Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 959, Harman Blauvelt, New Jersey
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(3-1776). Service
New Jersey.     Blauvelt , Harman. S.959

carded
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22926
22.926
New Jersey
Harman Blauvelt
of Bergen Co. in the State of New Jersey who was a private in the Comp commanded by Captain Lane of the Regt. commanded by Col. Shreeves in the New Jersey line for 10 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per [illegible] to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of Dec. 1833- and [illegible] Hon L. Condict present  
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 33 $83.33 Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 [illegible] 16.66 
$100
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832} 
Recorded by Geo C Stiles Clerk
Book E Vol 3 Page 103 death not in A. B.
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New Jersey Bergen County
Harman Blanvelt 
Application for a pension
Regular & Militia Service
17093
Lewis Condict Present
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State of New Jersey Bergen County 
On this thirty first day of October AD 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Bergen Harman Blanvelt age seventy one years of the township of Harington in the County of Bergen and State of New Jersey 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 7, 1832 That he entered into the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he enlisted in June 1780 in the regular service of the United States under Captain Derrick Lane in Colonel Shreeves regiment of the continental army and served therein for six months the full term for which he enlisted. He joined the army at Preakness in the County of Bergen aforesaid, from whence they were marched to Stony point, thence to Tappan there to Westpoint in the Hudson and from thence to Pompton in the County of Bergen where he was discharged; he received a written discharge but thinking it of no value it has been destroyed. He was in no skirmish or engagement during this service. Afterwards in the spring of 1781 he served two months under Captain Harry in the New Jersey Militia, he was employed on the lines along the Hudson and was at the capture of Fort Lee. In the Summer of 1781 he served one month under Captain Hunter and in the autumn of the same year one month under Captain Romine. From then lost these services he received no discharge they were performed in the New Jersey Militia who were arranged in classes and drafted by turns in this service. His duty was altogether along the Hudson from the New York line at Tappan to Fort Lee in New Jersey - Cornelius Quackenbush and Garret - Hearing are living witnesses of his services and area
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here in court. They and Abraham Floriboam,
Albert Peterson- are neighbours who can testify
to his character for veracity and to their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. He was born May 9. 1761 at Tappan Town in New York State, he removed when quite young to the neighborhood where he now resides in the New Jersey side of the line in Harrington in the County of Bergen where he has resided ever since. He knows of no record of his age except the baptism book of the Reformed Dutch Church at Tappan which is as above stated. He hereby relinquishes every claim or whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension
roll or agency of any State
            his
Harman  X  Blauvelt
           mark
Sworn and subscribed in
open court this 31 day of
October AD 1832.
Abr. Westervelt Clrk

Bergen County Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the Term of October AD 1832
Personally appeared in open at Cornelius Quackenbush and Garret F Haring who being first duly sworn according to law depose and say that are acquainted with Harman Blauvelt the above named applicant, that they have known him and lived in the same neighborhood
with him before the revolution and since to
this time; that they know that he was engaged
in the service of the United States in the regular
army during the revolution and was absent in
that service for six months as above stated. And
that they know of his performing the other services above stated in the New Jersey Militia

Harret F Haring
Cornelius Quackenbush

Sworn and subscribed in
open court this 31 day of 1832 

Abr. Westervelt Clk
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Cornelius Quackenbush

We Isaac D Cole a clergy man residing in Tappan in the County of Rockland in the State of New York and Cornelius Quackenbush
residing in the township of Harington in the
County of Bergen in the State of New Jersey
hereby certify that we are acquainted with
Harman Blauvelt the above applicant who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration
that we believe him to be seventy one years of
age that he is reputed and believed in the
neighborhood where he resides to have been a
Soldier of the revolution and that we concur
in that opinion

Isaac D. Cole
Cornelius Quackenbush

Sworn and subscribed
in open Court the 31st
day of October - AD 1832
Abr. Westervelt Clerk

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and
after putting the questions prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant
was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Isaac D Cole who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Tappen as therein stated and that Cornelius Quackenbush who has also signed the same is a resident in Harrington as therein stated and is a credible person and that
their statement is entitled to credit   Westervelt Clerk 

I Abraham Westervelt Clerk of the Inferior Court
of Common Pleas in and for the County of
Bergen do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Harman Blauvelt for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office the
thirty first of October eighteen hundred and
thirty two.

Abr. Westervelt
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State of New Jersey Bergen County Inferior Court of Common Pleas at a Special Term held at the Court House the 27th day of June 1833.

Personally appeared in open court this 27th day of June 1833 Harman Blauvelt an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7 
1832 who under oath made the answers hereto annexed to the questions propounded by the court in presence to the directions of the United States War Department

To Quest. 1. I was born in 1761, at Tappan town in the State of New York.
To Quest. 2.  I know of no record of my age except the baptism book of the Reformed Dutch Church at Tappan which is as above stated
To Question 3.  When called into service I lived at Harrington Bergen County N Jersey   I have lived there ever since the war and I live there now.
To Question 4.  In my first service of six months I enlisted as a volunteer in June 1780. in my remaining services I was drafted
To Question 5.  The service we were engaged upon was in guarding the lines and in guarding several positions and ports from Fort Lee in New Jersey along the Hudson West Point in the State of New York.  Colonel Barber & Col.
Ogden of the New Jersey line with their regiments served with my regiment
To Question 6. I received a discharge at the end of my six months service but thinking it of no value destroyed it   from my service in the militia I remember no discharge.
To Question 7.  Abraham Florboam Albert Peterson Cornelius Quackenbush Garret  F Haring John F Haring & Isaac D Cole are neighbors who can testify to my character for veracity and to my service as a soldier of the revolution.

              his
Harman  X  Blauvelt
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Sworn to, and subscribed in open the day & year aforesaid.
Abr. Westervelt Clerk
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And the Court do thereupon here by declare that having this 27th day of June A.D. 1833. put the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department to Harman Blauvelt the applicant, in open Court, they were answered by him under oath in the manner within stated, to the satisfaction of the Court.
and the Court-  And the Court further declare that Garret F. Haring and Cornelius Quackenbush the deponents who have made & signed the affidavits hereto attached are known to the court, and that it appears to the court that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit

By the Court,
Abr. Westervelt Clerk

I Abraham Westervelt Clerk of the inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Bergen Do hereby certify that the foregoing & annexed contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application
of Harman Blauvelt for a pension-

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand & seal of Office the 27th day of June A. D.
1833.
Abr. Westervelt
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State of New Jersey
Bergen County } SS.  Harman Blauvelt of the township of Harrington in the County aforesaid being duly sworn on his oath saith that he is the same Harman Blauvelt who on the 31st of October 1832 made a declaration and on the 27th day of June 1833 answell on oath the interrogatories of the War Department in the Bergen County Inferior Court of Common Pleas to obtain a pension under the act of Congress dated June 7th 1832. That he has since making the said declaration and answering the said Interrogatories brought to his recollection some additional facts and circumstances regarding his services and with more correctness and particularity, that he could in the hurry of business when first called upon state them, And
he begs leave to set them forth here by way of supplement to his declaration - In June 1780 he belonged to Captain Abraham Harings Company of militia at Harrington N. Jersey.
in that month there was a requisition made by the Legislature of New Jersey on each class of the militia to furnish one recruit for the State regiments in the United States Service   the two classes composing Capt. Harings company determined not to draft by lot from among them but to raise a bounty and hire two recruits for them, and by them with eighty dollars bounty himself and his brother Abraham Blauvelt were
hired as the recruits from the company one from each class; they were required to serve until January 1, 1781.  From Harrington they went to Preakness accompanied by Judge
Peter Haring to the house of General Day at Preakness where the army lay and where they were enlisted and given up by General Day (then Colonel) as part of the quota to be furnished from the militia under his command; here he enlisted in Colonel Shreves regiment in the company of Captain Derrick (Richard) Lane, the orderly Sergeant of the company was Isaac Willis, this was not long after the battle or skirmish at Springfield as he got the musket of one Harman Pierson who had been wounded
at Springfield and was not with the company he recollects this from the fact of Pierson joining the company again when recovered in insisting on the return of his former musket on which he had marked his name, the deponent enlisted the latter part of June for six months until the 1st of Jan. 1781. according to the requirement of the Legislature. Besides Colonel Shreve Colonels Ogden DeHart and Barber of the N. Jersey line were with the army when he joined them. General Wayne with his command lay near them; when they went to Tappan General Washington was with them; he had his head quarters
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at the house of Frederick Blauvelt the uncle of deponent in Tappan, while they lay then Major Andre was captured and hung: La Fayette (called by the army Gen. Le Marquis)  was with them also at Tappan and was quartered at a farm house near, Baron Steuben was there also instructing the army in tactics and superintending the drills deponent has often been drilled under his direction, he would sit on his horse and give his news through the officers of the regiment in French or broken English. From Tappan they marched to West point the army amounting to about 18.000 men; the deponent then recollects in repairing Fort Putnam and redoubt No 4 which Arnold had dismounted and dismantled, after leaving
West Point they marched to Pompton and went into winter quarters there, he assisted in building the huts; at the expiration of his time he was solicited to enlist during the war but
declined, whereupon the Colonel granted discharges to these who had enlisted until the 1st May 1781.  in the last day of December
when he left the army and came home, and was engaged there at his trade (a weaver) during the winter; shortly after he left the army there was a mutiny in the Jersey line. He knows of nine of the company he served with living. Except his brother and John Kearn from Morris County most them were strangers and enlisted for the war: The names of two of the duty Sergeants were Gibson and William Turner, John Ferral, George Griffin, Thos. Hamilton, Harman Pierson, Joseph Babcock and John Paterson were of the company and enlisted for the war - The adjutant of Colonel Shreves was one Halsey - John F Haring and Garret F Haring & Cornelius Quackenbush his neighbours belonged to Capt. Harings Company at the time deponent was hired by them as their recruit, and the two former have seen deponent in the army while it lay at Tappan.

In the New Jersey militia he servede 4 months at separate times in the year 1781, one month he served in April 1781. at Closter under Capt Haring, he was called out by the State authorities under a regulation by which the militia were divided into classes and any
number not exceeding one half could be called out for a month he served out his full month was discharged and returned home; in June 1781 he was again called out on this duty under Capt Blanch & served out his month was discharged and returned home, in the month of
August under Capt ['Pierson' crossed out] Huyler and in the month of October under Capt Perrine he performed
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service for one month at each time under the same regulation in each case he was regularly called out served out his month until discharged and then returned home - in all these services his company was stationed at Closter along the mountain; during the month of April 1781 while in his months service they went with Colonel Day and the rest of his regiment to drive from Fort Lee (then evacuated and not regularly occupied) a nest of Tories refugees and British who had landed there for the purpose of marauding, But under the cover of a Ship of war
in the stream they disappeared before the militia could get within musket shot of them. This was in April 1781 whilst he lay out under Capt Haring.

              his
Harman  X  Blauvelt
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Bergen County ss. I do hereby certify that the above affidavit was duly sworn to by the above named Harman Blauvelt this 27th day of September 1833, he being known to me to be the person mentioned therein before me.


Peter D Westervelt Justice of
the Peace
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No 17093
Harman Blauvelt
N. J.

Return J. on

Lewis Condict Present,
['Abraham Westervelt' crossed out]
Clerk Bergen County
Court- N. Jersey
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
25. May 1833.

Sir,

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Harman Blauvelt Bergen County NJ

[table, column headings as follows:]
(1) Period when the service was rendered.
enlisted
(2) Duration of the claimant's service. (sub-Country through
which he marched:  Years, Months, Days)
(3) Rank of the claimant.
(4) Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
(5) Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. 
(6) Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
(7) Country through which he marched
(8) Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
(9) Evidence by which the declaration is supported.

[data beneath column headings:]
(1) enlisted, 
June 1780
1781 Spring
1781 Sum
         Autumn

(2) [under Months]
6
[blank]
2
1
1

(3) Priv.
[blank
"
"
"

(4) Capts. 
Lane
Haines
Hinter
Romine

(5) Cols
Shreves
[blank]
[blank]
[blank]

(6) None
[blank]
Capture Fort Lee
[blank]
[blank]

(7) N.J.
N.Y.
N.J.
[blank]
N.J.

(8) Aged 71
Bergen
County
NJ

(9)Living Witnesses
Traditionary

I am, respectfully,

Your obedient servant,

J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of }
County of                                  }  ss.
On this          day of         personally appeared (a) before                                   A.B. a resident (b) of 
              in the county of                      
and State, Territory or District of               aged (c)                years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion [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 officer:

[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 enered [entered] the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of                   

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                                    A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.

I                                   of the Court of                             
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                             
for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this              
day of                              & c.

If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:

(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the      
                           and C.D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
                                                      who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be                         years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.                  
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the                              and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the                                       and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I,                                Clerk of the Court of                     
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation [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 [t]he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every Ccontinental 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 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
recollection, he served not less than 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 he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must 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, this 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. [hand-written:  '1st witness']
-->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 in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Dyer Custor
Exam Clerk
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October 26, 1937
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Harman Blauvelt, S.959
BA-J/Mcs.  AM

Mrs. Floyd M. Shepard
22 North Elizabeth Street
Dansville, New York

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request for information relative to Harmen (Harmanus Blauvelt, a Revolutionary War soldier who was born May 9, 1761, and lived in New Jersey.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.959, based upon the military service of Harman Blauvelt.

He was born May 9, 1761, at Tappan, New York, and his birth was recorded in "the baptism book of the Reformed Dutch Church at Tappan".
The names of his parents were not given.

He moved to Harrington, Bergen County, New Jersey, when he was quite young and while living there he served as private with the New Jersey troops as follows: from June, 1780, six months in Captain Derrick Lane's company in Colonel Shreve's regiment; from April, 1781,
served one month in Captain Abraham Haring's company and was at the capture of Fort Lee; from June, 1781, served one month in Captain Blanch's company; from August, 1781, one month in Captain Huyler's company; from
October, 1781, one month in Captain Romine's company.

This soldier stated that in 1780 General Washington had his headquarters at the house of his uncle, Frederick Blauvelt, in Tappan. Harman Blauvelt stated that his brother, Abraham Blauvelt, also served in the Revolution.

Harman Blauvelt was allowed pension on his application executed October 31, 1832, at which time he was living in Harrington Township,
Bergen County, New Jersey.
Page 17

There are no further data relative to the family of Harman Blauvelt.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of Harman Blauvelt, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid and
possibly the date of soldier's death, it is suggested that you address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing the following date:

Harman Blauvelt, Certificate 22926, issued December 7, 1833, rate $33.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New Jersey Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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[left column]
Mch 27, 1905 History to Mrs. G.H.
Bombaugh, Fairbury, Nebr
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1937  Mar. 17  hist to Mr. Francklyn
Hogeboom                 MCS
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1937. Oct. 26 Hist to Mrs Floyd
M. Shepard              MCS

[right column]
Rev War
INVALID.
File No.___959____
Harman [crossed out: 'Blawvelt'] Blauvelt
Priv.  N.J. Line
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Act:__ June 7, 1832.____
Index: -- Vol._A__, Page__34__

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of New Jersey
Bergen County ⎬ ss
John F. Haring-- being duly sworn maketh oath and saith that he is well acquainted with Harman Blauvelt, that he knew him well in the revolutionary war and has known him ever since. That in June 1780 said Harman and
this deponent both belonged to Capt. Abr: Harings company of the New Jersey Militia, that in June 1780 when the Legislature made a
requisition on each class of militia for a recruit to be sent to the Jersey regiments in the continental army to serve until the first of
January 1781. The men of Capt: Harings company determined to raise money as a bounty and with it to procure recruits for their requisition, that the said Harman Blauvelt was thus sent from their company to the army in June 1780; that this deponent saw the said Harman afterwards in the army when it lay
at Tappan in October 1780 serving and doing duty as a private in the New Jersey line. at the end of his six months on about the first of January 1781, the said Harman returned home from the army, where as this deponent has always understood both from report at the time and from reputation ever since he served his
time for which he enlisted faithfully and fully; that this deponent during the said time was at Harrington in Bergen County and not with the army except when it lay at Tappan as aforesaid; that he recollects the time from its being the same time that Major Andre was captured and hung.

He also recollects that Harman Blauvelt was a
member of Capt Abr.: Haring's company of militia, was classed with the rest for the remainder of the war, and went out in his turn on the monthly service. he knows of Harman
being out several times on this duty; but what months or under what captains he does not now (on account of the length of time and number of classes in which the militia was
divided called out on different times) recollect, but knows that he performed his duty like a good soldier when called on went out & remained his month until discharged.

John F Haring

I certify that the above affidavit was duly sworn to this 27th day of September 1833 before me by John F Haring above mentioned that I am acquainted with the said John F Haring that he
is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.

Peter D Westervelt Justice of
the Peace
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State of New Jersey }
Bergen County ⎬ SS.
Cornelius Quackenbush being duly sworn
maketh oath and saith that he is well acquainted with Harman
Blauvelt of the township of Harington who is now applying for a
pension, that he knew him during the revolutionary war and has
known him ever since; That in the war the said Harman and
this deponent both belonged to the militia company of Capt
Abraham Haring, that in the month of June 1780 when
there came a requisition for each class of the militia to furnish
a reunit for the Jersey line in the continental army
the said Harman was sent as one of the recruits from
Harings company, he was not drafted from the company
but hired to go by a bounty raised by contribution from the
company; that the said Harman left home at that time
to join the American army which then lay at Preakness
and that this deponent always understood at that time
and since that the said Harman did join the army and
fully served the term of six months for which the requisition
was made, and fully believes that he did; that he lived in the 
same neighborhood with the said Harman at the time and
knows that the said Harman did not return home until
the six months were expired on the first of January
1781.
That for the remainder of the war Blauvelt was a
member of Capt. Harings company of Militia and was classed
as the rest were and drafted with them into monthly service
that deponent was a member of Harings Company at the same
time that Blauvelt served one month with deponent
under Captain Haring, in which month there was an expedition
against Fort Lee, Blauvelt served out his month until discharged
deponent also served one month with Blanvelt under Capt.
Huyler, Blauvelt was drafted in his turn and served out
his month until discharged; knows that Blauvelt was out
other times drafted out on account of 
the length of time and the manner in which 
the militia was
drafted in classes now recollect.
Cornelius Quackenbush

I certify that the above affidavit was duly subscribed and sworn to
by the above named Cornelius Quackenbush is 27th of September
1833, before me, and that the above Cornelius Quackinbush is
known to me that he is a credible person and that his
affid [crossed out] statement is entitled to credit
Peter D Westervelt Justice of the Peace
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State of New Jersey }
Bergen County } ss. Garret F Haring
sworn according to Law deposeth and saith that during the
revolutionary war and ever since he hath been acquainted 
with Harman Blauvelt of Harrington in Bergen aforesaid
that in the war they both belonged to Capt Abraham Harings
Company of New Jersey Militia; that Harman Blauvelt
was sent by said Company as a recruit to join the continental
army in June 1780 in confirmity with a requisition make
by the Legislature in the militia, the requisition was for
recruits until the first of the next January, that the said
Harman left in the said month of Same to join the army
and as this deponent has always understood and believed
did then join it, this deponent afterwards saw the said
Harman in the autumn of 1780 doing duty as a soldier in the Jersey
line in the continental service that this deponent has always
understood and believed that the said Harmon served
out his full period of service for which he was sent, And
this deponent being in the same neighberhood at the time
knows that the said Harmon was absent in that duty
until the first of the next January. He recollects the time
from its being the same season that Andre was hung and
Washington drew the army around West Point
He knows also that Harman Blauvelt
did service as a militia man when drafted out in monthly
tours in the classes in which the militia were divided. He
belonged to the same company with deponent, and deponent
knows that he went out and served out his month when
it came to his tum; that the classes were each called
out several times. He recollects of Blauvelt being out one
month under Capt Hains, and knows that he was
out at other times for a month each at a time but at
what months or under what captain he cannot now
recollect on account of the distance of time and the confusion
of different times & services in his memory.
Garret F. Haring
I certify that the above affidavit was duly subscribed and
Sworn to this 27th day of September 1833 by the above named
Garret F Haring before me, that the said Garret F. Haring 
is known to me that he is a credible person and his
statement is entitled to credit
Peter D Westervelt Justice of the Peace
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State of New Jersey }
County of Bergen } ss. I Abraham Westervelt Clerk of the County of
Bergen and Clerk of the inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said
County Do hereby Certify that Peter D. Westervelt whose name is
subscribed to the Jurat of the foregoing and annexed affidavits of
Harman Blauvelt, John F. Haring, Cornelius Quackenbush and Garret 
F. Haring was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the peace in and
for the said County duly commissioned and sworn; and further
that I am acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice, and
verily believe that his signature to said Jurat is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand 
and affixed the Seal of the said Court this thirtieth
day of September A. D. 1833
Abr. Westervelt, Clerk
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Harman Blauvelt $33.33
Payments to be made
Decr 7th 1833
Trenton
by [illegible] Tr: Bkg. Co. 
Agent for paying Pensions
in the Agency of
#959
New Jersey
---
33.33
16.66
2.25
14.41
.12
.53

Recorded in the Pension
Office in Book E Vol. P
Page 102
by Go C Stiles
Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States
of the 7th June, 1832, Harman Blauvelt
of the State of New Jersey
who was a private in the Revolutionary }
Army }
is entitled to receive Thirty Three dollars and thirty three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing
on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-
annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in
every year.
Given at the War Office of the United 
States, this 7th day of
December one thousand eight
hundred and thirty three -
Lew Cass
Secretary of War.
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Jan 14, 1834 Paid to Sept 4, 1834
Mar 11, 1834 Paid to Mar 4, 1834
Sept 12. 1834 Paid to Sept 4, 1834
Mar 11 1835 Paid to Mar 4, 1835
Sep 14 1835 Paid Paid to Sep 4 1835
Mar 16 1836 Paid to Mar 4 1836
Sep 1836 Paid to 4 Sep 1836
Paid to 4 Mar 1837
Paid to 4 Sep 1837
Paid to 4 Mar 1838
Paid to 4 Sep 1838 
Paid to 4 Mar 1839
Paid to 4 Sep 1839
Paid to 4 Mar 1840
Paid to 4 Sep 1840
Paid to 4 Mar 1841
Paid to 4 Sep 1841
Paid to 4 Mar 1842
Paid to 4 Sep 1842
Paid to 4 Mar 1843
Paid to 4 Sept 1843
Paid to 4 Mar 1844
Paid to 4  Sep 1844
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(stamped)
RECEIVED
OCT 18 1937
MAIL SUB-DIV 
VETS. ADW.
READER No. 6
MRS FLOYD M. SHEPPARD
22 No. Elizabeth St
DANSVILLE, NEW YORK
Oct. 15, 1937
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C
Gentleman: Will you please
advise me if your records show
that a pension was received
for service in the Revolution
by Harmen (Harmanus) 
BLAUVELT, from May 9, 1761
died Dec. 16, 1852. He lived 
in New Jersey all his life
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and a notice of his death said
he died at Washingtonville
N. J. He was one of the guards
at Tappan, N. Y. when
Andre was captured. 
Thanking you in
advance for this information
I am
very truly yours,
Ethel J Shepard
(Mrs F. M)
I need this information for admission
to the D.A.R.
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SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
EMPIRE STATE SOCIETY
HEADQUARTERS: HOTEL PLAZA
FIFTH AVENUE AT BOTH STREET
NEW YORK, N.Y.
The Veteran's Bureau
War Department
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
February 25, 1937.
Lr.
COL. CHARLES H. BAUER
FRANK L. BEYER
LT. COL. HENRY T. BLAIR
┃ GEORGE ROYCE BROWN
┃ FREDERICK H. CONE
GEORGE S. GRANDALL
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HON. EDWARD R. FINCH
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J. ALVIN VAN BERGH
COL. G. CREIGHTON WEBB
ARTHUR RINDGE WENDELL
HON. CHARLES S. WHITMAN
,
Gentlemen:
We would like to get some information about
a Harman Blauvelt, who was placed on the Pension Roll
from New Jersey ( We believe Bergen County), December
3rd, 1833, at the age of 73. We would like to have
any information that you can give us regarding this
soldier the name of his wife, his birth and death
dates, also the place of his birth and death, and
the names of any of his children.
Thanking you in advance for your kindness,
I am,
Yours very truly,

(signature)
Francklyn Hogeboom
Registrar
FH:Q
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-
Dept of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
707 E St
●
Fairbury Nebr.
March 12th. 1905.
Gentlemen-
Can you give me any
information about
Herman Blauvelt of
New Jersey - as to whether he applied
 for a pension after the
Rev.
War,
He enlisted first at the
age of
nineteen in Captain Harrings (Haring's) Company
Bergen Co. N.J. June 1780
I shall be much indebted for
any information you can give
me in regard to him
Yours respectfully-
(Mrs. G.H. Bombaugh
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Mr. Francklyn Hogeboom
Hotel Plaza
Fifth Avenue at 59th Street
New York City
Dear Sir:
March 17, 1937
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Harman Blauvelt, S. 959
BA-J/McS
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for information in regard to
Harman Blauvelt, a Revolutionary War soldier who was pensioned from
Bergen County, New Jersey,
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the
pension claim, S.959, based upon the military service of Harman Blauvelt
.
He was born May 9, 1761, at Tappan, New York, and his birth was
recorded in the baptism book of the Reformed Dutch Church at Tappan"
The names of his parents were not given.
He moved to Harrington, Bergen County, New Jersey, when he was
quite young and while living there he served as private with the New Jersey
troops as follows: from June, 1780, six months in Captain Derrick
 Lane's company in Colonel Shreve's regiment; from April, 1781,
served one month in Captain Abraham Haring's company and was at the
capture of Fort Lee; from June, 1781, served one month in Captain
Blanch's company; from August, 1781, one month in Captain Huyler's
company; from October, 1781, one month in Captain Romine's company.
This soldier stated that in 1780 General Washington had his
headquarters at the house of his uncle, Frederick Blauvelt, in Tappan.
Harman Blauvelt stated that his brother, Abraham Blauvelt, also served
in the Revolution.
Harman Blauvelt was allowed pension on his application executed
October 31, 1832, at which time he was living in Harrington Township,
Bergen County, New Jersey,
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velt.
There are no further data relative to the family of Harman Blauvelt.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of Harman
Blauvelt, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid and
possibly the date of soldier's death, it is suggested that you address
The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division.
Washington, D.C., citing the following data:
Harman Blauvelt, Certificate 22926, issued December 7, 1833, rate
$33.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New Jersey
Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator