Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 765, for John Tilton, New Jersey
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey

Tilton, John

NUMBER
S. 765
Carded
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CONTENTS
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No. 9996
New Jersey
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John Tilton
of Monmouth in the State of N. Jersey
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Waddell of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Holmes in the N. Jersey Mil.
for 2 years
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Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey
at the rate of 80. Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 3. day of July
1833 and sent to Danl. B.
Ryall Freehold N. J.
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. 1833 40.00
[sum] $200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 3 Page 133

[right side]
see letter to Dr M. D.
Canfield & P. Agt 1
April 1835. Same
April 9. 1836 let to
P agt. July 28 1846
(This is not the same man
who was pensioned as an
invalid on the N Jersey roll
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Monmouth Pleas [?]
of July Snd [second?] 1832
Petition of John
Tilton.
No 4099
P.O.

$80 per ann
Danl. B. Ryall, Esq
Freehold
N. Jersey
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At a court of Common Pleas holden at Freehold
in and for the County of Monmouth and
State of New Jersey of the Seven of July in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
thirty two
Present
} and others
} Esquires
} Judges.
Declaration of John Tilton in order to obtain
the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
State of New Jersey
County of Monmouth }  ss.
on this thirty first day of July
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and thirty two, personally appeared
in open court, before the Judges of the Inferior
Court of Common Pleas in and for the County
of Monmouth and State of New Jersey now
sitting, John Tilton, a resident of the Township of
Shrewsbury County & State aforesaid aged seventy six years
on the twenty fourth day of June last past,
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 7, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United
States under the following named officers, and
served as herein stated. That he entered the
service as a militia man in a company of
Grenadiers as they were then called sometime in
the Spring of the year 1776 under Captain
Henry Waddell and marched to Elizabeth Town
for the purpose of going to New York, but were
sent back to watch and guard their own
shores - That when he returned, he entered
again immediately in the company commanded
by Captain Nicholas Van Brunt and served one
month under the above Captains - That
from that time during the whole war he served
every other month alternately until peace was
proclaimed, except when there was a general
alarm (which was announced by firing the
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"Alarm Gun" kept by Col. Holmes) And then
all the Militia were called out. That his Field
Officers were Major Asher Holmes afterwards
Colonel Major Thomas Hunn & General David
Forman. That his company officers were Captains
Elisha Walton afterwards Major and then
Colonel, Jacob Fleming, James Green, Stephen
Fleming, Tobias Polhemus, Samuel Carhart, Joseph
Stillwell and some others whom he can't recollect.
that he cannot state with any more certainty
than he has above stated the particular time
he entered the service, nor can he specify the
particular period of each engagement under the
several officers above named, but he
always considered himself a soldier in the
service of his country from the beginning of the
war until the end, and he is confident that
he was in actual service at least three years
during that time. That he resided when he
entered the service, in the Township of Middle
Town, County of Monmouth & State of New Jersey -
That he now resides at colts Neck in the Township
of Shrewsbury, County & State aforesaid.
That in the commencement of his service he was
a volunteer, and afterwards he served under the
monthly drafts or calls as they were then termed -
That his marches extended from Shark River to
the Bay Shore in Middletown and once to Elizabeth
Town, guarding and watching the coast and
shore, which were entirely entrusted to the
Militia. That he served with no Continental
Regiments or Companies. That he received no
discharge and therefore has no documentary evidence
of his service. That he can produce the testimony
of John Holshant & Lewis Covenhoven if necessary
who can testify to his service. That he
hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a
pension or annuity, except the present and de-
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[de]clares that his name is not on the Pension Roll
of the Agency of any State. John Tilton

Sworn to & subscribed the day and
aforesaid in open court.
John Patterson

Monmouth County State of New Jersey S. We John
Holshart Esq and Lewis Covenhoven of the
County of Monmouth do hereby certify
that we are well acquainted with
John Tilton who has subscribed and sworn
to the above declaration, that we believe
him to be seventy seven years of age
and that we know him to have been
a soldier of the Revolution having
served with him and seen him in
said service, that we believe he was
out in said service at least three years
that he is not only reputed and
believed but known to be a soldier
of the Revolution in the neighborhood
in which he resided, that he is a
credible person and his statement
is entitled to credit.
John Holsart
Lewis Cowenhoven

Sworn to & subscribed the day
& year aforesaid-
John Patterson

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 applicant was a revolutionary
Soldier and served as he states. And the Court
further Certifies that it appears to them
that John Holshart Esq and Lewis Cowenhoven
who have signed the preceeding certificate
are residents of the said County of
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Monmouth and that they were each of them
soldiers of the Revolution in the service of
their Country and that they are Credible
persons and that their statement is entitled
to full credit.
By order of the Court
N. J. Brown
Judge &c

I, the Subscriber, Clerk of the Inferior
Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Monmouth, in the state of
New-Jersey, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original
Proceedings of the said Court in the matter
of the Application of John Tilton for it [pension?]

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of said Court, at Freehold, this
thirty first day of July
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and thirty two

D. H. Ellis
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I Daniel H. Ellis Clerk of the Inferior
Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of
Monmouth in the State of New Jersey, Do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter
of the application of John Tilton for a Pension
made before the said Court, in Term time,
on the thirty first day of July last.

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & seal
of office this twenty sixth
day of June, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight
hundred & thirty three.

D. H. Ellis
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Supplemental declaration of John Tilton for a
pension under the act of June 7th 1832
New Jersey Monmouth County SS: Personally appeared
before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of
the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey
John Tilton who being duly sworn deposeth and
saith that he made his original declaration
for a pension under the act of June 7th 1832
before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas
of the said County of Monmouth on the thirty first
day of July last past, that by reason of old age and
the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear
positively to the precise length of his services but
according to the best of his recollection, he served not
less than the periods mentioned below and in the
following grades; for one month in the year 1776
in the spring of the year I served as a private
volunteer in a company of Granadiers [Grenadiers]
commanded by Captain Henry Waddell being
the month of April or May of that year before the
British landed at Staten Island, the company march'd
from Freehold in Monmouth County to Elizabeth
town and where there three or four days when
they returned to Freehold again, on their return
Captain Henry Waddell left the service and I joined
Captain Nicholas Van Brunts Company and served
out one month; For four months in the same year
1776 I served as a private in Captain Elisha Walton
Company John Craig Lieutenant I think, being four
monthly tours of one month each under the
laws and ordinances of New Jersey being the
months of June August October and December;
For six months in the year 1777 I served as a private
in six monthly tours of one month each being
the month of February April June August October
and December, a part of the time under Captain
Walton and other part under some of the Captains
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named in his original declaration, but he cannot state
the order under which he served under them
but thinks the other part of this year was under
Captain Joseph Stillwell, this service was also
under the laws & ordinances of New Jersey; For six
months in the year 1778 I served as a private
in six monthly tours of one month each
being the month of February April June
August October and December, this service
was under Captains Joseph Stillwell and
Samuel Carhart he believes, as he was under the latter
at the time of the battle of Monmouth stationed
at the Dutch meeting house about five
miles from the battle ground; For six months
in the year 1779 I served as a private in six
monthly tours of one month each under
some of the Captains named in the original
declaration, he thinks under Carhart, Polhemus
and Stillwell; for six months in the
year 1780 I served as a private in six monthly
tours of one month each under Captains
James Green Stephen Flemming and Jacob
Flemming but cannot say the order under
which he served under them respectively, the
monthly tours in each of the two last years
of 1779 and 1780 were the months of February
April June August October and December
of those years respectively; For six months
in the year 1781 and For six months in
the year 1782 I served as a private in
twelve monthly tours of one month
each being the month of February
April June August October and December
of each of those years, those services were
under the captain last named and
some others whom I have forgotten
and for such service I claim a pension
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besides the monthly tours of duty which
were all done under the
laws and ordinances of New Jersey, I was
out on several occasions under the
general alarms or call, but cannot
State particularly the number of times
but altogether was at least three months;
although I cannot state the order of times
in which I served under my captains I
know this fact that I never was absent
a single month under the monthly drafts
from the time of entered the service in June
1776 until the close of the war; that the
companies in which he performed the
above service were stationed on the
coast and shore guarding the same
from the British and tories, their marches
being from the Bay Shore in Middletown
township to Shark River in said County of
Monmouth, that he never obtained any
written discharge none such being
given; that I was born in Middletown township
Monmouth County on the twenty fourth
day of June 1756 where he resided when
called into the service, and where he has
resided ever since except a few years
last past when he removed into the
township of Shrewsbury where he now
lives, he always having resided in the
County of Monmouth, that I have no record
of my age my fathers family bible being
destroyed by the British in their retreat
through Middletown in June 1778; that
he was no part of the time a substitute
but performed only his own drafts or calls,
that he was not actually engaged in any battles,
being stationed as before mentioned at the
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time of the battle of Monmouth, that while
in service he was not in garrison but in
the field, and that during the period
of said services he was not employed in
any civil pursuit that he is known in
his present neighborhood by the Reverend
Samuel A Van Vranken and Samuel Laird
who can testify to my character for
veracity and their belief of my service
as soldier of the Revolution.

John Tilton

Sworn and subscribed
before me one of the
Justices of the Peace of
Monmouth County this
27th June AD 1833

John Holsart [?]
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We Samuel A Van Vranken a Clergyman
residing in the township of Freehold
in the County of Monmouth and State of
New Jersey and Samuel Laird residing
in the township of Shrewsbury in said
County hereby Certify that we are
well acquainted with John Tilton
who has subscribed and sworn to the
above amended declaration; that
we believe him to be seventy seven
year 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.

S. A Van Vranken
Sam'l Laird

Sworn and subscribed
before me one of the
Justices of the Peace
of Monmouth County this
27th day of June AD 1833
John Holsart

And I the above named John Holshart
one of the Justices of the Peace in and for
the County of Monmouth and State
of New Jersey before whom the
above amended declaration of John
Tilton and Certificate of Samuel A
Van Vranken and Samuel Laird were
respectively sworn to and subscribed
Do hereby Certify that it appears
to me and that I know the fact to
be so, that Samuel A Van Vranken
who has signed the forgoing certificate
a Clergyman resident in the township
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of Freehold in said County of Monmouth
and State of New Jersey within six miles
of the residence of the said John Tilton
who has subscribed and sworn to the
above amended declaration
being the nearest resident Clergyman
to the said John Tilton, and that Samuel
Laird who has also signed the said
Certificate is a resident of the township
of Shrewsbury County and State
aforesaid and is a credible person
and that their statement is entitled
to credit; and I do further Certify
that I am personally acquainted
with the said John Tilton that I
believe him to be seventy seven years of
age that I know he was in the
service of his country as a private
during the Revolutionary War
having frequently seen him in said
service and served a number of
monthly tours with him during
the war, that he had the reputation
of being a good and faithful soldier
then and that he is reputed and believed
in the neighborhood where he lives
to have been a soldier of the revolution
and that I not only concur in that
opinion but know the fact to be
so, and further that the said John
Tilton is a credible person and that
his statement is entitled to credit.
Dated June 27 1833.

John Holsart Justice of the peace

I Daniel H Ellis Clerk of the Inferior Court of
Common Pleas in and for the County of
Monmouth and State of New Jersey Do
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hereby Certify that John Holshart Esquire
before whom the annexed amended declaration
of John Tilton and Certificate of Samuel
A Van Vrankin and Samuel Laird were
respectively subscribed and sworn to, and
who has also signed the above certificate
was at the said time when said affidavits
and certificates were respectively sworn and
Subscribed to a Justice of the Peace in and
for the County of Monmouth and State
of New Jersey duly commissioned and sworn
and that all his official acts as such
are entitled to full faith and credit;
and I Do further Certify that the signature
John Holsart subscribed to the Jurat of
the above amended declaration of John
Tilton and to the Jurat of the Certificate of
Samuel A Van Vrankin and Samuel Laird
above annexed and to the Certificate of the
said John Holsart himself above annexed
are respectively the proper hand writing
of the said John Holsart Justice of the Peace
as aforesaid.

In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
seal of office at Freehold this
twenty seventh day of June
in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred
and thirty three.

D. H. Ellis Clk
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[several lines missing at top of page]
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for
pension on file in this Bureau. S f.765 John Tilton
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[Chart, headings and one row:]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
April or May 1776

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
1 mo

RANK.
Private

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Henry Waddell and Nicholas Van Brunt

STATE.
N. J.

[The following does not follow the table format:]
Then served by draft as Private under Capts Elisha Walton, Jacob Flemming
Henry Waddell and Nicholas Van Brunt N.
Stephen Flemming, James Green, Tobias Polhemus, Samuel Carhart,
Joseph Stillwell and others and Col. Asher Holmes, the following tours.
1776, 4 mos - 1777, 6 mos - 1778, 6 mos -
1779, 6 mos - 1780, 6 mos - 1781, 6 mos
1782, 6 mos

Battles engaged in, not stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Monmouth Co., N. J.
Date of application for pension, July 31, 1832
Residence at date of application, Colts Neck, Shrewsbury Twp., Monmouth Co., N.J.
Age at date of application, b. June 24, 1756, Middletown Twp. Monmouth Co. N J
Remarks: No data as to family.
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[left side]
1908. Aug. 13, Hist to Rev
Wm. While Hance. A.E.D.
1908 Aug. 24 Rev. Wm. W. Hance
uifd [?] how to obtain date of
last payment EW
1926. Apr. 23. photos mailed
to Mrs. James T. Watts AW
1926. June 18 - Mrs J T. Watts advised
how to obtain date of death etc. MMHZ

[right side]
Rev War
INVALID.
File No. 765
John Tilton
Priv. N. J. Line
Act June 7. 1832.
Index:-- Vol. A, Page 375
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Record Division.
August 24, 1908.

Rev. William White Hance,
Hyde Park, Vermont.

Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 17” and received the 19” instant,
you are advised that for the date of last payment of pension of John Tilton
Sur. File 765, the name of person to whom it was paid and places of
payment, you should address the Auditor for the Interior, Treasury Department,
citing the following data: John Tilton, Certificate No. 9996, issued
July 2, 1833, under the Act of June 7, 1832, paid at the New Jersey Agency.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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4425 No. Ashland Avenue,
Chicago, Illinois,
May 29, 1926.

Mr. Winfield Scott,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
I am in receipt of photostat copy of Revolutionary War
Pension Claim of John Tilton, N. J. Troops, Survivor File 765 [note: "OK in file"] and
find this claim does not give the following:
Date of death of Pensioner.
Names of surviving heirs, including widow.
If widow survived, did she make claim for pension.
Will you kindly inform me to whom I shall write for the
above information and thanking you in advance for the same, I am,
Very truly yours,
Mrs. J. T. Watts
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[oval stamp]
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER
JUN 2 1926
U. S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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Hyde Park, Vermont. August 17th 1908.

Permit me to thank the Commissioner of Pensions
for his very kind reply to my inquiry of an earlier date, received this
morning in a letter headed:-
3 ----- 525.  G. C. K.
A. E. P.
S. F. 765.
Rev. War.

My question was with regard to the service of John Tilton, of
Monmouth Co. N. J. And you answered that he applied for a pension
July 31, 1832, and it was allowed. Can you now tell me how long a
time he drew a pension, or when the last payment was made to him or
any member of his family on the said pension? I would also be glad
to learn if the payments on his pension were made elsewhere than at
the place from which he made his application, Colts Neck, N. J.?

Very sincerely yours,
William White Hance
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Hyde Park, Vermont. August 5th 1908.

General Stryker reports the following among the Officers
and Men from Monmouth Co. N. J. in the War of the Revolution.
Benjamin Tilton.
Benjamin Tilton Jr.
Edward Tilton.
John Tilton
Abraham Wooley.
Lewis White.
William White.

Will the Commissioner of Pensions kindly inform me what
record there may be in his office concerning each of them.

Very sincerely,
Rev. William White Hance
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{date stamp]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE. AUG 7 1908

[date stamp]
RECORD DIVISION AUG 7 1908
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3-2233  113
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
April 16, 1926
Chief Rev Sect ["Division" crossed out]
I have this day received
from Mrs. James T. Watts
M.O. No. 228710
for $1.90, requesting
photostat copy as per
letter herewith.

OK JCG

1926 Apl. 23. Copies mailed & Finance Div notif. AW

O. J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Div.
H.C.L.
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Request for Photostating  3-2006
(To be prepared in duplicate.)  Ex. AW
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CLERK
Job No. 3263
Date Apr 17. 26.
Subject John Tilton Rev S765
1 (No.) Copies of 2 (No.) pieces consisting of 11 (No.) pages to be
forwarded when completed to the Rev. & 1812 Wars Section Division.
Remarks:
Approved:
AEWilson
Chief ["Division" crossed out] Sect.
Chief Clerk.
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4425 North Ashland Avenue,
Chicago, Illinois.
April 13, 1926.

Mr. Winfield Scott,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-

I enclose herewith money order for one and 90/100
dollars for the following Revolutionary War Pension Claim:-

Pension claim, S. 765 of John Tilton, Monmouth Co., New
Jersey, 11 pages   1.65
Certification of the same  .25
[sum] 1.90

Very truly yours,
Mrs. James T. Watts

[stamp]
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER
APR 16 1926
U.S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS

[stamp]
FINANCE DIVISION
APR 16 1826
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

[stamp]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
C APR 16 1926
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Mrs. James T. Watts,
4425 N. Ashland Ave.
Chicago, Ills.

Madam:

I have to advise you that the Revolutionary War
records of this Bureau fail to afford information in
regard to any soldier named John Titton [t underlined], the pensioner of
that name of Monmouth County, New Jersey, is John Tilton [l underlined]
and the name Titton on the printed list of pensioners is a
typographical error.

If you wish photostat copies of the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 765, of said John
Tilton, the same will be furnished you at the rate of
fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra for
certification if that is desired. The number of pages
to be copied is eleven.

The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau
by money order, or certified check, drawn to the
order of the Secretary of the Interior,(not to the
order of the Commissioner of Pensions.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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4425 North Ashland Avenue,
Chicago, Illinois.
April 5, 1926.

Mr. Winfield Scott,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-

Referring to the Revolutionary War Pension Claim of
John Titton of Monmouth Co., New Jersey. New Jersey Revolutionary
War Pension Roll. page 67, I am writing to learn how many
pages there are as I wish to remit for a photostat copy of same.

Very truly yours,
Mrs. James T. Watt

[handwritten note:]
Tilton not Titton error on list

11 pages
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MMHF
Rev.&1812 Wars Section
June 18, 1926

Mrs. J. T. Watts
4425 North Ashland Ave.,
Chicago, Ill.

Madam:

I have to advise you that in the Revolutionary War
pension claim S. 765, of John Tilton, there is no reference
to any heirs, and there is no claim for pension or
bounty land on file by any one claiming to be his widow.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension
of soldier, the name of person paid, and possibly
the date of his death, you should apply to the Record
Section, Civil Division, General Accounting Office, 1800 E
Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. citing all of the following
data: "John Tilton, Certificate No. 9996, issued
July 3, 1833, rate $80 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831,
Act of June 7, 1832, New Jersey Agency".

Respectfully,
[illegible] MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.