Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 904, for Daniel F Randolph, New Jersey
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(8-1776)

SERVICE | NUMBER
New Jersey | Randolph, David F. | S.904

carded
CONTENTS
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20,918

New Jersey

David F. Randolph, [illegible] in the State of N. Jersey, who was a private in the comp(any) commanded by [illegible] Randolph of the reg(iment) commanded by Col. Neilson in the N. Jersey line for:
20 mos. Priv(ate) of Inf(antry).
3 mos. Priv(ate) of Drgs.
¢9792

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey at the rate of 79 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 18[illegible].

Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of June 1833 and sent to Hon. [illegible], Present.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar. '33..............$159
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. '33.........39
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                                            $198

Act June 7, 1832

{Revolutionary claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by [illegible]
Book E; Vol. 8; Page [illegible]

Dead
Letter to Hon. J.F. Randolph & 3rd Auditor, 28 Mar 1840.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 Sept. 1838 to 20th Feb. 1839, the day of his death.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,

March 31st 1840

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The children of Daniel F. Randolph, a Pensioner on the Roll of the New Jersey Agency, at the rate of Seventy nine Dollars and sixteen Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, have been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1838 to the 20th Feb. 1839, the day of his death.

Respectfully yours,
s/ Albion K. Parris, Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.
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State of New Jersey
Essex County//

I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the within named witnesses, Gabriel Mundy and John Martin. That I believe them to be men of veracity and of good characters. Given under my Hand and Seal this 14th day of June 1833.

s/ Ira F. Randolph, Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey
Essex County//

I, Elias Van Arsdale, Junior Clerk the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Essex, do hereby certify that Samuel B. Miller, Esq., before whom the annexed affidavits were made and taken, was at the time of taking the same and still is one of the Judges of said Court residing in said County, duly commissioned and sworn and that the signatures "Sam'l B. Miller" affixed to the said affidavits & the certificate thereunder written is his proper handwriting. I further certify that Ira F. Randolph, Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavit of Daniel F. Randolph was made taken, was when the same was made & taken & still is one of the Justices of the Peace for said County residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn and that the signatures "Ira F. Randolph" affixed to said affidavit & the certificate subjoined thereto is the proper handwriting of said Justice.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my Hand and the Seal of said Court at Newark the Fourteenth day of June A.D. Eighteen Hundred and Thirty three - 1833.
s/ E. Van Arsdale, Jr. Clerk
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DECLARATION.

State of New Jersey
Essex County//

On this Twenty second day of September 1832, personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Essex, now sitting, Daniel F. Randolph, a resident of Plainfield in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, aged Seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated. He first entered the service in Capt. Samuel F. Randolph's Company of New Jersey Militia commanded by Col. Neilson in the year 1776 in the County of Bergen and served one month. That next he believes to the best of his knowledge or recollection was under Capt. William Manning at Elizabeth Town in the County of Essex, under whom he served one month. Next he was under Capt. Samuel F. Randolph at the Town of Elizabeth aforesaid one month. Next he served under Capt. Jacob Sebring at Woodbridge and he believes commanded by Major Clarkson Edgar the term of two months. Next he served three months at Elizabeth Town, one month of which time was under Capt. William Manning, one month under Capt. Samuel F. Randolph, and one month under Capt. Sebring. One month of which time he served as a substitute for his brother, Jacob F. Randolph. Next he believes he served two months at Rahway, one month of the time under Capt. Hugh Denny and the other month under Capt. John Payne. Next he served one month under Capt. Sebring at Woodbridge. Next he served one month under Capt. John Shaw at Woodbridge. Next he served one month under Capt. Frazer at Rahway. Next he served one month under Capt. Rob't Ross at Woodbridge. Next he served one month under Capt. Samuel F. Randolph and at which time he was in the Battle at Monmouth. Next he served two months at different times under Capt. Mathew Freeman at Woodbridge and next served one month at Westfield, he believes under Capt. Frazer but cannot be positive. Next he served...
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...one month under Capt. John Webster at Rahway. Next under Capt. Jacob Sebring at Newark. One month next he joined the horse and served  one month under Col. Webster. Next he served one month under Col. Crow. Next he served one month under Major Edgar at different times at Rahway, Woodbridge and Elizabeth Town. Next he served at the call as Minutemen at sundry times and places, he believes at least three months in the whole. He further says he was in the Battle at the Short Hills, Springfield, Elizabeth Town and at Monmouth, but does not now recollect under whose command at the time, except at Monmouth when he was under the command of Capt. Sam'l F. Randolph and at Springfield and Elizabeth he was under the command of Col. Crow. He says he was born on the 26th day of June in the year 1760 in the Township of Piscataway in the County of Middlesex, where he has ever since lived until the last ten or twelve years which he has lived in Plainfield in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey and has never resided in any other place. He further says he has no documentary testimony and that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
s/ Daniel F. Randolph

Sworn and subscribed to in Open Court the day and year aforesaid.
s/ Sam'l B. Miller, Judge
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[crossed out: He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or Annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State. Sworn to, and subscribed, in open Court, the day and year aforesaid.]

We, Daniel Dodge, a Clergyman, residing in the Township of Newark, County of Essex and State of New Jersey, and Ira F. Randolph, residing in the Township of Westfield, County of Essex and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel F. Randolph, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be Seventy two 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.
s/ Daniel Dodge
s/ Ira F. Randolph

SWORN AND SUBSCRIBED THE DAY AND YEAR FIRST AFORESAID.
s/ Sam'l B. Miller, Judge 

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 Daniel Dodge, who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the Township of Newark, County of Essex and State aforesaid, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
s/ E. Van Arsdale, Jr. Clerk

I, Elias Van Arsdale, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Essex & State of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Daniel F. Randolph for a Pension.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal of Office, this fifth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
s/ E. Van Arsdale, Jr. Clerk
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State of New Jersey
County of Essex//

I, Elias Van Arsdale, Jr. Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Essex & Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Ira F. Randolph, before whom the annexed affidavits of Gabriel Mundy & John Martin were made & taken, at the time of taking the same was & still is one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County, duly commissioned & sworn. That I am acquainted with his handwriting & that the signature "Ira F. Randolph" Justice of the Peace, subscribed to the Jurats of said affidavits are genuine.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal of Office this fifth day of October A.D. 1832.
s/ E. Van Arsdale, Jr. Clerk
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State of New Jersey
Essex County//

Personally appeared before me, Gabriel Mundy, who being duly sworn on his oath saith that he has been acquainted with the within named Daniel F. Randolph the whole of his life since his boyhood and previous to the American Revolution. That he saw said Randolph in the service, first at Bergen County and also at Elizabeth Town, at Woodbridge. And recollects seeing said Randolph in the Company of Horse at Woodbridge under the command of Col. Webster at different times. Tat this deponent was also in the same service at the time. That he believes said Randolph is of the age he has stated. That said Randolph has always been considered a Revolutionary Soldier and is reputed and generally believed to be a man of veracity. That said Randolph has lived in the Township of Piscataway and in the County of Middlesex and in the neighborhood of this deponent ever since he can recollect until within a few years, which he has lived in the Township of Westfield and in the County of Essex and he believes he never lived at any other place and further this deponent saith not.
s/ Gabriel Mundy

Sworn & subscribed before me this 19th day of Sept. 1832.
s/ Ira F. Randolph, Justice of the Peace

[crossed out: I, Daniel Dodge, a Clergyman, residing in Newark and formerly for some years in the Township of Piscataway in the County of Middlesex, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Daniel F. Randolph, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That I believe him to be Seventy two 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 I concur in that opinion.
s/ Daniel Dodge

Sworn and subscribed this 22nd day of Sep. 1832 before me. 
s/ Wm. Williams, Judge]
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State of New Jersey
Essex County//

Personally appeared before me, John Martin, who being duly sworn according to law did depose and say that he has been acquainted with Daniel F. Randolph, the within deponent, for Sixty years and prior to the American Revolution. That he recollects seeing the said Daniel F. Randolph in the service of his country at Elizabeth Town, at which time he was in the company of foot, and at Woodbridge he saw him in the Company of Horse. That this deponent was also in the service at Woodbridge at the time. That he believes said Randolph is of the age he has stated. That he has known him from a boy and has also seen his age in the Family Record. He further says he believes said Randolph has always been considered a Revolutionary Soldier and that he is reputed and believed to be a man of veracity. He further states that said Randolph lived at the time of the revolution and ever since, until within a few years, in the Township of Piscataway in the County of Middlesex and for the last few years he has lived in the Township of Westfield in the County of Essex and he never knew him to live elsewhere and further this deponent saith not.
s/ John Martin

Sworn & subscribed before me this 19th day of Sept 1832.
s/ Ira F. Randolph, Justice of the peace

15701

Declaration and evidence of Daniel F. Randolph.
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O. W. & N. Division.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C.

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Daniel F. Randolph, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. (CAPTAIN/COLONEL) | STATE.
His pension was allowed for 20 months actual service as a private in the N.J. Infantry and 3 months actual service as a private in the Dragoons; [crossed out: he having] entered the service in the year 1776 and was discharged finally in 1780 (over)

Battles engaged in, Short Hills, Springfield, Elizabeth Town & Monmouth.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bergen County, N.J.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 22, 1832
Residence at date of application, B9or)n Piscataway, N.J. June 26, 1760
Remarks: Names of children not given.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

13603 b--3m

Miss Grace Whitman
31 Eliot St.
Detroit, Mich.
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The following are mentioned as officers under whom he served.:
Capt. Samuel F. Randolph & Col. Neilsen
Capt. William Manning
Capt. Jacob Sebring
Capt. Hugh Dunn
Capt. John Payne
Capt. John Shaw
Capt. Frazer
Capt. Freeman
Capt. John Webster
Col. Webster
Col. Crow
Maj. Edgar
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Certificate 9792

Rev(olutionary) War

INVALID.

File No. 904
Daniel F. Randolph
Pri(vate) N.J. Line

Act: June 7th 1832

Index: -; Vol. A; Page 308

{Arrangement of 1870.}

Apr. 24/'94 Mail hist(ory) to Miss Grace Whitman, 31 Eliot St., Detroit, Mich.
June 5, '96 Mail hist(ory) to @ N. Pettis City. L.W.B.
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Daniel F. Randolph

Admitted

Private of Inf(antry).20 mos. 
Private of Dragoon.....3 mos. 
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                      23 mos.

[illegible]


Hon J.F. Randolph, Present
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Daniel F. Randolph, which require further proof or explanation.

I.   Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes.
II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes.
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? (blank)
IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No.
No.
V.   *Has he mentioned 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 amout [amount] of pension he is entitled? [crossed out: Yes] No so see ques(tion) 5.
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes.
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes.
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes.
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate ? Yes.
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes.
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes.
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? (blank)
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? (blank)
XIV. *If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? (blank)
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No so see ques(tion) 14.
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? Yes.
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes.
XVI. **Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No so see ques(tion) 16.
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? (blank)

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* - QUERE V. 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 than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For (blank) year (blank) months, and  (blank) days, I served as a  (blank). For  (blank) months and  (blank) days, I served as a  (blank); and for such service I claim a pension."
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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 shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

*QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 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.

**QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.

In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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New Jersey
Essex County/

Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid, Daniel F. Randolph, the individual applicant named in pension papers No. 15,701, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age & 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 than the periods mentioned below & in the following grades. For one month I served as a private under Capt. Samuel F. Randolph in Bergen in 1776, thinks in July or August, for one month I served as a private under Capt. William Manning at Elizabeth Town, in the fall of 1776, for one month I served as a private under Capt. Samuel F. Randolph at Elizabeth Town in the fall of 1776. For two months I served as a private under Capt. Sebring at Woodbridge, thinks in the winter of 1777 - for three months I served as a private under Capts. Manning, Randolph and Sebring (one month of which was as a substitute for his brother, Jacob F. Randolph). These three months service were in the spring and summer of 1777 at Elizabeth Town. For two months I served as a private at Rahway under Capts. Dunn & Payne, he thinks in the fall of 1777. For one month I served as a private under Capt. Sebring at Woodbridge in the winter of 1777/8. For one month I served as a private under Capt. John Shaw at Woodbridge in the spring of 1778. For one month I served as...
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...private under Capt. Frazer at Rahway & for one month as a private under Capt. Ross at Woodbridge in the spring of 1778. For one month I served as a private under Capt. Sam'l Randolph in June & July 1778, during this month I was under continual marching from different points in the State & was in the Battle of Monmouth June 28, 1778. For two months I served as a private under Capt. Matthew Freeman at Woodbridge in the summer or fall of 1778. For one month I served as a private at Westfield under Capt. Frazer, thinks in the winter or spring of 1779. For one month I served as a private under Capt. John Webster at Rahway, thinks in the spring of 1779. For one month I served as a private under Capt. Sebring at Newark, thinks in the summer of 1779. For three months I served as a private in the fall & winter of 1779 & 1780 in the Light Horse, Phineas Manning was the captain of the troop, but I was employed principally as a rided & express rider under the direction of Cols. Webster & Crow & Maj. Edgar. During this period I was principally stationed about Rahway, Woodbridge & Elizabeth Town. For three months I served in actual duty at different periods as a private Minuteman & for such service I claim a pension.
s/ Daniel F. Randolph

Subscribed and sworn before me this 14th day of June 1833.
s/ Ira F. Randolph, Justice of the Peace
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P.R.

31 Eliot Street,
Detroit, Mich.
April 2, 1894.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir: 

Will you please tell me where Daniel F. Randolph, who was in the Revolutionary War, was born, where he lived and how many children he had. If you cannot tell me, please inform me where I can learn everything in connection with him.

Respectfully yours,
s/ (Miss) Grace Whitman
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P.S. I would also like the same information relative to Payton Randolph.
s/ G.W.
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C.D. WAR & NAVY
APR 5 1894
TITLES
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O.W.& N. Div.
L.W.B.
I.904,

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
June 5th 1896.

Sir:

In response to your personal request for information concerning the military record of Daniel F. Randolph, soldier of the Revolutionary war, I have the honor to advise you that he made an application for pension on September 2nd, 1832, at which time he was residing at Plainfield, N.J., and 72 years of age, and his pension was allowed for twenty-two months' actual service as a private in the New Jersey troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Samuel F. Randolph and Col. Neilson. He enlisted from Bergen Co., New Jersey.

He participated in the battles of "Short Hills," Springfield," "Elizabethtown" and "Monmouth."

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Mr. S. Newton Pettis,
The Ardmore, 516 Thirteenth St., N.W.
Washington, D.C.