Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2037, Lewis Anderson, New Jersey
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
New Jersey
 
Anderson, Lewis 

NUMBER
S.2037

Carded

CONTENTS
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(number tore off illegible)55 Ohio
Lewis Anderson
of E. Windsor in the state of N. Jersey who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Schneck of the Regt. commanded by Col Heard in the militia line for 2 years New Jersey

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.

Certificate of pension issued the 21 day of June 1833 and Sent to C. G. McChesney of Heights Town N.J. Prest

Arrears to the 4th of Mar. ´33 $160
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept ´33 $40
$200

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by H. Francioni Clerk
Book E Vol. 3rd Page 101

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June 14, 1834 See let [page torn-illegible]
agt to know when cash [page torn-illegible]
June 30th 1834 transfd - to Ohio, from 4 Sept 1833 - & notice sent to Hon. T. Corwin. H.R. on the same day.
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Lewis Anderson
State of New Jersey Middlesex ss

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June the 7. 1832 -
On this Thirtieth day of April Eighteen Hundred and Thirty Three personally appeared in open Court being a special Term of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County dheld in the City of New Brunswick being a Court of Record, Lewis Anderson a resident of the Township of East Windsor in the said County of Middlesex aged seventy six years
on the twenty second day of January last, 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 the 7. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States as a private in the Militia of New Jersey and in the latter end of the year-75, or the winter of 1776. does not certainly recollect which was ordered out into service under the command of Colonel Nathaniel Heard, and in the Company
commanded by Captain John Schanck of the Middlesex Militia and was marched under their orders to Long Island in the State of New York, then a British Colony, for the purpose of
disarming the disaffected of that place commonly in them times called Tories, and after effecting that object, this deponent
then returned to Princeton in the said County of Middlesex, was out on that tour three weeks, and sometime about the tenth of June
thereafter, this deponent enlisted in the five months service under the command of General Nathaniel Heard who had been promoted, and Colonel David Forman, in the Company of Captain Peter Gorden, and was marched from Princeton to New York, and from thence to Long Island, and after the Battle he retreated from the Island to New York, and marched to Fort Washington, and when the army marched to the White plains, he was ordered to take
charge of a four horse Baggage waggon in carting munitions of war from fort Washington to the white plains, and after making two
trips in that service, and before he made the third trip the British got possession of Kingsbridge, and of course the further
communication was cut off, and this deponent at the time the fort was taken by the enemy he was also taken primer with eight others who had the charge of teams, and were then separated from the other prisoners, and we were sent back to our stables near to the
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fort, the next morning we were ordered by the British to take our teams and carry our own wounded and Baggage to New York from
the fort, and when there we expected to be confined with the rest of the prisoners, but was ordered back again to the fort under a guard and set to work to cast provisions and materials to Build Barracks, a number of our prisoners who were mechanics who myself was one, were set to work in the quater-master Generals department, so that when an exchange of prisoners came none of our names was mentioned, and thus a number of us were kept waiting for an opportunity to desert, which did not offer, being very closely watched and guarded, until between two
and three years after this deponent was taken prisoner when by a stratagem, he and another prisoner effected their escape, and returned to the house of one of his Brothers who lived in the Township of South Amboy in the said County of Middlesex, and this deponent further declares that the above are the most material facts that he can now recollect relating to his services during the Revolutionary war, and this deponent
further declares that he verily believes that whilst he was in actual service, and whilst he was a prisoner with the enemy it was as much in the whole as three years at the least
and this deponent further declares that he has no documentary evidence relating to his services and of his being a prisoner
excepting the two affidavits hereunto attached, and he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity
except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State, and he further also declares that as far as he knows and verily believes all the
Officers under whom he served are now dead, and he also declared that he does not know of any person living that he can prove more by than what is hereunto attached, or annexed,
sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day
and year above said
Lewis Anderson
Robert McChesney Judge
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We Symmes C. Henry Paster of the Presbyterian Church in the Village of Cranberry in the County of Middlesex and Jacob Van Winkle of the same County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Lewis Anderson who has sworn to and subscribed to the foregoing declaration, and we believe him to be seventy six years of age or thereabouts, and that he is reputed, and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and year above said. 
Symmes C. Henry
Jacob Van Winkle
Robert McChesney Judge

Interrogatories put by the Court to the above named applicant 
1. where, and in what year were you born
Answer- I was born in free hold in the County of Monmouth and State of N. Jersey on
the 22 day of January 1757 -
2. Have you any Record of your age, and where is it-
Ans- in my family Bible now in my possession
3 where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live-
Ans- in Middlesex County, and have lived about one half of the time in Monmouth
and the other half in the County of Middlesex, in which County I now live
4. How were you called into service
Ans- I volunteered in the first tour, and in the next I Enlisted in the five months service-
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 service-
Ans- Generals Washington, Sterling, Sullivan, and Putman, and Lee, and Colonels Magraw, and Kidwallader, and I do not recollect any
Continental or Militia regiments but what I have already stated and as to the general circumstances of my services they are all as far as I now remember in my foregoing declaration
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6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service?
Answer I never received any regular or written discharge,
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
I will state the names of the following persons for that purpose Viz. Judges Robert McChesney, Jacob Van Wickle, and Joseph McChesney]
Major Richard Reid, Captains Peter Wiloff, Peter Applegate, and Peter Dey John Dey Esquire, John Smith and Thomas Potts Esquires. 
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and year above said.
Lewis Anderson
Robert  McChesney Judge

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the above interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he States, and further the Court also certifies that it appears to them that the said Symmer C. Henry who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the said Village of Cranberry in the County of Middlesex and that Jacob Van Winkle who has also signed his name to the same is a resident in said County, and is a creditable person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. In Witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names as Judges of the aforesaid Court
Robert  McChesney, Thos France, James Harriet Peter P. Runyon

I Nicholas Booraem Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in & for said County of Middlesex New Jersey do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Lars Anderson for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this thirtieth day
of April AD Eighteen hundred & thirty three
W Booream Clerk
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Lewis Anderson
East Windsor
Capt. John Schenck
Col Heard
[illegible]
2 years pri
$80
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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County  
I Nicholas Booraem Clerk of the County of Middlesex aforesaid and of the Court
common pleas of said County do certify that Joseph Mchenry before whom the written deposition was to the was at the time a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned & Sworn and that the signature Joseph M Chesney is his proper signature
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and & seal of office this 17th day of June AD 1833
N. Booraem  Clerk
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State of New Jersey  
Middlesex County ss.  
Be it known that on the seventeenth day of May A.D.Eighteen Hundred and Thirty Three, before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County of Middlesex, Robert McChesney personally appeared who after being duly sworn according to Law did under his Oath depose and say that more than two years after the capture of Fort Washington by the British Army, he this deponent met in
the Road Lewis Anderson an applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress of the 7 of June 1832 who was then on his way to the residence of his Brother John Anderson of the Township of South Amboy in said County within one miles distance therefrom, and being well acquainted with the family, I was
somewhat surprised to see him, after a long absence, and enquiring about the circumstances of his case, he informed
me that he had made his escape from the enemy then lying at New York and was just returning to see his Brother but the particulars of the manner in which he made his escape I do not now recollect. And I have known him the said Lewis Anderson ever since, he being a taylor by trade he has frequently worked for this deponent until he engaged in farming business, and we have always been in terms
intimacy from our first acquaintance, and he is known to to be a man of veracity and this deponent further states that he the said applicant has been a long time blind of one eye, and is now in needy circumstances.
Robert McChesney
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year abovesaid. And I also certify that the witness who hath subscribed the above affidavit is a creditable person.
Joseph M Chesney, Justice of the Peace
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of Ohio
County of Warren ss.
On this Twenty Ninth day of January 1834
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Warren
personally appeared Lewis Anderson who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Peter Gordon in the Regiment commanded by Colonel David Furman in the service of the United States; that
his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New Jersey from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State of Ohio where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Hights Town, Middlesex County N.J. to Franklin, State of Ohio is to Enjoy the Society of his children who resides there.
Lewis Anderson
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid.
James McEwen
Justice of the Peace

The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrates, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The county Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer,
must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the Pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify, that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed. 
State of Ohio Warren County on the Twenty Ninth Day of January 1834 Before me the [illegible] a Justice of the Peace for said County of Warren Personally appeared [illegible] Anderson on his oath saith that Lewis Anderson who has signed the above [illegible] is the identical person described in the affidavit above Sworn and Subscribed to before me the day and year above written on [illegible]
James McEwan, Justice of the Peace.
I do certify that Kenneth Anderson had made the above affidavit is a man of truth and verty. Jan 29, 1834
The State of Ohio
Warren County
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The State of Ohio
Warren County
I Jonathan K. Wilds clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that James McEwen Esq. who appears to have taken & signed the within affidavits was at the time of the date thereof & now is an acting Justice of the
peace within & for the County aforesaid duly commissioned & sworn into office & that full faith & credit are [illegible] to all his official acts.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court aforesaid at Lebanon this 31st May A.D. 1854
J. K. Wilds Clerk
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RECORDS DIVISION
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION

3 -- 525

AWF
S. 20.37

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 Lewis Anderson 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.
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[table follows with 5 columns; column headings 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) Latter part 1775, June 1776
(2) 3 wks
(3) Pvt.
(4) a. John Schenck, Peter Gordon
b. Nathaniel Heard, David Forman
(5) N. J. 
[following is written across last 3 columns:]
Captured when Ft.Washington was taken by the  British & escaped after 2 years
[end of table]

Battles engaged in, not stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Princeton, N.J.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 30, 1833. His clm was allowed.
Residence at date of application, East Windsor Township Middlesex Co. N.J.
Age at date of application, born Jan 22, 1757 in Monmouth Co. N.J.
Remarks: In 1834 soldier was living in Franklin, Ohio  with his children. no names stated.

Respectfully,

Commissioner,

Bro. John Anderson

6-2856
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1923 Feb. 17  Hist to Miss Mabel Lindley  AWF

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2037
Rev War.   INVALID.
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File No.  2037
Lewis Anderson
Privt. Rev War
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Act: June 7 1832
Index:--Vol. A, Page 8.

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Hon. T. Corwin
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State of New Jersey 
Middlesex County ss }  Be it known that on the Twentieth day of April Eighteen Hundred and Thirty three before me Robert McChesney
one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County personally appeared John Rue, who being sworn according to Law did depose and
say that he is well acquainted with Lewis Anderson, an applicant for a pension and that he was acquainted with him previous to the
Revolutionary War, that he remembers being out with him in the five months service in the year of 1776 as a private in the New Jersey
Troops, under General Nathaniel Heard and Colonel David Forman and in the Company command[ed] by Captain Peter Gordon, but this
deponent was in a different Company, the Company commanded by Captain John Henderson, and therefore had not so frequent
opportunities of seeing this applicant as he otherwise should have had, and this deponent further says that he has good reason to believe that he the said Lewis Anderson was in the service until he was taken prisoner by the enemy about the time of the capture of Fort Washington, and further saith not.
John Rue

Sworn to and subscribed
before me the day and year
above said, and I do hereby
certify that the witness above
named is known to me to be a
person of good credit, and that
his testimony is entitled to
full and implicit credit.
Robert McChesney
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State of New Jersey, Middlesex County
Be it known that of the ___ day of April Eighteen Hundred and Thirty Three before me Robert [ILLEGIBLE] one of the Justices of the peace in and for said county. Personally appeared 
James Clinton who being duly sworn according to Law did depose and say

N. B. the above was written under and expectation that the above named James Clinton would appear and testify to the fact that he was present when the before named Lewis Anderson was taken prisoner by the enemy but owing to some unforseen event he did not appear before me to testify to the fact. I thought this explanation [ILLEGIBLE] under that circumstances [ILLEGIBLE] my hand Robert [ILLEGIBLE] Justice of the peace
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J L Edwards Esqr.
W City
D.C.
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Washington 10 June, 1834

Enclosed the papers of L. Anderson that you may order his pension to be recd. at [illegible] Ohio. Will you please return the certificate to me with [illegible] order as soon as possible. The papers were [illegible] to me by Col. McEwen the past May ten at Franklin, Ohio. A very equitable settlement---[rest of letter body illegible] 

Very respectfully,
Tho Corwin

J. L. Edward, Esq.
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The Nebraska Genealogical Society
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Faby., 19, 1923

PRESIDENT 
MRS. C. R. PETERSON
UNIVERSITY PLACE
NEBRASKA

SECRETARY
MISS MABEL LINDLY
1715 SOUTH TWENTIETH STREET
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA

Rev. Sec. W. I. 

[ILLEGIBLE] envelope [ILLEGIBLE]

Pension Dept.
Washington, D. C. 

Gentlemen:-

Will you kindly tell me whether you have any pension record for Henry or Lewis Anderson, probably of Ohio, but possibly of Indiana or Pennsylvania. Will you please give me any information that the record discloses, particularly the names of the children and vital statistics as well as place of residence. I shall appreciate very much any information that you can give me. 

Very truly yours,
Mabel Lindly
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S. E. 

Anderson Martha
former widow of Wilson, James
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Anderson, Michael
GRADE Private
LINE Maryland

WARRANT NUMBERS 10929 and 12711
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED April 12, 1796
to - not shown - 

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