Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 921, for James Slover, New Jersey
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(8-1776)

SERVICE | NUMBER
New Jersey | Slover, James | S.921

carded
CONTENTS
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17,371 | 17,371
New Jersey
James Slover* of Somerset [Co.] in the State of N. Jersey, who was a Private in the Comp(any) commanded by Captain Magelain of the Reg(iment) commanded by Col. Wilson in the N. Jersey line for 19 mos.

 * - Slover

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey at the rate of 63 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17 [duplicate: 17] day of Aug. 1833 and sent to J.F. Randolph, M(iddlesex) C(ounty), Present.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar. '31.........$126.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. '31....31.66
                                       =======
                                       $158.33

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles, Clerk
Book E; Vol. 3; Page 131.

Date of death not on A.B.
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11,180

James Slover
Captively when taken from his residence.
Disallowed.

Proof of 1 witness, general.

Adm(itted), 19 mos., Pri(vate).
$63.33

James F. Randolph
New Brunswick, N.J.
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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County//

On this Seventeenth day of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty two, personally appeared in Open Court before Robert McChesney, Thomas Hance, Nicholas Booraem, Josiah Ford and others, Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County afores(aid) now sitting, James Slover, a resident of the Township of [duplicate: of] North Brunswick in the said County of Middlesex, aged Seventy eight years on the Twenty ninth day of August last, who being first sworn according to law doth on his oath and in answer to the interrogatories directed to be propounded to him by the War Department, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed on the Seventh day of June Eighteen Hundred & Thirty two.

This deponent states that he was born on the Twenty ninth day of August in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty four, in the Township and County aforesaid and has a record of his age and that he has never changed his residence. That upon the Declaration of War, he attached himself to a militia company commanded by Captain John Waglum, being a resident within the bounds thereof. That previous to the arrival of the enemy at Sandy Hook, the company met together for exercise and improvement and that Peter Perrine was lieutenant & John Gilliland, ensign. When the British Army arrived at Sandy Hook, the company to which he belonged was mustered and marched to Perth Amboy. That they were there while the enemy were landing upon Staten Island and he thinks that he then performed one month's duty. On their return, the...
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...company was divided into three classes and were called out in rotation. And that he performed his regular tours along the eastern border of the State from Perth Amboy to Paules Hook. Different captains were detailed for the several tours. Recollects to have been out with Captain Gulick & Captain Dey and that the superior officers that he knew and who were there were Colonels Neilson, Taylor, & Duykinck and Majors Egbert & Van Emburgh and that in addition to the regular duty performed, he served on many expedition & often in the night upon alarms along the Raritan [River], at South Amboy & the borders of Monmouth. He is confident that up to the time the British Army came to New Brunswick, he performed at least three months in actual service when the British Army took possession of New Brunswick. This deponent resided about six miles south of that place and very soon after, a party of British Dragoons came out, surrounded the house in which he, Asher Bissett and Dan'l Slover were, and made them prisoners of war and conducted them to [duplicate: to] New [crossed out: York] Brunswick & from thence they were sent with many others in a sloop to the City of New York and incarcerated in the "Sugar House" where they were confined closely in a state of hunger and extreme privation and where many died from want of the necessaries of life. In this prison, they remained for Fourteen months when they we(re) exchanged. On his return, he again joined his company under Capt. Waglum. The British Army was then in Philadelphia. He then again performed his regular tours of militia duty when called upon until the enemy again invaded New Jersey. The militia were then all...
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...called out and he marched with his company toward the Delaware River until they met the advance of the British Army, he thinks near Mount Holly in Burlington, and he recollects that he was under the command of Colonel Neilson and Major Egbert and Major Van Emburgh. They then returned in advance or in flank of the enemy to the borders of the County of Monmouth where the memorable battle was fought and that he was there and engaged during the whole conflict. After this event, and the enemy being again in possession of New York, the militia were called out as before to perform duty along the eastern shore of the State from Perth Amboy to Paulus Hook. He then again performed his regular tours of duty and was frequently called out upon extra service until sometime in the year 1779. And thinks during this period he performed at least three months service. About this time, Col. Simeon made an incursion into the State of New Jersey as far as a place called Millstone and burned Somerset Courthouse, situated there. On this day, he was on duty and with Thomas Stillwell and Joseph Lloyd were made prisoners with several others & conducted to New York and again confined in the Sugar House where he remanded Five months and was exchanged in the spring of 1780, having suffered greatly from the excessive cold of that memorable winter. On my return, I attached myself to the same company and performed my regular tours of duty when called upon until the conclusion of the war. This deponent further represents that he has no documentary proof of service; never having received a written discharge, neither...
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...can he at the distant day produce witnesses to prove all his services in detail but would refer to John Willson, James Culver, Asher Bissett, James Rice, Simon Mefler, Jacob Stults, Dan'l Slover and Peter Martin, who are his neighbors and who can testify as to his character for correctness and veracity. He hereby declares and verily believes that in the aggregate (including the time of his imprisonment) he has performed more than two years of duty as a Soldier of the Revolution and he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
s/ James Slover (X - his mark)

Sworn and subscribed in Open Court the day & year aforesaid
s/ Thos. Hance, Judge

We, John Slover and Michael Nenemaster of the Township of North Brunswick in the County of Middlesex, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Slover, who has subscribed the foregoing declaration. That we believe him to be Seventy eight years of age. That he is reputed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion, & I, the s(ai)d John Slover, do further certify that in time of the American War, he belonged to Capt. Waglum's Company. That he was at the Battle of Monmouth & also was then made prisoner & confined a long time in N. York.
s/ John Slover (X - his mark)
s/ Michael Nenemaster (X - his mark)

Sworn & subscribed in Open Court the day & year aforesaid.
s/ Thos. Hance, Judge
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And the 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 Slover & Michael Nenemaster are residents of the Township of North Brunswick and who have signed the preceding certificate are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
s/ Thos. Hance
s/ Jno. Coatsworth
s/ Robert McChesney, Judge
s/ Simeon Mundy
s/ Jehabod Potter

I, Ferdinand S. Van Arsdalen, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Slover for a pension.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal of Office this 17th day of September Eighteen Hundred and Thirty two.
s/ F.S. Van Arsdalen, Clerk
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11,180
James Slover's declaration.
Middlesex County, New Jersey.
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I hereby certify that it appears to me that Michael Nenemaster, who has sworn to & subscribed the foregoing affidavit is a person of credibility and that his statement is entitled to credit.
s/ Peter P. Runyon, Justice of the Peace

I, Nicholas Booraem, Clerk of County of Middlesex, New Jersey, do hereby certify that the forgoing are the original & supplemental proceedings in the case of James Slover, an applicant for a pension. That Peter P. Runyon, before whom said supplemental proceedings were had, is a Justice of the Peace in full commission & that the signature "Peter P. Runyon" is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal of Office this Second day of August One Thousand Eight Hundred & Thirty three.
s/ N. Booraem
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11,180

James Slover, N.J.

Return [illegible].

Clerk's certificate [crossed out: suspended].

Adm(itted)

[crossed out: Stephen Van Deusen, Age(nt)]
James F. Randolph
New Brunswick, N.J.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
3rd June 1833

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. These 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.

A Statement, shewing the Service of James Slover of Middlesex Co., New Jersey.

Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. (Years/Months/Days) | Rank of the claimant. | Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. | Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. | Battles in which the applicant was engaged. | Country through
which he marched. | Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. | Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
(blank) | (blank) | Thinks 1 (mo.) | Private | Capt. John Waglum, Lieut. Peter Perrine, Ensign John Gilli(land), Capt. Gulick, (Capt.) Dey | Col. Neilson, Col. Taylor., Col. Daychinck, Major Egert, Major Van Emburgh | (blank) | To Perth Amboy. | Township of North Brunswick, County of Middlesex. Aged 78 (years). | Traditionary & living |

Alleges that the company was then divided into three & each class was called out in rotation and that he performed his regular tours & in addition to his regular service, he served on many expeditions upon alarms &c.

When the British Army came to New Brunswick. | (blank) | (blank) | At least 3 (mos.) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
(blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | Capt. Waglum | Col. Neilson, Major Egbert, Major Van Emburgh | Monmouth | Around the Delaware [River] and Monmouth. | (blank) | (blank) |

He was then taken prisoner from his residence & confined in the Sugar House fourteen months & then exchanged & rejoined his company & continued to perform his regular service. After the Battle of Monmouth, the militia was again called out & he performed his regular duties as above & was frequently called out upon the service until 1779 & thinks during this time he served 3 months, at least. About this time he was taken prisoner while on military duty & again confined five months in the Sugar House. In 1780, he was exchanged & again joined his company & continued to serve his tours during the war & alleges that his whole service (including the time of his imprisonment) was more than two years.

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
County of //
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of __________ in the county of __________ and State, Territory or District
of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 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) _____ , with _____ and
served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ 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 entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. (illegible) 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 _____.

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

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

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

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ & 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 inquiry 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.

[a] The declarant 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 in the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection he served not less that the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: __ For ______ year ________ months, and ________ days, I served as a ________; 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 years in 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 was the 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] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no 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.

(Illegible) 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 (illegible) 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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January 13, 1937

BA-J/EEL
Daniel Slover - S.919
James Slover - S.921

Mrs. B.H. Hadler
Arndt, via Egeland
North Dakota

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Daniel and James Slover or Selover, of New Jersey.

The records have been found of only one Daniel Slover and one James Slover, Revolutionary War soldiers, from any state, under any spelling of the surname. Those records follow as found in pension claims, S.319 and S.921, respectively, based upon their service in that war.

Daniel Slover
S.919

Daniel Slover was born February 26, 1752, in Middlesex County, New Jersey. The names of his parents are not shown.

while residing in said Middlesex County, Daniel Slover volunteered in July, 1776, and served one month as a private in Captain John Waglum's New Jersey Company, and in same year served another month as a private in Captain John Pyatt's New Jersey Company; in 1777, the militia company to which he belonged was divided into four classes, and served thereafter every fourth month until the end of the war, at least one year in all, as a private in the New Jersey troops under Captains John Waglum, James Morgan, John Dey and Van Deventer, Major Van Emburgh and Colonel Neilson. It was stated that he was taken prisoner in 1779 and held in New York City for at least three months.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 14, 1832, while residing in South Amboy Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey.

The soldier died March 3, 1837, place not shown...
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...There are no data as to the wife and children of Daniel Slover. 

In 1832, soldier referred to his sister, but did not give her name and in same year one James Slover made affidavit in Middlesex County, New Jersey, in support of Daniel Slover's claim for pension; no relationship of James to Daniel was stated.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and the name and address of person paid in the case of the Revolutionary War soldier, Daniel Slover (S.919), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Daniel Slover, Certificate No. 17368, issued August 17, 1833, rate $40 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New Jersey Agency.

James Slover
S.921

James Slover was born in North Brunswick Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, August 29, 1754. The names of his parents are not shown.

While residing in said North Brunswick Township, James Slover volunteered upon the declaration of war and joined a company of militia under the command of Captain John Waglum in the New Jersey troops, and in 1776, marched under said captain and Colonel Neilson to Perth Amboy and was there when the British landed on Staten Island; length of this tour one or two months after his return home, his company was divided into three classes and he was called out in rotation and served until the British captured New Brunswick, at least three months, under Captains Gulick, and Dey, Colonels Neilson, Taylor and Duychinck, in the New Jersey Troops and was engaged in guarding the eastern part of the state from Perth Amboy to Paulus Hook; during this time he was also called out on alarms many times, often in the night; no names of officers or dates given for these services; when the British took possession of New Brunswick, his home was about six miles south of that place, and very soon thereafter, they came out and surrounded his home and took...

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(Identified all officers.)
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...him, Daniel Slover and Asher Bysert, who were at his house, carried them to New York, where they were placed in the Sugar House and remained prisoners fourteen months before they were exchanged during which time soldier stated that he suffered every hardship but death; after his return home, he again joined the militia company of Captain Waglum and performed regular tours of duty under that officer and was in the battle of Monmouth; length of service, three months; in 1779, he was taken prisoner again, conveyed to the Sugar House in New York and held five months; was exchanged in the spring of 1780, returned home, joined Captain Waglum's Company and served until the close of the war. He stated that his entire service amounted to more than two years. No relationship of Daniel Slover, named above, to the soldier, James Slover, was stated.

James Slover was allowed pension on his application executed September 17, 1832, while residing in New Brunswick Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey.

There are no data as to wife or children.

In 1832, one John Slover lived in North Brunswick Township, Jersey; no relationship of John to James Slover was stated.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, James Glover (S.921), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

James Slover, Certificate No. 17371, issued August 17, 1833, rate $63.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New Jersey Agency.

Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

(Date of death not on A.B.)

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Rev(olutionary) War
INVALID.
James Slover
File No. 921
James Stover
Pri(vate), Rev(olutionary) War
Act: June 7, 1832.
Index: -; Vol. A; Page 355.
{Arrangement of 1870.}

1937 Jan. 13 - Hist(ory sent) to Mrs. B.H. Hadler. Letter in case Daniel Slover, S.919. E.E.H.
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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County//

Be it known that on this Thirtieth day of July Eighteen Hundred & Thirty three before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County afo(resaid), personally appeared James [crossed out: (illegible)] Slover, a Revolutionary Soldier and the applicant for a pension named in paper numbered 11,160, who being duly sworn doth on his oath says, that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively to the precise length of his services nor to all the details concerning them but that, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below and always in the grade of a private. He entered the service in 1776 as a volunteer and his first tour was in the summer of that year at the time the British entered Sandy Hook & was, as he now recollects, of two months duration under Capt. John, Waglum, Major Van Embergh & Col. Neilson at Perth Amboy. Shortly after, his company was classed and called out in rotation & performed their regular tours. He fell into the same class with Capt. Waglum and was consequently always out with & under him when he was called upon. During that same year, he performed three other tours of a month each, all under Waglum and at the same Amboy Station and in the neighborhood. The British now entered N. Jersey and the militia were driven from Amboy. He went home. Whilst at home and soon after the British took possession of Brunswick in December of '76, he was taken a prisoner at his house; carried to New York and detained a prisoner in close confinement for fourteen months in the, never to be forgotten Sugar House, where he suffered everything but death. In 1778, on his liberation, he again joined his old company & class & performed two tours of duty of a month each under Capt. Waglum, previous to the June at Amoy & neighborhood. At that time, the whole body of militia were called out & he again performed another tour of a month under Capt. Waglum, during which the battle of Monmouth took place, at which he was present. During the latter part of the same year of 1778, he performed two other tours of duty of a month each under Capt. Waglum at the old station on the lines from Amboy to Bergen. In 1779, in the early part of it, took another tour of a month under Capt. Waglum on the same station & in the same service...
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...About this time, the notorious [Col.] Simeon made an incursion into New Jersey and this deponent, being then under arms in the performance of another month's tours under Capt Waglum, was taken prisoner by [Col.] Simeon's party and again sent to the infamous prison, the Sugar House, and detained there for five months. On his return, he in 1780, joined his old squad under his old & faithful captain and served during that year two tours at least of a month each under said capt(ain) in the neighborhood of Elizabeth Town. In 1781, was out again and served not less than three tours of a month each under Capt. Waglum, stationed generally at Woodbridge and in that vicinity. Was in no battle except that of the Monmouth during his whole service. Was engaged in no civil pursuit at any time during his service. Never received a written discharge from the service that he knows of. For these services thus set forth, he claims a pension.
s/ James Slover (X - his mark)

Subscribed & sworn the day & year aforesaid before me.
s/ Peter P. Runyon, Justice of the Peace

State of New Jersey
Middlesex County//

Before me, the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Michael Nenemaster [crossed out: of] who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he is a Soldier of the Revolution in the 76th year of his age. That he well knows James Slover, the above named applicant for a pension; has known him from boyhood. Knows that he was out frequently in the revolution; believes that he performed a great deal of services; being out with him at the Battle of Monmouth and knows of said [James] Slover being out before and after that year but cannot particularly recollect of its being said at the time that [James] Slover was taken prisoner & confined in the Sugar House on two occasions. Has always so understood & does not doubt that it is so. Has full confidence in the entire statement of said [James] Slover and believes her statement entitled to credit.
s/ Michael Nenemaster (X - his mark)

Subscribed & sworn this 30th day July 1833 before me.
s/ Peter P. Runyon, Justice of the Peace