Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44300, Augustine Anderson, Continental (N.J.)
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8-1776

SERVICE
Continental (N.J.)

Anderson, Augustine

NUMBER 
S. 44300
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(illegible) letter to Hon W. L. Marcy June 27, 1846. Dead.

Notification sent 18 December 1820 to Samuel A. Barker, Clerk at McConnelsville, Ohio.

282 To Ohio
[crossed out: New Jersey]

Augustine Anderson
Lieutenant,

New Jersey Line
The army of the United States during the Revolutionary war.

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 16th of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29th of April '18 and sent to Hon. Judge Shee, Hamburgh, New Jersey.

Arrearages to 4th September 1818. $4.00/01 months $92.90
$92.90

d(ated) January 18, 1834 (AGZ)

Revolutionary claims,
Act 18th March, 1818,
Three years
Continued
New Jersey, Sussex Co
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Augustine Anderson
Lieut(enant)

Correct
April 28, 1828
S.B.

New Jersey Role
Hamburg, N. Jersey
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District of New Jersey
Sussex County//

On this sixteenth day of April Eighteen hundred and Eighteen before me, the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County personally appeared Augustine Anderson aged Sixty eight years or thereabouts resident in New Jersey Sussex County aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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." That he, the said Augustine Anderson, entered the service of the United States on the Seventeenth day of February A.D. One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy seven as Ensign in said regiment of foot Commanded by Col. Oliver Spencer, New Jersey line as will appear said reference to the enclosed commission that he served in the said Regiment as Ensign until the first day of March One Thousand Seven hundred and Seventy eight and then was promoted to a Lieutenant and [crossed out: reassigned] remained in the service until the first day of July One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy eight when in consequence of sickness the said deponent resigned his Commission, that he is now in reduced circumstances, is a resident of the State of New Jersey, and prays the aid of his Country and he hereby relinquishes all claims to every pension heretofore granted by the United States.
s/ Augustine Anderson

Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid
s/ Walter L. Shee
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I, Walter L. Shee, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Augustine Anderson did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and Testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.

Witness my hand [crossed out: and certification] at Hamburg, N. Jersey the Sixteenth day of April A.D. 1818.
s/ Walter L. Shee

The said Augustine Anderson further declares under the oath he has taken that he was at the Battles of Long Island, White Plains, Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth.
s/ Walter L. Shee

District of New Jersey
Sussex County//

I, Ephraim Green, Junior Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify that Walter L. Shee, Esquire, before whom the foregoing
deposition appears to have been made and who has thereto subscribed his name was at the taking and signing the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County duly Commissioned & Sworn and to all his acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given. In Testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of Sussex County Court this 17th day of April 1818.
s/ Ephraim Green
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Augustine Anderson, 65

Con(tinued)

Mr. Anderson must make application for transfer agreeable to the enclosed form before his continuance can be made out.

App.: McConnelsville, Ohio
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District of Of Ohio
Morgan County//

Court of Common Pleas July Term 1820.

On this 12th day of July 1820 personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of Record for the said district, Augustine Anderson aged 70 years, resident in Deerfield Township Morgan County in said district who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows in Colonel Oliver Spencer's Regiment in Capt. James Broadrick's Company, N. Jersey line, first declaration for a pensioner made on the 16th of April 1818. Pension Certificate No. 282, 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 [crossed out: or any pension for] 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 hereunto annexed and by me subscribed viz (Lands none) Personal Property none except 2 beds & necessary clothing for the family & two pots, one kettle
worth four dollars. Witness my hand. (seal)
s/ Augustine Anderson

Occupation Taylor, unable to pursue it for want of eyesight. No. in my family 4 Viz.: My wife aged 61 years unable to contribute any assistance for the support of the family, 1 daughter named Matilda aged 16 years able to support herself. One grandson Named Joseph Blain aged 10 years able to support himself.

Sworn to and declared and subscribed the 12th day of July 1820 [crossed out: before Samuel A. Baker, Clerk of the Court] in the Court of Common Pleas of Morgan County District of Ohio.
Attest s/ S.A. Baker, Clerk F.J.
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State of Ohio
Morgan County//


I, Samuel Augustus Barker, Clerk Pro Tem(pore) of the Court of Common Pleas of Morgan County do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the Court that the total amount in value
of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is worth Four Dollars.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at McConnelsville this Twelfth day of July Eighteen Hundred and Twenty.
s/ Samuel A Barker C.P.S.
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June 14, 1935

Augustine Anderson
S. 44500
BA-J/[illegible]

Mrs. J.B. Doughman
3 University Apartment
Lebanon, Ohio

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to you request of recent date for the Revolutionary War Record of Augustine Anderson who was born in New Jersey, served as lieutenant in the Revolution and died in 1834 in Morgan County, Ohio.

You are furnished below the record of the only soldier names by you, under any spelling, found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.  The data therein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim S. 44300, based upon his service in the Revolution.

The date and place of soldier's birth and name of his parents are not given.

Augustine Anderson was commissioned ensign February 17, 1777, in Captain James Broderick's company, Colonel Oliver Spencer's regiment of feet, was in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown, on March 1, 1778, was promoted to lieutenant, was in the battle of Monmouth and served until July 1, 1778, when in consequence of sickness he resigned his commission.  Augustine Anderson was in the battle of Long Island and White Plains, also, but no details of service rendered prior to February 17, 1777, when he was commissioned ensign.

The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed April 16, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-eight years and a resident of Sussex County, New Jersey.

In 1830, Augustine Anderson was residing in Deerfield Township, Morgan Country, District of Ohio, to which place he had recently moved, and referred to his wife aged sixty-one years, whose nae he did not give, to a daughter named Matilda aged sixteen years, and to a grandson, Joseph Blain, aged ten years (names of parents of his grandson, Joseph Blain, not stated.
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Augustine Anderson died January 18, 1834. If you wish to know the date of last payment of pension and the name and address of the person paid, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Augustine Anderson
Certificate #282
Issued April 29, 1818
Rate $20 per month
Commenced April 16, 1818
Act March 18, 1818
Ohio Agency

Very truly yours, 
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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44300
INVALID.
Revs.

File No. 44300
Augustine Anderson
Lieut. Rev(olutionary) War

Act: 18th March 1818

Index: -- Vol. 3, Page 13

Arrangement of 1870.

Oct. 20. 1901
May Weston

21 January '15 Hist(ory sent) to Mrs.
J.B. Doughman May '18
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Augustine Anderson, Ensign
17th February 1777

United States
(illegible) No. 13-800

Mr. Martin and Augustine Anderson

Augustine Anderson
Continental, N.J.
S.44.300
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IN CONGRESS
The DELEGATES of the UNITED STATES of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina and Georgia, TO Augustine Anderson, Gentleman:

We, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valor (sp.), Conduct and Fidelity, DO, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be an ensign in a Regiment of Foot Commanded by Col. Oliver Spenser in the Army of the United States, raised for the Defense (sp.) of American Liberty, and for repelling every hostile Invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of Ensign by doing and performaing all manner of Thing thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as an Ensign. And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress, for that purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the Time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by this or a future Congress. 

DATED [crossed out: at] the Seventeenth day of February A.D. 1777, Seventy Seven By Order of the CONGRESS.
s/ John Hancock, President

Attest s/ Chas. Thomson
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Augustine Anderson's
application to be transferred from New Jersey to Ohio. 1 December 1820
Transferred 18 Dec. 1820.

Sep. '18
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APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER

State of Ohio
County of Morgan

On this first day of December 1820, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Morgan personally appeared Augustine Anderson who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain James Broderick in the regiment commanded by Colonel Oliver Spencer in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on pension roll of the state of New Jersey from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the state (district, or territory) of Ohio where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future.

Augustine Anderson [signature]
Timothy Gaylord
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid.

Note. The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
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The State of Ohio
Morgan County
I Samuel Augustus Barker Clerk [illegible]
tom, of the Court of Common Pleas of
said County do hereby certify that
Timothy Gaylord Esq before whom the annexed Application
for a Transfer appears to have been sworn and subscribed to
was at that time and now is one of the acting Justices of the
Peace duly commissioned and sworn (in and for said County) and that all due
faith and credit is and ought to be given to his official
acts as well in Courts of Justice as
thereout
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Seal
of said Court at McConnellsville the
fourth day of December AD 1820
SA Barker C.P. of C.C.P.M. Co
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THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

Pension Dept.
1812 & Revolutionary War - 
Washington.
D.C.

RECEIVED JUNE 5 1935
[illegible] DIV
[illegible] 16
[illegible]

LEBANON, OHIO
JUN 3
3:30 PM
1935
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Pension Dept - 
Have you the record of a
pension
supposed to have been
granted to (only me) Augustine or Augustus
Auderson, Pensioned as a Lieut. in 1818 - 
died in Morgan Co. Ohio in
1834 - born in N.J. was in Ensign
Spencer's Additional Continental Regt.
in 1777-
Please send any record you
have of an Augustus or Augustine Anderson
and oblige
Mrs. J. B. Doughman,
3 University Apt. Lebanon, Ohio,
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POSTAL CARD
UNITED STATE OF AMERICA


THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY.
Mr. H. Clay Evans
Washington D.C.
Pension Bureau

RECORD DIVISION
OCT 5 1901

RECORD DIVISION
SEP 25 1901

[illegible stamps with date 1901]
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Mr. H. Clay Evans
His [illegible] - Pension Bureau [illegible] is -
[illegible] the name of Augustine Anderson,
commissioned 2d. Lieut., I think of the New Jersey troops, during 
the war of N - 
Revolution?
Any information
you can give concerning him will
[illegible]
Yours truly
Mary Weston
410 Ria [illegible] Bldg.
Kansas City-, Mo.
7-14-'01

US PENSION OFFICE
SEP 21
1901
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[illegible]
[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE. DEC 10 1920

Lima Ohio
Dec 8 - 1920
U.S. Commissioner
of Pensions.

Dear Sir:- Will thank you
for the Pension records
of the two following
Ancestors:
This is all the
information I have been
able
to gather.

I. John Blair, an officer in the
RN. I think he enlisted from
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N. York how ever he is buried
at Canan dai gua N.Y. He was
4
born in Scotland & landed in
Caun: Will you see if he
drew a pension.
II.  Augustine Auderson
died
in Morgan Co. Ohio. I thinke 1832.
he was a Capt: also am told
he was at Battle of
Bunker Hill. Also was born in
Scot-land: landed at Amboy
N. J.
lived
for some-time in
Sussex Co.
N.J.
Thanking
you
for an
early reply
I
am

Sincerely
Mrs Wm W. Baum
P.O. Box 142
Lima
Ohio

[stamp] Record Division DEC 10 1920
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1.7.[illegible]
Revo.
Answered
U.S. Pension Office Dec 20 1920

Lima Ohio.
Dec 16 - 1920
Bureau of Pensions:-
Dear Sir: - Sometime I
wrote - you
for pensions
for
[illegible] ancestors. John Blair &
Augustine Auderson.
I am so anxious
to get their records
especially Augustine's.
I'm certain
he drew a
pension
May I hear from you at once?
Sincerely,
Mrs M W Baum.
P.O. Box 142
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Record ED
Lima Ohio
[stamp] U.S. Pension Office. Jan 6 1921
Jan 3, 1921
Pension Dept.
Washington
D. C

Dear Sirs:-
Dec 8 & 16
regarding the Pension of
He died a
Augustine Auderson: He drew a
pension
& is buried in the
Deerfield Cemetery, near Porters ville
Morgan Co. Ohio. He was an
officer, our relative says
a-- [crossed out]
Lieut. another
a Capt.
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He came to this from
N. Jersey, so I presume
he enlisted from there.
Will you be so kind
as to
answer my [illegible]
at once?
Thanking you,
Very Truly Yours
Mrs Wm W. Baum
P.O. Box 142
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Res H

Lima Ohio.
Jan 13 - 1921.
Bureau of
Pensions:
I have for several
times
requested
the copy
of
Augustine Auderson's pension; he resided
in Sussex Co.
N. J.
later
moved
to
Morgan Co. Ohio.
I want
this
pension
record
submitted
with
my N.A.R.
papers
I should
have immediate
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immediate attention,
I am a direct
descendant f
this soldier,
I am not
a Professional
nor do I ask pension records
for business purposes.

Very Truly
Alice Reed Baum
(Mrs Wm N.)
P.O. Box 142

Lima
Ohio
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
S.F. 44300
for
A. S.
infor
3 -- 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,
19.
In reply to your request of -----,
received -------
a statement of the military history of Augustine Auderson
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
formation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Feby 17, 1777
Mch 1, 1778
resigned July 1. 1778.
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
Mch 1, 1778
RANK.
Ensign
Lieut.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
James Broderick
Lient

COLONEL.
Oliver Spencer
STATE.
N.J.
Battles engaged in, Island, White Plains, Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, April 16 1818. His [unintelligble] was al
Residence at date of application,
Sussex County, N.J.
Age at date of application, 68 yrs. He died Jany 18. 1834. {from A.B.
Remarks: In 1820 he was living in Deerfield Twp. Morgan Co. Ohio
His wife was 61 yrs old (name not stated) daughter Matilda
16 yrs and grand son Joseph Blain 10 yrs.

Respectfully,
Commissioner.

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