Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19,013, for Aaron Ogden, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey

Ogden, Aaron

NUMBER
S. 19,013
B.L.Wt. 1610-300-Capt.
Issued June 11, 1787
No papers.
carded
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CONTENTS
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[left side, corner torn off]
notified 4 Apl '38
Dead
[illegible] to pay 11. Decr 1839.

[right side]
New York, 31,378
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Aaron Ogden
Bergen Co. in the State of N. Jersey
[who] was a Capt. Aid de camp
Brigade Major
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Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey
the rate of 600 Dollars per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 4. day of April
1838 and sent to Pensioner
Jersey City, N. Jersey
===
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-an. allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book E. 2. Vol. 3 Page 53
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Mechanics Bank
New York 9th December 1839

Sir
I enclose for your examination, the papers in
the case of Aaron Ogden deceased, late a pensioner under
the act of 7th June 1832, at Six hundred Dollars per annum.

You will please observe, that one of the children viz: Jo[missing]
R Ogden, is an idiot, and there being no Guardian appoin[ted]
for him, the other heirs claim the whole balance due the
deceased.

Very Respectfully
your Obt Servt
J Knapp Prest [present]

James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Act 1828
Settled at
Treasury
Con'd with
Invalid file
#19.013
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING:
I CERTIFY, That R.S. Briscoe whose name is
subscribed to the annexed Instrument of writing is
now and was at the time of doing so a Justice
of the peace for the County of Washington in the
District of Columbia & that full faith and
credit are due to his acts as such.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I Henry Clay
Secretary of State of the United States, have hereunto
subscribed my name, and caused the Seal of the
Department of State to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington this fourteenth
day of June A. D. 1828 and
of the Independence of the United States of America
the fifty second.

H. Clay
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Revolutionary Claims.
[A.]
Form of a Declaration the made by the Officers.

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act, entitled "An act for the relief of
certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the
15th of May, 1828, I, Aaron Ogden of
Elizabeth Town in the county of Essex,
in the State of New Jersey
do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, and served as such* to the end of the war.
at which period I was a Captain in the first
regiment of the New-Jersey line.

And I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates (commonly called commutation
certificates) for a sum equal to the amount of five years' full pay; which sum
was offered by the resolve of Congress, of the 22d of March, 1783, instead of the half
pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21st of October, 1780.
["And I further declare that have received of the United States as a pensioner
since the day of March, 1826," crossed out]

Witness my hand, this thirteenth day of June in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and twenty eight

Aaron Ogden

Before me, Joseph Anderson, &  P. W. Gallaudet both
in the county of Washington Dist of Colum'a ["in the State of" crossed out]
personally appeared, this day,
before R. S. Briscoe a Justice of the Peace and
, of the said county, who did severally
make oath that Aaron Ogden
by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to
have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.

Witness my hand, this 14 day of June
in the year 1828
R. S. Briscoe
J. Peace

[The rest is not filled out]
I, , Clerk of the Court of the county of , in the State of , do hereby certify, that
, before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a
, and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the
said Court, this day of

* Here insert, To the end of the war, or, (as the case may be) to the time when the arrangement of the Army
provided by the resolves of Congress of the 3d and 21st of October, 1780, was carried into effect; and that I was
reduced under that arrangement.
[dagger] Here insert, The sum of  dollars, paid to me by the agent for paying pensions in the State
of . If the claimant has not been a pensioner, this part of the declaration
may be omitted.
[double dagger] A Justice of the Peace, or other magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths, as the case may be.
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34,439
Case of Aaron
Ogden.
No. 31
Col. Ogden
Pres't
Mar 21
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Application of Aaron Ogden for an
addition of sixty dollars semi annually to his
pay certificate granted him under the act
Congress of May 1828.

The above act provides that all the
surviving officers of the line of the Army of
the revolution should be entitled to receive
full pay to commence in 1826 for and
during life, provided however that
no such officer be entitled to receive
more than the pay of a Captain in the
line of that army.

This act was construed to extend to
Captains of Artillery and artifices according
to their pay as such although the
artillery and the artificers were not of
the line of the army so also to field
officers according to their pay as such
as being within the spirit and meaning
and equity of the law so also the
benefit of the acts has been extended
to Aid de Camps according to their
pay as such, and the rule seems to be
that the allowance under this act is to
be measured by the amount of pay received

The subscriber was a Captain in the
line of the Army at the termination
of the war, in the New Jersey Brigade
and was Major of Brigade to
that Brigade from January 1778
till May 1779 and acted as such on the
lines with the Brigade and at the
Battle of Monmouth.
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After May 1779 he was appointed
Aid de Camp to General Maxwell
and acted as such Aid de Camp in
Sullivans Expedition against the Indians,
and at the Battle of Springfield and
continued to be such Aid de Camp
untill General Maxwell resigned in
July 1780 after which the subscriber
resumed the Command of his Company
and was appointed to the Command
of a Company of Light Infantry in Light
Infantry Corps. Commanded by General
Le Fayette in Virginia and at the
head of such Company was at the
battles of the Hot Springs and
Jamestown and at the storming of the
redoubts at Yorktown and at the taking
of Lord Cornwallis and his army at
that place and after the return of this
Corp to the main army the subscriber
commanded a Company of the Light
Infantry of the Army. After which to
wit in Febuary 1783 he was appointed
and served as Brigade Major and
Inspector to the termination of the war
November 1783, in which services as
Brigade Major, Aid de Camp and Brigade
Inspector he served more than three
and was entitled to and did receive
the additional pay of $10 per month which
entitled him to the semi annual pay $300
under the act of 1828 whereas his present pay
certificate is for the Semi annual pay of
$240 and the subscriber now applies for
this additional allowance according to the
statement.

Aaron Ogden
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District of Columbia
Washington ss.

This day appeared before me Michael Nourse
Notary Public, Aaron Ogden who subscribed the aforegoing
Statement and made oath that the facts therein stated are
true

March 19 1838-
In Testimonium veritatis
Mich'l Nourse
Not'y Pub
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19013
INVALID.
File No. 19,013
Aaron Ogden
Capt Rev War
N. J. Line
No 31
Act: June 7" 32.
on N.J. + N.Y  roll
Index:-- Vol. 1, Page 283
[Arangement of 1870.]
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[left side]
New York 63
31 Cap NJ
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Aaron Ogden
of Jersey City in the State of New Jersey
who was a Captain in the --- commanded
by Captain --- of the Reg commanded
by Col. Ogden in the N. Jersey
line for
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 480 Dollars --- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of Aug
1829 and
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Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-al.n allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by  Clerk,
Book  Vol.  Page
Act 15 May 1828

[right side]
Application for transfer f[rom]
N. Jersey to N. York-
su Cir. Tra. Apl 11. 1836
---
Transfered to N. York
from 2'd Sept '35 - Apl. 16' 36
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Revolutionary Claims. No. 43
Under the Act entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving
Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15 May 1828.
---
I Certify that Aaron Ogden of Elizabeth town in the County
of Essex in the State of New Jersey is entitled to receive pay
under the above mentioned Act as a surviving Captain of Infantry
in the New Jersey Line of the Army of the Revolution, at the rate of
Forty dollars and --- cents a month payable during his life
in the third day of March and third day of September in each year.
It is provided by law that the said pay shall not in any way be transferable
or liable to attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever
Given under my hand and the Seal of the Treasury
of the United States, this third day of
August in the year one thousand eight hundred and
twenty nine, and of Independence the fifty fourth.

S D Ingham
Secretary of the Treasury

Eng'd by Throop Wash."

[in left margin]
Pay. Certificate of
Aaron Ogden
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Aaron Ogden,
Captain, aide-de-
camp & Brigade
Major --
$600 per ann.
Act 7 Jun 1832
---
Send Cert to him
at Jersey City
[pointing hand] Drop his name
from Roll
Act May 15 1828
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New York 7th April 1836

Sir

At the request of Mr Aaron Ogden a
pensioner under the act of 15th May 1828, I enclose his
papers in order for his transfer, from the Agency at Trenton
New Jersey to that of the City of New York.

Mr Ogdens dwelling is at Jersey City opposite
of this City, but his business is all in New York, being an
Inspector of the Customs, and if the rules of the Department
will permit, requests that his pension may hereafter be paid
here, as it is attended with much trouble and expense to
receive it at Trenton.

I am Sir, very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Sylvester Spencer

James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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31
City and County of
New York } ss

Be it known that before me Sylvester Spencer a Notary
Public in and for the City and County aforesaid, personally
appeared Edmund D. Barry Jr. of this City to me personally
known, and who is a person of veracity, and made oath in due
form of Law, that he is acquainted with Aaron Ogden the
pensioner described in the affidavit and Copy of the
Original Certificate hereunto annexed, and knows him
to be the identical person therein named, and that the
reasons set forth in his affidavit relative to receiving his
pension in the City of New York are true.

E D Barry
Sworn and Subscribed before me
this 7th day of April 1836
Sylvester Spencer
Notary Public
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of New York ss.

On this Seventh day of April 1836, before
me, the subscriber, for the said County of
New York personally appeared Aaron
Ogden who, on his oath, declares that he is the
same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded
by Captain --- in the Regiment commanded
by Colonel Matthias Ogden in the service of the United
States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of
New Jersey from whence he has lately removed;
that he now resides in ["the state (district, or territory) of" crossed out] Jersey City
opposite New York where he intends to remain and wishes his
pension to be ["there" crossed out] payable, in future;  [inserted] in the City of New York, and that his reasons for
removing to the state of New York, are that his business
is in the City of New York as inspector of the Customs,
and to obtain his pension at Trenton is attended with
considerable expense and trouble and wishes to be paid
in New York City.

Aaron Ogden

Sworn and subscribed to, before
me, the day and year aforesaid.

Note. The printed lines obliterated,
"in the City of New York," interlined
before execution; in 1836 the figure 3 altered from 2

Sylvester Spencer
Notary Public
---
NOTES.-- The oath to be taken wore a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature
must be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, setting forth that the person
taking the testimony is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and
signature purporting to be his is genuine.

The pensioner's oath must the supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person
must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The
magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also have the
authentication as above required.
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City and County of
New-York. } ss.

Be it known, That before me, SYLVESTER SPENCER,
a Notary Public, in and for the City and County aforesaid, personally
appeared Aaron Ogden and made oath, in due
form of law, that he is the identical person named in an original Certificate,
in his possession, of which (I certify,) the following is a true copy:

REVOLUTIONARY ORDERS.  [handwritten, circled:] No 63
Under the Act entitled an Act for the Relief of certain Soldiers of the Army of the
Revolution, Approved 15th MAY, 1828.

I certify that Aaron Ogden of Elizabeth town
in the County of Essex in the State of New Jersey is
entitled to receive pay under the above mentioned Act as a surviving
Captain of Infantry in the New Jersey line of the
Army of the Revolution, at the rate of Forty dollars and
-- cents a month, payable during his life, on the
Third day of March, and third day of September, in each year.
It is provided by Law, that the said pay "shall not in any way be
transferable or liable to attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process
whatever."

Given under my hand and the Seal of the Treasury of the
United States, this third-day of August, in the
year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, and of
Independence the fifty-fourth.

S. D. Ingham
Secretary of the Treasury

That he now resides in Jersey City opposite New York and has resided there for the
space of about six years last past, and that previous thereto he resided in
Elizabethtown New Jersey

Aaron Ogden

Sworn and subscribed before me,
this 7th day of April 1836

Sylvester Spencer
Notary Public.

[in left margin:]
Pay Certificate of Aaron Ogden
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Trenton Bank April 13th 1836

Sir

I have to acknowledge the receipt of
your favor of the 11th instant.

I find upon examination that the last
payment of pension made to Aaron Ogden
was up to the 2d Sept 1835. Our books will
be regulated according to your instructions.

I am very respectfully
your ob. Servant
Phil. Dickinson Prest

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Comm'r of Pensions
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Jersey City, N. J. March 28 1838

Dear Sir

Agreably to the understanding between us, I now enclose
my pay certificate no. 63 entitling me to receive pay as a
Captain of Infantry on the New Jersey Line of the army of the revolution,
at the rate of forty dollars per month, late cancelled, and have to
request that in lieu thereof you will have the goodness [illegible]
by mail a pension certificate, which will entitle me to receive fifty
dollars per month as Brigade Major, Brigade Major and  Inspector,
of the New Jersey line of the army, and as Aid DCamp to General
Maxwell a Brigadier General in that army, commencing as far back
as the Law will allow

your speedy attention will still further oblidge

I am [illegible]
most respectfully
your obedient servant
Aaron Ogden

Col. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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No of orig Pamt 31.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
16 June 1828

Aaron Ogden of Elizabethtown in the County of
Essex in the State of New Jersey has applied to the Secretary
of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving
officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828.
He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end
of the War,
at which period he was a Captain in the first regiment of the New Jersey
line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve
of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March,
1826, Nothing. ["dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of" crossed out]

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated
by the records in his office.

By order of the Secretary
A Dinkins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
June 16. 1828

It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for
the commutation of five years full pay to Aaron Ogden Capt in
the New Jersey line, amounting to Two thousand four hundred dollars.
It further appears that Aaron Ogden is not now on the pension
list of any agency, and has not been since the 3d March
1826 ["at the rate of per month" crossed out]

Peter [?] Hagner Aud [auditor]