Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,191, Job Compton, New Jersey
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
New Jersey   Compton, Job   R. 2191
                                     Catharine
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(3-1776)
SERVICE

New Jersey     Compton, Job   R 2191
                                        Catharine
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9476
New Jersey
Job Compton
of Monmouth in the State of N. Jersey who was a Private in the Company command by
Captain Green of the Regt command by
Col Holmes in the New Jersey Militia for the year of Mo.

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 63 Dollars 31 Cents per annum to
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20th
day of May 1833 and sent to Monmouth
N. Jersey
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Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $126.62
Semi-anl. allowance ending by 4 Sep 1833
$31.65
$157.25 (total added of both amounts)

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Geo. B. Whiting Clerk
Book E  Vol. 3   Page 105
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State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troopes where you served
such Contanentle and Militia regiment as you
can recollect and the General Circomstances
of your service 

A - the first time he turn out was as he has stated under Capt Green in the name of Nicholas Wine for one month - he then enlisted for three months under
Abraham Whalley Capt in the horse - he was discharged by Capt Whalley after serving about one half of his Time out and returned to Middletown and enlisted under Capt Shepherd for one year and the old Muster role here (word unclear) Contains his name - at this
time he was taken by the refugees carried to New York put in prison and there he was keep a prisoner for 7 ½ months in close confinement he was exchanged and returned home - and in the year 1782 he enlisted
under Capt Adam Hyler on (word smudged) as a gun Rate he remand with him until he was wounded of which he dyed - he was then discharged and returned back to Middletown and turnd out with the lieut until
the peace was made - he was in the scrummage when Capt (name unclear) was take in at Colts neck. There was one killed
and one man wounded - they had a small fray at Etentown and had one man killed - he was in several frays Whilst he was with Capt Hyler - he remembers General David Forman
Connel Asher Holmes and Major Walters Major Seebrook. they commanded the Monmouth Brigade - the regiment and batallion in which he was Sworn and subscribed before
me the day and year above written
John Pattersen                Job Compton
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and the said Job Compton further maketh oath that his name is not on the penshin role of any agency of any State and that he hereby relinquishes (word unclear) whatever Except the present to a pintion or annuity that
he has no Documentery Evidence as he knows of but he believes that John Eldrige
will testify to his servise as they were out with this Deponent and served with him

Sworn and Subscribed
before me this 13th day of
August 1832
John Patterson       Job Compton

State of New jersey Before me John Patterson one of the Judges of Monmouth in the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth and State of New jersey Personally appeared the under subscribers old men and soldiers of the revolutionary War and they
being duly sworn acording to law did depose and say that they find the name of Job Compton on the old muster role of Capt Shepherd who enlisted a Company for one years of the said Gibbs with there name that is his name is on the same Muster role with there this War in the years services but - so long a
time has pased by and he was a boy at that time that they have forget him in paticuler but as his name is on the old role of Capt Shephard and on conversing with him he recollected to many paticuler that were convinced he was in that service and do believe the said Job Compton the within Petitioner Statement is entitled to full credit

Sworn and Subscribed before
me the 18th day of August 1832
John Patterson
                   John Eldrige (his mark)
Job Compton 7072 (in margin)
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And I the said John Patterson one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth in the State of New jersey - doth hereby Certify - that the said
Job Compton the within applicant is not able to attend at Court by reson of bodily infirmity - and I am of the appinning 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 further certify that I saw
the said Job Compton in the Time of the Revolution made prisoner by Two Refugees tide put on Bord of there boat and they
went off with him - I also was present when he went on bord of Capt Hyler I was a boy at that time but these two events I perfectly Recollect and it appears to me from what I have seen
myself and from what is stated in the affidavit of John Eldrige he is well known by all of us to be and old Solder of the Revelution Resident in the County of Monmouth a credible person and entitled to full credit that the said Job Campton was a soldier of the revolutionary war
John Patterson

Job Compton
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Job Compton
J. W. & E. R. Barleson -- Printers, Freehold, N. J.

I, the Subscriber, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Monmouth, in the State of New-Jersey, do hereby certify that John Patterson to whom the above application was made and before whom the foregoing affidavits was taken was at the time of taking the same & now is one of the Judges of said Court duly enrolled in my office and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such and that the name of John Pattersen subscribed thereto is the proper hand writing of the said Judge

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Freehold, this Sixteenth day of (August crossed out) March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
H H Ellis
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State of Newjersey Monmouth Co
on this 21st day of July 1832 personally appered before me John Patterson one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth
Job Compton who cannot from bodily infirmity attend at Court - a resident of the Township of Middletown in the County of Monmouth and State of Newjersey aged 68 years on the
25th day of June last (word unclear) -
who being first duly sworn acording to law - doth on his oath make the following
Decleretions in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 that he entered the services of the united States under the following named officers and served as herein stated

1 Q  Where and in what year were you born
A he was born in Middletown in the County of Monmouth and State of Newjersey on the 25th day of June 1764
2-Q- have you any record of your age and if so where is it
A - his age is recorded in his Bible - he took off his Birth from the Bible of his father and recorded it in his own Bible
3 Q - Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the revolutionary war - and Where do you live now
A  he was living in the Township of Middletown with his step father in the County of Monmouth and state of Newjersey when he was called into service - and has continued to live in the same place every year
4 Q - how was you called into service - was you drafted - Did you Vollenteer - or was you a substitute -and as a substitute for whom
A  the first month he was a substitute 
for Nicholes Worle he had married a wife and could not go and West in his name
5 Q  have you any dockumentery evidence if so what is it
A   he has no written evidence of his service only an old muster role of Capt Shephard in which his name is enroled This was where he inlisted for a year in that company
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State the
Names of some of the regular officers who
were with the troops where you served
Such Contanentle and Militia regment as you
can recollect and the General Curcomstances
of your service
A - the first time he turn out what he has stated
under Capt Green in the name of Nicholas Whole for one
month - he then enlisted for three months under
Abraham Whalley Capt in the horse - he was discharged
by kept Whalley after serving about one half of his
Time out and returned to Middletown and enlisted
under Capt Shepherd for one year and the old
Muster role here (word unclear) contains his name - at this
time he was taken by the refugees carried to New york
put in prison and there he was keep a prisoner
for 7 ½ months in close confinement - he was exchanged
and returned home - and in the year 1782 he enlisted
under Capt Adam Hyler on hand of a gun
bote he remand with him untill he was wounded
of which he dyed - he was then discharged and returned


back to Middletown and tenant with the sent until
the peace was made - he was in the derammage when
Sept Judy was when at tells me he was one killed
and one man munded- they had a small pray at ten
town and one man killed - he was in several afores
Whilst he was with left Tyler - he remember General
and Farmer Cornel Asher helmer and Mager Wilton
Meyer Sebrock they commond the Monmouth reged
the request, and retollins in which he was
Sworn and subscraw before John Compton
me the day and pendant
John Patterson
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Job Compton
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State of Newjersey Monmouth Co
Suplementary affidavid of Job Compton 

Personally appered before me the undersigned John Patterson one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Monmouth this 11th day of March 1833 Job Compton who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reson of old age but more espeshley the loss of his 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 them the period mentioned below and in the following grades - For one month as a privat and substitute for Nichales Worl under Capt Green. For one month as a private under Capt Wally in the Lighton - he then inlisted in the Company commanded by Capt Shephard for one year when he had served four monts and
a half in this services he was taken prisener carred to New york and keep in the prison for seven and a half months when he was exchanged - all he can say about his
Service on bord the gun boat commanded by Capt Hyler is that the Capt had a commition and all the (word unclear) that they took the Prise Money was divided amongst them
he was in this services for two monts - after Capt Hyler was wounder he returned home - he then was out for three monts with a man by the Name of John Hill be belives he was a Sargent there was (word unclear) of them imbeded together they were not under pay - (word unclear) on the lines of the Enemy and Took from the Enemy what they could untill the peace was made all the time he was out in the name of the Revelution he served as a privat Solder

Sworn and subscribed before
me the day and year above 

John Patterson          Job Compton
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County ⎬

On this tenthday of May, Eighteen hundred andforty four, personally appeared before me Thomas Shephard one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said County, Catharine Compton, a resident
of the Township of Middletown in the said County aged seventy six years & upwards, (who is unable from bodily infirmity to appear in Court) and 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, granting
pensions to widows of persons who served during theRevolutionary War -

That she is the widow of Job Compton who was a private in the war of the Revolution, and for the particulars and proof of his services she refers to the evidence and papers of her said husband, now on file in the pension Office- 

She also declares that she was married to
the said Job Compton on the (blank space)
day of April in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty nine and that her husband the aforesaid Job Compton died on the fourteenth day of March eighteen hundred and forty four; that she was not married to him 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, and she further declared that she still remains a widow -

Sworn to & Subscribed before
me Judge as aforesaid 
day & year above written

Thomas Shepherd   Catharine Compton
                                    (her mark)
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see let to A. Reynolds,
January 22, 1838

11108
Catharine Compton
N J Job
Rejected
(worn unclear) to J. M. Hartshone Oct 12 '44
 W L Dayton Dec 4 '44
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873 (line crossed out)

2191
Catharine Compton
Service: widow of Job.
Enlisted: (blank), 18
Discharged: (blank), 18
Application filed: (blank), 18
Alleges: (blank)
Re-enlisted: (blank)
Attorney: (blank)
P. O. (blank)
______ Recognized
______ Cert. of Dis.
Searched for _______, 18
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Freehold N.J. June 17, 1844

Sir
I herewith enclose to you the papers of
Catharine Compton widow of Job Compton.
Job Compton was a pensioner under the
act of June 7, 1832.

He died March 14. 1844 -
she was married in April 1789
proved by two witnesses who were present

She applies under the act of July 7, 1838 -

I am Most Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt
J. M. Hartshorne

J. L. Edward Esq
Court of Pensions-
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Job Compton
Monmouth
Jersey
2191
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those.
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Job Compton which require
further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? (answer blank)
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? (answer blank)
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? (answer blank)
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? (answer blank)
V. *Has he mentioned 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?
           No. See Quest 5
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? (answer blank)
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? (answer blank)
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? (answer blank)
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? (answer blank)
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? (answer blank)
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? 
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
              No. See Ques 16
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?

                EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. 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 (blank space) year (blank space)
months, and (blank space) days, I served as a (blank space) For (blank space) months
and (blank space) days, I served as a (blank space); and for such service I claim a pension
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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 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 shewn 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.

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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

QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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 the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

(Written below the above script) He should show whether the gunboat was a public or private armed vessel.
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Affidavit of
John Patterson
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County ⎬
Be it known that on the eleventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four, before me Thomas Shepherd as Judge of the court of common pleas of the County of Monmouth. personally appeared John Patterson who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is seventy
three years of age and upwards that he was well acquainted with Job Compton who was a pensioner of the United States - That the said Job Compton died in March 1844 and that left a widow named Catherine Compton and that
she still his widow; and this deponent further saith that he has known the said Job Compton and Catherine his wife ever since he can remember any thing and for at least sixty three
years this deponent always lived a neighbor to them, deponent was at their wedding and saw them married knows that they was married in the spring and thinks it was in year 1789, this
deponent further saith that the said Job Compton and Catherine Compton had always lived together from the time of their marriage untill the death of the said Job Compton and raised a large family of children.

Sworn to and subscribed before me
John Patterson
by the said John Patterson who is a
credible preson and whose statement
is entitled to credit-
Thomas Shepherd        John Patterson
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Affidavit of
Hulda Emmet
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County, 
Be it known that on the tenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four before me Thomas
Shepherd at Judge of the court of common pleas of the county of Monmouth.
Personally appeared Hulda Emmet, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that she is aged seventy two years and upwards that she was well acquainted with Job Compton who was a pensioner of the United States. That the said Job Compton died on the (blank space)
day of March 1844. and that he left a widow named Catherine Compton who still remains his widow. And this deponent further saith that she has known the said Job Compton &
Catharine his wife for sixty years and upwards, that she was at their weding and saw them married, that they were married in the year 1789. The time of the marriage of the said Job Compton & Catharine Compton, she recollects, from the date of her own marriage - deponent further saith that she has always lived a nigh neighbour to the said Job Compton & Catharine Compton and that they raised a large family of children

Sworn to and subscribed before me by
the said Hulda Emet who is a credible
person, and whose statement is entitled
to credit
Thomas Shepherd           Hulda Emet
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1788
Declaration of
Catharine Compton
Widow of Job
N.J
Act July 1838
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State of New Jersey
Monmouth County ss

I Samuel Mains Clerk of the Inferior
Court of Common Pleas of the said County
of Monmouth and State of New Jersey do hereby
certify that Thomas Shepherd Esquire before
whom the annexed declaration and affidavits
were taken from and subscribed, was at
several dates thereof a Judge of the said
Court duly commissioned and sworn, and his
several Signatures thereto are genuine - 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and the seal of the
said Court at Freehold this twenty
first day of May eighteen hundred
and forty four -

Samuel Mains Clk