Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2185, Peter Drake, Continental New Jersey
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Continental
New Jersey
Drake, Peter
Number S 2185
carded
Contents
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Date of death not on AB
814
New Jersey
Peter Drake
Frankford in the state of N. J
was a Pri in the [illegible] commanded Captain ----- of the Regt commanded [illegible] DeCamp in the NJ troops for [illegible]
Inscribed on the Roll of N. J. at the rate of 30 dollars --- cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Nov 33 and sent A Gustin, Augusta N J
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 33  $75
Semi-anl. allowance ending Mar 4 15  $90
{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by E D Bullock Clerk
Book E Vol 3 Page 108
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
New Jersey
Sussex County
On the twenty seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas holden at Newton in and for the County of Sussex and State of New Jersey Peter Drake a resident of the Township of Frankford in the said County of Sussex aged seventy five years who being duly sworn according to law doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, says that he was born  in the township of Brunswick in the County of Middlesex in the State of New Jersey in the year 1756.  That he has not any record of his age.  That he moved to the township of Frankford in the County of Sussex about sixty five years ago as a small boy, that he has resided in the said County of Sussex in New Jersey since (except when he was in the revolutionary war). Says further that he served in Captain Healey's company of the New Jersey Militia having been drafted in the service at Newton in the County of Sussex in the month of August 1775 & he marched to Amboy in N Jersey, was drafted for one month and served out the same term there and then immediately after was retained in the same company as a substitute for Jacob Drake one month in the same company & was under the command of Colonel Seward & served one month & was discharged there at the expiration of the said last month.  That the next winter in 1776 about of January he was drafted in Captain Peter Shafer company at Newton in Sussex County New Jersey and marched to Elizabeth Town in New Jersey for one month & served the said term out & does not know the name of the other officers.  That in the spring of 1776 he the deponent volunteered in Captain Conard Gantryman's company under Major Westbrook & Colonel DeCamp,  & went out to fight the Indians on the Delaware river.  Volunteered at Frankford in Sussex County, New Jersey and marched to Delaware River in Sussex County  & served for three months in the said company under the other officers.  That at the expiration of the said month he the deponent served as a substitute for his brother Jacob Drake for one month in the company of Captain Jacob Stall who came to relieve the volunteers & then deponent served the said one month as said substitute & was then discharged - but the same is now lost.  That the deponent in the month of November or December 1776 was drafted in Captain Harry Gantryman's company at Frankford, Sussex County  New Jersey & marched to South Amboy in New Jersey under the command of Colonel Mark Thompson for one month, & served out the same & was discharged at New Brunswick New Jersey.  That after that to wit about the first of January 1777 the deponent volunteered at Newton in
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Sussex County in Captain Robert Edsall's company for one month to Scotchplain & Quibble Town in New Jersey & served there under Colonel Ephraim Martin for the term of one month - at this time we took the [illegible] about thirty of them & a parcel of [illegible] from the British, which was divided amongst the soldiers.  That immediately after the expiration of the month the company was transferred for volunteers under the command of General Wennes and remained for one month in which time we took a large quantity of cattle from the British which they had stolen from the Americans. We were discharged at the expiration of the month at Scotchplain in New Jersey & the deponent then returned home to Sussex New Jersey.  That this deponent about the month of September 1777 enlisted in Captain Jacob Stoll's company at Newton in Sussex County N Jersey under the command of Colonel Aaron Hawkinson, that he volunteered for one month & served out the said term in the said regiment & was discharged at the Crossroads in Pennsylvania near Philadelphia but the said discharge is now lost.  That he was in the last tour at the Battle of Germantown in Penns. & that he does not now know of any person who can testify as to his service except the deposition of John Ryerson the [illegible] hereto annexed & the deponent has not any other evidence of his service the [illegible] being all dead - 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.  This deponent is acquainted with Alphus Gustin of Frankford & Benjon Hamilton of Vernon who are acquainted with him and can certify as to his character.
Peter Drake
P D his mark
Sworn & subscribed in open court this day & year above written
James Stoll
Andrew Willson
Jos Y Miller
Judges
We Alphus Gustin of Frankford & Benjon Hamilton of Vernon in the said County of Sussex do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter Drake who has submitted the above declaration we being near neighbours to him, that we believe to be seventy five year of age, that he is  [illegible] and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Alphus Gustin
Benjon W Hamilton
Sworn & subscribed the day & year above written
James Stoll
Andrew Willson
Judges
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Peter Drake
S. 2185
BA-J/MLB

Sarah E. Wright
41 Arlington Avenue
Hawthorne, New Jersey

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Peter Drake, of Sussex County, New Jersey, who was pensioned at the age of seventy-seven years.

You are furnished below the record of the only soldier named Peter Drake found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.  The data therein were obtained from the pension claim S. 2185 based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Peter Drake was born in 1756 in Brunswick Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, the name of his parents not given.  While a small boy, he moved to the Township of Frankford in Sussex County, that state. 

While residing in Frankford Township, New Jersey, Peter Drake enlisted in August, 1775 and served two months as private in Captain Headly's company, Colonel Seward's New Jersey regiment, the last month as a substitute for his brother, Jacob Drake.  He enlisted in January, 1776 and served one month as private in Captain Peter Shafer's New Jersey company.  He volunteered in the spring of 1776 and served three months as private in Captain Conrad Guntterman's company, Colonel DeCamp's New Jersey regiment, against the Indians on the Delaware River.  After the expiration of this tour he served one month as a substitute for his brother, Jacab Drake, in Captain Jacob Stoll's New Jersey company.  He enlisted in November or December, 1776 and served one month as private in Captain Henry Guntterman's company, Colonel Mark Thompson's New Jersey regiment. He volunteered about January 1, 1777, served one month as private in Captain Richard Edsall's company, Colonel Ephraim Martin's regiment, and upon expiration of that tour, he volunteered with his company to remain one month under General Winds in the New Jersey troops, during which they took a quantity of cattle from the British which had been
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stolen from the Americans.  He then returned to his home in Sussex County where he volunteered about the middle of September, 1777, served one month as private in Captain Jacob Stoll's company, Colonel Aaron Hawkinson's New Jersey regiment, was in the battle of Germantown and was discharged about the middle of October in the same year.

Peter Drake was allowed pension on his application executed August 27, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Frankford Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.

No reference was made in the claim to wife of children of the soldier.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possible the date of death of the soldier, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city and cite the following data: 
Peter Drake, certificate #22814 issued November 11, 1833 rate $30 per annum, commenced March 4 1831 Act June 7, 1832 New Jersey
Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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1921 Dec 29 [illegible] to R B Rankin
1937, Jan 6 Writ to Sarah E Wright

Rev. War
2185
Invalid
File No. 2185
Peter Drake
Privt Rev War
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: - Vol. A, Page 102
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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New Jersey Sussex County
John Bell a justice of the peace in and for the County of Sussex and State of New Jersey being the same person whom the foregoing deposition on the affront side of this paper of John Ryerson was taken do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the said John Ryerson, that he is a man of veracity and truth and whose deposition upon his solemn affirmation according to law would be entitled to full credence and belief where he is acquainted.
Given under my hand & seal at Brunswick in said County this 10th day of August 1833
John Bell J.P.
[illegible]
I Joseph E Edsall clerk of Interior Court of Commoner Please in and of Sussex County do certify that at [illegible]  New Jersey [illegible] and now is a justice of New Jersey of said county and that I am acquainted with the [illegible] of said John Bell and believe the signature [illegible] is his.
[Illegible]  and affixed the seal of said court this 26th day of August [illegible] 1833
J E Edsall
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State of New Jersey
Sussex County
On the eighteenth day of August Eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared before me the submitter one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Sussex and State of New Jersey residing in the Township of Frankford -John Ryerson of full age who being [illegible] of taking an oath who long legally affirmed to tell the whole truth and upon his affirmation doth affirm and say that he the affirmant resides in the Township of Melford in the County of Pike and State of Pennsylvania, that during the Revolutionary War [illegible] he was an Adjutant in the Second Regiment of the New Jersey Militia of the County of Sussex under the command of Colonel Aaron Hawkinson, that he the affirmant was acquainted with Peter Drake of the Township of Frankford in the County of Sussex and State of New Jersey now here present in the year 1777 that he the said Peter Drake was a private in the Regiment as above and attached to Captain Jacob Stoll's company.  That the said regiment at Newton in Sussex County above Newton about the middle of September 1777 and marched to Trenton from there to Bristol in Penn. and joined the Regular Continental Army at Pirkiomen Heights. That the said regiment was present and [illegible] at the Battle of Germantown on the 4 Oct 1777 & that afterward the regiment was discharged at the Crossroad about twenty miles from Philadelphia about the middle of October the same year.   That the affirmant has reason to suppose & believe that the said Peter Drake served on the occasion above stated for the term of one month - that the affirmant hereby [illegible] all the [illegible] and evidence of the campaign has so written evidence & can only state from recollection.
John Ryerson

Taken & subscribed & affirmed to be true before me the day & year above written
John Bell  J P
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Peter Drake
New Jersey
Free
Pension Office
The Secretary of War
Washington City
Alpheus Gustin
Augusta
Sussex County
New Jersey
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Augusta Sussex County New Jersey
August 20 1833
Sir
I enclose to you the papers in the case of Peter Drake on an application for a pension on account of services in the Revolutionary War. All that I can learn that was required of him further [illegible] to obtain the certificate of the magistrate as to the credibility of John Ryerson - which has been done & the official [illegible] of the magistrate certified by the Clerk of the County.
You will please to direct to me at this place.
Your Abt Serv
Alpheus Gustin
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8.075
Peter Drake
New Jersey
Return to 
[illegible]
A. Gustin
Augusta
Sussex County
New Jersey
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War Department
Pension Office
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 state 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.  These 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 be compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.  
Statement showing the Service of
Period when the service was rendered
Duration of the claimant's service
Years Months Days
Rank of the claimant
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served
Age at present, and place of above when he entered the service
Proof by which the declaration is supported
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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 State 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, mucicians 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
State, Territory, or District of
County of
}ss.
On this    day of    personally appears (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 provision make 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 serviced 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 entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.  [illegible]  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.
[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 days and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after 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. 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 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 on 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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person 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, on account 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 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 the 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 inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
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.

[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 the 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, and 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, l 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 fix 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 [Illegible] 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] The 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

[Illegible]
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And the said Court do hereby declare this opinion after the investigation of the matter and after pulling the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant Peter Drake was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that the names of Stephen [illegible] Gustin + Benjamin Hamilton are residents in the said County of Sussex as stated above, and that they are credible persons + that their statement is entitled to credit, --there being no Clergyman from the neighborhood of the applicant in Court.
In [illegible] whereof we have hereto on fourth day + year above.
Benj Halzey
                             Judges
[Illegible] A Hazen

Sussex Co. SS
I, Joseph E Edsall Clerk of the said Court of Common Please in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original Proceedings of the application of Peter Drake for a Pension In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand + the seal of said Court at Newton this thirty first day of August AD Eighteen Hundred and thirty two
J E Edsall Clk
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Peter Drake
Application for Pension
No 8075
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Peter Drake
Payments to be made
at Trenton
by Pres. [illegible] [illegible] Bank
Agent for paying Pension =
crs in the Agency of New Jersey

22,814--
#2185

Recorded in [illegible] Office, in Boo [sic] No. 3
Page 108 by [Illegible] Bullock
Clerk.
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Jan 13 1834 Paid to Sept 4 1833
May 31, 1834 Paid to Mar 4, 1834
Oct 31 1834 Paid to Sept 4, 1834
May 20 1835 Paid to Mar 4 1835
Feb 12 1836 Paid to 4 Sep 1835
Mar 8 1836 Paid to Mar 4 1836
Paid to Sept 1836
May 12 Paid to 4 Mar 1837
Paid to4 Sep 1837

No 22 814
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WAR DEPARTMENT.

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. 

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832, Peter Drake of the State of New Jersey who was a Private during the Revolutionary War is entitle to receive Thirty Dollars [crossed out:  and cents] per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March 1831, and payable semiannually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this 11 day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty=three

Lew Cass Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned J  L Edward
Commissioner of Pensions
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Rev Soc [Illegible]
Ye Newark Chapter of ye New Jersey Society
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Newark Chapter Organized April Eleventh Nineteen Hundred and Twelve 
Founder, Nehemiah Perry Howell
President
SYLVESTER H. M. AGENS
Vice-President
EMERY W. GIVEN, Ph. D.
Secretary
GEORGE H. RENTON, JR.
112 Chester Ave, Newark, N. J.
Treasurer
BENJAMIN J. COE
P. O. Box 597, Newark, N. J.
Historian
JOHN W. WEEKS
Board of Trustees
WALTER C. FRANZ
MERRITT G. PERKINS
BAYARD W. MERRELL
EDMUND D. POOLE
RUSSELL B. RANKIN
Color Bearers
Dr. U. J. TAPPEN
J. HENRY HUNTINGTON, 3rd
Chaplain
Rev. CHARLES L. REYNOLDS
33 Lombardy Street,
Newark, N. J.
December 9, 1921.

Hon. Washington Gardner, Commissioner,
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Will you kindly furnish certificate showing the military history of PETER DRAKE, Private, New Jersey Militia.  His name appears under SUSSEX COUNTY, N. J., as having been placed on the Pension Roll Nov. 11, 1833.
The information is desired to establish the eligibility of an applicant for membership in this Society.
Your courtesy will be greatly appreciated.
Very truly yours,
RB Rankin
Registrar Newark Chapter, N. J.
S. A. R.
[Government stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
D
DEC 10 1921
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41 Arlington Ave.
Hawthorne, N.J.
Dec. 23 1936

Bureau of Revolutionary War Pensions
Navy Building, Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir: I would appreciate it very much if you will give me the pension record of Peter Drake of Sussex County, New Jersey Nov. 4, 1831, 77 years old.

Thank you.

Sarah E. Wright
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3 -- 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,
Dec. 28, 1921

In reply to your request of [Blank],
received [Blank] for a statement of the military history of Peter Drake a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Aug. 1775
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
to Sept 77 served at various times in all 12 mos.
RANK.
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS  ENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Hedley
Peter Shafter
Conrad Cuntry man
Jacob Stall
Henry Cuntry man
Rich'd Easall
COLONEL.
Seward
De Camp
Mark Thompson
Ephraim Curtin
Aaron Hawkinson
STATE.
N. J.
Battles engaged in, 
Germantown
Residence of soldier at enlistment, 
Frankford Twp. N.J.
Date of application for pension, 
Aug 17. 1832 al
Residence at date of application, 
Frankford Tup, Sussex Co. N.J.
Age at date of application,
b. 1756 Brunswick Twp. Middlesex Co. N.J.
Remarks: No fam data
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
6-2856
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
NAME
Drake Peter
GRADE 
Private
LINE
New Jersey
WARRANT NUMBER
8256
ACREAGE
100
ISSUED 
May 7, 1790
to John Linn, 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.