Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 688, for Jacob Kent, New Jersey
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(8-1776)

SERVICE | NUMBER
New Jersey | Kent, Jacob | S.688
carded
CONTENTS
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13,264
New Jersey

Jacob Kent, of Essex (County), in the state of New Jersey, who was a private in the company commanded by Captain (blank) of the reg(iment) commanded by C.L. Van Courtland in the N. Jersey line for 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars (blank) Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of June 1833 and sent to A. Reynolds, Paterson, New Jersey.

Arrears to 4th of Mar. '33..............$160.00
Semi-anl, allowance ending 4 Sep. '33.....40.00
                                        -------
					$200.00

d(ated) July 23, 1840

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by J.W. Clagett, Clerk
Book E; Vol. 3; Page 119
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23,732

Jacob Kent
Essex Co., N. Jersey

Adm. 2 years
$80

A. Reynolds
Paterson, New Jersey
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
(blank) 183

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 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 shew 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.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Jacob Kent, Essex Co., N. Jersey
Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. (Years/Months/Days) | Rank of the claimant. | Names and Rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.

Draft of sol(dier)

1776 | (blank) | 2 | (blank) | pri(vate) | Gen'l Maxwell & Hynes- Col. Van Cortland, Maj. Hays. | 75; Livingston, N.J. | Traditionary Living Witness

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.
State, Territory, or District of
County of //
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of __________ in the county of __________ and State, Territory or District
of _____ aged (c) _____ 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) _____ , with _____ 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; 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. (illegible) 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 (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.

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, 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 __________ and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with __________, 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.

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, 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 _____ day of _____ & 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...

There are numerous applicants for pensions who served at the period under the officers mentioned in applicant's declaration.

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 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, 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, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry 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 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 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 in 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 ________; 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 state that they served two years in the militia, &c. 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 was the 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 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 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 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 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 [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule (illegible) 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:

No claim for services not specified in the manner pointed out above can be allowed.
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Jacob Kent
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The result of the within application to be communicated to A. Reynolds, Paterson, New Jersey.
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex//

On this 11th day of October A.D. 1832 personally appeared before me, Abraham Reynolds, a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex, Jacob Kent a resident of the township of Livingston in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, aged Seventy five years laboring under bodily infirmity which renders him unable to appear in open Court and 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 7th 1832. That he was born on the first day of October A.D. 1757 in that part of the Township of Newark, now called Livingston, according to the traditional account which he has always had of his birth, and at which place he now continues to reside. That he entered the service of the United States in the time of the Revolution under the following named officers and served as herein after stated.

That he entered the service as a volunteer in the summer of 1776 and performed two month service under Captain Thomas Williams stationed at Elizabeth Town, New Jersey. That he performed regular tours of monthly service either as volunteer or drafted from time to time during the whole of the Revolutionary War. That his memory is so much impaired with age and other infirmities that he cannot give a detailed account of his service nor the precise (sp.) time he served under each officer nor the officers' names at length under whom he performed the said services. That he has a distinct recollection of having performed from one month to three months under each of the following named captains. Viz: Captain Thomas Williams, Captain Elijah Squier, Captain Isaac Gillum, Captain Robert Nichols, Captain Henry Joralman and a Captain Pierson. That during his said service the company to which he belonged was stationed at Elizabeth Town...
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...Newark, Belville, Springfield, Hackensack, The English Neighborhood, Woodbridge, and various other places in the State of New Jersey. Also on Long Island and Staten Island in the State of New York. That the principal service he performed on Long Island was assisting to erect Redoubts and Fortifications in the early part of the war. That he was a member of Captain Elijah Squier's company and enaged with the British in the Battles of Springfield and Connecticut Farms and assisted in driving and pursuing the enemy to Elizabeth Town. That he was one of a party engaged with the youngers near Springfield, at which time two men belonging to the same party, namely Parcell and Reeves were killed by the enemy within a few feet of him. That he
was also one of a party under the command of Captain Elijah Squier and succeeded in capturing seventeen British prisoners near Elizabeth Town Point. On that day the enemy were driven from Elizabeth Town to Staten Island and thinks it was the next day after the Battle of Springfield. That he knows it was in the summer season but cannot particularize the year. That he was in one engagement with the British and Refugees on Staten Island but cannot state particularly which of the before named captains commanded the company to which he belonged on that occasion. 

That he was engaged with the British and Refugees near Belville at which time he with the Americans pursued the enemy to the neighborhood of Hackensack
and then returned to Slaughterdam, near Aquackananonk, where he lay during the night and thinks General Hynes had the command. That he was frequently engaged in skirmishes with the enemy near New Brunswick during the winter they were in possession of the town. That he was frequently engaged in skirmishes with the Refugees in various parts of the County of Bergen. That the principal field officers that he now recollects by name and under whom he served are Generals Maxwell...
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...and Hynes. Col. Van Courtland and Major Hays. That he was in the service of the United States from time to time from the commencement of the Revolutionary (War) to the end thereof. That he cannot particularize otherwise than as above stated. That he solemnly charges the truth to be, that he was in actual service in all not less than three years.

That the only field officers belonging to the regular army, whom he can now call by name are Generals Washington & Lafayette, both of whom he saw on one occasion, when he was doing duty at the Town of Newark. That he also saw General Wayne at Elizabeth Town. That he has no documentary evidence.

That he has no recollection of ever receiving either a written or printed discharge. That he knows of no person (excepting John Reed) whose testimony he can produce at present to testify to his service. That at the close of the was he returned and settled in the place where he now resides and at which place he has continued to reside (excepting about seven years, during which he resided in the next adjoining County).

He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity excepting the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State in the United States.
s/ Jacob Kent (X - his mark)

Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid.
s/ A. Reynolds

Essex County//

Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, Jacob Kent, the above named applicant who being duly sworn deposeth and saith in addition to his former declaration, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot sever positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served in all not less than the periods mentioned below in the following grade for three years. I served as a private soldier and for such service I claim a pension.
s/ Jacob Kent (X - his mark)

Sworn & subscribed the 9th day of Nov. 1832.
s/ A. Reynolds
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We, John Duryee, a clergyman residing in the Township of Livingston, in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey and Ira Squier, residing in the Township of Livingston, in the same County, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Kent, who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration. That we believe him to be Seventy five years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a revolutionary soldier and that we concur in that opinion.
s/ John Duryee
s/ Ira Squier

Sworn and subscribed this 11th day of October 1832 before me.
s/ A. Reynolds

State of New Jersey
Essex County//

Personally appeared before me, Abraham Reynolds, a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, Thomas Belton, aged Ninety three years, who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Jacob Kent, the above named applicant and the deponent further saith that he served in the Revolutionary War at sundry times and places with the said Jacob Kent and has a distinct recollection of seeing the said Jacob Kent engaged with the enemy at the Battles of Springfield and Connecticut Farms. And this deponent further saith that he was a member of the same company at the same time and that he recollects of seeing the said Jacob Kent under arms at Newark, Elizabeth Town, Long Island and various other places during the Revolutionary War and verily believes that the said Jacob Kent was in the service of the United States in all as much as three years.
s/ Thomas Belton (X - his mark)

Sworn & subscribed the 11th day of October at the Livingston poor house before me.
s/ A. Reynolds
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Essex County//

On this 12th day of October 1832 personally appeared before me, Abraham Reynolds, a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, John Teed, who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is Seventy nine years of age. That he is well acquainted with Jacob Kent, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

This deponent further saith that he was well acquainted with the said Jacob Kent during the Revolutionary War and was at various times and places a fellow soldier doing duty in the service of the United States in the same company with the said Jacob Kent. And this deponent further saith that he has a distinct recollection of the said Jacob Kent being a fellow soldier and any doing duty in the same company during the Revolution, under each of the following named officer. Viz.: Captains William Squier, Gillem Pierson, Nichols & Reeves.

And this deponent further saith that he saw the said Jacob Kent actively engaged with the British at the Battles of Springfield and Connecticut Farms, also in an engagement with the British and Refugees near Belville. And this deponent further saith that the said Jacob Kent was at all times, particularly
[illegible] of, and esteemed as an extraordinary soldier. And this deponent further saith that from the knowledge he had of the said Jacob Kent during the Revolutionary War that he verily believes that the said Jacob Kent was in the service of the United States (in all) more than three years.
s/ John Teed

Sworn and subscribed the 12th day of October 1832 before me.
s/ A. Reynolds
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I, Abraham Reynolds, a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex, do hereby declare my 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 I do further certify that John Duryee, who has signed one of the preceding certificates is a clergyman resident of the Township of Livingston and that Ira Squier, who has also signed the same is a resident of the Township of Livingston in the County of Essex and that he is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. And I do further certify that John Teed, who has also signed the preceding certificate is a respectable person and that his statement is entitled to credit.

And I do further Certify that Jacob Kent, the above named applicant is unable to appear in open Court by reason of bodily infirmity, having been confined to his house several months with the bone of his leg fractured. Consequently his said declaration was subscribed and sworn to at his own dwelling. I also certify that Thomas Belton is credible person & entitled to credit.
s/ A. Reynolds

Essex County//

I, Elias Van Arsdale, Jr., Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Essex, do hereby certify that Abraham Reynolds, before whom the foregoing proceedings were had & taken in the matter of the application of Jacob Kent for a Pension at the time of taking the same was & still is one of the Judges of said Court, duly commissioned & sworn. That I am acquainted with his handwriting & that the signatures "A. Reynolds" subscribed to the foregoing declaration affidavits & certificate are the genuine signatures of the said Judge. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this Twenty ninth day of October 1832.
s/ E. Van Arsdale, Clk.
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Rev. War Section
Record Division

Dec. 9, 1921.

Miss Daisy Hamilton,
180 W. 13 St.
New York City.

Madam:

In response to your letter of the 11" instant, you are advised that the Revolutionary War pensioner of Pickens District, S.C. who received $80 per annum
from Mar. 4, 1831, on certificate which issued Sept. 20, 1833, as Champe Taylor, but his name was erroneously printed as Charles on the Report of the Secretary of War in 1825.

Photostat copies of the original papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Jacob Kent, N.J. Troops, S.668, will be furnished you under the provisions of the Act of Aug. 24, 1912, at the rate of fifteen cents a page with twenty-five cents extra for certification if that is desired. The number of pages to be copied is six.

The proper amount [crossed out: should be forwarded] to this Bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior Department.

Very respectfully,

H.M. Vanderson
Acting Commissioner.

Six pages decla(red) Oct. 14, 1832.
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In reply to your request of (blank), received (blank) for a statement of the military history of Jacob Kent, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his [crossed out: (or his widow's)] application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. F(ile) 688

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. (CAPTAIN/COLONEL.) | STATE.
Summer 1776 | Served at various times during the war, amounting to 3 yrs. | Pri(vate) | Thomas Williams, Elijah Squier, Isaac Gillam, Robert Nichols, Henry Jarolaman, Pierson | Van Courtland | N.J.

Battles engaged in, Connecticut Farms, Springfield.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Essex Co., N.J.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 11, 1832. His cl(aim) was al(lowed).
Residence at date of application, Livingston Township, Essex Co., N.J. (in that part of Newark Twp. which was afterwards Livingston Twp., Exxex Co., N.J.)
Age at date of application, B(orn) Oct. 1, 1757
Remarks: There is no data relative to family. Soldier died July 23, 1840*

* - from A.B.

Respectfully,

Commissioner.

6-2856
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Rev. War Section
Record Division

Jan. 19, 1923.

Miss Daisy Hamilton,
180 W. 13" St.
New York City.

Madam:

In response to your letter of the 14" instant, you are advised that the Revolutionary War soldier, Jacob Kent, S.688, died July 23, 1840, and the Revolutionary War soldier David Kent died Jan. 12, 1833.

If you desire photostat copies of the declarations for pensions of the two above named soldiers, the same will be furnished you at the rate of fifteen cents a page. The number of pages to be copied is ten.

The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.

Very respectfully,

s/ [illegible]
Commissioner.

6 - Jacob
4 - David
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Record Division
JAN 17 1922
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New York, Jan. 14, 1922
Telephone 1315 Murray Hill

Record [illegible]

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Will you be so kind as to inform me whether there is any record to show when the pension of JACOB KENT, of Livingston Township, Essex Co., N.J. declaration Oct. 11, 1832, and granted, ceased, in order to get the exact date of his death?

S 688
Send decla(ration) Oct. 14, 1832, 6 pages.
Hed. July 23, 1840

What would be the charge to duplicate the photostat of the declaration of JACOB KENT, the soldier mentioned above, and recently furnished me? No certifying

Kindly state charge of photostat of declaration of DAVID KENT, Private, $96. $195.34, N.J. Line Essex Co.
Jan. 3, 1832
Dec. 31, 1831 76

Report Sec'y War. N.J.p. 25.? Include date of ceasing of pension with photostat estimate, please.

W.13521
Hed. Jan. 12, 1833

Respectfully,

Miss Daisy Hamilton,
160 W. 13th St.,
N.Y. City

Send decla(ration) of June 23, 1830, 4 pages.
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Rev(olutionary) War
INVALID
File No. 688
Jacob Kent
Priv(ate) N.J. Line

Act: June 7, 1832

Index: - Vol. A, Page 201
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1916, Jan. 19 History to A.A. Evann, F.N.
1916 Sept. 28 Hist to Herbert H. Lewis
1916 Nov. 3 Hist to Mrs. Edw. S. Black A.W.
1921 Dec. 29. Miss D. Hamilton info(rmation) of cost of copies A.W.
1922 Jan. 19 Mrs. D. Hamilton advised of date of soldier's death & of cost of copies A.W.
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One 2 ce(nt) stamp & env(elope) rec(eived) Rev. 96 B.O.C
Stamp & env(elope) ret(urned)
[illegible]

Hotel Bretton Hall
New York City

Sept 19th/1916

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:-

Will you kindly send me the record from your department of Jacob Kent, a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Born in Essex County, New Jersey Oct. 1st 1757, died June 3rd 1841.

Under the date of Oct 11, 1832 he made application for a pension which was allowed. He enlisted in the summer of 1776 in Essex County N.J. and served in all three (3) years, serving under Captains...
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...Williams, Squiers, Gillan, Nicholas and Pierson all officers in Colonel Van Cortland's Regiment (New Jersey).

He was engaged in the battles of Connecticut Farms and Springfield.

Your early attention to this would be greatly appreciated as I am now making application to join the Sons of the Revolution.

Thanking you in advance.

I beg to remain very truly yours,
s/ Herbert W. Lewis
Bretton Hall
86th St. & Broadway
New York City
N.Y.
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N21 Rev. Sec.

January 14, 1916.

Mr. Gaylord M Saltzgaber,
Dept. Interior, Commission Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir: -

In connection with application for membership in the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution it is necessary that I have verification of the fact that Jacob Kent of Caldwell, Essex County, N.J., served as a Private in the War of the Revolution; memorandum which I have shows that he received a pension.

I would indeed appreciate it very much if you would kindly have the record verified.

Yours very truly,
A.A. Evans

361 - 6th Street
Brooklyn, N.Y.
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10V Black
2 copies
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Feld Rev. Sec.

B(road)way 86 St. 

Hotel Bretton Hall
New York City

Oct. 9th/1916

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen:-

I'm nephew the H. W. Lewis of the above address has just received a statement of the military history of Jacob Kent, a soldier in the Revolutionary War.

Will you please send him the statements for myself and sister him H.L. Lewis, who are their great granddaughter.
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...from Jacob Kent being his grandmother's father. She have all the other necessary papers. Thanking you for a reply.

I am Respectfully,
s/ Mrs. Edward S. Black

One record only sent to Mrs. Black
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Rec'd M.O. for 90¢

New York,
Dec. 30, 1921

Telephone 1315 Murray Will

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Sir:

Enclosed please find money order, drawn as desired, for the photostat copies of the pages of the declaration of JACOB KENT, N.J. Troops, S. 688, asked for in letter of Dec. 11th, 1921. $.90: that is, six pages at the rate of 15¢ per page. No certification desired.

Kindly sent abstract of Champe Taylor's declaration, as name might have been Charles Champe Taylor very easily. (Pickens Dist., S.C., pensioned $20, per an. from Mar. 31, 1833.)

The abstract of Wm. Walker's declaration is acknowledged with many thanks.

Respectfully,
(Miss) Daisy Hamilton,
160 West 13th St.,
N.Y. City

S22008
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BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division

JAN 4-1922 19__
Chief of Rev War Section

Sir:

I have this day received from
Miss, Daisy Hamilton [crossed out: draft] M.O. No. 187,733 for $90/100 requesting [crossed out: post office addresses] copies as per letter herewith.

1922 Jan. 9
Copied mailed and said div. noti(fied).
A.W.

Very respectfully,

O.J. Randall
Chief of Division

(MF 42)

Date: Jan. 9, 1922
No.: S.688

Name: Jacob Kent, War Rev.

Photographic copies wanted of: 1 pieces, consisting of 6 pages.
Remarks: (blank)

s/ W.E. Wilson, Ext. [illegible] Chief Record Div.
Law Clerk.

Serial No. 5871
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RECORD DIVISION
DEC 17 1921
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Law

New York, 160 West 13th St.
Dec. 11, 1921

COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D.C.

Sir:

Will you kindly send me the price of photostat reproduction of the pension testimony of:
JACOB KENT: Private, $80. $240. N.J. Militia,
June 6, 1833 Mar. 4, 1831 77.
(p.52, N.J. Pensions, Rpt. Sec'y War, 1834)

S688
6 pages

At your early convenience/also:
ABSTRACT of testimony of:
CHARLES TAYLOR: Pri. $20. $60. S.C. Militia,
Sept. 20, 1833 Mar. 4, 1831. 70. Pickens District, South Carolina. (Rpt. Sec'y War 1834/5)

Report is incorrect, name is Champe, not Charles.

ABSTRACT of testimony of:
WILLIAM WALKER: Corp. $96. S1822.45 Chester Co., Pa. Towson's Artillery Ap. 26, 1816 May 27, 1815. Military Establishment. (Penna. Pension, 9, Rpt. Sec'y of War)

Wid. Sept. 16 511.

Respectfully,
Miss Daisy Hamilton,
160 West 13th St.,
N.Y. City