Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 946, William Aumock, New Jersey
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New Jersey

Amuck, William

S. 946
carded
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New Jersey 27.928

William Aumock
  Of Monmouth Co. in the State New Jersey
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Walling of the great commanded
by Col. Holmes in the N. Jersey
line for 2 years.

Inscribed on the roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 80 Dollars ---Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of Sept. 1834 and sent to Hon. Jas. Parker, Perth Amboy, N.J.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1834          $280
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar'35.   40
                                                                 $320


Recorded by Jono. D. Wilson clerk
Book E. Vol. 3.  Page 107
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County

     On this 22nd day of October 1833 personally appeared in open Court before John Patterson John Hull ad William J. Brown and others Judges of theCourt of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth New Jersey William
Aumock - resident of the township of Middletown county of Monmouth and State of New Jersey agedSeventyt one years on the 23rd day of July last past who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration ignorer to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein after stated.
2-1- Where and in what year were you born
       A. he was born in the township of Middletown county of Monmouth on the 23rd day of July 1762

2-2 have you any record of your age and if so where is it 
       A. his birth is recorded in his Mother's Dutch Psalm Book which said Psalm Boy is now in the possession of a man in their neighborhood by the name of Charles Kelley.

2-3  Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you live now.
      A.  he was living in the township of Middletown County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey when called in service - he removed from the said township it being on the shore with his father into the township of Freehold for (smudged number) years and then returned to the Township of Middletown and has continued to live there ever since.

2-4  How  was you called into Services - was you draftee - did you volunteer or was you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
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...A - at or about the age of 15 or 16 he turned out under the command of Capt Thomas Walling this was in the year 1778 for he recollects it was before he was old enuf to be called out on his monthly tour - he continued out under him in the said year 1778 for three months - at the end of this service he enlisted for 9 months under the command of  Elisha Walton as his Major and Thomas Walling his Capt. and Colonel Asher Holmes  was the colonel of the regiment - he served this nine months out - and from the end of this service for his safety as he Dare Not Stay at home he continued out until Capt. Walling raised a company for one year - in which company he enlisted this (some crossed out) (this added above) recollects at the year 1781 and served out his time - which service in the year 1782 Capt. Thomas Walling continued to command this company until the year the peace was made he continued in the same.
2-5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the Troops where you served - such continental or Militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service (next words crossed out)
    A - he remembers John Burrows Jonathon Furmant - they were officers in the Continental Army - he remembers General David Forman and Asher Holmes and Major Elisha Walton they were the Field Officers that command the Company of Capt. Thomas Walling to which he belonged - he was in the "scrummage" at Connaseonk when James Hill was blinded of which wound he "dyed" Abraham Vanderule Adam Stacher was wounded with several other who was -?- wounded the same day - he was in several "scrummage" with Tories attempted to land from the enemy vessels that were -?- up and down the shore.
2-6.  Did you ever received a Discharge from the Service and so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
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... A- he never received any written discharge - When his time expired he with the rest of the company were Discharged by Capt. Verbally - the commonly received a certificate for whatever pay was coming. at the endif the time of service.

2-7. State the names of Persons to whom you are known in your neighborhood - and Who can testify  as to your "Carrictor" for Veracity and there belief of your service as a soldier of the Revolution
      A-  Joseph Walling and Daniel Walling who are old soldiers of the Revolution and war out with him nearly all the time he was in theServices - they can testify  to his services - this Deponent hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity - except the present ad declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll or agency of any State.
William Aumock his X mark

Sworn in open court the Day and year above written in open Court
John Patterson
W.J. Browne
John Hull
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth Co.
      Before me Jehu Patterson one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Monmouth personally appeared Joseph Walling and Daniel Walling old (all?) Soldiers soldiers of the Revolutionary War and they being duly Sworn according to law did depose and say that they ware well acquainted with William Aumock and  have known him from the Time he states in his Declaration that he entered the service until the Present Day for they ware with him nearly all the time he has stated and it is known to them that the Statement he has made is true the said William Aumock is known to these deponents also as a Man of "Veracity" and Truth and his Declaration is entitled to full credit.
Joseph Walling
Daniel Walling

Sworn and subscribed this 19th day of October 1833 before me
Jehu Patterson

And the said Court do hereby declare there opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department the the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states - and the Court further certifies that it appears to them - the Joseph Walling and Daniel Walling - who has signed the preceding affidavit or certificate are presidents in the county of Monmouth  Town....
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... - ship of Middletown are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to full credit

Jehu Patterson
W.J. Browne
John Hull
William Lloyd
John W. Davison
John Headden
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left side page:
 -?- and Hon. Jas Parker
Apl 9th 1834


right side of page:
NJ
30379 (crossed OUT)
29,149
 
(written vertically)

.... office card that full faith and credit id due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Freehold in and for said county this 8th day of march in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.
D.H. Ellis CLK
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Supplementary affidavit of Daniel Walling

State of New Jersey
Monmouth County
    Personally appeared before me the under subscriber one of the Judges of theCourt of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey Daniel Walling - who being duly sworn according to law did depose and say that he is a surviving soldier of the Revolution aged 75 years that he is well acquainted with the said William Aumock - who has signed and sworn to the foregoing affidavit, and knows that the said William Aumock entered the militia of Monmouth county in actual service under Capt. Thomas Walling and served under him at first every other month - in tours of one month each - in the Township of Middletown - along the Bay Shore from Sandy Hook to to Chesequaker - guarding the said shores from  the Enemy until the month of July 1780.  Making at least one  year actual service - and further that he knows that the said William Aumock did enlist under the said Capt. Walling some time about the first of July 1780 and served under him for six months in Middletown as a guard along the said shores - beginning about the first of July 1780 ending about the first January 1781 - and further he knows that the said William Aumock again enlisted under the said Capt. Thomas Walling about the first of January 1781 and served under the said Capt tours of at least one year under the last enlistment and was employed as a guard to the said shores aforesaid - this enlistment took place about the first of January 1781 and ended about the first of January 1782 - that he knows that the said William Aumock did actually perform the above named services - for this deponent was in the same services with the said William Aumock in all the above tours under the said Capt. and at the same places - and that there head quarters were at Capt Wallings house in Middletown.
Daniel Walling

Sworn and subscribed
 before me the 25th day of February 1834
Jehu Patterson
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     I Jehu Patterson one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey - do hereby certify that Joseph Waling and Daniel Walling are the same persons that signed the first affidavit and I -?- to the same - that have signed and Sworn to the supplementary affidavit and that they are credible persons and that their Statement is entitled to full credit.

Jehu Patterson

   I the subscriber Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that Jehu Patterson Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits of William Aumock, Joseph Walling, and Daniel Walling were taken and subscribed was at the time of taking the same ad nos is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County duly sworn and enrolled in my office and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such.
   In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand ad seal of office at Freehold in and for said County this eighth day of march in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four
D.H, Ellis CLK

vertically to left at bottom
NJ
30379 (crossed out)
29149
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29..149

Hon. J. Parker
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    I the subscriber Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for theCounty of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey do hereby certify the Jehu Patterson WJ Browne, John Hull, William Lloyd, John W. Davison, and John headed before whom the foregoing application of William Aumock was made, was at the time and now are Judges of said Court and that the names of Jehu Patterson John Hull W.J. Browne William Lloyd, John W. Davison and John Headden signed to the foot of said proceedings are the proper hand writing of said Judges and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to all their official acts as such.
   In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Freehold this thirtieth first day of December AD eighteen hundred and thirty three.
D.W. Ellis CL
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Amendatory affidavit of William Aumock
State of New Jersey
Monmouth County
     Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Judge of theCourt of Common Pleas in aforesaid County William Aumock who being duly sworn deposeth and sixth that he is the identical William Aumock named in the original Declaration numbered 29.149 by the War Department and 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 not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grade to wit: a Private
      That he is certain the he entered in actual service in the militia as soon as he became sixteen years of age which was in the month of July 1778 and served therein at least every other month until enlisted in a company of militia raised by Captain Thomas Walling for six months in the year 1780, but this de[ponent always thought that it was for nine months as stated in his declaration but how thinks that he was then in an error; that he lived almost on the shore of the New York Bay within about a hundred yards from it and the duty upon him was consequently  very severe: that the British and Tories were continually landing upon the said shore from New York and the Islands and for his own safety he was obliged to seek the ranks of the soldier.  That he cannot now tell the particular day when each tour of duty commenced and ended,...
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....but he is positive that each tour of duty was at least one month in length and that he served at least three such tours in the year 1778 and at least six tours in the year 1779 and at least three such tours in the year 1780 up to about the first of July of that year, when he enlisted under the said Capt. Thomas Walling, that Daniel Forman was Genl., Asher Holmes Col. and Elisha Walton Major - that their headquarters were at Captain Wallings house about two miles from the shore and their duties were to guard and protect the inhabitants of the frontiers from the ravages of the British and Tories as a foresaid.  That about the first of July 1780 he enlisted as a private under the said Captain Thomas Walling and served under him in said company for at least six months on the shore of said New York Bay in Monmouth County beginning in the month of July 1780 and ending in January 1781. That their field officers were the same as above mentioned.  Richard Poole was ensign of said company and Garret Hendrickson was Lieutenant; that immediately after the expiration of this tour of six month he enlisted again under the said Captain Walling and served under him a continued tour of one year guarding the said shore.  commencing in the month of January 1781 and ending in the month of January 1782 - the other officers also the same - that their head quarters and duties were the same as above mentioned.   That he was enduced to enlist from the fact of living so near the shore and being always in danger unless out with the troops, so he concluded that in as much as he was obliged to be out almost continually before,  he would enlist himself and seek a refuge from being taken prisoner.
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....That after the expiration of this year's service he was called out in the militia again and served as often as they were called out, but the duty was not then so hard as before and he cannot state particularly this service:  that his marches were  confined to his native county along the shores and to and from head Quarters to their several guard posts along the shore to wit: Conascuhk Browns Point - Middletown Point and Cheesequakers - and to Way Cake Shoal Harcourt Sandy Hook Shrewsbury and sometimes to Freehold, patrolling and marching along the shores and toads between the above named places matching the motions of the enemy and attacking small parties that would land on the shore:  that he served with an embodied corps called into service by the authority of the Law of New Jersey:  that he served in field and not in garrison and that for the time during which his service was performed he was not employed in any civil pursuit; that he never received any discharge from the said service but he received a certificate for his pay and kept it until sometime after the War which he got the full amount of it;  that no discharges in writing were ever given to the militia whether enlisted or not -
William Aumock his X mark

Sworn to and subscribed before me Jan 31st 1834
The "Garret Hendrickson was Lieutenant" interlined and "Richard Riddle was ensign erased first it being also read to him -
Jehu Patterson
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Supplementary affidavit of Joseph Walling

State of New Jersey
Monmouth County
     Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said Court Joseph Walling who being duly sworn deposeth and saith the he is a surviving soldier of the Revolution aged seventy seven years, that he is well acquainted with the said William Aumock who has signed and sworn  to the foregoing affidavit and knows that the said William Aumock entered the militia of Monmouth County in actual service under Captain Walling and served under him to least every other month in tours of one month each, in the township of Middletown along the shore of the Bay of New York, guarding the said shores from the enemy until the month of July 1780, making at least one year's actual service and further that he knows that the said William Aumock did enlist under the said Capt. Thomas Walling some time the first of July 1780 and served the said captain a tour of at least six months, in Middletown aforesaid as guard along said shore beginning about the first of July 1780 ending about the first of January 1781.  And further that he knows that the said Willis Aumock again enlisted under the said Capt Thomas Walling about the first of January 1781, and served under the said captain a tour of at least one year under the last named enlistment in Middletown aforesaid and as guard aforesaid, beginning about the first of January 1781 and ending ab out the first of January 1782 - that he knows that the said William Aumock did actually perform the above named service for the deponent was enlisted in the same service with the said William Aumock in all the above times under the said Captain and at the same places, that their head quarters were at Capt. Walling's house in Middletown aforesaid.
Joseph Walling

Sworn and subscribed before me the 25th da of February 18334
Jehu Patterson
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Rev. War

INVALID
Aumock

File No. 946
William Aumock
Priv. N.J.Line

Act: June 7 1832

Index: - Vol. A, Page 113

(handwritten at bottom)
*W.D.G Oct 10, 06
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Hon. James Parker

Washington City


(numbers off tonight):
1834
   77
______
1757
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Freehold. May 22 1834

Respected Sir
     Judge Patterson handed to me the papers of Wm. Aumock herewith enclosed, together with Mr. Edwards letter, for explanation.
      Mr. Edwards appears to have mistaken the nature of the of the six months and year service.
     In the first place I will refer to the Laws of N.J. authorizing these troops to be raised and under which this service was performed - the first Act is entitled "AnAct to raise and embody for a limited time 624 men for the defense of the frontiers of this State" passed June 7 1780-
     They were by the Act to be continued in. service until Jan 1 1781 - It may be found in Wilson's edition of the Laws of N.J. page 129.
      The Second Act is entitled "An Act to raise by voluntary enlistment 820 men for the defense of the frontier of this state" passed Dec 26 1780 - Enlistment till 5th Jan 1782 - Wilson's Laws page 157.
    The applicant claims to have served two distinct and separate tours - one of six months and another for a year.  The objection is, that it is not shown that the Capt. commanded a permanent corps of the character.  The applicant and his two witnesses swear that they served under him in such a corps for the above periods under enlistment.  They state that they served under him as Capt., he must therefore have commanded.  They further state that they served under enlistment and in as much as the state can alone can authorize enlisting the company must have been raised by the State.
      These troops were raised from the militia, and there is jus as much authority for calling them enlisted militia (underlined) as for calling them state troops (underlined) - there can be no doubt about the service of Wm. Aumock for they were expressly authorized by law, and are distinctly proved by three survivors.
      I trust this explanation will be satisfactory.
Respectfully yours
J.M. Hasrtshorne

Hon. J. Parker
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Perth Amboy 12 Aug 1834

Sir
    I have looked over the enclosed papers of William Aumock claiming a Pension under the Act of 1832 and cannot but say that I think his services fully and completely found.
     This seems to be admitted by the Objections stated in our letters and which accompany the claim.
    I hope however (?) that an examination of the papers in/at Trenton which I understood you -?- was intended to make, will have afforded the proof required as to  Walling and Company being raised under the Acts specified in Wilson, tho I cannot see that a want of such proof can invalidate a claim therein so well established.

I am respectfully
Your obt. servt.
James Parker


J.L.Edwards Comm. of Pensions
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William Aumock

Payments to be made
at Trenton
by P. Dickinson Esq.

Agent for paying Pensioners
in theAgency of New Jersey 


#946


Recorded in the Pension Office (smudged)
in Book ??  3 
Page 101 by

Jno (paper torn) Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT

Revolutionary Claim

   I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 78th June 1832, William Aumock 
of the State of New Jersey
who was a Private during the Revolutionary
War

is entitled to receive Eighty dollars per annum,, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th march, 1831, and payable semi-annually of the 4th of march, and the 4th of September in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United States
this Thirteenth day of'September, one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.

Lew Cass
Secretary of War

JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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(note: this appears to be a schedule of when pension was paid - some notations VERY odd)

Oct 7 paid to. 4 Sept 1834
Mar 25 paid to  Mar ?? 1835
Sep 9 1835 paid to. Sep 4 1835
Mar 22 1836 Paid to Mar 4 1836
Sep 20 Paid to Sep 4 1836
Mar 24 Paid to 4 Mar 1837
             Paid to 4 Sep 1837
             Paid to 4 Mar 1838
             Paid to 4 Sep 1838
             Paid to 4 Mar 1839
             Paid to 4 Sep 1839
             Paid to 4 Mar 1840
             Paid to 4 Sep 1840
             Paid to 4 Mar 1841
             Paid to 4 Sep 1841
             Paid to 4 Mar 1842
             Paid to 4 Sep 1842
             Paid to 4 Mar 1843
             Paid to 4 Sep 1843
             Paid to 4 Mar 1844
             Paid to 4 Sep 1844
             Paid to 4 Mar 1845
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(Note:  appears to be 2 layers of writing one on top of the other)

bottom layer:
Wm. Aumock
 -?-
$80 per an.

Hon. James Parker
Perth Amboy, N.J.

written over this:

James L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Washington. D.C.

Upside down at bottom:

N.J. 
Hon. Jas. Parker