Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17751, Timothy Ward, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
SERVICE     New Jersey

Ward, Timothy

NUMBER     S.17751

carded

CONTENTS
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19.329
Indiana
Timothy Ward
Dearborn Co. in the State of Ina.  who was a pr  in the  co commanded by Captain Reeve of the regt commanded by Col Courtland in the N.J. line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Ina. at the rate of 80. Dollars ---  Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day od March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued this 26 day of Augt  1833 and sent James Dill Lawrenceburg

Arrears to the 4th of March                   160 --
Semi-anl.  allowance ending 4th Apl.     40 --
                                                                 $200 --

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by. Danl Boyd  Clerk
Book E.  Vol.  7     Page. 134

Agency Book has Sept. 26, 1833 as the date of certificate
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6624
Timothy Ward
Indiana.

from 1777 private
2 yrs.  $80.

4.5.

CJ:  Page 85.

Nov 24.  --32
James Dill
Lawrenceburg
Inda
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6624.
BRIEF in the case of Timothy Ward of Dearborn County in the State of Indiana (Act 7th June, 1832.) 

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open Court 

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 

3. How old is he? 72 years 

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.  

[military service tabulated below under column headings of Period., Duration of Service., Rank., Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.]


Period. Entered as near as he can recollect in the Spring In 1777 
Duration of Service.  has no doubt the time he served was over 3 years
Rank. --    
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Capt Reeves
Col Courtland
Capt Camps & Capt Syon
Colo. Days Regt.

 5. In what battles was he engaged?            Second River  --  Connect.  fields - New Jersey -- at Springfield New Jersey, & Elizabeth Town point 

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?   --

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary evidence. 

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 

Examining Clerk,
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State of Indiana 
Dearborn County } ss 
On this fourteenth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Dearbor Probate Court now sitting Timothy Ward a resident of in the County of Dearborn and State of Indiana aged Seventy two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 

That he was drafted &[and] entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated in Capt Reeves Company in Col Courtlands Regiment that he also served in Capt Camps & Capt Lyons Companies some part of the time he was in Col Days Regiment. I was also attached as occasion required to Capt Ogden & Condit Corn panies, that he entered the service as near as he can recollect late in the spring of 1777- that he was transferred from Capt Reeves company to Capt Squires Company from whom he Received his pay and discharge - which he has lost.  he was in the battles of Second River, Connecticut fields  New Jersey-- at Springfield New Jersey, & Elizabeth Town Point under the above named offices   he cannot state with accuracy the time he served but has no doubt it was over three years. that he was acquainted with Lieutenant Cone and Capt Mecker of the Regular army that General Winds commanded the Militia at the battle of Second River, that he has no documentary evidence whatever that he knows of [illegible word crossed out] no proven when testimony he can procure except that of Timothy Edwards whose affidavit has been forwarded to the department whose place of residence is in the State of Ohio at Bethel Clermont County & is herewith forwarded to the department and whose presence could not be procured at this Court - 

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State 

[crossed out 'Sworn and Subscribed'] That he was born 10th March 1760 in Essex County in the State of New Jersey & lived there till after the Revolutionary war -  has no record of his age but has always been so informed that he lived in Pennsylvania about twenty years afterwards then resided in Ohio about three years, then removed to Dearborn County about five years since where he has since resided
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That Horun Bassett [crossed out 'Harris Fitch'] will state as to my character for veracity &[and] belief of my Services in the Revolution that Harris Fitch will state as to my given character for veracity that there is no clergyman living in the immediate vicinity 
Timothy Ward [signature]
Sorn &[pand] subscribed in open court  James Dill   Clerk

I Horun Bassett residing in the County of Dearborn aforesaid do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Timothy Ward who has Subscribed &[and] Sworn to the above declaration that I believe him to be of the age of seventy two years that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resided [crossed out 'to have [illegible word]'] one year ago to have been a soldier of the Revolution &[and] that I concur in that opinion &[and] believe him to be a man of the Strictest veracity.
Horun Bassett [signature]
Sworn in open Court
James Dill  Clerk

I Haris Fitch residing in the County of Dearborn aforesaid do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Timothy Ward who has Subscribed &[and] Sworn to the above declaration that I believe him to be of the age seventy two years I believe him to be a man of the Strictest veracity
H Fitch
Sworn in open Court. Aug 14th 1832
James Dill   Clerk

And
And the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier &[and] served as he States
done and and ordered by the Court,  James Dill  Clk

I James Dill  Clerk of the Dearborn Probate Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of this said court in the matter the application of Timothy Ward for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand &[and] seal of office this 14th day of Augst. 1832
James Dill   Clk
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Rev. and 1812 
Wars Section 
EEL
Cun

 March 21, 1930

Cecile Hale MacDonald 
Swayzee 
Indiana 

Dear Madam: 

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.17751, it appears that Timothy Ward was born March 10, 1760, in Essex County, New Jersey. 

While residing in Essex County, New Jersey, he enlisted in April, 1777, and served at various times, at least six months in each year, until after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, as a private and non commissioned of officer under Captains Isaac Reeves, Squire, Camp, Lyon, Ogden and Condit and Colonels Van Cortland and Dey in the New Jersey Troops and was in the battles of " Second River, Elizabethtown Point, Connecticut Fields" and Springfield. 

After the Revolution, he resided in the State of Pennsylvania for twenty years, then removed to the State of Ohio, where he resided about three years, thence, about 1827, to Dearborn County, Indiana. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 14, 1832, while residing in Dearborn County, Indiana. 

It is not stated that soldier was ever married. 

The above is the history of the only soldier named Timothy Ward that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau and said records fail to afford any information in regard to George Young as described by you, or to John Jobes, 
Very truly yours 
EARL D. CHURCH 
Commissioner. 

[pencil written note along right margin that stated the following:] As I could not identify Second River & Conn. Fields Mr Frisch advised that I use quotations
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3 -- 525 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS. Washington, D. C., 19

In reply to your request of received for a statement of the military history of Timothy Ward a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ([crossed out 'or his widow's']) application for pension on file in this Bureau. G. F. 17.751 

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. April 1777 
LENGTH OF SERVICE. and served at various times 3 years in all 
RANK.   Pvt 
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. Isaac Reeves; Squire, Camp; Lyon; Ogden, Condit. COLONEL. Courtland & Dey 
STATE.  N.J. 

Battles engaged in, Second River; Connecticut Farms Springfield; Elizabethtown Point 

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Essex Co. N.J.
Date of application for pension,  Aug. 14, 1832, His claim was allowed. 
Residence at date of application,  Dearborn Co, Ind. 
Age at date of application, b. Mch 10, 1760 in Essex Co. N.J.
Remarks: There is no family data on file. 

Respectfully, 
Commissioner.
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17751.
INVALID.

File No.  17,751
Timothy Ward
Pri. Rev.  War

Act:  June 7"  32

Index: -- Vol.  1,  Page   396

[Arrangement of 1870.]


1914. Nov 30:  Hist to Miss Alice Ward.  M.B.H.

1922, Sept 20  hist to Charlotte W. Horr - Eee.

1922, Oct 6 - hist to H.L. Ward -  Eev.

1930 - Mar 21 -  Hist to Cecile Hale MacDonald.  EEt
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one 2 ct Stamped envelope enclosed TVL
OK. RWS
Stamped envelope retd     CLW

114 North Cherry St.,
Muncie, Indiana
November 23, 1914.

The Pension Department,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
My great grandfather, Timothy Ward, was a soldier during the war of the American Revolution.  I do not know what reqiment he was in or the names off any of his officers.  He received a pension and I thought, perhaps, I might be able to learn something of his war record through your bureau.  I wish to become a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution but before doing so must know something of the war record of my relative.  I do not know the exact date of his death but it is probably about seventy years ago.
Very truly yours,
(Miss) Alice Ward.
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Rev Ser
114 North Cherry St.,
Muncie, Indiana 
Nov. 30, 1914 

To the Pension Department, 
Washington, D.C. 

Dear Sirs: 
Timothy Ward was a soldier during the American Revolution.  Afterward he received a pension for his services. I am anxious to secure the following date concerning him: 
When and where born --
Time of service in the army- 
When and where discharged- 
The regiment to which he belonged -- 
The names of some of his officers- 
The volume and page in which the above information may be found. 

Thanking you for any information you may be able to give, I remain 
Very truly yours, 
(Miss) Mary Alice Ward
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Rev ser. JFE

Aug. 15. 1922

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington.D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Would like the certificate of Revolutionary Service of Timothy Ward of Dearborn County. Indiana New Jersey Line.  His name is given in the State of Indiana. Census of Pensioners. June 1. 1840.
Yours truly.
Charlotte W. Horr
30 Stone Ave.,
LaGrange. Ill.

[a round 'office received stamp' is located in lower left of letter containing the following wording:]  US. PENSION OFFICE. AUG 17 1922
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JAMES A. YOUNG. 
ADVERTISING DEPT. WESTERN OFFICE 

HARLEY L. WARD
TELEPHONE CENTRAL. 1861

YOUNG & WARD 
SUCCESSORS TO 
JAMES A. YOUNG 
PUBLISHERS' ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE HARTFORD BUILDING 
[CROSSED OUT '8 SOUTH DEARBORN STREET']
CHICAGO, ILL.
308 N. MICHIGAN AVE HARLEY L. WARD 

Chicago, Illinois 
September 6, 1922 

Department of Interior, Washington, D. C. Gentlemen: Subject -- Revolutionary War Record 
Would appreciate your sending me record of Timothy Ward who served in the Revolutionary War . He was born in Essex County, New Jersey and later resided in Dearborn County, Indiana. Will appreciate as full and complete information as you can possibly give me. 
Thanking you, I am 
Yours very truly,
H.L. Ward  
Room 200-308 N. Michigan Ave. 
Chicago, Illinois. 

[a round office received stamp is located in the lower right corner of letter with wording as follows:]. US. PENSION OFFICE SEP 8 1922
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Swayzee, Indiana 
January 21, 1930. 

Mr. Earl D. Church 
Commissioner of Pensions, Rev. Section, Washington, D.C.
 
My dear Mr. Church:: 
Will you please see if you can find any records in your bureau pertaining to John Jobes,  George Young, and Timothy Ward, all of New Jersey ?

John Jobes lived in or near Trenton N. J., during the Revolution. He had a son, George Jobes, who married Katherine Young. 

George Young also lived in the vicinity of Trenton, N.J. He was the father of Katherine Young, mentioned above. 

(There was another George Young of New Jersey, who served in the Revolution, but he was born at Readington, Hunterdon Co., N.J. May 11, 1761; died in Montgomery Co. N. Y. Sept 3, 1849. Married first, Jane Orr; second Mary Bowman.  He is not the one I am trying
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to locate.)  The one whose record I would to locate like to find was an older man, born probably about 1738, 

Timothy Ward of New Jersey, had the following children: 
Phoebe Ward, born March 28, 1740. 
Zebina Ward, born Sept. 14, 1741. 
Sarah Ward, born Sept. 8, 1743. 
Susannah Ward, born May 6, 1746. 
Eleanor Ward, born Nov. 11, 1748, married Jonas Williams 

Thanking you for whatever help you may give me, I am, 
Very sincerely yours 
Cecile Hale Mac Donald.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Timothy Ward which require further proof or explanation. 

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes 

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? 

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served: No

V. Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension he is entitled? No 

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes 

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes 

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes 

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes & has a device
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? certified by two citizens 

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain ingit? Yes, there is no clergyman residing in the neighborhood 
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? To fers to the affidavit of Timothy Edwards which [two words illegible here] he forwarded to the Department 
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? 
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? 
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 

EXPLANATORY NOTES. 
*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recolelection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For___ year _____months and --- days, I served as a ___For ____months and  _____days, I served as a___, and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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. QUERE XIV. Proof of Service. 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 claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be 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. 
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers. In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.
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Timothy Ward's
application

PO
W 6624.
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of Timothy Ward for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal of office this 14th day of May  1833
James Dill Clk
J. C. D.  Cory -
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State of Indiana 
Dearborn County ss
On this 14 day of May 1833 personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate now siting Timothy Ward a Resident of the County of Dearborn and State of Indiana aged 73 years who being first duly sworn according to  law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in addition to his declaration made at the August time of this Court 1832, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed Jany 1832- That his first tour in the service of the United States commenced [crossed out 'was'] in the month of April 1777, and that he served as a private in the New Jersey Militia, & served under the offices named in his former declaration. That he was of  that class of Solders called minute men & served as such untill the close of the war, commencing at the above mentioned period. That he was in actual service from April 1777- at least six months in each year untill after the capture of Lord Cornwallis and was under arms at that time; but that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear possitively to the precise length of his service, nor state the particular months in each year
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that he served, but according to the best of his recolection he served not less them the periods mentioned in this and his former declaration. That he served as a private Soldier, & [illegible word crossed out] non-commissioned officer &[and] in no other capacity. That he does not know of any person living by whom he can prove his services except Timothy Edward of Clermont County State of Ohio whose deposition is herewith forward to the department, and whose personal attendance before this Court could not be procured - Timothy Ward.
Sworn to and subscribed in open court. 14 May 1833.
James Dill Clk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter; & after puting the interrogatories, prescribed by the War department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, & served as he states.  And the Court further certifies, that Horace Bassett & Harris Fitch, who signed the certifficates attached to the former declaration of Timothy Ward are residents of the County of Dearborn, and are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit. 
John Livingston 

State of Indiana}
Dearborn County} Sct.
I James Dill Clerk of the Probate Court of Dearborn County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the amended proceedings of the Said court in the matter of the application
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The State of Ohio 
Clermont County  ss
The deposition of Timothy Edwards taken before me the undesigned one of the Justices of the peace, in and for said County the said Timothy Edwards being duly cautioned and sworn deposeth and Saith. that he became acquainted with Timothy Ward in Essex County, State of New Jersey about fifty five years since, I lived about five miles from his Fathers house where the said Timothy Ward then lived, I saw said Ward Some time before the Battle of Springfield (Month & year not recollected) engaged in the Service of the United States, in the war of the Revolution, as a private in the Militia of Newjersey under the command of Captain Isaac Reeves in the regiment commanded by Col Courtland and it was Generally reported and believed in the Neighborhood, in Newjersey in which the said Timothy Ward lived that he was a Soldier in the revolution, also a man of truth & veracity, to which reports this deponent concur in opinion 
Timothy Ward
Sworn to and Subscribed  before me this 19th day of April 1833 John K. Morris J.P. 

I Certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Timothy Edwards, and that he is a man of Verasity. 
John K. Morris J.P. I
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The State of Ohio}
Clermont County} ss
I Jonathan D Morris Clerk of the Court of Common pleas within and for said County do hereby that John K. Morris Esqr whose name is attached to the within affidavit of Timothy Edwards and also to the certificate certifying to the credibility of said Edwards was at the time of taking and subscribing the same and still is one of the acting Justices of the peace within and for said County of Clermont. duly Commissioned and sworn and full faith and credit is due to all his official acts as such, and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Common Pleas at Batavia this 20th day of April AD 1833 . 
J.D. Morris Clerk