Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 646, Tunis Forman, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey

Forman, Tunis

NUMBER
S. 646
carded
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CONTENTS
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9982
New Jersey
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Tunis Forman
[of] Freehold in the State of New Jersey
who was a Sargeant & Pr in the Company command[ed]
[by] Captain Carhart of the Reg command[ed]
[by] Col Forman in the New Jersey
[line] for 8 Mo Sargeant --- $40.00
16 " Private --- 53.33
[sum] $93.33
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Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 93 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of July
1833 and sent to Hon J. F. Randolph
Present
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $186.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept " 46.66
[sum] $233.32
{ Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832 }
Recorded by Vinal Luce Clerk,
Book E Vol. 3 Page 111
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2098
Tunis Forman
Declaration
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Declaration of Tunis Forman
State of New Jersey
Monmouth County } ss,
On this thirty first day of
July in the year of our
Lord one thousand Eight hundred
and thirty two, Personally appeared in open
Court before the Judges of the Inform Court of
Common Pleas in & for said County, now sitting Tunis
Forman, a resident of Freehold in the said
County & State aforesaid aged seventy one 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 act of Congress passed June
7. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States
served under the following named officers & served
as herein stated, viz he was born in Freehold July
5th 1761, & has always resided within two miles of
Monmouth Court-house. He first entered into the service
of the United States early in the spring of 1776 as a volunteer being about 15 years old under
Capt Carhart at Middletown Point & served under him
for one month & his subsequent service he is unable
to recollect the dates, but has perfect recollection
of the periods of time he served. he served
as a volunteer two months under Capt Chadwick,
in the vicinity of Shrewsbury town, one month
under Capt Morris at Tinton falls, one month under
Capt Vanderveer at Colts-Neck, during which time
the unfortunate Capt Huddy was taken & massacred [?], this
Deponent being at that time out on a scout - these
services Deponent thinks were performed in 1776. in
1776 he served as a volunteer under Capt Wall as a
guard at the Court House, one month in the company
of cavalry commanded by Capt Remsen about Shrewsbury,
four month in Capt B J Smocks troop at
the same place. he also served one in the company of
infantry commanded by Capt S Forman one month
under Capt Huddy in the artillery a short period before
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he was killed, also one month under Capt Walton
as a guard at the Court House, also one month under Capt
Smock at the time the Brittish passed through the State
when they marched to Trenton & Allentown to join the
army, & were at length attached to Col Morgan's
Regiment, which owing to want of orders or some other cause,
did not engage in the Battle of Monmouth June 28, 1778.
He also served three months under Genl Forman, who was
stationed at Sandy-hook, as an express rider between him and Genl
Washington at Peeks-kill, shortly before Cornwallis was taken, Genl
Forman being stationed to watch the Brittish fleet at New York, as soon
as it sail'd deponant was sent on express to Washington, who immediately
put the army in motion. Deponent was in the whole Revolution, & served
under Cols Scudder Holmes & Hendrickson, but the fifteen months is all the
time he can distinctly identify. he has no written evidence. he captured singly *

[5 lines in left margin:]
* Robert & John Smith who had murdered a Mr. Boyd Collector of Chester Penn, he recollects killing
a Brittish soldier singly. I was the sole means of apprehending & destroying two noted
wood-robies [?]. he was also out frequently on alarms when not in actual service
he also served two months under Capts Gordon & Conover [?]
making in all seventeen months

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a
pension or annuity except the present & declares that
his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of
any state (if any) only on that of the state of

Tunis Forman

Sworn to & Subscribed the day
& year aforesaid in open court
Five lines ending with "seventeen months" written
on the margin previous to being sworn to
& sworn to with the rest of the declaration

John Patterson

We James Craig and Thomas Errickson
surviving soldiers of the
revolution do hereby certify under oath that we are
well acquainted with the within named Tunis
Forman and were acquainted with him
in the time of the Revolution & we do severally certify
that the said Tunis Forman was to our
knowledge as eldier in the militia of New Jersey
in the time of the Revolution, & we believe that the
preceeding declaration which he has made under
oath as to his services is entitled to full credit.

James Craig
Thomas Errickson

Sworn & Subscribed the day &
year aforesaid in open court

John Patterson

We Thomas C Throckmorton Esq & Richard S
Hartshorn residing in the township of Freehold in
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the neighbourhood of the above named Tunis
Forman - do hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with the said Tunis Forman
who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration,
that we believe him to be seventy one years of age,
that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood
where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution
& a man whose declaration under oath or without
oath is entitled to implicit credit, and that we concur
in that opinion.

Tho's C. Throckmorton
Rich'd S. Hartshorne

Sworn affirmed & Subscribed the day &
year aforesaid in open court

John Patterson

And the said Court do hereby declare
their opinion after the Investigation of the matter
& after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the
War department, that the above applicant was
a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states, & the
court further certifies that it appears to them that
Tunis Forman who has signed the preceeding
certificate is a resident in the township of [blank]
and that Tunis Forman who has also
signed the same is a resident in the township of
Freehold and is a creditable person & that
their statements as well as the statements of the surviving
soldiers of the Revolution herein contained are entitled
to credit

John Patterson
William Lloyd
John W. Davison
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I Daniel H. Ellis Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth Do hereby
certify that the foregoing contain the Original proceedings
of the said court in the matter of the application
of Tunis Forman for a pension

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & seal of office this
third day of August AD
1832.

W. H. Ellis Clk
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[Pen]sion on file in this Bureau. Tunis Forman File 646

[Table with just one entry in each column]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Spring of 1776

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
served at various times under different officers
21 mos as Pvt & 8 mos. as Sergt.

RANK.
under

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Capt. Carhart;
E and J. Chadwick,
Morris, Vanderveer,
Wall, Henderson, Remsen,
Barnes J. Smock, S. Forman,
Huddy, Walton, H. Smock,
Gordon and Conover

COLONEL.
Cols. Scudder
Holmes
Hendrickson
Samuel Forman

STATE.
N. J.

Battles engaged in,

Residence of soldier at enlistment, within two of Monmouth C. H.

Date of application for pension, July 31, 1832. His cl. was al.

Residence at date of application, Freehold, Monmouth Co. N.J.

Age at date of application, born at Freehold N. J. July 5, 1761
died June 13 1837 *

* from Agency book
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[left side]
1909 Jany 8 Hist to Mrs. Chas. S. Fairchild V.L.M.

[right side]
Rev War INVALID.
File No. 646
Tunis Forman
Sergt. N.J. Line
Act June 7. 1832.
Index:-- Vol. A, Page 128
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Mrs. Charles S. Fairchild
10 West 8th St.
New York
Rec. Jan. 3" 09
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New Jersey
Monmouth Co. ss. Personally appeared before
me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace
in and for said County, Tunis Forman
the person named in Pension papers
No 2098 who being duly sworn deposeth and
saith, that by reason of old age and the
consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear
positively as 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
six months he served as a private (volunteer)
in 1776, being one under Capt Carhart, two under
Capt Chadwick, one under Capt Morris
& two under Capt Vanderveer.
Two months I served as a sergeant under
Capt Wall in 1777 (put down 1776 in declaration
by mistake), for two months I served under
Capt Henderson as a sergeant at Mount
Pleasant in 1777, for two months I served as a
private under Capt Remsen as a private in
1777, for one month under Capt B J Smock &
two under Capt Huddy. I served as a private in
1777, for two months I served as a sergeant in
1777 under Capt S Forman. For two months
I served as a private under Capt Walton, think
in 1778. For one month I served as a private
in 1778 under Capt H Smock. For two months
I served as a private under Capt E & J Chadwick
in 1779. For one month I served as a
private under Capt Gordon in 1780 & one under
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Capt Conover as a private in 1780. For
two months I served as a private under
Capt Smock in 1781 & for three months I
served as a private (express rider) under
Genl Forman in 1781, making in all
eight months as a sergeant & twenty
one months as a private which I
now recollected better than before
in consequence of having thought
more on the subject. & for such service
I claim a pension.

Tunis Forman

Sworn & Subscribed
this 24th of Jany 1833 before me
Thos C Throckmorton Justice of the Peace

I the subscriber Clerk of the Inferior Court of
Common pleas in and for the County of Monmouth &
the State of New Jersey do hereby Certify that Thomas
C. Throckmorton Esq whose name is signed to the
above affidavit was at the time of signing the same
and is now a Justice of the peace duly sworn and
enrolled in my office and further that I am
acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice
and verily believe the name of Thos C Throckmorton
signed to the above is the proper hand writing of the
said Justice and that full faith and credit is due
and ought to be given to all his official acts as
such

In testamony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said Court
at Freehold this ninth day of March
Eighteen hundred and thirty three
W. H. Ellis Clk
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Tunis Forman's
Affidavit Proofs &c
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New Jersey
Monmouth Co ss Personally appeared before me the
undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in & for said
County, Tennis Forman, the person named in Pension
papers No 2098 who being duly sworn, deposeth and
saith, that by reason of old age & 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, & in the following grades
viz. For six months I served as a private (volunteer) in
1776, being one month under Capt Carhart at Middletown
Point in this County, two under Capt Chadwick
at Shrewsbury town, one under Capt Morris
at Tinton Falls & two under Capt Vanderveer at
Coltsneck, all in this County, & attached to Col Holmes
Regiment. during this period I was on constant duty,
& not employed in any civil pursuit, the companies
were regularly embodied corpses called into service
by order of the Governor. There were several skirmishes
during this period along shore with the enemy
but no one of particular importance. For two
months, I served as a Sergeant, under Capt Wall
in 1777 as a Guard at the Court House. his warrant
has long since been lost & I know of no
particular evidence of the fact. for two months
I served as a Sergeant under Capt Henderson
in 1777 at Mount Pleasant - Capt Henderson
& Capt walls companies belonged to Col Holmes
Regiment - for two months I served as a private
under Capt Remsen in 1777 - this service was
performed in a troop of horse, (the prior being in the
foot service) which was stationed at Tinton falls
but was constantly patrolling the shore & through the County
generally. recollects whilst under Capt Remsen
of being attacked one night by a company of Refugees,
who fired on us near Eatontown & wounded
a man by the name of White, & killed one of our men
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men named Brower, who was riding along side of
Deponent at the time he was shot. a charge was
made on the enemy who were dislodged from
their covert & dispersed in the dark. During this
period of service deponent thinks the body of Brittish
& refugees, commonly called the 1500, came off from
New York & landed in this county for the purpose of
rapine & plunder - our militia rallied & deponant
in company with the rest of the troop assisted in
driving them off - recollects that a man named
Conn of our troop was shot through the thigh
& a Maj. Hurns had the point of his nose shot off -
& an infantry man named Walter Hyer was cut
& haggled to pieces by the Brittish horse - for one
month I served as a private in the troop commanded by
Capt Barnes J Smock in 1777 principally at
Middletown - for two months I served as a
private in the artillery in 1777 under Capt Huddy
this service was performed shortly before Huddy's
death, which deponent on reflection thinks occurred
in 1777. & that of the two months he served under Capt
Vanderveer one only was in 1776 & the other in 1777 after
leaving Huddy's company. For two months I served
as a Sergeant in the company of foot commanded
by Capt Samuel Forman in 1777 or 1778, (not positive
which) at the Court House - for two months I
served as a private under Capt Walton thinks in
1778 at the Court House & Tinton falls - for one
month I served under Capt H Smock in 1778 - this
was in June & July 1778, when the Brittish crossed the
State from Philadelphia to New York & the
battle of Monmouth was fought, during this month
we were constantly on the march through the County
or towards Trenton & back - for two months I
served as a private under Capt E & J Chadwick
in 1779 at Shrewsbury town - for one month
I served as a private under Capt Gordon in 1780
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& one as a private under Capt Conover in 1780
at Colts Neck - for two months I served as a private
under Capt. Smock in 1781 at Tinton falls & for
three months as a private (express rider) under
Genl Forman in 1781 - I was attached a part of
the time to Col Holmes & a part of the time
to Col Saml Formans Regiment, & a part of the
time Col Scudder had the command-- the reason
why a clergyman was not procured to sign the
original certificate was that there was none
conveniently at hand, & that it was not considered
necessary under the instructions of the Department
to produce a Clergyman where there was evidence
of one or more surviving Revolutionary
soldiers - & the reason why he does not now
produce a clergyman's certificate is that
Mr McLane the Clergyman of the parish or
neighbourhood is now gone to the State of Ohio
on a visit - the above is the most particular statement
I can recollect, & for such service I claim a
pension.

Tunis Forman

Sworn & subscribed this 22nd of
June 1833 before me

William Lloyd

New Jersey
Monmouth Co ss. William J Emly Esq one of the
Judges of the Monmouth Pleas, Joseph F Randolph
& John M Perrine Esq High Sheriff of Monmouth County
being duly sworn on their respective oaths say
that they are well acquainted with the above
named Tunis Forman, that his character for
truth & veracy is unimpeachable & that no doubt
can exist as to the truth of his statements.

Wm J. Emley
John M. Perrine
Jos F Randolph

Sworn & Subscribed this
22nd of June 1833 before me
William Lloyd Justice
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I William Lloyd one of the Judges of the Inferior
Court of Common Pleas of Monmouth County
New Jersey, do hereby certify that the name of
Tunis Forman is twice inserted by mistake in
the opinion of the County in said Forman's original
papers, in the place of the names of Thomas C Throckmorton &
Richard S. Hartshorne, and that James Craig &
Thomas Erickson the surviving soldiers who are
witnesses are well known to me & are men of
strict truth & veracity as are also the said Thomas
C Throckmorton & Richard S Hartshorne, William
J Emly & Joseph F Randolph & John M Perrine who have testified
to the character of said Tunis Forman.

Given under my hand this 22nd of June 1833-

William Lloyd

New Jersey
Monmouth Co ss. Aaron F. Walker being duly sworn
on his oath says that he is in the seventy fifth year
of his age, that he is a surviving soldier of the Revolution
& was at that time well acquainted with the above
named Tunis Forman, & served with him in Capt
Remsons troop in 1777 for some time, cant recollect
how long he also served with him for three months
in 1781 riding express for Genl Forman, that the statement
of said Tunis Forman in the forgoing affidavit
in relation to those transactions Deponent knows
to be true, & the other statements in said affidavit
Deponent believes to be true -

Aaron F. Walker

Sworn & subscribed this 22nd of
June 1833 before me -
Cyrus Brian, Justice

I Daniel H Ellis Clerk of the Inferior Court
of Common Pleas of Monmouth County do hereby
that William Lloyd whose name is affixed to the
forgoing affidavits & certificates was at the
time & now is a Judge of said Court and a
Justice of the peace duly sworn & enrolled
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forgoing affidavits & certificates was at the
time & now is a Judge of said Court and a
Justice of the peace duly sworn & enrolled
in my office, & that full faith & credit are due
to his official acts, that I am well acquainted
with the hand writing of the said William
Lloyd, & that the name "William Lloyd" affixed
to said affidavits & certificates is the proper
hand-writing of said Wm Lloyd. also that
Cyrus Beven before whom the next preceding
affidavit purports to have been
taken was at the time of taking thereof &
now is a Justice of the peace, duly
sworn & enrolled in my office, that I am
acquainted with his hand-writing & that
the name "Cyrus Breven Justice" is his proper
handwriting.

In witness whereof I have hereto
set my hand & affixed the seal
of said Court, this 22nd of
June AD 1833.

D H Ellis Clk
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Tunis Forman's
Affidavit, Proofs &c

James F Randolph
Present