Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 941, Conrad Apgar, New Jersey
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New Jersey                  Apgar, Conrad                S. 941

                                                                                     carded.
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(Left side)
(Unknown) to pay May 12, 1837
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the (6?) April 1838 from 4 March 1837 to the 4 Sept 1837. Agent notified 13 June 1838.
Letter to Sam Evans 8 Sept 1838.
same Oct 29 1838.

(right side)
New Jersey No. 28.282
Conrad Apgar (?) Apgar
of Hunterdon Co. in the State of New Jersey
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain _____ of the Regt _____commanded by Gen. Dickerman in the New Jersey
(line?) for 6 months, private ___ $20.00

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 20 ___ Dollars ___ Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of May 1834 and sent to Alise (unclear) Flemington, NJ
Arrears to the 4th of March 1836           $60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th Sept.    $10.00
                                                                $70.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Geo C. Whiting Clerk
Book E Vol. 3 Page 101
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State of New Jersey
County of Hunterdon
On this fourteenth day of
August A.D. one thousand Eight hundred and
thirty two, personally appeared in open court, before the judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas now sitting
Flemington in and for the said County of Hunterdon Conrad Apgar Senr a resident of the Township of Lebanon, in the County of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey, aged Seventy Seven 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 7th A.D. 1832 entitled "An act Supplementary to an act for the relief of certain Surviving officers and Soldiers of the Revolution"
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated-- In the spring or summer of ^the year 1775 or 1776 I do not certainly recollect which while residing in
the Township of Alexandria in the County of Hunterdon I turned out as a volunteer in the Militia under Captain Carhart in the Battalion I think of Col. Joseph Beavers, and Genl Dickinson's Brigade. We marched by the White House through Somerville Boundbrook [Bound Brook] Quibble Town and so on to
Amboy - I recollect the names of Captain Jones, Hope and Greidendike [Greendyke?] who were out at 
 the same ^time with me at
Amboy-- I was out this time more than one month when the Militia were discharged at Amboy and returned to Alexandria--some time after that, but I cannot be
precisely how long, the Militia were called out; I was drafted and went out as a private under Captain Philip Mitter--Barnabas Clauson was our Lieutenant, and Abraham Robert
our Ensign- our company was attached to the Battalion of Col. Joseph Beavers - We marched this time on to Bergen near the Hudson River when we laid about six weeks. This was in the fall of the year, for I recollect we pulled some ears of corn
from thence we were marched to Powles [Paulus] Hook to prevent the English from ascending the North River--we laid at
Powles [Paulus] Hook four or five weeks, when we were attacked by the ships of the Enemy and obliged to retreat into the interior
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our time of duty soon after expired and I returned home -
Some time after that I was again drafted, and [illegible] under Captain Brick of Alexandria our company was attached to Col. Frelinghuysen's battalion - we marched this time from Alexandria, through Somersville, Bound Brook, Quibbletown d e to ElizabethTown - We laid there six weeks before we were discharged - During this time, I went on an expedition to Staten Island, where a skirmish took place with the enemy and we retreated - Col. Frelinghuysen (was) with this expedition to the Island; some of our men were wounded - After we were discharged in ElizabethTown, I returned home again-
I was out at another time for three or four weeks, when Col. Taylor was our commanding officer. We laid along and near the Raritan River - I do not recall all the names of our other officers - I was drafted also this time, I think, but at the same time am not certain whether it was not at a time when the militia was all called out. -I was also out as a drafted man before and at the time of the Battle of Monmouth - I do not recollect the names of my company officer; we were. We were marched to Monmouth and arrived a day or two after the battle - They were engaged in burying the dead when we arrived -
I was out this time several weeks, but cannot tell how long exactly, this was the last time I was out according to my present recollection - My memory is bad in respect to the time of my services and the exact periods of them - and also in respect to some of our officers - I have kept no record of them - One Christopher Finchman was our orderly Sergeant at the time I laid at Bergen - The last time I heard of him he was living some where in the county of Warren and State of New Jersey - But I have no means of processing his attendance here -
I do not know that any of my other officers are living at this time - I am well satisified that my whole period of service was between six and seven months and perhaps a good deal more - I was out very often and without doubt have forgotten to mention some of the times - I have no documentary evidence of my services - I knew very well General William Maxwell - i also recollect and knew Col. Philip Johnson, Captain Frazer and Lieut. Jacob Anderson of the five months troops - We were marching to Bergen at the time of the Battle of Long Island - we heard the firing(?) while we were at Newark - I do not recollect particularly the Continental regiments or companies with which I served - And I do further declare that I was born on the third day of January A.D. one-thousand-seven hundred
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and fifty five in the Township of Tewksbury in the County of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey - My age is recorded in the Family Bible-  But I do not know where that is now - 
I was living in the Township of Alexandria in the county of Hunterdon at the time I first went into the service and lived there during the whole of it - I now live in the Township of Lenanon in the Said county of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey and have lived in Said county ever since the Revolutionary war - I went into the service first as a volunteer and afterwards was drafted for many different periods of service as afore stated, except it may have been when the militia were all called out. I never received a regular written discharge from the service. - But at the same time, I always served out my full time and untill regularly dismissed - And I refer to the Rev.d [Monseignor](?) S. Hillton Porter of the Congregation of which I belong, and David McMillen, who both live in the county of Morris, but in my neighborhood, and also to John @ Satter and John Haad [illegible] of the County of Hunterdon, to all of whom I am known and who can testify as to my character for veracity and to whose [judgment] I am willing to submit.
[Illegible] I do hereby relinquish any claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the [present], and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn and subscribed in open Conrad Apgar Sr
court the day and year above
Robert K Reading

I, John @ Satter, residing in the Township of Tewksbury in the County of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey and in the neighborhood of Conrad Apgar above named, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Conrad Apgar who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that I believe him to be seventy seven years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood and where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion and that his character for truth and honesty cannot be impeached.

Sworn and subscribed in open court
The day and year above  John @ Satter
Robert K. Reading
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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 Conrad Apgar Sen., was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and our belief is that the declaration made by him is entitled to
full faith and credit.-- And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Marcus S Hutton who has signed the annexed certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Morris near the line of Hunterdon County and that David W Miller who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and is a credible person, that they both reside in the neighborhood of the said applicant, and that their statement is entitled to credit; and that John C Salter before whom this certificate was made and swore to is a Justice of the peace of the County of Hunterdon-

And the Court do further certify that the said John C Salter has signed the certificate immediately preceding; that he is a resident in the Township of Tewksbury in the County of Hunterdon aforesaid, and is a credible person, and that his statement is entitled to credit.

Done in open Court the day and year aforesaid-

Robert K Reading
Jno Thompson
Benj Egbert

I Isaac G Farlee Cleark of the Superior Court of
Common Pleas of the County of Hunterdon, do hereby certify that the foregoing together with the annexed paper contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Conrad Apgar Senr. for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of said office this fourteenth
day of August A.D. one thousand eight hundred
thirty two
Isaac G. Farlee Clk

[seal affixed at left]
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see 14982 N.J. Indian
Conrad Apgar

Adm 6 Months

$20


Alexander Wurts
Flemington
N. J.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
10 Oct 1833

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 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 [complying] with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the service of C. Apgar Senr.

[table follows, with the following column headings:}

(1) Period when the service was rendered.
(2) Duration of the claimant's service. {sub-headings:  (a) Years (b) Months (c) Days)}
(3) Rank of  the claimant.
(4) Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.  
(5) Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
(6) Proof by which the declaration is supported.

[text under column headings, as follows:]
(1) 1775, 1776, 1778
(2) (a) " (b) 8 (c) 10
(3) private
(4)  Genl Dickinson Brigadier, Col Frelinghuysen, Col Taylor, Col Beavers
(5) 78, Alexandria, Hunterdon County, N.J.
(6) Christopher Philhower, 
Henry Walters

N.B. he knows of no other [illegible] except the above at present.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS
Commissioner of Pensions
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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:
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 [musicians] 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 appeared (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 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 ________________ A. B.

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 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.

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 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 to all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with thet events of the period of his 

[followiing is hand-written:]
It should a been whether witness was in service & what were his. means of knowledge.
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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 ever 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.
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[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 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, and____days, I 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 [a] 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] This 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.

[following is hand-written:]
Each term of review of service must be specified.  It should be stated whether there are survivors of each term.
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State of New Jersney
Hunterdon County ss. Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey Conrad Apgar Sen. an
applicant for a pension, who being duly sworn according to Law deposeth and saith, that since his papers have been returned from the War department for further proof he hath enquired for Christopher Tinchman named in his declaration or an orderly Sergeant of the Company to which this applicant was attached, when he laid at Bergen, and has been informed and believes that the said Tinchman is dead,
that he knows of no other person living who can prove his services except Christopher Philhower, whose affidavit is hereunto annexed - and he further 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 more than one month I served as a
Volunteer in Captain Carhart's company- 
For between five and six months I served as a drafted Militia man, in several different companies -First in the Company of Captain Philip Metler, next in the company of Captain Brink, again when Col. Taylor was our commanding officer, and last at the Battle of Monmouth, and at this time I do not recollect the names of our officers. After this I served several weeks as a driver of a waggon [wagon] attached to the army, and was employed two or
three weeks in what we then called hunting the
Tories.- My Services I am satisfied even of greater length that I have mentioned, but my memory fails me- and for the services more particularly stated in my original declaration to which this is an amendment I Claim a pension.-

Sworn & Subscribed before me
one of the Justices of the peace of
the County of Hunterdon, this 9th
day of May AD. 1833.   }Conrad Apgar Sen.

Philip Marshall
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County of Hunterdon }
State of New Jersey } ss
Be it remembered that
on the thirteenth day of
April in the year of our
Lord one thousand Eight hundred
and thirty three Before me Wm
R Prall one of the Justices of the peace
in the said County 
of Hunterdon. Personally appeared
Christopher Philhower a creditable person a native of said County
aged about Seventy years old and was 
a private in the Malitia of New Jersey in a part of 
the revolutionary war with Great Brittain, who has
been duly sworn according to Law on his sollemn
oath he saith, that he saw Conrad Apgar Senr
in the service of his Country at divers times particularly at the affair at Stattin Island against the
Enemy and the said Conrad Apgar was then a private
in said Malitia, and carried Fire Arms about the
fall of the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven
and also saw the said Apgar at the Battle of
Monmoth as a Malitia man and further this deponent
Saith not
Chris B. Philhower
Sworn and subscribed before }
me this date and year }
above Mentioned }
Wm R Prall Justice of the Peace
in and for said County 
I John Anderson one of the Justices of the peace
in and for the County of Hunterdon in the State of New Jersey
do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with
Chistopher Philhower for upwards of Twenty eight years
and believe him to be a man of truth and been under oath as 
Sined the 5 day of February 1834 John Anderson
Justice of the peace
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In reply to your request of, received
for a statement of the military history of Conrad Apgar, Senr
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's crossed out) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
S.941
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT |  LENGTH OF SERVICE | RANK | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED | CAPTAIN | COLONEL | STATE

Spring or Sum, 1775. or 1776 and served short 6 or 7 mos. tours of various times | Pri. Wagoner | Carhart, Philip Metler, Brink, | Joseph Beaver, Frelinghuysen, Taylor | N.J. 
Battles engaged in, State Island
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Alexandria Twp, Hunterdon Co. N. J.
Residence at date of application, Lebanon Twp., Hunterdon Co. N. J. 
Age at date of application, born Jany 3, 1755 Tewksbury Twp., Hunterdon Co. N. J. 
Remarks: There is no family data
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
6-2856
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State of New Jersey }
Hunterdon County } ss
I Isaac G Farlee clerk of the
Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County,
of Hunterdon, Do hereby certify, that John C. Salter, Philip
Marshall and William R Prall Esquires before
whom the foregoing affidavits were taken
then were and now are Justices of the Peace
in and for said County of Hunterdon, duly
commissioned and sworn, and that full faith
and credit are due to all their official acts
as such, and that the signatures of said Justices
are in their own proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and affixed the
seal of said Court, this eleventh day
of May in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred
and thirty three
Isaac G Farllee
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Rev War
INVALID.
File No 941
Conrad Apgar, Sr
Pri. N. J. Line 
Act June 7, 1832.
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 10
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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County of Hunterdon ss
On this Seventeenth day of November 1838 before me
the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County
of Hunterdon personally appeared Conrad Apgar Senior who on
his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly 
belonged to the company commanded by Captain Phillip Mettler
in the regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Beavers in the
Service of the United States, that his name was placed on the
pension roll of the State of New Jersey, that he received a
Certificate of that fact under the Signature and Seal of the
Secretary of War, which certificate on or about the Seventh
day of May 1838 was by me place in the hands of Samuel
Evans Esquire of Trenton New Jersey, for the purpose of
Sending on to the Third Auditor with my affidavit of Identity 
&c. accompanying the same, in order to obtain my arrears
of pension - Since which time I have not seen my certificate 
of pension, nor do I know where it is at the present
time
Conrad Apgar Sr
Sworn and Subscribed to before }
me the day and year aforesaid }
John Barber }
John Barber Justice Peace }
County of Hunterdon ss. On this Seventeenth day of November 1838
before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of
Hunterdon personally appeared William R Bellis who on his oath declares
that he well knows Conrad Apgar Senior to be the same person
described in the above affidavit-
Sworn and Subscribed to before me }
the day and year aforesaid }
John Barber Justice Peace }
William R Bellis
I John Barber or Justice of the Peace for the County of Hunterdon
in the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that William R Bellis
the Deponent aforesaid is a person of veracity Witness my
hand the 17th day of November 1838 John Barber Justice Peace
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State of New Jersey }
Hunterdon County } ss
I Isaac G. Farlee Clerk of the Inferior
Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Hunterdon
do hereby certify that John Barber Esq. before whom the foregoing 
affidavits were taken, and who signed the certificate of
credibility of W R Bellis, is one of the Justices of the peace in
and for said County of Hunterdon, duly commissioned and
sworn, and that full faith and credit are due to all his
official acts as such, and that his signature is Genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said Court
at Flemington this seventeenth day of
November AD Eighteen hundred and thirty eight
Isaac G Farlee Clk
.
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Personally appeared before John C Salter Justice of the Justices
of the peace in & for the County of Hunterdon Henry Welter an old revolutionary Soldier well known to be
above the age of Eighty years who is now a pentioner
Residing in the Township of Washington, County of
Morris & State of New Jersey he deposeth & saith that
he saw Coonrad Apgar in Amboy as a soldier in
service as near as memory serves it was in the year
Seventeen Hundred & seventy five & that he the said
Coonrad Apgar was at that time in service
one month & fourteen days & then in the year seventeen
hundred seventy six saw the said Coonrad Apgar at
Poulas Hook & Bergin in service as a soldier & he the said
Henry Welter deposith & saith that he himself
was under the
Command of Capt Cooper at Amboy Poulas Hook &
Bergan & that the said Coonrad Apgar was in service
at those two last places mentioned to wit Poulas Hook &
Bergan about the term of one month & a half month
& in the year seventeen Hundred & seventy Eight the said
Henry Welter saw the said Coonrad Apgar in service in
Elizabeth Town while he the said Welter was then under the
command of Capt Snider which time of service lasted
one Month & a half month to wit the Battle of Mumoth
the said Henry Welter personally saw Coonrad Apgar when
they where both in service one month the said Welter
still under the command of Capt Snider. & furthermore
this Deponent saith not ([illegible]over)
Henry his X mark Welter
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Sworn & subscribed before me this 6th day of
February
in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight
Hundred & thirty four John C. Salter Justice of the
Peace

I do certify that I have known Henry Welter the
aforesaid named Deponent for about twenty five years
& I have never known any thing land to his charge
that would impeach him in giving any kind of
Testamony under oath
John C Salter
February 6th 1834
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No 1482
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Washington August 13th 1832
We Mancius S Hutton a Clergyman Residing in
Township of Washington and County of Morris and
David W Miller residing in the same hereby certify
that we are well acquainted with Coonradt Apgar 
that we believe him to be 77 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
M.S. Hutton
David M Miller
sworn & subscribed before me this 13th day of
August in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred
& thirty two - John Salter Justice of the peace
in & for the County of Hunterdon The Reverend
Mr Hutton is Pastor of the Congration in the
Township of Tewksberry to which Congration the
said Conrad Apgar belongs & stands connected
John C Salter Justice
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State of New Jersey }
Hunterdon County } ss
Isaac G Farlee Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for the County of Hunterdon
Do hereby certify that John C Salter Esquire
before whom the foregoing affidavits were
taken, then was and now is one of the Justices
of the peace, in and for said County of Hunterdon, 
duly commissioned and sworn, & that
full faith and credit are due to all his
official acts as such, & that the signature is
in his own proper hand writing -
In Testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Court this 
fourteenth day of August in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and thirty two
Isaac G Farlee Clk
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Treasury Department,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 8 1838.
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," Conrad Apgar
a Pensioner on the Roll of the New Jersey Agency, at
the rate of twenty Dollars and-Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1837
to the 4th of September 1837-
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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[stamped]
TRENTON
SEP 
5 
N. J. 

[left side]
Sept. 7
Mr Evans
Conrad Apgar
N. J. [illegible]
[illegible] Cert.

Hon. James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington City
D.C.
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Hon: James L. Edwards
Dear Sir
Towards the close of the late
Congress I sent Conrad Apar's Senr Certificate of Pensions
with his affidavits he not having recd his pension for more than
one year & the Pension Agent here not knowing how to act under the
late law in such cases) to the Hon Sam L. Southard - Mr.
Southard brought me a draft for one half year $10 payable to me
Apgar's order and Mr Hunt informed me that the Pension Agent
here had instructing to pay the other half year, but as the Pensions
certificate of Conrad Apgar Senr was not send back as I had 
supposed it had been Invalid, most respectfully request
you as early as convenient to have the certificate of Mr Apgar
sent to me or the Pensions Agent
Yours very respectfully
Saml Evans
Trenton Sept. 5 1838
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Mr Conrad Apgar Senior
near Lebanonville Post office
Hunterdon County,
N. J.
Page 27

Dear Sir, 
I have searched in vain for your certificate of Pension having written
several times to Washington City and made repeated enquiries at the Bank here & of Judge
Southard relative thereto. I have concluded at last to send you some papers for execution
and when the same are duly executed and certified by Isaac G. Farlee, Esq. Clerk of
your county that the Justice before whom the business is done is a Justice
of the peace duly commissioned & sworn and that his signature is genuine &c. &c., after
which you may send the papers to James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C. and direct him where to send your Duplicate certificate
of Pension Tell the Justice to be particular in filling of the blanks writing out
at length always
Yours respty
Saml Evans
Mrs. C. Apgar [illegible]
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[stamp]
TRENTON
27 
OCT
N.J.

FREE

Hon: Peter Hagner
3d Auditor of Treasury
N. S. Washington City
D.C.
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Trenton N.J.
October 27th 1838
Saml Evans
Recd Octr 29 &
Ansd same day
Respectfully refd
to the Comr of Pens
Conrad Apgar
N. J. [illegible]
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Dear Sir,
I have just had an interview with the
Hon. S. L. Southard and he informs me that he has no recollection of having called at any other offices than yours and the 
Commissioner of Pensions, and he thinks that Conrad Apgar Serv certificate of
Pension must have been left at your office - Herewith I have enclosed to
you a paper which Mr Southard handed me upon his return to Trenton
which upon examination may .lead to a discovery where the certificate is
Mr. Hunt the assistant in the Pension office here assures me that the 
certificate was never sent although instructions were given to pay 6 mo pension
to the said Apgar. I am sorry to be obliged to trouble you again upon
the subject of the certificate of Pension of Mr  Apgar but as he can't
obtain his money without it. I am anxious for his sake that he may
be placed in a situation whereby he may receive his pension
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Sam Evans
Trenton Oct 27. 1838
Hon. Peter Hagner Auditor
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[stamp]
U. S.
PENSION
O
NOV 
8 
1913
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Band Saw Mill  Planing Mill  Grist Mill Bill Timber Cut to Order
B.H. Crawford
James Crawford
C. J. Crawford
CRAWFORD BROTHERS
Manufacturers of and Dealers in
HEMLOCK AND HARDWOOD LUMBER WAINSCOTING, FLOORING
And all kinds of
Dressed Lumber, Cedar Shingles, Plaster, Plaster Board, Roofing, Feed, Wood, Paints and Oils
Canton, Penn'a., Nov.7 1913 

Pension Dept
Washington, D.C.
Will you please tell me if you have any
record of Conrad Apgar Sr. and Mathias Pickell
of Hunterdon Co. N.J. - revolutionary War, or of
Thomas Thorn - John O Comfort - of Ulster in Orange Cos. N. Y. same war, or of Wm Drake N. J. 
the latter I believe was of Hunterdon Co, also,
and oblige.
Yours
(Mrs) Addie W. Crawford
Canton, Pa