Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 9,885, for George Smock, New Jersey
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(8-1776)

SERVICE | NUMBER
New Jersey | Smock, George | R.9,885

CONTENTS
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No. 4083.

Monmouth Pleas of July Term 1832.
Declaration of Geo. Smock for a pension under Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.

P.O.
Reject.
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Declaration of George Smock in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.

State of New Jersey
Monmouth County//

On this Thirty first day of July in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred & Thirty two, personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Monmouth now sitting, George Smock, resident in the Township of Middletown in the said County of Monmouth & State of New Jersey, Seventy seven years of age on the Twenty fourth day of November last, 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.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated.

That sometime in the year 1777 or 1778, when he was eighteen or nineteen years of age being a resident of the said Township of Middletown, he entered the said service in a militia company commanded by Captain John Smock & that he continued in such service under the said Captain & those herein after named in the manner herein stated until the close of the war. That the company officers under whom he served during his terms of service were, beside the said Capt. Smock, Capt. Barnes Smock and Capt. Barnes Bennett. That he served under the said Captains in the [crossed out: (illegible)] order in which they are respectively mentioned but he...
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...is utterly incapable of specifying the particular times that his several engagements, under his respective captains before mentioned, commenced or terminated.

That the field officers during the time of his said service were General David Forman, Colonel George Taylor & Colonel Asher Homes. That he was chiefly employed during the terms of his said service in guarding the shores of Monmouth County & principally along the Townships of Middletown & Shrewsbury.

That while in said service, he was engaged in several skirmishes with the Tories in the said County of Monmouth. That in the summer of the year 1777, at the time Lord Howe had headquarters at New Brunswick, he was in the New Jersey Militia stationed at or near Metuchen Meetinghouse near Woodbridge in the County of Middlesex. And that at the retreat of the British Army, he was in a reconnoitering party that followed the army in order to observe its movements. That at the time of the Battle of Monmouth, he acted as pilot to a Militia Company from Middlesex, commanded by Capt. Ross. That at the time of the Battle of Germantown when the militia were principally called out from the said County of Monmouth, he was in a small company stationed at the Village
of Freehold (called the Monmouth Courthouse) for the purpose of guarding it against the attacks of the Tories. That at all times while in the said service he entered and served because of his being drafted or called, as it was termed, & that he never served as a substitute. That he was never in service with any Continental Company or regiment, except while cooperating with...
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...them in their maneuvers at the time of Lord Howe's retreat, before mentioned, & that he knew none of the regular officers, except Captain John Burrows, with whom he was acquainted, but in what particular regiment of the line he served, he does not know. That his marches while in the said service were confined to the said County of Monmouth & chiefly along the seacoast except when called at the time before mentioned in the said County of Middlesex, at which time he marched from Monmouth to Princeton. From there to Sourland Hills; from there to Steel Cass & from there to or near the said Metuchen Meetinghouse & soon after having arrived at the last mentioned place after the retreat of Lord Howe, [crossed out: (illegible)] that he returned again to the said County of Monmouth. That he has a record of his age in the Family Bible in his possession. That he now lives in the said Township of Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, where he was born & resided as before stated when called into service & where he has ever lived since the Revolutionary War, except during [crossed out: a] short periods that he lived in the Township of Freehold in the said County & in the County of Middlesex. That he has never received any discharge from the said service & that he has no documentary evidence of such service. That he has no doubt he was out in actual service between two & three years. That Colonel Barnes J. Smock, John Eldridge, John [crossed out: (illegible)] Chasey and Nicholas Worrell are acquainted with & will testify to his service as well as to his character for truth & veracity. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension...
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...or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
s/ George Smock

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
s/ John Patterson

Monmouth County in the State of New Jersey//

We, Barnes S. Smock, John Chasey and John Eldridge of the County of [crossed out: (illegible)] Monmouth, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Smock who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be Seventy seven years of age. And that we know him to have been a Soldier of the Revolution in the service of the United States, having each of us served with him and have been in the service and that we believe, from our knowledge of his services, he was in actual service during said period at least three years and that he is not only reputed and believed to be, in the neighborhood where he resides, a soldier of the revolution but we know him to be have been such. That he is a credible person & that his declaration and statement is entitled to credit.
s/ Barnes S. Smock
s/ John Chasey
s/ John Eldridge (X - his mark)

Sworn to & subscribed the day year aforesaid.
s/ John Patterson
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Barnes S. Smock, John Chasey and John Eldridge, who have signed this preceding certificate, are residents in the County of Monmouth, State of New Jersey, and are credible persons. And that their statement is entitled to credit.

Judges of the said Court:
s/ William Lloyd
s/ John Hull &
s/ John Headden

I, Daniel H. Ellis, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth, New Jersey, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of George Smock for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal of Office this Second day of August in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty two.
s/ D.H. Ellis, Clk.

(See over for authentication.)
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I, Daniel H. Ellis, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of George Smock for a pension made before the said Court in s(ai)d term times on the Thirty first day of July last.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal of Office this Twenty fourth day of [crossed out: July] June in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred & Thirty three. "July" being erased before signing & sealing certificate.
s/ D.H. Ellis, Clk.
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FREE

J.L. Edwards, Esquire
Comm(issioner) of Pensions
Washington

Smock, Geo.
N.J., S.9885
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Freehold, Oct 7th 1834.

J.L. Edwards, Esq.

D(ea)r Sir,

Inclosed are the papers of George Smock, an applicant for a pension, No. 4083, with the supplemental declarations. They were returned on 9th April last by James Parker, Esq., one of the Rep(resentatives) in Congress from New Jersey, by your letter of the 8th April last sent with the papers by Mr. Parker , "further and more satisfactory evidence was required." [illegible] the Testimony of Nicholas Worrell [illegible] herewith inclose the affidavit [illegible] Anderson, Tunis Aumock and [illegible] Bennet to the services of Mr. Smock [illegible],  which I presume will remove [illegible] doubt on your mind and be satisfactory.

Mr. Geo. Smock is a highly respectable citizen of our County with a numerous [crossed out: (illegible)] and large family of [crossed out: friends] communions & it has been a source of mortification to him and his children that his pension has been so long withheld. You will have give it your early attention and oblige.

Yours very resp(ectfully),
s/Daniel B. Ryall
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Washington, 14 May 1836.

Sir,

The enclosed P.S. to a letter taken from Mr. Ryall relates to a claim of George Smock of N.J., which I well remember and which, if I am right, unto upon well established grounds for allowance. As you and I hope not so much [illegible] with [illegible] as formerly. I ask as a favor that you will look on the papers of Mr. Smock and if any reason shall exist to doubt his first claim, let me know it. I do not doubt it.

Yous with great respect,
s/ James Parker

James L. Edwards, Esq.
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[crossed out: Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.]

REJECTED

9885

P.O. 
George Smock
Service: (blank)

Enlisted: N.J.
Discharged: (blank)

Application filed: (blank)

Alleges: (blank)
Re-enlisted: (blank)

Attorney: (blank)
P.O. (blank)
(blank) Recognized. (blank) Contract.
(blank) Cert. of Dis. Searched for (blank), 18 (blank).
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New Jersey
George Smock
Suspended
Lett(er to) J. Parker, Esq.
22nd Dec. 1834
do. do. May 21, '36
9885
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FREE

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Comm(issioner) of Pensions
Washington

New Jersey

Nov. 22
N. Jersey
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House of Assembly, Trenton, 12 Nov. 1834.

J.L. Edwards, Esq.

D(ea)r Sir,

I enclosed you sometime since the pension papers of David Herbert, Thomas Shearman and George Smock; all of Monmouth County, N. Jersey. The last named with additional evidence in support of the claim and have not heard since from the department in regard to them. You will oblige me and them in letting me hear from the department in relation to them. The testimony in the case of David Herbert is, I believe, ample and sufficient. In the case of Shearman, you wrote me sometime he could not be allowed only for a portion of his claim without additional evidence. You will therefore in this case remit me the certificate for such time as the department will allow under the evidence sent, as I am not aware of its being in his power to produce further proof. In the case of G. Smock, all the former objections are removed by the ample evidence last remitted. As the Legislature adjourns today until 7th of January next, you will oblige me by enclosing the certificate or in answering this directed to me at Freehold, N. Jersey. Being from home, I cannot refer to the date of your letters in relation to Shearman's & Smock's claims.

Yours very resp(ectfully),
s/ Daniel B. Ryall
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James L. Edward, Esq.
Comm(issioner) of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

May 16
N.J.
Geo. Smock

Hon. J. Parker, H.R.
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State of New Jersey 
Monmouth County//

William Anderson, being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is rising Seventy seven years of age and resides in the County of Monmouth in said State of New Jersey. That he is now, and was during the Revolutionary War, well acquainted with George Smock, who has sworn to and subscribed the declaration numbered 4083 and the two supplemental declarations thereto. That he, this deponent, was out in the service from the beginning until the close of the war under Captains John Burrows, Barnes Smock, Captain Carhart, Capt. David Gordon, Captain Samuel Carhart and others being after the first five months under Captain Burrows under others either on his own tour or as a substitute for others, almost the whole period of the war. That he frequently saw the said George Smock in Captain John Smock's and Capt. Barnes Smock's Company of Artillery at Middletown, Shrewsbury, Tinton Falls, Long Branch, the Highlands and other places in the said County of Monmouth from the year 1776 until the close of the war but he cannot at this time of day pretend to state the particular times and places but he well recollects frequently having seen the said George Smock out in the service in said Company all and each of the place and he has no doubt he served at last two years in his monthly tours. That the said George Smock is a man of good character and standing in society and was esteemed to be a good soldier in the...
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...revolution. The duties of his, the said Barnes Smock's Company, was to guard the coast and shores of the County from the British and Refugees and they were, with the other militia, kept continually marching and countermarching to guard the coast and shores of Monmouth County.
s/ William Anderson (X - his mark)

Sworn & subscribed before me, one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the said County of Monmouth this 7 Oct. 1834.
s/ William Lloyd

Monmouth County
State of New Jersey//

Tunis Aumock of the County of Monmouth, being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is upwards of Seventy seven years of age and was a Soldier of the Revolution; being a sergeant during the war in Captain Barnes Smock's Artillery Company and also in Captain John Smock's Company. That he was, during the Revolutionary War and now is, well acquainted with George Smock, who has sworn to and subscribed the declaration numbered 4083 & the supplements thereto. That he, this deponent, served his own monthly tours - and the alternate months as a substitute - for his father and that continued pretty much during the whole war. That in the year 1776, he entered the service and continued during the war and that he frequently saw the said George Smock out in the service almost every other month during the early part of the war and frequently served with him in the said...
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...Captain Barnes Smock's Artillery Company. That he, the said George Smock, was out in said company almost every other month from the beginning of the war until the close, perhaps not quite so often in the two or three last years, but that he knows the said George [Smock] was a member of that company and served in it his alternate monthly service almost the whole war. He frequently saw the said George [Smock] and served with him at Middletown, Eatontown, the Highlands, Long Branch Shrewsbury and other intermediate points and places and that their duties were to guard the coast and shores of the County from the inroads of the British and Refugees from New York. That the said George Smock was always esteemed during the war a good and faithful soldier and had the reputation of serving his monthly tours faithfully and personally. That he believes the said George Smock must have served between two and three years, at least, in monthly tours in said Artillery Company but he, this deponent, cannot pretend to state the particular times he saw the said George [Smock] in the service at the before named places or the particular times they were out together in the service. That the said George Smock is a man of good character and standing in society and his statement is entitled to credit.
s/ Tunis Aumock (X - his mark)

Subscribed before me, a Justice of the Peace of the County of Monmouth this 7th Oct. 1834.
s/ William Lloyd
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Monmouth County
State of New Jersey//

John L. Bennet [crossed out: (illegible)] of the County of Monmouth, being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is upwards of Seventy seven years of age. That he was a Soldier of the Revolution and served under Captain John Smock and Barnes Smock of the foot and Captains Green, Remson, Covenhoven and Lieutenant Barnes J. Smock of the Light Horse, serving from the beginning until the close of the war in alternate months, except when a prisoner for about six months in New York. That he was, during the whole Revolutionary War and now is, well acquainted with George Smock, who has sworn to and subscribed the declaration marked number 4083 and the supplement thereto. That while this deponent was in the service, he frequently saw the said George Smock out in the service from the beginning until the close of the war but as he [crossed out: was], this deponent, was the most part of his time in the [Light] Horse, he does not recollect what particular companies the said George Smock served in but he frequently saw him from the beginning to the close of the war out in the monthly service at Middletown, Eatontown, Shrewsbury, Long Branch, the Highlands and other points and places in said County but cannot state the particular times he saw him at those places in the service as the militia were kept continually marching and countermarching to and from those places guarding the...
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...coasts and shores from the British and Tories. This deponent says he has a distinct recollection of having it said after the Battle of Monmouth that the said George Smock had acted with great bravery on that occasion and performed good service. That this deponent has no doubt from his so frequently having seen him, the said Gorge Smock, out in the service that he served at least between two and three years in monthly tours of duty. That the said George Smock is a man of good character and standing in society and is so esteemed and that his statement is entitled to credit.
s/ John L. Bennet

Sworn & subscribed before me, a Justice of the Peace, this 7th day of October 1834.
s/ William Lloyd

And I, the said William Lloyd, Justice as foresaid, do Hereby certify that William Anderson, Tunis Aumock and John L. Bennet, who have signed and sworn to respectively the forgoing affidavits and each of them credible persons and that their respective affidavits are entitled to credit.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand this 7th day of October 1834.
s/ William Lloyd, Justice
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I, Daniel H. Ellis, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth & State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that William Lloyd, Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the Jurats of the foregoing three affidavits of William Anderson, Tunis Aumock and John L. Bennet and to the forgoing certificate, now is and at the time said affidavits were made was a Justice of the Peace of the said County of Monmouth duly commissioned and sworn. And that the name signed "William Lloyd" to said Jurats and certificates is his proper handwriting and that full faith and credit ought and should be attached to all his official acts as such Justice.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal of Office at Freehold this Seventh day of October Anno Domini Eighteen Hundred and Thirty four.
s/ D.H. Ellis, Clk.
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Amendatory affidavit of George Smock to his original declaration made July 31st 1832 in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

State of New Jersey
Monmouth County//

Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, George Smock, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is the identical George Smock named in the original declaration for a pension numbered 4083 by the War Department. And 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 [crossed out: stated] he mentioned below and in the following grades. To wit: That he entered the Militia of New Jersey about the first of July 1776, for recollects perfectly well. That it was at the time or immediately after the British Fleet came in at Sandy Hook and landed their troops on Staten and Long Islands. That he was mistaken about the time of entering the service in his original declaration, owing to the haste in which it was done and before he could call to his mind the transactions of that period; so many years having elapsed, which greatly impaired his memory. But that he can fix time from the arrival of the fleet of the enemy, as aforesaid, which created a great excitement and struck terror to the hearts of all. That he was under the impression that he was about 18 or 19 years old when he first entered the service but he finds upon computation that he was past 21. That he served in said militia under Captains John & Barnes Smock, guarding the shores of Middletown every other month alternately. To wit: The months of July, September & November in the year 1776. That then the militia of this County were obliged to lay down their arms the Tories and British having obtained the ascendency until after...
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...the success of Washington at Trenton & Princeton. That he again entered the service under the said Captain and served his regular tours of duty every other month alternately. To wit: The months of January, March, May, July, September and November in the year 1777 and the months of January & March in the year 1778, guarding the shores of Middletown and Shrewsbury from the inroads of the Tories and British, except his tour to Sourland Hills. He then joined an Artillery Company commanded by Captain Barnes Smock and served in said company the months of May, June, August, October and December in the year 1778 and the months of February, April, June, August, October and December in the year 1779, guarding the shores as aforesaid. That after this time, he thinks the militia were not called out so often as before, yet he is certain that he served at least four months, or tours, in each of the years 1780, 1781 & 1782 under the said Captain Smock [crossed out: and Captain Barnes, Bennet during the better part of the time] guarding the shores as aforesaid but the particular months that each tour was performed he cannot now state but he is positive that each tour of duty was at least one month in length and that he served at least four such tours or every third month in each of the years last above named. That is to say, in the year 1780 he served at least four months; in the year 1781 he served at least four months & in the year 1782 he served at least four months. That all his above service was performed in the grade of a private. That he served a number of tours of two and [duplicate: and] three days and sometimes a week in length. Then the Tories & British landed on the shores and then all the militia were called out and when it was not his regular tours of service but he cannot specify the times, they being very irregular. And for the service he has mentioned above he claims a pension. That all the interrogatories are answered in his original declaration. That he is acquainted with...
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...the Reverend Jacob. T.B. Beekman and Garret Rez. Covenhoven in his present neighborhood, who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief [crossed out: and their belief] of his services as a Soldier of Revolution. That he always served with an embodied corps called into service by the authority of the laws of this State. That his service was performed in field and not in garrison. And that during the time in which his service was performed, he was not engaged in any civil pursuit.
s/ George Smock

Sworn and subscribed before me June 19th A.D. 1833. Covenhoven written over an erasure "and their belief" erased before sworn to.
s/ John Patterson

We, Jacob F.B. Beekmen, a Clergyman residing in the Township of Middletown, Monmouth County, New [duplicate: New] Jersey, and Garret Rez. Covehoven, residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Smock, who has subscribed and sworn to the above amendatory affidavit. That we believe him to be Seventy eight years of age. That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and to be a man of good character for truth and veracity and that we concur in that opinion.
s/ Jacob T.B. Beekman
s/ Garret Rez. Covehoven

Sworn to & subscribed this 19th day of June 1833 before me, a Justice of the Peace as aforesaid. "Covenhoven" written over an erasure before sworn to.
s/ John Patterson

And I, the said John Patterson, a Justice of the Peace and Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State first above mentioned, do hereby certify that it appears to...
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...me that Jacob T.B. Beekman, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the Township of Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, and that Garret Rez. Covenhoven, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand June 20th A.D. 1833. "Jacob T.B." written over an erasure before signing.
s/ John Patterson

I, Daniel H. Ellis, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that John Patterson, Esquire, by & before whom the foregoing proceedings were done, sworn to & subscribed, was at the several times the said proceedings were performed & still is, a Judge of the said Court & Justice of the Peace in & for the said County, duly enrolled in my office & commissioned & sworn into office as such Judge & Justice & that due faith & credit are due & ought to be given to his official acts as such Judge & Justice & further that the name signed "John Patterson" to the Jurat to the foregoing amendatory affidavit of George Smock & to the Jurat to the foregoing certificate of Jacob T.B. Beeckman & Garret Rez. Covenhoven & to the foregoing certificate of the said John Patterson are severally the genuine signatures of the said John Patterson, Judge & Justice as aforesaid.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal of Office this Twenty fourth day of June in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and
Thirty three.
s/ D.H. Ellis, Clk.
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Second Amended Declaration of George Smock.

State of New Jersey
Monmouth County//

Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, George Smock, who being duly sworn saith that he is the identical George Smock named in the original declaration numbered 4083 by the War Department. That his service mentioned in his amended declaration in the years 1776 & 1777 was performed as guard or sentry along the shores of Middletown & Shrewsbury. To wit: At Middletown Point, Bay Shore, Sandy Hook, Highlands, Black Point, Long Branch and Deal. That their headquarters were at Middletown under Col. Holmes. That their duties were to march along the shores as aforesaid and to keep guard or sentry at the above named places. That they always assembled at headquarters and then marched to one of the above named places where they were to be stationed as guard or sentry as aforesaid but he cannot state the particular times he was at each of the said places. That he knows of Chrineyonce Schauck, who served with him one month, he thinks, but cant recollect the time.

That the remainder of his service mentioned in his amended declaration was performed at the places above mentioned. That Middletown & Tinton Falls were their headquarters and their duties were to march along said shores and to guard the intermediate places as above mentioned along the shores of Middletown & Shrewsbury as aforesaid. That William Schanck was lieut(enant) of said Artillery Company under the said Capt. Barnes Smock. Joseph Vanderveer was ensign & Tunis Aumock was ser(geant). That Col. Holmes had command of the troops at Middletown & Col. Hendrickson had command at Tinton Falls. That David Forman was Brigadier General and had command of [crossed out: the] all the troops in Monmouth County. That he cannot state more particularly the times of his service than he has mentioned in his...
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...amended declaration. That he joined the said Artillery Company at the time mentioned in his amended declaration and served in said company until the year 1783, as he has mentioned in his amended declaration. That the persons now living who served in said company are Nicholas Worrel, Tunis Aumock, John Aumock & Aaron Sutphen. That Barnes Smock, the captain of the said company, died in Monmouth County about four years ago.
s/ George Smock

Sworn to and subscribed before me Sep. 10th 1833.
s/ William Lloyd

State of New Jersey
Monmouth County//

Nicholas Worrel, being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is a surviving Soldier of the Revolution, aged Seven(ty) six years. That he belonged to and served in Captain Smock's Artillery Company from the year 1777 until the year 1783. That George Smock, who has signed and sworn to the above affidavit, joined the said Company of Artillery and served in the same under the said capt(ain) his regular tours of duty whenever and as often as the militia were called out, which was every other month. But in the three last years, he thinks it was not so often every third month. That the said George Smock joined said company in the spring of the year 1778 and served in the same as above mentioned until the close of the war in 1783. That the said George Smock was a good soldier and served his regular tours. This deponent never knew him to fail. That their headquarters were at Middletown & Tinton Falls under Col.'s Holmes & Hendrickson. Their duties were to guard the shores as mentioned by the said Smock...
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...that [David] Forman was gen(eral) and had command of all the troops in Monmouth County.
s/ Nicholas Worrel (X - his mark)

Sworn to and subscribed before me Sep. 10th 1833, being first read to him.
s/ William Lloyd

And I, the said William Lloyd, Justice as aforesaid, do hereby certify that Nicholas Worrel, who has signed and sworn to the above affidavit, is a credible person and that his affidavit is entitled to credit. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand this 11th day of Sep. A.D. 1833.
s/ William Lloyd

I, Daniel H. Ellis, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that William Lloyd, before whom the foregoing proceedings were taken, sworn to & subscribed, is now and was at the date thereof enrolled in my office as a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn into office and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such. And further that the signature "William Lloyd" signed above are the true handwriting and genuine signatures of the said Justice.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and the Seal of the said County at Freehold this Tenth day of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty three.
s/ D.H. Ellis, Clk.
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Free

J. Parker, Esq.
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

Hon. J. Parker, H.R.
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P.S. Can you not ascertain what is the difficulty in the department in the case of George Smock, an applicant for a pension. You would oblige Mr. Smock very much if you would procure the allowance. His claims is a just and honest one beyond all doubt & the evidence at the department, I believe is ample. I spoke to Mr. Wade about it also. Will you remind him of it also.

Yours &c.,
s/ D.B. Ryall

May 6. 1836