Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 850., John Ball, New Jersey.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey
Ball, John

NUMBER
S. 850

Carded
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17.144
New Jersey

John Ball
of Hanover in the State of NJ
who was a Ensi [Ensign] in the com commanded
by Captain [blank] of the Reg commanded
by Col. Hord in the N. J. 
Troops 10 mo

Inscribed on the Roll of NJ
at the rate of 100 Dollars --- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Augt
1833 and sent - [illegible]
L Condict . Present

Arrears to the 4th of March. 31.          $200
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sep 4th       50
                                                            $250
{ Revolutionary claim, }
{ Act June 7th, 1832. }

Recorded by E D Bullock Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 3  Page 102

Date of death not in [illegible A B. | O B.]

W
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Declaration &c. of
John Ball
No 6099
1 years service as Ensign

[illegible]
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DECLARATION, IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT
OF CONGRESS, PASSED JUNE 7, 1832.

STATE OF NEW-JERSEY, }
County of Morris } SS.

On this [illegible: twenty seventh] day of [illegible: July AD. 1832] personally
appeared, in open court, before a Judge of the Superior Court
court of Common Pleas of the County of Morris now sitting at Morristown in said county
John Ball a resident of [illegible] in the
County of [illegible] and State of New-Jersey, aged [illegible]
[illegible] & being duly affirmed
years, who being first duly [crossed out: sworn] according to law, doth on [crossed out: 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 on the [first] day of February AD. eighteen
hundred seventy [illegible] deponent was commissioned [illegible] the [illegible]
[illegible] counties - New-Jersey - in inferior court of Indiana - the last
company in the first regiment - The Militia in [illegible]
in said state whereas [illegible]
[illegible]
[illegible]
[illegible]
[illegible] from the date of his commission [illegible] the better
part of [illegible] - he was a resident of the Township [illegible]
in the said county of Morris before-hand and ever since
had said, that the [illegible] aforesaid. He was called
in June to duty and did take the Continental service [illegible] ensign
in a company of Malitia [Militia] Raiders - organized in the said county
of Morris that [illegible] he marched West in company
with a large number of Malitia from Morristown in said
County of Morris through Springfield to Elizabeth town in the County
of Essex in said State - from thence to Bergen in said State
opposite the city of New York and that on the fourth of July
1774 [1776] when Independence was declared he was stationed on the
hills of Bergen opposite said city of New York, and that he
staid there with the Malitia some days the number he cannot now
recollect, that he then was discharged and returned home - That
he held the commission of Ensign during the continuance of
the authority of the Continental Congress, that during the [illegible]
in the Service as such Ensign at
[illegible] times, was once at Green Brook near Scoth [Scotch] Plains in
the County of Essex aforesaid when the British was out
plundering - was twice at Elizabeth Town [illegible] once at Newark
and was with Gen. Washington's army at New Brunswick
where they [illegible] across the State of New Jersey and from
thence deponant [deponent] was sent back to Morris Town with the
malitia & subsequently deponant was called out as such ensign
at the time the British burnt Connecticut farms in the County
of Essex, That subsequently deponant was in an engagement
at Springfield he thinks sometime in January or February
A.D. 1777, in the night among others non-dead he recollects
that Stephen Cook of the said Township of [illegible] now
alive was there, and deponant stated that one Col. Botth [Bott]
took the command of that part of the Malitia in which
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deponent served during the engagement and he thinks Col Ford was the commanding officer of  the the troops. While engaged, deponent served deponant served at all times when called upon during the war & served until discharged in the month of October 1777 as near as he can recoll.  The time Burgoyne was taken he was drafted to go on service against Burgoynes Army where he went as a private under Capt Crabon of Pompton Plains in the County Morris.  Col. Green was the Colonel of the regiment in which he served & General William Winds of Morris County was the commander and 
when he arrived at [illegible] Winds aforesaid 
news arrived that Burgoyne was taken & he [illegible] a short time and he was then dismissed & returned home in about three weeks.

Said deponant was born in A.D. Seventeen hundred and forty six  [illegible] state at the farm  in [illegible] in the County of Essex  in said state at a village in [illegible] Jefferson village [illegible] of his age at home in said Township of Hanover where he resided untill about two years before he was commissioned from which place he removed to Hanover aforesaid at which place 
when he was called into service - he believes that the month he was called into service was by draft- Col. Spencer was at the Battle at Springfield and had a horse shot from under him- & never ran away.  Written discharge that he recollects from the service but was discharged by [illegible] by state [illegible]
Secretary by order of the provincial Congress [illegible] and the Vice President which is non-in 
[illegible]  The person [line of text crossed out] that he thinks can testify as to his character for truth & veracity & their belief as to his services as a soldier during the revolution are Jacob Wilson & Stephen Vail of Morristown in the County of Morris aforesaid---

the deponent alleges that the time he was in said service exceeds six months & he thinks [illegible] of a year
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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,
[crossed out: is only on that of the Agency of the State of New Jersey.]
Duly [illegible] and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. John Ball

[illegible] first alleged that he was
conscientiously server [illegible butaces] of training
on auth
William Butler

We  Jacob Wilson & Stephen Vail ---
residing in the township & County of Morris ---
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with  John Ball ---
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be
eighty six --- years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the
neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur
in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
William Butler
Jacob Wilson &
Stephen Vail

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  Jacob Wilson & Stephen Vail
who have signed the preceding certificate, one
residents in the township of
Morris aforesaid,
[crossed out: and that --- who has also signed the same is a resident in the ---]
and one credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
William Butler

I David Day Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas,
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in
the matter of the application of John Ball --- for a pension.

[seal]
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of office this twenty seventh day of
July --- in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty two.
David Day Clk

I certify to the Secretary of war that I have been personally well
acquainted with Deacon John Ball, the above applicant, for 30 years & longer, & that no
man in Morris County sustains a better character for truth, or more free from blemish
& reproach than he has, during a long life.
Lewis Condict, a Repr from
the State of N. Jersey
Morristown, N. Jersey, July 7th 1832.
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The papers annexed to the Declaration of John Ball, the within applicant, are
in the same order in which they passed the Court in which the Declaration was made.
22d. Feb. 1833.
Lewis Condict, a Rep.
from New Jersey. ---

Declaration &c. of
John Ball
No 6099
1 years service as Ensign
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State of New Jersey
County of Morris } fr:
Be it known, that on this 17th July 1833. before the, subscriber a justice of law in aforesaid County, personally cam Deacon John Ball of said County, well known to me as a man of veracity and unblemished character in said county, and being first duly sworn, saith, that he is the same John Ball, who on the 27th July, 1832, made a declaration in open Court before the judge of the Superior Court of Common [illegible] of said county, to obtain a pension for militia [illegible] the United States in the war of the revolution, which declaration as he understands, has been suspended, [illegible] for want of specifications and details of his services. He finds it extremely difficult for him at his advanced age (now 87 years old) to speak with accuracy of duties performed more that 50 years past., And when his declaration was first made, he did not know the [illegible] of [illegible]  and specific details, nor was there time sufficient allowed for recollection of the services, in the hurry and [illegible] of [illegible] before the court. He has given more [illegible] to the subject of late, and so far as a frail memory will enable him, he will give the best and most accurate account in his power of his revolutionary duties and services. His first term of duty spoken of in his declaration, when  stationed on [illegible] hills opposite New York in June 1776, continues as he illegible] believes for three weeks on duty, [illegible] in the company, Capt. Hall, having the command of his [illegible] In his [illegible] term of militia duty at Green Brook in  [illegible] county, he thinks Capt. Kitchell commanded. He believes it was in the summer season, probably in Hune 1777. He [illegible] on this tour one month. He was stationed one month on [illegible] duty at Elizabeth tour
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afterward General Winds, he thinks were there
& Col. Jacob Ford of Morristown
He recollects that at this time Capt. Benoni Hathaway, afterward Col. Hathaway
was wounded by a musket shot from a sentry in the night, in the neck & head. He served
on this tour as he believes a mouth.-- He served one month on guard duty with his
company at Chatham, Morris County, under Captain Ward, the month he does not 
recollect, but thinks it was in the season of winter, probably Jany or Febu & in 1777

He sewed another month at Elisabeth town in the fall of the year
he thinks it was in October, after the battle of Monmouth, Captain Hallsey commanding the
company as he thinks. And about the time of Burgoynes capture, he was called out
one month served under Captain Debow of Pompton & Colonel Seely. Was stationed
near New Windsor upon the Hudson river, General Winds had the principal command
He was called out upon claim when the enemy came out from Elizth town in force, &
burnt Connecticut farms village & Church. He was out on this occasion two weeks, &
also one week when Springfield Church was burnt, soon after the burning of Connecticut farms,
both times under Capt. Halsey as he thinks, & in the summer of 1780 probably June & July.
In the various services he acted as Ensign, & claims a pension as such.
He omitted in its place one tour of service of 3 weeks, which he performed at Hackensack,
upon an alarm, Captain Hallsey commanding the Company as he thinks. The year he
can not state positively, but believes it was in 1778, & in the year of cool weather, Oct or . November

He desires that this his amended statement may be recd with all reasonable & proper
allowance for the loss of memory belonging to old age. He may be incorrect as to date
& sometimes as to the names of his officers, but he states facts according to the best of his
knowledge & belief, preferring to under rate, rather than to exceed the time of his services
He thinks he served as much as one year in the war of the revolution, but is unable to
specify more than he has stated, which amounts as he believes to a little more than
eleven months, for which time he claims a pension.-

He has been a Deacon in the Baptist Church of Morristown for 50 years, & is
not conscious of any immorality having been charged against him. The Rev. Mr. Runyon & Mr 
Van Horn, even for many years the pastors of his Church but both are dead, & there is now
no settled minister in the Church, of whom he can ask certifieth.
Affirmed & subscribed before me at Morristown, the day first mentioned
Charles Freeman John Ball
Charles Freeman Esqr before whom the above deposition was taken, is known
to me, to be a Justice of peace in the County of Morris, duly commissioned, & his signature
thereto is genuine
Morristown July 26th 1833
Lewis Condit, late a Repr
from New Jersey
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March 8, 1932.
BA-J/ILL

Mrs. M. W. Coultrap
409 East Franklin Avenue
Naperville, Illinois.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to John Ball and Aaron Ball, Revolutionary War pensioners. 

The data furnished herein relative to John Ball are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 850, based upon his service in that war. 

John Ball was born 1746 (old style), in Jefferson Village, Newark Township, Essex County, New Jersey. 

While a resident of Hanover Township, Morris County, New Jersey, he was commissioned February 6, 1776, ensign of Captain Isaac Halsey's 5th Company, Colonel Jacob Ford's 1st Regiment of Morris County, New Jersey militia and served at various times amounting in all to one year under Captains Hall, Kitchel, Ward and DeBow, and Colonels Bett, Winds and Seeley: he was in the battle of Springfield. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 27, 1832, while a resident of Hanover Township, Morris County, New Jersey. 

It is not stated that the solder was married. 

Very truly yours, 

A. D. HILLLER, 
Assistant to Administrator.
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Feby. 18, 1905, Substance of soldier's
Com. to Adj. Genl. of New Jersey.

Aug. 26. 1905 Same to above

1906 May 9. Adj. Gen. N. J. infd Com.
as Ensign dated Feb. 6. 1776 and
soldier states that he was
com. Feb. 1. 1776. [illegible]

1908. Jan'y 29, Hist to Mrs. George
H. Koons U. S. M.

1932 - March 8. - Hist. to Mrs. M. W.
Coultrap. See letter R. W. Aaron
Ball - S 2369 - ILL.

Rev War

INVALID.

File No. 850
John Ball,
Priv. N. J. Line.

Act: June 7, 1832.
Index:-- Vol. A , Page 16

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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The DEPUTIES of the Several Counties of New-Jersey in
PROVINCIAL CONGRESS.

To Mr John Ball Gentleman

WE reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity,
Do, by Virtue of the Power and Authority delegated to us by our Constituents, and in
Purfuance of the Direction of the Honourable the Continental Congress, constitute and appoint
you the said John Ball Ensign of the fifth Company in the first Regiment of
militia in the County of Morris whereof Isaac Hallsey [Halsey] is Captain

You are therefore to take the said Company --- into your charge and Care as
Ensign --- thereof, and duly to exercise both Officers and Soldiers of that Company
[in Arms.] And, as they are hereby directed to obey you as their Ensign ---
[so] you are likewise to observe and [follow] such Orders and Directions from Time to [Time as you]
shall receive from your Captains or --- superior Officer or Officers, the
continental Congress, Provincial Congress or Committee of Safety: And for your
so doing this shall be your Commission. Dated the sixth -- Day of February
1776 --

Attested
John Casey Esq

By Order of the Congress,
Henry Fisher Vice President [of the Pennsylvania Provincial Conference]
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John Ball.

Ensign
10 mo
$100 --

Hon. L Condict

West
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Ball which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?

V. Has he mentioned 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?
(illegible)

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining is?

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?


EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memore, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less the the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For ______ year _______ months, and ______ days, I served as a _____ For ______ months and _______ days, I served as a ________; and for such service I claim a pension.
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining is?

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?


EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less the the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For ______ year _______ months, and ______ days, I served as a _____ For ______ months and _______ days, I served as a ________; and for such service I claim a pension.
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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 definite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state 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 he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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 office, under his seal of office.

QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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Stephen Cooke
officiant for
John Balls ---
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Newjesey [New Jersey] }
Morris County } SS.

Be it remembered
that on this thirty first day of July AD.
1832 before the Inferior Court of
Common Pleas in & for the County of
Morris personally appeared Stephen Cooke
of Hanover in said County
who being duly sworn according
to law on his oath saith that
he has been acquainted with John Ball
of said township since the
Summer of 1776 - knows that the
said John Ball served as an ensign
in the militia of this State in the
revolutionary war - thinks the
said John Ball served more than
six months as an officer in that
war but cannot state the time
precisely - deponent was out with him
& served under him at the battle of
Springfiels [Springfield] at that time nearly a
month - thinks he was out with
another month at Connecticut farms
thinks he was out at Elizabethtown
& Newark with him - but cannot
State positively - he was a very good
soldier & always went when called
upon as deponent believes - & further
deponent saith not
Stephen Cooke

Sworn & Subscribed
in open Court the day
& year above written
Jesse Upson

The above Stephen Cooke, is a
man of great respectability & fully entitled
to belief.
Lewis Condict, a Rep. from N. Jersey.
Jany. 22d 1833.
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY
OFFICE OF ADJUTANT GENERAL

GW
Trenton, February 16, 1905.

Mr. Charles M. Bryant, 
The Old Way and Navy Division, 
Pension Bureau, 

Dear Sir:

Will you do me the favor of looking in the pension case of John Ball, Invalid No. 850, Revolutionary War, and give me the substance of his commission as Ensign?

I have it that he was commissioned Ensign of the Fifth Company, First New Jersey Regiment of Morris County, New Jersey, Colonel Jacob Ford. Mr. Godfrey thinks there must be some error about this, and I would thank you very much for the attention I ask. 

Very respectfully, 
R [Illegible]
Adjutant-General.
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[postmark] [illegible]

Jan. 23rd 1908

To the Commissioner,
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions

Dear Sir:--
I am trying very hard
to get some correct [records] of the services
of my "Great grand fathers".
The only living child of my
great grand father (deacon) John Ball
of near Morristown New
Jersey - is E. H. Ball (Ball's
Crossing) Boonton, New Jersey.
I have just received
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letter from him in which
he writes: "We have no
written account of his services
as a soldier in the war of the
Revolution more than that
he received a pension."
Any further information
you may be able to give me
I shall be thankful for.
My great grand father John
Ball was married to Phebe
Crane 1st - To a Miss or Mrs.
Fairchild 2nd. He was born in N. J.
February 14th 1746 and died
at the age of 92 year & 10 days.
That he was in the
Revolutionary war I know
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but what his service was
or where rendered I do not
know only that he was in
the battle at Connecticut Farms
- Springfield
If you are able to
give me further information
it will be gratefully received by

Respecfully yours
Mrs. Geo. H. Koons
Wheeling Avenue
Muncie
Indiana

Robin Grove.

[postmark] U. S. PENSION OFFICE A JAN 24 1908
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY
OFFICE OF ADJUTANT GENERAL

G W
Trenton, May 7, 1906.

The Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.

Sir:

In reply to the inquiry of August 26, 1905, you informed me that the commission of John Ball, contained in his Revolutionary case, Invalid No. 850, shows that he was appointed Ensign in Captain Halsey's (5th) Company, First Regiment, Morris County Militia, on February 6, 1776. The report of this case shows that he was commissioned February 1, 1776. Will you please refer to this matter and inform me again, so that we may make no error in the compilation of this officer's record?

Very respectfully,
R Heb[illegible]

Adjutant General.
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY
OFFICE OF ADJUTANT GENERAL

[STAMPED]
FIRST
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER
AUG 11 1905
U.S.
PENSION OFFICE

 G-P.
Trenton, August 10, 1905/ 

Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C. 

Sir:-

On August 3 I wrote you a letter to ascertain if you would kindly give me the substance of the commission of John Ball contained in his Revolutionary War pension case, Invalid No. 850. As I have as yet received no reply, I would pleased to have you do so by an early day. 

For the information of the Chief of the Old War and Navy Department, I would suggest that the following Revolutionary War pension cases might be consolidated as they refer to the same person: 

Andrew Merrill, Invalid 81253 and Rejected 7125;
Samuel Roome, Invalid 4789 and Rejected 8984;
Evout VanGilder, Invalid 6305 and Rejected 10866.

Very respectfully, 
R Heber Breintnall
Adjutant-General.
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for
pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. |LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED | CAPTAIN | COLONEL | STATE
Feby 6 1776 and served at various times in all 1 year | commissioned | Ensign | Isac Halsey's 3rd Co Hall Kitchel Ward Debrow | Lieut Jacob Fords 1st Reg Morris Ball Winds Seeley |  [illegible]
 
Battles engaged in, Springfield
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Twp of Hanover, Morris Co. N.J. 
Date of application for pension, July 4 [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Twp of Hanover, Morris Co. N. J. 
Age at date of application, Born October 7 1746 [?] at Township of Newark, Essex Co. N.J.
Remarks:
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State of New Jersey.
Office of Adjutant General.

Trenton, August 3. 1905. 

Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.

Sir:-

On February 16 last I wrote to your Bureau to ascertain if you would kindly look in the Pension case of John Ball, Invalid No. 850, Revolutionary War, and give me the substance of his commission enclosed therein as Ensign. It does not appear that I have ever received any reply, and I would thank you very much if you would do so at an early date. 

Very respectfully, 
R Heber [Illegible]

Adjutant-General.
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ISC

I. 850:Rev.War.

Feb. 21, 1905. 

Sir:

In reply to your recent inquiry addressed to Mr. Bryant, of this Bureau, I have the honor to advise you that John Ball, "gentleman," was appointed February 6, 1776, an ensign of Capt. Isaac Halsey's fifth company in the first regiment of Morris County, New Jersey, Militia. 

Very respectfully, 

Acting Commissioner. 

The Adjutant General of New Jersey, 
Trenton, N.J.
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I.S.C.Exr.

Inv.1850,
Rev.War.

August 26, 1905.

Sir: 
In reply to your inquiries relative to the Commission of John Ball, I have the honor to advise you that John Ball, "gentleman," was appointed February 6, 1776, an Ensign of Capt. Halsey's fifth company in the first regiment of Morris County, New Jersey Militia. 

This information was furnished you under date of February 21, 1905.

Very respectfully, 

Commissioner. 

To the 
Adjutant General of New Jersey, 
Trenton, N. J.
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L.M.H.

May 9, 1906. 

The Adjutant General of New Jersey, 
Trenton, New Jersey. 

Sir: 
In response to you letter date May 7, 1906 and re-
ceived May 8, 1906, you are advised that the commission in the above noted claim, shoes that John Ball was appointed February 6, 1776, and Ensign of Captain Isaac Halsey's fifth company in the first regiment of Morris county [sp], New Jersey Militia. 
In the soldier's application for pension executed July 27, 1832, he stated that he was commissioned Ensign on February 1, 1776. 

Very respectfully, 
Commissioner.