Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16227, for David Price, New Jersey
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SERVICE NUMBER
New Jersey Price, David S.16227
Carded
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24755 New York
David Price
Cayuga Co in the State of New York
who was a Pr. Inf. & Cavy in the Compy comm
by Captain Brittin of the Regt commanded
by Col Potter in the New Jersey
line for Priv. Infantry 15 Mo. 15 14 days  927
do. Dragoons 3 Mo
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 64 Dollars 04 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Feb.
1834 and sent A Gould
Auburn N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep '33 - $160.06
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '34 32.02
$192.08
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Jno. Cromwell Clerk
Book E Vol. 4 Page 114
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Declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the
act of Congress passed 7th June 1832-
State of New Jersey} Ss
Borough of Elizabeth} On this fourth day of September AD 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the Borough of Elizabeth in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey now sitting David Price a resident of the Township of Elizabeth in the county and State aforesaid ages Seventy three 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 7th June 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and, served as herein stated -
In the year 1776 in the latter part of the month of July he volunteered in the militia of New Jersey in the infantry service, whilst he resided at Elizabeth Town in the County of Essex and State aforesaid, and served in keeping guard at Elizabeth Town Point opposite Staten Island (where the British then were) under Capt William Brittin, Nehemiah Wade Matthias Potter & John Scudder successively till the later part of November following - During one half of this time he served as a substitute for his Father Jonathan Price who had still a year to serve -
In the following winter he thinks part of the month of December and part of January which would be in 1777 he served one month for himself under
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Capt Wood at Morristown in the County of Morris and State of New Jersey on guard and scouting parties - The following month he served at the same place under the same officers as a substitute for his Father in keeping guard and scouting as aforesaid - The following month he served on his own account under Capt Wood at Chatam in the County of Morris and State aforesaid on guard and scouting - on his own account. The next following month he served in the same manner as before at Chatam as aforesaid under Capt Matthias Potter as a substitute for his Father - The enemy [illegible] above mentioned services were at Staten Island and Amboy
In the Spring of the year 1777, the precise month he does not recollect he served one month at Rahway in the County of Essex in this State under Capt Amos Morse on his own account in keeping guard and in scouting - The company laid at Bishop's tavern - In the following summer the precise month he does not now recollect, he served one month at Rahway aforesaid as a substitute for his Father under Capt Wood, in keeping guard as aforesaid - The company laid at one Dr Bland's - In the same summer (the precise month he does not recollect) he served a month at Woodbridge in the County of Middlesex on his own account, under Genl Heard, Capt John Pearson, in keeping guard, the enemy being still at Staten Island.
In the following fall he served a month at Woodbridge aforesaid, under Capt Amos Morse, and kept guard at Blazing Star, at the shore opposite Staten Island The precise month, he can not recollect -
In the winter of 1778, he again served a month (but what month he can not specify) under Capt Stephen
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Chandler at Elizabeth Town in the County of Essex, and kept guard in the town and at the point opposite Staten Island - again in the Spring following he served another month at Elizabeth Town and at Halsted's Point opposite Staten Island under Capt Samuel Herriman in keeping guard, but what month he can not say -
In the month of June 1778 he was at the Battle at Monmouth in this State under Capt Herriman - The company marched through Brunswick and Princeton to Maidenhead, thence to Allenstown in this State, where they came in contact with the enemy and followed them to monmouth - At this time he turned out as on alarm, when the British first started from Philadelphia and was out about 2 weeks, after the battle the enemy drew off to Middletown Point, and he returned home -
In the fall following (what month he cannot say) he served under Capt Matthias Potter in Elizabeth Town, and kept guard at the point opposite Staten Island for one month
In February 1779 a party of Refugees landed in boats at Elizabeth Town point in search of Governor Livingston who lived in the Town - He turned out for one day and chased them off - They burned the academy in Elizabeth Town at this time - Through this year he served on monthly duty in classes, sometimes every other [The worlds month sometimes are crossed out.], sometimes every 2 or 3 months at different places between Newark and Amboy - principally at Elizabeth Town and at Halsteds point under one and another of the above mentioned officers, the Enemy being still at Staten Island
In the year 1780 he enlisted for three successive months, part of the time in the winter and part in the
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spring (but what particular month he can not say) under Major (afterwards Col) Crane in a company of patrolling light horse men, at Elizabeth Town in keeping guard and scouting They were raised by a special order of Col Dayton - He recollects that [illegible] Chandler one of party of [The word a is crossed out.] of footmen was taken prisoner by a company of Refugee light horseman, who came over from Staten Island as scouts -
He was at the Battle of Connecticut Farms in this State as a Scout - after this the enemy retreated to Elizabeth Town and there remained a few days till the Battle at Springfield - at this time he joined a company of Rangers, and served as a scout in harassing the enemy
The above are all the services which he can state with any certainty - He lived upon the lines and was constantly in service, and is sure that they whole period of his service would amount to [The words a period of are crossed out.] more than Two years - In the time of the war he was acquainted with Col Spencer - Col Dayton Genl Maxwell - Capt Aaron Ogden, besides others of the New Jersey line of Continentals, whose names he can not recollect 
He was born on the 20th day of October 1759 at Elizabeth Town in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey where he lived untill he was 53 years of age, which would be in the year 1812, when he removed to the County of Cayuga in the State of New York where he remained till 1831, when he again returned to Elizabeth Town aforesaid, and has remained there till this time - The record of his age he has in his Family Bible in his possession -
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He never received a certificate either of his service or his discharge & Knows no person who can testify to his services - 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 -
Sworn to and Subscribed} David Price
the day and year aforesaid}
We John McDowell a Clergyman residing in the Township of Elizabeth in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, and Jonathan Parker of the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Price who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Seventy three years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion -
John McDowell
Sworn to an Subscribed} Jonathan Parker
the day and year aforesaid}
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 John McDowell who has signed the preceeding declaration is a Clergyman resident in the Township of Elizabeth in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, and that Jonathan Parker who has also
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signed the same is a resident of the same place and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit -
I Francis B Chetwood Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the Borough of Elizabeth in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey (the same being a Court of Record) do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of David Price for a pension -
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of the said Court this fourth day
of September Eighteen hundred
and Thirty two -
F. B. Chetwood, Clk
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9412
David Price
NJ.
Return [illegible]
Agent at present
A Gould
Auburn
NY
F Barber Chetwood
Elizabethtown
N.J.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
25 May 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 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 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 David Price NJ
Period when the service was rendered Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Name 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.
Years. Months. Days.
July 1776. volund about 3 [months] private Cap Britten Col Potter E town point 73
Wintr 1777. served 1 [month] " Cp Wood N.J. &c Born in Essex N.J. Lived there when he entered and Now lives in Sd County
" " 1 [month] " "
" " 1 [month] " " 
" " 1 [month] " "
" " 1 [month] " " Potter one Living witness who proves
Spring " 1 [month]Cp [Illegible] Essex 
[Illegible] " 1 [month] Cp Wood " Generally
" 1 [month] Cp Person Battle  "
Fall " 1 [month] Cp More Connecticut " Certificate of a Clergy
1778 " 1 [month] Cp Chandler Farms Town Point man and a Citizen
Spring " " 1 [month] Cp Herryman
June " " 14 [days] " Battle of Brunswick Princeton
Fall " " 1 [month] Cp Potter Monmouth
1779 Served on Monthly duty every 2 or 3 months E Town
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
1700 enlisd " 3 Light Horse Col Crane J. E. EDWARDS,
served in a Corps of Rangers -- Serve altogether Commissioner of Pensions.
More than 2 years
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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. Sate, Territory, or District of} County of} ss. On this day of A.B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before in the county of and State, Territory or District 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) 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; 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 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 to as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.}f 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. 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 hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with and C.D. residing in (the same) 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. 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 &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 he 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, an in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquire whether the belief [illegible] generaland whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirm may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of the 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.
Whether any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, of by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
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 must 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 wherehe 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 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 --- ---. For --- 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
days, I served as and for such service I claim a pension state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting the 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 the 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.
[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 he 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 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 magistrates 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 are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in 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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May 26, 1939.
Mrs. Holmes Ramsdell BA-J/ILL
343 I Street David Price
Brawley, California. S. 16227
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you
Jersey, who served several tours in the 
information in regard to Jonathan Price of Essex County, New Jersey, who served several tours in the Revolutionary War and in 1776 or 1777, furnished as a substitute, his son, David Price.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file which was made to the United States based upon service of the Johnthan Price cited by you. The record has been found, however,
of David Price, Jonathan's son, who served from Essex County, New Jersey. The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 16227, which may aid you in your research.
David Price enlisted the latter part of July 1776, and served four tours of one month each under Captains William Britten, Nehemiah Wade, Matthias Petter and John Scudder, and Colonel Edward Thomas in the New Jersey troops, half of this service was rendered as substitute for his father, Jonathan Price, who had still a year
to serve. He moved late in December with his father to another part of said Essex County; he enlisted about January 1777, served
on alternate monthly tours until the fair, a part of the time as substitute for his father, under Captains Daniel Wood, Ames Morse
and John Pearson (Pierson), and Colonels Edward Thomas and Moses Jacques in the New Jersey troops; during the years 1778, 1779 and
1780, he served under Captains Stephen Chandler, Joseph Herton, and
David Price was born October 20, 1759, in Elizabeth Town, Essex County, New Jersey, and resided there with his father, Jonathan Price, at the time of the Revolutionary War; the name of
David's mother is not shown.
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Samuel Harriman, and Major Jacob Crane and Colonel Elias Dayton in the New Jersey troops. During these years, he was in the battle of
Monmouth, was called out at Elizabeth Town and on the shore, and served three months as a light horseman during which he was
in the battle of Connecticut Farms. He enlisted in April 1781, and served one month in Captain Samuel Harriman's company, Colonel Elias Dayton's New Jersey regiment. His entire service amounted to more than two years, of which at least eighteen months were
rendered for himself.
David Price continued to reside in Essex County, New Jersey, until 1812, when he moved to Cayuga County, New York, and resided
until 1831; a part of that time he resided in Genoa in said Cayuga County, New York. He returned in 1831, to Elizabeth, New Jersey.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 4, 1832, at which time he resided in Elizabeth, New Jersey. In October
1833, he was a resident of Genca, Cayuga County, New York.
The soldier made no reference to wife or children.
In 1833, Oliver Price was a resident of Genoa, New York; he was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, lived there as a neighbor to David Price, also, lived as his neighbor in Genoa, New York. He did not state any relationship between them.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly, the date of death of this
pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data:
David Price
Certificate #24755
Issued February 20, 1834
Rate $64.04 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
New York Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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MRS. HOLMES RAMSDELL
343 I Street.
BRAWLEY, CALIFORNIA
RECEIVED
APR. 7 [Illegible]
[Illegible]
Veterans Administration
Washington
D.C
Gentlemen: The records of the Adjutant General, Trenton, N.J. Show that a "Johnathan Price" served in the Essex Co. Militia as Private, also enlisted to serve several tours in 1776 & 1777, but furnished his son, David Price, as substitute. He received Certificate No. 831 amounting to L [Symbol for British pounds]4:13:4 for the depriciation of his Continental pay during the Revolutionary War
Can you furnish any further information from your records?
I shall be very grateful.
Respectfully,
Mrs. H. E. Ramsdell
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P 16227
INVALID.
File No. 16227
David Price
Priv Rev War
Act: June 7" 1832
Index:--Vol. 1, Page 3[illegible]3
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1939-May 26-Hist. to Mrs. Holmes
Ramsdell-ILL
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State of New York}
Cayuga County Ss} David Ogden of Genoa in said County being duly sworn says, that he is s[illegible] three years of age & that he was born and brought up in Elizabethtown County of Essex and State of New Jersey, and was there acquainted with David Price who resided there during the American Revolution, and has been acquainted with him ever since that he was knowing to his serving in the Militia light-horse and has seen him equipt, and serve in that capacity and has often heard it said while he resided there that the said David Price was an active and efficient soldier in the service during the whole of the American revolution and this deponent believes that he did so render service and that the said David now resides in the town of Genoa aforesaid
Subscribed & sworn
October 14, 1833 before me David Ogden
Thomas Chadwick Justice of the Peace
State of New York}
Cayuga County Ss.} Oliver Price of Genoa in the County aforesaid being duly sworn says that he is well acquainted with David Price of the town County & State aforesaid but formerly of the Town of Elizabeth County of Essex & State of New Jersey where this deponent was born and brought up and was Neighbor to the said David there in New Jersey and is neighbor to the said David also here in the State of New York. Says also that he has often heard say in the Neighbourhood where he formerly lived aforesaid, that the said David Price was an active & efficient Soldier in the militia
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Service during the whole of the American Revolution & that this deponent concurs in the above opinion & belief & having perused the aforesaid David's Narrative of his age & revolutionary Services as written by himself in order to obtain a pention am fully persuated that said Narrative is in Substance correct
Subscribed & sworn October 15, 1833
before me Thomas Chadwick Justice of the Peace Oliver Price
I certify that I am well acquainted with Oliver Price and that he is a credable person, and that his statement is entitled to credit Thomas Chadwick Justice of the Peace
State of New York}
Cayuga County} Ss I Michael S Myers Clerk of said County do certify that Thomas Chadwick before whom the foregoing affidavits were made was on the day of the date of the same a justice of the peace of said County - that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said justice & believe his signature to said affidavits & the above certificates to be genuine
Witness my hand & seal of office the 16th day of October 1833
M. S. Myers Clerk
By A. L. Millerd his Deputy
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David Price
No 9412
Agent
A Gould
Admitted Auburn
Private of Infantry 15 [illegible]
do of Dragoon 3 --
18.14
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State of New Jersey}
Borough of Elizabeth} Ss.
Jonathan Chandler being duly sworn according to law on his oath says that he is well acquainted with David Price of the township of Elizabeth in the County of Essex and State aforesaid that he was an apprentice to said David's Father Some time in the Revolutionary War That he knows said David belonged to a Company of patrolling light horse under the command of Col. William Crane, stationed at Elizabeth Town aforesaid in the year 1780 - he known that the said David was from home a considerable part of the time on Militia duty & in the month of February 1779 this deponent was with the said David in the party of Volunteers who turned out against the Refugees that came over the Staten Island to catch Governor Livingston, at which time some of the Refugees were taken prisoners - one boat taken from them
Subscribed & sworn this third day} Jonathan Chandler
of September A.D. 1832 before} I certify that Jonathan Chandler the above named witness is a man
me of credibility
David Coreill
Alderman of the Borough Sept 16" 1833.
of Elizth - David Corell Ald
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I Francis B. Chetwood Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the Borough of Elizabeth the same being a Court of Record in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey do hereby certify that David Coriell before whom the within affidavit was taken is an Alderman of the Borough of Elizabeth and a Judge of said Court - duly commissioned and sworn, and as such is authorised to take affidavits and I further certify that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Alderman, and that the signature David Coriell to the within affidavit subscribed, is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of the
said Court this Eighth day of September
A.D. 1832
F. B. Chetwood Clk}
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State of New York}
Cayuga County} Ss On this 16th day of October 1833 personally appeared before me first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County David Price in the annexed declaration named who being duly sworn doth on his oath make the following declaration supplementary & in addition to said declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That [The word during is crossed out.] his term of Service in the year 1776 as Stated in said declaration commenced in the latter part of July and continued until the latter part of November following a term of four successive months - two of said months I Served for myself and the other two as a Substitute for my father as there stated - the names of the other officers in Capt William Brittins company, was 1 Lieut Samuel Lyon, 2d Lieut Jonathan Pierson & Ensign Abraham harris - Whilst in Capt Wades company I served under Lieut David Woodruff & Ensign Lewis Woodruff - that he does not now remember the names of his other company officers whilst Serving in Capt Potter & Capt Schudders companies - the name of his Col was Edward Thomas his Major David Thompson -
That in the latter part of the month of December folowing he had removed with his father to another part of said County of Essex where he was enroled in the company of Militia commanded by Capt Daniel Wood (the other company officers not recollected) and entered Service in said company as stated in Said declaration. in the Same Regiment above Stated and continued to Serve as Stated in Said declaration, the first month for himself, the second month for his father, the third month for himself & the fourth month as a Substitute for his father in the company of Militia of Capt Matthias Potter
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above mentioned & in the Same Regiment, Still commanded as he believes by Col Edward Thomas That his tour of Service in the Spring of 1777 as Stated in said declaration commenced about the first of May as he believes, at this time the militia of his Regiment were classed and he was in one of the classes and when he served it was in performance of his regular tours of Service. that he at this time served on his own account in the company of Capt Amos Morse in the same Regiment above stated which was at this time as he believes commanded by Col Moses Jaques. That his next tour of Service "in the following Summer" as stated in said declaration commenced in the month of July, that he was in Capt. Daniel Wood's Company as a Substitute for his father.
That his next tour of service was is in the month of September as he believes, that he served at this time in the company of Militia commanded by Capt John Pearson (who had succeeded capt William Brittin afersaid.) in the same Regiment That his next tour mentioned in said declaration was in the month of November, was in the company of Capt Amos Morse afersaid & in the same Regiment
That his next monthly tour in the winter of 1778 as stated in said declaration was in the month
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Stated in said declaration was two weeks
That his service in the fall following as stated in said declaration was in the month of October as he believes. & in the same Regiment, 
That in the month of January 1779 he was again called out and served one monthly tour at Elizabethtown under said Captain Stephen Chandler in the Same regiment - as a guard upon the lines.
That in the month of April following he served another monthly tour at Elizabethtown as a guard under the Command of Capt Joseph Horton, in the same Regiment,
That in the month of August following he performed another tour of one month at Elizabethtown under the command of Capt Samuel Herriman, in the same Regiment -
That in the month of November following he performed another monthly tour at Elizabethtown under the Command of Captain Matthias Potter as a guard in the same Regiment.
That the time of his enlistment into the company of State troops called Light horse, was in the month of January 1780 - that he enlisted for a term oof three months and continued to serve during the whole term - that said company was raised by direction as he was informed of Col Elias Dayton. and was raised for the purpose of ranging the Country to ride express and watch the motions of the enemy - 
That in the month of June 1780 at the time of the battle of Connecticut Farms, a company was raised by order of Col Elias Dayton called rangers under the command of Capt Samuel Herriman, that said company was one of chosen men, & was raised for the purpose of ranging through the country & harassing the enemy in every possible manner
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that said company continued so embodied a term of three weeks, until after the enemy had [The word returned is crossed out.] retired after having burned Springfield, when it was disbanded & he discharged - that was not the time of the battle of Springfield known in history - That in the month of April 1781 he performed another monthly tourn under the command of Capt Samuel Herriman in the same Regiment at Elizabethtown as a guard upon the lines - That he was very frequently in Service at other times than above stated but owing to loss of memory and the length of time that has elapsed since said service was performed he cannot specify said tours, or when or where performed - That his whole term or service as above [The word Springfield is crossed out.] particularly set forth amounts to two years and one week as a private Soldier and for Such Service he claims a pension
That he was born on the 20th of October 1759, as appears by a record of his age in the family bible now in his possession - in Elizabethtown in the County of Essex & State of New Jersey where he resided until he was fifty three years of age when he removed to the County of Cayuga aforesaid where he resided until May 1831 when he returned to Elizabethtown aforesaid where he resided at the time of making the annexed declaration and continued to reside there until June 1833 when he removed back to said County of Cayuga where he has resided ever since, and intends to spend his days - That he is unable to set forth the names of his officers farther than above stated. that his service [The word was is crossed out.] when performed on his own account [The word was is crossed out.] in the
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militia as stated in my declaration, was in performance of my regular monthly tours as a member of one of the classes as Stated in my declaration, my whole Service was performed as I believe in a corps regularly embodied and called into service by competent authority. That he never received a written discharge from service & has no documentary proof thereof}
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid}
J. L. Richardson} David Price
first Judge of Cayuga
I certify that I am acquainted with said David Price & believe him to be a man of truth & veracity.
J. L. Richardson
first Judge of Cayuga
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State of New York}
Cayuga County} Ss
I Michael S Myers Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Said County do certify that Joseph L Richardson before whom the foregoing declaration was made & by whom the foregoing certificate was made on the day of the date of the same first Judge of said Court that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Judge & believe his Signature to said declaration & certificate to be genuine
Witness my hand & Seal of office the 16th 
day of October one thousand
eight hundred and thirty three
M. S. Myers Clerk
By A. L. Millerd his Deputy
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Form VAH-51 BOUNTY LAND RECORD CARD*
NAME Price, David GRADE Private LINE Virginia
WARRANT NUBMER 12469 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED March 26, 1792
to Francis Graves, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this corm 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 Natioanl Archives.