Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 913, for Isaac Slover, New Jersey
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SERVICE                                    NUMBER
New Jersey     Slover, Isaac     S. 913

CONTENTS         carded
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17,369 | 17,369
New Jersey
Isaac Slover of Somerset [Co.] in the State of N. Jersey, who was a Private in the Comp(any) commanded by Captain Gray of the Reg(iment) commanded by Col. Seely in the N. Jersey line for 15 mos.

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey at the rate of 50 Dollars (blank) Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Aug. 1833 and sent to J.F. Randolph, M(iddlesex) C(ounty), Present.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar. '31.........$100
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. '31....25
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                                       $125

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles, Clerk
Book E; Vol. 3; Page 135.

Date of death not on A.B.
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10205
Isaac Slover

Additional service set forth in suppl(emental) affidavit before a Magistrate.
Disallowed.

Adm(itted) 15 mos., Pri(vate).
50$

James F. Randolph
N. Bruns(wick), N.J.
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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County//

On this Eleventh day of September Eighteen Hundred and Thirty two, personally appeared before Robert McChesney, Esquire, and others Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at New Brunswick in and for the County of Middlesex, Isaac Slover, a resident in the Township of South Brunswick in the County of
Middlesex and State of New Jersey, aged Seventy one years last April, who being 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 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named offices and served as herein stated.

He was born in the month of April 1762 in the County of Middlesex aforesaid about three miles from New Brunswick. My age is recorded in the Family Bible, which I now produce here in Court. He lived in the Township of Amwell in the County of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey as an apprentice to Ferdinand Van Dike when called into service. He has lived, since the Revolutionary War, at different places but always within the Counties of Somerset and Middlesex in this State and now live as...
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...above stated in the Township of South Brunswick in said County of Middlesex about a mile and a half from Kingston.

That the first time he was in the service was at the Battle of Germantown in the company of Captain Gray and we were commanded by Col. Chamberlain. That he was also at the Battle of Springfield under the same colonel.

He afterwards enlisted as a militiaman in the company of Captain Clunn for six months. Our lieutenant was Emmons; our Colonel Seeley. The recruiting officer was Lieutenant Rockefeller. We first marched to Princeton; then to Elizabeth Town and laid there guarding the shores and inhabitants for the six months. I recollect, during the time, a sloop of war was taken and was brought to Elizabeth Town Point and under the charge of Captain Clunn and our other offices before named we took out of the sloop the cargo. At the expiration of the six months, I was discharged but I have lost the discharge, thinking it was of no use. I remained at home till next May and then enlisted again for six months under Captain David Smalley and we marched to Elizabeth Town and then to the County of Bergen. We were...
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...at Hackensack and at English Neighborhood. We fought a number of blacks at the Block House in Bergen Wood. Four miles from New York, we were commanded by Major Goetschius, and after our time was out, we were discharged; which have also lost.

I next enlisted under Captain Samuel Rickey for three months. We guarded Halsey's Point, the old point, and DeHart's Point, in the County of Essex. Our lieutenant was Ford and we were under the command of Major Goetschius. During this tour, we went to Dobs Ferry up the North River. I served out the whole time and was discharged at Connecticut Farms but I have lost this discharge.

He has no documentary evidence of his service but he is able to prove at least a part of the service. To Wit.: Six months, which he served in the company of David Smally, Captain. This he does by the affidavit of Isaac Smally, Orderly Sergeant of said company and now provided. Also, the term of three months by Garret Breese, who served with this applicant in the company of Captain Samuel Rickey...
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...This applicant cannot say at this distant day the precise time he was out in actual service but verily believes he was out at least Eighteen months and he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
s/ Isaac Slover (X - his mark)

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year afo(resaid).
s/ Thos. Hance

Garret Breese of the County of Middlesex, being Seventy two years of age, and being duly sworn according to law saith on his oath that he is well acquainted with Isaac Slover, who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration that he knew him in the Revolutionary War. And that the said Isaac Slover and the deponent served together three months in Captain Samuel Rickey's Company under Colonel Seeley. We marched to Dob's Ferry at the North River and were discharged at Connecticut Farms.
s/ Garret Breese (X - his mark) 

Sworn and subscribed the year & year aforesaid.
s/ Joseph McChesney
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We, David Comfort, a Clergyman residing in the County of Somerset, and Henry Breese, residing in the Township of South Brunswick in the County of Middlesex, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Slover, 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 believe in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier in the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
s/ David Comfort
s/ Henry Breese (X - his mark)

Sworn and subscribed the day and year afo(resaid).
s/ Thos. Hance

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 do further certify that it appears to them that David Com(fort)...
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...(Com)fort, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the County of Somerset and within a few miles of the applicant, and Henry Breese, who has also signed the said certificate, and Garret Breese, who has been examined as a witness before the Court, are entitled to credit.
s/ Robert McChesney
s/ Thos. Hance
s/ John S. Vandyke

I, F.S. Vanarsdalen, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Middlesex, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Slover for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and the Seal of the said Office this this Eleventh day of September Eighteen Hundred and Thirty two.
s/ F.S. Vanarsdalen, Clerk
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10,205

New Jersey
Middlesex County

Application for Isaac Slover for a pension under Act of June 7, 1832.
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State of New Jersey
Somerset County//

Personally came before me, Squire Terrill, on of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Somerset, Isaac Smalley of the County of Somerset, who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is acquainted with Isaac Slover, who now resides in the Township of South Brunswick in the County of Middlesex and State of New Jersey and who is an applicant, as I understand, for a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That this deponent became acquainted with said Isaac Slover in the month of May Seventeen Hundred and Eighty. That the said Isaac Slover then enlisted in a Company of Militia under the command of David Smalley for the term of six months in a division, as he thinks, called the state Battalion under the command of Major Goetschius. That this deponent was an orderly sergeant in the said company and that he verily believes that the said Isaac Slover served out the full term of six months. That the said service was performed in the State of New Jersey, he thinks they were stationed a short time at a place called Hackensack and then at a place called the English Neighborhood in the County of Bergen and then removed to Elizabeth Town and there the whole company was dis(charged)...
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...(dis)charged. And he thinks that the said Isaac Slover was there when the company was discharged and discharged too.
s/ Isaac Smalley

Sworn and subscribed before me this Twenty fourth day of August 1832.
s/ Squire Terrill

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Isaac Smalley, the witness in the foregoing affidavit. I know him to be a man of veracity & believe his statement to be entitled to full credit.
s/ Peter P. Runyon, Justice of the Peace
July 17, 1833.

State of New Jersey
Somerset County//

I, John M. Mann, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, hereby certify that Squire Terrill, before whom the above affidavit was made, was at the time thereof and now is a Judge of said Court duly authorized and commissioned to administer oaths &c. and that the name of Squire Terrill subscribed thereto is the genuine signature of the said Squire Terrill, Judge &c.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal of Office this Twenty fifth day of August in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty two.
s/ J.M. Mann
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State of New Jersey
Middlesex County//

Personally appeared before the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County, Isaac Slover, named in the foregoing declaration, who being duly sworn deposeth saith that upon reflection & from conversations with some of his associates & in ascertainment & comparison of dates, he is enabled to state his services in the revolution with more accuracy & greater certainty now than he did in his original declaration, but that by reason of old age & the consequent weakness of his memory, he cannot swear positively to all his services in the War of the Revolution, but to the best of his recollection now, he served not less than the periods mentioned below & at the following times & manner. He first entered the service, as he now believes from the well recollected circumstance of its being short, after some forces appeared in York Bay, as a volunteer & served as a private in the year 1776 three tours of one month each. The first town of a month under Captain Redding at Blazing Star. Major Stone & Col. Chamberlain being the superior officers & the two remaining tours of a month each under Capt. Solomon Van Brink at Elizabeth Town under the same general officers engaged during these three months in guarding the eastern part of the State. In the year 1777, he was ordered out, as he now recollects and believes, being drafted & served three tours of one month each also under Capt. Gray & was stationed chiefly at Elizabeth Town & during this period was marched to Princeton, Trenton & Germantown & was in an engagement at the last mentioned place. In 1778, he was ordered out & served three months under Capt. Peterson, afterwards major, & was stationed at Red Bank in Monmouth County & was engaged in guarding that section of the State & in scouts. In 1779, he enlisted in the six months service & served six months under Capt. Joseph Clunn, Lieut. Emmons...
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...& Col. Seely. The recruiting officer was lit Rockefeller. He enlisted at Ringo's Tavern & was marched to Princeton & Brunswick & returned by way of the Raritan Landing to Elizabeth Town & was stationed chiefly at that place, engaged in patrolling & guarding that part of the State. In May following in the year 1780, he again enlisted in the six months service & served six months under Capt. David Smalley, Lieut. Wm. Pennington, former governor of New Jersey, but since deceased, & Ensign Cunningham & Sergeant Isaac Smalley (to whose affidavit in his original papers he refers) & was stationed chiefly in the eastern part of the State & was at Hackensack & English Neighborhood & was discharged at Elizabeth Town, he thinks. In the year 1781, he enlisted in the three months service & served three months under Capt. Rickey, Lieut. Ford & Sergeant [illegible] & was stationed in the County of Essex guarding there & during the time was marched to Dob's Ferry on the North River & returned to Essex again & was along the shore at Halsey's Point & other places guarding & was discharged at Connecticut Farms/ In 1786, he was ordered out & served two tours of one month each under Capt. (Richard, he thinks), Redding & Col. Chamberlain & was stationed at Elizabeth Town & Newark engaged in guarding that section of the State. By conversation with others & reflection, he must have been somewhat mistaken in his original declaration as to the length of his services, for his tours he served more than he has now specified but cannot at this time more particularly set forth his services for he was actively engaged in the war from shortly after when came to York Bay until the close of the war & while he was then serving the country. Was not engaged in any civil pursuit. He cannot further to add that in addition to his services in the War of the Revolution, he served six years in the Indian War...
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...subsequently in the State of this & also served seven months in the N. Jersey Militia in the last war and for his services, which were faithful in the revolution as now set forth, he claims a pension & thinks he deserves a pension.
s/ Isaac Slover (X - his mark)

Sworn & subscribed this 13th day of July A.D. 1833 before me/
s/ Peter P. Runyon, Justice of the Peace

I, Nicholas Booraem, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Middlesex, New Jersey, do hereby [certify] that the forgoing are the proceedings, original & supplementary, in the case of Isaac Slover, an applicant for a pension. That Peter P. Runyon, before whom said supplementary proceedings were had, is a Justice of the Peace. That his official acts as such are entitled to full faith & credit and the signature "Peter P. Runyon" is in his own proper handwriting.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & affixes the Seal of the Court this Eighteenth day of July One Thousand Eight Hundred & Thirty three.
s/ N. Booraem, Clerk
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10205 | Mid(dlesex Co.)

Isaac Slover
Middlesex Co., N. Jersey

Returned from.
Adm(itted).

James S. [illegible], agent
James F. Randolph, N. Princeton, New Jersey
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
15th 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. These 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.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Isaac Slover, Middlesex County, N. Jersey.

Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. (Years/Months/Days) | Rank of the claimant. | 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.
Vol(unteered) 1776 | (blank) | 6 | (blank) | Pri(vate) | Capt. Gray | Col. Seely | Germantown | N.J. | 71, Amwell, Hunterdon Co., N.J. | Living Witness, Traditionary |
(blank) | (blank) | 6 | (blank) | (Private) | Capt. Smalley | Col. Goetschius | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
(blank) | (blank) | 3 | (blank) | (Private) | Capt. Richey | (Col. Goetschius) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
        ================================
(Total) | 1 (yr.) | 3 (mos.) | (blank) |

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 //
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. (illegible) 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 days 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 if 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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person...
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...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 inquiry 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 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 in the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection he served not less that the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: __ For ______ year ________ months, 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 an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that was the 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 affix 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.

(Illegible) The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule (illegible) 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:

R. Newman
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June 18, 1937

ISAAC SLOVER
S.913
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. B.H. Hadler
Arndt
Via Egeland, North Dakota

Dear Madam:

You are furnished herein the record of Isaac Slover as found in pension claim, S.913, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Isaac Slover was born in April, 1761, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, about three miles from the Town of New Brunswick; the names of his parents are not stated.

While residing in Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, where he was serving as an apprentice to one Ferdinand Van Dyke, Isaac Slover volunteered in 1776, served three tours of one month each as a private in Captains Reading's and Holmes Verbruck's companies, Colonel Chamberlain's New Jersey regiment, engaged in guarding the eastern part of the state and was in the battle of Springfield. He enlisted in 1777, served three months as private in Captain Gray's company, Colonel Chamberlain's New Jersey regiment, stationed at Elizabethtown and was in the battle of Germantown. He enlisted in 1778, served three months as private in Captain Peterson's New Jersey Company. He enlisted in 1779 and served six months as private in Captain Joseph Clunn's company, Colonel Seeley's New Jersey regiment. He enlisted in May, 1780, and served six months as private in Captain David Smalley's company, under Major Goetschius' in the New Jersey troops. He enlisted in 1781 and served three months as private in Captain Samuel Rickey's company, again under Major Goetschius in the New Jersey troops. He enlisted in 1782 and served two tours of one month each as private in Captain Reading's company, Colonel Chamberlain's New Jersey regiment. The soldier stated that he subsequently served six years in the Indian Wars in the State of Ohio, and seven months in the War of 1812; no further details of those services given.

After the Revolution, the soldier resided in different places in Somerset and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey...
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...On account of his service in the Revolutionary War, Isaac Slover was allowed pension on his application executed September 11, 1832, while a resident of the Township of South Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, about a mile and a half from Kingston.

There are no family data shown in the claim.

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 this soldier, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Isaac Slover, certificate #17369, issued August 17, 1833, rate $50 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, New Jersey Agency.

Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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June 18, 1937

BA-J/MMHF:MLB

Mrs. B.H. Hadler
Arndt
Via Egeland, North Dakota

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letters addressed to the National Archives, Washington, D.C., which have been referred for reply to the Veterans Administration, custodian of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 pension records. You request the Revolutionary War records of Isaac Selover, and Jacob, Abraham and Luke Slover, and the War of 1812 records of Jacob and Isaac Slover.

There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Jacob, Abraham or Luke Slover or Selover, nor for service in the War of 1812 of a Jacob Slover or Selover.

As previously stated, the record of Isaac Selover, O.W.W.R.17740, which was furnished you August 7, 1934, is that of the only Isaac, under any spelling of the surname, found in the War of 1812 pension records. The record of Isaac Slover is furnished you herewith. This is the record of the only Isaac, under any spelling of the surname, found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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ROUTED TO N.V. RUSSELL
DATE FEB 16, 1937

MRS. B.H. HADLER
ARNDT
VIA EGLAND, N. DAK.

Feb. 12, 1937.

The National Archives,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

The Adjutant General, Trenton, N.J. informs me that the following Selovers and Slovers received certificates for the depreciation of Continental pay. He was unable to supply me with any further information, either military service, or personal. Do your records have anything further about these men?

One only:
ISAAC SELOVER - Certificate No. 880, dated [crossed out: May] June 10, 1784.
ISAAC SELOVER, Jr. - (Certificate No.) 887, (dated June 10, 1784).
These men served in the Middlesex Co., Militia:

JACOB SLOVER - Certificate No. 379, May 10, 1784.
(JACOB SLOVER - Certificate No.) 1527, (May 10, 1784.)
This man served from Somerset Co.:

The Adjutant General's report also mentions Abraham Slover and Luke Slover, but no county is given.

Any help that you may be able to give me, will be greatly appreciated.

Yours truly,
Mr B.H. Hadler

One Isaac only in Rev(olutionary War).
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ROUTED TO N.V. RUSSELL
DATE APR 14, 1937

MRS. B.H. HADLER
ARNDT
VIA EGLAND, N. DAK.

Apr. 9, 1937.

The National Archives,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

The following record was found in a history of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins and Schuyler Counties, N.Y. State; Harrison Selover, Ithica [Ithaca], N.Y. was a private in Co. I, 23d N.Y. Regt. Enlisted May 1, 1861, discharged June 23, 1861 for disability.

Have you any record that might indicate his age, or date of birth? Also, did he die from this disability [disability], as family tradition has it?

From Wars in New Jersey, Middlesex Co. I find;
Jacob Slover, Sept. 6, 1814 to Dec. 5, 1814, Lt. Col. James Abraham's Regt. N.J.
Isaac Slover, May 1, 1813 to June 30, 1813 and July 1, 1813 to Sept. 18, 1813, Capt. John Gulick Co. of Infantry, Monmouth Co.
Isaac Slover, Apr. 28, 1813 to June 30, 1813
Isaac Slover, July 1, 1813 to Sept. 18, 1813. Capt. Jacob Ten Eycke Co. Infantry.

Have you any information that would help to distinguish these various persons? Something that might point to the date of birth, etc.

Thanking you for your kindness in looking this up, I am
Very truly yours,
s/ Mrs. B.H. Hadler

Isaac Selover, O.W.N. Rej. 17740.
Sent Aug. 7th '34.
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Rev(olutionary) War

INVALID.
File No. 913
Isaac Slover
Pri(vate), N.J. Line
Act: June 7, 1832.
Index: -; Vol. A; Page 344.
{Arrangement of 1870.}

1937 June 18 - Hist(ory sent) to Mrs. B.H. Hadler. M.L.B.