Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12926, William Anderson, Continental New Jersey
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3-1770
SERVICE                                            NUMBER
Continental   Anderson, William        S. 12926
New Jersey

CONTENTS                                            carded
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2855h New York 
William Anderson 20 [illegible]
New York Co in the State of New York
[cut off] was a Private in the company comma [page torn]
Captain Clifford of the Reg comma [cut off]
by Col Beavers in the N Jersey
[cut off] ine for 6 months.
Issued to Saml B Anderson, Susan And [cut off] and Rachel Anderson, his childre [cut off]
N. J. and Continental
Record completed [illegible] 29 [illegible]
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 20 Dollars per ann [cut off]
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of April 1834 and sent to John M
 Bixby, New York
Arrears to the 12th of April 33 $42.10
Died 12 aprl. 1833
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Wm Anderson 23883 
[illegible]
Jean service & as Forage Master disallowed 
see Let. to Hon L. Cass 
[illegible]
20 - issued to Saml B. Anderson -  Susan Anderson & Rachel Anderson children of Wm Anderson decd
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State of New York
City and County of New York

On this second day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before me John Balfesh Judge of the Marine Court of the City of  New York, William Anderson who in consequence of his age and infirmities, which to all appearances must soon terminate his life at the dwelling of said William Anderson, who is aged seventy seven years and upwards who first 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  in the year of of Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and herein stated. The said William Anderson says that in the last of April or the first of May in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and seventy six he volunteered under Captain Edward Clifford for the term of one month in the militia of New Jersey the first time they were called out. Anderson volunteered as aforesaid in the Town of Bethlehem Hunterdon County in the State of New Jersey.  His colonel was Beavens gut the other field staff and line officer he doe no recollect. Their regiment marched from Bethlehem aforesaid for Elizabethtown but whey they were within four miles their orders were countermanded and the said regiment took up their line of March for Amboy. Their regiment (illegible) a few days and then went to Staten Island and there remained until the time of their enlistment expired. He then was discharged but no written discharges were given according to the best of his recollection there were at that time no continental troops near their regiment.
In September following he volunteered again for another month at the said Town of Bethlehem under Captain Jacob Carheart in Colonel (Mcfielmes) Regiment and Major (illegible) regiment went to Elizabeth (illegible) but was near no Continental troops as there
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Regular Army was then designated. The British Troops at this time had possession of Staten Island. Their Regiment was ordered to cross over from Elizabeth town to Staten Island they accordingly went and found a few British Troops at the landing who fled upon the approach of the Militia after setting fire to several dwelling houses. Their Regiment then returned and his month expired and he was discharged as before In November following but the day he could not remember he volunteered to go again for one month under the same Captain. Major and Colonel as last above mentioned from the said Town of Bethlehem, they went to Elizabethtown point and while the regiment lay there the continental Troops marched through the latter place in (general Washington commanded the Troops at that time in Person then) the night on their way to Woodbridge in New Jersey he saw at Elizabethtown Mrs Mercer the wife of the General with her children crying as the English was expected to make their appearance hourly Mrs Mercer had no means to make her escape with her family and furniture when Captain Charhart seeing her distressed situation bid up for volunteers to remain behind (their Regiment then being on the March after Washington, when he and five others volunteered who preped several waggons put the family and furniture of General Mercer in the waggons in which they made their escape, he and the five men then started after their Regiment, and on their way found stuck in the mud a two horse tear laden with musket on their way to join the army of Washington, he and the said five men by means of pries and otherwise assisting the horses succeeded in getting the waggon safe to the Camp their Regiment was then sent to Baron Brook from thence to Pennytown in Hunterdon County from thence to Easton in Pennsylvania. they there collected all manner of Boat that could be found and sent them down the River Delaware to Sewards Terry his month now expired and he was
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discharged as before
In the month of February in the year 1777 he volunteered for one month more (he would here remark in all causes where he says and uses the term volun-
-teered the militia in Jency at that time were divided in llapes and they were alternately called out "he says he volunteered because he could if he chose (illegible) a Substitute) under Captain Jacob Anderson the Brother of Deponent who is now alive and in Bethlehem Hunterden County in the State of New Jersey. Colonel Lee from Virginia lay the same time security for his Cavalry
Dehonents month here expired and he was discharged as before. 
In April following he volunteered under the same officers as last named, and was encamped at Band Brook with the Army of Washington. their Regiment was chiefly employed while here to disperse the enemies forage parties who were foraging in the neighborhood (.) his month here expired and he was dischar
-ged, as before(.)
 In the first part of the summer of 1778, he engaged as a teamster under Mo Kinney (illegible) and remained in this service one year ("one year" underlined). In  1778 entered as (illegible) at Pittstown in Jersey under quarter Master More Feerman, continued until October following. 
In October 1778 was appointed forago Master for Pulaskei's Legion, who wintered at Mine's ink. In the Spring Pulaski moved on the South. Deponent then went to Supex Coust (illegible), and remained there as George Master where there was a (illegible) about the month of May he was here also discharged his engage-
-ment having expired. 
In August 1779 he entered again for one month under Captain Gruvering Dike at Bethlehem same County as he formerly enlisted in their Regiment proceeded on to Morris then where Washington and
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his Army lay. The enemy occupied at this time Elizabethtown point They were sent out several times to reconnoitre the enemy during their continuance at this place his month having expired he was discharged as before which terminated his services in the armies of the Revolution 
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 
William Anderson
Sworn to and subscribed the second day of March 1833 before [illegible]

William Sey a Clergyman residing in the City of New York and Charles Gillard residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Anderson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 77 years of age and up wards, but not having resided in New Jersey cannot testify as to his being reputed a soldier of the Revolution but from the knowledge we have of his excellent moral character, and his general reputation for truth and veracity connected with the fact that his life is nearly destroyed by a cancer of which he is perfectly aware we after having carefully read his above written deposition, we have not the least hesitation in saying that we believe the same in all its essential to be true and believe that he was a soldier of the Revolution as he has in his said Deposition Stated 
Wm Gray
Charles Gillard
sworn 9th March 1833 in open Court
[illegible] 
And the said John B Scott one of the of the Justices of the Main
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Court of the City of New York do hereby declare my 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 I do hereby further certify that it appears to me that William ['Anderson' crossed out] Say who has signed the preceeding certificate is a Clergyman
residing in the City of New York and that Charles Gillard who has also signed the same is a resident of the City of New York, and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit

John B. Scott Justice of M Court
I certify that the above named applicant in consequence of bodily infirmity cannot attend the Court
John B Scott Justice
of the Marine Court

Court of the City of New York
I John Barberie Clerk of the Marine Court of the City of New York do hereby certify that John B. Scott Esquire- is one of the Justices of this Court and the foregoing are the original proceedings taken before him out of Court as he states in the matter of the application of William Anderson for a Pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 12th day of ['February' crossed out] March in the year
1833

John Barberie

[seal affixed at left]
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No. 23885
William Anderson  Decd New York County
New York

Suspended for affidavit of
Jacob Anderson
['affidavit of' crossed out]
Jacob Anderson

no testimony
evidence
Claim amended
Admd

John M. Bixby New York
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183

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 show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more 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.
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A Statement, showing the Service of William Anderson New York County New York
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[table follows, with the following column headings:]
(1) Period when the service was rendered.
(2) Duration of the claimant's service {sub-headings:  a. Years. b. Months. c. Days.
(3) Rank of the claimant.
(4) Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
(5) Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
(6) Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
(7) Country through which he marched.
(8) Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
(9) Evidence by which the declarant is supported.

[Text under the columns:]
(1) Vol. 1st May 1776
Vol Sept 1770
Vol. Nov. 1776
Vol. Feby 1777
Vol. Apl 1777
Engaged served 1778
Entered as Waggon Master 1778
1778 
Entered Augt. 1779

(2) a. -, -, -, -, -, 1, not stated, {blank}, -
b. 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, -,  not stated, 7, 1
c. -, -, -, -, -, -, not stated, -, -

(3) private, private, private, private, private, teamster, --, Forage master, private

(4) Cap Clifford, Cap Carhart, Cap Carhart, Cap Anderson, Cap Anderson, ---, ---, {blank}, Cap Dike

(5) Col Beaver, Col Mekelones, Col Mekelones, Col Lee, Col Lee, {remaining blank}

(6) {entire column blank}

(7) Marched to Elizabeth Town, for Amboy, to Staten Island, Marched to Elizabeth Pown point & Staten Island

(8) 77 years, Bethlehem, Hunterdon County, New Jersey

(9)Traditionary evidence witness certified credible, Clergyman's certificate, applicant unable to appear in Court as per Judges certificate, papers correct
[end of table]

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J.L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.

[following is hand-written at bottom:]
It cannot be readily admitted that the above allegations of service are insusceptible of proof, and claimants are required by the Regulations to produce the best evidence in their power.
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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.

Ste, Territory, or District of_____ }
County of  ____________ } SS.
On this ____ day of _______  personally appeared (a) before ____________ A.B. a resident (b) of _________in the county of ____________ and State, Territory or District of _______________ aged (c) _____ 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 provion [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) ________, with _________
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; 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 enered [entered] the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. --> This form is to be varied so 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 _____________________- 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.

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 _______________ and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with __________________, 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.

Sworn and subscribed the day and year 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 ______________  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 applicacation [application] of _____________
for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____
& 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,  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, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subjec

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 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 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 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 what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[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 the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.  -->The notes from [a] to [i] 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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State of New York ⎬
City of New York   } ss 
on the [blank] in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three, personally appeared before [blank] in said City as above, William Anderson, a Resident in said City and State as aforesaid, being in the seventy seventh year of age Since the [blank] day of [blank] last 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 the Seventh, one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two, in favor of the Revolutionary Pensioners.  in the time of said War, I was a resident of the State of New
Jersey- it being my native place, in the Township of Lebanon, County of Hunterdon, but have been living in the City of New York a Number of years, perhaps forty, in the year 1776 was out in the militia service at Amboy and Staten Island, under Capt Gruning Dike, and
bringing the Boats to Sherred Ferry on the Delaware River to be ready for General Washington, the whole of my time this year, was three months out, in the year 1777 I was out in said Militia at and about Somerset Court House, under Capt Jacob Anderson, a Month got sick had a furlow [furlough]  went home and Returned to the Camp and was under said Andersons command along the Mountains, back of Bound Brook, the British troops was at New Brunswick, one month from thence went under the direction of Moore Furman Quartermaster at Pitts Town, in Hunterdon County, to assist him in the Baking of Bread for the army and taking it to General Washingtons Camp, at Morris Town, and Correll Ferry on the Delaware River, from first of May 1777 till 1st November being Six Months, from thence the 1st November 1777 I was appointed by Coll Hooper at East Town [Easton?], State of Pennsylvania, to go to Sussex Courthouse in the State of- New Jersey, to be a Forage Master, at that place and Colasky Legion was at that place through the Winter, and in this Business until the latter end of March 1779, it being a year and five months and from thence, Nephausen lays 
at Elizabeth Town point, the Militia being called I went under Maj Gruning Dyke to Springfield one month, and further sayeth not- but doth hereby Relinquish all claims whatever to a pension, under any other Law, except the present, and declare my name, is not on any pension
Role heretofore, Sworn to and subscribed the day and year as aforesaid-
year-  months-
3 at Amboy & Staten Island
2 at Somerset & Bound BkMounth [Bound Brook?]
6 helping the army to Bread-
1--Forage Master
1 Springfield & Elizabeth Town
____
2.5 in all
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State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County ⎬ Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County John Clifford
a person on whose testimony full faith and
credit is given, who being duly sworn according
to law on his oath saith, That during the Revolutionary war he was well acquainted with the within named William Anderson, and that he remembers the said William Anderson performing one month service at Amboy & Staten Island in the neighbourhood
of the City of New York as a common Soldier in the N. Jersey Militia and was with this deponent on a tour of duty collecting the boats on the Delaware between Easton and Sherrerd Ferry to facilitate the crossing of the American army over said River in A.D. 1776 and in 1779 the said William Anderson was on duty at Springfield in N. Jersey as a soldier in the Militia but the time of this service this deponent does not recollect
and further say not-

John Clifford

Sworn and subscribed before
me this 21st day of March 1833

Enoch Clifford Justice of the peace
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State of New Jersey
County of Hunterdon } SS:  Personally appeared before me Richard Coxe one of the Judges of the inferior Court of Common pleas in & for the County of Hunterdon aforesaid  this 27 March 1833 James Wilson to whose testimony full faith and credit is to be given who being duly sworn according to law upon his oath saith that he was well acquainted with the within named William Anderson during the revolutionary War. And that he remembers being called out
in the service with the said William Anderson as a volunteer in the spring of the year 1776. We were ordered to Amboy from which place we crossed to Staten Island - The said William Anderson served this tour as a soldier, and further this deponent saith not

James Wilson

Sworn & subscribed to before
me this 27th day of March 1833 }
Richard Coxe 

State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County } SS: Personally appeared before me Richard Coxe one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in & for the County aforesaid this 27th day of March 1833 Thomas Foster to whose testimony full faith and credit is to be given who being duly sworn according to law upon his oath saith. That he was well acquainted with the within named William Anderson during the revolutionary war and that he remembers the said William Anderson being called out in the United States service in the New Jersey Militia under Capt Samuel Gruningdyke in the beginning of the.    That the said Anderson there lived at this deponents father's at that time. He further remember that the said Anderson was out in the service several times during the revolutionary war and further this deponent saith not-

Thomas Foster

Sworn & subscribed to before
me this 27th day of March 1833
Richd Coxe
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State of New Jersey
County of Hunterdon } SS: Personally appeared before me on the 27th March 1833 Richard Coxe one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in & for the County of Hunterdon aforesaid Jacob Anderson with whom I have been acquainted for more than forty years past, and whose testimony full faith & credit is to be given And who being duly sworn according to law saith that the within named William Anderson now residing in the City of New York is his, this deponents brother) That he this deponent is now in the eightieth year of his age and that his brother the said William Anderson is about seventy seven years old. That he remembers the sd William Anderson was called out in the United States service as a soldier in a company under my this deponents command as Captn in the spring of the year 1777. We marched to Somerville Court house & bound brook he served two months in this tour. That he remembers he was called out in the service under Capt Grunendyke in the year 1776 & went to Amboy & Staten Island, and also to Easton & on the river Delaware in bringing boats down to Sherrards ferry for the continental army to cross the river and was out this tour three months, and that he was out six
months in the year 1777 carting provisions to Genl Washingtons army at Morristown & to Sherrards ferry on the delaware under the direction of Moore Furman Quartermaster. This deponent also remembers the said William  Anderson acted as ['Quarter' crossed out] Forage Master at Sussex Court house & believes he acted as such one year & five months. And he this deponent believes that the said William Anderson was called out in the service under Major Grunendyke to Springfield & Elizabeth town point one month.   Further this deponent saith not

Jacob Anderson

Sworn & subscribed to before me
this 27 March 1833
Richd Coxe
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State of New Jersey
Hunterdon County } ss
I Isaac G. Farlee Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of
Hunterdon do hereby certify that Richard Coxe Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken, then was & now is one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Hunterdon duly commissioned and sworn, also Enoch Clifford Esquire before
whom the foregoing affidavit was taken then was and now is one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn, and that full faith and credit are due to all their official acts as Judge & Justice, and that the signatures annexed of Richard Coxe, and Enoch Clifford Esquires, are there their
genuine signatures.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said Court at
Flemington this twenty eighth day of March
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and thirty three

Isaac G. Farlee Clk
[seal affixed on left]
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William Anderson dec
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State of New York
County of New York

I, James Campbell Surry (?) ate of said County do hereby certify that it has been proved to my satisfaction that William Anderson late of the City of New York departed this life at said City on the 12th if April 1833 and that he left no widow, but left three children to wit Samuel B Anderson, Susan Anderson, and Rachel Anderson his only heirs and (illegible word) of him. 

In testimony thereof I have (illegible word_ set my hand and seal of office at the Coty of New York the 27th of March 1834.
(signature) James Campbell
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The People of the State of New York
By the Grace of God, Free and Independent;
To all to whom these Presents shall come, or may Concern,
   Send Greeting

Know ye, That at the City and County of New-York, on the second of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty four before James Campbell, Esquire, Surrogate of our said County, the last Will and Testament, of William Anderson, deceased, was duly proved, approved, and registered, and on the second day of August, in the year aforesaid, the Execution thereof was granted unto Susan Anderson, the executrix in the said Will named In Testimony Whereof, We have caused the Seal of Office of our said Surrogate to be hereunto affixed. 

Witness, James Campbell, Esq. Surrogate of our said County, at the City of New York, the thirty first of January, in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four and of our Independence the fifty eighth. 

James Campbell 
Surrogate
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State of New York 
City of N York.     } 
James D Oliver of said City being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was well
acquainted with the said William Anderson named in the Annexed Certificate and that he is the same person who through J M Bixby applied for a Pension, and that he died on the 12th day of April, 1833, and that this Deponent, assisted at the funeral of the said Anderson.

James D Oliver

Sworn before me this 31st Jany 1834,
James Campbell
Surrogate

I certify that I am well acquainted with the said 
James Oliver, and that he is in all respects entitled to full credit
Jany 31st 1834-
James Campbell
Surrogate
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Rev War
12.926
INVALID.
File No. 12.926
William Anderson
Pri.. Rev. War ┃
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:- Vol., Page
[Arrangement of 1870.}
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Revo
New York
Wm Anderson 2d
Suspended
A
See letter 22 Jly '34
To Hon L. Cass
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Feby 5. 1834
Pension Office
Hon Secretary at War
Washington

[stamp]
NEW YORK
FEB 
1

[illegible]
Wm Anderson

Pension Office
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NYork Feby 1 1833
Sir
I recd your communication by
due cause of mail in relation to the 
Care of Anderson a Revy Pensioner, deed
I enclose you a certificate of the said
request of the appointment of Susan 
Anderson, Execution of the deed and his
Daughter, Heh [?] as his Wife
also an affidavit of J D Oliner
Your Obt Servt
Jno W Bixby
To the Hon
The Secy at War
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N Y July 3d
Retd [?]

[stamp]
NEW YORK
JUL 
1

J L Edwards Esqr
Commr of Pensions 
Washington City D C
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NYork 29th June 1833
Dr Sir [stamp]
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES

In the case of Wm Anderson
I have produced his papers with
instructions, and would sooner have red them had they
been sent to me instead of the Marine Court
The aplicant is dead he died about the first
April last, and of Cancer can correct nothing
I see by your reference you do not require that
much should be corrected. In the application
I relied much upon the excellent character of
the old man for hath -- you mention that
you wanted further proof to this reply that
same time after the application I sent you
the affidavit of his Brother as he was a
Capt in the Revn his name was Jacob
Anderson, and who substantiated the aplicants
Statement, probably as it was detached paper
that you might have mislaid it he [illegible] 
here is also dead-- if under these circumstances
you can in conscience allow
the Representatives enough to purchase a
grave Stone for the old man it would
be highly acceptable-- I will upon an
answer said on under instructions such 
documentary proof of applicants nation as
[line illegible] more
evidence it would cost were it possible
to get it made than the amt of Pension
Your very obt Sevt
John M. Bixby
Counsel Sup Court USA
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W Anderson
N York
Addl proof

[stamp]
NEW YORK
APR 
5

FREE
Lewis Cass
Secretary of War 
Washington

Wm Anderson
N Y
Page 29

Sir
I take the liberty of forwarding you 
additional proof of the revolutionary Services
of William Anderson, Anderson is very poor and
Just this side the grave, his face is so much
lacerated with cancer that it is difficult for him to 
articulate so that certain names that he mentions
may be given, incorrectly, I have stated them 
nearly as possible and have no doubt of his
services he is a professor also of religion
Yr Obt Serct
John M Bixby
Atty at Law

Hon Lewis Cass
Secretary at War
New York 4th April 1833
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Wm Anderson
Pension Office
31 March 1854
Hon
Secretary [illegible]
Washington

[stamp and hand written note mostly illegible]
NEW YORK
MAR
22
 
Response or {illegible]
Expect an ans to
Will send to
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N York March 27th 34
Sir,
I Send You the proof, you required
in your favor of the [illegible] inst in 
relation to the pension of Anderson
I hope nothing more
will be required as the [illegible] will
have to employ an other Atty if
there should be as I am heartily tired
Your OBt Svt
John M Bixby
Hon Secretary at War