Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S.34160, Nathaniel Campfield, Continental (New Jersey)
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Continental (New Jersey) Campfield, Nathaniel S.34160
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4,074
New Jersey Roll
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Nathaniel Campfield
Capt Cockers Artificer 4
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Balowin's regt 1777 3 years In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
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Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of eight Dollars er month, to commence on the 10 of Aril 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 31 of Oct 1878 and forwarded to William S. Pennington Newark, Essex N.J.
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Arrears to 4th of Dec 1818                   37.33
Semi-anl all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819       48.00
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                                                           $ 85.33  
4 mo 20/30
   {Revolutionary claim,
     Act 18th arch, 1818}
Continued

Bellville Essex
Notification sent May 11 1821 to Asa Whitehead, Esq. New ark New Jersey
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Nath. Campfield Declaration No rolls
Artificer Admitted
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District of New Jersey Ss:
   On this sixteenth day of April 1818 before me the subscriber one of the judges of the circuit court of the United States for the said District, personally appeared Nathaniel Campfield aged fifty eight years resident at or near Bellville in the County of Essex in the said District, who being y me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by he late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" that he the said Nathaniel Campfield enlisted on the twenty fifth day of June in the year 1777 at Elisabeth Town in the State of New Jersey in the company commanded by Capt. Jeremiah Bruen in Col Baldwin's regiment of artificers that he continued to serve in the said corps in the service of the United States untill the twenty fifth day of June 1780 when he was discharged from service at Morris Town in the State of New Jersey as appears by the discharge of J. Bruen Major hereto annexed - That about one year after being discharged he enlisted in Captain William Bookers company of artificers at Morris Town + served in the sd. corps four months when he was discharged, that he took his discharge immediately after this he enlisted at Williamsburgh in Virginia in the company of Artificers commanded by Captain Gifford that he continued to serve in the said corps twelve months when
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he was discharged at Boston, Massachusets - That since he has lost his discharge - That being an artificer he was of course in no  battles - and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Nathl Campfield
Sworn to and declared before me the day + year aforesaid} William S Pennington District Judge
I William S. Pennington Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Nathaniel Campfield did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken + had before me, to the Secretary for the department of War, pursuant to the       directions of the aforementioned act of Congress 
Newark April 16th [illeg--Nov?] William S. Pennington District Judge
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I William Pennington Clerk of the District of New Jersey do certify that the signatures to this instrument are the proper hand writing of William S. Pennington Esq Judge of the United States District Court for the district of New Jersey.
As witness my hand and the seal of the said District Court at Newark this sixteenth day of April  [illegible]    Wm Pennington
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Nathaniel Campfield
No 4074
March 1819
CM
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at a court of Common Pleas holden at
Newark in and for the County of Essex of the term
of April Eighteen hundred and twenty one,
Present
John Dodd | 
Aaron Munn | Esquires
David Olseme | Judges-
[illegible] | 
New Jersey | 
Essex County | ss.
Be it remembered that on the
Thirteenth day of April in the year of an Lord
one thousand eight hundred and twenty one
personally appeared in the inferior Court of Common
pleas in and for said County of Essex, in
open court, the said Court being a court of record
for the County of Essex, Nathaniel Campfield
aged sixty one years in October last, resident in
the Township of Bloomfield in said County of
Essex, who being duly sworn according to law
doth on his oath declare, that he served in
the revolutionary war as follows, that he
enlisted in Jeremiah Bruens Company of
Artificers attached to Colonel Baldwins Regiment
in the Continental establishment, that he continued
in said service three years, that his original
Declaration was dated April 16, 1818; that
his pension certificate is No 4074, and I do
Solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen
of the United States on the 10th day of March
1818, and that I have not since that time by
gift Sale or in any manner disposed of my
property or any part thereof, with intent
thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself
within the provisions an act of Congress
entitled "an act to provide for certain persons
engaged in the land and Naval Service of
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the United States in the Revolutionary war
"" passed on the 18th day of March
one thousand eight hundred eighteen,
and that I have not nor has any person
in trust for me any property or securities
contracts or debts due to me, nor have
I any income other than what is contained
in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me
subscribed, towit,
the wearing apparel of the
Deponent, and that I have no other estate
real or personal, that I have no wife, that
I have a son and daughter both of whom
are married, and are unable to render
me any assistance, that I am a [illegible]
by there, but in consequence of a sore which
I have had upon my leg many years,
are unable to work at my Peace, that
I depend upon charity for maintenance
and that I now receive assistance from
my son with whom I now reside.
Sworn subscribed in | Nathaniel Campfield,
open Court Apr 13 | 
1821
AaronMunn

I Asa Whitehead Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for the Court
of Essex aforesaid, do hereby certify that 
the foregoing Declaration and the
Schedule thereunto annexed are
truly copied from the records of land
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cant, and I do further certify that
there being no property contained in
the Schedule except the wearing apparel ┃
of the Declarant, the said did not
think it material to make any
Valuation of the same,
[sealapplied] In Testimony whereof
I have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed
the seal of said Court
the Twenty Seventh day
of April in the year of our Lord one
Thousand eight hundred and twenty one
Asa Whitehead
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34160
Revy INVALID.
File No. 34,160
Nathaniel Campfield
Artificer Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
Index: -- Vol. 8, Page 65
Arrangement of 1870.
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The Barer Nathaniel Campfield Has
served faithfully as an artificer
in My Company in the Army of the
United States the term of three
years for witch time he enlisted for
and now in Discharged.

Given Under my Hand
Morristown June 28th 1790
1815
[illegible stamp] 1780
J Bruen Major

CAMPFIELD, NATHANIEL
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N. Jersey 311
Recd 3 May [illegible]
[date stamp NEWARK New Jersey APR 30] [FREE stamp]
The Honblle John C Calhoun
Secretary of war
Washington
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The Honble John C Calhoun
Sir,
Inclosed is transmitted the
Declaration of Nathanel
Campfield, when deceased
upon please direct the answers
to me.
Same time since I [illegible]
ended the papers of Jacob
Edwards, since which they have
not been heard of, if that applicant
has been determined upon will
you be so good as to cause the
Answer to be forwarded
I am very respectfully
your obt servt
Asa Whitehead
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES |  Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Form VAM-51
12-5-41 |  BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME Camphire, Thomas GRADE Private LINE Maryland
WARRANT 
NUMBER  11086  ACREAGE 100  ISSUED January 11, 1794 or 6
to Joshua Ward, assignee
The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.