Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1,004, David Gandy, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
SERVICE |  | NUMBER
New Jersey | Gandy, David | S. 1,004
CONTENTS
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[left side of page]
[word obscured] to pay 17th March 1841.
["to Agent Septr 9th 1842" crossed out]
[illegible] to pay Septr 9th 1842

[right side of page]
New Jersey  9512
David Gandy. Cumberland Co in the State of N. Jersey who was a Private in the Compy commanded by Captain Daniels of the Regt. commanded by Col Preston in the New Jersey line for 18 mos.
$60.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 60 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of May 1833 and sent to E Seeley Bridgeton NJ.
Arrears to the 4th of March 33.  120.
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Septr. 1833  30
[total] $150.
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Wm R. Palmer Clerk, Book E Vol. 9 Page 113.
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(David Gandy)
Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
State of New Jersey Cumberland County } ss
On this ( ["twenty" crossed out] ) first day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court, before Reuben Hunt Edmund Sheppard George Louder and Jeremiah Stull Judges of the Inferior Court of Common pleas of the said County of Cumberland and State of New Jersey now sitting, David Gandy a resident of the Township of Fairfield in said County and State aged Seventy four 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 7th 1832.  That he entered the Service of the united States under the following named officers and Served as herein stated.  That in September 1776 was drafted in Capt. Timothy Elmers Company Lieut. Elkanah Powell commanded by Col. Isaac Preston and Major Bloomfield ["(Capt. Timothy Elmer Lieut Elkanah Powell)" crossed out] was in no engagement this term except by Scouting parties was out this term under the above officers three months. in Decr 1776 was drafted in Capt. Saml. Westcotts Company Lieut El'h. Powell commanded by Genl. Dickinson Col. Isaac Preston Major Elijah Hand was out under those officers three months in March 1777 was drafted in Capt John Daniels Company Lieut George Mcglaclin [McGlaughlin] commanded by Genl. Newcomb Col. Elijah Hand (promoted) Major Peterson. was in no general engagement. was out this this term under the above officers Two months in May 1777 was drafted in Capt. Ephm. Lummes Company Lieut. Eleazar Smith commanded by Col. Elijah Hand Major Saml. Leake was out under those officers one month in June 1777 was drafted in Capt. William Lows Company
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Lieut. Ephm Foster commanded by Col. Ellis and Major Ellis was in several skirmishes, but no general engagements. was out this term under the above named officers three months. in Sept. 1777 volunteered in Capt. Jackanias Woods Company Lieut. Reuben Collis commanded by Genl. Furman Col. Holmes [illegible] not recollected. was in the Battle at Princeton New Jersey was out and in the Battle at Summer set Court house where we took five British Prisoners and about forty of the enemies waggons. Then a company of us volunteered went down to Sandy hook and took six Boats with about forty or fifty British Prisoners. was in the Battle and masecree [massacre] at Hancocks Bridge in Salem County N. J. was in the Battle at Monmouth Court house. was out this term under the above named officers six months.  Being out in the Servis of his Country in revolutionary war Eighteen Months.  That he has no documentary evidence. he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.  Except the following persons Frederic Fauver and Seeley Bleed [?]
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension list roll of the agency of any state  [signed with an "X"] David Gandy his mark
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court  [signed] Reuben Hunt Pres't of the Court
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No 22072
8
9512

David Gandy NJ
David Gandy

Adm 1. year & 6 months

Eben Seeley agt
Bridgeton
N.J.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,

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.
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A Statement, shewing the service of Danl Gandy of Cumberland County New Jersey

[Table follows with 9 columns; column headings are as follows:]
(1) Period when the service was rendered.
(2) Duration of the claimant's service {sub-headings:  a. Years. b. Months. c. Days.}
(3) Rank of the claimant
(4) Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
(5) Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
(6) Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
(7) Country through which he marched.
(8) Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
(9) Evidence by which the declaration is supported.

[text beneath column headings as follows:]
(1) Draftdr 1776, Drafted 1776, Drafted 1777, Drafted 1777, Drafted 1777, Vol 1777
(2) a. [blank] b. 3, 3, 2, 1, 3, 6 c. [blank]
(3) Private
(4) Capt. Timothy Elmer, Lieut. Elkanah Powell, Capt. Westcott; Capt. Jno Daniels, Lieut. George McGlockin; Capt. Ephraim Lummis, Eleazar Smith; Capt. Wm. Law, Lieut. Ephm. Foster; Capt. Jackarias Woods, Lieut. Reuben Collis
(5) Colo. Isaac Preston, Major Bloomfield; Gen.  Dickerson, Colo. Isaad Preston, Major Elijah Hand; Gen. Newcomb, Colo. Elijah Hand. Maj. Peterson; Colo. Elijah Hand, Major Samuel Leake; Col. Ellis, Maj. Ellis; Genl. Furman, Cole.Holmes
(6) Somerset Court House, Massacre at Hancocks Bridge, Monmouth Court House
(7) To Salem Co.
(8) Aged 74
(9) Traditionary & living witness-
[end of table]

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 [blank] }
County of [blank]         } ss.
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A.B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 
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 provion [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) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] 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 enered [entered] the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. -->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 [blank]

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 [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] & 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 [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank] who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 
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 day 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 [blank] and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation [application] of [blank] for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank] day of [blank] & 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 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 enquiry 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.
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[a] The declarant must 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 the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively 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 te 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."

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 yearsin 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 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.
[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] Thet Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has not 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.
-->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 in 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 --
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3 - 525
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., ___________, 19__

In reply to your request of ___________, 
received ____________ for a statement of the military history of David Gandy, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ['(or his widow's)' crossed out] application for pension
on file in this Bureau. 
S. 1004.
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[table follows with 5 columns; column headings are as follows:]
(1) DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
(2) LENGTH OF SERVICE.
(3) RANK
(4) OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  {sub-headings: a. CAPTAIN. 
b. COLONEL.
(5) STATE.

[text beneath column headings as follows:]
(1) Sept 1776, Dec. 1776, Mch 1777, May 1777, June 1777, Sept 1777
(2) 3 mos., 3 Mos., 2 mos, 1 mo., 3 mos, and served at diferent times 6 mos.
(3) Pvt.
(4) a. Timothy Elmer, Samuel Westcott, John Daniels, Ephraim Lummes, William Lowe, Jehu Wood. b. Isaac Preston, Isaac Preston, Elijah Hand, Elijah Hand, Ellis, Holmes
(5) N.J.
[end of table]

Battles engaged in, __ Princeton Somerset C. H., Hancock Bridge, Monmouth. _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, __Not stated, ______
Date of application for pension, __ Oct. 1832. His claim was allowed ________
Residence at date of application, ___ Fairfield, Cumberland Co. N.J. ___________
Age at date of application, __ 74 years. ___
Remarks: __ No family data ____

Respectfully,
Commissioner.

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Pleasantville New Jersey
January 16, 1916

Rev Sec

Department of Pensions

Dear Sir:

I would like to have the Pension Record if he
received one of the following who are the ancestor in direct line of my daughter David Gandy enlisted in Sept 1776 - discharged at Monmouth Court House, January 1-1781

Samuel Strickland, Private
Gloucester Co New Jersey Militia

Joseph Kindle
Private 3rd Battalion
Gloucester Co- Col Richard Somers Battalion

Joseph Bowers Private Gloucester
Co. New Jersey Militia-

Isaac Somers Private Gloucester
Co. New Jersey Militia
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These men are all in direct line of ancestry of either maternal or paternal line-

I will greatly appreciate this information.

Very truly,
Laura L. Willis

(Mrs. Robert M.)
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[left side]
1916 Jan. 24. History to Mrs.
Robert M. Willis M.B.H.
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[right side]
Rev War
INVALID.
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1004
David Gandy
Priv. N.J. LIne
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Act: ___ June 7, 1832 ____
Index: --Vol. __ A __, Page __ 136 __

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Pension Office
Septem. 7 1842

Sir

The enclosed vouchers require your special direction for payment heirs for one year pension

I am very respectfully
Your Obt servt
Phil. Dickinson Pension
ALJ

J L Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Trenton March 13 1841

Sir

Be pleased to direct payment of the enclosed voucher requiring your special direction for payment.

I remain your obt. servt.
Phil. Dickinson
P. A   N. J.

J.L. Edwards Esq
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David Gandy
22072
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We Thomas Brooks a clergyman residing in the County of Cumberland and State of New Jersey and William D Barrett residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Gandy who has subscribed and sworn to
the above declaration that we beli[e]ve him to be seventy four 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
Thomas Brooks
William D. Barrett

Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
in open Court
Reuben Hunt Prest of the Court

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and 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 Thomas Brooks
who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the County of Cumberland, and that William D Barrett who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Reuben Hunt Prest 
George Sonder }
Jeremiah Stull }
Edmd. Sheppard }  Associates

I Ebenezer Seeley Clerk of the Inferior Court of 
Common Pleas of the County of Cumberland

[following appears to be from another page behind this one:]
other places with said David Gandy and in
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New Jersey, Do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application
of David Gandy for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this first day of October, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Ebenr. Seeley Clk
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D. Gandy

Cumberland County SS.
Frederick Farmer being duly Sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with David Gandy the above named applicant for a pension, that he was out in the service in the Revolution and during all the
time said David Gandy was in Capt. John Woods Company, which was six months that we served in said company together until we were regularly Discharged at Monmouth Court House on the 1st of January 1781, after which the said David Gandy returned home and this Deponent in company with him, that this Deponent believes the Declaration under oath of said David Gandy as to his services in Col John Woods company are strictly true as therein stated.
Frederick Fauver

Sworn & subscribed
October 1st 1832
George Sonder Judge

Cumberland County SS.
Seeley Blen being duly Sworn according to Law deposeth & Saith that he is well acquainted with David Gandy, the above named applicant for a pension, that he was out in the Revolutionary War at the same time said David Gandy was
in Captain John Woods company six months
same time said Gandy was was at Elizabeth
town Point, Coopers Creek, Billingsport and
other places with said David Gandy and in
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the same company with him, prior to the
Service in Cap. Jehu Woods Company, was 
discharged at the same time, was with said
David all the time he was out in the war, that the Declaration of said David Gandy under oath as to his Services in the Revolutionary War are true as therein stated as this deponent fully believes.-
             his
Seeley   X   Blen
           mark

Sworn & subscribed
October 7th 1832
George Sander Judge

I George Sander one of the Judges of the
Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County
of Cumberland, State of New Jersey, being duly
Sworn according to law deposeth and saith
that he is well acquainted with Frederick
Fauver and Seeley Blen above named, that the
above affidavits were taken before me and signed by them (being a cross) in my presence, that both the said Frederick Fauver and Seeley Blen are credible persons, and that full faith & credit are and should be given to all their depositions under oath. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand this first day of October AD. one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
George Sander Judge

State of New Jersey
Cumberland County } SS
I Ebenezer Seeley Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the
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County of Cumberland aforesaid, do hereby
certify that George Sander Esquire who has taken and attested to the oath of Frederick Fauver and Seeley Blen hereto annexed and who has subscribed to the above certificate, was at the time thereof and now is a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said County duly Commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit are and should be given to
all his official acts as such. And I do further certify that the signature thereto annexed is the own genuine signature of said George Sander & Signed in my presence -

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the same of said Court the
first day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Ebenr. Seeley Clk