Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3080, Job Brookfield, New Jersey
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(8-1776)

SERVICE | NUMBER
New Jersey | Brookfield, Job | S.3080

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5998
New Jersey
Job Brookfield, of (blank) [crosse ot: in] State of New Jersey, who was a Ensign & Team in the company commanded by Captain Keen of the reg(iment commanded by Col. Ford in the New Jersey line for:

Ensign 15 1/2 mos.........................$155.00
Commander of Teams 3 1/2 mos................17.50
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                                          $172.50

Cmdr. Shdlic                              $201.66


Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 172 Dollars 30 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Feb. 1833 and sent to Hon. L. Condict, House Rep.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1832..........$258.75
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 1833.......86.25
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                                          $345.00

{Revolutionary claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Vinal Luce, Clerk
Book D; Vol. 4; Page 143

Let(ter sent) to D.D. Addison - Nov. 20, 1846
(Letter sent) to Hon. Lewis Condict - Dec. 17th '46
(Letter sent to) Hon. Wm. Miller - Feb. 4, '47
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DECLARATION, IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS, PASSED JUNE 7, 1832.

Morris Com(mon) Pleas, July & August Special Term, 1832.

State of New Jersey
County of Morris//

On this Second day of August 1832, personally appeared, in open court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting Job Brookfield, a resident of Morristown, in the County of Morris and State of New Jersey, aged Eighty seven 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 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:
His first tour of militia service was performed, as he believes, in the months of June & July in the year 1776; the time of the landing of the British Army was expected in New York under command of Col. Jacob Ford, in Capt. James Keen's Company, & was himself acting as ensign of said company under a commission from the Provincial Congress & signed by Hend'k Fisher, Vice President, & dated Feb. 6th 1776, which commission I yet hold, & transmit with this declaration in support of my claim.

Was stationed at Bergen Town in sight of N. York City & quartered at the house of a Dutch man there, whose name is not now recollected. Whilst at this place, news of the Declaration of Independence was rec'd, which greatly cheered us. Remained their one month. Was dismissed with the company & returned home, where we remained only about two weeks when an alarm being given. Our company, or half of them, volunteered under Capt. Keen, myself acting again as Ensign. Marched to Bergin again where we were stationed within sight of New York City. We saw the British [crossed out: army] fleet sail [crossed out: up] into New York Bay & the army land a part in the city, & as they were marched off from the wharves & a still quarter part on Long Island. Remained there on this occasion, he cannot tell how many days, but probably we were marched to Eliz(abeth) Town where we were stationed with our company & quartered at the stable of one Baltus DeHart, & slept upon some flax we found there. Whilst here, the Battle of Long Island was fought, in which our army was defected under Lord Sterling. We heard very distinctly the cannonading all day as well as the musketing. Col. Jacob Ford was the commander of our regiment. We remained one mouth out, were dismissed & went home.

The next monthly tour of duty was most probably in the fall under Capt. Austin Baily, myself ensign. Stationed again at Eliz(abeth) Town & quartered in tents. Duty was to guard the shores & landing points, building forts & breastworks, & protecting the inhabitants from being plundered by the Tories & refugees, & by the British, then possessing N. York & Staten Island. The name of our colonel at this time is not remembered. Our tents were pitched behind a breastwork near DeHart's point & the enemy on one occasion came close to the Staten Island shore with some field pieces or cannon, find into our encampment & overturned the tent of one of our neighbors & shattered a black walnut tree near us, but killed none. The next tour was performed at Eliz(abeth) Town & we quartered in log huts in rear of the breastwork at DeHart's Point under Capt. Keen & myself ensign. The col(onel) not recollected. Sometimes Col. Bott & at others Col. Thomas commanded whilst we were at Eliz(abeth) Town & sometimes Gen'l Winds commanded the whole.

Our duty was the same as before described. Stayed out one time & even dismissed. We returned home & remained but a few days before an alarm was given & we
ordered out or volunteered again under Capt. Keen, myself ensign. We marched from Morristown by Westfield & fell in with the rear of the main army under Gen'l Washington, then retreating through the Jerseys. This was in cold weather & the march was called the, "Mud Court" & performed probably in December, a little before the capture of the Hessians...
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...Our company proceeded as far as New Brunswick with the main army & then parted. The army going on toward Princeton & our corps of militia filed off to Bound Brook, Pluckemin & thence to Morristown. We were marched almost immediately to Chatham upon another tour under Capt. Keen again, being in cold weather. Quartered at the house of Nath(aniel) Bonnel upon guard duty, the British then lying in N. Brunswick & frequently sending out plundering parties. The next tour of duty was perform at Quibble Town in February, as he thinks. Was stationed at the house of a Mr. Stryker under Genl Winds. & I commanded the company myself part of the time the capt(ain) (Keen) not being out & the lieut(enant) (Hathaway) had gone home on leave.

Quibble Town is distant about 8 miles from Brunswick, the quarters of the British, & whilst we come there, the enemy sent out a detachment one Sunday morning of above four hundred horse, who advanced within about firing distance, & after viewing us a short time, they returned without any skirmish. The next tour of duty was performed at Chatham under Capt. Keen. Was quartered at Benjamin Bonnel's & our duty was to watch the movements of the enemy & protect the Country against sudden invasion & plunder. The time of performing this last tour was probably in the spring of the year 1777. The next tour of duty was performed at Springfield under Capt. Keen & Col. Jacob Ford. Stationed at the house of Walter Smith & upon guard duty as before stated, a party of the enemy of about 500 came out by way of Westfield & we fell in with them at Springfield in the road. In front of the tavern [crossed out: skirmish] had a smart skirmish in which Robert Pollard of the Land Hill Company was shot through the breast, but was not killed. Although his breath passed through the wounds, bubbling through it with the blood at each breath. He survived & recovered.

Col. Spencer of Eliz(abeth) Town was with us on this occasion & had his horse shot under him. He dismounted & carried off his saddle with him. The British then retreated, stopped at Westfield & carried off with them the bell of Westfield Church, probably to prevent its being again rung in times of alarm. The time of year is not recollected. The next tour of duty was performed at Connecticut Farms below Springfield, & I commanded the whole company myself. The capt(ain) & lieut(enant) both being absent, & I believe General Maxwell commanded the whole. We were in considerable force, the greater part of the Morris & ex-militia being present. We quartered at the House of a Mr. Searing & during this tour we were marched under Maxwell to Eliz(abeth) Town to dislodge the enemy, who retreated before and left the place. We here took a British vessel in the creek laden with clothing, shoes &c., which the soldiers all shared in. The crew abandoned the vessel as we approached it & took possession. The time is not recollected. Another tour was performed under Capt Keen at Wardson in Essex, now called Bloomfield, where we had a most encounter with the enemy in which two of our men were [crossed out: killed] wounded. Viz.: David Godden & Robert Hunt. It is believed that a hundred of our men were wounded; some of whom afterward died of wounds.

General Winds commanded us on this occasion. This tour was performed in time of har(vest) corn, the year not recollected, & very probably it might have beed before some of the tours which have been before related. Another tour of duty was performed under Capt. Isaac Hallsey, myself lieut(enant) or ensign, not remembered which. Marched up through the County to New Windsor & Newburgh when we heard of the capture of Burgoyne. We were under command of Gen'l Winds & our duty was to aid the inhabitants on the river & prevent the landing of the enemy.

We were lying at Newburg when Esopus, now Kingston, was burnt. Saw the smoke of the burning town very plainly. As we were on our return & reconnecting upon the river we frequently fired upon the enemy's vessels & they returned our fire, but without injury. This was in the fall of the year & probably might have preceded some of the tours before mentioned, as his memory is quit frail & not to be relied on implicitly.

He also performed duty at Morristown, being himself guard officer, over prisoners in the pool & our military stores at that place, probably in the year 1777 or 1776. He feels confident that the facts before narrated are all true but there may be considerable errors in point of time of service, & forgetfulness of the names of his superiors...
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...officers. He was always in readiness at a shot warning to turn out upon alarms & beside his regular tours before described, was often called out upon sudden alarms for short terms, sometimes for a week, sometimes two or three weeks, less or more according to circumstances & which in the aggregate would probably amount to three or four months at the least. These tours, added to those of the regular monthly tours, would when summed together make in the whole a period of at least sixteen & most likely eighteen months of duty faithfully performed. He was present at Springfield the day after the battle & burning of Springfield, but not personally engaged. Was on a tour when a body of the Waldecker was taken, about 30 or 35 in number & sent off as prisoners. In June 1778 he rec(eived) an appointment as Wagon Master in the Continental Service from Benjamin Lindsly, Esq., which is herewith forwarded to the Secretary of War as evidence of his employment in that character in his Country's service.

Under this appointment of Wagon Master, he engaged a number of persons & teams to perform such duties as the Quartermaster, (Lindsly) should direct some of the names of the persons engaged are subscribed in the handwriting of the men employed upon the commission or warrant from the q(uarter)master. He also
sends herewith many receipts & other original papers taken & kept by him ever since in corroboration of his having acted as a Wagon Master, & in which capacity he desires to claim compensation for services as attached to the Continental Army or to the State Troops, & not as duty performed in militia service. As Wagon Master he served from 18th June 1778 to the 6th October following, a period of three & a half months, as he ascertain from some of the memoranda herewith enclosed. He & his associates under him were employed in removing continental stores from Trenton to Kings Ferry, principally provisions, clothing, shoes, corn &c; not upon contract or agreement but by regular appointment of himself & of enlistment by him of those connected with him. He was afterward impressed with his team to aid in transporting the Maryland Troops & baggage from Morristown to Trenton on their  southern march.

After this service in the Wagon Department he was directed by Col. Seely, then commanding on the lines, to raise as many men as he could collect or a short notice & marched to Springfield as quick as possible. Seely having tidings of the arrival of the British. He accordingly raised 20 or 25 men & marched forthwith to Springfield as ordered. The alarm proved to be a false one & he returned home. At the time of the Pennsylv(ania) Revolt, Col. Seely directed him to mount & equip as many as 20 men & watch the movement of the revolted troops & report to him their movements. That he might be prepared to act. This duty was immediately performed, the deponent placing himself as Lieutenant at their head. The revolters took another route that the expected one & were not met.

He conscientiously believes that he was faithfully engaged in the public service more than two years during the war & from the frailty of his memory & the lapse of years, he has not & cannot enumerate all the tours of duty in which he was actively employed.

2 1/2
11 mos. Ensign
s Capt. Com't
2 1/2 Recruit
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15 1/2 Militia
3 1/2 Wagon
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19 Total
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He was born in Eliz(abeth) Town, Essex County, N. Jersey, on the 1st of April old style in the year 1745, agreeably to a family record kept by his father. He lived, when he first entered the service, in the Township of Hanover, Morris County, N. Jersey, & now lives in Morristown, where he has lived since the year 1777.

He has before mentioned the names of his superior officers whom he knew or can recollect, except Col. Barber, Col. Thomas & General Dayton, all of Elizabeth Town. Also, Col. Crane of the same place.

He is well known to Doctor Lewis Condict & to Silas Lindsly, Esq., now one of the Judges of this Court who have both known me these 30 years & longer.
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Besides his commissions of Ensign of Militia & appointment of Wagon Master in the Continental service, he enters herewith various loose papers, receipts, promises made for money & by him afterward taken up &c. &c; All of which are original papers connected with his official duties in the Quartermaster Service & have been accidentally preserved. The books having been long since settled were either given up to his superiors officers or have been lost. They are sent merely as collateral evidence to receive such consideration as in the opinion of the Secretary of War, they may merit.

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 the Agency of the State of New Jersey.]
s/ Job Brookfield

Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
s/ William Brittain

We, Lewis Condict, & Silas Lindsly, Esq., residing in the Township of Morris, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Capt. Job Brookfield, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be 87 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.
s/ Lewis Condict
s/ Silas Lindsly

Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
s/ William Brittain

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 Lewis Condict & Silas Lindsly, who have signed the preceding Certificate, are resident in the Township of Morris in the County aforesaid, [crossed out: and that  (blank) who has also signed the same is a resident in the] and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
s/ William Brittain
s/ Stephen Dail

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 Job Brookfield for a pension.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal of Office, this Second day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
s/ David Day, Clerk
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I hereby certify to the Hon'ble the Sec'y of War, that the within applicant, Capt. Job Brookfield, has been personally well known to me as a neighbor for more than 30 years. That his standing for veracity is unquestioned & that I have also considered him as one of the active & persevering Whigs of '76, whose time & best services were faithfully devoted to the cause of Liberty in our Revolutionary struggle. I have the most implicit confidence in the truth of his declaration, unless by possibility the frailty of memory may have misled him in some unimportant particulars.
s/ Lewis Condict, one of the Representatives from N. Jersey in the Congress of the United States.

Job Brookfield
No. 3102

P.O.
155.00
 46.66
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201.66

15 1/2 Ensign
 3 1/2 Wagon Master
Commander of Teams

Auth.
To: Doctor L. Condict

Hon. L. Condict
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BROOKFIELD, JOB
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D(ea)r Sir,

I am still in Distress for teams. The brigade cannot move with [crossed out: more] six or eight more. Send your teams in & all you can get towards it.

Yours in haste,
s/ J. Lewis, 2M

9th Nov. '79

Justice Brookfield
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New Jersey
Morris County//

Personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, Caleb Tuttle, who being duly sworn makes the following declaration. That he was well acquainted with Job Brookfield during the Revolutionary War and before he entered the service. That he well remembers that the said Job Brookfield performed duty for one month at Morristown, New Jersey, in the year 1776 as pri(vate) in the same company with this deponent, being both employed in keeping guard over the prisoners, stores, wagons &c.
s/ Caleb Tuttle

Sworn & subscribed this 1st day of August 1832.
s/ Stephen Dail

Caleb Tuttle, the above deponent is well known to me as a man of truth & good reputation.
s/ Lewis Condict, one of the Rep(resentatives) from N. Jersey.

Jan. 17th 1833.
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3080
INVALID.
Rev(olutionary) War

File No. 3080
Job Brookfield
Ensign Rev(olutionary) War

Act: June 7, 1832

Index: -; Vol. A; Page 43

{Arrangement of 1870.}
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Oct. 30, 1846

Rec'd
Job Brookfield
for increase

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Commiss(ioner) of Pensions
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Washington, October 28, 1846

D(ea)r Sir,

I am requesting, by the heirs of Job Brookfield, dec(eased), (late, a pensioner on the New Jersey Roll & who died shortly after receiving his certificate in 1833) to ask the favor of a re-examination of his papers with a view to an increase of pension, which it is believed he was entitled to. Mr. Brookfield was pensioned at $172.50 per an(num) for his services in the line & staff at a time when the additional pay allowed for staff service was not included in computing the amount of pension. I have therefor respectfully to call your attention to the matter and ask your early attention thereto.

I am very respectfully your obe(dient) ser(vant),
s/ D.D. Addison

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Commiss(ioner) of Pensions
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2

J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions, Present

Dec. 9, 1846

Rec'd
Job Brookfield
for increase.
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Washington, Dec. 9th 1846

Col. Edwards,

D(ea)r Sir,

I have a letter from the son of Job Brookfield of New Jersey, who was admitted a pension in 1832, in which he desires a re-examination of his father's claim for the purpose of an increase. I shewed you this morning a fragment of an ancient paper in the pensioner's own hand(witing) bearing date in Oct. 1778, containing the names of several persons; showing the time of their enlistment & duration of service & of its nature. I infer from this paper that Job Brookfield was Wagon Master & performed duty in that capacity as well as in other grades. Whether or not his original declaration or its accompanying papers refer [crossed out: or not] to such service & grade, I cannot tell.

I respectfully ask a re-examination of the case with a view to increase of the pension, claiming the full benefit of all the evidence which the records in your office may furnish relating to the revolutionary service & grade of Job Brookfield as Wagon Master or other officer.

I expect further communication from the son shortly, as he thinks there is some probability he may find some further testimonials amongst some old papers of his father, when rec'd I shall present them for your examination.

Very respectfully your obe(dient) ser(vant) &c.,
s/ Lewis Condict
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Job Brookfield's Declaration

This package contains various loose papers, vouchers &c. of Mr. Brookfield's services in the Quartermaster Department, U.S. Army, 1778, '79.

No. 3102

Return these.
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Jurat's Chamber
Jan. 14/'47

Hon. Mr. Edwards
Comm(issioner) of Pensions

Sir,

Please send me at your earliest convenience a copy of the declaration of Job Brookfield filed in the office in, I think, 1832 & whose which a pension has been granted.

Also inform me of the beginning & termination of the period allowed been for services as Wagon Master, the year & the matter. Also the monthly pay allowed hence in each grade & the time in each grade.

And oblige yours &c.,
s/ J.W. Miller
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State of New Jersey
Morris County//

Personally appeared before me, William Brittin, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Morris and State aforesaid, Benjamin Sturges, and being sworn according to law saith that he was well acquainted with Job Brookfield, being a neighbor to him. And in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy seven, he was knowing that the said Job Brookfield to be a lieutenant in what was then called the Sand Hill Company and did militia duty under the said Job Brookfield in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy seven. And after that time I left the company and enlisted in the standing troops. And further the deponent saith not.
s/ Benjamin Sturges

Sworn and subscribed before me the 16 day of June in the year 1832.
s/ William Brittin, Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that Benjamin Sturges, the above deponent is well known to me as a man of fair character & good standing in society & fully entitled to belief.
s/ Lewis Condict, one of the Representatives from N. Jersey.
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State of New Jersey
Morris County//

I, David Day, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Morris aforesaid, do hereby certify that William Brittin, Esq., before whom the within affidavit was taken, was, at the time of taking the same and still is one of the Justices of the Peace of the County of Morris aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn and authorized to take such affidavit.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Morristown the Twentieth day of June A.D. Eighteen Hundred and Thirty two.
s/ David Day, Clerk 

Benjamin Sturges
Certificate
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State of New Jersey
Morris County//

Personally appeared before me William Brittin, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Morris and State aforesaid, Luke Miller, and being sworn according to law saith that he was neighbor to Job Brookfield in the time of the Revolutionary War and was well acquainted and knowing to the said Job Brookfield being a lieutenant under Capt. Benjamin Carter in the militia and knowing the said Brookfield to doing duty as lieutenant in militia under the said Capt. Carter, in or about the years of Seventeen Hundred and Seventy seven or eight. And knowing the said Brookfield to being out and doing duty as lieutenant in the Revolutionary War. And further the deponent sayeth not.
s/ Luke Miller

Sworn and subscribed before me the 16 day of June in the year 1832.
s/ William Brittin, Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that Luke Miller, the above deponent is personally well known to me as a man of fair & unblemished character in the County of Morris & fully entitled to belief.
s/ Lewis Condict, one of the Representatives from N. Jersey.
Jan. 17th 1833.
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State of New Jersey
Morris County//

I, David Day, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Morris aforesaid, do hereby certify that William Brittin, Esq., before whom the within affidavit was taken, was, at the time of taking the same and still is one of the Justices of the Peace of the County of Morris aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn and authorized to take such affidavit.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Morristown the Twentieth day of June A.D. Eighteen Hundred and Thirty two.
s/ David Day, Clerk 

Luke Miller
Certificate
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DEPUTIES of Federal Counties of New-Jersey in PROVINCIAL CONGRESS.

To: Mr. Job Brookfield, gentleman

We, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valor (sp.), Conduct and Fidelity, DO, by Virtue of the Power and Authority delegated to us by our Constituents, and in Pursuance of the Direction of the Honourable the Continental Congress constitute and appoint you, the said Job Brookfield, ensign of the tenth company of the first regiment of militia in the County of Morris, whereof James Keen is captain.

You are therefore to take the said company into Charge and Care as ensign therefore, 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 Captain, Superior Office 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.

By order of the Congress,
s/ Hend'k Fisher, Vice President

Attested:
s/ John Carey, Sec(retar)y

Job Brookfield
S.File 3080, N.J., Lieutenant
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The National Archives Form VAM-51 12-5-41
Bounty Land Warrant Record Card*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Name: Brookhouse, Rudolph and Private
Grade: Private
Line: Pennsylvania

Warrant Number: 8933
Acreage: 100
Issued: April 13, 1791 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.