Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34894, Matthias Garrison, New Jersey
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
New Jersey

Garrison, Matthias
or
Mathias

NUMBER
S. 34894
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CONTENTS
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[left side:]
Died
Dec 21, 1823

Notification sent to Ebr Seeley Esq 21 July 1820
Bridgeton
N.J.

[right side:]
7248
New Jersey
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Mathias Garrison
of Cumberland County in the State of N Jersey
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Dayton of the N Jersey line, for the term of One Year.
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Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2d of September 1818.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 5th of Mar. 1819 and sent to the Hon C Bateman
H. Representatives
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                              Mar. 27. 4
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 5 30 35     48.76
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819.   48.00
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                                                                $96.76
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{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}

Cumberland Cty.
N. Jersey
Discontinued
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State of New Jersey Cumberland County ss.
I Mathias Garrison of the County & State aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth & declareth in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" 
That he the said Mathias Garrison enlisted at Bridgetown in the State of New Jersey in the year 1776 in the month of March with the company commanded by Captain Joseph Bloomfield of the 3rd New Jersey Regiment commanded by Colonel Dayton, that he continued to serve in the continental establishment in said company untill its return from Ticonderoga in the month of March 1777 - when he was honourably discharged at Esopus in the State of New York having served one year that being the time for which he was enlisted.  that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.  
[signed] Matthias Garrison

Subscribed and sworn to before me September 2nd 1818. 
[signed] James D Westcott

State of New Jersey Cumberland County ss.
David Dare of said county being duly sworn oath on his solemn oath depose and say That he has been well acquainted with Mathias Garrison who makes the foregoing declaration for near 40 years past, and that he verily believes him to be a person entitled to credit and fully to be credited on oath and that he knows the circumstances of said Garrison are such as to need the assistance of his country for support.  
[signed] Daniel Dare
Subscribed and sworn to before me Dec. 18th 1818. 
[signed] James D. Westcott
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State of New Jersey Cumberland County SS.
I James D. Westcott one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas of the County andstate aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to mysatisfaction that Mathias Garrison who has made the proceeding declaration on oath, did serve, as therein expressed, in the revolutionary army, on the continental establishment, against the common enemy, for one year, and that his circumstances in life are so reduced, as to need the assistance of his country for support; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony had and taken in his case, to the secretary for the department of war, agreeably to the before mentioned act of Congress

Dated at Bridgetown this 19th day [signed] of December 1818.
James D. Westcott

State of New Jersey Cumberland County Ss.
I Ebenezer Seeley Clerk of the County of Cumberland New Jersey do hereby certify that James D Westcott Esqr who has attested the declaration on oath of Matthias Garrison and the affidavit of Daniel Dare hereunto annexed and who has certified to the same, was at the time of attesting to the same a Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in said County and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his official attestations as such -

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of  office the twenty second day of December Anno Domini 1818 -
[signed] Ebenr Seeley Clk

[illegible Court Seal attached lower left]
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Matthias Garrison


7248

5 March 1819

Not entitled
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

SCHEDULE.
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Inferior Court of Common Pleas, of the Term of June 1820
On this twenty second day of June 1820 personally appeared in open court, being a court of record for the said county, Matthias Garrison aged Sixty one years, resident in Deerfield in said county, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: that he enlisted in the year 1776 in the month of March for the term of one year in the Company under Capt Joseph Bloomfield of the 3d New Jersey Regiment, Col Dayton that he served therein for the term of one year and upwards and was honorably discharged at Esopus on their return from Canada in the year 1777 in the month of March, that he believes his application for a pension was dated Sept 2nd 1818, and his certificate dated March 5th 1819 No 7.248 

And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or of any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War,” passed on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained
in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
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Schedule of Property.
First - Five acres of land with a small frame house -- value | 130.00
one Gun $10  2 kegs-150 | 11.50
two Blue Chests $2.00 one Corner Cupboard 1.50 | 3.50 
Three tables 1.50 - 7 old Chairs 1.50 | 3.00
Shovel, tongs, andirons & two trammels | 1.50
One Broad axe, handsaw & Drawing Knife | 2.00
Oak tubs Pales Casks & Sundrys | 4.00
One [illegible] Back watch | 5.00
All the dishes Glass & earthen ware | 2.00
[total] $167.50

Appraised and subscribed on the 15th day of June 1820. By order of the Court [signatures] Hosea [illegible] Reuben Huell

And I do further swear that my family consists of myself age as above specified, very infirm, & my wife Sarah aged 55 years very weak and infirm both of whom are unable to do much work and my son Samuel aged eleven years and the only person I have to look to for support [signed] Matthias Garrison
Sworn & subscribed in Open Court June the 22d 1820 - 
[signed] James Clark
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In the opinion of the Court the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is one hundred and Sixty Seven dollars and fifty cents.
[signed] James Clark

[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, ss.
I, EBENEZER SEELEY, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said county, do hereby certify, that the said court is a court of record, being so constituted by law, having a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and possessing the power of fine and imprisonment and I do further certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule hereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is One hundred sixty seven dollars and fifty cents.  In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this twenty fourth day of June 1820 -
[signed] Ebenr Seeley Clk

[illegible Court Seal attached at left]
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[typed letter, page 1 of 2]

July 23, 1938

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MATTHIAS GARRISON
S. 34894
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. C. H. Danforth
607 Cabrillo Avenue
Stanford University, California

Dear Madam:

You are furnished herein the record of Mathias or Matthias Garrison as found in pension claim, S.34894, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Matthias Garrison are not shown.

Matthias Garrison enlisted at Bridgeton, New Jersey, in March, 1776, served as private in Captain Joseph Bloomfield's company, Colonel Dayton's 3" New Jersey Regiment, and was discharged in March, 1777.

The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed September 2, 1818, while a resident of Cumberland County, New Jersey. He signed Matthias Garrison, but his name was borne on the pension roll as Mathias Garrison.

In 1820, the soldier was living in Deerfield, Cumberland County, New Jersey, and then gave his own age as sixty-one years and referred to his wife, Sarah, as aged fifty-five years also to a son, Samuel, eleven years old. In 1823, he still gave his wife's age as fifty-five years and stated that he (Matthias) was aged sixty-six years and upwards, with no explanation of the discrepancies. In 1823, he referred to his son aged fourteen years, name not designated, and to a daughter, aged twenty-two years, name also not given. At that time he was still living in Cumberland County, New Jersey.

In 1823, one Charles Garrison acted as one of the appraisers in Cumberland County, New Jersey, in the inventory of property of the soldier, Matthias Garrison, but no relationship between them was stated.

The soldier died December 21, 1823.
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[typed letter, page 2 of 2]

In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of Mathias or Matthias Garrison, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Matthias Garrison, certificate #7248, issued March 5, 1819, rate $8 per month, commenced September 2, 1818, Act 18th March, 1818, New Jersey Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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[typed letter] 

July 23, 1938

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BA-J/MLB
Matthias Garrison [handwritten]
S. 34894 [handwritten]

Mrs. C. H. Danforth
60 Cabrillo Avenue
Stanford University, California

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter of recent date, in which you request information relative to John Santee born 1719, wife, Catherine Smith, served as captain and colonel and died November 19, 1777; Michael Seeley, born 1750, wife, Sarah Depue, lived in New York and New Jersey and died in 1825 in Beach Haven, Pennsylvania; William Moore, born 1758, wife Dorcas Carr, served from Pennsylvania or Maryland, died in 1823 in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; Matthias Garrison, served from New Jersey, had wife, Elizabeth Fortner, and died in 1823, and Leonard Zimmerman, born 1730, wife, Anna Sovier, served from Pennsylvania, and died in 1812 in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, all of whom were soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

There are no claims for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolution of the John Santee or William Moore described above, or of any Michael Seeley or Leonard Zimmerman. Such claims are the source of data furnished by this office in regard to soldiers of the Revolutionary War. Information in regard to the military service of those soldiers might be obtained from the Adjutant General, War Department, this city.

The record of the only Matthias Garrison, found in the Revolutionary War records of this office, is furnished you herewith.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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[typed letter, page 1 of 2]

March 20, 1935

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MATTHIAS GARRISON
S. 34894
BA-J/MLB

Mr. Frank T. Dare
70 Pitman Avenue
Pitman, New Jersey

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Mathias Garrison, who served in Captain Joseph Bloomfield's company, received a pension and died in Deerfield, Cumberland County, New Jersey.

You are furnished herein the record of the only soldier named Mathias or Matthias Garrison, found in the Revolutionary War records of this office. The data therein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.34894, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not shown.

Matthias Garrison (as soldier signed, but was pensioned Mathias Garrison) enlisted at Bridgeton, New Jersey, in March, 1776, served as private in Captain Joseph Bloomfield's company, Colonel Dayton's 3" New Jersey Regiment, and was discharged in March, 1777.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 2, 1818, while a resident of Cumberland County, New Jersey.

In 1820 the soldier was living in Deerfield, Cumberland County, New Jersey, and at that time gave his own age as sixty-one years, referred to his wife, Sarah, as aged fifty-five years, also referred to a son, Samuel eleven years old. In 18235, in addition to soldier's wife whose age he still gave as fifty-five years, he stated that he was aged "sixty-six years and upwards" with no explanation of the discrepancies. At that time he referred to his son aged fourteen years, name not designated, and to a daughter aged twenty-two years, her name not given. In 1823, the soldier was still a resident of Cumberland County, New Jersey,
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[typed letter, page 2 of 2]


In 1823, one Charles Garrison acted as one of the appraisers in Cumberland County, New Jersey, in the inventory of property of the soldier, Matthias or Mathias Garrison, but no relationship between then was stated.

Matthias or Mathias Garrison died December 21, 1823.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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[form with handwritten entries]
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.  3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS. Washington, D. C., [space], 19 [blank]
S.F.34894
In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Matthias Garrison a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. Mch 1776
LENGTH OF SERVICE. Mch 1777
RANK. Pvt
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. Joseph Bloomfield, COLONEL. Dayton
STATE.  3" N.J. [3rd Regiment New Jersey]

Battles engaged in, [blank]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted at Bridgetown N.J.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 2, 1818 His cl. [claim] was al. [allowed]
Residence at date of application, Cumberland Co N.J.
Age at date of application, 59 yrs Date & place not stated ["59" crossed out and written above] "1820 61 yrs res Deerfield" d. Dec. 21, 1823 place not stated
Remarks: In 1820 his wife Sarah was about 55 years old, son Samuel 11 years and a daughter 19 years, her name is not given.

Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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[typed letter]

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.

April 13, 1927.

Miss Elma C. Bishop,
R. F. D. 3,
Berwick, Penn.

Madam:  
I have to advise you, that there is but one Revolutionary War soldier found on the records of this bureau, named Matthias Garrison, Survivor File 34894.
Your letter of inquiry, dated March 7, 1927, asked for one Matthias Garrison who served in New Jersey, that you thought that he died in Warren County, which was previously Hunterdon County.  You did not state the name of his wife in that letter, or his residence at enlistment.
It is regretted that the bureau is unable to aid you further in this matter.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT, 
Commissioner

[Handwritten note] 
See above quoted letter in Jacob Gearhart N.J. S3392. it inquired about both
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[typed letter under printed letterhead]

MISS ELMA C. BISHOP
R. F. D. NO. 3
BERWICK, PENNSYLVANIA

Apr. 11, 1927.

Pension Office,
I have received the photostats you mailed to me on the eighth.
When I wrote asking if you had the name of one Matthias Garrison on your files I said he was from Hunterdon Co.N.J.  You said you had his name and gave me the number of pages and the price.  The M.Garrison you sent me was from Cumberland Co.N.J.  I had also said his wife's name was Elizabeth, this M.Garrison's wife is Sarah.
Do you have a Matthias Garrison from HunterdonCo.?  If so kindly send me data that is given out without paying for photostat.I am very sorry this error occured because these papers were not for myself but for a friend.M.Garrison served as a Private from Hunterdon CO.N.J. in the Revolution.
Respectfully, 
[signed] Elma Bishop

[circular stamp at bottom] 
U.S. PENSION OFFICE R APR 13 1927
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[rectangular stamp at top of page] FINANCE DIVISION BOOK.KEEPING DESK MAR 30 1927 BUREAU OF PENSIONS
[handwritten note next to stamp] see former correspondence in Jacob Gearhart S3392
[typed letter] Berwick Pa.R.D.#3. 
Mar. 25, 1927.
Bureau of Pensions
Please find enclosed check of $1.75 for photostats of pension claim S.34894 Rev.War pension.Matthais Garrison.If his wife received a pension and it is not included in this claim kindly give me the number of pages ["10" handwritten note to the side] connected with her claim as I want photostats of all of them.
Do you have on your files one Michael Moore ["o" written above the name] who served in the Rev. from N.J.?Sussex Co I think was the county am not positive,he died in Northumberland Co in 1805 Penna.Did his wife Hester(Esther) receive a pension
Do you have a claim for pension of one Peter Bishop ["o O" written above name] who served as Lieutenant in the War of 1812 in Dutchess Co. NyY.?His widow was Mary Bishop I do not know the date of his death ,think it was around 1860-65.
Respectfully, [signed] Elma C. Bishop
[handwritten note to the left too faint to read, ends in "x3 (missing)"]
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[left side of page]
6769
3-2233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
March 40 1927'Chief Rev War ["Division" crossed out] Section
I have this day received from Miss Elma C Bishop M.O. No. 350430 for $1.75, requesting photostat copy ["post office addresses" crossed out] as per letter herewith. [handwritten note to the right:] OK [illegible]
[handwritten note:] photos mailed & Finance notif aw [initials] apr 8 2 of
O. J. RANDALL Chief Finance Division. 
[handwritten:] H.C.L. C - 1 L. 6

[right side of page is the right half of the letter sent with the payment (the left half is covered by the work order ticket described above]
[rectangular stamp at top of page] FINANCE DIVISION BOOK.KEEPING DESK MAR 30 1927 BUREAU OF PENSIONS
[handwritten note next to stamp] see former correspondence in Jacob Gearhart S3392
[typed letter] Berwick Pa.R.D.#3.
Mar. 25, 1927.
 of $1.75 for photostats of pension 
Garrison.If his wife received a
claim kindly give me the number ["10" handwritten to the side] 
want photostats of all of them.
e Michael Moore ["o" written above the name] who served in the 
he county am not positive,he died 
d his wife Hester(Esther) receive a pension
ion of one Peter Bishop ["o O" written above name] who served as 
ess Co. NyY.?His widow was Mary Bishop
hink it was around 1860-65.
y, [signed] Elma C. Bishop
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1,681

[cut off] IN SUPLICATE
[cut off]tries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 13942

[cut off]for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
['BUREAU OFF' shows through hole in paper]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON

CHIEF, Division of Publications,
Room G 137.
Please furnish work specified below.

March 31, 1927192

Bureau ordering __Pension__
Deliver to Room No.__5033__

(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE,
EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)

Title and description of job ____photostat copies of 10 pages from the Rev. War Pension claim, S. 34894, Matthias Garrison. _____


No. of copies __ 1 of each page.__ 
Shall form be kept standing? ____ ___ days
For further information see __ A. E. Wilson
Room No. _ 5033__ Phone No. __541 __

Approved: __O.L. Ganbord __ Chief Clerk of Bureau.
__A.E. Wilson ___ Chief of Branch ['or Division' crossed out]
[stamp:] DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS CEPT OF THE INTERIOR. RECEIVED MAR 31 1927

NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless
statement showing necessity is written  below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering _____________________
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CHECK WORK DESIRED

Duplicate

Multigraph     single or double space?  ___
 Facsimile signature? _____

Mimeograph   one side or both sides? ___
  Facsimile signature? ___

Folding         once or twice?  

Assembling
Stapling        Once?   Twice?   Side?  End?

Electric typewriter   Fill in addresses? ___ Dated? _____

Addressograph from lists-----------------
Envelopes, size   _____  Cards, size _____
Proof list _________ Pay rolls ______
Labels (submit sample) _______ Corrections _____
Fill in letters _____ Tabulation sheets ____

Photostat X Size __actual__ Official use? ___ 
Repay? _yes__ $1.50
Blue Print    Size _____ Official use?
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Remarks _________________________

(OVER)
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3-2027
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON

April 5, 1927

Miss E.C. Bishop



Madam:

I have to advise you that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to pension having been claimed by Michael Moore or his wife Hester, or Esther and the pension records of the War of 1812 fail to afford any information as to Peter Bishop and his wife Mary, described by you.

It does not appear that pension was claimed by anyone as widow of Matthias Garrison, Revolutionary War pensioner, S. 34894


Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner
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607 Cabrillo Avenue
Stanford University,  Calif.
June 30th, 1938

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,

Have you in your files records for the following men. Some of whom I know had pensions?

1. Captain John Santee- afterwards Colonel
born June 24, 1719, died Nov. 19, 1777
Wife Catherine Smith. Lived in Easton, Pennsylvania

2. Michael Seeley, born 1750, died 1823. Wife Sarah De One. Lived in N.Y. and N.J. Died in Beach Haven, Pennsylvania.

3. William Moore, born Feb. 15, 1758, died May 19, 1823
Wife. Dorcas Carr b. 1764-d.1842. Served from Pennsylvania or Maryland. Died in Luzerne Co. Pennsylvania.

4. Matthias Garrison, born 1744- died 1823- wife Elizabeth Fortner. Lived in Amwell Twp, Hunterdon Co. N.J. Died Warren, N.J.
Served from New Jersey.

5. Leonard Zimmerman, L. 1730, died 1812, wife Anne Sovier.
died Scheryl Kill Co, Pennsylvania. Served from Pennsylvania.

Thanking you most sincerely for anny facts that you may have concerning these men. 

I am
very truly

Mrs. C.H. Danforth
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Pitman, N.J. Mar 11-1935.

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen,

Will you kindly give the record of Matthias Garrison, in Captain Joseph Bloomfield's Company in the Revolution, he died in Deerfield Cumberland County New Jersey at an advanced age, and was reported to have been a United States pensioner at the time of his death.

Any information given of him, or of his family connections will be highly appreciated.

Very truly yours.

Frank I Dare
70 Pitman Ave
Pitman
New Jersey.
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Bloomsburg, Pa, April 16th, 1914

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-

Matthias Garrison, late of Cumberland County New Jersey, was my grandfather. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. I am looking up his history. I have been appointed to write a brief history of our ancestore. Furthermore, my daughter and granddaughters, desire to join an organization known as "Daughters of the American Revolution". For them also this information is desired.

From the records can you inform mr, when and where he was born in N.J? When did he enter the army? How long did he serve and in what capacity? Where did he die and at what age and where? Was he a pensioner, if so how long?

If you can give me the above information I shall prize it very highly.

Very respectfully,
Joseph Garrison
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[left side:]
34894
1776.  INVALID.
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File No. ___34,894___
___Matthias Garrison___
___Pri Rev War _____-
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Act : __18" March 18"___
Index:--Vol.__ 2 __, Page __150__

[Arrangement of 1870.]

[right side:]
[cut off]4 Apr. 20 Hist. to Joseph
Garrison V.L.M.
1927 Apr. 8. photos mailed to
S.L. Bishop. She also ad.
no widow's pension.   AW
1927 Apr. 13. E. C. Bishop
infd no other, etc.  AW
1935 Mar. 20 - Hist to Mr.
Frank T. Dare
[cut off] July 23 - Hist to Mrs. C.H. Danforth  MLB
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[stamp:] BRIDGETOWN MAY 7

March 1823 N.J.
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Matthias Garrison
-----------0Recd 13 March 1823

FREE

Honble J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington

Mr Edw------
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Recd May 27, 1823

[left side:]
his 10th Sched:  very
little, if any charge
has been made in his
property.
Applicant aged
upwards of 66 yrs-
a Miller-  for several
has been infirm, &
not able to follow it,
or any other business
for support.-
Wife aged 55 yrs,
son aged 14 yrs.
says nothing of their
health, or ability to
contribute to their
support - 1 daughter 
very weak & low
with a consumption-
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"Ebenr Seeley, Esqr
['Cumberland' crossed out]
Bridgetown,
Cumberland Co
N. Jersey

[right side;]
N. Jersey-
Matthias Garrison
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served one year in 1776,
1777.    8 Apl 1823
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1st Sched: exhibits, viz:
Five acres of ground with a
small frame house - Value $130.
1 Cow 2 pigs - $11.50- & other
small articles of furniture to
the amount of $36-
Whole amt of sched: $167.50
stricken off the roll the 21st
July 1821-
Application for restoration,
as per date of
2d Sched: which exhibits
One house & lot valued at $80]
1 Cow $ 8 - 1 Chest & 1 corner
cupboard, $6- chairs & table $1.-
Sundry other household
goods, to amount of $5.
whole amt $102-
States, that since making
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Matthias Garrison

Application for Pension
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Sept 1819

off 21 July 1820
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State of New Jersey
Cumberland County ss:
On this eighth day of April, 1823, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record, so constituted by Law and possessing unlimited Jurisdiction in point of amount, Matthias Garrison resident in said County, aged sixty six years and upwards, who being first duly sworn accor ding to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of the 18th of March 1818, the 1st of May 1820, and 1st
of March 1823, that he the said Matthias
Garrison Enlisted for the term of one year in the State of New Jersey, in the year 1776 in the Company commanded by Capt. Bloomfield, in the Regiment commanded by Col Dayton in the line of the State of New Jersey on the continental establishment that he continued to serve in the said Company and was therein and present during the Northern Campaign, that he
was discharged after the term of service for which he had enlisted had expired at Esopus, in the State of New York.

And in pursuance of the act of May 1820, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th of March 1818,
and that I have not, since that time by gift
sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby
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so to diminish it as to bring myself within the
provisions of an act of Congress entitled, "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war", passed on the eighteenth day of March 1818,- and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or Debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is
contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, that since the exhibition of
my first schedule very few of any changes have
been made in my property, and that I am unable precisely to ascertain the same, from the
circumstance of the copy which was filed in
the clerks office being mislaid, and not to be
found; that my family at present consists of myself age as above stated, my wife aged
fifty five years, a son aged fourteen years, and
Daughter aged twenty two years, very weak
and low with the Consumption, and that I
formerly followed the business of a Miller but for several years past have been unable from infirmity to work at it, and am unable of supporting myself, by any other Labour.

Matthias Garrison

Subscribed and sworn
before us April 8th 1823

Eben. Elmer. }
James D. Westcott } Judges
John Sibley.  }
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A true and perfect inventory of the estate Real
and personal of Matthias Garrison a Revolutionary soldier who served one year under Capt. Joseph Bloomfield, in the Second Regiment of Infantry of New Jersey

One house & Lot --------------   $80.00
One Cow -----------------------     8.00
Chest & one Corner Cupboard----   6.00
Chains & table -------------------    1.00
Sundry other household goods to 
             the amount of $5.00 ------   5.00
Sundry Carpenters tools ----------  2.00
                                                          ______
                                                         $102.00
Matthias Garrison
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The above Inventory of the estate of Mathias
Garrison Real and personal, appraised by us this second day of April eighteen hundred and twenty three.
Charles Garrison
Jonathan Fish
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State of New Jersey, Cumberland County ss:
I Ebenezer Seeley Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Cumberland,
Do certify that Ebenezer Elmer, James D. Westcott and John Sibley, before whom the above affidavit of Matthias Garrison was made, are Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said County, which Court is a Court of Record being so constituted by law and possessing a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount
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N. Jersey
Matthias Garrison
Capt. Bloomfield's Coy.
Daytors Regt.
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['Certified to be sent to J.H. Bloomfield Feb 5, 1819' crossed out]
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Hon E. Bateman,
H. R.
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Admd.
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Date cert. 5 March
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I Ebenezer Elmer of the County of Cumberland in the State of New Jersey do Certify, that I well
recollect Matthias Garrison, whose Oath is on a preceeding page, was a Soldier in Capt Bloomfield's Company of which I was a
Lieutenant in the year 1776, & his name is
contained in a roll of the Company which I have preserved. That according to the best of my recollection he enlisted in March of that year, & for one year, that he served with us during the campaign & untill after the expiration of the year for which he was enlisted.
Feby 22d 1819.

Eben. Elmer

I have examined alory of the Muster Roll of my company, & altho' I do not recollect the person of Matthias Garrison, having five of the name of Garrison, in my Company and I accord in the above certificate of my Lieut. Ebenezer Elmer now General Elmer of Cumberland N. Jersey.

J.H. Bloomfield.
Feb. 25th 1819
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME __ Garrison, Peter___ GRADE __ Private__   LINE __ New York __

WARRANT
NUMBER __7202__

ACREAGE. __100__

ISSUED __Jan. 5, 1791____
to Abm. Garrison, Adm.
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The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.