Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2480, John Creger, New Jersey.
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(3-1776)     
SERVICE               NUMBER
New Jersey   Creger, John    R. 2480
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Ayd W Creager
P Alhy
Jos. C. G. Kennedy
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Know all men by these presents that I Andrew -
Creager son and heir at law of John Creager
deceased a soldier of the Revolution do hereby nominate constitute and appoint Jos C. G. Kennedy of the City of Washington district of Columbia my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to examine and prosecute any claim that may be justly due me as the legal representative of John Creager aforesaid In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fifth - day of April 1854
In presence of
D.G.O. Berne  }  Andrew Creager

State of New Jersey
Henderson County } 
On this fifth ------
day of April 1854
personally appeared
before me a Justice of the peace in and for said
County the above named Andrew Creager who
acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney tolec[sic] his act and deed for the purposes therein expressed In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.
& seal this fifth___ day of April 1854-
Robert Finley Justice
of the Peace for said County
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State of New Jeney Hunterdon County ss
Be it Remembered that on this third day of February in
the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and
fifty one before me Robert Foster one of the Judges of the inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County personally appeared John Creger who being duly sworn according to law touching an application now about being made by the heirs of John Creger sent for a pension for the services of the said John Creger serv, during the revolutionary war on his oath saith that according to the best of his knowledge and belief he the said deponent is now in the Eighty third year of his age - That he remembers well the times and many of the scenes of the Revolution__ Remembers well that John Creger sew. was out in the military service of the
Revolutionary army, at several different times during the
war, Thinks he was a sergeant under Captain George Haver in his company of Militia, Don't recollect who was the lieutenant of said company at that time.  John Stevens was afterwards and may have been at that time
the Ensign of said company was Peter Haver the son of
the aforesaid Captain George Haver, which said company
was commanded by Major Reinhard of New Germantown in the County aforesaid and the Regiment to which it belonged was commanded but one time by Coloner Stillwell of Whitehouse in the said County of Hunterdon - The said John Creger Sen lived during the war in Lebanon township in said County of
Hunterdon, and as before stated was out in service several different times as aforesaid - That he was in the battle of Long Island - That he was out on every call made on him during the war, that the deponent has a distinct recollection of three different tours of service performed by the said John Creger Sen and feels confident that the paid services amounted to more than
a year during that time-- Remembers that on one occasion[sic] the said John Creger Sen was out with his team in the said service aforementioned - That the said John Creger Sen died the [  ] day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty three and this deponent believes he was in the ninety second year of his age at the time of his decease- And John Creger Sen. never applied for or received any pension or reward under the present pension law __ 
That the deponent is a son of the said John Creger Senr _ That he^ deponent^ has living two brothers and three sisters living viz
Andrew Creger, Peter Creger, Elizabeth Weene, Catharine Steveson and Mary Young who together with deponent are all the
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urvivors of the family of the said John Creger Senr. the
wife of the said John Creger Senr. having died in the
November next succeeding his decease

          his
John [X] Creger
          Mark
Sworn and Subscribed
before me this 3d day of
February 1851
Robert Foster Judge

State of New Jersey Hunterdon County ss
Be it remembered that on this sixteenth day of January in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty two- before me
the subscriber one of the justices of the peace in and for said
County, Personally appeared James Steveson who being duly sworn
on his oath saith that he the deponent was well acquainted with
John Creager Senr. for whose service in the Revolutionary army an
an application is making by the heirs of said Creager for a pension
That said Creager has frequently told said deponent of his services
in said war, That it was frequently talked of in the family of said
Creager and by the neighbors, and particularly with the older ones
such as had a knowledge of the Revolution - That it was universally
believed in the neighborhood that said Creager was out in the
revolutionary army- That this deponent has not a recollection of hearing said Creager specify the amount of time he was out-- Remembers his saying he was out several times, and at all times when he was called-- And remembers, his telling he was out in the three months service as one of said tours-- And remembers the wife of said Creager telling of the privations which the family endured during the absence of said Creager in the army- All these things were believed and in no ways doubted in the neighborhood-- and further saith not

Sworn and subscribed before me ⎬         James Stevenson
the day and year above written

William R Prall Justice

This will certify that I the subscriber one of the justices of the
peace in and for the County of Hunterdon was well acquainted with
John Creager Sen. late of said County for whose services in the
Revolutionary army a pension is asked by the heirs of said Creager That he was a man of good moral character, and Universally believed in the neighborhood to have served in the Revolutionary army that John Creager
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and James Steveson the subscribing witnesses are men of good moral
character and worthy of belief in all respects - And it is my opinion
that the application is a just and fair one, and merits the favorable consideration of the department-
Given under my hand this sixteenth day of January in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two -
William R Prall Justice

State of New Jersey Hunterdon County Js
Be it Remembered That on this twenty third day of January
A.D. One thousand eight hundred and fifty two in open Court
before the undersigned judges of the Court of Common Pleas
in and for said County upon the evidence adduced to us
touching an application being made by the heirs of John
Creager Sen. for a pension for services rendered by
said Creager during the Revolutionary war - Upon the said
evidence. The Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the
application is a just and fair one, and that the said Creager
was a revolutionary soldier and served as stated in the above
or within evidence_.
Samuel Hill
Robert Foster
Joseph Brown
Wm Egbert
Joseph Thompson
Judges
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State of New Jersey   I William Emery Clerk of the Court of Common
Hunterdon County ⎬
pleas in and for said County do hereby Certify
that William R. Proll Esquire whose genuine
Signature appears to the foregoing certificate
and before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken
was at the time of taking the same an acting
Justice of the Peace in and for said County
duly commissioned and qualified as such
Justice according to Law, and that full faith
and credit are due to all his official acts as
such Justice. And also that the within named
Samuel Hill, Robert Foster Joseph Brown 
Wm Egbert and Joseph Thompson Esquire, whose
Signatures appears to the within, are the Judges of
the Court of Common Pleas in and for said
County and their several Signatures to the same
are in their own proper hand writing, and that
full faith and credit are due to all their official
acts as such Judges.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of the
said Court at Flemington this 23d day
of January A.D. 1852.
Wm Emery Clerk

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No 38349
John Creger [ ]
June 7, 1832
New Jersey

John Blaine
Perryville
N. Jersey.
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In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and official seal of the 
said court at Flemington this 23d day
of January A.D. 1852
Wm Emery Clerk

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No 38349

John Creger des
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June 7, 1832.
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New Jersey,
John Blane,
Perryville
N. Jersey.
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Rev. War Section.
                                       Co
                                       April 28, 1913.
Mrs. Harriette B. Cregar,
Lock Box 5, High Bridge,
Hunterdon Co. N. J.
Madam:
     In response to your letter dated the 18"" and received
the 21"" instant, you are advised that from the papers in
claim R. File No. 2,480. Rev. War, it appears that on Febru-
ary 3, 1851, in Hunterdon, County, New Jersey, John Creger,
then in the eighty-third year of his age, applied for the pen
sion which might have been due the surviving children of his
father John Creger Senior, who resided in Lebanon Township,
Hunterdon County, New Jersey, during the war, enlisted as a
Sergeant under Captain George Haver, and Colonel Stillwell,
and served three different tours during one of which he was
in the battle of Long Island. There are no dates of enlist-
ment or discharge stated.
     John Creger Senior, died in August 1833, in the ninety-second year of his age and his widow, whose name is not sta-
ted, died in the following November.
     Six children survived in 1851; John, Andrew, Peter, Eliz-
abeth Weene, Catharine Stevenson and Mary Young. The claim was never allowed for the reason that the claimant failed to fur-nish proof of the alleged service.
Very respectfully,
J.L. Davenport
Commissioner.
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No 38349
John Creger ds
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New Jersy
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John Blane May 19 /'52
Let J.C.G. Kennedy Aug. 24/54
2480
June 7, 1832,
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1913 Apl. 28. Hist. to Mrs.
Harriette B. Cregar C.
1916, Aug. 10. To above
only one copy sent to
any person.  F.r

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2480
P.O.
John Creger
Service:

Enlisted:    [allcaps stamp: REJECTED], 18
Discharged:   ,18

Application filed:   ,18

Alleges:

Re-enlisted:

Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized.      Contrac
Cert. of Dis.   Searched for   ,18
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345
Pension Office
May 29. 1852.
Sir,
I have examined the claims of John Creger^ded and [John scratched out] Peter  Apgar^R. File 233 cled for the benefit of the Act of June 7, 1832, and you are informed that the alleged service of the parties is not sustained as required by the Regulations, which are hereunto enclosed for the guidance of their children, if they would de-cide to present the claims further; but it may be well to state, in advance, that they are believed^to be of doubtful veracity; as inference warrants not only by the character of the service claimed, but from the fact that neither party, tho' they sumied[?] the passage of the Act of June 7 1832 (Alger under 1846) asserted a claim^under it during his lifetime.
John Blane, Esq.
Perryville, New Jersey.
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Pension Office
Aug. 24, 1856.
Sir:
The accompanying copy of a
letter addressed to John Blane, by
on the 29 of May 1852, will explain
the grounds on which the claims of
Peter (John is crossed out] Apgar, R File 233 and
John Creger, ded, late of New Jersey, under the Act of
June 7, 1832, were surpeded[sic] by the
Office, shew which date no testimony
whatever has been filed.
Jos C. G. Kennedy Esq
Present
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F.W.  Rev. War Section

August 10, 1916

Harriette B. Cregar,
Box 142, High Bridge,
Hunterdon County,
New Jersey.

Madam;
     In response to your letter dated the second instant,
you are advised that under date of April 28, 1913, you were
furnished the history in the claim of John Cregar, R. File 
No. 2480, Rev. War, and it is not the practice of this Bureau
to furnish the same record more than once to any person.
Very respectfully,
E. C. Tieman
Acting Commissioner.
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20 Stamp enclosed       Rev. 1
OK

Stamp retd  CW

High Bridge N.J. Aug 2nd
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir:-

Will you please send me a copy of
the Pension record of my
ancestor John Cregar Sr.

Sincerely Yours
Hariette B. Cregar
High Bridge
Hunterdon Co
N. J.
Box 142.

(postal cancellation stamp reads: U.S. PENSION OFFICE N AUG 4 1916)
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High Bridge April 18
My Dear Sir:
     Will you please
give me the reason why
John Cregar's Pension Claim
was rejected? He served in
the Revolutionary Army,
under Capt George Hagar
Lieutenant John Stevens
Ensign Peter Hugar, Major
Rinehardt, and Col Still
well of White House, Hunter
don Co. New Jersey.
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He was also a Teamster
I am informed the old
Original transcript is
on file in the Record
and Pension Office at
Washington, No, 2480.
Only hope you can
give me some idea
why it was rejected
want a Cregar D.A.R.
Bar. Thanking you for
the trouble I am sincerely
Hariette B. Cregar
High Bridge
Hunterdon Co
New Jersey
Lock Box 5.