Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6077, for Thomas Slack, New Jersey
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SERVICE
New Jersey

Slack, Thomas
Rachel


CONTENTS

W. 6077
190089
B.L.Wt. 26940-160-55
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Sis G. McChesney
Aug 15 39
New Jersey
Thomas Hack
of Middlesex in the State of New Jersey
who was a Waggoner in the Army commanded
by Captain Kale of the Brigade commanded
by time

for two years
the Pension
to
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued this 5th day of Oct
1833 to C G Chesney
Cherney. Hist.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 1833 200-
Semi-annual. allowance ending 4 Mar 34 40
$240

Recorded by W. Palmer Clerk
⎨ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Book 6 Vol. three Page 131
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New Jersey 1789

Thomas Slack of Middlesex in the State of New Jersey who was a waggoner in the Army commanded by Captain Kale of the [illegible] in the New Jersey line for two years.

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834

Certificate of Pension issued this 5th day of Oct. 1833 and sent to D. & C. G. Chesney, Hightstown, NJ

Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1838 $200.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th Dec 1834 $40.00

Total - $240.00

Revolution Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm R. Palmer, Clerk
Book 6 Vol. three page 136
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Reported
1342
New Jersey
Rachel Slack
widow of Thomas Slack
NJ
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars --
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
17th day of August 1848
and sent to 
Alex Ray, Esq.
Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act 
February 2, 1848, Page 316 Vol. 4
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Thomas Slack
New Jersey
Adm 2 years $80

Dr. C G McChesney
Heights [illegible]
New Jersey
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State of New Jersey | 
Middlesex County ss | Declaration in order to obtain the
 | Benefit of the act of Congress June 7th 1832
On this Tenth day of September personally appeared
in open Court at the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in
and for said County, held at the City of New Brunswick
now sitting, Being a Court of Record, Thomas Slack a resident 
of the Township of East Windsor in the County of
Middlesex and State aforesaid aged 71 years who being
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 7th 1832.
That some time early in the spring of 1777. while the
British were located in the city of New Brunswick Benjamin 
Slack the said applicants Father Either Enlisted 
or was impressed in the Brigade commanded
by William Kale. But possessing ill health, the
said applicants father was excused upon conditions
that he would provide a suitable substitute.  This Deponent 
at that time being more than fifteen years of age was
Received in his Fathers place as substitute and was immediately 
placed to driving a Four horse team in the
United States service for the Continental army and was
engaged in carting Tents Baggage Provisions
and other articles for the army in and during its different
movements, while the American army under General
Washington was quartered on Lowland Mountains said
Deponent together with one or two other Teamsters came
near Perishing in the Ice while crossing or fording the river
Raritan being heavily loaded with provisions at which time
the army was in great need continued in the United States
service until some time in the year 1781 in the
month of June or July was part of the time under
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Quarter Master Peter Gordon and during which time our
head Quarters were at Trenton, New Jersey some of our
Trips consumed seventeen days. Particularly when the
Army was up the North River carted to Easton, New
Windsor, New Brunswick, Lowland Mountains
Boundbrook, along the Delaware while the army lay
in Pennsylvania, during the Battle of Monmouth
was ordered to remove with the four horses and Secret
them in the woods to prevent them from falling into the
Enemy hands, after taking my Fathers place in the
month of May 1777, said applicant continued in the
Continental service until the month of May or June
in the year 1781, and then recd no other discharge than
a Roll of Continental Bills from that day until this
never Profited him Twenty Dollars
The said applicant produces the Testimonies
of Stephen Combs and John Chamberlin who knew
him in the United States service in the year 1777, 1778
1779 and 1780.  And doth hereby relinquish every
claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the
Present and also declares that his name is not on
the Pension Rolls of the agency of any State.
Sworn and Subscribed the | 
day and year aforesaid | Thomas Slack
Jos Ford | Mr James C Goble a clergyman
Judge Enoch of New Jersey | 
North Brunswick Middlesex County New Jersey and Charles G McChesney of East
Windsor same county and State aforesaid hereby certify that we an acquainted
with Thomas Slack who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration 
and that we believe him to be 71 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 | James C. Goble
year aforesaid | Charles G. McChesney
John B Mount Judge
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Interrogatories put by the Court to the said appliant
1 When and in what year were you born?
A Born in Hunterdon County New Jersey, on the 2nd March A.D. 1762
2 Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?
A I have it recorded in my Bible.
3. when were you living when called into service, where have
you lived since the Revolutionary war and when now?
A Was living in Monmouth County removed into Middlesex County
when I have lived since
4. How were you called into service. Were you drafted did
you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a
substitute for whom?
A As a substitute for Benjamin Slack
5 State the names of some of the Regular officers who
were with the Troops, when on served such continental 
and Militia Regiments as you can recollect
And the General circumstances of your service?
A. Quarter Master Peter Gordon. General Washington Genl
Heard Col Scudder, [illegible] Lee Declaration
6. Did you ever receive a Discharge from the service?
A None, But verbal ones
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 the belief
of your services as a soldier of the Revolution?
A. Robt McChesney Esqr. Capt Peter Wicoff John B Mount Esq
D. B. Applegate Col Redford Jobs &c
Sworn and subscribed in open | 
Court the day and year aforesaid | Thomas Slack
Jos. Ford | 
Judge & Justice of the peace
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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 it 
appears to them that James C Goble who has signed
the preceeding certificate is a Clergyman resident in
Middlesex N Brunswick and that Charles G McChesney who has also
signed the same is a resident in the same County in East
Windsor and is a credible person and that their statement
is entitled to credit.
Windsor
Jos. Ford | 
Jacob Vanwickle | 
James Harriot | Judges

State of New Jersey | 
Middlesex County | I Nicholas Booraem clerk of
the court of Common Pleas of said County of
[seal applied] | Middlesex do hereby certify that the
 | foregoing contains the original
 | proceedings of the said court in
 | the matter of the application of Thomas
Slack for a pension and that John Smith and
John John B Mount before whom the annexed affidavits
seen together were at the time Justices of the peace
in the said County duly commission & [illegible] &
that their signatures there subscribed are Genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
& Seal of office at New Brunswick this Sixteenth
day of September AD 1833 N Booraem Clerk
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State of New Jersey | 
Middlesex County ss | Be it Known that on this
day of Septr 1833, Personally appeared
before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said
County Stephen Combs aged 70 years, a resident of
the County of Burlington and State aforesaid who being
duly sworn according to Law Deposeth and saith
That he is well acquainted with Thomas Slack an
applicant for a Pension before the Revolutionary war
knew him well, and also recollects during the said war
seeing the said Thomas Slack driving a four horse-
Team in the Continental service, knew that he was
engaged in the service of the Continental line carting
Provisions and other articles necessary for the army
and believes it was in the year 1777 saw him a
number of times as Teamster in the following places
New Windsor, Trenton, Princeton, Sourland mountains Steels
Gape New Brunswick and also in Monmouth County
saw him also in the years 1778 and 9 in the places mentioned above.
Sworn and subscribed the day | Stephen [his X mark] Combs
and years before mentioned | 
Before me.  John Smith | 
I also certify that Stephen Combs who has
 in that Stephen Cambs who has
Testified in favour of Thomas Slack is to me personally Known 
as a credible person and is entitled to credit and Belief
John Smith
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State of New Jersey | 
Middlesex County ss | Be it known that on this
Ninth day of September 1833
Before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for
said County Personally appeared John Chamberlin who being
duly sworn according to Law Deposeth and saith that he was well
acquainted with Thomas Slack an applicant for a Pension
Previous to the Revolutionary War and well remembers seeing the
said Thomas Slack during the said war in Trenton engaged as a
Teamster for the Continental service and driving a Four Horse team
the said Black was engaged in carting provisions and other
Articles for the said Continental army cannot say how
long he was engaged in the service saw him in the years 1778.
and 1780 at different times and in different places carting for the army.
Sworn and Subscribed the | 
Day and year above mentioned | 
Before me | 
John B Mount
Jhon Chamberlin
I further certify that the above subscribing witness in
Favour of Thomas Slack is a credible person and
Entitled to full credit and Belief.
John B Mount
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[illegible] 5404
Rachel Stack
G. Reso [illegible] 394
of | 579
New Jersey
Act July 7, 1838
M88. d38
7 [illegible]
[crossed out] resolution
[illegible] July 1848
[illegible]
$80.00 pr ann
from 4 March 1836
[illegible] 43, 44 & 48
$80.00 pre ann
from 4 March 1843
Alexander Ray
Present
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Act of July "7th 1838"
Declaration of Rachel Stack
State of New Jersey | 
Mercer County | ss
On this Twenty ninth day of
October A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and
Thirty Eight. Personally appeared before the
Subscriber one of the Judges of the Inferior Court
of Common Pleas in and for said County. Rachel
Slack a resident of the Township of East Windsor
in the County and State aforesaid, aged Seventy [illegible]
(in May next) years who being first duly sworn according 
to law, doth on her oath make the following
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the ┃
Provision made by the act of Congress passed 7th
July 1838. Entitled An act granting half pay
and Pensions to Certain Widows
That she is the widow of Thomas Slack who
was a Waggoner or Teamster in the Continental
Army of the Revolution, and that her husband the
aforesaid Thomas Slack was a Pensioner of the United 
States under the act of "June 7th 1832" and
whose declaration is in the war department at
Washington to which this declarant would most
Respectfully refer the Commissioner of Pensions
She further declares that she was married to the
said Thomas Stack by the Rev Peter Wilson on
the Third day of February (1788,) Seventeen Hundred
and Eighty Eight, the said Rev. Peter Wilson has
been deceased many years and diligent search
has been made, but he appears to have kept
no record of marriages, he was founder and
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Pastor of the Baptist Church in Hights Town
to which church this Declarant has been a member
for upwards of Fifty [illegible] years
This deponent refers to the record of her marriage
in her family Bible and also to Leah Howell
who was present at the same. That her husband
the aforesaid Thomas Slack died on the
Eighth day of April Eighteen hundred and Thirty
Eight.  That she was not married to him prior to
his leaving the Service, but the marriage took
place previous to the first day of January
Seventeen hundred and Ninety four, viz, at
the time above stated and has not again
intermarried
Rachel Slack
Sworn to and Subscribed on
the day and year above written
Before me
John B Mount | 
 | I hereby certify that Rachel
Slack the above declarant is personally known to the
Subscriber and has been for forty years as a person of
credibility and truth, and that full credit is
Justly due her declaration above and that her husband
Thomas Slack died in the spring of 1838 and that she
is unable to appear in open Court on account of bodily
infirmity & Rheumatism John B Mount
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State of New Jersey | 
Mercer County | ss
On the 25th day of April A D 1839
Before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and
for said County, Personally appeared Charles
G. McChesney a Resident of Hight Town Entitled
to credit and belief who being duly sworn 
according to law on his oath saith, That Thomas
Slack died on the Eighth day of April 1838. recollects
it perfectly on account of attending the funeral of
the said Slack being the 10th April 1838-- while absent
at the funeral this deponents property was destroyed
by fire was his attending Physician, and has been
the family Physician for [illegible] years past and
that Rachel Slack is the widow of Thos Slack Decd
this deponent (in the presence of the Judge and Rachel
Slack) cut the leaf from the family Bible which
contains the record of their marriage, and also the
births of their children all of whom this deponent
is acquainted with that are now living and also
know that Thomas Slack was a Pensioner of
the United States and that Rachel Slack his
widow has not again married. The said family
record is attached to this deposition, and that she
is suffering with Rheumatism and has been for a
number of months past, and was at the time her
Declaration was taken
Sworn and subscribed the day and | Charles G McChesney
year above written | 
Before John T Hutchinson
J Peace
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FAMILY RECORD
[column 1]
BIRTHS.
Thomas Slack was
Born March the 8 1762
Rachel Slack was born
May the 27 1767
These are the Children of
Tomas & Rachel Slack
Benjamin Slack was
Born November the 2 1788
Rebecca Slack was Born
April the 24 1790
Nancy Slack was Born
August the 29 1791
Elizabeth Slack was Born
May the 18 1798
Rachal Slack was Born
November the 25 1795
Thomas Slack was Born
May the 24 1797
[column 2]
BIRTHS.
Daniel Slack was Born
May the 14 1798
Mary Slack was Born
August the 16 1799
John Slack was Born 
December the 12 1801
Peter B Slack was Born
April the 26 1808
These are the Children
of Benjamin & Edna
Slack
Rebecca Slack was 
Born December 26 1814
Angeline Slack was 
Born September 2nd 1817
Wesley Slack was Born
June 29th 1820
Thomas S Vaughn was born
December 9th 1831
[bottom]
Record of Marriage on the other side
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FAMILY RECORD.
[1st column]
MARRIAGES.
Thomas Slack &
Rachal Swaim was
Married February the 3 1788
These are the marriage of 
the Children of
Thomas & Rachel Slack
Rebecca Slack was married
December the 24 1807
Benjamin Slack was 
Married march the 12 1814
Nancy & Elizabeth Slack
Was married march the 25 1815
Rachel Slack was
Married February the 12 1822
Thomas Slack was 
Married Novem the 19 1822
John Slack was 
Married March 5th 1828
Peter B Slack was 
Married August 19th 1829
Rachel S Borden
was Maried August 26th 1829
[2nd column]
MARRIAGES.
Daniel Slack was
married December 9th 1829
Mary Slack was maried
December 2nd 1834
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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County ss
On the 2nd day of January
AD 1839. Before the Subscriber a Justices of the Peace
in and for said County Personally appeared
Leah Howell residing in West Windson Mercer
County and State aforesaid, who is in her 75th
year of age a Person of credibility and truth
who being duly sworn according to law on her
Oath deposeth and saith: That Rachel
Slack widow of Thomas Slack [illegible] is this
deponents sister and that on the
day of February Seventeen Hundred and Eighty
Eight in a Sabbath morning this deponent waited
upon the said Rachel Swain and Thomas Slack
when they were married by the Revd Peter Wilson
at this Deponents fathers house. John Carr
now residing some when in the western part of
the State of New York was groomsman and
this Deponent Bride said the said Rachel
Slack resides about Eight miles from this
deponent.
[illegible]
the 2nd January 1839 | Leah Howell
before
John Perrine Jur J.P.
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State of New Jersey
Mercer County ss
I Ralph H Shreve Clerk of
the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County
of Mercer do hereby certify that John B Mount Esqr
before whom the declaration of Rachel Stack was
taken was at the time of the taking a Judge duly
commissioned and sworn and that John J Hutchinson
before whom the deposition of Charles G
McChesney was taken was at the time of the taking
thereof a justice of the Peace duly commissioned
and sworn and that I am well acquainted
with their signatures and that those attached
thereunto are genuine
In testimony whereof I have have
[seal applied]  hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of the said Court at Trenton
this ninth day of May AD eighteen
hundred and thirty nine
R H Shreve clk
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[left panel]
106.801
[illegible]
Rachael Slack Wid
Thomas Slack [illegible]
Capt Cahill Teamster
Reve War
Pensioner
N. J. Feb 48-1342
[illegible]
C. G. McChesney
Trenton
N.J.
[right panel]
Cir C. G. McChesney Dec 24/55

Vol 1 page 136.
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106.801
Rachel Slack mo. of Thos
of N.J. Per pensioner
Charles G McChesney
Trenton
N.J.
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BOUNTY LAND CLAIM. 
DECLARATION FOR WIDOW OF A DECEASED OFFICER OR SOLDIER, 
WHO HAS NOT HAD A LAND WARRANT. 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, 
On this Eighteenth day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me, a Master in Chancery within and for the County and State aforesaid, Mrs. Rachel Stack aged Eighty-Seven years, a resident of Monmouth County in the State of New Jersey who being duly sworn according to law declares, that she is the widow of Thomas Slack deceased, who was a Teamster in the Company commanded by Captain Cahill in the Quartermaster of Dept commanded by __ in the Revolutionary war of 1776. to 1780- for which service he drew a pension of $80- Act June 7, 1832 that her said husband __ at __ on or about the __ day of A.D. __ for the term of __ and continued in actual service in said war for the term of __ and was honorably discharged at __ on the day of __ A. D. __ 
She further states, that she was married to the said Thomas Black in Middlesex Co. on the Third day of of February A.D. Seventeen hundred & Thirty Eight by one Peter Wilson Baptist Clergyman and that her name before her said marriage was Rachel Swaim that her said husband died at Middlesex on the Eighth day of April Eighteen hundred & thirty Eight. and that she is now a widow. and receives a pension of $80 per annum under act of July 7, 1838. She refers to her declaration on file for proof of marriage 
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3d, 1855.
Rachel Slack
We, Jonathan E. Mc Chesney and Thomas Huffman residents of Mercer & Middlesex Co in the State of New Jersey upon our oaths declare, that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mrs Rachel Slack in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. 
Jonathan E. Mc Chesney
Thomas Huffman
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed, before me, on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Charles G. McChesney --- M. C. C. 
I hereby certify that the name of Rachel said above mentioned, is on the Pension Roll of this agency at $80 pr annum 
Trenton N.J. April 19, 1855. 
Dickinson Penham 
NJ
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State of New-Jersey.
I, THOMAS S. ALLISON, Secretary of State of the State 
of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that
Charles G McChesney Esquire, before whom
the within affidavit [check  mark] were taken,
was, at the time of the doing thereof, a Master in Chancery
duly authorized to administer oaths
in and for the [crossed out] State of New Jersey
[crossed out], duly commissioned and sworn; that full
faith and credit are to be given to his official attestations
, and that the signature[check mark] thereto are in the
proper handwriting of the said
Charles G McChesney Esq
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office,
at Trenton, in said state, this nineteenth day of April
A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
Thos S Allison
Secretary of State.

106.801
Rachel Slack  mo. of Thos
of N.J. Per pensioner
Charles G McChesney
Trenton
N.J.
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26.940
New Jersey
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5404
IX
Rachel Slack
N. J.
Rejected
Sec Chs G McChesney
Augt 15th 39
Act 7 July 38
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6077
Rachel Slack 
Wid.
Thos Stack
Pvt. Rev. War
-----
Act: Feby, 2nd, 48
Index: -- Vol. H, Page 217
[Arrangement of 1870.]
[check mark]
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[left panel] Reported
[right panel] 470. W. Revo:2300
Jany 1845
New Jersey
Rachel Slack
Widow of Thomas Slack
who was a pentioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 8th April 1838
of Mercer C in the State of N. J.
who was a Private in the Compy
commanded by Captain Kale of the
Regt commanded by ------
in the Revolution [crossed out] for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey
at the rate of 80 Dollars ______
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of
August 48 and sent to
Alex Ray Esq
Present
Total amount, $400.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by the Lumpkin Clerk
Book D. Vol. 7. Page 207
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[leftpanel] Reported
[right  panel] 8395
New Jersey
Rachel Slack
widow of Thomas Slack
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Husband and 8th Apl 1838
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars ______
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
17 day of August 48
and sent to
Alex. Ray Esq
Present
Acts of March 3, 1843, and June
17, 1844.}
Recorded in Book a
Vol. 2. Page 100
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Hights Town NJ
May 12th & 39
Dear Sir
The Declaration of Rachel
Slack widow of Thos Slack under the
act of "July 7-13" is formended to the dept
Respectfully yr obt. sevt
Charles G. Mc Chesney

J.L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
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Thomas Slack N.J. act 7 June 32 when last paid?
G.M.C.
14 aug 39
Died 7th April 1838 p' to that period
JH
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Washington
Aug 8, 1848
Sir
I endow herewith a declaration made
by Mrs Rachel Slack of New Jersey a pensioner under
act 7 July 1838. claiming under resolution of
July 1. 1848. the same lot of pension which may
allowed to her late husband Thomas Slack under
ad 1832 at the rate of 8 per annum
I remain yours
[illegible]
[signature Robert Smith]
P.S.
Be pleased to report to
Mr Alexander Ray of Washington in this case
James L. Edward Esq
Com of Pensions
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Declaration of Rachel Slack
under Resolution of July 1. 1848.
State of New Jersey
County of Mercer
ss
On this thirty first day of July
AD Eighteen hundred and forty Eight. Personally appeared
before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and
for said County, Mrs Rachel Slack of East Windsor
in the County and State aforesaid, who being first
duly sworn according to law doth on her oath say
that she is the widow of Thomas Slack deceased
who was during his life time a pensioner of the United States
under the act of Congress of June 7 1832 at
the rate of Eighty dollars a year, on account of
military services performed during the Revolutionary
 war . She further declares that she makes this declaration
 to obtain the same rate of pension that her
late husband Thomas Slack received at the time
of his death. She refers the Commissioner of Pensions
to her declaration and proof on file in his department
under act of July 7, 1838. Claiming under the
Resolution of Congress of July 1, 1848. She declares
further that she still remains a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written
Before me
 Israel Pearce J Peace
Rachel Slack
I certify that the above declarant
is personally known to me and that she is the same
individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing
affidavit.
 Israel Pearce J Peace
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
I, CHARLES G. McCHESNEY, Secretary of State of the
State of New Jersey Do hereby certify, that
Israel Pearce Esquire, before whom
the within affidavit was taken
was at the time of the doing thereof, a Justice of
the Peace
in and for the county of Mercer in said
state, duly commissioned and sworn; that full faith and credit
are to be given to his official attestations, and that the signature
thereto is in the proper handwriting of the said
Israel Pearce Esq
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office, at Trenton, 
in said state, this Seventh day of August A. D. one thousand 
eight hundred and forty-eight

[signature Charles G McChesney]
Secy of State.