Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39,792, for Richard Jobs, New Jersey
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(8-1776)

SERVICE | NUMBER
New Jersey | Jobs, Richard | S.39,792

CONTENTS
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County of Philadelphia//

On this Thirteenth day of January 1827 before me, the subscriber, Justice of the Peace for the said County of Philadelphia, personally appeared Richard Jobs, who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded first by Captain Foreman and secondly by Captain Anderson in the regiment commanded by Col. Elias Ogden in the service of the United States. That his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New Jersey from whence he has lately removed to the County of Philadelphia. That he now resides in the Northern Liberties of the City of Philadelphia in the said County of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future and that his reasons for removing to the said County of Philadelphia are that himself and wife have both become too old and infirm to take care of themselves and that their children and grandchildren reside in the neighborhood where they now reside and from whom they receive attention and care.
s/ Rich'd Jobs

Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid.
s/ Jno. Shaw
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County of Philadelphia//

On this [crossed out: (illegible)] 13th day of January 1827 before me, the subscribe, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Philadelphia, personally appeared Joseph H. Fenimore, upon his solemn oath doth declare and say that he is well acquainted with Richard John, the pensioner within named [crossed out: and] and that he knows him to be the same person described in the foregoing affidavit.
s/ Joseph H. Fenimore

Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid.
s/ Jno. Shaw

I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Joseph H. Fenimore, the above named deponent and that he is a person of veracity.
s/ Jno. Shaw

Philadelphia//

I, George W. Peter, Recorder of Deeds for the City and County of Philadelphia, do certify that John Shaw, Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavits and certificate were made and who has thereto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing and still is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Philadelphia duly Commissioned and qualified to all whose...
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...acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given as well in courts of judicature as elsewhere.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my Hand & Seal of Office the Eighteenth day of January Anno Domini One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty seven.
s/ Geo. W. Peter, Rec.
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Rich'd Jobs

('45)

Sep. 1818
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SCHEDULE.

STATE OF NEW JERSEY,
Middlesex County,//

On this Twentieth day of June, 1820, personally appeared in open court, in the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Middlesex in said state, being a Court of Record, proceeding according to the course of the common law with jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping of its proceedings, Richard Jobs, aged Eighty one years, resident in North Brunswick in said county, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: 

He served during the war as a Drum Major in the First Jersey Regiment commanded by Cols. Ogden & Martin. That he made a declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of 18 March 1818 in the same month of March and my pension certificate is No. 45.

And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war,” passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.

Schedule.
1 Table, 1 Large Table, 1 Chest, 7 Chairs, 1 Dresser, 9 Plates, 6 Tea Cups and Saucers, 2 Coffee Cups & Saucers, Coffee & Tea Pot, Tea Kettle, 2 Pots, 1 [illegible], 6 Tablespoons, 6 Teaspoons, 2 [illegible], 3 Jars, 1 Small Looking Glass, some Earthen Dishes, 1 Griddle, Shovel & Tongs, 2 Candlesticks, Snuffers, 1 Goose, Jn. Shears, 3 Gloves Boards, 1 pr. [illegible].

And I do further declare that my family consist of my wife alone, aged Eighty years, in constant bad health. That I am by trade a Tailor, but from defect of eyesight and great age, am unable to pursue it or to obtain subsistence by my labor.
s/ Rich'd Jobs

Sworn to, and declared, on the day aforesaid.
s/ Robert McChesney, Presiding Judge

I, William P. Dease, clerk of Court of Common Pleas of the county of Middlesex, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Fifteen dollars and (blank) cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, on this Twentieth day of June 1820.
s/ Wm. P. Dease, Clk.
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In the case of Richard Jobs of the City of New Brunswick in New Jersey, claiming a pension under the Act of Congress entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War."

State of New Jersey
Middlesex County//

On the Twenty sixth day of March in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred & Eighteen before me, John Outcall, Esq., one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in & for the County of Middlesex in the State afo(resaid), came Richard Jobs of said city, who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he enlisted in the month of January in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy seven in the company commanded
by Lieut. Barton, Capt. (blank) in the First Jersey Regiment on the Continental Establishment commanded at different times by Col. Matthias Ogden and Col. Barber. That he continued to serve as Drum Major of said regiment against the common enemy until the end of the War of the Revolution and was discharged at Newburgh in the State of New York in the month of June in the year One...
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...Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty three. And this deponent further saith that he has continued ever since to reside in the State of New Jersey, and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
s/ Rich'd Jobs

Sworn & subscribed the day & year first above written before me.
s/ Jno. Outcall

Middlesex County//

Doct. Lewis Dunham of the City of New Brunswick, being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he knew Richard Jobs, the applicant, during the War of the Revolution and that the said Richard Jobs was then a Drummer in the Jersey Brigade on the Continental Establishment and so continued for several years.
s/ Lewis Dunham, Formerly Surgeon of the 1st Jersey Reg't

Sworn & subscribed this 26th March 1818 before me.
s/ Jno. Outcall

State of New Jersey
Middlesex County//

I, John Outcall, one of the...
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...Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Middlesex in the State afo(resaid), certify that the foregoing affidavits are, to me, satisfactory proof that Richard Jobs, the applicant was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution on the Continental Establishment and served against the common enemy until the end of said war.
s/ Jno. Outcall

To the Secretary of the Department of War.

State of New Jersey
Middlesex County//

I, William P. Dease, Clerk of Court of Common Pleas of the County of Middlesex & State afo(resaid), certify that John Outcall, Esq., who hath subscribed his name to the foregoing attestations is one of the Judges of said Court duly commissioned and sworn & to his official acts full credit is to be given.

Witness my Hand & the Seal of said Court this Twenty sixth day of March One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighteen.
s/ Wm. P. Dease, Clk.
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A.W.

IN REPLY REFER TO Rev. War Section.

3-1864

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS, January 13, 1930.
WASHINGTON

Honorable William Job,
Maryville, Mo.

Sir:

In reply to your letter of the fifth instant, I have the honor to to advise you, that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford information in regard to any soldier named John Job. You were furnished on the seventh instant, the history of Enoch Job, Widow File No. 1193, and you are herewith furnished the histories of Daniel, Peter and Robert Job, and Richard Jobs, the only other Revolutionary War soldiers of that or similar names, found on the records of this Bureau.

From the papers in the pension claim Survivor File No. 39,792, it appears that Richard Jobs enlisted in January 1777, served in Captains Forman and Anderson's Company, Colonel Mathias Ogden and Barber's Regiment of New Jersey Troops, was Drum Major of said regiment and was discharged in June 1783.

He was allowed pension on his application executed March 26, 1818, while living in New Brunswick, New Jersey. In 1820, he was eighty-one years old and his wife, whose name is not stated, was eighty years of age. In 1827 they resided in the Northern Liberties of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, near their children and grandchildren, whose names are not stated.

Portion of letter. See Hon. W. Jobs letter in Robert Job W.7899.
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39792
INVALID.
Rev(olutionary) War
File No. 39,792
Richard Jobs
Pri(vate), Rev(olutionary) War

Act: 18 March '18
Index: -; Vol. 3; Page 260
{Arrangement of 1870.}

1915 June 25 - Hist(ory sent) to Joseph P. Wilson. ¢
1920 Jan. 12 - Hist(ory sent) to Hon. Wm. Job Maryville, No. (see his letter in Robert Job W.7899) A.W.
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('45)

From Trenton, New Jersey to Pennsylvania.

Richard Jobs, (Capt. Foreman), Private, N. Jersey in the Army of the U.S. at $8 per mo. com(menced) 16th March 1818.
Certificate issued 2nd April 1818 & sent to Hon Gen'l Bloomfield, House of Reps. U.S.
Arr(ears) to the 4th Sep. 1818 6 7/28 mos...........$42.

{Rev. Claim Act 18th March 1818}
New Jersey line '77 war.

Continued
New Brunswick, Middlesex Co.

Notification sent the 7th July 1820 to Wm. P. Dease, Esq., N. Brunswick, N.J.
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Philadel(phia)

Sir,

Enclosed herewith I send the affidavits & certificates in conformity to your instructions of the 22d Dec. last in order to have the payment of my pension made in Philadelphia. As before you will please to direct any communications to the Marshall of this District.

Respectfully your obe(dient) ser(vant),
s/ Rich'd Jobs

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Pension Office
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Rev. Sec.

Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Calvert County, Maryland.

One 2¢ stamped envelope rec'd.
Stamped envelope rec'd. A.W.

Prince Frederick, Md.
June 22nd, 1915.

O.K. Rev. S.

Dept. of the Interior:

Would you kindly give me information or advise me as to what department I should apply for the following:

Is there any record of a drummer by the name of Richard Job as having been with the Colonial Army during the Revolutionary War, the above named drummer having been with George Washington it is said the night of the crossing of the Delaware, before and during the Battle of Trenton.

Any information regarding the above will be highly appreciated.

Very respectfully yours,
s/ Joseph P. Wilson
Prince Frederick, Maryland.
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In reply to your request of (blank), received (blank) for a statement of the military history of Richard Jobs, 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.37,729

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. (CAPTAIN/COLONEL) | STATE.
Jan. 1777 to June 1783 | (blank) | Drum Major | {Forman, Anderson} | Matthias Ogden, Barber | N.J.

Battles engaged in, None stated.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Not stated.
Date of application for pension, Mar. 26, 1818. His claim was all(owed).
Residence at date of application, New Brunswick, N.J.
Age at date of application, In 1820, Eighty one years. 
Remarks: In 1820, he referred to his wife as Eighty years but did not state her name. In 1827, they resided in the Northern Liberties of the City of Phila., Pa. near their children & grandchildren, whose names are not given. Added Jan. 12, 1920.

Respectfully,
Commissioner.

6-2856
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The National Archives Form VAM-51 12-5-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Name: Joel, Richard
Grade: Private
Line: Massachusetts

Warrant Number: 4462
Acreage: 100
Issued: Dec. 31, 1793 to Samuel Emery.

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.