at 
Philadelphia and Trenton, in September and
October 1794; that they were marched thence,
to the old Revolutionary Barracks, at Carlisle
Pennsylvania, where they were reviewed, and
mustered into the Service of the United States,
and addressed by General Washington
in person; that the New Jersey troops drew
their rations, which in Service, and their
pay at the time, as soon after the time of 
their discharge; and that both rations, and
pay, (as affiant always heard, and believed)
came from the United States Government.
He further declares, on his oath as aforesaid
that he was a Lieu, of Capt. James
Cook's Company of New Jersey Militia, war of 1812,
and that for his service, in said war of 1812, he
has received two land warrants; a 40 acre warrant,
under the act of Sept. 28th 1850, and a 120 acre
warrant, under the act of March 3rd, 1855; but
that neither of said warrants is now in his 
possession and that he cannot give the No. or
date of either of them.  He further declares,
on his oath as aforesaid, that he does not
know whether land warrants are granted or
not for service in quelling the whiskey insurrection
but if they are, that no one can be
more justly entitled to a warrant, than
the widow of Garret DeBow.  He further
declares, that he has no interest, in this or
any other claim against the United States.
(signature of Timothy Horner)
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Sworn and subscribed before me, on the
day and year first above written and I ,
certify that the affiant is a highly credible 
person, that his mind and memory appear
sound and clear; that he is entitled to full
faith and confidence, in his affidavit as
above, of the truth of which, I have no
manner of doubt; and that I have no
interest in this claim.
Isaac Van Norstrand
Justice of the Peace

Also, on the same day personally appeared
before me, Frederick [illegible], to me well known
who resides within one mile of the village
of Cranberry, and who, being first duly sworn
according to law, on his oath declares that
he is in the eighty ninth year of his age; that
he has always lived near the village of Cranberry
in the County of Middlesex in the State of
New Jersey;  that he was personally well
acquainted with Garret DeBow, before
1794, and always afterwards, while the said
Garret DeBow lived; and has since his death
been acquainted with his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth
DeBow who now lives in the village
of Cranberry as aforesaid;  that the said Garret
DeBow was a private in the Company of
New Jersey Volunteer militia, commanded by
Captain Ezekiel Price, in the service of the
United States, in the autumn of the year
1794, and that went into service to quell
the Whiskey Insurrection; that said Company
marched from Trenton, New Jersey,
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to Western Pennsylvania, having on the way
been reviewed, and mustered into the Service
of the United States, at Carlisle, by General
Washington  himself; that said Company
remained in Service; until on or about the
twenty fourth day of December, 1794, and 
[illegible] honorably discharged at Trenton, New
Jersey, and afterwards paid off by Captain
Price; that the said Garret DeBow served
the whole time the Company was in Service,
and until he was honorably discharged.
That affiant knows these thing, not
from hearsay, but of his own personal
knowledge, that he was himself, a private
of Captain Price's Company and in
said Service, every day that the company
served; and is positively sure, that Garret
DeBow served as above stated;  he further
declares on his oath as aforesaid, that he
has an application (No. 217.731) for bounty
land, for his service in said company, now
pending in the Pension office, under the
ser of 3rd March, 1855.  and that he has no
interest in any claim in which this affidavit
can be used.
[illegible signature or mark]

Sworn and subscribed before me, this
fifth day of March, A.D. 185[?] and I hereby
certify, that I know the affiant to be a
very credible person; that his general health
and memory are good, and that I have
no shadow of doubt of the truth of his
affidavit as above; I further certify, that
I have no interest in this claim.
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Isaac Van Nostrand
Justice of Peace

State of New Jersey
County of Middlesex  SS.
I, Nicholas Booramer
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, of the
County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify
that Isaac Van Norstram, whose genuine
signatures appear to the above certificates,
was at the time of signing the same, a
Justice of the Peace, duly authorised by law
to administer oaths for general purposes &
that full faith and credit are due to all
his official  acts as such.
The testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
seal of office, at the City of
New Brunswick, this sixth
day of March, A.D. 1857
[illegible signature] clk.