Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 133, Asa Adams, New Jersey
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3-1776
SERVICE  NUMBER
New Jersey  Adams, Asa  W. 133
Ann
CONTENTS
f Mar. 15, 1760
res. [illegible] [illegible], Nottingham Twp Burlington or Mercer Co. NJ
d. Nov. 10, 1825
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Reported,
Letter to D. M. Rice, 25 April 1843,
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New Jersey 6897
Ann Adams
wido of Asa Adams,
who was a pensioner under the Act of
and who died on the 10 November 182[illegible]
of Mercer Co in the State of N Jersey
who was a Private in the Company
commanded by Captain Quigley of the
Regt. commanded by Col in
the N. Jersey, line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 30 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9: day of 
Dec. 1842, and sent to D.
W. Rice Esq. Trenton N.J
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841
Semi-annual allowance ending
$150
[Act July 7, 1838]
Recorded by Theo. Smoody Clerk
Book S Vol. 2 Page 0116
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Ann Adams Declaration Omit
Act. July 7 1835
State of New Jersey
Mercer County [illegible]
On this fifteenth day of June Eighteen
Hundred and forty two. Personally appeared before the
Judges of the Court of Quarter Sessions no sitting at Nottingham
in open Court.  Ann Adams in the seventy sixth year
of her age, a person of veracity and truth, resident in South
Trenton - County of Mercer and State of New Jersey, who being
first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make
the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the
provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7, 1838
entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain
widows."
That she is the widow of Asa Adams, who was a
private in the State troops and militia of New Jersey in
the service of the United States during eh revolutionary war.
This declarant can only state from what she has heard her 
husband the said Asa Adams tell her, after her said marriage
to him, of his service in the Revolution.  She has often heard
him tell of being in the five months service in 1776, under Capt.
George Anderson of Nottingham, then in the County of Burlington
(now Mercer) who drew a pension, at the time of his death for
his services in the Revolution. _  This was the first service declarant's
husband performed _ after which he performed much
militia service _ under Capt. Robert Quigley particularly and
so other Captains, whose names declarant does not now
recollect _ heard him say he was engaged under Capt. Quigley
in the battle of Monmouth in June 1778. _ was at Princeton
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[multiple references to "Rensaleer Williams", seems likely reference to Rensselaer Williams]

Omit Trenton, Elizabethtown, New Brunswick, Woodbridge
Amboy and many other places.  From what declarant has 
heard her said husband say of his services in the Revolutionary
war she fully believes that he served not less than
eighteen months in the service of the United States during
the said war of the Revolution.  She further declares
that she was married to the said Asa Adams on the
Tenth day of April _______ Seventeen hundred and 
eighty five. ____ by Rensaleer Williams Esq. a Justice of
the Peace then residing in the City of Trenton: the said
Rensaleer Williams has been deceased many years and has
not left any record or docket of his marriages; this declarant
has a record hereunto attached, which is in the handwriting
of her said husband Asa Adams and which has always
been in her possession__  That her husband the aforesaid
Asa Adams died on the tenth day of November Eighteen hundred and twenty five;
that she was not married to
him previous to his leaving the service, but the marriage
took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four viz; at the time above stated
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day
and year above written in open Court
Before Ann Adams
Chas. Burroughs Pres. Judge
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[reference to "Renssaler Williams" seems likely reference to Rensselaer Williams]

FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
Asa Adams
and
Ann Purday
April 10 1785
State of New Jersey
Mercer County [illegible]
Ann Adams the [illegible]
on her oath further saith that the certificate of her marriage
with Asa Adams herewith attached was procured by
her from the Justice of the Peace who married them on the -
28th day of October 1791 more than six years after their said
marriage, that the certificate is in the handwriting
of the said Renssaler Williams and has always
been in declarants possession since the above date
And that this [illegible] by applicant this
day from her family Bible contains the true record
of their marriage and births of their children
all of which is in the handwriting of her said
husband and whic has been in her possession
ever since his decease,
Sworn to and Subscribed the
15 June AD 1842 in open
Court Before
Chas. Burroughs
P. Judge
Ann Adams
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FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS. BIRTHS.
Asa Adams
March 15 1760
Ann Adams
July 20 1766
Tabitha Adams
September 22 1786
Ruth Adams
June 27 1791
Acsha Adams
August 4 1795
Rebecah Adams
November4 1797
Eliah Adams
May 1 1802
Elisha Adams
March 18 1805
Elbermar Adams
May 10 1807
Asa Adams
August 10 1809
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1928 July 20 Photos to E. [illegible]
Martindale. See Wm
Adair, W.9691. A.D.Y.
[page break]
133
[illegible]
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 133
Ann Adams
Widow
Asa Adams.
N.J. Line, Priv, Rev, War,
Act: March 8, 1843
Index:--Vol. A, Page 3
[Arrangement of 1870.]
[check mark]
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Ref July 28
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1184
New Jersey
Ann Adams
widow of Asa Adams
who was a Private
Capt Quigley
in the New Jersey line
for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
30 Dollars -
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
28th day of July, 1843
and sent to E W. Rice,
Trenton,
N. Jersey
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol 1. Page 119
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[signature of "Rensselr Williams" sems likely abbreviated form of Rensselaer Williams]

State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County [illegible] To Whom it may concern Omit
This is to certify that Assah Adams of Nottingham Township,
Burlington County and State Aforesaid was married on
the tenth of April, Seventeen Hundred and Eight five to Nancy
Purdie of the said County & State by me the Subscriber & then one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Hunterdon. As_
wittness my [illegible] [illegible] Trenton this Twenty Eight day of October
Seventeen Hundred and Ninety One
Rensselr Williams
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408
Ann Adams
Act 1843
New Jersey
$30 per ann
E. W. Rice
Trenton
N.J.
April 18 1843
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the
3rd March 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain 
widows who have received pensions under the Act of
July 7, 1838
State of New Jersey
Mercer County [illegible]
On this twelfth day of April
A.D. One thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared
before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the
said County of Mercer, Ann Adams aged seventy seven years, who being first
duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made
by the Act of Congress passed on the 3rd March 1843 granting
pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary
war_ That she is the widow of Asa Adams who was a
private in the State troops and militia of New Jersey in
the service of the United States during the Revolutionary war.
That [illegible] received thirty dollars per annum under the Act 
of July 7, 1838.
She further declared that she is still a widow
Sworn to and subscribed on the
day & year above written _ Before
Bailey A West [illegible]
Ann Adams
Mercer s. s.  I Bailey A West one of the justices of the peace
in and for said County do hereby certify that Ann Adams [illegible]
Above declared is personally known to me was the widow of Asa
Adams and is a person of credibility and truth
Witness my hand this fourth day of May AD 1843
Bailey A West

[the following is written along the edge of the page, separate from the main body of the text]

"Ann Adams' entertained before execution
Bailey A West [illegible]
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STATE OF NEW JERSET.
I, CHARLES G. McCHESNEY, Secretary of State of the
State of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that
Bailey A West Esquire, before whom
the within declaration was taken, and power of attorney
acknowledge, was, at the time of the doing thereof, a Justice of the Peace
in and for the county of Mercer
in said
state, duly appointed, commissioned, and sworn; that full
faith and credit are to be given to his official attestations,
and that the signature thereto is in the proper handwriting
of the said Bailey A West
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, at Trent
sand, this twelfth day of April A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty three
Charles G McChesney
State of New Jersey
-
Secy of State.
I Charles G M Chesney Secretary
of State of the State of New Jersey
do hereby certify that Bailey A West [illegible]
who has certified to his personal knowledge
of Ann Adams is a Justice of the Peace
in and for the County of Mercer in said
State duly appointed, commissioned and
sworn; that full faith and credit are to be given to his
official attestations and that the signature thereto is in the
proper handwriting of the said Bailey A West.
In Testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at Trenton
in said State this fourth day of May A.D. One thousand
eight hundred and forty three
Charles G. McChesney
of State
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State of New Jersey
Mercer County

On the 7th day of May 1842 before the Subscriber
a Justice of the Peace in and for said
County personally appeared Robert Carson a resident
of Nottingham in the County and State aforesaid in the Eighty Second year of his age & person of credibility and truth who being duly sworn according to law on his oath deposeth and saith. That he has been a Pensioner of the State of New Jersey at the rate of Sixty dollars by the year for military services in the militia of New Jersey, during the Revolutionary war. Deponent lived a neighbor to Asa Adams in Nottingham then in the County of Burlington now Mercer County.
This deponent served many tours of militia duty with
the said Asa Adams under Capt Anderson and Capt
Robert Quigly and one Capt Quicksall in the 
Revolutionary war. The first service that the said Asa
Adams performed was in the five months service under Capt Anderson in June 1776 - deponent saw him march from Mill Hill near Trenton and well recollects that he was gone five months in the army to Long Island and other places. In the spring of 1777 in the month of March deponent, save one month with said Adams under Capt Quigley was stationed at Howell's Ferry and Bordentown, also
in May one month under Capt Quicksall at a place Called Black Horse. Adams was one of the Company, in the month July same year as it was before the Battle of Monmouth dept and said Adams served the month out in a tour under Capt Anderson marched from Nottingham Square to Princeton and on to Somerset Court House when the month ended. Deponant now recollects that they were both out under Capt Anderson in January 1777. as it-
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was at the time of the battle of Trenton as the said Adam
and dept resided only four miles off, and now stationed at a
place called Quaker Bridge to the East of Trenton and Princeton. dept was out two other tour that year but cannot
specify the months, with the said Adams in the spring of
1778 in the month of April was drafted under Quigley.
believes that Adam took sick that tour and was taken
home from Bordentown.
deponent and Adams were both under Capt Quigly in the month of June 1778 as they were in the Battle of Monmouth on the 28th of that month and also had a smart brush with the British at Crossnick Bridge, on their way to Monmouth. 
dept was in the service  Eleven months with the said Asa Adams but cannot specify more than seven or eight tour of
a month each. The last tour of militia duty depts
served with the said Asa Adams was at the time the
Spies were given  up at Trenton by the Pennsylvania line
in the month of January 1781. Capt Quigley commanded us, and was ordered out by the command of Genl Washington. We were out about five weeks I well remember it was than a month. Asa Adams was a brave man and performed more service than any man in the neighborhood.
he has been deceased more than fifteen years his widow
Ann Adams is about making application for a Pension
they were married after the war a year or two, and
further saith not
●
Unto and Subscribed the day and year above mentioned
his mark
Robert Carson

Before
John B Mount J.P.
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Omi
Receipts for one years Interest paid on notes signed by the Commissioners of the Several Counties for Militia Services.

No. of Vouchr 58
No. of Certif 123
Date May 1. 1784
Signed by Jas Fenimore
Payable to Asa Adams
Amount E. S. O. 17:18:4
Amt Int E. S. O. 1:1:6

State of New Jersey
               I Charles G Mc Chesney Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true extract from a Book headed as above, as taken from and compared with the original now remaining of record in my office. And I do further certify that James Fenimore Esqr was by the fifth section of an Act-passed by the legislature of New Jersey "Decr 20, 1783' appointed a commissioner for the county of Burlington for the purpose of settling and adjusting the pay rolls of the militia and Troops of the state and also for signing and delivering out to each and every person a note for the payment of what may be justly due.
          In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Trenton this third day of September A.D. One Thousand Eight hun=dred and forty two
                             Charles G Mc. Chesney
                                  Sect of State
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Declaration
Ann Adams, widow of
Asa Adams decd
Act July 7. 1838.
No 8525
[illegible]
9 [illegible]
30$
D. W. Rice
Trenton N.J.
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State of New Jersey

I Charles G. McChesney Secretary of State of
the State of New Jersey do hereby certify
that Charles Burroughs Esqr before whom the
declaration of Ann Adams was made and
affidavit taken, was at the time of the doing
thereof Presiding Judge of the Court of Quarter Sessions & Common Pleas, in and for the County of Mercer in said State; that David
Eastburn, William C. Sinclair & John B
Mount Esqr before whom the affidavits of Robert Phares, John Clutch, & Robert Carson were taken, were at the time of the doing
thereof Justices of the peace in & for said County of Mercer, that they were all duly appointed commissioned and sworn; that ┃
full faith and credit are to be given to their official attestations, and that the signatures thereto, are in the proper hand writing of
the said Charles Burroughs, David Eastburn, William C Sinclair & John B Mount Esqr.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office at Trenton in said State this fifth day of December AD. one thousand eight hundred and forty two.

Charles P. M. Chesney
Sec State
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 and State of New Jersey in the eighty fifth year of his ageState of New Jersey
Mercer County ss

On the second day of December 1842 Before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Personally appeared John Clutch a resident of Alton town in the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey in the eighty fifth year of his age a person of good ability and truth and a pensioner of the United States who being duly sworn according to law on his oath disposeth and saith, that he was a soldier of the Revolution and was well acquainted with Asa Adams of the township of Nottingham in the County of Burlington in which township deponent lived during the said Revolutionary war and recollects to have served four (4) tours of militia duty in the service of the United States under Capt Robert Quigley does not recollect the months thinks it was in the year 1777, and that Asa Adams served with this deponent under Capt Robert Quigley one tour of military duty when [word crossed out] they marched from Trenton to Summerset (Somerset) Court House in '77. June 1777    

John Clutch

Sworn and Subscribed before me this 2nd day of December 1842
William C Sinclair J.P.
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State of New Jersey
Mercer County

Be it known that on the 19th day of October A.D. ,1842, Before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county. Personally appeared Robert Phares, a resident of Nottingham in the County and State aforesaid, a person of credibility and truth in the Eighty first year of his age, who being duly sworn according to law on his oath deposeth and saith that he was a soldier of the Revolution  and has been for many years in the receipt of a Pension of sixty dollars from the State of New Jersey (per year). That while in the Service of the United States deponet resided in the same place where he now does, and a near neighbor to Asa Adams whose widow is now making application for a pension for the services of her husband, dept was well acquainted and served with the said Asa Adams a number of militia tours in the Revolution under Capt Anderson and Capt Robert Quigly, dept well recollects the said Adams served under Capt Anderson in the five months service, recollects his marching from Nottingham in the month of June 1776, and was absent that length of time, hear him speak of being in the battle of Long island during said service, dept was not in that service; but afterwards dept served a number of tours in the month of June 1779. Was one of the same company with Asa Adams under Capt Quigly marched from Nottingham Square to Princeton-New Brunswick and on to the foot of Springfield Mountain, where we remained the month out. Said Asa Adams was also out in the same Company with dept in June-1778 in the Battle of Monmouth under Capt Quigly. Served many tours that he cannot specify. Saw Asa Adams die more than fifteen years ago leaving a widow who is still living. Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written.
Robert Phares
Before David Eastbrow J.P.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAN-51
12-5-41 
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives 

NAME Adams Bartholomew 
GRADE Private 
LINE Delaware

WARRANT NUMBER 10693
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED September 3 1789
to - not shown -

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*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found on 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.