Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,894, Henry Vantilburg, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
Service
New Jersey
Vantilburg, Henry
Number R. 10,894

Contents
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State of Ohio, Jefferson County ss.
On this 16th day of October AD 1835 personally appeared before the Supreme Court of said County Henry Vantillburg a resident of said county aged 90 years, the 16th of February 1836 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 entered the service of the United States under the following names officers & served as herein stated.  Sometime in the year of either 1775 or 1776 (he does not recollect particularly which) he was drafted to serve in the militia, this was in Princeton in the State of New Jersey, under the following officers to wit, Captain Aaron Longstreet, Lieutenant Samuel Meshon, Colonel of the Regiment William Scudder, they were drafted to go to Long Island in the State of New York to disarm the Tories; it was in the fall of the year when they were drafted; about four days after they were drafted the companies which were drafted to go to Long Island, of which there were several met at Brunswick & rendezvoused, from Brunswick they marked to Woodbridge New Jersey, which was the residence of Haird the General of their Brigade; at this place Haird took command of the Brigade & marched it to New York City; at New York they did not dare to cross over to Long Island on account of the Asia, a man of war, 75 gun laying Broadside to the city; she belonged to the British; the next morning they marched five miles up the river & crossed over to the island & marched to Hampstead; at Hampstead they remained seven or eight days.  While at Hampstead the general would send detachments of men to disarm the Tories, said detachments were com-
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manded by Sergeants; from Hampsted they were marched about ten miles to Jericho, remained there two days; from Jericho they were marched back to New Jersey, to Woodbridge & there they were all discharged.  But said discharges were verbal.  In this service about three weeks were occupied.  But they were drafted to serve for no specified time.  The company of which deponent was a member was divided into four classes, they were all obliged to be in readiness to serve whenever they should be called upon; the English were upon Staten Island opposite to Amboy, this was in the following spring, at which time this deponent was drafted & they were drafted this the second time, to guard the shore, opposite to the English; on this second tour they were engaged a month, at which their class was relieved, by another class of said company; one year after the second tour and deponent thinks in the year 1776, the English marched from Brunswick to Somerset & burnt the court house.  Deponent was then called out again at this time they were out about two weeks.  This was in the latter part of the summer.  The British continually made inroads, & deponent with others was called out at least a dozen different times, sometimes a week or two & sometimes but two or three days.  In the third tour, the Deponent was in an action, between the Americans & English on Bargain Point in New Jersey, under the command of General Haird.  He says that he served altogether about six months.  He never received or was offered a written discharge, he has no documentary evidence or knows of no person living who can testify to his services.  The following are the names of some the persons who were drafted at the same time deponent
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was, Henry Emmons, William Maple, David Maple, Tunis Middleswarth; he knows of no clergyman in his neighborhood who can testify that he is reputed & believed in his neighborhood to be a revolutionary soldier, but names the following persons who are his neighbors who will testify that he is reputed & believed in his neighborhood to have been a revolutionary soldier.  To wit, David Sloane, Alexander Cooper, Samuel Watts.  He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.  The following is the reason why he never made application sooner for a pension, to wit he thought that it was impossible to procure a pension without actual proof of service & there has been no person living (as far as he knows) who could testify to his services, they having all died previous to the passage of the law of 1832.
Henry Vantilburg
Sworn & subscribed before said court the day & year aforesaid
James Ross Wells Clk

We the undersigned neighbors of the aforesaid applicant hereby certify that we are well acquainted with said applicant, who has sworn & subscribed the above declaration; that we believe to be nearly ninety years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to be a soldier of the revolution & we concur in that opinion.
D. Sloane
Alex Cooper
Saml Watts

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
James Ross Wells, Clerk
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Interrogatories propounded by said Court to said applicant & his answers thereto.
1.  Where & in what year were you born.  Ans.  I was born in Middlesex Co. New Jersey AD 1756
2.  Have you any record of your age.  Ans.  I have.  It is at my residence.
3.  Where were you living when called into the service. where have you lived since the revolutionary war & where do you now live.  Ans. I lived when called into the service near Princeton N. J.  Since that time seven years in the State of Va. & for the last thirty eight years in Jefferson Co. Ohio.
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4.  How were you called into the service.  Ans. I was drafted.
5.  State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served, such continental & militia regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service.  Ans.  Captain Aaron Longstreet, Lieut. Samuel Meshon, Col. Wm Scudder, General Haird.  I served as a militiaman in New Jersey. 
6.  Did you ever receive a discharge. Ans. I never did.
7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood who can testify as to your character for truth & veracity & their belief of your service as a soldier of the Revolution.  Ans. David Sloane, Alexander Cooper, Samuel Watts
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states.  And the court further certifies that it appears to them that David Sloane, Alexander Cooper & Samuel Watts are residents in the township & neighborhood of said applicant & that their statement is entitled to credit.  
I, James Ross Wells Clerk of said Supreme Court of Jefferson County Ohio, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Henry Vantillburg for a pension.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 19th day of October 1835.
James Ross Wells, Clerk
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November 10, 1937
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Henry Vantilburg
R. 10894
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. J. W. Brown
2205 Main Street
Cedar Falls, Iowa

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of October 29, in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Henry Vantilburg who, you think, came to America from Holland in 1770 and served in the Revolutionary War and was in the battles of Trenton and Monmouth.
The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service in that war of a Henry Vantilburg identical with your description, but the record has been found of only one which is furnished you herein as it may prove of interest to you.  The data therein were obtained from pension claim R. 10894, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Henry Vantilburg was born in Middlesex County, New Jersey, February 16, 1746, or in 1756, both dates being given.  The names of his parents are not shown. 
Henry Vantilburg applied for pension October 16, 1835, while a resident of Jefferson County, Ohio.  He lived there thirty-eight years and prior to that resided in the State of Virginia seven years.  In his application for pension, he stated that while residing near Princeton, New Jersey, he enlisted sometime in the fall of 1775 to go to Long Island, Longstreet's company, Colonel William Scudder's New Jersey regiment; that he enlisted the following spring to guard the shore against the British who were stationed on Staten Island opposite Amboy and that he served on this tour one month, names of officers not stated; that in the latter part of the summer of 1776 he was again called out when the British marched from Brunswick to Somerset, New Jersey, and that he served then a tour of about two weeks and that during his third tour was in action against the British on "Bargain Point" in New Jersey, names of officers for this tour, also, not stated.
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Henry Vantilburg's claim for pension was not allowed as he did not furnish proof of six months' service which was the requirement of the pension law.
No family data are shown in the claim.

Very truly yours,
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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Henry Vantilburg
Ohio
Rejected
see
Let T.S. Wilson Steubenville
Oct 28 1835  did not serve six months
10894

Act 7 June 32
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REJECTED
10894
P.O.
Henry Vantilburg

Service:
Printed list of 1852 Rejected & Suspended claims shows following cause of rejection:
"Not six months service"
Enlisted: _________,18  .
A.O.T. Aug 28 1906

Discharged: _________,18  .
Application Filed: _________,18  .
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.
Recognized.
Contract.
Cert. of Dis.
Searched for  _________,18  .

1937 Nov 10  Hist to Mrs. J. W. Brown  MLB
1939 Oct 3  Hist to Francklyn Hogeboom  MLB
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October 3, 1939
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HENRY VANTILBURG
R. 10894
BA-J/MLB

Mr. Francklyn Hogeboom
90 West Street
New York City

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Henry Van Tilburg who served in the Revolutionary War from Middlesex County, New Jersey, and who, you state, married June Holman who was killed by Hessian soldiers. 
You are furnished herein the record of the only soldier named Henry Vantilburg found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.  The data therein were obtained from pension claim, R. 10894, based upon his service in that war. 
Henry Vantilburg was born in Middlesex County, New Jersey, February 16, 1746, or in 1756, both dates being given.  The names of his parents are not shown.  
Henry Vantilburg applied for pension October 16, 1835, while a resident of Jefferson County, Ohio.  He had lived there thirty-eight years.  In his application for pension, he stated that, while living near Princeton, New Jersey, he enlisted sometime in the fall of 1775 to go to Long Island, and that he served a tour of three weeks as private in Captain Aaron Longstreet's company, Colonel William Scudder's New Jersey regiment; that he enlisted the following spring to guard the shore against the British who were stationed on Staten Island opposite Amboy and that he served on this tour one month, names of officers not stated; that in the latter part of the summer of 1776, he was again called out when the British marched from Brunswick to Somerset, New Jersey, and that he served then a tour of about two weeks and that during his third tour was in action against the British on "Bargain Point" in New Jersey; names of officers for this tour, also, not stated.
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Henry Vantilburg's claim for pension was not allowed as he did not furnish proof of six months' service which was the requirement of the pension law. 
No family data were given in the claim.
Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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The Holland Society of New York
90 West Street, New York, N.Y.
September 7, 1939


Stamped:  
Received 
Sept 8 1939 
Mail Sub-Div 
Reader No. 14 
Vets Adm


Veterans Bureau
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:
From the records of your department can you give us any information regarding a Henry Van Tilburg (or any other spelling of that name) who, according to Stryker's New Jersey, page 105, served in the Middlesex County Militia in the Revolutionary War?  It is claimed that his wife was killed by Hessian soldiers.  Her maiden name was Jane Holman.

We would particularly like to know the names of the parents of this soldier, the place and date of his birth and, in fact, any other information regarding this man which would assist us in identifying him and which you may have in your files. 

Thanking you in advance, I am,
Your very truly,
F Hogeboom
Francklyn Hogeboom
Chairman, Committee on Genealogy
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Cedar Falls, Iowa
Oct 29 - 1937
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
I am endeavoring to establish the Rev. War record of Henry VanTilburg who according to my records came to America from Holland in 1770 and served in the Rev. War under Washington in the battles of Monmouth and Trenton.
I will appreciate any dates or information you may have on record.

Sincerely yours,
Mrs. J. W. Brown
2205 Main St
Cedar Falls
Iowa

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Nov 1 1937
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T. S. Wilson
28 Oct 1835
O.C.
Record Vol. 28 P 172.
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Depart of War
Pen Off
Oct 28 1835
Sir, I have examined the declaration of Henry Vantilburg and have rejected the claim & placed the papers on file. 
The claim is evidently based upon conjecture alone, and it is equally clear that he did not serve six months as he has been able only to specify but about half that amount of service.  

I am &

T. S. Wilson Esq
Steubenville, Ohio