Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1259, Peter Fox, New Jersey
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SERVICE  New Jersey   
Fox, Peter    Army  
Number W.1259
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2874   Delaware  Wilmington
Amy  Fox
idow [widow] of Peter, Fox ho [who] served in the Revolutionary ar, [war] as a private
New Jersey Mil-
ascribed [transcribed] on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on he [the] 3d February, 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of November 1853 nd [and] sent to Robert H. Moor [Moore]
Leipsic  Delaware

[illegible] on Roll of Pensioners under act [illegible] 1853, Page 114 Vol. a
(28)
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R H Moore [illegible] 14, 1857
1865, April 24, Transferred to Dover for 4 Sept 1864,
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[illegible] 1828
Settled at Treasury
Consd. with Ad [illegible]
File #1259
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For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of "An
act for the relief of certain Surviving officers
and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution,"
approved on the 15th. of May, 1828, I, Peter
Fox, of Little Creek Hundred, in the County
of Kent, in the State of Delaware, do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution, for
and during the War, and continued in its
service until its termination; at which
period I was a Private in Captain Cyrus
D. Hart's Company in the New Jersey Battalion.
 And I also declare, that I afterwards, to the best of my belief, received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars,
to which I was entitled, under a resolve
of Congress, passed the 15th. of May, 1778.
And I further declare that I was not
on the fifteenth day of March, 1828, on the
Pension List of the United States
Peter Fox
Before me, Thomas Clayton, Chief Justice
of the Court of Common Pleas in the State of
Delaware, personally appeared, this
day, Jacob Stout and John Husbands of
the said County, who did severally make
oath, that Peter Fox, by whom the foregoing
declaration was subscribed, is
generally reputed and believed to have
been a Private in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this sixth day of September, in the year eighteen hundred and twenty eight
Thomas Clayton
I, Joseph Smithers Clerk of the Court of
the County of Kent, in the State of Delaware,
do certify, that Thomas Clayton, before
whom the foregoing affidavits were
Sworn, was, at the time, a Judge,
and duly empowered to administer oaths.
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In testimony whereof, I have hereunto Set my
hand, and affixed the Seal of the
Said Court, this Sixth day of September, in the year, eighteen hundred and twenty eight
Jos. Smithers, Clerk Peace.
[SEAL]
United States Bank,
Philadelphia,
Post Office, Smyrna, Delaware
Peter Fox
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Declaration of
Amy Fox.
State of Delaware
Kent County
S.S.
On this twenty seventh day of
September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and fifty-three, personally appeared before the Court of Chancery
of the State of Delaware, Amy Fox, a resident of the County
and State aforesaid, aged sixty nine years, who first being
duly affirmed according to law, doth, on her affirm
ation, make the following declaration in order to obtain
the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress
passed on the 3rd day of February, 1853, granting pensions
to widows of persons who served during the Revolu
tionary war; that she is the widow of Peter Fox, who
was a private in the [blank]
Regiment of the New Jersey
line, and was a pensioner under the act of Congress
passed May 15, 1828, was placed on the pension
roll October 6th, 1828, and was paid at an agency,
as she thinks, either at New Castle or Wilmington Del. or through some one, at one of those places
She further declares that she was married to the ┃
said Peter Fox on the 6th day of December, eighteen hun
dred and thirty one; that her said husband died
on the 5th day of January eighteen hundred
and thirty seven; that she was not married to
him prior to the second of January eighteen hun
died, but at the time above stated. She further de
clares that she is now a widow.
Witness J F Allee
x her mark Amy Fox
Affirmed to and subscribed on the day and year
above written, before
Kensey Johns Chancellor of the
State of Delaware
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State of Delaware
Kent County ss  so 
I, John K. Jarvis Register of the
Court of Chancery of the said State
in and for Kent County afs do hereby
certify that Kensey John before whom
the foregoing affirmation was made
was at the time of the making thereof
and yet is the Chancellor of the said State of Delaware, and that his signature affixed to the certif [certificate]
of the said affirmation is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court of Chancery, at Dover, this 8th day of October A.D. 1853
John K. Jarvis Reg.C.C.


State of Delaware
Kent County SS
Personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County
aforesaid, on the seventh day of October A.D. 1853,
William Fox aged fifty seven years, who deposeth and
saith, that he is the son of Peter Fox who was the husband of Amy Fox the above declarant, that he saw
the said Peter and Amy married on the 6th day of December A.D. 1831, that the said Peter For died on
the 5th day of January A.D. 1837, and that he
received a pension for several years prior to his
death. William Fox [crossed out]
William Fox
affirmed to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
E. W. Reed. J.P.
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State of Delaware
Kent County S.S. I Alexander J. Taylor Prothonotary of
the Superior Court of the State of
Delaware in and for Kent County, aforesaid hereby Certify that
Ezekiel W. Reed before whom the foregoing affidavit of William
Fox was made, was at the time of the making thereof and
now is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County, aforesaid
and that his signature is genuine; and that full faith
and credit ought and are to be given to his official
act as such
[seal attached]
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto
Subscribed my name and affixed the
Seal of the said Superior Court at Dover,
this Eighth day of October A.D. 1853
A. J. Taylor Pro [Prothonotary]
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1831 December 6th Peter Fox and Amy Williams
was Married togather both of
Delaware
Kent County
(Signed )
E. Jefferson
State of Delaware
Kent County
I E. J. Golt
one of our
Justices of the Peace in and
for Kent County as hereby certify
that the above is a true copy taken from
the Marriage Record of the Revd Ephraim Jefferson
Given under my hand at Smyrna
in the County and State aforesaid this
Second day of November A D 1853
E. J. Golt JP
State of Delaware
Kent County
on the 2nd day of November AD 1853
Sarah Dickson and Elizabeth
Haughy personally appeared before
the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for
Kent County aforesaid and on Solemn Affirmation
says that Amy Fox is the Identical person
named in the above copy of the Marriage Record
Subscriber before E. J. Golt JP [Justice of the Peace]
Sarah J Dickson
Elizabeth Haughey
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Ezekiel W. Reed a Justice of the Peace of the
State of Delaware, in and for Kent County and before
whom an affidavit of William Fox was made, testifying to the Marriage of Amy Fox, an applicant for a
pension, hereby certify that the said William is a
man of high standing in this community, and as
to his veracity, any statement he may make is entitled
to entire credibility
E. W. Reed  JP. [Justice of the Peace]
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No 3405
Amy Fox of Peter
Set to R H Moor
Oct 25/53
Gray
allowed 80 per annum
Act Feb 3, 1853
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[illegible] Del
Nov 8th
[illegible]
Geddes 1853
Hon L.P. Waldo
Confirmation of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
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(blank page)
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Oct. 11, 1853
appeal of Amy Fox, widow
of Peter.
Kent Co, Del 1953 Oct.
Act 1828
[illegible] 694
Robt. H. Moor,Leipsic Co, Delaware
Accompanying letter in [illegible]
About case 
[illegible] [illegible]
widow of John
[illegible] Coun. Feb 31853
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[illegible]
Coun. Feb. 31853
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Rev.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1258
Amy Fox,
Widow.
Peter Fox -
[illegible] Rev. War
Act: Feb. 3. 1853
Index:-Voc. A, Page 245
[Arrangement of 1870]
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Fayette Mo [Missouri] August 8th/70
Land Agt Washington City DC
Sirs I am making
an effort to find a Land Warrant
that belonged to my Grand Father
he was a Revolutionary Soldier and it [Ilegible] that before his death he had a
land warrant but it can be found
and I am writing for information
if the warrant ever was Received and
land issued pleas [please] tell me when and by
whome [whom]. I think you will have no trouble in finding his name as his widow
died about five years since and drew
a Pension [illegible] to her death he was a
resident of Delaware. I was there ab seven
years a go and my Relatives tell me if
the Land could be had if would be mine
and I feel willing to go to some trouble
find out about it
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Please give me all the information possible and I am ready to pay all expens ces [expenses] or Trouble You will be to [illegible]
John Fox
Fayette, Howard. Co. Mo
My Grand Fathers name was Peter Fox, as to what Company or Regt he belonged to I am not prepared to say
John Fox
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Pension Office
Oct 22/53
Sir
Please report time of
payment to, or death of,
[illegible] named pensioner
Respectfully be
F Burt Esqr
and Present
[illegible] for [illegible]
Peter Fox,  act 1828,
$80. pr.an.-  Died 4th January
1837. Paid to his death
F. Burt
Auditor.
F. Burt
Auditor
---
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No. of Assigned payments 694
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Sept 13. 1828.
Peter Fox, 
of Little Creek Hundred in the County of
in the State of Delaware has applied to the Secretary
of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled ""An Act for the relief of certain surviving
officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he
enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and
continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private
in captain [illegible]'s company, in the New Jersey Battalion
line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve
of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the
pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of
March, 1826, nothing
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by
the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary,
A.  Dinkins,
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
19th September 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has
been issued to Peter Fox
It further appears that Peter Fox is not now on the pension list of any agency, and has not been so since the 3.d March 1826
Peter Hagner Aud
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Q        TRANSFER LETTER.    Q

If there are any facts connected with the payment of a pension about to be transferred that should be known, or
is suspended, they should be added.
PENSION AGENCY,
April 14 1865
Sir:  Yours of the 12 instant is received, notifying me of an
application for a transfer from this agency by
Amy Fox
widow of Peter
a pensioner
under the act of
February 3 1853
You are informed that he was last paid to
Sept 4
1864, at the rate of Eighty dollars
........cents per annum
I am, very respectfully
E. Poulson
Pension Agent.
To Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of Delaware County of Kent
On this Fourth day of April, 1865, before
me, a Notary Public for the Said State
personally appeared Amy Fox, a resident
of Kent County Delaware, who, being duly sworn, declareth
that she is the same person whose name was placed, on the 12th day
of November, 1853, upon the list of Widows
Pensions, at the rate of Eighty dollars
per Annum from the Third day of Februay
1853,
That said Amy Fox was last paid
at the Philadelphia Pennsyll [Pennsylvania]
Pension Agency
on or about the 30th of September 1864 to the Fourth day of September, 1864 inclusive, but now desires and applies for the payment of said pension at, and the transfer of her name to the roll of, the Delaware Pension Agency at Dover
Sworn and subscribed to before me,
the day and year aforesaid.
Amy Fox 
x her mark
E J Golt NP
EVIDENCE OF IDENTITY.

STATE OF Deware, an COUNTY OF Kent, SS,
I,  J Goll a Notary Public,
in the county above
named, do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence, * viz:
from my own personal knowledge
that Amy Fox,
who has this day appeared before me
to take the oath of identity, is the identical person named in the pension certificate, which she has
exhibited before me, numbered
and bearing date at the Department of
the Interior,12t day of November 1853, and
signed by Robt McClelland, Secretary of the 
Interioror
GIVEN under my hand at Smyrna this 4th day of April 1865
E J Golt NP
N.B. - When the pensioner is personally known to the agent, and he will certify to his identity, the annexed form may be
dispensed with. The number of pension certificate is sometimes on the back of it
*Here state what the evidence is -- whether personal knowledge, or the affidavits of respectable persons, giving their names.[embossed seal]
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The official character and signature of the person before whom the affidavit is made, must be certified by proper officer, under his seal of office.
When the fact is personally known to the agent, he is permitted to certify to the official character of a magistrate, and will be held responsible for it.
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Discharged by Washington 5 June 1783. Private in the New Jersey Battalion__________________
Peter Fox
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Leipsic Del. Oct 8th, 1853
J. P. Waldo Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir ,I herewith
send you the declaration of Amy Fox, in order to
the
obtain the benefits
of the 2d section of the act of
Congress of 3d of February 1853, with such evidence
as I suppose will be necessary, according to the "regulations" in such cases.
I have on the case, that of the widow of
a Soldier of the Florida War, who obtained a bounty land warrant
for 160 acres, under the Act of Sept 28/50, but
who has unfortunately mislaid some paper that
had such relation to the discharge of her husband
as that an extract from it enabled the Pension
bureau or whoever has charge of such matters, to furnish her with data from the pay rolls, by which she
was enabled to make out the necessary proof in that
case. If it would not be asking too much or give
much trouble, could she not be furnished
from the same source, with what you would be willing
to accept as proof of the service of her husband
and of the time of his death ?
His name was John Spencer, hers Rebecca
Spencer and I think her warrant was issued
in December 1851. I think he was discharged
in New York, died in Delaware and received
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the pay of his pension, while living after his discharge, through some agency in Wilmington.  If you can furnish her with such facts as will be satisfactory, after she makes proof of her marriage with him and his death, of his service to, so that she can obtain the benefits of the Act of 3d of Feb'y [February] last, it will greatly benefit a very needy woman.
Very Respectfully
Robert H. Moor.

Hon. J. P. Waldo
Washington D.C.
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Smyrna April 4 1865
Joseph H. Barrett Esq
Dear Sir
I herewith Enclose Amy Fox a Revolutionary Pensioners application to be Transfered to the Dover Delaware Pension Agency if the application be properly Executed you will please Instruct the agent at Dover to make the Transfer
Very Respectfully,
E. J. Golt
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Leipsic Del. Nov 7. 1853
Hon J. P. Waldo
Sir;
I herewith send
you a copy of the only
record of the marriage of
Amy Fox that she has any
knowledge is in existence;
Also a certificate of the Justice
to the credibility of Wm. Fox.
Please furnish me if possible
with any evidence or any thing as
foundation for evidence, that
may be in your possession, for the
benefit of Mrs. Spencer of whom
I wrote in my last.
Yours Respectfully
R. H. Moor.
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Amy Fox on Del [Delaware] roll 
perhaps transfer from Pen [Pennsylvania] or 
Mary [Maryland] where Del [Delaware] Pensions were formerly paid
file    Revy
2874/53
Rev
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Dover Delaware
Jany 31 1866
Dear Sir:
I would ask Instructions
In the case of Amy Fox a Pensioner Widow of
Peter Fox at the rate of Eighty Dolls [Dollars] per Annum,
She having died leaving no child or descendant.
She was last paid to Sept 4th 1865,
Her administrator claims what is due her In order
to pay her burial charges &c.
I would ask If It is proper to pay him?
I would further state that she lived in his family
and had no other means of support but what
her pension afforded her
Please let me hear from you
[illegible]Very Respectfully
D. F. Burton
U. S. Pension Agt [agent]
To Hon Jos H. Barrett
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
To pay if certificate of court shows  Admin to be a creditor for &c
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Brief in the case of Amy Fox Widow of Peter
Kent County and State of Delaware
act of Feb 3 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionally, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner under act of 1828 at $80 per Annum and paid to his death 4 of January 1837
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been billed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
 Marriage proved by minister's record
Death proved by auditors report
Identity of widowhood by ceredible [credible] witnesses
Name and residence of Agent
Robt. H. Moor.
Leipsic Delaware
Examining Clerk.
J. L. Gray
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Amy Fox a claimant of a pension under the
act of the 3d of February 1853, as the widow
of Peter Fox who was a soldier in the Army of the
revolution being affirmed according to law
deposeth and saith that the above "copy" hereto attached, from
the marriage record of the Rev. Ephraim Jefferson
is the only record of which she has any knowledge,
of her marriage with the said Peter Fox.
Affirmed to and subscribed before the
undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace in and
Kent County Delaware the words "hereto at
[illegible], being first interlined, this fifth day of
November 1853
Affirmed & Subscribed to Before
me the day & year aforesaid
E.W. Reed, J P.
Amy Fox  x her mark
State of Delaware
Kent County SO
I Alexander J. Taylor Prothonotary of the
Superior Court of the State of Delaware in
and for Kent County, Do hereby certify that E. J. Golt and
E. W. Reed whose genuine signatures appear to the foregoing
Certificate and affidavit were at the time of the making
thereof and now are justices of the Peace in and for Kent
County aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified and that
full faith and credit ought and are to be given to their
acts as such
In witness whereof I have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed the
Seal of the said Superior Court at Dover
this Seventh day of November A.D. 1853
A. J. Taylor Pro
[paper seal attached]