Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32515, for John Shoemaker, New Jersey
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3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey
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CONTENTS
Shoemaker, John.
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NUMBER
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Order to pay
Letter to pay agent
┃ 11. Act 1837.
28 March 1838.
Order to pay 3
Letter to J.C. & 3
July 138
Anton 16. 1837
Paid at the
the act of the
Treasury under
6th AD 1838
from 4 Sept 1838 to 4 Sept
1838. Agt Notified 1. Oct 1839
the
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in the State of
was a
Captain
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of
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in the Company command
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to $31
Inscribed on
the rate of
the Roll of
and
Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
cErtificate of
Pension issued the 2 day of
84
and
Arrears to
the 4th of Sep.
1
Semiannl. allowance ending 15
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Recorded by
Book C
⎨ Revolutionary Claim, ⎬
June 7, 1832.
T.J. Sprague Clerk,
Vol. 7 Page 133
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29.787
John Shoemaker
Indiana
1776 per
$30
Hon A. Lane
Lawrenceburgh, Jr




Jr
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Sir:
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
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 statement 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 shew what is
necessary to be done. Those 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, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
1776
a statement, showing the Service of John Shoemaker
Duration of the
claimant's service.
the
Rank of
the
claimant.
Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
Age at present,
and place of abode
when he entered
the service.
89
N. J.
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary
applicant different
tors should be
distinctly state. It is for service
that can be then
set forth that in allowance can be made, unless
he prove that he same as a last, he can be
at the rate of a private has
---
regulations or to
I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant
The town performed in N. Jersey
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
were for only one month under segment Commissioner of Pensions
The original declartion should also be returned
before a decision can be had.
Apl. 1834
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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 Staff 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:
The Regular Troops.
The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
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
On this
day of
A. B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
of
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 made 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
served 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. 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.
A. B.
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.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
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
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
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 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 the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
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.
Clerk of the Court of
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of that the foregoing
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
Tday
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 one 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.
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?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
Office 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.
tal. The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will fol-
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.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
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 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---year----months, anddays
, I served as a - days, I served as 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
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must affix 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 pubseal
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 con
tains 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.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove me 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 to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note il applies to continental troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration
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State of Indiana
Dearbon County
by
On this
2d day of April
1834 personally appeared before the Judges of the Dearborn
Circuit Court John Shoemaker & resident of
the County of Dearborn and State of Indiana aged
eighty nine 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
made by the act of Congress pased June 7th 1832
That he the United States
---
A
under the following named officers and served as
herein stated. That he was drafted in the month
of October 1776 and served nine months in the
New Jersey Militia that he served under Gen.
Herd of the New Jersey Militia and Col. Beaven
and Sale was longer under Col Taylor then
Beaver but exact time cannot recollect at this
great distance of time, that during his time of service
he was under six different Captains to wit John
Stevens William Rehart George Haver, David
Frashier, Benjamin Cooper and Ebenezer Berry
Ruth the year of her recollect
that he left the service after the battle of Monmouth
that he lived in Hunterdon County State of
New Jersey when he entered the service, that he
was on his road to the battle of Princeton, but
did not reach there until the battle was over
that he was in the battle of Monmouth, that he
was born in Hunterdon County State of New Jersey
on the 1st day of January 1745 as he has been
informed but has no record of his age, that
since he left the service he has resided ten years
Maryland 5 years in Pennsylvania 11 years in Ohio
and the years last past he Indiance, that he has
the certificate of his discharge, that he has no document
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documentary evidence and knows of no person whose
testimony he can procure who can testify to his
service, that he stood as minute man, and allent
as first Sargeant during the time he was in the
service, that he is well acquainted with Col
Abel C. Peffer, John B. Craft Joshua Hans John
W. Hall and his
who can testify as to his character for veracity
and their belief of services as a soldier
of the Revolution, that he hereby reling
is fully
claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the
present, and he declares that his name is not on
the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State
John his Shoemaker
Sworn to & subscribed the work
day and year aforesaid
James Dill C.
We James Jones

hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
John Shoemaker who has subscribed and Sworn
to the above declaration that we believe him to
be eighty nine years of age that he is reputed
that believed in the Neighbourhood where he
resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution
and that we concur in that of James Jones L.
John B. Craft
Sworn & Subscribed the
day & year aforesaid
James Dill Clk
And the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion after the investigation of the matter and after
putting the interogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named Applicant was a
Revolutionary Soldier and service as he states
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And the Court further certifies that it appears
to them that James Jones
who has signed
the preceeding certificate is a clergy man resident
in the County aforesaid and that John B. Craft
who has also signed the same is a resident he
the same County and is a credible person and
that their statement is entitled to credit
John McPike
Isaac Dunn

Questions to be propounded by the Court
Where and in what year were you born
2d Have you any record of your age if so where is
3 where were you living when called into service
and where have you lived since the Revolutionary War
& where do you now live
4.
How were you called into service, were you dratted, did you volunteer or were you substitute &
a substitute for whom
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32515
Revy INVALID
32515
File No.

John Shoemaker
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 32
ex: -- Vol. 2
, Page 566
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office
September 18th 1839
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
&
of the United States, John Shoemaker

a Pensioner on the Roll of the Indian Agency, at
the rate of Thirty Dollars and
Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1837,
to the 4th Sept. 1838,
respectfully, yours
13
John H. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present
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Son
Lawer Eigh 11 Sept 1834
Dear sir:

hundred and the pension papers of
John Showmaker a revolunting Soldier, who
his hitherto he unsuccessful in his applicants
to the Dept owing to the sequence of some
who undertook it, I have attended to to
in person.
the state from Sept
the poss of the original application as well
of the 2. I do that the will have
the former coin of the said
and then you
first
Law
Hon J.L Ed
of June
{diificult to transcribe because of poor handwriting}
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O
Lawrenceburgh Branch &c
18th March 1838
Edwards Esqr
Commiss of Pensions by

Sir:
Where payment to Pensioners
has been deferred (not being called for, for one year & upon
The voucher for such payments have frequently been returned
to me for example the enclosed vouchers in the case
of John Shoemakers which you will herewith receive
In all such cases I require additional testimony to
the oath of the Pensioner as to his identity as instruct
ed by this Four department but it seems that is
not sufficient on the papers in those case would not
be returned to me, will you have the goodness to
give me defent instructions for my Government in all
such cases that may arise in full
on the other side of this short I give you a list
of names of our Pension Role of such as have not call'd
for their pension for upwards of one year Please say
whether I shall pay them or not. some of them have any
called for payment which I have defered until I receive
your instructions
Very Respy Your or
E. D. John Cash
Washington City
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11 ┃
I
Samuel Alley
John Boyer
Pr. Revey last pay 4 Sept 1834
.
4
Wm Collins
11
Philemon Davis
"
311
4 "
34
Jacob Falcombury "
1
4 Mar 35
John Day
1
4 "
36
Wm Henderson
11
4 " 34
Wm Knight
11
John M King Invalid
David King
not called for
4 Sept 36
Mar. 35
Moses Losey Revy Pr.
Mar 35
John Masters
"
Wm
●
1
4 Sept 36
.
Meserves
11 ┃
11
4 Mar 35
Spencer Menifee
1
4 "
34
Ebenezer Robert
Invalid
4 "
Robert
Ricketts
Nathan Rickets
Revy Cr.
4 Sept
10
10
35
34
"
34
Wm Robins
10
"
34
John Six
11 ┃
John Shaver
4 Mar
35
James
Scott
Peter
4 Sept 34
4
11
35 ┃
Vanbibber
10 ┃
4
11
35 ┃
John Ward
Gerald
4 Mar 36
John Williams
10 ┃
1
Mason Watts
Revy
18
36
" Artillery 4 " 35
36
{pension rolls}
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State of Indiana
County of Dearborn
S
son Hall
On this sixth day of February one thousand eight
hundred and thirty four, personally appeared before me John
W. Hall a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid
John Shoemaker a resident of Dearborn County State of Indiana
aged eighty nine 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.
I was born in Hunterdon County State of New Jersey the
1st day of January 1745, but have no record of my age at this
time, I was living in Hunterdon County State of New Jersey
when called into service, I have since resided, ten years
in the State of Maryland, five years in Pennsylvania, eleven
years in Ohio, and ten years last past in Indiana,
was drafted and stood as a minute man and acted as
1st Sargent during nine months service; was under Gen.
Herd of the New Jersey Militia, Col Beaver, and Taylor
longer under Col Taylor them Col Beaver, my captains were
John Stephens, William Raheart, George Haven, David
Frashier, Benjamin Cooper and Ebenezer Berry, I served
nine months under those six captains, were on my way
to the battle of Princeton but were not marched fast enough
to arise in time to be of any use, I was in the battle at
Monmouth after which the British left that part of New Jersey
and my services not any longer required or called
for, I know of no person whose testimony I can procure
who can testify to my service, I was drafted in October
1776 but have no documentary evidence
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,
Sworn
to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.


Shoemaker ℗
  John W. hall  Justice of Peace
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We James Jones a Clergyman, residing in Rising Sun
Dearborn County State of Indiana and Benjamin
Rollins and George Johnson residing in the same county and
state) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
John Shoemaker who has subscribed and sworn
to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
eighty nine years of age; that he is reputed and
believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have
been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur
in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
James Jones L.
Benjamin Halley
George & Johnson
And I do hereby declare it is my honest conviction, after
the investigation of the matter, and after putting the inten
gatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named
applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he
States. And I further certify that James Jones who
has signed the preceeding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident
in Rising Sun, Dearborn County, Indiana, that Benjamin
Rollins and George Johnson who has also signed the same are
residents of the same County and State, and are credible
persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit
And I further certify that John Shoemaker in my
judgement as well as his assertion to the same effect,
is unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirm
ity,
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand and seal this 6 day Feby 1834.
the 11 Hall ℗
other of the Peace
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State of Indiana
Dearborn County ⎬ Set
I James Dill Clerk of
the year
born circuit court, do certify
that
John W Hall before whom the
within and foregoing proceedings
were sworn to and subscribed ┃
by John Shoemaker, James Jones
and Benjamin Pollens and who
has certified the same was at ┃
the date thereof an acting Justice
of heal in and for Dearborn County
and that full
faith and credit is
due to all his official acts as such
A
In
testimony whereof
I have hereunto affixed
the seal of our said
Court 12 Feby 1834
James Dill clk

1867
Indian
John Shown
of
my
Caleb A. Craft
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State of Indiana
Carbon County Set
this sixth day of September 1834
personally appeared before me John Livingston
a Judge of the Probate Court in and for
the County & State and which Court is a Court
of record at the Rising Sun in the Township
of Randalk in said County, John Shoemaker
a resident of said Township aged ninety
years of the first day of January next who
being 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 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officer and
served as herin stated
that in the month of October 1776. He
the said Deponant volunteered as one of the
militia of New Inn in Hunterdon County
in the service of the United States for one
month under Capt. John Sibley was
employed in Recorder, the one against the
Tippegen and British record bay in the
said State of her say that he had and
the month and was equily discharged
that Col John Taylor was the resident then
ten posed. That at the end of a month
he was signing drafted as one of the matter
of the same state and County into the heirs
of the estate and served one month under
Capt William Pine Heart Cushman, the
el consident was a man by the name of Bowen
and as he belie Robert Bean that day
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then marched to Branch brook in the same County
State and pay one month to guard the crossing of
the British in was there requlary again devised
that at the End of a month he was again
Drafted as one of the mode of of the same County
State, for one month and served under left
David Crane and the same Col Taylor as of
in the means of the estate, that during the
month then head Party was at Middle
Book in her Jury that at the said of
the month he was again requately died
and Homer remain there a month
as again drafted as and served as one
the said Militia, in the service of the estate
der one Capt George Have a German was
marched to Elizabeth Town in the State of N. Jersey
and was kept constantly employed in according
the Store. The late name wa serall a law
Baltimore-- that he served out the inter
month and was again requtry the
again turn she
that at the end of a month he was
give degrelly drafted as one of the said
the County and State of in the said of the
United States under Capt Ben
commanded by the same Col Oswall and was
married to the bank of the Hudson River and
mile above New York to a place called on
as settlement, the proper to deed was employed
in guarding the shores of the Tories served out
the month and was again ye pushed
and burn home that
he was at the end of a trenth again
regularly Drafted as one of the Militia of in the
County and State of in the service of the United States
for one months under under the and Capt William
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fare Hart, also a Dutchman, commanded by the said
John Taylor and was marched to the
Banks of the Rairiton River in the State of
and was instantly cry right and day in good
in the River at the British and Tories and
was again regularly discharged, and returned home
that on the 20th of September 1777 to
was again justly drafted as one of the make
of the said County and State for me month in
the force of the with Staly under the as
Capt David Taylor and bal answall as
issed marched to the fall of Ashgis askey
and employed in Record and paliding
the inhabitant from the Tories
and was again regularly discharged at the said of
the month and ran Home
that he was again reqularly Drafted
as one of the militia of for one month in the
service of the United Sattes and hard rider
Capt Bryan Cooper at Elizabeth Town in
New Jersey and while there had a son
requent with a British is that are up
to Halsey Panite and fired upon the impers
which continued from him in the morning
untill sun on have his in the men
when she hauled off that. He took one of the
hall thrown from the vessel home with him
it saught was 3 ars - the said
and the month and was again legally and
and retuned home
that the day before the battle of Prince
Town in may say he was again called and
all the estate able to serve for fifted dont
march to through Princetown the old being
over before our arrival and worked to the army
and saw Washington in the Red Mountain
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say
served out the 15 days and was again Equaly
discharged is not to recollect the name of the troops,
But was commanded by the said Col John
Taylor and Harne
That he was again called out into the
service of the United States with most of the
indeed the 20 of us immediately preceding
the battle of Monmouth, in New Jersey, and
marched to Monmouth, for clear days
in actualy in with all and served
at the said land which was not
---
lost a half a month before he got home
after having and full dischaged ┃
That during and all the tours
ing of an act of terce he active in the
part of and performed the duty of first rent
that the different persons and this of
Grace as described in all accounted to same
month. West from and consequent
laps of memory he cannot state time or place
with greater procession then he has done any
no documentary evidence of the facts. But has
a liar and district state timr of the net
of falls and the length of said and of the
of the same for me, and that during the said
period of of Leo ever has performed in the
duty of a lived Character and that in all her
on the nine month, in
that he truly muster my claim
whole to a Pension or an annuity except the
present and he declare that his name is not one
the pension all of my age in any will
or any-- Interragator
1 Where and in what year was
year born
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2
4
5
Page 5
I was born in Hunterdon County and Township
and State of New Jersey On the first day of July
1745.
Have you any record of your age
have notwhere
were you living when called to see
when have of our said time the Revolutionary War
and where do you now live
on each and Every occation when called
into service I lived in the Township County
and sale where born. In about two years
after Peace left New Jersey and resided the
State of Maryland and resided one year near
Sutherland. Then remond to Fayette County
in the State of Post and continue the free
years then moved to the State of Ohio near
the month of the Bay Sold Oliver and entered
to side there until ten years last
March then I moved to the Township
of Randolph County of Carbon and
State of Indiana nor the village of the
Rising Sun where to one paid in one
and still live your

How were and into service; were give
Crafted, did you volunteer or were you as
the first four Voluntana. The 2.3.4567
and was drafted as stated in my
declaration in the two last was called out
with the balance of the Militia in manner the
State the names of some of the Register offices
who came with the troops where you award
and just continued and Militia Regt as year
in all, and the General Acoutary of War

I will called the name of the lot and
Captain named in the above Declaration and
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of militia Genl Herd and Marer.- That in
Gent Regular office and any command of a
the said in which I was engaged exapt at
Princeton and Monmouth when God with the
limited in person, of the same and
it notue and Cerenitary I can state within
in addition to what is desire in the
turate
6
and gave our time a discharge from
the service, and if so by whom was it grant
and what has here of it
I never had any written discharge but
always and that one from the Capt in
and as above stated
State the names of persons to whom you one
known in your present my berland and
who can testify to your character for veracity
and these belief of your peace as a soldier
of the protector
with
I am well acquanted last Sercansey
Capt William Lanes Joshua Horn &
an Lory. the deponent further states that he has
no known pay hard whose by which
be due from any part of the above serve within
parter-
John Shoemaker
Sworn to and subscribed by the said applicant
John Sherman before in the substan
sure as to this Sixth Sept 1834
in the Rising Sun in the said
bless handful
John Livingston
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Rising Sun Dearborn County Indiana
We James Jones a Clegyman residing
in the Rising Sun of Caleb A Grant William
Lanius, Said Danley
to hereby certify upon oath that
we are well and personally acquainted with the
foregoing John Shoemaker, who has subscribed
and sworn to the above declaration to obtain
a Pension that we live from his appear and
and our acquaintance with him to be of the
age of ninety years, that he is reputed and
believed in the neighborhood to have him a
Revolutionary Soldier that that opinion is Grant
and that they have never heard it doubted
and that they concur in that opinion and
that he is a man provise for truth and say
James Jones
Caleb A. Craft
Joel Decourey
William Lewis


state of Indiana
Dearborn County ⎬ Set
Rising Sun -
Personally appeared before
the Subschen Probate Judge of the County of the
above manned I have a clergy man Caleb
Sept William Lane and had as
all and each of whose substan
---
and sworn to the trust of the foregoing certified to
which the same and duly affixed in due form
of Law Given under my hand and seal of
age of this sixth day of September 1834
John Leront Probate
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State of Indiana
Benton County but
IJohn Levingston Probate judge
in and for the said County of Dearborn do didon
it to be my full and desided opinion after a street
estimation fighting the interrogating and
prescribed by the ordinance, that the
above named applicant who has subscribed to and
been duly sworn to the assert, was at
revolutionary Soldier and served as he states
And I do further certify as such
judge that it fully appears to me that the said
any one, who has signed and sworn to the
randing certificate is a Clergyman resident in this
Village and County of and that all traft
William Lances and to
who have also signed the same
are residents of the same Township and neighbor
and that they and East of these one credible
persons and that their statements are entitled to
full credit - And that the said applicant is unable in
that from perty and
my spin to and of an under my hand and seal
this sixth day of June 1834 at the Village
of the Ressey sun in the County state as old as
subsp

John livingston Probate judge Lucent shall in
the  County of Dearborn
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State of Indiana ⎬  Sel
Dearborn County
I James Dill Clerk of the
Probate Court of the
County of Dearborn in the
State of Indiana, do certify
that John Livingston whose
signature is affixed to
various depositions on the
foregoing documents, is the
Sole, Judge
of said Court, that
his several signatures thereto
I believe to be genuine, that
full faith and credit are due
to all his official acts as such
Judge, and that the said
court is a court of record
and that I have attached 
the said documents to the seal herewith affixed.
Witness James Dill
Clerk and the Seal of the Probate Court 11th of September  1834
James Dill Clk 
P.C. D.C.
[seal]
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[illegible]  11th 1834
I do hereby certify that I was present
during the whole time of taking the written statement and certificates
and interest, and that the papers  [illegible] have been in my possession
in [illegible]. That I am
well & personally acquainted with the applicant and know 
no doubt that he is entitled to a pension
as he states that the [illegible] [illegible] man
the first [illegible]
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