Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 132, John Hulit, New Jersey
Page 1

(3-1776)

SERVICE
New Jersey

Hulit, John
or
Hulet

Deborah

NUMBER
W. 132
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CONTENTS
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(left side)
New Jersey- 1248
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Deborah Hulit
widow of John Hulit
who was a private
Col Scudder
in the New Jersey line
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
23 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
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Certificate of Pension issued the
11th day of July 1843
and sent to D. W. Rice
Trenton
N. Jersey
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[Act of March 3, 1843.)

Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 - Page 122 -

[right side]
[cut off]led 2d Augt.

20 Augt 36
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9862.
New Jersey
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John Hulet
of E. Windsor in the State of N. Jersey
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Hulick of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Scudder in the N.J.  Militia
line for 7 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of N Jersey
at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of June
1833 and deld. C.G. McChesney
of Hights Town N.J. Present 
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Arrears to the 4th of Mar '33            $46.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sep '33   11.66
                                                               _____
                                                             $58.32 
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by T.T. Franciosi Clerk
Book E. Vol. 3d Page 115

To Hights town     N. J.

122 33 80
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[text from other side of paper visible but not legible]

12.233
John Hulet
East Windsor
N.J.

admd.
456.14
specific regd.

P. 389

9 May 33

Chas. G. McChesney
Hights Town
NJ
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BRIEF in the case of John Hulet
of East Windsor in the State of N. Jersey
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 78 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[table follows with 4 columns; column headings as follows:]
(1) Period.      In 17
(2) Duration of Service. {sub headings:  
a. Years, b. Months, c. Days.
(3) Rank.   As a
(4) Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.          Gen.

[text beneath column headings as follows; written across all columns:]
New Jersey Militia.   Services wholly undefined
States that, "he verily believes he served 18 months and upwards in actual duty"

5. In what battles was he engaged? Monmouth

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? East Windsor N. Jersey

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence, and two living witnesses.

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
They are properly authenticated

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
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10

Wm Gordon
Examining Clerk.

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State of New Jersey }
Middlesex County SS } 
Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the Act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832

On this 11th day of September personally appeared in open Court at the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for sd County, held at the City of New Brunswick now sitting Being a Court of Record. John Hulit a Resident of the
Township of East Windsor in the County of Middlesex and State aforesaid Aged 78 the 3rd day of May last 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 the 7th 1832,.

That he was drafted in the Militia under Captain
Robert Nixon for one or two months in the early part of the year 1776 was out various tours under the following officers. Capt James Barr Captain Combs and Capt Hulick was out always as a drafted man acted and served under Col. Dykins. Col. Hyer and Col. Scudder and in one or two Instances under General Washington was called to guard and Defend New Brunswick, Amboy, Elizabeth Town, Lowerland Mountains, Trenton, Woodbridge, Newark and those other places most exposed to the Enemy- was called out a number of times each and
every year during the whole war and sd Applicant further declares that it is impossible for him to Particularize each separate Tour, was in the Battle of Monmouth in 1778 and verily believes he served Eighteen months and upwards in actual duty during the war of the 
Revolution and this Deponent further declares that he has no Documentary Evidence relating to his services Except the Testimonies of William Fisher and Lewis Baremore who served at different times with sd Applicant in the sd War of the Revolution and Doth hereby relinquish Every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity Except the present and also declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
John Hulit

Sworn and Subscribed the 
Day and year aforesaid. }
Robert McChesney
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We Israel Pearce a Clergyman Resident in the Village of Hights Town Middlesex County New Jersey and Charles G. McChesney of the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Hulit who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration. That we believe him to be 78 years of age. That he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to
have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Israel Pearce
Charles G. McChesney

Sworn and Subscribed the
Day and year aforesaid
Robert McChesney

Interrogatories put by the Court to sd Applicant

1. Where and in what year were you born. 
A.  In East Windsor Middlesex Co. N.J. Born A.D. 1754-

2. Have you any record of your age and where is it?
A. I have not any record of my age.

3. Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live?
A. In East Windsor before the war and since

4. How were you called into service , were you Drafted, Did you volunteer or was you a substitute?  
A. Was generally Drafted.

5. State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the Troops when you served such continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the General circumstances of your service.
A. General Washington - General Arman Col. Dykens Col. Hyers Col. Scudder - see Declaration.

6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service?
None but verbal ones
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7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your Present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
A. John B. Mount Esqr William Allen Samuel Allen John Chamberlin Saml. C. Johns Charles G McChesney 
John Hulit

Sworn to and subscribed in
Open Court the day and
year aforesaid
Robert McChesney

And the sd 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 Israel Pearce who has Signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman Resident in the Village of Hights Town N.J. and that Charles G. McChesney who has also signed the same is a
Resident of the same place and is a credible Person and that their statement is Entitled to Credit.
N. Booraem }
Jos. Ford }
Simon Mundy } Judges

State of New Jersey }
Middlesex County ss  } I F.S. Vanarsdalen Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in & for the County of Middlesex New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Hulit for a pension-

In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office this
17th day of September A.D. 1832
F. S. Vanarsdalen Clerk
[seal affixed at left]
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State of New Jersey }
Middlesex County SS } Personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of
the Peace in and for sd County William Fisher and Lewis Bearmon who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that they
knew and served in the Ranks of the New Jersey Militia with John Hulit during the War of the Revolution at different times and places in sd state and further say not-
William Fisher
Lewis Bearmon

Taken & Sworn before me
28th August 1832.
John Smith

I certify that the above subscribing Witnesses
In favour of John Hulit are credible Persons
and entitled to credit and Belief.
John Smith
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12.233
John Hulit

State of New Jersey Middlesex County ss. I F.S. Vanarsdalen Clerk of the Court of the County of Middlesex in said State do hereby certify that John Smith before whom the within affidavit was sworn was at the time a Justice of the peace of the County of Middlesex and duly 
authorized to administer oaths-

In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of office this 17th
day of September A.D. 1832.
F.S. Vanarsdalen Clk
[seal affixed at left]
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Declaration of
Deborah Hulit
widow of
John Hulit decd.
Act "July 7, 1838"

No 8132.

admd
7 mo pri.
$23.33/100
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C. G. McChesney
Trenton
N. J.

Died 20 Aug. '36
Pen: Com: 21 Aug '36
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Declaration of Deborah Hulit
widow of John Hulit of New Jersey
Act July 7, 1838

State of New Jersey
Mercer County } ss
On this twenty ninth day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty one personally appeared before the Subscribe one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Deborah Hulit resident in the township of East Windsor in the County and State aforesaid aged seventy Eight years on the twelfth day of September last past 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 July 7, 1838 Entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"

That she is the widow of John Hulit who was a private in the war of the Revolution in the militia
of New Jersey in the Service of the United States. That her husband the said John Hulit decd. was in the receipt of a pension from the United States at the time of his death, which pension he recd. from the war Dept some time in the Eighteen hundred and thirty three to the
best of this applicants recollection. She has often heard him speak of being in the service of the United States in the Revolution, under Capt. Robert Nixon, Capt. Samuel Barr, Capt. Gulick,  Capt. Jonathan Combs, Col. Dikens, Col Hyer, Col Scudder, General Dickinson & General Heard, the most of which services he stated
was performed under Capt Combs and which declaration of her said husband now remains on file at the war department to which she would respectfully refer the commissioner of Pensions.

She further declares that she was married
to the said John Hulit on the Eleventh day
of December Seventeen hundred and Eighty one
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by the Reverend Thomas Smith, of the Presbyterian Church of Cranberry who has long been deceased and who (upon diligent Enquiry) has left no record of marriages, this applicant has no record of her said marriage, but transmits the record of the births of her children. She further declares that her maiden name was Deborah Vanderbeek.  That her husband the aforesaid John Hulit died on the thirteenth day of August Eighteen hundred and thirty six.

That she was not married to him to the best of her recollection prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four
viz, at the time above stated.
               her
Deborah  X  Hulit
              mark

Sworn to and Subscribed on the
day and year above written
Before
John B. Mount Judge

I do hereby certify that Deborah Hulit the above declarant is personally known to me as a person of credibility and truth and that on account of bodily infirmity being seriously afflicted
with Rheumatism is unable to appear in open Court and I further certify that I have resided a near neighbor to her said husband while living, and to her for upwards of forty years past and that she now remains the widow of the said John Hulit deceased.
John B Mount Judge
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State of New Jersey }
Mercer County } ss.
Be it known that on the eighteenth day of September 1841 before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County
Personally appeared Isaac Pullen a resident
in the Township of East Windsor, County and State aforesaid a person of credibility and truth who being duly sworn according to law upon
his oath deposeth and saith. That he is the son
in law of Deborah Hulit and John Hulit decd.
That the said Deborah is now making application for a Pension. That her Husband the
aforesaid John Hulit died on the thirteenth day August Eighteen hundred and Thirty six and that he was in the receipt of a pension from the United States at the time of his death.
Isaac Pullen

Sworn and Subscribed
the day and year above
Written Before me
John B Mount
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State of New Jersey }
Mercer County } ss.
On the fifth day of September AD 1841 Before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Personally appeared Jane Pullen resident of the township of East Windsor in the County and State aforesaid a person of credibility and truth who being duly sworn according to law upon her oath deposeth and saith That she is the daughter of Deborah
Huiet and John Hiet deceased   That her mother Deborah Hulit still remains the widow of the said John Hulit decd. and that the said John Hulit departed this life on the thirteenth day of August Eighteen hundred and Thirty six that at the time of his death he was in the receipt of a Pension from the United States and further saith not-
Jane Pullen

Sworn and Subscribed
the day and year above
Written before me }
John B Mount J.P.
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BIRTHS.
John Hulit was Born
May the 2nd 1755.
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Deborah Hulit was Born
September the 12th 1762.
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Peter Hulit son of John
& Deborah Hulit was Born 
February the 25th 1783.
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Margaret Hulit daughter of
John & Deborah Hulit was
Born May the 4th 1786 
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Martha Hulit daughter
of John & Deborah Hulit was
Born May the 13th 1790,
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Elizabeth Hulit daughter
of John & Deborah Hulitway
Born September the 24th 1792
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Philip Hulit son of John
& Deborah Hulet was Born 
February the 24th 1794
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[next column]
BIRTHS.
William Hulit son of John
& Deborah Hulit was Born
July 29th. 1796
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Thomas Hulit son of John
& Deborah Hulit was Born
February the 9th 1798
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Mary Hulit Daughter of
John & Deborah Hulit was
Born June the 15th 1800.
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Delilah Hulit daughter of
of John & Deborah Hulit
was born May 15th 1804
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Jane Hulit Daughter of
John & Deborah Hulit was
Born July the 2nd 1806
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James Hulit Son of John
and Deborah Fulit was
Born May the 21st 1802
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Here observe this birth should
have been recorded between
Mary & Delilah.----
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State of New Jersey
Mercer County ss.
On the 31st day of December 1841 Before the Subscribed a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Deborah Hulit who made her declaration on the 29th day of August 1841 for a Pension, who being first duly sworn according to law on her oath deposeth
and saith. That the leaf hereunto attached was
this day taken from the family Bible and contains the true record of the births of the children of this deponent and her late husband John Hulit decd., that the same is in the handwriting of Elias Dancer (now deceased) who was a school teacher in this neighborhood, that the record was written upwards of Twenty five years ago and has always been in the possession of this applicant.
               her
Deborah  X  Hill
              mark

Sworn to and Subscribed
the day and year above written
Before
John B Mount J.P

State of New Jersey 
I Charles G. McChesney Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey do hereby Certify John B Mount Esquire before whom the within declaration of Deborah Hulit & affidavits of Isaac Pullen, Jane Pullen & Deloral Hulit were taken, was at the time of the taking thereof, a Judge & Justice of the Peace.
[seal affixed at left]
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in and for the County of Mercer duly appointed Commissioned and sworn, and that full faith and credit are to be given to his official attestations, and that the signatures thereto are in the proper hand writing of the said John B Mount.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at Trenton in said State this fourth day of January AD one thousand eight hundred and forty two.
Charles G. McChesney
Secy of State
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John Hulit - N.J. Act 7 June '32
last pd?
GMC

24 Jany. '42
Died 20th August 1836 pd to that period
JH

11.66

23.33

116.65
  10.65
______
106.00
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New Jersey - 6521 - Repd. 12 July
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Deborah Hulit
widow of John Hulit
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 20th August 1836
of Mercer Co in the State of N.J.
who was a private in the company
commanded by Captain Hulick of the 
Regt. commanded by Col Scudder in 
the N. Jersey line for 7 Months
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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, 1836 & ending 20th: August, 1836
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Certificate of Pension issued the 11th- day of
July 1843 - and sent to D. W. Rice
Trenton, N. Jersey-
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Whole amount due                     $10.12

[Act July 7, 1838.]

Recorded by Col. Stewart Clerk,
Book A Vol. 2 Page 125
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6521
New Jersey
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Deborah Hulet
widow of John Hulet decd.W
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 20th August 1836
of Mercer Co. in the State of N. Jersey
who was a Private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Hulick of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Scudder in the New Jersey
line for 7 months
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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, 1836. ' crossed out] 20th August 1836
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Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of Jan. 1842 & sent to and C. G. McChesney
Trenton New Jersey
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1841   $106.00
['Semi-annual allowance ending' crossed out]
                                                           _______
                                                           $106.00

{Act July 7,}
{ 1838. }

Recorded by D.D. Addison Clerk
Book A   Vol. 2   Page 125
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132
Revy    WIDOW, &c.
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File No. 132
Deborah Hulit
Widow
John Hulit
N.J. Line Priv. Rev. War
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Act: March 3. 1843.
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 354

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of New Jersey }
Middlesex County ss }    Be it known that on this [blank] day of June 1833, Personally appeared
Before me the Subscribed a Justice of the Peace in and for said County John Hulet who
being duly sworn according to Law Deposeth and saith that the following amendments to his original Declaration are true and made in order to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress Passed June 7th 1832.

1776 In June or July }  was Drafted under Captain Robert Nixon and Col Dykens Marched to Spottswood, Amboy, Elizabeth Town and Newark while at the last place remembers standing guard for General Mercer. This Tour lasted about one month.

Sept. }  Volunteered under Capt. James Barr and Col. Dykins marched to Cranberry,  Spottswood, Amboy crossed to Perth Amboy to Bonam Town Woodbridge- then to Elizabeth
Town, Bergen Point was then taken ill with dysentery.  This tour was about one month.

Nov. }  Drafted under Capt. Jonathan Combs and Col. Hyers marched to Cranberry, Springfield, Newark & Elizabeth Town and other places, General Dickson was there.

1777 January } Volunteered under Capt. Combs and Col. Hyer marched to Cranberry and was there stationed. The Enemy in obtaining it.

March } Drafted, under same officers and remained at Cranberry.

May } Drafted. Same Officers and at same Place.

June } Volunteered under Capt. Combs and Col. Scudder marched to Princeton, Bucks Town Lowland Mountain, Stells Cape.  Pursued the British on to Amboy, returned to New Brunswick and was there discharged one month,

Augt. } Drafted under Combs and Col. Hyer, Marched to Amboy, Spottswood, Old Bridge, South River Chese Quakes &c.- 

carried over
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1778. 
June } Volunteered under Capt. Combs and Col. Scudder marched to Black Town, Bordentown, Buckington, White Horse, Draw Bridge.  Pursued the Enemy on to the Plains of Monmouth and was at the Battle June 28th  1778.

1 month
Was Drafted under Capt. John Hulick and marched to Spottswood and was there stationed.  One month.  Was out other tours but the before named are all I can at this great length of time remember- and verily believe I served in actual duty during the said War of the Revolution from one year to eighteen months and further saith not.
John Hulet

Sworn to and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid.
John Smith
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John Hulit
East Windsor
N.J.
Capt. Hulick
Col. Scudder
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No. 12,233
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10 tours estimated at
21 days ea. by consent
admd.
7 mo. priv.
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$23.33
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June 20th 1833 I hereby consent to receive a Certificate for the within claimant to be computed for 7 months Private of Infantry and relinquish all other claims to a pension under the act of 7th June 1832.
Charles G M Chesney
Attorney
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Deborah Hulet of
New Jersey
------
Acts of July 7, 1838 and
Augt. 23d 1842
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For arrears
23.33 from 4
March 36 to 20 Aug. 36


D. W. Rice
Trenton
N. J.
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State of New Jersey
Mercer County SS
On this tenth day of May one thousand Eight hundred and forty three,. personally appeared
before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Deborah Hulit, a resident of East Windsor in the County of Mercer and State of New Jersey in the Eighty first year of her age a person of Credibility and truth, personally known to the subscriber, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the acts of Congress passed "July 7, 18", and the"23d of August 184" granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war.

That she is the widow of John Hulit who was a
private in the militia of New Jersey in the
service of the United States during the Revolutionary war for which service declarant received a pension from the 20th day of August 1836 to the 4th March 1841, at the rate of Twenty three 33/100 dollars per annum and now claims under the above acts such arrears
of pension as may be justly due from the 4th day of March 1836 to the 20th day of August 1836 being the day of his death.  She refers to her declaration on file at the department.

She also declares that she was married to the said John Hulit on the Eleventh day of December Seventeen Hundred and Eighty one, that her husband the aforesaid John Hulit died on the twentieth day of August Eighteen hundred and thirty six, that she was not married to him
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prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated.  She further declares that she is still a Widow.
               her
Deborah  X  Hulit
              mark

Sworn to and Subscribed on the
day and year above written
Before
John B Mount, J. P.

STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
I, CHARLES G. McCHESNEY, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify, that John B. Mount Esquire, before whom the within affidavit was taken, ['and power of attorney acknowledged,' crossed out] was, at the time of the doing thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Mercer in said
state, duly appointed, 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 John B Mount.
[seal affixed at left]

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office, at Trenton, in said state, this twelfth day of May A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty-three.
Charles G. McChesney
Sec'y of State.
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1116

Deborah Hulit
of New Jersey
"Act 3d March 1843"
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D. W. Rice
Trenton
N. J.
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State of New Jersey }
Mercer County } SS
On this tenth day of May One thousand Eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Deborah Hulit a resident of
East Windsor in the County of Mercer and State of New Jersey in the Eighty first year of her
age who being first duly sworn according to law
doth on her oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3d
March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war.

That she is the widow of John Hulit decd. who was a private in the militia of New Jersey in the service of the United States during the 
Revolutionary war and the annual amount of pension which she received under the act of
July 7, 1838 was twenty three dollars and thirty
three cents. She further declares that she is still a Widow.
               her
Deborah  X  Hulit
              mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the
day and year above written
Before
John B Mount J.P.

I hereby certify that the above declarant has been personally known to me for forty years past as a person of credibility and truth.
John B. Mount J.P.
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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 John B. Mount Esquire, before whom
the within affidavit was taken, ['and power of attorney acknowledged,' crossed out], was, at the time of the doing thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Mercer in said
state, duly appointed, 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 John B. Mount.
[seal affixed at left]

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office, at Trenton, in said state, this twelfth day of May A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty three.
Charles G. McChesney
Sec'y of State