Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1074, for Thomas Padgett, New Jersey
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(3--1776) [typed]

SERVICE | | NUMBER [typed]
New Jersey | Padgett; Thomas | S. 1074 [handwritten]

carded [handwritten]

CONTENTS [typed]
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Died Jan 21, 1885 (A.B.)

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28.084
New Jersey

Thomas Padgett

of Cumberland Co in the State of N. Jersey who was a private in the corps commanded by Captain Shippen of the regt commanded by Col Read in the N. J. mil [crossed out: line] for 7 months [illegible] 1776

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Feb, 1834 - and sent to I.W. Crane Bridgeton, N.J.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 #58.33
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34 11.66

$70.00

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Wm [illegible] Allison Clerk,
Book E Vol. 73 Page 125
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State of New Jersey |
County of Cumberland [illegible]
on this twenty sixth day of September ^1833 personally appeared before the Judges of the Inferiour Court ^[inserted above: of Common Pleas] in & for the County of Cumberland in open court Thomas Padgett a resident of the township of Greenwich in the county of Cumberland and State of New Jersey aged seventy seven years who being first duly sworn according to laws, doth on this oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of congress passed June 7th 1832 That he enlisted in the Army of the United States, in August 1776 | about the time the battle on Long Island was fought, at Stoe Creek Cumberland Co. N.J. for one month in a company commanded by Capt Job Sheppard, Lieut. John Barker, Job Davis Ensign, and was discharged at Elizabeth Town New Jersey in the September following, after having served his month out--
He served this town under Col. Read --
He enlisted again on the 1st of January following for four months, at Stoe Creek afsd, under Capt John Barker, Lieut John Witherington [written: With^[er]ington], Benoni Dare ensign. We marched above New Brunswick on the Rariton and continued in matching the movements of the British, during the winter; who lay at New Brunswick, He was discharged the last of April and returned home.
He served this tour of four months under Col. Potter ^[Newcomb] -- was next drafted in this August entering (1777) at Lower Alloways Creek Salem Co. New Jersey for one month; under Capt Jacob Dubois -- was engaged in guarding the banks of the Delaware, was discharged at Woodbury N.J. in the September [illegible] following served this town of one month under Col Hillman
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was next drafted at Lower Alloways Creek afsd. in the same year 1777 for one month under Capt Peter Dubois - John Smith adjt He marched on the Rariton above New Brunswick; guarding the river. Was discharged at Haddonfield Glos. Co. N.J. Served this town under Col Potter - during this tour I was in the skirmishes L. of Coopers Creek, being one of 300 militia - Genl Wayne was there with about 300 regulars and the Marquis Pulaski with near 60 horses - the British being reinforced from Phila / which places they were there in possession of we were obliged to retreat -- He further declares that for the time during which the service was performed he was not employed in any civil pursuit -- he further declares that he received no discharges from any of the officers under whom he served but only a permission from his commanding officers, (when his time of service was expired) to go home --
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension ^(or annuity) except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency [between the lines: he does not recollect of any living witness except Abrm Ewing (if living) who swore to this 15 years ago] any state --

Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid -- In open Court  [indented, new handwriting] Thomas Padgett

[new handwriting] David Lupton
[illegible] Henry Smalley | a clergyman residing in the county of Cumberland and Daniel M. Woodruff a resident of said county, hereby certify that we are acquainted with Thomas Padgett who has subscribed and sworn to the above dedication, that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & Subscribed the day and year foresaid

[signatures]
David Lupton | Henry Smalley, V.D.M.
Daniel M Woodruff
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And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting their interrogations 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 Henry Smalley who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Cumberland and that Daniel M. Woodruff Esq. who has also signed the same is a resident of the said County and that ^[the are credible persons and that] their statement is entitled to credit.

[signature] David Lupton

[sections below crossed out with one large X]
I Samuel Seeley clerk of the court of Common Pleas for the county of Cumberland do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Thomas Padgett for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this twenty sixth day of September A.D. one thousand eight hundred & thirty three
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29.1833

Thos. Padgett
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Answers to the interrogatories directed by the War Department to be [illegible] to applicants for Pensions --
in answer to the [illegible] -- He was born in Stoe-Creek County of Cumberland in the year 1755 to the 2d -- He has a record of his age in the handwriting of his father which is now in his possession to the [illegible] He was living at Lower Alloways Creek when called into service, but was permitted to enlist in the Cumberland Brigade. Yet afterward when his services became necessary in his own county, he was drafted in the Salem militia. His first tour of one month and his second of four months was served in the Cumberland, and his two last tours of one month each in the Salem Militia -- His residence during the revolution was in Salem Co; about the year '78 [illegible] [illegible] to Stoe Creek Cumb. Co, and has resided in that place from that time till the year 1827 when he removed to Greenwich said Co. to the 4th -- He volunteered for his first two tours and was enlisted for his 3rd & 4th
to the 5th As is stated at length in his [illegible] to the 6th He rec'd no discharges from any of his officers -- Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforementioned
[signatures] David Lupton | Thomas Padgett
on this 26th day of September 1883 personally appeared before the Inferiour court of Common Pleas given sitting in open court George Howde who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and says that he is sixty seven years of age and that until within a few years past he has resided in the neighborhood of the applicant Thomas Padgett, he remembers his absence during the period he states in his declaration, from
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the neighborhood, and remembers that it was said and generally understood that he was out in the service of the county, He remembers hearing it stated that he had returned from the service; He has [illegible] heard in his neighborhood or elsewhere any doubt expressed as to the facts of his service and he verily believing that he served as he states -- He remembers the applicant allmost from the dawn of his memory. He has allways been respected and esteemed by his neighbors, and has allways born the reputation of an upright, honest, man, and ^[he] has never heard of the slightest dereliction from Honesty & honour by him the above named applicant. 
He further states that Mr. Padgett has been respected as a military man and soldier by his fellow citizens, and has been honored by them with the command of a company of the militia of the County.
Sworn to and Subscribed this day & year afs'd
[signatures] David Lipton | George Howd
on this 26th day of September personally appeared before the inferiour Court of Common Pleas now sitting in open Court Mark M Ware Esq. resident of Stoe Creek in Cumberland Co. who being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith, that he is sixty six years of age, that he has been acquainted from his infancy with the Applicant Thomas Padgett, that at the time of the revolution he was a great deal at his fathers house, and left there for the camp, with a company under the command of Capt John Barker, he remembers his return home, when it was said he had been out in the Service -- He fully  concurs in the statement of Major Howde as it relates to the opinion [illegible] by the neighbors of his
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revolutionary Services, and his character for integrity and believes that his statement is entitled to full credit. | [signature] Mark M Ware
Sworn in open Court
Septr. 26th 1833 | David Lupton

And the said Court declare their opinion that Maj. George Howde and Mark M Ware [illegible] are men of the first respectability ^[that they are each [illegible]] and that their statements are [crossed out: credible] entitled to credit they further certify that they are both resident of Stoe Creek township Cumberland Co. -- And also that the answers to the interrogatories [illegible] by the War department are the same as those sworn to by the applicant --

[Signature] David Lupton

I Saml. Seeley Clerk of the county of Cumberland do hereby certify that the aforegoing contains the original Proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Padgett for a Pension.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office this twenty sixth day of September AD one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.

[signature] SAMUEL SEELEY CLKe
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December 31, 1934
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Mr. Frank T. Dare
70 Pitman Avenue
Pitman, New Jersey

THOMAS PADGETT
S. 1074
BA-J/MLB

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Benoni Dare, and Thomas Padgett (S. 1074), both of Cumberland County, New Jersey.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land made to the United States based upon military service of soldiers in that war.

A careful search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the Revolutionary War service of a Benoni Dare under any spelling of the name. The record of Thomas Padgett was found and is given herein as shown in pension claim, S. 1074, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Thomas Padgett was born in 1755 at Stowe Creek, Cumberland County, New Jersey; the names of his parents are not given.

While residing in Lower Alloway Creek, Salem County, New Jersey, he volunteered in August, 1776, and served one month as private in Captain Job Shepherd's company, Colonel Reed's New Jersey regiment. He volunteered January 1, 1777, served as private in Captain John Barker's company, Colonels Potter's and Newcomb's New Jersey regiments, (his ensign during this service was Benoni Dare) and was discharged the last of April, 1777. He enlisted in August, 1777, served one month as private in Captain Jacob Dubois' company, Colonel Hillman's New Jersey regiment engaged in guarding the shores of the Delaware, and was discharged in September, 1777. He enlisted again in 1777, served one month as private in Captain Peter Dubois' company, Colonel Potter's New Jersey regiment and was in the skirmish of Cooper Creek.

Thomas Padgett moved about 1778 from Salem County, New Jersey, to Stowe Creek, Cumberland County, same state, where he lived
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until 1827 when he moved to Greenwich, Cumberland County, New Jersey.

Thomas Padgett was allowed pension on his application executed September 26, 1833, while a resident of Greenwich, New Jersey.

He died January 21, 1835. [handwritten: A. B.]

There are no family data shown in the claim.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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1934, Dec 21 - [illegible] Frank T. Dare
MDB

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[handwritten diagonally] Rev War

INVALID.

File No. 1074
Thomas Padgett
Priv. N.J. Mil

Act: June 7. 1832.
Index :--Vol. A, page 286

{Arrangement of 1870.}
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New Jersey
Cumberland

On this twenty eighth day of Novemer A.D. 1833 personally appeared before the judges of [written between lines: at Bridgeton in & for the County of Cumberland] the Inferior Court of Common Pleas now sitting, Joshua Reeves who being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he will be seventy six years old if he lives to see the fifth day of September next, that he has been acquainted with Thomas Padget who has applied for a pension under the act of June 1832, ever since hew as a boy, this Deponent enlisted in the service of the United States, in what was called the four months Company on the first day of January 1777, commanded by Capt John Barker, Lieut John Witherington and Ensign Benoni Dare ^[& served] under Colonels Potter and Newcomb -- and this Deponent knows that this said Thomas Padget was in the same Company and served the period of four months in succession, as he has stated in his application. We marched to the North west branch of the Raritan & continued watching the movements of the British at New Brunswick during winter & part of spring. [illegible] confident that he served four months this tour and that that was the period for which we enlisted. --

Sworn & subscribed this day and year afrd.
[signature] Joshua Reeves

in open trust
[signature] David Lupton

And the said Court declares their opinion that the said Joshua Reeves who has subscribed his name to the above affidavit is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to full credit.

David Lupton Pres

I Samuel Seeley Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cumberland do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings of the Court at the present [illegible] of November 1833 in the matter of the application of Thomas Padget for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal of office this 28th day of November A.D. 1833.

[signature] SAMUEL SEELEY CLKe
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on the application of Thos Padget for a Pension } Affidavit of Joshua Reeves.
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Thomas Padgett
New Jersey

for 1776 & 7 --
$23.33/100

I W Crane Esq
Bridgeton
NJ
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which you attention is more particularly direction, 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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Thomas Padgett

[blank table; column headings: Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. Years. - Months. - Days. | Rank of the claimant. | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.]

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State Troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or  District of }
County of } ss.

On this [blank space] day of [blank space] personally appeared (a) before [blank space] A B. a resident (b) of [blank space] in the county of [blank space] and State, Territory or District of [blank space] aged (c) [blank space] 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) [blank space], with [blank space] and served in the [blank space] (e) regiment of the [blank space] line, under the following named officers:

{Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [symbol of a finger pointing right] 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.}

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 [blank space] of the Court of [blank space] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank space] for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank space] day of [blank space] &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:

(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank space] and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank space], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank space] years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the days and years aforesaid.

{And then will follow the certificate of the court.}

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank space] and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank space] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

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

In the testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank space] day of [blank space] &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

[previous two paragraphs enclosed in handwritten brackets. beneath, a handwritten note:] Service in 4 months in succession in 1777 a very unusual term of service and must be established by proof
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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 troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
{To an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons in a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. 

Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in the 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.

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(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 where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.

(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.

(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.

(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend the 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 than 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 state that they served two years in the militia, &c., without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under which officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 

(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.

(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.

(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

[symbol of a finger pointing right] The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to teh 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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Free

[word partially missing due to ripped page]wards

Cmr. of Pensions
Washington
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Bridgeton (N.J.) Dec 3 1833 --

J.L. Edwards Esq Comr &c

Sir,

I presume that the affidavit of Mr. Joshua Reeves will be satisfactory.

I am with respect

Your obed. servt.

Isaac W. Crane
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70 Pitman Ave Pitman NJ Dec 15th 1934

[stamp to the right side of the page: RECEIVED DEC 18 1934]

Veterans Administration
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen,

Will you kindly send me the record of Pension Claim of Benoni Dare: a Revolutionary Soldier.

In the Adjutant Generals office at Trenton, New Jersey, was found this record.

Dare, Benoni. Ensign; Captain John Barkers Company Second Rigiment; Cumberland County Militia, Jan 1st 1777. Served four months, Ref. - Inv. 1074, -- Thomas Padgett. "Note, no record of the services of this man other than inlaid pension claim given as reference.

"For genealogical and family record."

Very truly yours.
Frank T Dare
70 Pitman ave
Pitman,
New Jersey.