Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 858, John Buckerlew, New Jersey
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New Jersey   Buckerlew, John    S.858   carded
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FWa to pay June 23, 1837
9875 New Jersey

John Buckerlew
of So. Amboy in the State of New Jersey who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Williamson of the Regt. commanded by Col. Dykins in the Militia line for 9 months . N.J.
Inscribed on the Roll of N Jersey at the rate of 30 Dollars -Cents per annum,
 to commence on the 4th day of March , 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of June 1833 and del? CGM McChesney of Hights Town, N.J. Present
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. "33             $60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep '33 $15.00
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                                                              $75.00
Revolutionary claim, Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by F.T. Franciosi  clerk
Book E. Vol 3  Page 102
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State of new Jersey Middlesex County, N.J.
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832

On the eleventh day of September Eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Middlesex held in the City of new Brunswick being a  Court of record, John Buckelew a resident of South Amboy in the said County of Middlesex and State of New Jersey
aged seventy seven years on the 2. day of April last, who being first duly sworn according to Law, 
doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain  Act of Congress passed the 7. day of June 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States as a private in the Militia of New Jersey, and in the year 1776 was called out in the Company commanded by Captain William  Williamson under John Dynkins and marched to Elizabeth Town, Paulus Hook, and other places about the time the British fleet sailed up to New York, was on the service this tour one month, after this was pressed by the same officers to cart flour from New Brunswick to elizabeth Town out one week on this tour, in the year 1777 early in the month of January after the Battle of Trenton and Princeton, was called into service  in the Company commanded by Captain Simon Addis under Colonel Jacob Hyre, and stationed at a village called Cranbury, and there continued until sometime in June following being relieved part of the time by other parts of the Militia, one month of that time served as a substitute for his brother Abraham, while stationed at that place was engaged on numerous scouting parties, to prevent the British Army from plundering the inhabitants who at that time lay in the City of New Brunswick, this tour in behalf of himself and as a substitute for his said brother for as much as three months and a half, shortly after this was called into service under the same officers at the time the British army marched from New Brunswick to Somerset Court= house and march to  Sourland Mountain, and from there to Steels gap where part of General Washington's army lay, and immediately after the enemy retreated from that place , was marched on their flanks for the purpose of banning and obstructing them on their retreat out of New Jersey, this tour lasted at least one month, after this was again called into service and marched to Trenton, at this time the British was marching to get possession of Philadelphia, but was ordered back from Trenton to Elizabethtown to
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protect the inhabitants from the desperations of the British and their Tory allies, called refugees who lay at that time upon Staten Island opposite thereto, this tour lasted one month he believes, after this was called out  to the same place, and for the same purpose this tour lasted, about two weeks, after this in the year 1770, was called out into service under Captain Addis and Colonel Neilson to the best of his recollection at the time the British crossed from Philadelphia into New Jersey and marched to the  Black house and (divers?) other places, marching in their front part of the time and part in the rear under Captain Jeokim Gulick until the Battle of Monmouth, out this tour one month, after this was called to Springfield, and continued there one month under (something) official and when the Pennsylvania line revolted and was called into service under captain James Morgan, and stationed at Spotswood  in order to prevent any correspondence with them and the enemy and was out about one month after this was called out he thinks under the said captain Morgan in Colonel Neilsons Regiment  to 
on the shore, and the mouth of the Raritan River to guard the shore from plundering parties of the enemy, with at (? town) one month and this  dessonent or applicant further
declares at this distance of time he cannot recollect all the tours he was out in the service, but from the best calculation he can now make , having attended every call that made upon him he verily believes he must have been engaged in the service from the time he first
entered it until  the conclusion of the Revolutionary war, as much in the whole as one year at least including different alarms and this applicant further declares that he has no documentary evidence relating to his services, excepting the affidavit hereunto (?)
and he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and also declares that his name is not on the pension list , or roll of the agency of any state
signed by John Buckerlew
sworn to and subscribed in
open court this 11. day of September 1832
Robert McChesney
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We Symmes C. Henry pastor of the Presbyterian Church in the village of Cranberry in the said  County of Middlesex and John Perrini Jr. of the said County Do. hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Buckelew who hath subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration and believe him to be seventy seven years of age or there abouts, and that he is reputed, and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution , and we concur in that opinion sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year abovesaid.
Robert MCChesney 
Symmes C. Henry
John Perrini (?)
 And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the foregoing interrrogatories prescribed by the was department that the above named applicant was a soldier and served as he states, and the Court further certified that it appears to them that the said Symmers C. henry who has signed the preceeding certificate is a Clergyman resident in  the  said County of Middlesex and vicinity of the and that said applicant and that John Perrini (Just?) who has also signed his name to the same is also a resident in the said County, and is a credible witness person , and that their statement is entitiled to credit.
Sworn  to and subscribed in open Court the day and year above and in the presence of the Judges presence Viz. 
Thos Hance
Robert McChesney
N Booream
H. Ford
Stamped National Architects of this United States
State of New Jersey
Middlesex County 
J.F.S Vanarsdulin Clerk of the Court of the County of Middlesex in the State of new Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing are the original proceedings in this matter of the application of John Buckelew for a pension.
 In witness whereof  I have hereunto set my name and seal of office in this 17th day of September A.D. 1832
F.S. Vanarsdulin Clerk

Buckerlew, John (N.J.) S 858
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Interrogations put by the Court to the beg. named applicant the time of the signing his declaration
1. Where and in what year were you born? 
 Answer, in the Township of North Brunswick in the County of Middlesex, April the 2, 1755
2. Have you any record of your birth, and where is it?
Answer  In my Bible, taken from my fathers Bible and is now in my possession
3. Where were you living and called into service,
where have you lived since the Revolutionary war , and where do you now live?
  Answer In the Township of North Brunswick and County of Middlesex, and I have lived and now  live in the Township of South Amboy County
4. How were you called into service
   Answer I went out as a volunteer
5. State the names 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 service
   Answer I do not recollect any regular officers, nor Continental officers I was with, But was out where Colonels Dykens, Hyre, and Neilson commanded and Captain Williamson, Addis, Chambers, Dey, Gulich, and Morgan
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service
Answer  I never received any written discharge, but was always discharged verbally at the end of each tour.
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 general belief of your services as a soldier in the Revolution
Answer I am known to Major Richard Reid, John Dey, William Dey, Thomas Ely, James Dey, Joseph Dey, William Dey and John Baird, and many others that I could name was it necessary

Sworn and subscribed in open court this 11 day of September 1832 Robert McChesney signature
John Buckerlew signature

Written upside down 
June 18, 1833 I herby consent to hereby receive a certificate for ?   claimant to be compensated for 9 months Private Inf. and relinquish all other claims to a Pension under Act 7th June 1832
Charle Gulko Clerk of Attrny.
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Revolutionary War     (6)
Invalid

File No. 858
John Buckerlew
Pno. N.J. ellie

Act : June 7, 1832
Index : _ Vol. A  page 49

 ( Arrangement of 1870)
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State of New Jersey Middlesex County NJ
Be it known that on the twelfth day of september 1832 before me Robert McChesney one of  the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Middlesex personally app
Simon Addis who being sworn according to Law did declare and say that he is well acquainted with John Buckerlew, and that he served in the Revolutionary war in the company of which he was Ensign until the year 1770 and after that in the same company of which  he became captain and served under him in the Militia as private on different tours at Cranberry, Paulus Hook, Newark, Elizabeth Town, ?wood,
 and a number of other places all of which he
does not  now recollect owing to a nervous affliction he cannot now write 
sworn to and subscribed the day and year above said Robert MCChesney  and I do by certify that Simon Addis is a creditable person and I do hereby certify that the witness to te above affidavit ?to be a creditable person.
Simon Addis His mark

State of New Jersey Middlesex County J.F.S Vanarsdulin Clerk of the court of the County of Middlesex in the said State do hereby certify that Robert McChesney before whom the foregoing affidavit was given was at the time a Judge of Court and duly authorizes to administers oaths.
In witness thereof Johns hereunto set my name and seal of this office this 17th day of September A.D. 1832
J.F.S. Vanarsdalin Clerk
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Trenton Bank
Pension Office
June 19, 1837

Sir
Enclosed is the voucher of John Buckerlew of June 7, 1832 an unclaimed pension for one year and requiring your special attention for payment
I remain with great respect
           Your Servant
Phil. Dickinson Priest
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111111
John Buckelew
N.J.
10 mo Served and ?
9 mo-
service estimated by consent
at 9 mo.
aomd
9 mo priv.
30 SS
South Amboy
Capt. Williamson
Col Dykens
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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 John Buckelew which require further proof of explanation.
1. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
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? 
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of 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? yes 
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one  underthe Act of June 7, 1832? yes
VIII. Has the court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a devioe or inscription by which it can be distinguished? yes
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2.
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? yes
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 applicants name is not found on any rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
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? yes 
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
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? yes
XVII. Are the seven interragatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, Which of them is not so answered? yes

Explanatory Notes

Quere V.  
In the case where the applicant cannot, by reason of 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 years, months, and days, I served as a blank, for blank months and blank days, I served as a blank, and for such service I claim a pension.
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3.

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 the 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 in field or in a 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 their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time an d 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, the 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 office of the certifying officer, 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 office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Line Maryland

Warrant number 10984    Acreage 100  
Issued March 11, 1791
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