Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4748, for Cornelius Quackenbus, New Jersey
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New Jersey Quackenbus, Cornelius or Quackenbush S. 4748 carded
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New Jersey 17.495 Cornelius Qauckenbush Bergen in the State of N.J. who was a Pri- in the Com commanded by Captain Board of the - commanded by -- in the N J line for militia 8 mo Cornelius Quackenbus Records corrected SS
Inscribed on the Roll of NJ at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Augt 1833 and sent L Condict Present. Arrears to the 4th March 33 $ 5332 Semi-anl. allowance ending Left " 1333 $66.66 Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. Recorded by ED Bullock Clerk Book 8 Vol 3 Page 127.
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New Jersey Bergen County Cornelius Quackenbush Application for a pension Militia Service 17090 L. Condict Present
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State of New Jersey Bergen County Inferior County of Common Please at a special Term held at the Court House June 27 AD 1833. Personally appeared in open court this 27th day of June 1833. Cornelius Quackenbush an applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 who under oath made the answers hereto annexed to the questions propounded by the Court in pursuance to the directions of the United States War Department. To Question 1. I was born at Harrington in Bergen county New Jersey in the year 1762. To Question 2. The only existing record of my birth is my fathers family Bible. To Question 3. I lived when called into service at Harrington N. Jersey where I have lived ever since the war & where I live now. To Question 4. I was drafted into service by virtue of the State Law of New Jersey as I have always understood. To Question 5. The duty I was called on to perform was in guarding the line round the enemy at New York to prevent their firaging excursions. the county where I was [?] was along the Hudson river from Tappan to Fort Lee, there were few or no regular [?] trips with us except at the taking of Fort Lee and seldom any other regiment of militia besides our own. To Question 6: I never received any written discharge. To Question 7. Garret F Harris John F Haring & Harman Blannet are my neighbors to whom I am known who can testify to my character for veracity and to their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution Sworn to & subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid Abs Mesterviers Clk Cornelius Quackenbus 
And the Court do thereupon hereby declare that having this twenty seventh day of June A.D. 1833 put the Interrogations prescribed by the War Department to Cornelius Quackenbush the
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applicant, in open Court, they were answered by him under oath in the manner above stated, to the satisfaction of the court And the Court further declare that Garret F. Haring the Deponent who has made and signed the affidavit  hereto attached is known to the Court, and that it appears to the Court that he is a credible person, and that his statment is entitled to credit By the Court Abr. Westervelz, Clerk
I Abraham Westervelz Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Bergen Do hereby Certify that the foregoing and annexed papers contain the original proceedings of the Said Court in the matter of the application of Cornelius Quackenbush for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office the twenty seventh day of June AD eighteen hundred and thirty three. Abr. Westervelz Clerk
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State of New Jersey Bergen County }SS Garret F Haring being duly sworn on his oath saith that he is seventy one years of age that he resides at Harrington in the county of Bergen and John F. Harring - being duly sworn on his oath saith that he is seventy three years of age that he resides at Harrington aforesaid and both do further depose and say that they have known Cornelius Quackenbush the applicant before during and since the revolutionary war to this time that they knew him to be about seventy one years of age and that they knew that he actually performed service as a militia man in the New Jersey militia during the revolutionary war for different periods of one or two months at a time that he was out for several periods but precisely how many or at what dates they do no recollect; and that the said Cornelius Quackenbush is a repectable man and worthy of credit. John F. Harring Garret F. Harring
Bergen County SS I Jacob J Blauvelt one of the justices of the peace in and for the county of Bergen do hereby certify that the above deposition was duly sworn to before me at Harrington in the county of Bergen this [18?] day of June AD 1831 by Garret F Harring & John F Harring the above named deponents And I do further certify that the said deponents are well known to me that they reside as they have above stated that I believe their respective ages to be such as above set forth, and that they are credible persons and that their statement is worthy of credit. Jacob J. Blauvelt Justice
State of New Jersey County of Bergen SS: I Abraham Westervelz Clerk of the County of Bergen and Clerk of the inferior court of Common pleas in and for the said County Do hereby certify that Jacob J. Blauvelt whose name is subscribed to the above certificate was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the peace in and for the said
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said county duly commissioned and sworn and further that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe that his signature to said certificate is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this fifth day of July A.D. 1833. Abr. Westervelz Clerk
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Bergen County
On this thirty first day of October appeared in open court before the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Bergen Cornelius Quackenbush of the township of Harrington in said county of Bergen and the State of New Jersey aged seventy one years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the art of Congress passed June 7 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated - That in the spring of 1728 he served one month under Captain Board in the militia they were employed at Teaneck in this county in guarding the lines; and in the summer of the same year he served two months under Captain Blanch in the summer of 1780.  and under Captain Huyler two months in the Autumn of the year 1780. His duty in all this service was in guarding the lines along the Hudson River from Tappan on the line of New York State down to Fort Lee in New Jersey. Except at the taking of Fort Lee there was seldom or never any of the regular army engaged in this service with them it was trusted solely to the militia who were drafted by terms and compelled to perform this service by periods of one or two months each. He was under the command of different captains but during the whole war he was under General Richard Dey of the New Jersey militia. He knows of several living witnesses of his services two of whom Garret F Harring and Harman Blauvelt are here in court. And will testify thereunto. He
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never received any written discharge. Jacob Huibbar and Abraham Huibbar are neighbors who will testify as to his character for veracity and to their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution- He was born on the 15th of March 1762 He knows of no record of his birth except his fathers Bible in which it is recorded as above He hereby relinquishes all claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll or agency of any state He was born and has always resided both before and since the revolution in the neighborhood where he now lives. Cornelius Quackenbus Sowrn to and subscribed in open court this 31 day of October AD 1832. Abr. Westerveltz Clerk
Bergen County Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the Term of October 1832. Personally appeared in open court Garret F Haring who being duly sworn maketh oath and saith that he has known Cornelius Quackenbush the above named applicant and resided in the neighborhood of him from childhood - That he knows of his own personal knowledge that the said applicant was out in actual service for the periods of one or two months at Several times in the war of revolution. And according to the best of his recollections that service was performed at the times and for the periods above stated sworn and subscribed in open court this 31st day of October AD 1882. [?] Garret F Haring Abr. Westerveltz Clerk
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We Isaac D Cole a clergyman residing in Tappan in the county of Rockland in the State of New York and Harman Blauvilt residing in Harrington in the county of Bergen in the State of New Jersey hereby certify that we are acquainted with Cornelius Quackenbush who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy one years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution and that we concur in that opinion Isaac D Cole Harman Blauvilt his mark Sworn and Subscribed in open court this 31st Oct AD 1832 Abr. Westerveltz Clerk 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 Isaac D Cole who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Tappan as therein stated and that Harman Blauvelt who has also signed the same is a resident in Harrington as therein stated and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit I Abraham Westerveltz the clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the county of Bergen do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Cornelius Quackenbush for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this thirty first day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty two Abr. Westerveltz Clerk
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No 17090 Cornelius Quackenbush New Jersey Return S no Admit 8 mo 26.66 L. Condict Present
Clerk Rcryen County Court NJ
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
16  May - 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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
Jen Co N.
A statement, shewing the service of Cornelius Quackenbush Rev
Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. | Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. | Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. | Battles in which the applicant was engaged. | Country through which he marched. | Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. | Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
 | Years. | Months | Days | | | | | | |
1778 Spring | | 1 | | Pri | Captain Roard | General Day | | NJ | Aged 71 | Severy Witness Testitimonay
 | 2 | | " | Blank | Taking Fort Sec | NY | place of abode not stated | 
1781 Spring | | 2 | | " | Harring | | | |
1780 Sum | | 1 | | " | Blanchk | | | |
1780- Aut | | 2 |  | " Huyler | | | |

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, 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
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
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 day 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 it neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore. these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
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 enquiry 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.
[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 bis 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 mouths 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 au embodied corps called into service by competent authority that lie 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 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 [j] 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.
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Revolutionary War S. File 4748 Correct the Record and the Cert. Jacket to show: Cornelius Quackenbus [ s is underlined] AHM May 2 /04.
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Death first husband 18 Death first wife 18 Marriage 18 born 18 born 18 born 18 born 18 born 18 born 18 born 18 born No divorce Property and income Assessments Remarriage Children living Credibility No prior claim 18
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Rev War 4748 Invalid. File No. 4748 Cornelius Quackenbus Privt. Rev. War Act: June 7, 1832 Index: - Vol. M, Page 306